80_FR_55975 80 FR 55795 - Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions

80 FR 55795 - Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 180 (September 17, 2015)

Page Range55795-55796
FR Document2015-22595

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, certain information collection requirements associated with the Commission's Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions Report and Order (Incentive Auction Report and Order), FCC 14- 50. This document is consistent with the Incentive Auction Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of to the new information collection requirements.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 180 (Thursday, September 17, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 27 and 74

[GN Docket No. 12-268; FCC 14-50]


Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum 
Through Incentive Auctions

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has approved, for a period of three years, certain information 
collection requirements associated with the Commission's Expanding the 
Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive 
Auctions Report and Order (Incentive Auction Report and Order), FCC 14-
50. This document is consistent with the Incentive Auction Report and 
Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the 
Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of to 
the new information collection requirements.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 27.14(k), 27.14(t)(6), 27.17(c), 
27.19(b), 27.19(c), 74.602(h)(5)(ii), and 74.602(h)(5)(iii), published 
at 79 FR 48442, August 15, 2014, are effective on September 17, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams by email at

[[Page 55796]]

[email protected] and telephone at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on August 27, 
2015, OMB approved certain information collection requirements 
contained in the Commission's Incentive Auction Report and Order, FCC 
14-50, published at 79 FR 48442, August 15, 2014. The OMB Control 
Number is 3060-1180. The Commission publishes this document as an 
announcement of the effective date of these information collection 
requirements.

