[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49450-49451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13738]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

August 8, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a 
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless 
it displays a currently valid control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl B. Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, 
(202) 418-0497 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control No.: 3060-0751.
    OMB Approval Date: 1/05/2006.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2009.
    Title: Reports Concerning International Private Lines 
Interconnected to the U.S. Public Switched Network.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10 responses; 80 total annual burden 
hours; 8 hours average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of this information collection is to 
review the impact, if any, that end-user private line interconnections 
have on the U.S. international settlements policy. Without the 
collection of this information, the Commission would not be able to 
monitor the impact that end-user private line interconnections have on 
the U.S. international public switched network.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0768.
    OMB Approval Date: 1/18/2006.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2009.
    Title: 28 GHz Band Segmentation Plan Amending the Commission's 
Rules to Redesignate the 27.5-29.5 GHz Frequency Band, to Reallocate 
the 29.5-30.0 GHz Frequency Band, and to Establish Rules and Policies 
for Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS) and for the Fixed 
Satellite Service.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 60 responses; 90 total annual burden 
hours; 1.5 hours average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission 
(``Commission'') and other applicants and/or licensees in the 28 GHz 
band use the information to determine the technical coordination of 
systems that are designed to share the same band segment in the 28 GHz 
frequency band. If this information is compiled less frequently or not 
filed in conjunction with the Commission's rules, applicants and 
licensees will not obtain the authorization necessary to provide 
telecommunications services; the Commission will not be able to carry 
out it mandate as required by statute; and applicants and licensees 
will not be able to provide service effectively.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0901.
    OMB Approval Date: 4/26/2006.
    Expiration Date: 4/30/2009.
    Title: Reports of Common Carriers and Affiliates.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,200 responses; 6,000 total annual burden 
hours; 5 hours average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Common carriers must file copies of all contracts 
entered

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into with a communications entity in a foreign point for the provision 
of common carrier service between the United States and that foreign 
point. Carriers are exempt from this requirement if the carrier enters 
into such a contract with a carrier that lacks market power in the 
relevant foreign market. The information is used by Commission staff to 
monitor the operating agreements of the U.S. carriers and their foreign 
correspondents that possess market power, specifically to monitor the 
international accounting rates of such carriers to ensure consistency 
with Commission policies and the public interest. Without the 
collection of information, the Commission could not preclude one-way 
bypass and safeguard its international settlements policy.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0962.
    OMB Approval Date: 11/17/2005.
    Expiration Date: 11/30/2008.
    Title: Redesignation of the 18 GHz Frequency Band, Blanket 
Licensing of Satellite Earth Stations in the Ka-Band and the Allocation 
of Additional Spectrum for Broadcast Satellite Service Use.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 590 responses; 590 total annual burden 
hours; 1-4 hours average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection is necessary for the 
Commission to determine whether licensees complied with the rules 
applicable to satellite earth stations and to deploy new satellite 
systems. Without this information, the Commission would not be able to 
verify whether Geostationary Satellite Orbit (GSO) Fixed Satellite 
Service (FSS) earth stations in the Ka-Band were operating in 
accordance with the Commission's rules.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1014.
    OMB Approval Date: 4/05/2006.
    Expiration Date: 4/30/2009.
    Title: Ku-band NGSO FSS.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1 response; 1 total annual burden hour; 1 
hour average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements accounted 
for in this collection are necessary to ensure that prospective 
licensees in the Non-geostationary (NGSO) Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) 
follow their service rules. Without such information collection 
requirements, many existing radio services, both satellite and 
terrestrial could potentially be interrupted by interference caused by 
NGSO FSS systems on the same frequencies.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1035.
    OMB Approval Date: 1/06/2006.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2009.
    Title: Part 73, Subpart F--International Broadcast Stations.
    Form No.: FCC Forms 309, 310 and 311.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 79 responses; 334 total annual burden 
hours; 0.5-10 hours average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection is used by the 
Commission to assign frequencies for use by international broadcast 
stations, to grant authority to operate such stations and to determine 
if interference or adverse propagation conditions exist that may impact 
the operation of such stations. The Commission collects this 
information pursuant to 47 CFR part 73, subpart F. If the Commission 
did not collect this information, it would not be in a position to 
effectively coordinate spectrum for international broadcasters or to 
act for entities in times of frequency interference or adverse 
propagation conditions.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-13738 Filed 8-22-06; 8:45 am]
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