[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6483-6485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1058]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget

December 27, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid control number. 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. Comments are requested concerning (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be

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submitted on or before March 10, 2006. If you anticipate that you will 
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the 
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments to Judith 
B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th 
Street, SW., DC 20554 or via the Internet to [email protected]. 
If you would like to obtain or view a copy of this information 
collection, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0645.
    Title: Section 17.4, Antenna Registration.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 25,600.
    Estimated Time per Response: .2-1.2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 40,965 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $3,200,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The requirements contained in Part 17 are necessary 
to implement a uniform registration process for owners of antenna 
structures. The following are the information collection requirements 
subject to OMB review and approval: (1) Antenna structure owners will 
be required to provide tenant licensees with a copy of the antenna 
registration; (2) display the registration number on or around the 
antenna structure; (3) notify of improperly function of antenna 
structure lights; and (4) recording of improperly function of antenna 
structure lights. The information will be used by the Commission during 
investigations related to air safety or radio frequency interference. A 
registration number will be issued to identify antenna structure owners 
in order to enforce congressionally mandated provisions related to the 
owners. The Commission is submitting this information collection to OMB 
as an extension (no change in requirements) in order to obtain the full 
three year clearance.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0901.
    Title: Reports of Common Carriers and Affiliates.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 20 respondents; 1,200 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting 
requirements, and third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information 
collection to OMB as an extension (no change in requirements) in order 
to obtain the full three year clearance. The rules applicable to this 
information collection are contained in Section 43.51(a). This rule 
requires, in part, that common carriers file copies of all contracts 
entered into with a communications entity in a foreign point for the 
provision of a common carriers service between the United States and 
that foreign point. In a Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration 
adopted in May 1999, the Commission amended Section 43.51 to exempt 
from this requirement U.S. carriers that enter into such a contract 
with a foreign carrier that lacks market power. The Commission also 
amended Section 43.51 with respect to carriers filing agreements with 
foreign carriers that have market power on routes for which the 
Commission eliminated the International Settlements Policy. It amended 
the rules specifically to permit these carriers to request confidential 
treatment of and to redact from the public view, the rates, terms and 
conditions that govern the settlement of international traffic.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0678.
    Title: Part 25 of the Commission's Rules Governing the Licensing 
of, and Spectrum Usage by, Satellite Network Stations and Space 
Stations.
    Form No.: FCC 312, Schedule S.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 3,432.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-40 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements, and third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 42,108 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $608,401,936.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission has revised this information 
collection in a Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 05-62. In this 
proceeding, the Commission proposed to combine power level requirements 
and antenna diameter requirements into one off-axis equivalent 
isotropically radiated power (EIRP) requirement. (EIRP is the product 
of the gain of the antenna in a given direction relative to an 
isotropic antenna and the power supplied to that antenna.) If this 
proposal is adopted, it would give earth station operators more 
flexibility in their operations and help expedite its review of some 
non-routine earth station applications. The Commission invited comments 
on what revisions would be necessary to its rules to provide protection 
from interference for earth stations in the event that it adopts an 
off-axis EIRP requirement for fixed satellite service (FSS) earth 
stations. Additionally, the Commission invited comment on what specific 
information should be required from earth station applicants in order 
to comply with the proposed off-axis EIRP requirement. The following 
new information collection requirements are proposed in the rulemaking: 
(1) Earth station applicants will provide a table showing the EIRP of 
the antenna at various specific off-axis angles; (2) Very Small 
Aperture Terminal (VSAT) licensees will certify that they will meet any 
applicable requirements for contention protocols adopted in this 
proceeding; (3) any party questioning a license applicant's contention 
protocol certification will provide a technical analysis showing that 
the applicant's planned contention protocol usage is likely to cause 
harmful interference to adjacent satellites or terrestrial wireless 
operations; and (4) a certificate of coordination signed by an 
authorized representative of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory 
(NRAO) will be made to the Commission upon request.
    If the proposals are adopted by the Commission, it is anticipated 
that the FCC Form 312 will be revised and/or new applications will be 
developed to accommodate the off-axis EIRP requirement for earth 
stations. Furthermore, the modification of the FCC Form 312 and/or 
creation of new applications would necessitate revisions to the 
International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) so that applicants can file 
the new or revised applications electronically with the Commission.


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    (Note: No changes to the Schedule S will be required to 
accommodate the off-axis EIRP requirement for earth stations.)

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-1058 Filed 2-7-06; 8:45 am]
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