[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33735-33736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13731]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority

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 whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the

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Commission, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 
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 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 August 6, 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 Judith B. Herman, 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: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0441.
    Title: Section 90.621(b(4) and (b)(5), Selection and Assignment of 
Frequencies.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 20 respondents; 20 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. Sections 154(i) and 309(j).
    Total Annual Burden: 30 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $2,000.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking OMB approval for an 
extension of this information collection in order to obtain the full 
three year approval from them. There are no changes to the reporting 
and/or recordkeeping requirements. The Commission is reporting no 
change to their 2009 burden estimates.
    Section 90.621(b)(4) allows stations to be licensed at distances 
less than those prescribed in the Short-Spacing Separation Table where 
applicants ``secure a waiver.'' Applicants seeking a waiver in these 
circumstances are still required to submit with their application an 
interference analysis, based upon any of the generally-accepted 
terrain-based propagation models, demonstrating that co-channel 
stations would receive the same or greater interference protection than 
provided in the Short-Spacing Separation Table.
    Section 90.621(b)(5) permits stations to be located closer than the 
required separation, so long as the applicant provides letters of 
concurrence indicating that the applicant and each co-channel licensee 
within the specified separation agree to accept any interference 
resulting from the reduced separation between systems. Applicants are 
still required to file such concurrence letters with the Commission. 
Additionally, the Commission did not eliminate filings required by 
provisions such as international agreements, its environmental 
(National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)) rules, its antenna 
structure registration rules, or quiet zone notification/filing 
procedures.
    Section 90.693 requires that 800 MHz incumbent Specialized Mobile 
Radio (SMR) service licensees ``notify the Commission within 30 days of 
any changes in technical parameters or additional stations constructed 
that fall within the short-spacing criteria.'' It has been standard 
practice for incumbents to notify the Commission of all changes and 
additional stations constructed in cases where such stations are in 
fact located less than the required 70 mile distance separation, and 
are therefore technically ``short-spaced,'' but are in fact fully 
compliant with the parameters of the Commission's Short-Spacing 
Separation Table.
    The Commission uses this information to determine whether to grant 
licenses to applicants making ``minor modifications'' to their systems 
which do not satisfy mileage separation requirements pursuant to the 
Short-Spacing Separation Table.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-13731 Filed 6-6-12; 8:45 am]
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