80 FR 81769 - Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 251 (December 31, 2015)

Page Range		81769-81770
FR Document		2015-32824

In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved, on an emergency basis, a revision to an approved information collection to implement new collection requirements contained in the Broadcast Incentive Auction Report and Order, Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, FCC 14-50. This document is consistent with the Broadcast 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 the rules and requirements.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 251 (Thursday, December 31, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-32824]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[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 Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approved, on an emergency basis, a revision 
to an approved information collection to implement new collection 
requirements contained in the Broadcast Incentive Auction Report and 
Order, Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum 
Through Incentive Auctions, FCC 14-50. This document is consistent with 
the Broadcast 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 the rules and requirements.

DATES: The amendments adding 47 CFR 1.2205(c) and 1.2205(d), published 
at 79 FR 48442, August 15, 2014, are effective on December 31, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Cathy Williams, 
[email protected], (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on December 
10, 2015, OMB approved, on an emergency basis, a revision to an 
approved information collection to implement new information collection 
requirements under 47 CFR 1.2205(c) and 1.2205(d), published at 79 FR 
48442 on August 15, 2014. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0995. The 
Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective 
date of the rules and requirements. 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 Cathy 
Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control 
Number, 3060-0995, in your correspondence. The Commission will also 
accept your comments via the Internet if you send them to [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 Commission is notifying the public that it received 
emergency approval from OMB on December 10, 2015 for the revised 
information collection requirements contained in the information 
collection 3060-0995, Section 1.2105(c), Bidding Application and 
Certification Procedures; Sections 1.2105(c) and Section 1.2205, 
Prohibition of Certain Communications.
    Under 5 CFR 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 3060-0995. The foregoing document is required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 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: 3060-0995.
    OMB Approval Date: December 10, 2015.
    OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2016.
    Title: Section 1.2105(c), Bidding Application and Certification 
Procedures; Sections 1.2105(c) and Section 1.2205, Prohibition of 
Certain Communications.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, local or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 10 respondents; 10 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours to 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
sections 154(i), 309(j), and 1452(a)(3) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 309(j)(5), and 1452(a)(3), and 
sections 1.2205(c) and 1.2205(d) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 
1.2205(c), (d).
    Total Annual Burden: 50 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $9,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).

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    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will take all 
reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of all Commission-held 
data of a reverse auction applicant consistent with the confidentiality 
requirements of the Spectrum Act and the Commission's rules. See 47 
U.S.C. 1452(a)(3); 47 CFR 1.2206. In addition, to the extent necessary, 
a full power or Class A television broadcast licensee may request 
confidential treatment of any report of a prohibited communication 
submitted to the Commission that is not already being treated as 
confidential pursuant to section 0.459 of the Commission's rules. See 
47 CFR 0.459. Forward auction applicants are entitled to request 
confidentiality in accordance with section 0.459 of the Commission's 
rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
    Needs and Uses: In the Broadcast Incentive Auction Report and 
Order, the Commission adopted new requirements for parties that might 
participate in the reverse auction component of the television 
broadcast incentive auction (BIA) prohibiting certain communications 
and requiring a covered party that makes or receives a prohibited 
communication to file a report of such a communication with the 
Commission, along with procedures for reporting potentially prohibited 
communications. See 47 CFR 1.2205(b), (c), (d). The Commission's rules 
prohibiting certain communications in Commission auctions are designed 
to reinforce existing antitrust laws, facilitate detection of collusive 
conduct, and deter anticompetitive behavior, without being so strict as 
to discourage procompetitive arrangements between auction participants. 
They also help assure participants that the auction process will be 
fair and objective, and not subject to collusion. The revised 
information collection implements the new BIA-specific rules in 
sections 1.2205(c) and 1.2205(d) by making clear the responsibility of 
parties who receive information that potentially violates the rules to 
promptly submit a report notifying the Commission, thereby helping the 
Commission enforce the prohibition on covered parties in the BIA, and 
further assuring incentive auction participants that the auction 
process will be fair and competitive. The prohibited communication 
reporting requirement required of covered parties will enable the 
Commission to ensure that no bidder gains an unfair advantage over 
other bidders in its auctions and thus enhances the competitiveness and 
fairness of Commission's auctions. The information collected will be 
reviewed and, if warranted, referred to the Commission's Enforcement 
Bureau for possible investigation and administrative action. The 
Commission may also refer allegations of anticompetitive auction 
conduct to the Department of Justice for investigation.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer. Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-32824 Filed 12-30-15; 8:45 am]
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TABLE 17—FINAL NUMERICAL VALUES FOR THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE PY 2018 ESRD QIP CLINICAL
MEASURES USING THE MOST RECENTLY AVAILABLE DATA—Continued
Measure Achievement threshold Benchmark Performance standard

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Hypercalcemia ................................................. 3.92% ...................................... 0.00% ...................................... 1.19%.
NHSN Bloodstream Infection SIR .................... 1.812 ....................................... 0 .............................................. 0.861.
Standardized Readmission Ratio .................... 1.297 ....................................... 0.588 ....................................... 0.998.
Standardized Transfusion Ratio ...................... 1.470 ....................................... 0.431 ....................................... 0.923.
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CY 2015. CY 2015. CY 2015.

