Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on Wireless Service Providers' Safety Measures for Their Customers During Disasters in Connection With the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
| Published date | 05 April 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 17598 |
| Record Number | 2021-06925 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Communications Commission |
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03F–065BA (the contract), SafeGuard
Document Destruction Inc. (SDD) of 800
Rike Drive, Suite A, Perrineville, NJ
08535, is responsible for providing
locked bins and for shredding the hard
copy records which the agency has
identified for disposal at two of its
regional offices—regional headquarters
at 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
19103 and the Chesapeake Bay Program
Office at 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109,
Annapolis, MD 21403. Records that
contain CBI may be included among
those being shredded.
EPA will permit SDD personnel to
have access to locked disposal bins
which contain information submitted to
EPA under the statutes administered by
EPA Region 3. Some of the information
may be claimed or determined to be
CBI. In accordance with 40 CFR
2.301(h)(2)(i) (Clean Air Act (CAA)), and
any provisions from 40 CFR 2.302
through 2.310 incorporating 40 CFR
2.301(h)(2)(i) (Clean Water Act (CWA),
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA),
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA), Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA)), 40 CFR 2.306(j) (Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA)), 40 CFR
2.307(h)(3) (Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA)), 40 CFR 2.308(i) (Federal Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA)), 40 CFR
350.23(b) (Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA)), EPA has determined that SDD
requires access to locked disposal bins
which may contain CBI submitted to
EPA, to perform successfully the duties
required to carry out the contract.
Among the procedures established by
EPA’s confidentiality regulations for
granting access to CBI is prior
notification to the submitters of CBI that
SDD may have access to this
information. See 40 CFR 2.301(h)(2)(iii)
for information submitted under the
CAA, corresponding provisions of 40
CFR 2.302 through 2.311 for information
submitted under the CWA, SDWA,
RCRA, TSCA, FIFRA, FDCA, CERCLA,
and 40 CFR 350.23 for EPCRA. This
notification is intended to fulfill that
requirement. EPA Region 3 has
permitted SDD personnel access to this
information prior to publishing this
document. All potential access to CBI
under the contract has and will
continue to occur at the two EPA Region
3 offices located in Philadelphia and
Annapolis. EPA Region 3 is
implementing the following procedures
to ensure the security of the files
identified for disposal and the
information therein. First, EPA
personnel deposit records that are ready
for disposal into locked bins located at
either of the two EPA Region 3 offices.
Next, during normal business hours,
SDD travels to the appropriate EPA
Region 3 office building with its
shredding apparatus and is escorted into
the building by EPA personnel to
retrieve the locked bins. Accompanied
by EPA personnel, SDD conducts onsite
shredding of the contents of the bins
immediately after unlocking and
emptying them into the shredding
apparatus. The contract prohibits SDD
personnel from viewing, inspecting,
examining, or copying the materials
identified for shredding and requires
SDD to safeguard such information.
Additionally, SDD is prohibited from
transporting or shredding any records
offsite.
SDD’s potential access to CBI under
the contract began on or about July 7,
2020 and will expire on October 31,
2021. If the contract is further extended,
this access will also continue for the
duration of the extension without
further notice.
Catharine McManus,
Mission Support Division Director, Region 3.
[FR Doc. 2021–06932 Filed 4–2–21; 8:45 am]
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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED
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Joyce Stone,
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[FR Doc. 2021–07063 Filed 4–1–21; 4:15 pm]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[PS Docket No. 11–60; DA 21–362; FRS
18927]
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau Seeks Comment on Wireless
Service Providers’ Safety Measures for
Their Customers During Disasters in
Connection With the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2021
AGENCY
: Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: In this document, the Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
(Bureau) seeks comment on recent
efforts by mobile wireless service
providers to improve network resiliency
in order to inform a report to Congress.
DATES
: Comments are due on or before
April 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments,
identified by PS Docket No. 11–60, by
any of the following methods:
•Electronic Filers: Comments may be
filed electronically using the internet by
accessing the Federal Communications
Commission’s ECFS website: http://
apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
•Paper Filers: Parties who choose to
file by paper must file an original and
one copy of each filing.
Filings can be sent by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All
filings must be addressed to the
Commission’s Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission.
•Commercial overnight mail (other
than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail
and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050
Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD
20701.
•U.S. Postal Service first-class,
Express, and Priority mail must be
addressed to 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554.
•Effective March 19, 2020, and until
further notice, the Commission no
longer accepts any hand or messenger
delivered filings at its headquarters.
