[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24306-24307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8361]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

April 27, 2007

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 June 1, 2007. 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 FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 
395-3123, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via internet at [email protected] and to [email protected], Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554 
or an e-mail 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 Number: 3060-1030.
    Title: Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in 1.7 GHz and 
2.1 GHz Bands.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and state, local or 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 904 respondents; 1,122 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours-5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annual and on occasion reporting 
requirement, recordkeeping requirement, and third party requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 29,147 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $2,721,200.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality except as follows: The clearinghouses have committed, 
pursuant to the FCC's directive, to implement safeguards to maintain 
the confidentiality of information where necessary to protect 
respondents' legitimate commercial interests. Additionally, the Ninth 
Report

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and Order protects the specific location of incumbent BRS licensees' 
end-user/subscriber equipment, customer names, addresses and contact 
for purpose of relocation, which could raise competitive concerns. The 
Commission's rules permit parties filing information with the 
Commission to request confidential treatment of that information under 
47 CFR 0.459.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as a revision during this comment period to obtain 
the full three-year clearance from them. The Commission has changed the 
number of respondents, total annual burden hours and annual costs.
    The Commission adopted and released a Ninth Report and Order in FCC 
06-45, ET Docket No. 00-258 and WT Docket No. 02-353 which adopted 
disclosures related to negotiation and relocation of incumbent Fixed 
Microwave Service (FS) radio links and incumbent Broadband Radio 
Service (BRS) systems, and for the registration of these relocation 
expenses with a clearinghouse, including documentation of reimbursable 
costs for FS and BRS relocations, documentation when a new Advanced 
Wireless Services (AWS) and Mobile Satellite Service Ancillary 
Terrestrial Components (MSS/ATC) operators trigger a cost-sharing 
obligation, prior coordination notices to identify when a specific site 
will trigger a cost-sharing obligation, and retention of records by the 
clearinghouses.
    Privately administered clearinghouses, selected by the FCC, will 
keep track of and administer the cost sharing obligations over the next 
10-15 years as AWS and MSS-ATC operators build new stations that 
require them to relocate incumbents.
    In a Public Notice issued jointly with the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the FCC sets 
forth procedures for AWS licensees to coordinate with Federal 
Government operators in the 1.7 GHz band, and AWS licenses are granted 
with a special condition that requires coordination with Federal 
operators.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-8361 Filed 5-1-07; 8:45 am]
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