[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39112-39116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16663]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0214, 3060-0519, 3060-1162 and 3060-1180]


Information Collections 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 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 comments should be submitted on or before August 7, 
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 advise the contacts below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email [email protected]; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via 
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the Supplementary 
Information section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of 
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 
submission to OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
    Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files; 
Sections 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for-profit 
institutions; Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 24,558 respondents; 63,234 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 104 hours.

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    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,375,336 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $882,236.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The FCC is preparing a PIA.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The personally identifiable 
information (PII) in this information collection is in part covered by 
the system of records notice (SORN), FCC/MB-1, ``Ownership of 
Commercial Broadcast Stations,'' 74 FR 59978 (2009). The Commission is 
currently drafting a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for the records 
covered by this SORN.
    The FCC also prepared a system of records, FCC/MB-2, ``Broadcast 
Station Public Inspection Files,'' to cover the personally identifiable 
information (PII) that may be included in the broadcast station public 
inspection files. Respondents may request materials or information 
submitted to the Commission be withheld from public inspection under 47 
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The public and FCC use the information in the 
public file to evaluate information about the broadcast licensee's 
performance, to ensure that broadcast stations are addressing issues 
concerning the community which it is licensed to serve and to ensure 
that stations entering into time brokerage agreements comply with 
Commission policies pertaining to licensee control and to the 
Communications Act and the antitrust laws. Placing joint sales 
agreements in the public inspection file facilitates monitoring by the 
public, competitors and regulatory agencies. Television broadcasters 
are required to send each cable operator in the station's market a copy 
of the election statement applicable to that particular cable operator. 
Placing these retransmission consent/must-carry elections in the public 
file provide public access to documentation of station's elections 
which are used by cable operators in negotiations with television 
stations and by the public to ascertain why some stations are/are not 
carried by the cable systems.
    Maintenance of political files by broadcast stations and by cable 
television systems enables the public to assess money expended and time 
allotted to a political candidate and to ensure that equal access was 
afforded to other legally qualified candidates for public office.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0519.
    Title: Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer 
Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991, CG Docket No. 02-278.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or 
households; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 34,948 respondents; 
147,368,997 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .004 hours (15 seconds) to 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Annual, on 
occasion and one-time reporting requirements; Third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for the information collection requirements is 
found in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), Public 
Law 102-243, December 20, 1991, 105 Stat. 2394, which added section 227 
of the Communications Act of 1934, [47 U.S.C. 227] Restrictions on the 
Use of Telephone Equipment.
    Total Annual Burden: 666,138 hours. Total Annual Cost: $2,745,000.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is an issue 
to the extent that individuals and households provide personally 
identifiable information, which is covered under the FCC's system of 
records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-1, ``Informal Complaints and 
Inquiries.'' As required by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the 
Commission also published a SORN, FCC/CGB-1 ``Informal Complaints, 
Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute Assistance'', in the Federal 
Register on August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152) which became effective on 
September 24, 2014. A system of records for the do-not-call registry 
was created by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Privacy 
Act. The FTC originally published a notice in the Federal Register 
describing the system. See 68 FR 37494, June 24, 2003. The FTC updated 
its system of records for the do-not-call registry in 2009. See 74 FR 
17863, April 17, 2009.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Needs and Uses: The reporting requirements included under this OMB 
Control Number 3060-0519 enable the Commission to gather information 
regarding violations of section 227 of the Communications Act, the Do-
Not-Call Implementation Act (Do-Not-Call Act), and the Commission's 
implementing rules. If the information collection was not conducted, 
the Commission would be unable to track and enforce violations of 
section 227 of the Communications Act, the Do-Not-Call Act, or the 
Commission's implementing rules. The Commission's implementing rules 
provide consumers with several options for avoiding most unwanted 
telephone solicitations.
    The national do-not-call registry supplements the company-specific 
do-not-call rules for those consumers who wish to continue requesting 
that particular companies not call them. Any company that is asked by a 
consumer, including an existing customer, not to call again must honor 
that request for five (5) years.
    A provision of the Commission's rules, however, allows consumers to 
give specific companies permission to call them through an express 
written agreement. Nonprofit organizations, companies with whom 
consumers have an established business relationship, and calls to 
persons with whom the telemarketer has a personal relationship are 
exempt from the ``do-not-call'' registry requirements.