11. On page 69069, third column, DATES: The amendments adding 47 CFR 1.2105(c) and Section 1.2205,
bottom of the page, footnote 15, the 1.2205(c) and 1.2205(d), published at 79 Prohibition of Certain Communications.
reference to ‘‘http://www.bls/gov/ooh/ FR 48442, August 15, 2014, are effective Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not
healthcare/medical-records-and-health- on December 31, 2015. conduct or sponsor a collection of
information-technicians.htm’’ is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: information unless it displays a current,
corrected to read ‘‘http://www.bls.gov/ Contact Cathy Williams, valid OMB Control Number.
ooh/healthcare/medical-records-and- Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, (202) 418– No person shall be subject to any
health-information-technicians.htm’’. 2918. penalty for failing to comply with a
12. On page 69073, second column SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
collection of information subject to the
under the heading ‘‘e. Alternatives document announces that, on December Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
Considered’’ add the sub-heading ‘‘1. 10, 2015, OMB approved, on an display a current, valid OMB Control
CY 2016 End-Stage Renal Disease’’. emergency basis, a revision to an Number. The OMB Control Number is
Dated: December 28, 2015. approved information collection to 3060–0995. The foregoing document is
Madhura Valverde, implement new information collection required by the Paperwork Reduction
requirements under 47 CFR 1.2205(c) Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13, October 1,
Executive Secretary to the Department,
Department of Health and Human Services. and 1.2205(d), published at 79 FR 48442 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
on August 15, 2014. The OMB Control The total annual reporting burdens
[FR Doc. 2015–32967 Filed 12–30–15; 8:45 am]
Number is 3060–0995. The Commission and costs for the respondents are as
BILLING CODE 4120–01–P
publishes this document as an follows:
announcement of the effective date of OMB Control Number: 3060–0995.
the rules and requirements. If you have OMB Approval Date: December 10,
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS any comments on the burden estimates 2015.
COMMISSION listed below, or how the Commission OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2016.
can improve the collections and reduce Title: Section 1.2105(c), Bidding
47 CFR Part 1 Application and Certification
any burdens caused thereby, please
contact Cathy Williams, Federal Procedures; Sections 1.2105(c) and
[GN Docket No. 12–268; FCC 14–50]
Communications Commission, Room 1– Section 1.2205, Prohibition of Certain
Expanding the Economic and C823, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, Communications.
Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum DC 20554. Please include the OMB Form No.: N/A.
Through Incentive Auctions Control Number, 3060–0995, in your Respondents: Business or other for-
correspondence. The Commission will profit entities; Not-for-profit
AGENCY: Federal Communications also accept your comments via the institutions; State, local or Tribal
Commission. Internet if you send them to PRA@ government.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of fcc.gov. Number of Respondents and
effective date. To request materials in accessible Responses: 10 respondents; 10
formats for people with disabilities responses.
SUMMARY: In this document, the (Braille, large print, electronic files, Estimated Time per Response: 1.5
Commission announces that the Office audio format), send an email to fcc504@ hours to 2 hours.
of Management and Budget (OMB) fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Frequency of Response: On-occasion
approved, on an emergency basis, a Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) reporting requirement.
revision to an approved information 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 Obligation to Respond: Required to
collection to implement new collection (TTY). obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
requirements contained in the authority for this information collection
Broadcast Incentive Auction Report and Synopsis is contained in sections 154(i), 309(j),
Order, Expanding the Economic and As required by the Paperwork and 1452(a)(3) of the Communications
Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i),
Through Incentive Auctions, FCC 14– the Commission is notifying the public 309(j)(5), and 1452(a)(3), and sections
50. This document is consistent with that it received emergency approval 1.2205(c) and 1.2205(d) of the
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the Broadcast Incentive Auction Report from OMB on December 10, 2015 for the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.2205(c),
and Order, which stated that the revised information collection (d).
Commission would publish a document requirements contained in the Total Annual Burden: 50 hours.
in the Federal Register announcing information collection 3060–0995, Total Annual Cost: $9,000.
OMB approval and the effective date of Section 1.2105(c), Bidding Application Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
the rules and requirements. and Certification Procedures; Sections impact(s).

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Rules and Regulations
Action		Final rule; announcement of effective date.
Dates		The amendments adding 47 CFR 1.2205(c) and 1.2205(d), published at 79 FR 48442, August 15, 2014, are effective on December 31, 2015.
Contact		Contact Cathy Williams, [email protected], (202) 418-2918.
FR Citation		80 FR 81769