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OMB Control No: 3060-0809	ICR Reference No: 199712-3060-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act -- CC Docket No. 97-213 (Proposed Rule)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/23/1998
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/01/1997
Terms of Clearance: This collection contains proposals requiring telecommunications providers participating in an interception activity to file an affadavit; companies to keep records on these activities; lists of designated company employees allowed to effectuate lawful intercepts; submission of company security and recordkeeping procedures to the FCC for review. This collection does not cover any requirements regarding investigations of employee backgrounds in order to determine their suitability to participate in these activities. Since this is a very controversial rulemaking, and OMB has not received specific comments related to the proposed information collection requirements, OMB approves this collection with the understanding that the FCC rulemaking process may address issues raised by industry comments. This collection also proposes to implement CALEA Sections 107 and 109(b) -- but the FCC has not finalized their implementing rules and thus did not include estimates of the burden associated with these requirements in this collection.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2001	02/28/2001
Responses	14,000	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	46,725	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,450,000	0	0

Abstract: The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) requires the Commission to make rules that regulate the conduct and recordkeeping of lawful electronic survellance. CALEA also requires the Commission to adjudicate petitions from telecommunications carriers and interested parties regarding the extent to which they must comply with CALEA's capability requirements and standards and rule on the reasonable achievability of law enforcement officials' capability requirements. Special rules are proposed to lessen the paperwork burdens on small telecommunications carriers.

Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act -- CC Docket No. 97-213 (Proposed Rule)

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	14,000	14,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	46,725	46,725
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,450,000	2,450,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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