[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36188-36189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14281]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission, Comments Requested

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, the 
Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to

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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 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 16, 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 questions 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: 3060-0599.
    Title: Section 90.187, Trunking in the Bands Between 150 and 512 
MHz; and Sections 90.425 and 90.647, Station Identification.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and state, local, or 
Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 6,679 respondents; 6,679 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours to 3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. sections 154(i), 309(j) and 332 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 8,231 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No Impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No questions of a 
confidential nature are asked.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of 
a revision. The Commission is increasing the total annual burden by 
7,974 hours due to a significant increase in the number of respondents/
responses in collection. The revision is adding one additional rule 
section which is 90.187 to this information collection.
    On April 18, 2013, the Commission in a Fifth Report and Order, FCC 
13-52, adopted changes to 47 CFR 90.425 of the Commission's rules to 
allow Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR) licensees in the bands between 
150 and 512 MHz that are licensed on an exclusive basis to transmit 
station identification information in digital format, on the condition 
that the licensee will provide the Commission with information 
sufficient to decode the digital transmission to ascertain the call 
sign transmitted. However, this gives a new group of licensee stations 
(PLMRs) an option regarding the method of transmission of required call 
sign information; it modifies the existing burden, and slightly 
increases the cost burden--specifically the cost associated with 
providing the Commission sufficient information to decode the 
transmission--unless they choose the digital transmission option.
    The information requested in this collection is used by the 
Commission's staff to enable the Commission to evaluate the accuracy of 
frequency coordination pursuant to its rule under 47 CFR 90.187, 90.425 
and 90.647.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-14281 Filed 6-14-13; 8:45 am]
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