[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 164 (Monday, August 24, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52054-52055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17727]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 5 and 15

[ET Docket No. 18-21; FCC 19-19; FRS 16997]


Spectrum Horizons

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
the information collection requirements associated with the 
Commission's Spectrum Horizons, Order (Order)'s Experimental Radio 
Service rules. This document is consistent with the Order, which stated 
that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register 
announcing the effective date of those rules.

DATES: The amendments to Sec. Sec.  5.59, 5.77, 5.121, 5.702, 5.703, 
5.704, 5.705, and 15.258 published at 84 FR 25685, June 4, 2019, are 
effective August 24, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Doczkat, Office of Engineering 
and Technology Bureau, at (202) 418-2435, or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on July 24, 
2020 OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to the Experimental Radio Service 
rules contained in the Commission's Order, FCC 19-19, published at 84 
FR 25685, June 4, 2019. The OMB Control Numbers are 3060-0065 and 3060-
0057. The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the 
effective date of the rules. If you have any comments on the burden 
estimates listed below, or how the Commission can improve the 
collections and reduce any burdens caused thereby, please contact 
Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-A620, 445 12th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control 
Numbers, 3060-0065 and 3060-0057, 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 FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on July 24, 2020, for the information collection requirements 
contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules in 47 CFR 
parts 5 and 15. Under 5 CFR part 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 Numbers are 3060-0065 and 3060-0057. 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: 3060-0065.
    OMB Approval Date: July 24, 2020.
    OMB Expiration Date: July 31, 2023.
    Title: Applications for New Authorization or Modification of 
Existing Authorization Under Part 5 of the FCC Rules-Experimental Radio 
Service.
    Form Number: FCC Form 442.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions, Individuals or households, State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 405 respondents; 655 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15-663 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; 
Recordkeeping requirements and Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. 4, 302, 303, 307 and 336 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,474 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $52,150.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Applicants may request that 
any information supplied be withheld from public inspection, e.g., 
granted confidentiality, pursuant to 47 CFR Section 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Privacy Act: Yes. This information collection affects individuals 
or households. The Commission has a System of Records, FCC/OET-1 
``Experimental Radio Station License Files'' which covers the 
personally identifiable information (PII) that individual applicants 
may include in their submissions for experimental radio authorizations. 
The system of records notice (SORN) was published in the Federal 
Register on June 11, 2019, see 84 FR 27115. The SORN may be viewed at 
https://www.fcc.gov/general/privacy-act-information.
    Needs and Uses: On March 15, 2019, the Commission adopted a First 
Report and Order, in ET Docket No. 18-21; FCC 19-19, which updates a 
section of Part 5 of the CFR--Experimental Radio Service (ERS). The 
Commission's recent R&O adopts a new subpart to the existing part 5 
rules for a new and unique license type--the Spectrum Horizons 
Experimental Radio license (or

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``Spectrum Horizons License''). Specifically, the Spectrum Horizons 
License will be available for experiments and demonstrations of 
equipment designed to operate exclusively on any frequency above 95 
GHz.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0057.
    OMB Approval Date: July 24, 2020.
    OMB Expiration Date: July 31, 2023.
    Title: Application for Equipment Authorization.
    Form Number: FCC Form 731.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 11,305 respondents; 24,873 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 8.11 hours (rounded).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third-
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301, 302, 303(e), 303(f) and 303(r).
    Total Annual Burden: 201,603 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $50,155,140.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Minimal exemption from the 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and FCC 
rules under 47 CFR 0.457(d) is granted for trade secrets which may be 
submitted as attachments to the application FCC Form 731. No other 
assurances of confidentiality are provided to respondents.
    Privacy Act: Yes. The personally identifiable information (PII) in 
this information collection is covered by a Privacy Impact Assessment 
(PIA), Equipment Authorizations Records and Files Information System. 
It is posted at: https://www.fcc.gov/general/privacy-act-information#pia.
    Needs and Uses: On March 15, 2019, the Commission adopted a First 
Report and Order, in ET Docket No. 18-2; FCC 19-19, which involves 
updates to 47 CFR part 15,--``Radio Frequency Devices,'' to provide 
permit certain operations above 95 GHz.\1\ Among other things, the 
Spectrum Horizons Order made specific frequencies above 95 GHz 
available for the operation of radiofrequency devices without a 
license. Such devices are subject to the certification process of the 
Commission's equipment authorization program.
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    \1\ Spectrum Horizons, First Report and Order, 34 FCC Rcd 
1605(2) (2019) (Spectrum Horizons Order).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of Secretary.
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