In EAS Report and Order, FCC 18-94
(rel.July 13, 2018), the Commission amends Part 11 of its rules to
(i) require EAS Participants to notify the Commission (via email to
the FCC Ops Center at [email protected]) within twenty-four (24) hours
of the EAS Participant’s discovery that it has transmitted or
otherwise sent a false alert to the public, and (ii) include “Live
Code Tests” of the EAS as a separate category of alerting exercise
that EAS Participants may undertake voluntarily, provided such live
code tests are conducted in accordance with specific parameters. In
EAS Report and Order, FCC 18-39 (rel. Apr. 10, 2018), the
Commission establishes the Alert Reporting System (ARS), an online
filing system for State EAS Plans. The ARS will create a
comprehensive online filing system for EAS by combining the
existing EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) with a new, streamlined
electronic system for the filing of State EAS Plans. ARS will
replace paper-based filing requirements, minimize the burdens on
State Emergency Communications Committees (SECCs), and allow the
FCC, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other
authorized entities to better access and use up-to-date information
about the EAS, thus increasing its value as a tool to protect life
and property for all Americans. With the ARS, the Commission seeks
to modify this currently approved collection and requests approval
of a proposed reporting template for this new filing system,
attached as Appendix D to the April 10 EAS Order.
US Code:
47
USC 154(i) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as
amended
US Code: 47
USC 606 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
There are program
changes/increases to this information collection, as a result of
the reporting requirements adopted in the Orders. The false alert
reporting requirement increases the respondent number by 290 and
total responses by 580, and total burden by 145. The “Live Code
Test” provisions increases the respondent number by 10 and total
responses by 10, but do not increase the total burden. By replacing
the previous paper filing collection with the electronic Alert
Reporting System requirement, the respondent number and total
responses increase by four to account for four more SECCs. The
total burden decreases by 1,000, but increases by 5,454 (a net of
+4,454). The baseline numbers used for calculating the total
burdens in the table above were different than the baseline totals
listed in OMB’s burden inventory for the 3060-0207 information
collection. Specifically, the baseline numbers used herein were
from a Non-Substantive Change Request, dated May 16, 2017. The
Non-Substantive Change Request made corrections to the previously
approved information collection, which changed the total responses
and hours for the 3060-0207 information collection from 3,596,546
and 110,476, respectively, to 3,588,182 and 136,152, respectively.
OMB approved the Non-Substantive Change Request changes on May 30,
2017, however, the total responses and total hours identified in
the inventory for the 3060-0207 information collection were not
adjusted to reflect those corrections. Specifically, the Notice of
Approval for the Non-Substantive Change Request continued to list
the total responses and hours as 3,596,546 and 110,476,
respectively, whereas they should be listed as 3,588,182 and
136,152, respectively, Accordingly, this Supporting Statement to
OMB corrects that discrepancy by using the corrected burden totals
from the Non-Substantive Change Request to calculate the total
burden numbers associated with the information collections in
Order, PS Dockets 15-94, 15-91, FCC 18-94, and Order, PS Docket No.
15-94, FCC 18-39.
$44,372
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
David Munson 202
418-2921
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
3060-0207_18-39 Revised Supporting Statement 6.13.19.docx
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