[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 66 (Thursday, April 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20632-20633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8204]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for Review and Approval

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection(s). 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 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 OMB 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: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before May 7, 2012. 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: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at 
[email protected] and to Benish Shah, Federal 
Communications Commission, via the Internet at [email protected]. To 
submit your PRA comments by email send them to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benish Shah, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-7866.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0636.
    Title: Sections 2.906, 2.909, 2.1071, 2.1075, 2.1076, 2.1077 and 
15.37, Equipment Authorizations--Declaration of Conformity.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000 respondents; 10,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 9.5 hours (average).
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 154(i), 301, 302, 303(e), 303(r), 304 and 307.
    Total Annual Burden: 95,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $17,500,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No assurances of 
confidentiality are provided to respondents.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60 day 
comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance from 
them. The Commission is requesting an extension, there is no change in 
the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure 
requirements. There is no change in the estimated respondents/
responses, burden hours and/or annual costs.
    In 1996, the Declaration of Conformity (DoC) procedure was 
established in a Report and Order, FCC 96-208, In the Matter of 
Amendment of Parts 2 and 15 of the Commission's Rules to Deregulate the 
Equipment Authorization Requirements for Digital Devices.
    (a) The Declaration of Conformity equipment authorization 
procedure, 47 CFR 2.1071, requires that a manufacturers or equipment 
supplier test a product to ensue compliance with technical standards 
that limit radio frequency emissions.
    (b) Additionally, the manufacturer or supplier must also include a 
DoC (with the standards) in the literature furnished with the 
equipment, and the equipment

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manufacturer or supplier must also make this statement of conformity 
and supporting technical data available to the FCC, at the Commission's 
request.
    (c) The DoC procedure represents a simplified filing and reporting 
procedure for authorizing equipment for marketing.
    (d) Finally, testing and documentation of compliance are needed to 
control potential interference to radio communications. The data 
gathering are necessary for investigating complaints of harmful 
interference or for verifying the manufacturer's compliance with the 
Commission's rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-8204 Filed 4-4-12; 8:45 am]
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