[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 70906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20677]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 27

[WT Docket Nos. 03-66, 03-67, 02-68, 00-230, MM Docket No. 97-217, IB 
Docket No. 02-364, ET Docket No. 00-258; FCC 06-46]


Facilitating the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, 
Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and 2500-2690 
MHz Bands; Review of the Spectrum Sharing Plan Among Non-Geostationary 
Satellite Orbit Mobile Satellite Service Systems in the 1.6/2.4 GHz 
Bands

ACTION: Final rule, announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval on October 31, 2006, for the 
information collection requirements contained in the Third Memorandum 
Opinion and Order and Second Report and Order (FCC 06-46), OMB Control 
Number 3060-1094, pursuant to the requirements of 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: The effective date for the rules and the information collection 
requirements contained in 47 CFR 27.1231(d), (f), and (g), and 47 CFR 
27.1235 through 27.1239, published in the Federal Register on June 19, 
2006, at 71 FR 35178, is October 31, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Zaczek, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Broadband Division, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, at (202) 418-7590 or via the 
Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1094.
    OMB Approval Date: 10/31/2006.
    OMB Expiration Date: 10/31/2009.
    Title: Licensing, Operation, and Transition of the 2500-2690 MHz 
Band.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,500 respondents; 8,355 annual burden 
hours; 0.25-5 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In the Commission's Third Memorandum Opinion and 
Order and Second Report and Order (FCC 06-46), New Broadband Radio 
Service (BRS) and Educational Broadband Service (EBS) band plan 
transitions take place in Basic Trading Areas (BTAs), which will 
provide both incumbent licensees and potential new entrants in the 
2495-2690 MHz band with greatly enhanced flexibility to encourage the 
efficient and effective use of spectrum domestically and 
internationally and the growth and rapid development of innovative and 
efficient communications technologies and services. The information 
collection requirements are contained in the following rule sections: 
(1) The pre-transition data request (47 CFR 27.1231(d)); (2) the 
transition notice (47 CFR 27.1231(e)); (3) the Initiation Plan (47 CFR 
27.1231(f)); and (4) the post-transition notification (47 CFR 27.1235). 
The Pre-transition data request will be collected by a third-party 
proponent (proponent) to assist in the transitioning the 2500-2690 MHz 
band. The proponent may use a variety of methods, including a 
computerized database. The proponent will send the transition notice to 
all BRS and EBS licensees in the BTA that the proponent is 
transitioning. The FCC will collect the Initiation Plan and the Post-
transition Notification from the proponent to enable the FCC to assess 
when transitions have begun and when they have ended. The FCC will use 
our electronic comment and filing system (ECFS) database to collect 
this information from the proponents.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-20677 Filed 12-6-06; 8:45 am]
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