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OMB Control No: 3060-0484	ICR Reference No: 201409-3060-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201401-3060-019
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: PSHSB
Title: Section 4.9, 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: 10/17/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/04/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2015
Responses	15,444	0	15,444
Time Burden (Hours)	29,870	0	29,647
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): 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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3060-AJ95	Final or interim final rulemaking	79 FR 7589	02/10/2014

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 37316	07/01/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 52650	09/04/2014
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
Section 4.9, 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	15,444	15,444	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	29,870	29,647	223
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: 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.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $454,542

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]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Eric Schmidt 202 418-1214 eric.schmidt@fcc.gov

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