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on 
August 27, 2015, for the new information collection requirements 
contained in the Commission's rules at 47 CFR 27.14(k), 27.14(t)(6), 
27.17(c), 27.19(b), 27.19(c), 74.602(h)(5)(ii), 74.602(h)(5)(iii). 
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 3060-1180.
    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: 3060-1180.
    OMB Approval Date: August 27, 2015.
    OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 2018.
    Title: Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of 
Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, state, local, 
or tribal government and not for profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 378 respondents and 378 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours-2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time and on occasion reporting 
requirements, twice within 12 years reporting requirement, 6, 10 and 
12-years reporting requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in 47 U.S.C. 
151, 154, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 325(b), 332, 336(f), 
338, 339, 340, 399b, 403, 534, 535, 1404, 1452, and 1454 of the 
Communications Act of 1934.
    Total Annual Burden: 581 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 FCC adopted the Expanding the Economic and 
Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions Report 
and Order, FCC 14-50, on May 15, 2014, published at 79 FR 48442 (Aug. 
15, 2014). The Commission sought approval from the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for some of the information collection requirements 
contained in FCC 14-50. The Commission will use the information to 
ensure compliance with required filings of notifications, 
certifications, license renewals, license cancelations, and license 
modifications. Also, such information will be used to minimize 
interference and to determine compliance with Commission's rules.
    The following is a description of the information collection 
requirements for which the Commission sought OMB approval:
    Section 27.14(k) requires 600 MHz licensees to demonstrate 
compliance with performance requirements by filing a construction 
notification with the Commission, within 15 days of the applicable 
benchmark.
    Section 27.14(t)(6) requires 600 MHz licensees to make a renewal 
showing as a condition of each renewal. The showing must include a 
detailed description of the applicant's provision of service during the 
entire license period and address: (i) The level and quality of service 
provided by the applicant (including the population served, the area 
served, the number of subscribers, the services offered); (ii) the date 
service commenced, whether service was ever interrupted, and the 
duration of any interruption or outage; (iii) the extent to which 
service is provided to rural areas; (iv) the extent to which service is 
provided to qualifying tribal land as defined in 47 CFR 
1.2110(f)(3)(i); and (v) any other factors associated with the level of 
service to the public.
    Section 27.17(c) requires 600 MHz licensees to notify the 
Commission within 10 days of discontinuance if they permanently 
discontinue service by filing FCC Form 601 or 605 and requesting 
license cancellation.
    Section 27.19(b) requires 600 MHz licensees with base and fixed 
stations in the 600 MHz downlink band within 25 kilometers of Very Long 
Baseline Array (VLBA) observatories to coordinate with the National 
Science Foundation (NSF) prior to commencing operations.
    Section 27.19(c) requires 600 MHz licensees that intend to operate 
base and fixed stations in the 600 MHz downlink band in locations near 
the Radio Astronomy Observatory site located in Green Bank, Pocahontas 
County, West Virginia, or near the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, 
to comply with the provisions in 47 CFR 1.924.
    Section 74.602(h)(5)(ii) requires 600 MHz licensees to notify the 
licensee of a studio-transmitter link (TV STL), TV relay station, or TV 
translator relay station of their intent to commence wireless 
operations and the likelihood of harmful interference from the TV STL, 
TV relay station, or TV translator relay station to those operations 
within the wireless licensee's licensed geographic service area. The 
notification is to be in the form of a letter, via certified mail, 
return receipt requested and must be sent not less than 30 days in 
advance of approximate date of commencement of operations.
    Section 74.602(h)(5)(iii) requires all TV STL, TV relay station and 
TV translator relay station licensees to modify or cancel their 
authorizations and vacate the 600 MHz band no later than the end of the 
post-auction transition period as defined in 47 CFR 27.4.
    These rules which contain information collection requirements are 
designed to provide for flexible use of this spectrum by allowing 
licensees to choose their type of service offerings, to encourage 
innovation and investment in mobile broadband use in this spectrum, and 
to provide a stable regulatory environment in which broadband 
deployment would be able to develop through the application of standard 
terrestrial wireless rules. Without this information, the Commission 
would not be able to carry out its statutory responsibilities.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-22595 Filed 9-16-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 180 / Thursday, September 17, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 55795 ■ 5. Section 1.1155 is revised to read as § 1.1155 Schedule of regulatory fees for follows: cable television services. Fee amount 1. Cable Television Relay Service ...................................................................................................................................................... $660. 2. Cable TV System, Including IPTV (per subscriber) ........................................................................................................................ 0.96. 3. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) ..................................................................................................................................................... $.12 per sub- scriber. ■ 6. Section 1.1156 is revised to read as § 1.1156 Schedule of regulatory fees for follows: international services. (a) The following schedule applies for the listed services: Fee category Fee amount Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit) .................................................................................................................................................. $119,150 Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit) .......................................................................................................................................... 132,125 Earth Stations: Transmit/Receive & Transmit only (per authorization or registration) ....................................................................... 310 (b) International Terrestrial and includes active circuits to themselves or these purposes include backup and Satellite. Regulatory fees for to their affiliates. In addition, non- redundant circuits. In addition, whether International Bearer Circuits are to be common carrier satellite operators must circuits are used specifically for voice or paid by facilities-based common carriers pay a fee for each circuit sold or leased data is not relevant in determining that that have active (used or leased) to any customer, including themselves they are active circuits. international bearer circuits as of or their affiliates, other than an The fee amount, per active 64 KB December 31 of the prior year in any international common carrier circuit or equivalent will be determined terrestrial or satellite transmission authorized by the Commission to facility for the provision of service to an provide U.S. international common for each fiscal year. end user or resale carrier, which carrier services. ‘‘Active circuits’’ for International terrestrial and satellite (capacity as of December 31, 2014) Fee amount Terrestrial Common Carrier Satellite Common Carrier Satellite Non-Common Carrier ..................................................................... $0.03 per 64 KB Circuit. (c) Submarine cable: Regulatory fees for all submarine cable systems year. The fee amount will be determined for submarine cable systems will be operating as of December 31 of the prior by the Commission for each fiscal year. paid annually, per cable landing license, Submarine cable systems Fee amount (capacity as of December 31, 2014) <2.5 Gbps ............................................................................................................................................................................................ $7,175 2.5 Gbps or greater, but less than 5 Gbps ......................................................................................................................................... 14,350 5 Gbps or greater, but less than 10 Gbps .......................................................................................................................................... 