Emergency Alert System; Wireless Emergency Alerts

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Communications Commission 47 CFR Part 10 [PS Docket Nos. 15-94 and 15-91; FCC 23-88; FR ID 225472] AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date. SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved until May 31, 2027, an information collection associated with the Commission's Third Report and Order, FCC 23-88 (Order), in which the Commission, among other things, adopted a new rule that provided Participating Commercial Mobile Service (CMS) Providers may support up to two Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) tests that the public receives by default per county or county equivalent per calendar year. This document is consistent with the Order, which stated the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the new rules. DATES: The amendment of 47 CFR 10.350(d) published at 88 FR 86824 on December 15, 2023, is effective on July 17, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Kirschner, Attorney-Advisor, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division at (202) 418-0695 or via email: David.Kirschner@fcc.gov or Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991 or via email: Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on May 29, 2024, OMB approved the information collection requirements relating to § 10.350(d) co…