[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49771-49772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17374]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 95

[ET Docket Nos. 16-56, 14-165, GN Docket No. 12-268; RM-11745; FCC 19-
24; FR ID 1000333]


Unlicensed White Space Devices

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces 
that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a 
period of three years, the new information collection associated with 
the Commission's Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules for 
Unlicensed White Space Devices Report and Order and Order on 
Reconsideration. This document is consistent with the Order, which 
stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal 
Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the rules 
related to the information collection.

DATES: The amendment to 47 CFR 95.2309, published at 84 FR 34792, July 
19, 2019, is effective August 12, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hugh Van Tuyl, Office of Engineering 
and Technology, at (202) 418-7506, or email: [email protected].
    For additional information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act 
information collection requirements, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 
418-2991 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on November 4, 
2019, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to the White Space Database rules 
contained in the Commission's Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's 
Rules for Unlicensed White Space Devices, Order, FCC 19-24 (84 FR 
34792, July 19, 2019). The OMB Control Number is 3060-0953. The 
Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective 
date of the information collection requirements provided at 47 CFR 
95.2309.

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 November 4, 2019, for the information collection 
requirements contained in the Commission's rules in 47 CFR part 95.
    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 Number is 3060-0953.
    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: 3060-0953.
    OMB Approval Date: November 4, 2019.

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    OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2022.
    Title: Sections 95.2309, Frequency Coordination/Coordinator, 
Wireless Medical Telemetry Service.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,000 respondents; 3,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2-5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third-party 
disclosure requirement and on occasion and one-time requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
sections 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 302, 303(b), (c), (e), (f), (r), and 307.
    Total Annual Burden: 15,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $750,000.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No information is requested 
that would require assurance of confidentiality.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On March 20, 2019, the Federal Communications 
Commission released a Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, 
Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules for Unlicensed White 
Space Devices, Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules for 
Unlicensed Operations in the Television Bands, Repurposed 600 MHz Band, 
600 MHz Guard Bands and Duplex Gap, and Channel 37; Expanding the 
Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive 
Auctions, ET Docket Nos. 16-56, 14-165, GN Docket No 12-268 and RM-
11745, FCC 19-24. The Federal Communications Commission reinstated a 
white space database rule that had been inadvertently removed from part 
95. Specifically, it restored the deleted rule text to a new Section 
95.2309 (h), which states that parties operating WMTS networks on 
Channel 37 (608-614 MHz) must notify one of the white space database 
administrators of their operating location to obtain interference 
protection from white space devices.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-17374 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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