[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 7, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13714]


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[Federal Register: June 7, 1994]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 
Public Law 96-511. For further information contact Shoko B. Hair, 
Federal Communications Commission, (202) 632-6934.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060-0604.
Title: Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act, 
Competitive Bidding, Third Report and Order--PP Docket No. 93-253.
Forms: FCC 401 (as modified), 489, 490, 405, 430, 854.
Expiration Date: 05/31/97.
Estimated Annual Burden: 40,654 total hours; .50-20 hours per response.
Description: On August 10, 1993, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
of 1993 added Section 309(j) to the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 151-713. Section 309(j) gives the 
Commission express authority to employ competitive bidding procedures 
to choose among mutually exclusive applications for initial licenses. 
The Commission's March 8, 1994 Second Report and Order established 
general rules and procedures and a broad menu of competitive bidding 
methods to be used for all auctionable services. The Third Report and 
Order establishes service-specific rules for competitive bidding on 
licenses to be awarded for Personal Communications Services in the 900 
MHz band (``narrowband PCS''). Generally, the Commission followed the 
payment and procedural rules adopted in the Second Report and Order in 
conducting narrowband PCS auctions, but made minor changes to adjust 
the requirements to the characteristics of the narrowband PCS service. 
In addition, procedural and processing rules for the narrowband PCS 
service based on part 22 of the Commission's rules were adopted. 
Applicants are required to file certain information so that the 
Commission can determine whether the applicants are legally, 
technically and financially qualified to be licensed. Affected public 
are any member of the public who wants to become a licensee.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-13714 Filed 6-6-94; 8:45 am]
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