[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55456-55457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17440]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0800; FR ID 162286]


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.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before October 
16, 2023. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to 
[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: 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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0800.
    Title: FCC Application for Assignments of Authorization and 
Transfers of Control: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Public 
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
    Form Number: FCC Form 603.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Individuals or 
households, not-for-profit institutions, and State, Local or Tribal 
Governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,567 respondents; 2,567 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.05 hours-1.80 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, on occasion 
reporting requirement and periodic reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 158, 161, 301, 303(r), 308, 309, 310 and 332.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,957 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $532,728.
    Needs and Uses: On July 18, 2022, the Commission adopted the 
Partition, Disaggregation and Leasing of Spectrum Report and Order and 
Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that modifies 
partitioning, disaggregation, and leasing rules to provide specific 
incentives for small carriers and Tribal Nations, and entities in rural 
areas, to voluntarily participate in ECIP (ECIP Report and Order in WT 
Docket No. 19-38, FCC 22-53). The ECIP proceeding is in response to 
Congressional direction in the Making Opportunities for Broadband 
Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless 
Act (MOBILE NOW Act) to consider steps to increase the diversity of 
spectrum access and the availability of advanced telecommunications 
services in rural areas. The ECIP will promote greater competition in 
the provision of wireless services, facilitate increased availability 
of advanced wireless services in rural areas, facilitate new 
opportunities for small carriers and Tribal Nations to increase access 
to spectrum, and bring more advanced wireless service including 5G to 
underserved communities.
    The Commission seeks approval for revisions to its currently 
approved collection of information under OMB Control Number 3060-0800 
to permit the collection of the additional information and changes in 
connection with assignments of authorizations pursuant to the rules 
adopted by the Commission's ECIP Report and Order. Specifically, in the 
ECIP Report and Order, the Commission revised its rules to allow 
partition and/or disaggregation assignment applications pursuant to

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Sec.  1.950 or full assignments pursuant to Sec.  1.948, to designate a 
Qualifying Transaction identified in the application as seeking 
consideration under the ECIP. Respondents are also required to select 
the applicable ECIP prong to its Qualifying Transaction, pursuant to 
either Sec.  1.60003 or Sec.  1.60004.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register, Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-17440 Filed 8-14-23; 8:45 am]
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