[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9127-9128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2486]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

February 13, 2006.
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 
submitted on or before March 24, 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., Washington, 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-XXXX.
    Title: Order and Implementing Public Notices Requiring BRS Channels 
1 and/or 2/2A Licensees to File Data on the Construction Status and/or 
Operational Parameters of Each System.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Estimated Time per Response: .50-1.25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 131 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $8,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information 
collection to OMB as a new collection in order to obtain the full 
three-year clearance from them. The Commission seeks OMB approval 
contained in an Order (FCC 05-172) which requires licensees of 
Broadband Radio Service (BRS) Channels 1 and/or 2/2A to file 
information on the construction status

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and/or operational parameters of each system. The Commission is seeking 
information on non-subscriber locations and operating characteristics 
of BRS receivers and other system characteristics of BRS incumbents 
(including operations by lessees) not currently collected on FCC Form 
601 for this service. The Commission does not plan on incorporating 
this reporting requirement into the FCC Form 601 because it is a one-
time collection. Respondents would submit the information as a separate 
attachment to their FCC 601 application.
    This one-time collection is necessary because BRS Channels 1 and/or 
2/2A are currently licensed at 2150-2150/62 MHz, which the Commission 
has designated for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS). The Commission 
also has announced that it intends to auction AWS licenses for 2150-
2155 MHz, among other bands, as early as June 2006. Future AWS 
licensees will be obligated to relocate incumbent BRS operations in the 
2150-2160/62 MHz band to comparable facilities, most likely within the 
newly restructured 2.5 GHz band. The Commission is currently reviewing 
comments filed in response to the Fifth Notice and considering the 
details of this relocation process in ET Docket No. 00-258 (FCC 05-
172). However, in the Order, the Commission concluded that reliable, 
public data on each incumbent BRS system that will be subject to 
relocation is essential well in advance of this planned spectrum 
auction and that neither the Commission nor the public has reliable, 
up-to-date information on the construction status and/or operational 
parameters of these BRS systems. Accordingly, the Commission ordered 
licensees of BRS Channels 1 and/or 2/2A to submit information, listed 
in the Order, after the staff issued Public Notice(s) setting forth the 
specific data required, deadlines, and the procedures for filing this 
information electronically on the Commission's Universal Licensing 
System (ULS), where it will be available to the public. To assist in 
determining the scope of the new AWS entrants' relocation obligations, 
the Commission ordered BRS licensees in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band to 
provide the required data within 60 days and 120 days of the effective 
date of its Order, noting that these dates would correspond to OMB 
approval of the information collection, i.e., PRA requirements for the 
ULS.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-2486 Filed 2-21-06; 8:45 am]
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