    On September 21, 2004, the Commission released the Safe Harbor 
Order establishing a limited safe harbor in which persons will not be 
liable for placing autodialed and prerecorded message calls to numbers 
ported from a wireline service within the previous 15 days. The 
Commission also amended its existing National Do-Not-Call Registry safe 
harbor to require telemarketers to scrub their lists against the 
Registry every 31 days.
    On December 4, 2007, the Commission released the DNC NPRM seeking 
comment on its tentative conclusion that registrations with the 
Registry should be honored indefinitely, unless a number is 
disconnected or reassigned or the consumer cancels his registration.
    On June 17, 2008, in accordance with the Do-Not-Call Improvement 
Act of 2007, the Commission revised its rules to minimize the 
inconvenience to consumers of having to re-register their preferences 
not to receive telemarketing calls and to further the underlying goal 
of the National Do-Not-Call Registry to protect consumer privacy 
rights. The Commission released a Report and Order in CG Docket No. 02-
278, FCC 08-147, amending the Commission's rules under the Telephone 
Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to require sellers and/or telemarketers 
to honor registrations with the National Do-Not-Call Registry so that 
registrations will not automatically expire based on the current five 
year registration period.

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Specifically, the Commission modified section 64.1200(c)(2) of its 
rules to require sellers and/or telemarketers to honor numbers 
registered on the Registry indefinitely or until the number is removed 
by the database administrator or the registration is cancelled by the 
consumer.
    On February 15, 2012, the Commission released a Report and Order in 
CG Docket No. 02-278, FCC 12-21, revising its rules to: (1) Require 
prior express written consent for all autodialed or prerecorded 
telemarketing calls to wireless numbers and for all prerecorded 
telemarketing calls to residential lines; (2) eliminate the established 
business relationship exception to the consent requirement for 
prerecorded telemarketing calls to residential lines; (3) require 
telemarketers to include an automated, interactive opt-out mechanism in 
all prerecorded telemarketing calls, to allow consumers more easily to 
opt out of future robocalls during a robocall itself; and (4) require 
telemarketers to comply with the 3% limit on abandoned calls during 
each calling campaign, in order to discourage intrusive calling 
campaigns.
    Finally, the Commission also exempted from the Telephone Consumer 
Protection Act requirements prerecorded calls to residential lines made 
by health care-related entities governed by the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1162.
    Title: Closed Captioning of Video Programming Delivered Using 
Internet Protocol, and Apparatus Closed Caption Requirements.
    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.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,322 respondents; 3,666 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.084 to 10 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One time and on occasion reporting 
requirements; Recordkeeping requirement; Third-party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory and required to obtain or retain 
benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is 
contained in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video 
Accessibility Act of 2010, Public Law 111-260, 124 Stat. 2751, and 
Sections 4(i), 4(j), 303, 330(b), 713, and 716 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 303, 330(b), 613, 
and 617.
    Total Annual Burden: 10,062 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $95,700.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. As required by OMB Memorandum 
M-03-22 (September 26, 2003), the FCC completed a Privacy Impact 
Assessment (PIA) on June 28, 2007, that gives a full and complete 
explanation of how the FCC collects, stores, maintains, safeguards, and 
destroys the PII covered by these information collection requirements. 
The PIA may be reviewed at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy5FImpact5FAssessment.html.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Some assurances of 
confidentiality are being provided to the respondents. Parties filing 
petitions for exemption based on economic burden, requests for 
Commission determinations of technical feasibility and achievability, 
requests for purpose-based waivers, or responses to complaints alleging 
violations of the Commission's rules may seek confidential treatment of 
information they provide pursuant to the Commission's existing 
confidentiality rules.
    The Commission is not requesting that individuals who file 
complaints alleging violations of our rules (complainants) submit 
confidential information (e.g., credit card numbers, social security 
numbers, or personal financial information) to us. We request that 
complainants submit their names, addresses, and other contact 
information, which enables us to process complaints. Any use of this 
information is covered under the routine uses listed in the 
Commission's SORN, FCC/CGB-1, ``Informal Complaints, Inquiries, and 
Requests for Dispute Assistance.''
    The PIA that the FCC completed on June 28, 2007 gives a full and 
complete explanation of how the FCC collects, stores, maintains, 
safeguards, and destroys PII, as required by OMB regulations and the 
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. The PIA may be viewed at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy5FImpact5FAssessment.html.
