81 FR 43523 - Updating Competitive Bidding Rules

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 128 (July 5, 2016)

Page Range		43523-43524
FR Document		2016-15819

In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved on June 22, 2016, a revision to an approved information collection to implement modified collection requirements on FCC Form 601, Application for Radio Service Authorization, contained in the Part 1 Report and Order, Updating Competitive Bidding Rules, FCC 15-80. This document is consistent with the 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 requirements.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[GN Docket No. 12-268, WT Docket Nos. 14-70, 05-211, RM-11395; FCC 15-
80]


Updating Competitive Bidding Rules

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 June 22, 2016, a revision to an 
approved information collection to implement modified collection 
requirements on FCC Form 601, Application for Radio Service 
Authorization, contained in the Part 1 Report and Order, Updating 
Competitive Bidding Rules, FCC 15-80. This document is consistent with 
the 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 requirements.

DATES: 47 CFR 1.2110(j), published at 80 FR 56764 on September 18, 2015 
and revised FCC Form 601, are effective on July 5, 2016.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on June 22, 
2016, OMB approved the information collection requirements for FCC Form 
601, FCC Application for Radio Service Authorization and 47 CFR 
1.2110(j), which was contained in Report and Order, FCC 15-80. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-0798. The Commission publishes this document as 
an announcement of the effective date of the 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, 3060-0798, 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 FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on 
June 22, 2016, for the information collection requirements contained in 
information collection 3060-0798. 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 3060-0798. 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: 3060-0798.
    OMB Approval Date: June 22, 2016.
    OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2019.
    Title: FCC Application for Radio Service Authorization: Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau
    Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
    Form Number: FCC Form 601.
    Respondents: Individuals and households; Business or other for 
profit entities; Not for profit institutions; and State, local or 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 253,320 respondents and 
253,320 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5-1.25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party 
disclosure requirement, On occasion reporting requirement and periodic 
reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 222,055 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $71,306,250.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory

