[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16260-16262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07759]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-XXXX, OMB 3060-0179, OMB 3060-0537 and OMB 3060-1185]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to the Office of Management and Budget
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 Communication 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 OMB 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 OMB
control number.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before May 20, 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 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 OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. 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 FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0179.
Title: Section 73.1590, Equipment Performance Measurements.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 13,049 respondents and 13,049
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-18 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 12,335 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Section 154(i)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained
in 47 CFR 73.1590(d) require licensees of AM, FM and TV stations to
make audio and video equipment performance measurements for each main
transmitter. These measurements and a description of the equipment and
procedures used in making the measurements must be kept on file at the
transmitter or remote control point for two years. In addition, this
information must be made available to the FCC upon request.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0537.
Title: Sections 13.9(c), 13.13(c), 13.17(b), 13.211(e) and 13.217,
Commercial Operator License Examination Managers (COLEM) Records.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 659 respondents; 659 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .44 hours to 30 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and on occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 154 and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 14,796 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information *3168 collection after this comment period to obtain the
full, three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The Commission is requesting approval for a three year
extension. The rule sections approved under this collections are 47 CFR
13.9, 13.13, 13.17 13.211 and
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13.217. If the information collection requirements were not kept or
fulfilled it is conceivable that examinees could be overcharged and
that fraud and deceit could be used for unjust enrichment of the
examiners.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1185.
Title: Annual Report for Mobility Fund Phase I Support, FCC Form
690 and Record Retention Requirements.
Form Number: FCC Form 690.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 34 respondents and 880
responses.
Time per Response: 1-18 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual and on occasion reporting
requirement; recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection 47 U.S.C. 154, 254
and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 15,874 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality. The information collected on FCC Form 690 will be made
available for public inspection. To the extent that an applicant seeks
to have information collected on FCC Form 690 withheld from public
inspection, the applicant may request confidential treatment pursuant
to 47 CFR 0.459.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: A request for extension of this information
collection (no change in requirements) 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. The Commission
uses the information contained in this collection to ensure that each
winning bidder is meeting its obligations for receiving Mobility Fund
Phase I (MF-I) support. In its November 2011 USF/ICC Transformation
Order (FCC 11-161), the Commission comprehensively reformed and
modernized the high-cost program within the universal service fund and,
among other things, established the Mobility Fund. The Commission
adopted rules in the USF/ICC Transformation Order for MF-I, which
provided up to $300 million in one-time universal service support
payments to immediately accelerate deployment of mobile broadband
services in unserved areas, including annual reporting and record
retention requirements for MF-I support recipients. The Commission also
established a separate and complementary one-time Tribal Mobility Fund
Phase I (TMF-I) to award up to $50 million in additional universal
service funding to Tribal Areas, including Alaska, to accelerate mobile
broadband availability in these remote and underserved areas. In its
May 2012 Third Order on Reconsideration (FCC 12-52), the Commission
revised certain rules adopted in the USF/ICC Transformation Order,
including the deadline by which MF-I and TMF-I support recipients must
file their annual reports pursuant to 47 CFR 54.1009(a). The
information being collected under this information collection will be
used by the Commission to ensure that each MF-I support recipient is
meeting the public interest obligations associated with receiving such
support.
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 is being submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) 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.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2019-07759 Filed 4-17-19; 8:45 am]
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