Section 4.9, Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications

ICR 201409-3060-005

OMB: 3060-0484

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
2014-01-24
Supplementary Document
2012-07-24
Supporting Statement A
2014-09-04
ICR Details
3060-0484 201409-3060-005
Historical Active 201401-3060-019
FCC PSHSB
Section 4.9, Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 10/17/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 09/04/2014
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
10/31/2017 36 Months From Approved 09/30/2015
15,444 0 15,444
29,870 0 29,647
0 0 0

On December 12, 2013, the Commission adopted a Report and Order amending section 4.9 of its rules to require more specific 911 outage notifications to PSAPs within specified time periods. Under the new rule, Covered 911 Service Providers must notify PSAPs of outages that potentially affect a 911 special facility within thirty minutes of discovering the outage and provide contact information such as a name, telephone number, and e-mail for follow-up. Whenever additional material information becomes available, but no later than two hours after the initial contact, the Covered 911 Service Provider must communicate additional detail to the PSAP, including the nature of the outage, its best-known cause, the geographic scope of the outage, and the estimated time for repairs. Notifications must be transmitted by telephone and in writing via electronic means, unless the PSAP and service provider have agreed in advance to an alternative method. The Commission observed that these changes "will provide more guidance on expectations for providers, and increased compliance with the outage notification rules." The new requirements apply only to entities defined as Covered 911 Service Providers under FCC rules, and outage reporting obligations for other entities remain unchanged. Accordingly, this Supporting Statement focuses on the new information collection burden for Covered 911 Service Providers rather than the existing burden for communications outage reporting generally, which was approved by OMB most recently in 2012. However, the Commission does include the existing burden as a part of this collection when accounting for the total burden hours covered by this information collection because the requirements still remain a part of this collection and remain unchanged since last approved by the OMB.

US Code: 47 USC 615c Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 615a-1 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 332 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 403 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 316 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 309(a) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 307 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 303(r) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 303(g) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 303(b) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 301 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 251(e)(3) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 218 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 151, 154(i)-(j) and (o) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 201(b) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 214(d) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  
None

3060-AJ95 Final or interim final rulemaking 79 FR 7589 02/10/2014

  79 FR 37316 07/01/2014
79 FR 52650 09/04/2014
No

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Section 4.9, Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications

  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 15,444 15,444 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 29,870 29,647 0 223 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
This is a revision to the existing information collection for the Commission's Part 4 communications outage reporting rules. The revision affects only the obligation of Covered 911 Service Providers to notify PSAPs of major disruptions in 911 service; it does not change the outage reporting obligations of other entities. These revisions were necessary because of untimely and inadequate 911 outage notification to multiple PSAPs during the June 2012 derecho storm. Under the revised information collection, PSAPs will receive more specific information at specific times to assist in their response to emergency calls. Therefore, there are program changes/increases to this collection as a result of the notification requirements adopted in FCC 13-158. These program changes are as follows: an increase of 982 to the number of respondents and an increase in the annual burden hours of 223 hours. There are no adjustments to this collection.

$454,542
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Eric Schmidt 202 418-1214 eric.schmidt@fcc.gov

  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.
09/04/2014


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