[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52285-52287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21249]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-00XX]; [Docket No. 2015-0001; Sequence No. 6]


Submission to OMB for Review; OMB Control No. 3090-00XX; Wireless 
Telecommunications Company Application

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding a new Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) information clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35), GSA will be submitting to OMB for review and 
approval a new information collection request concerning the Wireless 
Telecommunications Company Application. GSA will also be requesting 
from OMB approval to characterize this form as a common form, meaning 
that GSA will only request approval for its own use of the form, rather 
than aggregating the burden estimate across all Federal agencies that 
may use this form. A previous notice relating to the Wireless 
Telecommunications Company Application was published in the Federal 
Register on March 12, 2015, at 80 FR 13004. One respondent submitted 20 
comments on this collection.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
00XX regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this 
burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, 
Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 
20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following 
methods:

 Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for 
Information Collection 3090-00XX. Select the link ``Comment Now'' 
that corresponds with ``Information Collection 3090-00xx; Wireless 
Telecommunications Company Application.'' Follow the instructions 
provided on the screen. Please include your name, company name (if 
any) and ``Information Collection 3090-00XX; Wireless 
Telecommunications Company Application'' on your attached document.
 Mail: U.S. General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW.,

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Washington, DC 20405, ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 3090-00XX.

    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-00XX; Wireless Telecommunications Company Application, 
in all correspondence related to this collection. All comments received 
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including 
any personal and business confidential information provided. To confirm 
receipt of your comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, 
approximately two to three days after submission to verify posting 
(except allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mary Ann Hillier, National 
Outlease Program Manager, PBS, GSA, at telephone 202-208-6139, or via 
email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The purpose of this application is to streamline the business 
information collection process to accelerate the approval process 
between the Federal Government and a commercial wireless 
telecommunications company wishing to install a wireless antenna on a 
Federal asset for the expansion of the company's wireless network. 
Federal executive agencies with landholding authority will use this 
form.

B. Discussion and Analysis

    One respondent submitted multiple comments on the request to 
approve the new information collection. The analysis of the public 
comments is summarized as follows:
    Comment: The proposed application form requests site-specific, 
detailed information that may not be available to the applicant at the 
time of the application.
    Response: The submission of site-specific, detailed, complete, and 
accurate drawings and specifications is not required at the time the 
application is submitted. However, if the application is approved, 
detailed drawings and specifications are required and critical to 
determine if an installation would be suitable, particularly for a 
rooftop antenna. The Government reserves the right to reject a request 
if the applicant does not provide detailed drawings and specifications 
of the proposed equipment, structures and installation prior to the 
completion of contract negotiations.
    Comment: GSA should require each agency to provide a contact person 
for handling applications related to each property.
    Response: The application requests the name of individuals who will 
serve as the respective points of contact for the applicant and the 
Government. Since the application is project/building specific (i.e., 
not a blanket application for multiple installations at multiple 
locations,) the desired results will be attained with use of the 
application. GSA already maintains an online map of all federally owned 
properties under GSA's jurisdiction, custody, and control with point-
of-contact information specific to using space for private sector 
antenna installations and will encourage the other executive 
landholding agencies to do the same.
    Comment: Online tracking mechanisms should be utilized.
    Response: GSA agrees online tracking mechanisms are useful tools. 
GSA, in consultation with other executive landholding agencies, will 
work to develop an online tracking system.
    Comment: RFI certification report requirement should be clarified.
    Response: The RFI certification is listed as a potential 
requirement because it is not required for all projects; for instance, 
the RFI certification is of no benefit for land-sited towers, as these 
types of towers are secured against unauthorized access. The RFI 
certification is a long standing requirement for rooftop antenna 
installations so that the many individuals requiring access to building 
rooftops may do so safely and so that the new antenna microwave 
frequencies will not cause interference with existing rooftop antennas. 
This certification requirement is a business practice that GSA 
encourages other executive landholding agencies to adopt for their 
rooftop antenna installations. It is not the intention of this 
application to require a RFI certification for those secured Government 
campuses where access to the antenna installation is restricted.
    Comment: ``Federal, state and local statutory recording 
requirements'' should be clarified or deleted.
    Response: GSA currently requires vendors to comply with all 
Federal, state and local statutory requirements and will encourage 
other executive landholding agencies to adopt this practice. No change 
will be made in response to this comment.
    Comment: Requirements for a security deposit should be eliminated 
at the application stage.
    Response: The security deposit is not required until after the 
application is approved. GSA requires a security deposit for antenna 
installations to protect against damage and abandonment. While the 
majority of large carriers are responsible tenants, carrier bankruptcy 
is a possibility. The Government reserves the right to avoid the 
necessity of using appropriated funds to address damage or equipment 
abandonment.
    Comment: Requirements for a performance bond should be eliminated.
    Response: Requiring a performance bond is standard business 
practice. The purpose of the application is to pre-qualify the carrier. 
The applicant is not expected to furnish the performance bond at the 
time it submits the application. This provision is intended to notify 
applicants that a performance bond may be required prior to commencing 
installation of the equipment.
    Comment: Certain information requested is too broad, the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC) License does not apply to all, and 
clarification needed for Check List items 1 and 7.
    Response: The information being collected is standard business 
information required to establish the financial viability of a business 
to determine whether to enter into negotiations. The information would 
only be collected by the Contracting Officer (CO) or the Contracting 
Officer's Representative (COR). The CO or the COR may not handle day-
to-day site issues, but are reliable agency points of contact for the 
carrier throughout the life of the contract.
    If the application is being used for a system that does not require 
an FCC license, the carrier can notify the agency and the agency can, 
in turn, confirm with the FCC that a license is not required for the 
proposed installation.
    With regard to the Potential Document Check List, item No. 1 refers 
to the business license that most, if not all, states require for a 
commercial business to be conducted in their state. Item No. 7 refers 
to the contractual requirement that lessees must comply with all 
applicable Federal, state, local government, and municipal laws, 
statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, codes, decrees, orders and 
other such requirements, including, without limitation, those laws 
regarding wages and hours, health, safety, building codes, emergencies, 
and security.
    Comment: GSA should clarify the title of the proposed common form 
application.
    Response: The posting to the Federal Register for the second 
request for comments will use the correct title for the application.

