[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56530-56531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23159]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

September 3, 2010.
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collections pursuant to 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Michael C. Smith, Federal 
Communications Commission, (202) 418-0584 or via the Internet at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1135.
    Expiration Date: 8/31/2013.
    Title: Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power Auxiliary 
Stations (including Wireless Microphones).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 127,500 responses; 31,875 total annual 
hours; .25 hours per response.
    Needs and Uses: In the Report and Order \1\ in WT Docket No. 08-
166, WT Docket No. 08-167, ET Docket No. 10-24, FCC 10-16, adopted 
January 14, 2010 and released on January 15, 2010, the Federal 
Communications Commission (``Commission'') modified the rules 
authorizing the operation of low power auxiliary stations (wireless 
microphones). The Report and Order requires all wireless microphones to 
cease operations in the 700 MHz Band (698-806 MHz) no later than June 
12, 2010, making the band available for use by public safety entities 
such as police, fire, emergency services, and commercial licensees.
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    \1\ Revisions to Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power 
Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz Band; Public Interest Spectrum 
Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Low Power Auxiliary 
Stations, Including Wireless Microphones, and the Digital Television 
Transition; Amendment of Parts 15, 74 and 90 of the Commission's 
Rules Regarding Low Power Auxiliary Stations, Including Wireless 
Microphones, WT Docket Nos. 08-166, 08-167, ET Docket No. 10-24, 
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 10-
16 (rel. January 15, 2010); 75 FR 3622 (January 22, 2010).
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    To effectuate the Commission's plan to clear wireless microphones 
from the 700 MHz Band, the Report and Order provides an early clearing 
mechanism for the 700 MHz Band; requires that any person who 
manufactures wireless microphones or sells, leases, or offers them for 
sale or lease must display a disclosure at the point of sale or lease 
that informs consumers of the conditions that apply to the operation of 
wireless microphones in the core TV bands; and requires any person who 
manufactures, sells, leases, or offers for sale or lease, wireless 
microphones capable of operating in the 700 MHz Band that are destined 
for non U.S. markets, to include labeling that makes clear that the 
devices cannot be operated in the United States.
    On January 22, 2010, the Commission requested emergency approval of 
the information collection requirements from the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB).\2\ On February 17, 2010, the Commission received OMB 
approval.\3\ The OMB control number for this collection is 3060-1135.
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    \2\ See Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being 
Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Comments Requested, 75 FR 3731 (January 22, 2010).
    \3\ See Revisions to Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low 
Power Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz Band; Public Interest 
Spectrum Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Low Power 
Auxiliary Stations, Including Wireless Microphones, and the Digital 
Television Transition; Public Information Collection Approved by 
Office of Management and Budget, 75 FR 9113 (March 1, 2010).

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    After publishing notice of its intent to revise this collection,\4\ 
the Commission submitted its request for revision to OMB on July 20, 
2010. The revision was requested to both extend the expiration date of 
the collection and to eliminate the now obsolete early clearing 
mechanism. This revised collection, without the early clearing 
mechanism and its associated responses and burden hours, is identical 
to the previous collection in all other respects. The Office of 
Management and Budget approved this revised collection on August 27, 
2010.
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    \4\ See Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being 
Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments 
Requested, 75 FR 25254 (May 7, 2010).
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    As noted previously, this information collection will be used to 
ensure that these microphones do not continue to be used or continue to 
be made available for use in the United States in the 700 MHz Band, in 
contravention of the steps taken by the Commission to make the 700 MHz 
Band available for use by public safety entities and commercial 
licensees, and to provide them a home in the core TV spectrum.
    The Commission recognizes that a significant number of currently 
unauthorized users of wireless microphones and other low power 
auxiliary stations in the 700 MHz Band may have to purchase new 
equipment to transition into the core TV bands pursuant to our 
temporary waivers. Our intention in requiring display of the Consumer 
Disclosure is to make certain that these users understand their rights 
and obligations regarding the use of low power auxiliary stations in 
the core TV bands. This Consumer Disclosure should help assure that 
purchasers of low power auxiliary stations operate their devices in a 
manner in compliance with our rules and policies and thereby do not 
cause interference to authorized radio services in the core TV bands.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-23159 Filed 9-15-10; 8:45 am]
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