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authority for this collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 
151, 152, 154, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301, 302a, 303, 
307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331, 332, 333, 336, 534, 
535 and 554.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality required with this collection of information.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Needs and Uses: On July 20, 2015, the Commission released the Part 
1 R&O in which it updated many of its Part 1 competitive bidding rules 
(See Updating Part 1 Competitive Bidding Rules; Expanding the Economic 
and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions; 
Petition of DIRECTV Group, Inc. and EchoStar LLC for Expedited 
Rulemaking to Amend Section 1.2105(a)(2)(xi) and 1.2106(a) of the 
Commission's Rules and/or for Interim Conditional Waiver; 
Implementation of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act and 
Modernization of the Commission's Competitive Bidding Rules and 
Procedures, Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration of the First 
Report and Order, Third Order on Reconsideration of the Second Report 
and Order, and Third Report and Order, FCC 15-80, 30 FCC Rcd 7493 
(2015), modified by Erratum, 30 FCC Rcd 8518 (2015) (Part 1 R&O)). Of 
relevance to the information collection at issue here, the Commission: 
(1) Implemented a new general prohibition on the filing of auction 
applications by entities controlled by the same individual or set of 
individuals (but with a limited exception for qualifying rural wireless 
partnerships); (2) modified the eligibility requirements for small 
business benefits, and updated the standardized schedule of small 
business sizes, including the gross revenues thresholds used to 
determine eligibility; (3) established a new bidding credit for 
eligible rural service providers; (4) adopted targeted attribution 
rules to prevent the unjust enrichment of ineligible entities; and (5) 
adopted rules prohibiting joint bidding arrangements with limited 
exceptions. The updated Part 1 rules apply to applicants seeking 
licenses and permits.
    Additionally, on June 2, 2014, the Commission released the Mobile 
Spectrum Holdings R&O, in which the Commission updated its spectrum 
screen and established rules for its upcoming auctions of low-band 
spectrum. Of relevance to the information collection at issue here, the 
Commission stated that it could reserve spectrum in order to ensure 
against excessive concentration in holdings of below-1-GHz spectrum (In 
the Matter of Policies Regarding Mobile Spectrum Holdings, Expanding 
the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive 
Auctions, FCC 14-63, Report and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6133, 6190, para. 135 
(2014) (Mobile Spectrum Holdings R&O). See also Application Procedures 
for Broadcast Incentive Auction Scheduled to Begin on March 29, 2016; 
Technical Formulas for Competitive Bidding, Public Notice, 30 FCC Rcd 
11034, Appendix 3 (WTB 2015); Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
Releases Updated List of Reserve-Eligible Nationwide Service Providers 
in each PEA for the Broadcast Incentive Auction, Public Notice, AU No. 
14-252 (WTB 2016).
    The Commission also revised the currently approved collection of 
information under OMB Control Number 3060-0798 to permit the collection 
of the additional information for Commission licenses and permits, 
pursuant to the rules and information collection requirements adopted 
by the Commission in the Part 1 R&O and the Mobile Spectrum Holdings 
R&O. As part of the collection, the Commission is now approved for the 
information collection and recordkeeping requirements associated with 
47 CFR 1.2110(j), 1.2112(b)(2)(iii), 1.2112(b)(2)(v), 
1.2112(b)(2)(vii), and 1.2112(b)(2)(viii). Also, in certain 
circumstances, the Commission requires the applicant to provide copies 
of their agreements and/or submit exhibits.
    In addition, the Commission is now approved for various other, non-
substantive editorial/consistency edits and updates to FCC Form 601 
that correct inconsistent capitalization of words and other 
typographical errors, and better align the text on the form with the 
text in the Commission rules both generally and in connection with 
recent non-substantive, organizational amendments to the Commission's 
rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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plain language in promulgating this rule Dated: June 27, 2016. contact Cathy Williams, Federal
consistent with the Federal Plain John Howard, Communications Commission, Room 1–
Writing Act guidelines. Administrator, World Trade Center Health C823, 445 12th Street SW., Washington,
Program and Director, National Institute for DC 20554. Please include the OMB
List of Subjects in 42 CFR Part 88 Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Control Number, 3060–0798, in your
Disease Control and Prevention, Department correspondence. The Commission will
Administrative practice and of Health and Human Services.
procedure, Health care, Lung diseases, also accept your comments via the
Sylvia M. Burwell, Internet if you send them to PRA@
Mental health programs.
