[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31540-31541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12440]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

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 June 24, 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.

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]. 
Also, please 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: 3060-1030.
    Title: Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) in the 
1.7 GHz and 2.1 GHz Bands.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.

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    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 979 respondents; 1,625 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours to 5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual, on occasion, one time and every 10 
reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirements, 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. sections 151, 152, 154(i), 201, 301, 302, 303(f), 303(g), 
303(r), 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 34, 332, and 333 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the Commercial Spectrum 
Enhancement Act (CSEA), Pub. L. 108-494, 118 Stat 3896, 3992 (2004).
    Total Annual Burden: 32,386 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $581,800.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality except as follows: some relocators that seek 
reimbursement through the FCC cost-sharing plan administered by the 
clearinghouses will be required to retain records for more than three 
years, as will the clearinghouses themselves.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection during this comment period to obtain the full, three year 
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The 
Commission is requesting approval for a revision. There is a change to 
the Commission's previous burden estimates. The Commission is now 
reporting a seven hour adjustment in the total annual burden which is 
due to an increase in the estimated number of AWS licensees based on 
the grant of additional initial licenses (FCC Auction 78) and 
partitions and disaggregations of existing licenses to new licensees 
(765 incumbent FS licensees, 200 AWS licensees, 10 incumbent BRS 
licensees, 2 AWS-4 operators and 2 clearinghouses) = 979 respondents.
    The Commission in the revisions proposed in the AWS-4 NPRM, FCC 12-
32, which was submitted for OMB approval, proposed terrestrial service, 
technical, assignment and licensing rules for the 2000-2020 MHz and 
2180-2200 MHz spectrum bands. These proposed rules were designed to 
provide for flexible use of this spectrum, to encourage innovation and 
investment in mobile broadband, and to provide a stable regulatory 
environment in which broadband deployment could develop. The AWS-4 NPRM 
proposed terrestrial service rules for these spectrum bands that would 
generally follow the Commission's Part 27 rules, which apply to 
flexible use services (such as AWS-1), modified as necessary to account 
for issues unique to the 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands. The 
proposals in the AWS-4 NPRM included band-specific buildout, renewal, 
and discontinuance of service criteria. Given the proximity of these 
spectrum bands to spectrum bands previously identified as Advanced 
Wireless Services (AWS), the AWS-4 NPRM referred to these spectrum 
bands as ``AWS-4'' or ``AWS-4 spectrum''. The AWS-4 NPRM proposed to 
expand spectrum available for AWS, which the Commission first adopted 
in the AWS-1 Report and Order.
    For this revision, subject to OMB approval, the Commission in the 
AWS-4 Report and Order, FCC 12-151, adopts flexible use rules for 40 
megahertz of spectrum in the 2 GHz band (2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 
MHz) that would increase the nation's supply of spectrum for mobile 
broadband. We adopt AWS-4 terrestrial service, technical, and licensing 
rules that generally follow the Commission's Part 27 flexible use 
rules, modified as necessary to account for issues unique to the AWS-4 
bands.
    Recordkeeping, reporting and third party disclosure requirements 
associated with the items listed in paragraph one of the supporting 
statement that is submitted to OMB for approval, will be used by 
incumbent licensees and new entrants to negotiate relocation agreements 
and to coordinate operations to avoid interference. The information 
will also be used by the clearinghouses to maintain a national 
database, determine reimbursement obligations of entrants pursuant to 
the Commission's rules, and notify such entrants of their reimbursement 
obligations. Additionally, the information will be used to facilitate 
dispute resolution and for FCC oversight of the clearinghouses and the 
cost-sharing plan.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-12440 Filed 5-23-13; 8:45 am]
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