[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4066-4067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02294]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-XXXX]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
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 of 1995 (PRA), 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 Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the
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PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before April 15,
2019. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email:
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Incumbent 39 GHz Licensee Short-Form Application.
Form Number: FCC Form 175-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: 16 respondents and
16 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
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: 8 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information collected
pursuant this information collection will be made available for public
inspection, and the Commission is not requesting that respondents
submit confidential information in response to this information
collection. To the extent a respondent seeks to have information
collected pursuant to this information collection withheld from public
inspection, the respondent may request confidential treatment of such
information pursuant to section 0.459 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR
0.459.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: A request for approval of this new information
collection will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this 60-day comment period in order to obtain the full
three-year clearance from OMB.
In its 2016 Spectrum Frontiers Report and Order (FCC 16-89), the
Commission adopted Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service (UMFUS) rules
for the 28 GHz, Upper 37 GHz, and 39 GHz bands to make available
millimeter wave spectrum for 5G. In its 2017 Spectrum Frontiers Second
Report and Order (FCC 17-152), the Commission expanded the UMFUS rules
to cover the 24 GHz and 47 GHz bands. In its December 2018 Fourth
Report and Order (FCC 18-180), the Commission established an incentive
auction that promotes the flexible-use wireless service rules that the
Commission has adopted for the Upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHz bands
and, among other things, adopted modified band plans for these bands.
There are currently a number of existing licenses in the 39 GHz
band that do not fit geographically into the Commission's new 39 GHz
band plan, resulting in ``encumbered'' licenses in this band. The
Commission will use the incentive auction process to resolve the
difficulties presented by these encumbrances and the need for existing
39 GHz licenses to be transitioned efficiently to the new band plan and
possibly to new service areas. Pursuant to the reconfiguration process
adopted in the Fourth Report and Order, prior to the incentive auction,
the Commission will offer each incumbent 39 GHz licensee a
reconfiguration of its existing 39 GHz licenses that conforms more
closely with the Commission's new band plan and service areas. Each
incumbent can then choose to commit to (1) have its existing 39 GHz
licenses modified based on the Commission's reconfiguration proposal;
or (2) have its licenses modified based on an alternative
reconfiguration proposed by the incumbent (provided it satisfies
certain specified conditions); or (3) relinquish its existing spectrum
usage rights in exchange for an incentive payment. An incumbent 39 GHz
licensee will submit contact and related information and certifications
on FCC Form 175-A which will be used by the Commission to enable the
incumbent licensee to make its commitment to either accept modification
of its 39 GHz spectrum holdings (either as proposed by the Commission
or an acceptable alternate) or to relinquish its existing spectrum
usage rights in exchange for an incentive payment.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-02294 Filed 2-13-19; 8:45 am]
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