Secretary, Department of Health and Human fcc.gov. To request materials in
Final Rule Services. accessible formats for people with
[FR Doc. 2016–15799 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am] disabilities (Braille, large print,
For the reasons discussed in the electronic files, audio format), send an
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
preamble, the Department of Health and email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the
Human Services amends 42 CFR part 88 Consumer and Governmental Affairs
as follows: Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
418–0432 (TTY).
PART 88—WORLD TRADE CENTER COMMISSION
HEALTH PROGRAM Synopsis
47 CFR Part 1
As required by the Paperwork
■ 1. The authority citation for part 88 is [GN Docket No. 12–268, WT Docket Nos. Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
revised to read as follows: 14–70, 05–211, RM–11395; FCC 15–80] the FCC is notifying the public that it
received OMB approval on June 22,
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300mm to 300mm– Updating Competitive Bidding Rules 2016, for the information collection
61, Pub. L. 111–347, 124 Stat. 3623, as
AGENCY: Federal Communications requirements contained in information
amended by Pub. L. 114–113, 129 Stat. 2242.
Commission. collection 3060–0798. Under 5 CFR
■ 2. In § 88.1, under the definition ‘‘List ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 1320, an agency may not conduct or
of WTC-related health conditions,’’ effective date. sponsor a collection of information
revise paragraph (1)(v) and add unless it displays a current, valid OMB
paragraph (5) to read as follows: SUMMARY: In this document, the Control Number. No person shall be
Commission announces that the Office subject to any penalty for failing to
§ 88.1 Definitions. of Management and Budget (OMB) comply with a collection of information
* * * * * approved on June 22, 2016, a revision to subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
an approved information collection to that does not display a current, valid
List of WTC-Related Health Conditions implement modified collection OMB Control Number. The OMB
* * * * * requirements on FCC Form 601, Control Number is 3060–0798. The
Application for Radio Service foregoing document is required by the
(1) * * * Authorization, contained in the Part 1 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.
(v) WTC-exacerbated and new-onset Report and Order, Updating L. 104–13, October 1, 1995, and 44
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Competitive Bidding Rules, FCC 15–80. U.S.C. 3507.
(COPD). This document is consistent with the The total annual reporting burdens
* * * * * Report and Order, which stated that the and costs for the respondents are as
Commission would publish a document follows:
(5) Acute traumatic injuries: in the Federal Register announcing OMB Control Number: 3060–0798.
(i) WTC-related acute traumatic OMB approval and the effective date of OMB Approval Date: June 22, 2016.
injury: physical damage to the body the requirements. OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2019.
caused by and occurring immediately DATES: 47 CFR 1.2110(j), published at 80 Title: FCC Application for Radio
after a one-time exposure to energy, FR 56764 on September 18, 2015 and Service Authorization: Wireless
such as heat, electricity, or impact from revised FCC Form 601, are effective on Telecommunications Bureau
July 5, 2016. Public Safety and Homeland Security
a crash or fall, resulting from a specific
Bureau.
event or incident. For a WTC responder FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Form Number: FCC Form 601.
or screening-eligible or certified-eligible Cathy Williams, Cathy.Williams@ Respondents: Individuals and
survivors who received any medical fcc.gov, (202) 418–2918. households; Business or other for profit
treatment for a WTC-related acute SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This entities; Not for profit institutions; and
traumatic injury on or before September document announces that, on June 22, State, local or tribal government.
11, 2003, such health condition 2016, OMB approved the information Number of Respondents and
includes: collection requirements for FCC Form Responses: 253,320 respondents and
(A) Eye injury. 601, FCC Application for Radio Service 253,320 responses.
Authorization and 47 CFR 1.2110(j), Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5–
(B) Burn. which was contained in Report and 1.25 hours.
(C) Head trauma. Order, FCC 15–80. The OMB Control Frequency of Response:
(D) Fracture. Number is 3060–0798. The Commission Recordkeeping requirement, third party
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publishes this document as an disclosure requirement, On occasion
(E) Tendon tear. announcement of the effective date of reporting requirement and periodic
(F) Complex sprain. the requirements. If you have any reporting requirement.
(G) Other similar acute traumatic comments on the burden estimates Total Annual Burden: 222,055 hours.
injuries. listed below, or how the Commission Total Annual Costs: $71,306,250.
can improve the collections and reduce Obligation to Respond: Required to
(ii) [Reserved] any burdens caused thereby, please obtain or retain benefits. The statutory

