[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7050-7052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03633]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1155]
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
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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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 30,
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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1155.
Title: Sections 15.713, 15.714, 15.715 15.717, 27.1320, TV White
Space Broadcast Bands.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,510 respondents; 3,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. Sections 154(i), 302, 303(c), 303(f), and 307 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 7,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $151,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No Impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission. Respondents may request confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance.
On July 13, 2017, the Commission adopted an Order on
Reconsideration in ET Docket Nos. 14-165 and 14-166, FCC 17-95, that
addressed wireless microphone issues (2017 Wireless Microphone Order).
Because the date the Commission specified in the 2015 White Spaces R&O
for ending registration of unlicensed wireless microphones in the white
space database had passed with the release of the Channel Reassignment
Public Notice on April 13, 2017, the Order removed and reserved Section
15.713(j)(9) that had previously allowed such registrations.
The white space rules as amended by the 2015 White Spaces R&O
require that each white space database administrator shall:
(a) Maintain a database that contains the information described in
Sec. 15.713 of the rules. The database must include information on
protected entities and services, including TV stations, Broadcast
Auxiliary Services, Private Land Mobile and Commercial Radio Service
operations, part 74 Low Power Auxiliary Stations such as wireless
microphones, the locations where part 27 600 MHz service licensees have
commenced operation, and the locations of health care facilities that
use WMTS equipment operating on channel 37. (Section 15.715(a));
(b) Establish a process for acquiring and storing in the database
necessary and appropriate information from the Commission's databases
and synchronizing the database with the current Commission databases at
least once a week to include newly licensed facilities or any changes
to licensed facilities (Section 15.715(b));
(c) Establish a process for registering fixed white space devices
and registering and including in the database those facilities entitled
to protection but not contained in a Commission database, including
Multi-channel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) receive sites. The
database administrators must establish procedures to allow part 27 600
MHz service licensees to upload, modify and replace registration
information for areas where they have commenced operations; allow
health care facilities to register the locations of facilities where
they operate WMTS networks on channel 37; and to allow unlicensed
wireless microphone users in the 600 MHz band to register with the
database and to provide lists of channels available for wireless
microphones at a given location (Sections 15.715(n), (p) and (q)).
Database administrators must remove from the database the registrations
of fixed white space devices that have not checked the database for at
least three months to update their channel lists (Section 15.715(o));
(d) Establish a process for registering facilities where part 74
low power auxiliary devices are used on a regular basis (Sections
15.713(j)(8) and 15.715(d));
(e) Provide accurate automated information regarding available
channels to fixed and personal/portable white space devices that submit
to the database the information required under Sec. 15.713(e), (g) and
(h) based on the geographic location of the device; and provide
accurate automated information regarding available channels to fixed
and Mode II devices requesting information regarding available channels
for Mode I devices. Database administrators may allow prospective
operators of white space devices to query the database and determine if
there are vacant channels at a particular location (Section 15.715(e));
(f) Establish protocols and procedures to ensure that all automated
communications and interactions between the database and white space
devices are accurate and secure and that unauthorized parties cannot
access or alter the database or the information regarding available
channels sent to a white space device consistent with the provisions of
Section 15.713(l) (Section 15.715(f));
(g) Make database services available to all unlicensed white space
device users on a non-discriminatory basis (Section 15.715(g));
(h) Provide service for a five-year term. This term can be renewed
at the Commission's discretion (Section 15.715(h));
(i) Respond in a timely manner to verify, correct and/or remove, as
appropriate, data in the event that the Commission or a party brings a
claim of inaccuracies in the database to the attention of the
administrator. This requirement applies only to information that the
Commission requires to be stored in the database (Section 15.715(i));
(j) Transfer the database, along with the IP addresses and URLs
used to access the database and data for registered fixed and personal/
portable white space devices, to another designated entity in the event
it does not continue as the database administrator at the end of its
term (Section 15.715(j));
(k) The database must have functionality such that upon request
from the Commission it can indicate that no channels are available when
queried by a specific white space devices or model of white space
device (Section 15.715(k));
(l) If more than one database is developed, the database
administrators must cooperate to develop a standardized process for
providing on a
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daily basis or more often, as appropriate the data collected for the
facilities listed in Sec. 15.713(b)(2) to all other white space
databases to ensure consistency in the records of protected facilities
(Section 15.715(l));
(m) The database administrator may charge a fee for provision of
lists of available channels to fixed and personal/portable devices and
for registering fixed devices. This provision applies to devices that
operate in the TV bands, 600 MHz service band, and the 600 MHz guard
bands and duplex gap. A white space database administrator may also
charge a fee for provision of lists of available channels to wireless
microphone users. (Section 15.714).
To receive interference protection, 600 MHz licensees must notify
one of the white space database administrators of the areas where they
have commenced operation pursuant to Sec. Sec. 15.713(j)(10) and
15.715(n) of this chapter (Section 27.1320).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-03633 Filed 2-28-19; 8:45 am]
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