[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 314-316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28409]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0347, OMB 3060-0695, OMB 3060-0881 OMB 3060-1008; FRS 16365]


Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority

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 PRA 
that does not display a valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before March 3, 2020. 
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: As part of its continuing effort to reduce

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paperwork burdens, and as required by the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, the 
FCC 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.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0347.
    Title: Section 97.311, Spread Spectrum (SS) Emission Types.
    Form No.: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 50 respondents; 50 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .017 hours (1 minute).
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain and retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 151-155 and 301-609.
    Total Annual Burden: 1 hour.
    Annual Cost Burden: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The recordkeeping requirement in Section 97.311 is 
necessary to document all spread spectrum (ss) transmissions by amateur 
radio operators. This requirement is necessary so that quick resolution 
of any harmful interference problems can be achieved and to ensure that 
the station is operating in accordance with the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended. The information is used by FCC staff during 
inspections and investigations to ensure compliance with applicable 
rules, statutes, and treaties. In the absence of this recordkeeping 
requirement, field inspections and investigations related to the 
solution of cases of harmful interference would be severely hampered 
and needlessly prolonged due to the inability to quickly obtain vital 
information used to demodulate spread spectrum transmissions.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0695.
    Title: Section 87.219, Automatic Operations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 55 respondents and 55 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.7 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement, and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. 154, 303 and 307.
    Total Annual Burden: 39 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $8,250.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: If airports have control towers of Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) flight service stations and more than one 
licensee, and wants to have an automated aeronautical advisory station 
(Unicom), this rule requires that they must write an agreement and keep 
a copy of the agreement with each licensee's station authorization. 
This information will be used by compliance personnel for enforcement 
purposes and by licensees to clarify responsibility in operating 
Unicom.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0881.
    Title: Section 95.1961, Interference.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 40 respondents; 40 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party 
disclosure requirement, and on occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i) and 157, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 40 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $10,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: On May 19, 2017, the Commission reformed its Part 
95 rules. See Review of the Commission's Part 95 Personal Radio Service 
Rules, Report and Order, WT Docket 10-119, 32 FCC Rcd 4292 (2017). In 
that proceeding, the Commission renumbered certain Part 95 rules 
subject to this information collection without making substantive rule 
changes. For example, former rule Sec.  95.861 is currently Sec.  
95.1961. With this submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), we renumbered the rule sections accordingly.
    Section 95.1961(c) requires that licensees in the 218-219 MHz 
service must provide a copy of its plan to every TV Channel 13 station 
whose Grade B predicted contour overlaps the licensed service area as 
required by Sec.  95.1915(a) of the Commission's rules. This plan must 
include an analysis of the co- and adjacent channel interference 
potential of proposed systems in the 218-219 MHz service, identify 
methods being used to minimize interference, and show how the proposed 
systems will meet the service requirements set forth in Sec.  95.1931 
of the Commission's rules. This plan must be sent to the TV Channel 13 
licensee(s) within 10 days from the date the 218-219 MHz service 
licensee submits the plan to the Commission. Updates to this plan must 
be sent to the TV Channel 13 licensee(s) within 10 days from the date 
that such updates are filed with the Commission pursuant to Sec.  
95.1915.
    Section 95.1961(e) requires that each 218-219 MHz service licensee 
investigate and eliminate harmful interference to television 
broadcasting and reception, from its component cell transmitter 
stations (CTSs) and response transmitter units (RTUs) within 30 days of 
the time it is notified in writing, by either an affected television 
station, an affected viewer, or the Commission, of an interference 
complaint.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1008.
    Title: Section 27.50, Power and Antenna Height Limits; Section 
27.602, Guard Band Manager Agreements.
    Form No.: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, and State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 166 respondents and 247 
responses.

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    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour up to 6 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, On occasion 
reporting requirement and Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 
154(i), 157 and 309(j), as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 782 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: None.
    Privacy Act 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 information gathered in this collection will be 
used to support the development of new services in the Lower 700 MHz 
Band. Further, Guard Band Managers are required to enter into written 
agreements with other licensees who plan on using their licensed 
spectrum by others, subject to certain conditions outlined in the 
rules. They must retain these records for at least two years after the 
date such agreement expire. Such records need to be kept current and be 
made available upon request for inspection by the Commission or its 
representatives.

Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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