[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63395-63396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25230]


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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 burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 
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 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 PRA that does not display a 
valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before December 
22, 2014. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but 
find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this 
notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1155.
    Title: Sections 15.713, 15.714, 15.715 15.717, TV White Space 
Broadcast Bands.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000 respondents; 2,000 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 154(i), 302, 303(c), 303(f), and 307 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: 100,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the 
Commission. Respondents may request confidential treatment of such 
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60 
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance.
    On November 14, 2008, the Federal Communications Commission 
(``Commission'') adopted a Second Report and Order and Memorandum 
Opinion and Order, FCC 08-260, ET Docket No. 04-186 that established 
rules to allow new and unlicensed wireless devices to operate in the 
broadcast television spectrum at locations where that spectrum is not 
being used by licensed services (this unused TV spectrum is often 
termed television ``white spaces''). The rules will allow for the use 
of unlicensed TV band devices in the unused spectrum to provide 
broadband data and other services for consumers and businesses.
    Subsequently on September 23, 2010, the Commission adopted a Second 
Memorandum Opinion and Order finalizing the rules to make the unused 
spectrum in the TV bands available for unlicensed broadband wireless 
devices. This action resolved on reconsideration certain legal and 
technical issues in order to provide certainty concerning the rules for 
operation of unlicensed transmitting devices in the television 
broadcast frequency bands (unlicensed TV bands devices or ``TVBDs''). 
Resolution of these issues will now allow manufacturers to begin 
marketing unlicensed communications devices and systems that operate on 
frequencies in the TV bands in areas where they are not used by 
licensed services (``TV white spaces'').
    In the Second Report and Order the Commission decided to designate 
one or more database administrator from the private sector to create 
and operate TV band databases which will be a privately owned and 
operated service. The database administrators will be responsible for 
coordination of the overall functioning of a database and provide 
services to TVBDs.
    The TV bands database will serve the following functions:
    Determine and provide to a TVBD, upon request, the available TV 
channels at the TVBD's location. Available channels are determined 
based on the interference protection requirements in Sec.  15.712. A 
database must provide fixed and Mode II personal portable TVBDs with 
channel availability information that includes scheduled changes in 
channel availability over the course of the 48 hour period beginning at 
the time the TVBDs make a re-check contact. In making lists of 
available channels available to a TVBD, the TV bands database shall 
ensure that all communications and interactions between the TV bands 
database and the TVBD include adequate security measures such that 
unauthorized parties cannot access or alter the TV bands database or 
the list of available channels sent to TVBDs or otherwise affect the 
database system or TVBDs in performing their intended functions or in 
providing adequate interference protections to authorized services 
operating in the TV bands. In addition, a TV bands database must also 
verify that the FCC identifier (FCC ID) of a

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device seeking access to its services is valid; under this requirement 
the TV bands database must also verify that the FCC ID of a Mode I 
device provided by a fixed or Mode II device is valid. A list of 
devices with valid FCC IDs and the FCC IDs of those devices is to be 
obtained from the Commission's Equipment Authorization System. There 
are also questions about prefill applications and the number of 
available channels.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-25230 Filed 10-22-14; 8:45 am]
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