[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6393-6394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2775]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated 
Authority, Comments Requested

February 4, 2010.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. 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; (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; and (e) 
ways to further reduce the information collection burden for small 
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
    The FCC 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 OMB control number.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before April 12, 2010. 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the 
Internet at [email protected] and to Judith B. Herman, 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your PRA comments by 
e-mail send them to: [email protected]. To view a copy of this information 
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to web page: http://www.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 FCC list appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its 
OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214. 
For additional information about the information collection(s) send an 
e-mail to [email protected] or contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No: 3060-0625.
     Title: Section 24.103, Construction Requirements.
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions and state, local or tribal 
government.
     Number of Respondents: 5 respondents; 90 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: .5 - 3 hours.
     Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
     Total Annual Burden: 102 hours.
     Total Cost Burden: $41,000.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information on the private 
land mobile radio licensees is maintained in the Commission's system of 
records, FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services Licensing Records.'' The 
licensee records will be publicly available and routinely used in 
accordance with subsection b. or the Privacy Act. Any personally 
identifiable information (PII) that individual applicants provide is 
covered by a system of records, FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services 
Licensing Records,'' and these and all other records may be disclosed 
pursuant to the Routine Uses as stated in this system of records 
notice.
     Need and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring collection 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as an extension in order 
to obtain the full three year clearance from them. There is no change 
in the recordkeeping and/or reporting requirements. The Commission has 
reduced the total

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annual burden by 29 hours and the cost burden by $12,000.
    This information collection requires that nationwide narrowband 
Personal Communications Services (PCS) licensees must, under 47 CFR 
24.103, notify the Commission by filing FCC Form 601, no later than 15 
days after the end of the five year period following the initial grant 
of their license, indicating that they plan to satisfy the alternative 
requirements to provide ``substantial service''. Also, under section 
24.103(f), upon meeting the five and 10 year benchmarks in paragraphs 
(a), (b), and (c) of this subsection, licensees shall notify the 
Commission by filing FCC Form 601 and including a map and other 
supporting documentation that demonstrate the required geographic area 
coverage, population coverage, or substantial service to the license 
area within 15 days of the expiration of the relevant period has been 
met.
    The reporting and recordkeeping requirements for this information 
collection are used to ensure that licensees timely construct systems 
that are sound, favorable, and substantially provide a level of service 
above mediocre service, and that those systems serve a significant area 
of the U.S. population.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-2775 Filed 2-8-10; 8:45 am]
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