    The Commission will update the PIA to cover the PII collected 
related to this information collection to incorporate various revisions 
to it as a result of revisions to the SORN and as required by OMB's 
Memorandum M-03-22 (September 26, 2003) and by the Privacy Act, 5 
U.S.C. 552a.
    Needs and Uses: The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video 
Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) directed the Commission to revise its 
regulations to mandate closed captioning on IP-delivered video 
programming that was published or exhibited on television with captions 
after the effective date of the regulations. Accordingly, the 
Commission requires video programming owners (VPOs) to send program 
files to video programming distributors and providers (hereinafter 
VPDs) with required captions, and it requires VPDs to enable the 
rendering or pass through of all required captions to the end user. The 
CVAA also directed the Commission to revise its regulations to mandate 
that all apparatus designed to receive, play back, or record video 
programming be equipped with built-in closed caption decoder circuitry 
or capability designed to display closed-captioned video programming, 
except that apparatus that use a picture screen that is 13 inches or 
smaller and recording devices must comply only if doing so is 
achievable. These rules are codified at 47 CFR 79.4 and 79.100-79.104.
    The information collection requirements consist of:
    (a) Mechanism for information about video programming subject to 
the IP closed captioning requirements.
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 79.4(c)(1)(ii) and (c)(2)(ii) of the 
Commission's rules, VPOs and VPDs must agree upon a mechanism to make 
information available to VPDs about video programming that becomes 
subject to the requirements of 47 CFR 79.4 on an ongoing basis. VPDs 
must make a good faith effort to identify video programming that must 
be captioned when delivered using IP using the agreed upon mechanism.
    For example, VPOs and VPDs may agree on a mechanism whereby the 
VPOs provide captions or certifications that captions are not required, 
and update those certifications and provide captions when captions 
later become required. A VPD may rely in good faith on a certification 
by a VPO that the programming need not be captioned: (1) If the 
certification includes a clear and concise explanation of why captions 
are not required; and (2) if the VPD is able to produce the 
certification to the Commission in the event of a complaint. VPOs may 
provide certifications for specific programming or a more general 
certification, for example, for all programming covered by a particular 
contract.
    VPDs may seek Commission determinations that other proposed 
mechanisms provide adequate information for them to rely on in good 
faith by filing an informal request and providing sufficient 
information for the Commission to make such determinations.

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    (b) Contact information for the receipt and handling of written 
closed captioning complaints.
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 79.4(c)(2)(iii), VPDs must make their contact 
information available to end users for the receipt and handling of 
written IP closed captioning complaints. The required contact 
information includes the name of a person with primary responsibility 
for IP captioning issues and who can ensure compliance with these 
rules, as well as the person's title or office, telephone number, fax 
number, postal mailing address, and email address. VPDs must keep this 
information current and update it within 10 business days of any 
change. The Commission expects that such contact information will be 
prominently displayed in a way that it is accessible to all end users. 
A general notice on the VPD's Web site with such contact information, 
if provided, must be provided in a location that is conspicuous to 
viewers.
    (c) Petitions for exemption based on ``economic burden.''
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 79.4(d), a VPO or VPD may petition the 
Commission for a full or partial exemption from the closed captioning 
requirements for IP-delivered video programming based upon a showing 
that they would be economically burdensome. Petitions for exemption 
must be supported with sufficient evidence to demonstrate economic 
burden (significant difficulty or expense). The Commission will 
consider four specific factors when determining economic burden and any 
other factors the petitioner deems relevant, along with any available 
alternatives that might constitute a reasonable substitute for the 
closed captioning requirements. Petitions and subsequent pleadings must 
be filed electronically.
    The Commission will place such petitions on public notice. Comments 
or oppositions to the petition may be filed electronically within 30 
days after release of the public notice of the petition, and must 
include a certification that the petitioner was served with a copy. The 
petitioner may reply to any comments or oppositions filed within 20 
days after the close of the period for filing comments or oppositions, 
and replies must include a certification that the commenting or 
opposing party was served with a copy. Upon a finding of good cause, 
the Commission may lengthen or shorten any comment period and waive or 
establish other procedural requirements. Petitions and responsive 
pleadings must include a detailed, full showing, supported by 
affidavit, of any facts or considerations relied on.
    (d) Complaints alleging violations of the closed captioning rules 
for IP-delivered video programming.
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 79.4(e), a written complaint alleging a 
violation of the closed captioning rules for IP-delivered video 
programming may be filed with the Commission or with the VPD 
responsible for enabling the rendering or pass through of the closed 
captions for the video programming. Complaints must be filed within 60 
days after the date the complainant experienced a problem with 
captioning. Such complaints should (but are not required to) include 
certain information.