28,675 10 Gbps or greater, but less than 20 Gbps ........................................................................................................................................ 57,350 20 Gbps or greater .............................................................................................................................................................................. 114,700 [FR Doc. 2015–23312 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am] ACTION: Final rule; announcement of Incentive Auction Report and Order, BILLING CODE 6712–01–P effective date. which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Federal Register announcing OMB FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Communications Commission approval and the effective date of to the COMMISSION (Commission) announces that the Office new information collection of Management and Budget (OMB) has requirements. 47 CFR Parts 27 and 74 approved, for a period of three years, certain information collection DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR [GN Docket No. 12–268; FCC 14–50] requirements associated with the 27.14(k), 27.14(t)(6), 27.17(c), 27.19(b), tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with RULES Commission’s Expanding the Economic 27.19(c), 74.602(h)(5)(ii), and Expanding the Economic and 74.602(h)(5)(iii), published at 79 FR Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions 48442, August 15, 2014, are effective on Through Incentive Auctions September 17, 2015. 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55796 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 180 / Thursday, September 17, 2015 / Rules and Regulations Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov and telephone Obligation to Respond: Required to within 10 days of discontinuance if they at (202) 418–2918. obtain or retain benefits. Statutory permanently discontinue service by SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This authority for these collections are filing FCC Form 601 or 605 and document announces that, on August contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 301, requesting license cancellation. 27, 2015, OMB approved certain 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, Section 27.19(b) requires 600 MHz information collection requirements 325(b), 332, 336(f), 338, 339, 340, 399b, licensees with base and fixed stations in contained in the Commission’s 403, 534, 535, 1404, 1452, and 1454 of the 600 MHz downlink band within 25 Incentive Auction Report and Order, the Communications Act of 1934. kilometers of Very Long Baseline Array FCC 14–50, published at 79 FR 48442, Total Annual Burden: 581 hours. (VLBA) observatories to coordinate with August 15, 2014. The OMB Control Total Annual Cost: No cost. Privacy Impact Assessment: No the National Science Foundation (NSF) Number is 3060–1180. The Commission prior to commencing operations. publishes this document as an impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Section 27.19(c) requires 600 MHz announcement of the effective date of There is no need for confidentiality with licensees that intend to operate base and these information collection this collection of information. fixed stations in the 600 MHz downlink requirements. Needs and Uses: The FCC adopted the band in locations near the Radio Synopsis Expanding the Economic and Astronomy Observatory site located in As required by the Paperwork Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Green Bank, Pocahontas County, West Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), Through Incentive Auctions Report and Virginia, or near the Arecibo the FCC is notifying the public that it Order, FCC 14–50, on May 15, 2014, Observatory in Puerto Rico, to comply received OMB approval on August 27, published at 79 FR 48442 (Aug. 15, with the provisions in 47 CFR 1.924. 2015, for the new information collection 2014). The Commission sought approval Section 74.602(h)(5)(ii) requires 600 requirements contained in the from the Office of Management and MHz licensees to notify the licensee of Commission’s rules at 47 CFR 27.14(k), Budget (OMB) for some of the a studio-transmitter link (TV STL), TV 27.14(t)(6), 27.17(c), 27.19(b), 27.19(c), information collection requirements relay station, or TV translator relay 74.602(h)(5)(ii), 74.602(h)(5)(iii). Under contained in FCC 14–50. The station of their intent to commence 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not Commission will use the information to wireless operations and the likelihood conduct or sponsor a collection of ensure compliance with required filings of harmful interference from the TV information unless it displays a current, of notifications, certifications, license STL, TV relay station, or TV translator valid OMB Control Number. No person renewals, license cancelations, and relay station to those operations within shall be subject to any penalty for failing license modifications. Also, such the wireless licensee’s licensed to comply with a collection of information will be used to minimize geographic service area. The notification information subject to the Paperwork interference and to determine is to be in the form of a letter, via Reduction Act that does not display a compliance with Commission’s rules. certified mail, return receipt requested The following is a description of the and must be sent not less than 30 days current, valid OMB Control Number. information collection requirements for in advance of approximate date of The OMB Control Number is 3060– which the Commission sought OMB commencement of operations. 1180. The foregoing notice is required by approval: Section 27.14(k) requires 600 MHz Section 74.602(h)(5)(iii) requires all the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, TV STL, TV relay station and TV licensees to demonstrate compliance Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, translator relay station licensees to with performance requirements by filing and 44 U.S.C. 3507. modify or cancel their authorizations The total annual reporting burdens a construction notification with the Commission, within 15 days of the and vacate the 600 MHz band no later and costs for the respondents are as than the end of the post-auction follows: applicable benchmark. Section 27.14(t)(6) requires 600 MHz transition period as defined in 47 CFR OMB Control Number: 3060–1180. OMB Approval Date: August 27, 2015. licensees to make a renewal showing as 27.4. OMB Expiration Date: August 31, a condition of each renewal. The These rules which contain 2018. showing must include a detailed information collection requirements are Title: Expanding the Economic and description of the applicant’s provision designed to provide for flexible use of Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum of service during the entire license this spectrum by allowing licensees to Through Incentive Auctions. period and address: (i) The level and choose their type of service offerings, to Form Number: N/A. quality of service provided by the encourage innovation and investment in Respondents: Business or other for- applicant (including the population mobile broadband use in this spectrum, profit entities, state, local, or tribal served, the area served, the number of and to provide a stable regulatory government and not for profit subscribers, the services offered); (ii) the environment in which broadband institutions. date service commenced, whether deployment would be able to develop Number of Respondents and service was ever interrupted, and the through the application of standard Responses: 378 respondents and 378 duration of any interruption or outage; terrestrial wireless rules. Without this responses. (iii) the extent to which service is information, the Commission would not Estimated Time per Response: .5 provided to rural areas; (iv) the extent be able to carry out its statutory hours–2 hours. to which service is provided to responsibilities. Frequency of Response: One-time and qualifying tribal land as defined in 47 on occasion reporting requirements, Federal Communications Commission. CFR 1.2110(f)(3)(i); and (v) any other tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with RULES twice within 12 years reporting factors associated with the level of Marlene H. Dortch, requirement, 6, 10 and 12-years service to the public. Secretary. reporting requirements and third party Section 27.17(c) requires 600 MHz [FR Doc. 2015–22595 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am] disclosure requirement. licensees to notify the Commission BILLING CODE 6712–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:04 Sep 16, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\17SER1.SGM 17SER1


Document Created: 2015-12-15 09:34:20
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionFinal rule; announcement of effective date.
DatesThe amendments to 47 CFR 27.14(k), 27.14(t)(6), 27.17(c), 27.19(b), 27.19(c), 74.602(h)(5)(ii), and 74.602(h)(5)(iii), published at 79 FR 48442, August 15, 2014, are effective on September 17, 2015.
ContactCathy Williams by email at [email protected] and telephone at (202) 418-2918.
FR Citation80 FR 55795 
CFR Citation47 CFR 27
47 CFR 74
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