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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review

November 4, 1994.
    The Federal Communications Commission has submitted the following 
information collection requirements to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
    Copies of these submissions may be purchased from the Commission's 
copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M 
Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800. For 
further information on these submissions contact Judy Boley, Federal 
Communications Commission, (202) 418-0214. Persons wishing to comment 
on these information collections should contact Timothy Fain, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10214 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 
395-3561.

OMB Number: None.
Title: Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish New Narrowband 
Personal Communications Services (ET Docket No. 92-100 and Gen. Docket 
No. 90-314).
Action:  New collection.
Respondents:  Individuals or households, state or local governments, 
non- profit institutions, and businesses or other for-profit (including 
small businesses).
Frequency of Response: Other: First collection: 1 year after initial 
license grant for BTA licensees. Second collection: 5 years after 
initial license grant for nationwide, regional and MTA licensees. Third 
collection: 10 years after initial license grant for nationwide, 
regional and MTA licensees.
Estimated Annual Burden:  1,782 responses, 15.1 hours average burden 
per response, 26,843 hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses:  The Commission has adopted a Memorandum Opinion and 
Order, released March 4, 1994, in the narrowband personal 
communications service (PCS) proceeding that requires all licensees, 
except for paging response channel licensees, to file materials that 
show their compliance with the construction requirements of this 
service. Specifically, the Commission required that upon meeting five 
and ten year construction benchmarks, nationwide, regional and major 
trading area (MTA) 50 kHz-based licensees shall file a map and other 
supporting documentation that demonstrates compliance with a geographic 
area or population coverage requirement. Basic trading area (BTA) 50 
kHz-based licensees shall file a statement indicating commencement of 
service within one year of initial license grant. The Commission 
required these reporting requirements to ensure that the spectrum is 
being effectively utilized.
OMB Number:  None.
Title:  Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish New Personal 
Communications Services (Gen. Docket No. 90-314).
Action:  New collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households, state or local governments, 
non- profit institutions, and businesses or other for-profit (including 
small businesses).
Frequency of Response: Other: First Collection: 5 years after initial 
license grant for all licensees. Second Collection: 10 years after 
initial license grant for 30 MHz licensees.
Estimated Annual Burden:  2,669 responses; 3.12 hours average burden 
per response; 8,330 hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses:  The Commission adopted a Memorandum Opinion and Order, 
released June 13, 1994, in the broadband personal communications 
service (PCS) proceeding that requires licensees to file materials 
demonstrating their compliance with three Commission rules. 
Specifically, in Section 24.203, the Commission required that licensees 
of 30 MHz blocks must serve at least one-third of the population in 
their licensed areas within five years of being licensed and two-thirds 
of the population in their licensed areas within ten years of being 
licensed. Licensees of 10 MHz blocks must serve at least one-quarter of 
the population in their licensed areas within five years of being 
licensed, or make a showing of substantial service in their licensed 
areas within five years of being licensed. Licensees must file maps and 
other supporting documents showing compliance with the respective 
construction requirements by the appropriate five- and ten-year 
benchmarks measured as of the date of their initial licenses. The 
Commission required these reporting requirements to ensure that the 
spectrum is being effectively utilized. Section 24.204 states that 
parties with controlling or attributable ownership interests in 
cellular licensees where the CGSA(s) covers 20 percent or less of the 
PCS service area population may be a party to a broadband PCS 
application and that such PCS applicant will be eligible for more than 
10 MHz broadband PCS license and/or 30 MHz broadband PCS license(s) 
pursuant to the following divestiture procedures: The broadband PCS 
applicant shall certify on its short-form auction application, filed in 
accordance with Section 24.305, that it and all parties to the 
application will come into compliance with the limitations on common 
ownership of cellular and broadband PCS interests set forth in this 
section. If such an applicant is a successful bidder, it must submit 
with its long-form application a signed statement describing its 
efforts to date and future plans to come into compliance with the 
limitations on common ownership of cellular and broadband PCS interests 
set for in this section. Where parties to broadband PCS applications 
hold less-than-controlling (but still attributable) interests in 
cellular licensee(s), they shall submit, within ninety days of final 
grant, a certification that the applicant and all parties to the 
application have come into compliance with the limitations on common 
ownership of cellular and broadband PCS interests set forth in this 
section. Finally, Section 24.237(b) states that the results of the 
coordination process between incumbent microwave users and PCS 
licensees need to be reported to the Commission only if the parties 
fail to agree. Additionally, the Commission requires that each 
broadband PCS licensee perform an engineering analysis to assure that 
the proposed facilities will not cause interference to existing OFS 
stations within the specified coordination distance of a magnitude 
greater than a specified criteria, unless there is a prior agreement 
with the affected OFS licensee.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-27999 Filed 11-10-94; 8:45 am]
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