    If a complaint is filed first with the VPD, the VPD must respond in 
writing to the complainant within 30 days after receipt of a closed 
captioning compliant. If a VPD fails to respond timely, or the response 
does not satisfy the consumer, the complainant may re-file the 
complaint with the Commission within 30 days after the time allotted 
for the VPD to respond. If a consumer re-files the complaint with the 
Commission (after filing with the VPD) and the complaint satisfies the 
requirements, the Commission will forward the complaint to the named 
VPD, and to any other VPD and/or VPO that Commission staff determines 
may be involved, who then must respond in writing to the Commission and 
the complainant within 30 days after receipt of the complaint from the 
Commission.
    If a complaint is filed first with the Commission and the complaint 
satisfies the requirements, the Commission will forward the complaint 
to the named VPD and/or VPO, and to any other VPD and/or VPO that 
Commission staff determine may be involved, who must respond in writing 
to the Commission and the complainant within 30 days after receipt of 
the complaint from the Commission. In response to a complaint, a VPD 
and/or VPO must provide the Commission with sufficient records and 
documentation. The Commission will review all relevant information 
provided by the complainant and the subject VPDs and/or VPOs, as well 
as any additional information the Commission deems relevant from its 
files or public sources. The Commission may request additional 
information from any relevant entities when, in the estimation of 
Commission staff, such information is needed to investigate the 
complaint or adjudicate potential violation(s) of Commission rules. 
When the Commission requests additional information, parties to which 
such requests are addressed must provide the requested information in 
the manner and within the time period the Commission specifies.
    (e) Requests for Commission determination of technical feasibility 
of apparatus closed caption requirements.
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 79.103(a), as of January 1, 2014, all digital 
apparatus designed to receive or play back video programming that uses 
a picture screen of any size must be equipped with built-in closed 
caption decoder circuitry or capability designed to display closed-
captioned video programming, if technically feasible. If new apparatus 
or classes of apparatus for viewing video programming emerge on which 
it would not be technically feasible to include closed captioning, 
parties may raise that argument as a defense to a complaint or, 
alternatively, file a request under 47 CFR 1.41 for a Commission 
determination of technical feasibility before manufacturing or 
importing the product.
    (f) Requests for Commission determination of achievability of 
apparatus closed caption requirements.
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 79.103(a), as of January 1, 2014, all digital 
apparatus designed to receive or play back video programming that use a 
picture screen less than 13 inches in size must be equipped with built-
in closed caption decoder circuitry or capability designed to display 
closed-captioned video programming, only if doing so is achievable. In 
addition, pursuant to 47 CFR 79.104(a), as of January 1, 2014, all 
apparatus designed to record video programming must enable the 
rendering or the pass through of closed captions such that viewers are 
able to activate and de-activate the closed captions as the video 
programming is played back, only if doing so is achievable.
    Manufacturers of such apparatus may petition the Commission, 
pursuant to 47 CFR 1.41, for a full or partial exemption from the 
closed captioning requirements before manufacturing or importing the 
apparatus or may assert as a response to a complaint that these 
requirements, in full or in part, are not achievable. Pursuant to 47 
CFR 79.103(b)(3), such a petition or response must be supported with 
sufficient evidence to demonstrate that compliance is not achievable 
(meaning with reasonable effort or expense) and the Commission will 
consider four specific factors when making such determinations. In 
evaluating evidence offered to prove that compliance was not 
achievable, the Commission will be informed by the analysis in the ACS 
Order.
    (g) Petitions for purpose-based waivers of apparatus closed caption 
requirements.

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    Manufacturers seeking certainty prior to the sale of a device may 
petition the Commission, pursuant to 47 CFR 79.104(b)(4), for a full or 
partial waiver of the closed captioning requirements based on one of 
the following provisions:
    (i) The apparatus is primarily designed for activities other than 
receiving or playing back video programming transmitted simultaneously 
with sound; or
    (ii) The apparatus is designed for multiple purposes, capable of 
receiving or playing back video programming transmitted simultaneously 
with sound but whose essential utility is derived from other purposes.
    (h) Complaints alleging violations of the apparatus closed caption 
requirements.