This is a temporary measure taken to
help protect the health and safety of
individuals, and to mitigate the
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transmission of COVID19. See FCC
Announces Closure of FCC
Headquarters Open Window and
Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public
Notice, 35 FCC Rcd 2788 (OMD 2020),
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-
closes-headquarters-open-window-and-
changes-handdelivery-policy.
•All hand-carried documents should
be delivered to the Secretary’s Office at
9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis
Junction, MD 20701.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Amanda Farenthold, Attorney Advisor,
Cybersecurity and Communications
Reliability Division, Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418–
1592, Amanda.Farenthold@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: This is a
summary of the Commission’s
document, Public Notice, DA 21–362, in
PS Docket Nos. 11–60, released on
March 26, 2021. The full text of this
document is available for public
inspection and can be downloaded at
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/
attachments/DA-21-362A1.pdf or by
using the Commission’s ECFS web page
at www.fcc.gov/ecfs.
People with Disabilities: To request
materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (braille, large
print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call
the Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice).
Ex Parte Rules: The proceeding this
petition initiates shall be treated as a
‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ proceeding in
accordance with the Commission’s ex
parte rules. Persons making ex parte
presentations must file a copy of any
written presentation or a memorandum
summarizing any oral presentation
within two business days after the
presentation (unless a different deadline
applicable to the Sunshine period
applies). Persons making oral ex parte
presentations are reminded that
memoranda summarizing the
presentation must (1) list all persons
attending or otherwise participating in
the meeting at which the ex parte
presentation was made, and (2)
summarize all data presented and
arguments made during the
presentation. If the presentation
consisted in whole or in part of the
presentation of data or arguments
already reflected in the presenter’s
written comments, memoranda or other
filings in the proceeding, the presenter
may provide citations to such data or
arguments in his or her prior comments,
memoranda, or other filings (specifying
the relevant page and/or paragraph
numbers where such data or arguments
can be found) in lieu of summarizing
them in the memorandum. Documents
shown or given to Commission staff
during ex parte meetings are deemed to
be written ex parte presentations and
must be filed consistent with rule
1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by
rule 1.49(f) or for which the
Commission has made available a
method of electronic filing, written ex
parte presentations and memoranda
summarizing oral ex parte
presentations, and all attachments
thereto, must be filed through the
electronic comment filing system
available for that proceeding and must
be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc,
.xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants
in this proceeding should familiarize
themselves with the Commission’s ex
parte rules.
Synopsis
On March 26, 2021, the Bureau
released a Public Notice seeking
comment on specific measures mobile
wireless service providers have taken in
recent years to improve network
resilience during natural disasters, in
order to inform a report to Congress, as
contemplated by the Explanatory
Statement accompanying the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2021. The Explanatory Statement
accompanying the Act expressed
‘‘concer[n] about the resiliency of
wireless phone networks during natural
disasters, including wildfires,’’ and
sought a report from the Commission
‘‘on the type of safety measures wireless
carriers have for their customers.’’
The Bureau asks commenters to
address how mobile wireless service
providers have improved network
reliability in the face of natural
disasters. How have these efforts have
improved the public’s safety during
natural disasters? Overall, what
resiliency measures are most effective?
How can these measures be improved?
How have customers responded to new
measures? The Bureau specifically seeks
comment on steps wireless mobile
providers have taken to ensure network
resiliency, including but not limited to:
Back up power in areas prone to
planned power outages to mitigate
wildfires; pre-storm staging processes;
roaming agreements that can be
activated quickly following a natural
disaster; effective coordination with
power companies, municipalities, and
backhaul providers; diversification of
backhaul options in disaster prone
areas; availability of deployable network
assets; network infrastructure sharing
among operators during natural
disasters; and communicating disaster-
related information with customers,
particularly members of vulnerable
populations, including individuals who
are low-income, members of the
disabilities community, or non-English
speaking. Are there successful network
resiliency policy measures for fixed
networks that have been applied to
wireless networks, especially given that
much of the backhaul for wireline
providers is the same as wireless
providers? The Bureau also seeks
comment on cost and benefit issues
associated with implementing measures
to maintain and improve resiliency of
mobile wireless networks. associated
with maintaining and improving
resiliency.
The Bureau intends to use these
responses to update the Commission’s
existing record on wireless resiliency
and help inform its report to Congress.
Federal Communications Commission.
Lisa Fowlkes
Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2021–06925 Filed 4–2–21; 8:45 am]
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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED
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Draft Advisory Opinion 2021–04:
Pray.com
Proposed Modifications to Program for
Requesting Consideration of Legal
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1129)
Proposed Amendment to Directive 17
Draft Statement of Policy Regarding
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Management and Administrative
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