[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69119-69120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20015]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated 
Authority

November 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 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: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should 
submit comments January 29, 2007. If you anticipate that you will be 
submitting 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 PRA comments to Allison E. Zaleski, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, 
(202) 395-6466, or via fax at 202-395-5167, or via the Internet at 
[email protected] and to [email protected], 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20554. To submit your comments by e-mail send them 
to: [email protected]. If you would like to obtain or view a copy of this 
information collection after the 60 day comment period, 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 about the 
information collection(s) send an e-mail to [email protected] or contact 
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1048.
    Title: Section 1.929(c)(1), Computer Interference Contour (CIC).
    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: 50.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting requirement 
and recordkeeping requirement.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 100 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted as an extension 
(no change in reporting requirements) after this 60 day comment period 
to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full 
three year clearance. There is no change in respondents or burden 
hours. Section 1.929(c)(1) requires any increase in the composite 
interference contour (CIC) \1\ of a site-based licensee in the Paging 
and Radiotelephone Service, Rural Radiotelephone Service, or 800 MHz 
Specialized Mobile Radio Service is a major modification of a license 
that requires prior Commission approval. However, on April 28, 2003, 
the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in WT 
Docket No. 03-103 (68 FR 44003), which proposed to amend Section 
1.929(c)(1) of the Commission's rules to specify that expansion of a 
composite

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interference contour (CIC) of a site-based licensee in the Paging and 
Radiotelephone Service--as well as the Rural Radiotelephone Service and 
800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio Service--over water on a secondary, 
non-interference basis should be classified as a minor (rather than 
major) modification of a license. Such reclassification would eliminate 
the filing requirements associated with these license modifications, 
but require site-based licensees to provide the geographic area 
licensee (on the same frequency) with the technical and engineering 
information necessary to evaluate the site-based licensee's operation 
over water. The purpose of this collection is to enable the geographic 
licensee to have technical and engineering information regarding a 
site-based licensee's operations over water in order to guard against 
unacceptable interference to its own operations(s).
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    \1\ A CIC connects the outmost points of the intersecting 
interference contour for the base station in a radio system. 
However, an incumbent's valid CIC does not include areas surrounded 
by the composite interior contour that are not part of the 
interference contours of the incumbent's individual sites. See 
Revision of Parts 22 and 90 of the Commission's Rules to Facilitate 
Future Development of Paging System's and Implementation of Section 
309(j) of the Communications Act--Competitive Bidding, Memorandum 
Opinion and Order on Reconsideration and Third Report and Order, 14 
FCC Rcd 10030, 10055 ] 35 (1999).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-20015 Filed 11-28-06; 8:45 am]
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