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authority for this collection of below-1–GHz spectrum (In the Matter of DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
information is contained in 47 U.S.C. Policies Regarding Mobile Spectrum
151, 152, 154, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201, Holdings, Expanding the Economic and National Highway Traffic Safety
202, 208, 214, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 308, Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Administration
309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331, Through Incentive Auctions, FCC 14–63,
332, 333, 336, 534, 535 and 554. Report and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6133, 49 CFR Part 578
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 6190, para. 135 (2014) (Mobile Spectrum [Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0075]
There is no need for confidentiality Holdings R&O). See also Application
required with this collection of RIN 2127–AL73
Procedures for Broadcast Incentive
information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. Auction Scheduled to Begin on March Civil Penalties
Needs and Uses: On July 20, 2015, the 29, 2016; Technical Formulas for
Competitive Bidding, Public Notice, 30 AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
Commission released the Part 1 R&O in Safety Administration (NHTSA),
which it updated many of its Part 1 FCC Rcd 11034, Appendix 3 (WTB
2015); Wireless Telecommunications Department of Transportation (DOT).
competitive bidding rules (See Updating
Bureau Releases Updated List of ACTION: Interim final rule.
Part 1 Competitive Bidding Rules;
Expanding the Economic and Reserve-Eligible Nationwide Service SUMMARY: This interim final rule
Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Providers in each PEA for the Broadcast updates the maximum civil penalty
Through Incentive Auctions; Petition of Incentive Auction, Public Notice, AU amounts for violations of statutes and
DIRECTV Group, Inc. and EchoStar LLC No. 14–252 (WTB 2016). regulations administered by NHTSA
for Expedited Rulemaking to Amend pursuant the Federal Civil Penalties
The Commission also revised the
Section 1.2105(a)(2)(xi) and 1.2106(a) of Inflation Adjustment Act Improvement
currently approved collection of
the Commission’s Rules and/or for Act of 2015. This final rule also amends
Interim Conditional Waiver; information under OMB Control
Number 3060–0798 to permit the our regulations to reflect the new civil
Implementation of the Commercial penalty amounts for violations of the
Spectrum Enhancement Act and collection of the additional information
for Commission licenses and permits, National Traffic and Motor Vehicle
Modernization of the Commission’s Safety (the Safety Act) Act authorized
Competitive Bidding Rules and pursuant to the rules and information
collection requirements adopted by the by the Fixing America’s Surface
Procedures, Report and Order, Order on Transportation Act (FAST Act).
Reconsideration of the First Report and Commission in the Part 1 R&O and the
Mobile Spectrum Holdings R&O. As part DATES: Effective date: This rule is
Order, Third Order on Reconsideration
of the Second Report and Order, and of the collection, the Commission is effective August 4, 2016.
Petitions for reconsideration: Petitions
Third Report and Order, FCC 15–80, 30 now approved for the information
for reconsideration of this final rule
FCC Rcd 7493 (2015), modified by collection and recordkeeping
must be received not later than August
Erratum, 30 FCC Rcd 8518 (2015) (Part requirements associated with 47 CFR
1 R&O)). Of relevance to the information 19, 2016.
1.2110(j), 1.2112(b)(2)(iii),
collection at issue here, the ADDRESSES: Any petitions for
1.2112(b)(2)(v), 1.2112(b)(2)(vii), and
Commission: (1) Implemented a new reconsideration should refer to the
1.2112(b)(2)(viii). Also, in certain
general prohibition on the filing of docket number of this document and be
circumstances, the Commission requires submitted to: Administrator, National
auction applications by entities the applicant to provide copies of their
controlled by the same individual or set Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
agreements and/or submit exhibits. 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
of individuals (but with a limited
exception for qualifying rural wireless In addition, the Commission is now Building, Fourth Floor, Washington, DC
partnerships); (2) modified the approved for various other, non- 20590.
eligibility requirements for small substantive editorial/consistency edits FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
business benefits, and updated the and updates to FCC Form 601 that Thomas Healy, Office of Chief
standardized schedule of small business correct inconsistent capitalization of Counsel, NHTSA, telephone (202)
sizes, including the gross revenues words and other typographical errors, 366–2992, facsimile (202) 366–3820,
thresholds used to determine eligibility; and better align the text on the form 1200 New Jersey Ave SE., Washington,
(3) established a new bidding credit for with the text in the Commission rules DC 20590.
eligible rural service providers; (4) both generally and in connection with SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
adopted targeted attribution rules to recent non-substantive, organizational
prevent the unjust enrichment of I. Background
amendments to the Commission’s rules.
ineligible entities; and (5) adopted rules On November 2, 2015, the Federal
prohibiting joint bidding arrangements Federal Communications Commission. Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
with limited exceptions. The updated Gloria J. Miles, Improvement Act (the 2015 Act), Pub. L.
Part 1 rules apply to applicants seeking Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 114–74, Section 701, was signed into
licenses and permits. Secretary. law. The purpose of the 2015 Act is to
Additionally, on June 2, 2014, the [FR Doc. 2016–15819 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am] improve the effectiveness of civil
Commission released the Mobile BILLING CODE 6712–01–P monetary penalties and to maintain
Spectrum Holdings R&O, in which the their deterrent effect. The 2015 Act
Commission updated its spectrum requires agencies to make an initial
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screen and established rules for its catch up adjustment to the civil
upcoming auctions of low-band monetary penalties they administer
spectrum. Of relevance to the through an interim final rule and then
information collection at issue here, the to make subsequent annual adjustments
Commission stated that it could reserve for inflation. The amount of increase of
spectrum in order to ensure against any adjustment to a civil penalty
excessive concentration in holdings of pursuant to the 2015 Act is limited to

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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		47 CFR 1.2110(j), published at 80 FR 56764 on September 18, 2015 and revised FCC Form 601, are effective on July 5, 2016.
Contact		Cathy Williams, [email protected], (202) 418-2918.
FR Citation		81 FR 43523