[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 55181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7901]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

September 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.

DATES: Emergency revision of a currently approved collection effective 
on September 8, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole R. On'gele, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, 
(202) 418-2991 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0798.
    OMB Approval Date: September 8, 2006.
    Expiration Date: 2/28/07.
    Title: FCC Application for Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Radio 
Service Authorization.
    Form No.: FCC Form 601.
    Estimated Annual Burdens: 250,920 responses; 219,505 hours, and 
$50,144,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission has received emergency OMB approval 
to implement a modified information collection in connection with FCC 
Form 601 (OMB Control No. 3060-0798), pursuant to a Commission order 
that became effective on June 5, 2006. The information collection 
associated with the FCC Form 601, specifically Schedule B, is being 
modified in order to ensure that the Commission will receive from 
winning bidders claiming special designated entity benefits all 
information necessary to permit the Commission to review the 
qualifications of that winning bidder to receive such benefits. While 
the FCC Form 601, Schedule B, already requires the submission of most 
of the information that the Commission requires to conduct this review, 
the modified information collection will ensure that the Commission 
receives additional information as mandated by a recent Commission 
order revising the rules applicable to entities seeking designated 
entity benefits. Until the electronic version of the form 
(specifically, the Schedule B) can be updated in the Commission's 
Universal Licensing System (ULS), applicants will be requested to 
provide this same information in an attachment to the existing version 
of Form 601, filed electronically. The Commission uses the information 
provided by applicants on FCC Form 601 to update its database and to 
determine if the applicant is legally, technically and financially 
qualified to provide licensed services and to make proper use of the 
frequency spectrum. The information collected pursuant to this modified 
information collection will be used to ensure that only legitimate 
designated entities, as defined by the Commission's rules, reap the 
benefits of the Commission's designated entity program.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-7901 Filed 9-20-06; 8:45 am]
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