[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 221 (Friday, November 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67515-67516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27104]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

November 6, 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 December 15, 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: 3060-1070.
    Title: Section 101.1523, Allocation and Service Rules for the 71-76 
GHz, 81-86 GHz and 92-95 GHz.
    Report 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: 103 respondents; 103 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5[n x dash]4.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. Sections 151, 154(i), 303(f), and (r), 309, 316, and 332 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $810,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: This collection does not 
address information of a confidential nature. Respondents may request 
confidential treatment of materials submitted to the Commission which 
they believe should be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 
0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection (IC) to the OMB as an extension during this comment period 
to obtain the full three-year clearance from them. The Commission is 
reporting a -10,500 hourly burden reduction and a -$1,020,000 annual 
cost reduction (adjustment). This adjustment is due to a decrease in 
the estimated number of respondents/responses (from 1,000 to 103) that 
was submitted to the OMB in 2005. The annual cost estimate has also 
decreased due to a decrease in the capital/start up costs. Thus the 
Commission is now reporting a total of 1,500 burden hours and $810,000 
in annual operations and maintenance costs.
    Section 101.1523, Sharing and Coordination among Non-Government 
Licensees and Between Non-Government and Government Services, requires 
registration of each link in the 71-76 GHz 81-86 GHz, and 92-95 GHz 
bands. Registration of each link will be completed in the Commission's 
Universal Licensing System (ULS) until the Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau announces by public notice the implementation of a third party 
database. The licensee or applicant shall:
    (1) Complete coordination with Federal Government links according 
to the coordination standards and procedures adopted in Report and 
Order, FCC 03-248, and as further detailed in subsequent implementation 
public notices issued consistent with that order;
    (2) Provide an electronic copy of an interference analysis to a 
third-party database manager which demonstrates that the potential for 
harmful interference to or from all previously registered non-
government links has been analyzed according to the standards of 
section 101.105 and generally accepted good engineering practice, and 
that the proposed non-government link will neither cause harmful 
interference to, nor receive harmful interference from, any previously 
registered non-government link, and
    (3) Provide upon request any information related to the 
interference analysis and the corresponding link. The third-party 
database managers shall receive and retain the interference analyses 
electronically and make them available to the public. Protection of 
individual links against harmful interference from other links shall be 
granted on a first-in-time registered links. Successful completion of 
coordination via the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) automated mechanism shall constitute successful 
non-Federal Government to Federal Government coordination for that 
individual link.

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    In addition, the following types of non-Federal Government links 
require the filing with the Commission an FCC Form 601 (OMB Control 
Number 3060-0798) for each link for the purpose of coordination and 
registration, in addition to registering each link in the third-party 
database:
    (1) Facilities requiring the submission of an Environmental 
Assessment,
    (2) Facilities requiring international coordination, and
    (3) Operation in quiet zones.
    The Commission believes the licensee is in the best position to 
determine the nature of its operations and whether those operations 
impact these settings, and is required to submit to a database manager, 
as part of the registration package, documentation that an FCC Form 601 
has been filed.
    The recordkeeping, reporting and third party disclosure 
requirements will be used by the Commission to verify licensee 
compliance with Commission rules and regulations, and to ensure that 
licensees fulfill their statutory responsibilities in accordance with 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Such information has been 
used in the past and will continue to be used to minimize interference, 
verify that applicants are legally and technically qualified to hold 
licenses, and to determine compliance with Commission rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-27104 Filed 11-13-08; 8:45 am]
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