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OMB Control No: 3060-0207	ICR Reference No: 202105-3060-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202004-3060-014
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: PSHSB
Title: Part 11 - Emergency Alert System (EAS), Order FCC 19-57
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/24/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/21/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2022	12/31/2022	12/31/2022
Responses	3,588,830	0	3,588,830
Time Burden (Hours)	140,751	0	140,751
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Commission is requesting approval for non-substantive changes to the forms associated with the Alert Reporting System (ARS) in collection 3060-0207. As stated in the supporting statement, the FCC acknowledged in the 2019 revisions to the EAS PRA collection commenters’ general requests, to include “help” buttons on each of the online filing menu screens of ARS and noted that help buttons would be included “in some form to be determined in the final system requirements.” Following further development of the system requirements, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB or Bureau) determined that the ease of filing could be further improved by replacing “help” buttons with detailed instructions on how to complete each online filing menu screen. The Bureau concluded that this approach will improve the user experience by giving filers clear, context-specific instructions on how to complete the page without needing to unnecessarily click on an extra button. The collections in the modified ARS forms are consistent with those approved by the Office of Management and Budget in the 2019 revisions to the EAS PRA collection set forth in the FCC’s State EAS Plan Report and Order. 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) in 2019. 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): 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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 48142	09/12/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 64068	11/20/2019
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

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

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	3,588,830	3,588,830
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	140,751	140,751
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: $44,372

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: Austin Randazzo 202 418-1462 austin.randazzo@fcc.gov

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