[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 27, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38210-38211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15627]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 90

[WT Docket No. 11-110; WT Docket No. 12-64; FCC 12-55]


Channel Spacing and Bandwidth Limitations for Certain Economic 
Area (EA)-Based 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio Licensees

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 
announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, 
for a period of three years, the information collection associated with 
the Commission's rules to permit Economic Area (EA)-based 800 MHz 
Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) licensees to exceed a legacy channel 
spacing requirement and bandwidth limitation.

DATES: Section 90.209(b)(7) will become effective July 9, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Regan, Mobility Division, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-2849, or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that on May 16, 2012 
OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information collection 
requirements contained in the Commission's Report and Order, FCC 12-55. 
The OMB Control Number is 3060-1170. The Commission publishes this 
notice as an announcement of such approval. Because the information 
collection was pre-approved prior to the adoption or publication of the 
final rule, the effective date of this information collection is 30 
days after the final rule under FCC 12-55 is published in the Federal 
Register. If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed 
below, or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any 
burdens caused thereby, please contact Cathy Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-1170, 
in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments 
via email at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that on May 16, 2012 it received 
OMB pre-approval for the information collection requirements contained 
in the modifications to the Commission's rules found in 47 CFR 
90.209(b)(7).
    Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a current, 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 
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-1170.

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    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1170.
    OMB Approval Date: May 16, 2012.
    OMB Expiration Date: May 31, 2015.
    Title: Section 90.209(b)(7)--Bandwidth limitations.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 27 respondents; 25 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 up to 8.4 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 22 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $52,500.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: None.
    Needs and Uses: This information will be used to help ensure that 
800 MHz public safety licensees are not impacted by EA-based 800 MHz 
SMR licensees exceeding the channel spacing and bandwidth requirement 
in part 90 of the Commission's rules as modified under FCC 12-55. 
Pursuant to this notice, 800 MHz public safety licensees within the 
notice area will be able to monitor their networks for any increase in 
harmful interference in and around the time that an EA-based 800 MHz 
SMR licensee begins operations that exceed the existing channel spacing 
and bandwidth limitation in part 90.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-15627 Filed 6-26-12; 8:45 am]
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