    Consumers may file written complaints alleging violations of the 
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 79.101-79.104, requiring apparatus designed 
to receive, play back, or record video programming to be equipped with 
built-in closed caption decoder circuitry or capability designed to 
display closed-captions. A written complaint filed with the Commission 
must be transmitted to the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau 
through the Commission's online informal complaint filing system, U.S. 
Mail, overnight delivery, or facsimile. Such complaints should include 
certain information about the complainant and the alleged violation. 
The Commission may forward such complaints to the named manufacturer or 
provider, as well as to any other entity that Commission staff 
determines may be involved, and may request additional information from 
any relevant parties when, in the estimation of Commission staff, such 
information is needed to investigate the complaint or adjudicate 
potential violations of Commission rules.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1180.
    Title: Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of 
Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, state, local, 
or tribal government and not for profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 378 respondents; 378 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time and on occasion reporting 
requirements, twice within 12 years reporting requirement, 6, 10 and 
12-years reporting requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in 47 U.S.C. 
151, 154, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 325(b), 332, 336(f), 
338, 339, 340, 399b, 403, 534, 535, 1404, 1452, and 1454 of the 
Communications Act of 1934.
    Total Annual Burden: 581 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC adopted the Expanding the Economic and 
Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions Report 
and Order, FCC 14-50, on May 15, 2014, published at 79 FR 48442 (Aug. 
15, 2014). The Commission seeks approval from the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for some of the information collection requirements 
contained in FCC 14-50. The Commission will use the information to 
ensure compliance with required filings of notifications, 
certifications, license renewals, license cancelations, and license 
modifications. Also, such information will be used to minimize 
interference and to determine compliance with Commission's rules.
    The following is a description of the information collection 
requirements for which the Commission seeks OMB approval:
    Section 27.14(k) requires 600 MHz licensees to demonstrate 
compliance with performance requirements by filing a construction 
notification with the Commission, within 15 days of the applicable 
benchmark.
    Section 27.14(t)(6) requires 600 MHz licensees to make a renewal 
showing as a condition of each renewal. The showing must include a 
detailed description of the applicant's provision of service during the 
entire license period and address: (i) The level and quality of service 
provided by the applicant (including the population served, the area 
served, the number of subscribers, the services offered); (ii) the date 
service commenced, whether service was ever interrupted, and the 
duration of any interruption or outage; (iii) the extent to which 
service is provided to rural areas; (iv) the extent to which service is 
provided to qualifying tribal land as defined in 47 CFR 
1.2110(f)(3)(i); and (v) any other factors associated with the level of 
service to the public.
    Section 27.17(c) requires 600 MHz licensees to notify the 
Commission within 10 days of discontinuance if they permanently 
discontinue service by filing FCC Form 601 or 605 and requesting 
license cancellation.
    Section 27.19(b) requires 600 MHz licensees with base and fixed 
stations in the 600 MHz downlink band within 25 kilometers of Very Long 
Baseline Array (VLBA) observatories to coordinate with the National 
Science Foundation (NSF) prior to commencing operations.
    Section 27.19(c) requires 600 MHz licensees that intend to operate 
base and fixed stations in the 600 MHz downlink band in locations near 
the Radio Astronomy Observatory site located in Green Bank, Pocahontas 
County, West Virginia, or near the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, 
to comply with the provisions in 47 CFR 1.924.
    Section 74.602(h)(5)(ii) requires 600 MHz licensees to notify the 
licensee of a studio-transmitter link (TV STL), TV relay station, or TV 
translator relay station of their intent to commence wireless 
operations and the likelihood of harmful interference from the TV STL, 
TV relay station, or TV translator relay station to those operations 
within the wireless licensee's licensed geographic service area. The 
notification is to be in the form of a letter, via certified mail, 
return receipt requested and must be sent not less than 30 days in 
advance of approximate date of commencement of operations.
    Section 74.602(h)(5)(iii) requires all TV STL, TV relay station and 
TV translator relay station licensees to modify or cancel their 
authorizations and vacate the 600 MHz band no later than the end of the 
post-auction transition period as defined in 47 CFR 27.4.
    These rules which contain information collection requirements are 
designed to provide for flexible use of this spectrum by allowing 
licensees to choose their type of service offerings, to encourage 
innovation and investment in mobile broadband use in this spectrum, and 
to provide a stable regulatory environment in which broadband 
deployment would be able to develop through the application of standard 
terrestrial wireless rules. Without this information, the Commission 
would not be able to carry out its statutory responsibilities.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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