[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 144 (Friday, July 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43447-43448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17100]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

July 21, 2008.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. 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 August 25, 2008. 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, (202) 395-5887, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or 
via Internet at [email protected] and to Judith-B. 
[email protected], Federal Communications Commission, or an e-mail to 
[email protected]. To view a copy of this information collection request 
(ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called 
``Currently Under Review'', (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in 
the ``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, 
(4) select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of 
agencies presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the 
``Submit'' button to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, and (6) 
when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the 
title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then 
click on the ICR Reference Number to view detailed information about 
this ICR.

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 Judith-B.[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1094.
    Title: Licensing, Operation, and Transition of the 2500-2690 MHz 
Band.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,500 respondents; 12,726 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25-5 hours average burden per 
response.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 8,457 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $266,666.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The revised information 
collection requirements provides that information provided pursuant to 
the new requirement shall not be disclosed to additional parties except 
to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with the rule.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection (IC) to the OMB as a revision during this comment period to 
obtain the full three-year clearance from them.The FCC adopted and 
released a Fourth Memorandum Opinion and Order (2008 Order) in FCC 08-
83, which proposes to extend and modify existing reporting and third 
party disclosure requirements such that licensees will, pursuant to 
Section 27.1221(f) of the Commission's rules, be required to provide 
the geographic coordinates, the height above ground level of the center 
of radiation for each transmit and receive antenna, and the date 
transmissions commenced for each of the base stations in its Geographic 
Service Area (GSA) within 30 days of receipt of a request from a co-
channel, neighboring Broadband Radio Service/Educational Broadband 
Service (BRS/EBS) licensee. This information will be used to prevent 
harmful interference to licensees' BRS/EBS operations. Since BRS/EBS 
licensees will be providing this technical information to a third 
party, the information will not be used by the Commission unless 
submitted by the parties pursuant to an interference complaint. This 
additional requirement will add an additional .50 hours per licensee 
for reporting and recordkeeping requirements with an average of up to 
250 responses to the current information collection burden for wireless 
service providers. Finally, the Commission is removing the requirement 
for the MVPD Opt Out (Waiver Request) provision that was approved by 
OMB the last time this

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collection was submitted to the OMB for approval. This voluntary 
deadline for filing waiver requests ended on April 30, 2007. Therefore, 
the Commission is reporting -3 hours in annual burden and -$6,668 in 
annual costs (program change reductions) to remove this requirement 
from this information collection.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1039.
    Title: Nationwide Programmatic Agreement Regarding the Section 106 
National Historic Preservation Act--Review Process, WT Docket No. 03-
128.
    Form Nos.: FCC Forms 620 and 621.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 12,000 respondents; 12,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .50-10 hours average burden per 
response.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement, and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 123,888 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $9,253,296.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: This information collection 
in general requires no need for confidentiality. On a case by case 
basis, the Commission may be required to withhold from disclosure 
certain information about the location, character, or ownership of a 
historic property, including traditional religious sites. (See 16 
U.S.C. Section 470w-3.)
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection (IC) to the OMB as a revision during this comment period to 
obtain the full three-year clearance from them. There has been no 
change in the estimated number of respondents/responses, burden hours 
or annual costs.
    The Commission is currently revising this form to make it available 
in electronic format or developing a means of filing these forms 
electronically via the Tower Construction Notification System (TCNS). 
The Commission has conducted extensive public outreach sessions for the 
revised forms and screen designs. While the outreach did not result in 
specific changes to the forms, we did streamline some of our screen 
design and add clarifications to the forms. In this latest revision, to 
alleviate numerous attachments, the Commission is adding the following 
data elements to the FCC Form 620:
     Consultant FCC Registration Number (FRN).
     TCNS Notification Number.
     Site Name of Structure.
     Tribal/NHO Involvement.
     Historic Properties.
     Local Government Involvement.
     Other Consulting Parties.
     Designation of SHPO/THPO.
    The following data elements are being added to the FCC Form 621:
     Consultant FCC Registration Number (FRN).
     TCNS Notification Number.
     Secondary TCNS Notification Number.
     Site Name of Structure.
     Tribal/NHO Involvement.
     Historic Properties.
     Local Government Involvement.
     Other Consulting Parties.
     Designation of SHPO/THPO.
    The data is used by FCC staff, State Historic Preservation Officers 
(SHPO), Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPO) and the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) to take such action as may be 
necessary to ascertain whether a proposed action may affect historic 
properties that are listed or eligible for listing in the National 
Register as directed by Section 106 of the NHPA and the Commission's 
rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-17100 Filed 7-24-08; 8:45 am]
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