[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39425-39426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17439]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-XXXX]


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

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, the 
Federal Communications Commission (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 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 Commission 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 September 
18, 2017.

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 Title as shown in the Supplementary Information section 
below.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is requesting emergency OMB 
processing of the information collection requirement(s) contained in 
this notice and has requested OMB approval no later than 35 days after 
the collection is received at OMB. 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 Commission ICRs currently 
under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and then click on 
the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the Commission's submission to OMB 
will be displayed.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Qualified 4G LTE Coverage Data Collection for Mobility Fund 
Phase II.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents and Responses: 50 respondents and 
50 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 64 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for the currently approved information collection 
is contained in sections 154, 254, and 303(r) of the Communications 
Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 4, 254, 303(r).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3,200 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information collected 
under this collection is confidential and will not be made publicly 
available.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: In its November 2011 USF/ICC Transformation Order 
(FCC 11-161), the Commission established the Mobility Fund, which 
consists of two phases. Mobility Fund Phase I (MF-I) provided one-time 
universal service support payments to immediately accelerate deployment 
of mobile broadband services. MF-II will use a reverse auction to 
provide ongoing universal service support payments to continue to 
advance deployment of such services. The Commission adopted the rules 
and framework for MF-I in the USF/ICC Transformation Order, and sought 
comment in an accompanying further notice of proposed rulemaking on the 
proposed framework for MF-II. In its February 2017 Mobility Fund II 
Report and Order (MF-II Report and Order) (FCC 17-11), the FCC adopted 
the rules and framework for moving forward expeditiously with the MF-II 
auction. Among other things, the Commission stated in the MF-II Report 
and Order that, prior to the auction, it would establish a map of areas 
presumptively eligible for MF-II support based on the most recently 
available FCC Form 477 mobile wireless coverage data, and provide a 
limited timeframe for parties to challenge those initial determinations 
during the pre-auction process.
    The Commission received serval petitions for reconsideration of the 
MF-II Report and Order, including one asking it to reconsider the 
decision to use existing FCC Form 477 data as the basis for determining 
the map of areas presumptively eligible for MF-II support, and offering 
an industry consensus proposal asking the Commission to undertake a 
new, one-time data collection with specified data parameters tailored 
to MF-II to determine the areas in which there is deployment of 
qualified Long Term Evolution (LTE). On August 4, 2017, the Commission 
released an Order on Reconsideration and Second Report and Order (FCC 
17-102) in which it, among other things, reconsidered its earlier 
decision to use FCC Form 477 data to compile the map of areas 
presumptively eligible for MF-II support. The Commission decided it 
would instead conduct a new, one-time data collection of 4G LTE 
coverage data that will be used for this purpose, concluding that for 
purposes of implementing MF-II expeditiously, this approach will 
provide the Commission and interested parties with the best available 
starting point for the challenge process and should result in fewer and 
more narrowly-focused challenges regarding representations of coverage.
    Only those providers that have previously reported 4G LTE coverage 
in FCC Form 477 and have qualified 4G LTE coverage (defined by download

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speeds of 5 Mbps at the cell edge with 80 percent probability and a 30 
percent loading factor) will be required to submit data under this new, 
one-time information collection. Such providers will be required to 
file propagation maps and model details with the Commission indicating 
their current 4G LTE coverage in accordance with a public notice that 
will be issued in advance of the start of period within which providers 
must make their filings that provides instructions for how to file the 
data submission, including a data specification, formatting 
information, and any other technical parameters that may be necessary 
for such filings. The Commission will use the new coverage data, in 
conjunction with subsidy data available from the Universal Service 
Administrative Company (USAC), to create the map of areas presumptively 
eligible for MF-II support.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-17439 Filed 8-17-17; 8:45 am]
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