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determine that it is necessary to 

discontinue operation for a period more 

than 30 days must file an informal letter 

request and comply with 47 CFR 

73.1615(d)(1) and (2). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13656 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

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COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

for Extension Under Delegated 

Authority, Comments Requested 

May 28, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this information collection should 

submit comments August 10, 2009. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), via fax 

at 202–395–5167, or the Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC). To 

submit your comments by e-mail send 

them to: PRA@fcc.gov. 

To view a copy of this information 

collection request (ICR) submitted to 

OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

(2) look for the section of the Web page 

called ‘‘Currently Under Review’’, (3) 

click the downward-pointing arrow in 

the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box and (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the title 

of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, 

if there is one) and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number to view detailed 

information about this ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, send an e-mail 

to Judith B. Herman at 202–418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0910. 

Title: Third Report and Order in CC 

Docket No. 94–102, To Ensure 

Compatibility with Enhanced 911 

Calling Systems. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 4,000 

respondents; 4,000 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for these information 

collections are contained in 47 U.S.C. 

Sections 1, 4(i), 201, 303, 309 and 332 

of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 4,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the reporting requirement) of this 

information collection. There is no 

change in the burden estimates. 

The Third Report and Order (R&O) in 

CC Docket No. 94–102 adopted rules 

applicable to wireless carriers to permit 

the use of network-based solutions, 

handset-based solutions, or hybrid 

solutions. The rules require changes 

both to handsets and wireless networks 

in providing caller location information 

as part of Enhanced 911 (E911) services. 

The Commission adopted the Third 

R&O to encourage the deployment of the 

best location technology for each area 

being served, promote competition in 

E911 location technology, and speed 

implementation of E911. As part of the 

rules, the Third R&O also adopted a 

requirement that wireless carriers report 

their plans for implementing Phase II 

E911 service to the Commission. 

Specifically, this report must include 

the technology they plan to use to 

provide caller location as well as 

information to enable public safety 

organizations, equipment 

manufacturers, local exchange carriers, 

and the Commission to plan and 

support Phase II deployment. The 

Commission required wireless carriers 

to file these initial reports in 2000. 

Carriers are required to update these 

plans within 30 days of the adoption of 

any change. The reporting requirements 

are discussed in detail in 47 CFR 

20.18(i). 

The information submitted to the 

Commission will provide public service 

answering points (PSAPs), providers of 

location technology, investors, 

manufacturers, local exchange carriers, 

and the Commission with valuable 

information necessary for full Phase II 

E911 service implementation. These 

reports will provide helpful, if not 

essential information for coordinating 

carrier plans with those manufacturers 

and PSAPs. The reports will also assist 

the Commission’s efforts to monitor 

Phase II developments and take action, 

if necessary, to maintain the Phase II 

implementation schedule. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1004. 

Title: Commission Rules To Ensure 

Compatibility with Enhanced 911 

Calling Systems. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and 

state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 97 

respondents; 283 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4—5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly, 

semi-annual and one-time reporting 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for these information 

collections are contained in 47 U.S.C. 

Sections 1, 4(i), 201, 303, 309 and 332 


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of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,202 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

However, if applicants want to seek 

confidential treatment of their 

documents, they may do so under 47 

CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the reporting requirements) of this 

information collection. There is a minor 

adjustment to the estimated number of 

respondents and responses. There is no 

change in the estimated hourly burden. 

The Commission’s E911 Phase II rules 

require wireless licensees to provide 

Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) 

with Automatic Location Identification 

(ALI) information for 911 calls. 

Licensees can provide ALI information 

by deploying location information 

technology in their networks (a 

network-based solution), or Global 

Positioning System (GPS), or other 

location technology in subscriber’s 

handsets (a handset-based solution). 

The Commission’s rules also establish 

phased-in schedules for carriers to 

deploy any necessary network 

components and begin providing Phase 

II service. However, before a wireless 

licensee’s obligation to provide E911 

service is triggered, a PSAP must make 

a valid request for E911 service, i.e., the 

PSAP must be capable of receiving and 

utilizing the data elements associated 

with the service and must have a 

mechanism in place for recovering its 

costs. 

In addition to deploying the network 

facilities necessary to deliver location 

information, wireless licensees that 

elect to employ a handset-based 

solution must meet the handset 

deployment benchmark set forth in 47 

CFR 20.18(g)(1) of the Commission’s 

rules, independent of any PSAP request 

for Phase II service. After ensuring that 

100 percent of all new digital handsets 

activated are location-capable, licensees 

must have achieved 95 percent 

penetration among their subscribers of 

location-capable handsets no later than 

December 31, 2005. 

The Commission has recognized that 

‘‘special circumstances’’ may warrant a 

waiver of the E911 Phase II 

requirements. The Commission also 

noted that small carriers may face 

‘‘extraordinary circumstances’’ in 

meeting one or more of the deadlines for 

Phase II deployment. Pursuant to 47 

CFR 1.925(b)(3), the Commission may 

grant a request for waiver if the 

underlying purpose of the rule(s) would 

not be served or would be frustrated by 

application to the instant case, and that 

grant would be in the public interest; or, 

in view of unique or unusual factual 

circumstances, application of the rule(s) 

would be inequitable, unduly 

burdensome, or contrary to the public 

interest, or the applicant has no 

reasonable alternative. 

Finally, distinct from the 

Commission’s rules and precedent 

regarding waivers of the E911 

requirements, in December 2004, 

Congress enacted the Ensuring Needed 

Help Arrives Near Callers Employing 

911 Act of 2004, Public Law 108–494 

(ENHANCE 911 Act). The ENHANCE 

911 Act, inter alia, directs the 

Commission to act on any petition filed 

by a qualified Tier III carrier requesting 

a waiver of 47 CFR 20.18(g)(1)(v) within 

100 days of receipt, and grant such 

request for waiver if ‘‘strict enforcement 

of the requirements of that section 

would result in consumers having 

decreased access to emergency 

services.’’ 

The Commission originally 

established reporting requirements in an 

order released in October 2001, which 

received OMB approval. Nationwide 

wireless carriers (Tier I) generally must 

have quarterly reports with the 

Commission on February 1, May 1, 

August 1 and November 1 of each year, 

with the exception of T–Mobile, which 

is required to file semi-annual reports 

(as of October 2002). Mid-sized carriers 

(Tier II) also were required to file 

quarterly reports under this same time 

schedule. 

The previously approved information 

collection under this OMB control 

number was revised (in 2006) to include 

the information requirements that the 

quarterly reports, beginning with the 

August 1, 2003 filing, be submitted in 

an Excel spreadsheet as an appendix to 

Tier I and Tier II carrier narrative 

reports. The existing information 

collection only required Tier III carriers 

to file a one-time interim report. Tier III 

wireless carriers were also not required 

to submit an Excel spreadsheet with 

their one-time filings. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13648 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

June 4, 2009. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to comment 

on the following information 

collection(s). Comments are requested 

concerning (a) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Commission, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

Commission’s burden estimate; (c) ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act that does not 

display a valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before August 10, 

2009. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by 

e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. Include in the 

e-mail the OMB control number of the 

collection or, if there is no OMB control 

number, the Title shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. If you are unable to submit your 

comments by e-mail contact the person 

listed below to make alternate 

arrangements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s) or to obtain a 

copy of the collection send an e-mail to 

PRA@fcc.gov and include the 

collection’s OMB control number as 

shown in the ‘‘Supplementary 

Information’’ section below, or contact 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via Internet at 


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