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OMB Control No: 3060-0484	ICR Reference No: 200411-3060-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200203-3060-001
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Part 4 of the Commission's Rules concerning Disruptions to Communications
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/21/2004
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/12/2004
Terms of Clearance: OMB is approving this collection. This approval is based upon the FCC's December 22, 2004 partial stay of section 134. It is further based upon the FCC's commitment to provide for a 60-day comment period related to the entire collection either a s an independent action or as part of the reconsideration request. Under each circumstance, comments shall be addressed. It is assumed that such a reconsideration or independent public comment period would result in a revision to the burden estimate currently found in the collection. OMB is continuing its review of the information collections associated with Outage Reporting rules. It is to be noted that the information collection request and public comment period for this collection should have initiated before the final rule and implementation date were in place.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2007	12/31/2007	04/30/2005
Responses	208	0	1,040
Time Burden (Hours)	1,040	0	1,040
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: 47 CFR Part 4 of FCC rules will require outage reporting requirements to include all commmunications providers (cable, satellite, and wireless provider. An initial and final report is required to be filed for each outage. The reports will enable the Commission to monitor developments affecting homeland security, public health or safety, and the economic well being of the Nation in view of the increasing importance of non-wireline communications in the Nation's communications networks and critical infrastructure.

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
Part 4 of the Commission's Rules concerning Disruptions to Communications

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	208	1,040	-832
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,040	1,040	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

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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