[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15211-15212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06510]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[3060-0636]


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

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 the 
Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to 
take this opportunity to comment on the following information 
collection. 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 22, 
2015. 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

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advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at 
[email protected] and to Benish Shah, 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: Benish Shah, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-7866.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0636.
    Title: Sections 2.906, 2.909, 2.1071, 2.1075, 2.1077 and 15.37, 
Equipment Authorizations--Declaration of Conformity.
    Form No.: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 6,000 respondents; 12,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 9.5 hours (average).
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement 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. 154(i), 301, 302, 303(e), 303(r), 304 and 307.
    Total Annual Burden: 114,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $24,000,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No assurances of 
confidentiality are provided to respondents.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60 day 
comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance from 
them. The Commission is requesting an extension, there is no change in 
the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure 
requirements. The Commission is reporting an adjustment to reflect an 
increase to the total number of respondents/responses, the total annual 
hourly burden, and the total annual cost to respondents from the 
previous estimates, in order to reflect an increase in the number of 
devices authorized under the DOC program.
    In 1996, the Declaration of Conformity (DoC) procedure was 
established in a Report and Order, FCC 96-208, In the Matter of 
Amendment of Parts 2 and 15 of the Commission's Rules to Deregulate the 
Equipment Authorization Requirements for Digital Devices.
    (a) The Declaration of Conformity equipment authorization 
procedure, 47 CFR 2.1071, requires that a manufacturers or equipment 
supplier test a product to ensure compliance with technical standards 
that limit radio frequency emissions.
    (b) Additionally, the manufacturer or supplier must also include a 
DoC (with the standards) in the literature furnished with the 
equipment, and the equipment manufacturer or supplier must also make 
this statement of conformity and supporting technical data available to 
the FCC, at the Commission's request.
    (c) The DoC procedure represents a simplified filing and reporting 
procedure for authorizing equipment for marketing.
    (d) Finally, testing and documentation of compliance are needed to 
control potential interference to radio communications. The data 
gathering are necessary for investigating complaints of harmful 
interference or for verifying the manufacturer's compliance with the 
Commission's rules.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Sheryl D. Todd,
Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-06510 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]
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