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    Comment: The application form should be used by all federal 
agencies.
    Response: The current draft application for wireless antenna 
installations is being processed as a Common Form for use by all 
federal agencies. Once the Federal Register posting process is 
complete, the application will be submitted to OMB for approval. An 
application for right-of-way and easements, the SF299 ``Application for 
Transportations and Utility Systems on Federal Land,'' is already in 
existence, and its use is required for all federal agencies. The SF-299 
was developed by the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, and 
Transportation.
    Comment: Moratoria on accepting applications are prohibited.
    Response: This comment speaks not to the application, but rather to 
shared policy and procedures to be developed by the executive 
landholding agencies acting in common in support of the application 
process. This comment will be taken into consideration; however, no 
change will be made to the application in response to this comment.
    Comment: Timely responses to applications are mandatory.
    Response: It is agreed that timely responses are important; 
however, the comment speaks not to the application, but rather to 
shared policy and procedures to be developed by the executive 
landholding agencies acting in common in support of the application 
process. No change will be made to the application in response to this 
comment.
    Comment: Applications should be ``deemed approved'' upon passage of 
time.
    Response: While timely approval is a shared goal, federal agencies 
must perform the due diligence required to confirm that implementation 
of a proposal is in the best interests of the Government and the 
taxpayer.
    Comment: Applications should be presumed consistent with each 
agency's mission and property use.
    Response: Given the different missions and property uses existent 
among the executive landholding agencies, it is not clear how making 
such a presumption is in the best interest of the Government and the 
taxpayer.
    Comment: The application form should not implicate a Joint Spectrum 
Center review for commercial providers of unlicensed wireless services.
    Response: The decision to use unlicensed wireless services is an 
internal policy decision to be developed in concert among the executive 
landholding agencies in support of the application process. No change 
will be made to the application in response to this comment.
    Comment: Applicants may opt in to the rates, terms, and conditions 
of other providers located at the federal property.
    Response: This comment speaks not to the application, but rather to 
shared policy and procedures to be developed by the executive 
landholding agencies acting in common in support of the application 
process. No change will be made to the application in response to this 
comment.
    Comment: The ``Notice of Competitive Procedures'' should be posted 
to FedBizOps.gov upon receipt of an application.
    Response: This comment speaks not to the application, but rather to 
shared policy and procedures to be developed by the executive 
landholding agencies acting in common in support of the application 
process. No change will be made to the application in response to this 
comment.
    Comment: Application forms should be utilized to initiate 
amendments to existing installations and the applicable lease, 
easement, or right-of-way.
    Response: This comment speaks not to the application, but rather to 
shared policy and procedures to be developed by the executive 
landholding agencies acting in common in support of the application 
process. No change will be made to the application in response to this 
comment.
    Comment: Executive agencies may utilize easements or leases with 
25-year terms for wireless siting requests.
    Response: This comment speaks not to the application, but rather to 
shared policy and procedures to be developed by the executive 
landholding agencies acting in common in support of the application 
process. No change will be made to the application in response to this 
comment.

C. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 20.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Response Hours: 20.
    Hours per Response: 1.
    Total Burden Hours: 20.

D. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary and whether it will have 
practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this 
collection of information is accurate and based on valid assumptions 
and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond 
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street 
NW., Second Floor, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please 
cite OMB Control No. 3090-00XX, Wireless Telecommunications Company 
Application, in all correspondence.

    Dated: August 21, 2015.
David A. Shive,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-21249 Filed 8-27-15; 8:45 am]
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