Part 11 - Emergency Alert System (EAS), Order FCC 19-57

ICR 202004-3060-014

OMB: 3060-0207

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
2020-04-06
Supplementary Document
2019-11-20
Supporting Statement A
2020-04-06
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
3060-0207 202004-3060-014
Active 201910-3060-015
FCC PSHSB
Part 11 - Emergency Alert System (EAS), Order FCC 19-57
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 04/20/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 04/07/2020
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
12/31/2022 12/31/2022 12/31/2022
3,588,830 0 3,588,830
140,751 0 140,751
0 0 0

The Commission is submitting this non-substantive change request for OMB approval to an existing information collection. The FCC is proposing non-substantive updates to previously approved collections represented by the forms associated with the mandatory electronic EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) that EAS Participants must utilize to file identifying and test result data as part of their participation in any authorized nationwide EAS tests (3060-0207). The collections in the modified ETRS forms are consistent with those approved by the Office of Management and Budget in the 2011 and 2017 revisions to the EAS PRA collection set forth in the FCC’s EAS Third Report and Order and in the related 2011 emergency request (and subsequent standard request) for approval of the electronic version of that previously approved collection (and the PRA filing made for the ETRS when it became a mandatory filing mechanism in 2015). The current modification to the ETRS is to improve and clarify the filing experience. Every change requested either improves efficiency or clarifies previously unclear points for the user. In some cases, we are proposing to implement changes that users requested. The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB or Bureau), working with the ETRS developers, has made every effort to draft these modifications to be minimal, non-material changes, consistent with previous OMB approvals. The updates to this collection will cause no change in the burden estimates or reporting and record keeping requirements that the Commission submitted (and which OMB subsequently approved) for the 2011 and 2017 systems. In the EAS Order on Reconsideration, FCC 19-57 (rel. June 27, 2019), the Commission amends Part 11 of its rules to (i) eliminate requiring Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) providers to transmit weekly tests in favor of requiring them to only log receipt of the weekly test, and (ii) eliminate the requirement that SDARS providers transmit monthly test on all channels in favor of requiring them to transmit the monthly test on 10% of all of their channels, with channels tested varying from month to month, so that over the course of a given year, 100% of all of its channels are tested. This action harmonizes the EAS testing requirements applied to SDARS service with those applied to the similarly situated Direct Broadcast Satellite service.

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
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  84 FR 48142 09/12/2019
84 FR 64068 11/20/2019
No

2
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Businesses or other-for profit
State, Local and Tribal Government

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 3,588,830 3,588,830 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 140,751 140,751 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No

$44,372
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Maureen Bizhko 202 418-0011 [email protected]

  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.
04/07/2020


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