[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43312-43313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19578]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 97

[ET Docket No. 15-99; FCC 17-33]


WRC-12 Implementation Report and Order

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection 
associated with the Commission's Report and Order, FCC 17-33. The 
Commission also announces the effective date of the remaining part 97 
Amateur Radio Service rules adopted in FCC 17-33 that had not yet been 
made effective. These rules do not require OMB approval. This document 
is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated that the 
Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing

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OMB approval of the information collection requirement and the relevant 
effective date of the rules.

DATES: The rule amendments to 47 CFR 97.3, 97.15(c), 97.301(b) through 
(d), 97.303(g), 97.305(c), and 97.313(k) and (l), published at 82 FR 
27178, June 14, 2017, are effective on September 15, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Cathy Williams by email at [email protected] and telephone at 
(202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on August 30, 
2017, OMB approved the information collection requirement contained in 
the Commission's Report and Order, FCC 17-33, published at 82 FR 27178, 
June 14, 2017. The OMB Control Number is 3060-1239. The Commission 
publishes this document as an announcement of the effective date of the 
rule. If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or 
how the Commission can improve the collection and reduce any burdens 
caused thereby, please contact Cathy Williams, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 
Please include the OMB Control Number 3060-1239 in your correspondence. 
The Commission will also accept your comments via email at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received final 
OMB approval on August 30, 2017, for the information collection 
requirement contained in 47 CFR 97.303(g)(2), as amended in the 
Commission's Report and Order, FCC 17-33.
    Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection 
of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB Control Number. 
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a 
collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that 
does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control 
Number is 3060-1239.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507. The total 
annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1239.
    OMB Approval Date: August 30, 2017.
    OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 2020.
    Title: Section 97.303(g)(2), Notification Requirement.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,000 respondents; 1,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes (0.167).
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain clearance to operate. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 301, 302, 303(e), 303(f), 303(r), 304, 307 and 
332(b).
    Total Annual Burden: 167 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Privacy Act: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On March 27, 2017 the Federal Communications 
Commission adopted the WRC-12 Implementation Report and Order (ET 
Docket No. 15-99, FCC 17-33, published at 82 FR 27178, June 14, 2017), 
which, inter alia, amended the Commission's rules for the Amateur Radio 
Service to provide for frequency sharing requirements in the 135.7-
137.8 kHz (2200 m) and 472-479 kHz (630 m) bands. As specified in 47 
CFR 97.313(g)(2), prior to commencement of operations in the 135.7-
137.8 kHz (2200 m) and/or 472-479 kHz (630 m) bands, amateur operators 
must notify the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) of their intent to 
operate by submitting their call signs, intended band(s) of operation, 
and the coordinates of their antenna's fixed location. Amateur stations 
will be permitted to commence operations after a 30-day period unless 
UTC notifies the station that its fixed location is located within one 
kilometer of Power Line Carrier (PLC) systems operating on the same or 
overlapping frequencies. This notification process will ensure that 
amateur stations seeking to operate in the above noted bands are 
located beyond a minimum separation distance from PLC transmission 
lines, which will help ensure the compatibility and co-existence of 
amateur and PLC operations, and promote shared use of the bands.
    Concurrent with announcement of the OMB approval associated with 47 
CFR 97.303(g)(2), the Commission is also making effective the rule 
amendments to 47 CFR 97.3, 97.15(c), 97.301(b) through (d), 97.303(g), 
97.305(c), and 97.313(k) and (l). Because none of these amendments 
require OMB approval, they have not been included in OMB Control Number 
3060-1239. By this action, all of the part 97 Amateur Radio Service 
rules adopted in FCC 17-33 will now be in effect.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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