[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6104-6105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01766]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; 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. 
3502 -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 Commission, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimates; 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 collection burden on 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 February 28, 2013. 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.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), 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, FCC, at 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0270.
    Title: Section 90.443, Content of Station Records.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit entities, not-for-profit institutions and state, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 65,295 respondents; 65,295 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 16,324 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. Records of the Wireless Radio 
Services may include information about individuals or households, and 
the use(s) and disclosure of this information is governed by the 
requirements of a system of records, FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services 
Licensing Records''.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Respondents may request 
materials or information submitted to the Commission to be withheld 
from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of their rules. Information 
within Wireless Radio Services is maintained in the Commission's system 
or records notice or `SORN', FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services Licensing 
Records''. Information on private land mobile licensees is maintained 
in the Commission's system of records. The licensee records will be 
publicly available and routinely used in accordance with subsection b 
of the Privacy Act.
    Needs and Uses: Each licensee in the private land mobile radio 
service must comply with the recordkeeping requirement in 47 CFR 
section 90.443 of the Commission's rules. Specifically, paragraph (b) 
of this section requires that the dates and pertinent details of any 
maintenance performed on station equipment, and the name and address of 
the service technician who did the work be entered in the station 
records. These records will reflect whether or not maintenance of the 
licensee's equipment has been performed.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Annual Report for Mobility Fund Phase I Support, FCC Form 
690 and Record Retention Requirements.
    Form Number: FCC Form 690.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit 
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 70 respondents; 820 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 18 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, 254 and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 14,830 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality. The information to be collected will be made available 
for public inspection. Applicants may request materials or information 
submitted to the Commission be given confidential treatment under 47 
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is now submitting this collection to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of a new 
collection.
    On May 14, 2012, the Commission released the Third Order on 
Reconsideration of the USF/ICC Report and Order, FCC 12-52, which 
revised section 54.1009(a) of the Commission's rules. In adopting the 
rules, the Commission comprehensively reformed and modernized the 
universal service and intercarrier compensation systems to ensure that 
all Americans have access to robust, affordable broadband and advanced 
mobile services. Concluding that mobile voice and broadband services 
provide unique consumer benefits, and that promoting the universal 
availability of such services is a vital component of the Commission's 
universal service mission, the Commission created the Mobility Fund.
    Mobility Fund Phase I support will be awarded through a nationwide 
reverse auction to determine the entities that would receive support 
and the amount of support they would receive. For Phase I of the 
Mobility Fund, the Commission will provide up to $300 million in one-
time support to immediately accelerate deployment of networks for 
mobile broadband services in unserved areas.
    The Commission also established a separate and complementary one-
time Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I to ward up to $50 million in 
additional universal service funding to Tribal Areas, including Alaska, 
to accelerate mobile broadband availability in these remote and 
underserved areas. The goal of Mobility Fund Phase I is to extend the 
availability of mobile voice service on networks that provide 3G or 
better performance and to accelerate the deployment of 4G wireless 
networks in areas where it is cost effective to do so with one-time 
support. Winning bidders that elect to provide supported services over 
3G networks will have two years to meet their requirements and those 
that elect to deploy 4G networks will have three years and will receive 
three disbursements of support during the two or three year period.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-01766 Filed 1-28-13; 8:45 am]
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