[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6889-6890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3329]


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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 1995, 
Pub. L. 96-511. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid control number. 
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall be subject 
to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a 
valid control number. Questions concerning the OMB control numbers and 
expiration dates should be directed to Judy Boley, Federal 
Communications Commission, (202) 418-0214.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0221.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/2001.
    Title: 90.155 Time in which station must be placed in operation.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,055 annual hours; 1 hour per response; 
2,055 responses.
    Description: The information collection requirement contained in 
Section 90.155 is needed to provide flexibility to state and local 
governments that would normally be unable to meet the requirement of 
placing their radio station in operation within 8 months. The 
information is used to evaluate if the exception to the 8 month 
requirement is warranted. If the information was not collected the 
Commission's information regarding actual loading of frequencies would 
be inaccurate. As a result of comments to the Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making, the Report & Order revised this burden to approximately 2,055 
respondents that would take an average of 1 hour to comply with the 
rules.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0805.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/2001.
    Title: 90.527 Regional plan requirements & 90.523 Eligibility.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 647,675 annual hours; 23.8 hours per 
response; 26,656 responses.
    Description: The First Report and Order, FCC 98-191, in WT Docket 
No. 96-86 amended service rules to make the spectrum available for 
licensing to public safety entities. In order to satisfy local and 
regional needs and preferences, the Commission required submission of 
regional plans drafted by planning committees made up of 
representatives from the public safety community. Creation of these 
plans will necessarily impose some burden, both on the eligible 
entities that make their needs known, and on the planners who seek to 
accommodate them. The Commission also established a National 
Coordination Committee that will develop national standards for the 
operation and use of the spectrum allocated for nationwide 
interoperability.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0262.
    Title: 90.179 Shared use of radio stations.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/2001.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 30,750 annual hours; .75 hours per 
response; 41,000 responses.
    Description: The Third Notice of Proposed Rule Making in, FCC 98-
191, in WT Docket No. 96-86 invites comments on how to license 8.8 
megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band that is allocated for public 
safety services. For example, comment is sought on whether to license 
700 MHz band spectrum directly to each individual state. The Commission 
also invites comments on whether to revise Section 90.179 to allow 
state licensees to authorize approximately 39,000 additional public 
safety agencies within the state and its political subdivisions to use 
the spectrum. We assume that the respondents would spend .75 hours to 
keep a written sharing agreement as part of the station records.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-3329 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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