81_FR_45632 81 FR 45497 - Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, July 14, 2016

81 FR 45497 - Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, July 14, 2016

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 135 (July 14, 2016)

Page Range45497-45498
FR Document2016-16620

The Commission will consider a document that would make spectrum in bands above 24 GHz available for flexible use wireless services, including for next- generation, or 5G, networks and technologies. 2...................... Wireline Competition Title: Technology Transitions (GN Docket No. 13-5); USTelecom Petition for Declaratory Ruling that Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers Are Non-Dominant in the Provision of Switched Access Services (WC Docket No. 13-3); Policies and Rules Governing Retirement of Copper Loops by Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (RM-11358). Summary: The Commission will consider a document that adopts a framework to guide transitions to next-generation communications technologies while protecting the interests of consumers and competition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 135 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 135 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45497-45498]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16620]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, July 14, 2016

July 7, 2016.
    The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on 
the subjects listed below on Thursday, July 14, 2016 which is scheduled 
to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street SW., 
Washington, DC.

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        Item No.                Bureau                  Subject
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1......................  Wireless Tele-        Title: Use of Spectrum
                          Commucations,         Bands Above 24 GHz For
                          International And     Mobile Radio Services
                          Office Of             (GN Docket No. 14-177);
                          Engineering &         Establishing a More
                          Technology.           Flexible Framework to
                                                Facilitate Satellite
                                                Operations in the 27.5-
                                                28.35 GHz and 37.5-40
                                                GHz Bands (IB Docket No.
                                                15-256); Petition
                                                document of the Fixed
                                                Wireless Communications
                                                Coalition to Create
                                                Service Rules for the 42-
                                                43.5 GHz Band (RM-
                                                11664); Amendment of
                                                Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, 74,
                                                80, 90, 95, and 101 To
                                                Establish Uniform
                                                License Renewal,
                                                Discontinuance of
                                                Operation, and
                                                Geographic Partitioning
                                                and Spectrum
                                                Disaggregation Rules and
                                                Policies for Certain
                                                Wireless Radio Services
                                                (WT Docket No. 10-112);
                                                Allocation and
                                                Designation of Spectrum
                                                for Fixed-Satellite
                                                Services in the 37.5-
                                                38.5 GHz, 40.5-41.5 GHz
                                                and 48.2-50.2 GHz
                                                Frequency Bands;
                                                Allocation of Spectrum
                                                to Upgrade Fixed and
                                                Mobile Allocations in
                                                the 40.5-42.5 GHz
                                                Frequency Band;
                                                Allocation of Spectrum
                                                in the 46.9-47.0 GHz
                                                Frequency Band for
                                                Wireless Services; and
                                                Allocation of Spectrum
                                                in the 37.0-38.0 GHz and
                                                40.0-40.5 GHz for
                                                Government Operations
                                                (IB Docket No. 97-95).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a document
                                                that would make spectrum
                                                in bands above 24 GHz
                                                available for flexible
                                                use wireless services,
                                                including for next-
                                                generation, or 5G,
                                                networks and
                                                technologies.
2......................  Wireline Competition  Title: Technology
                                                Transitions (GN Docket
                                                No. 13-5); USTelecom
                                                Petition for Declaratory
                                                Ruling that Incumbent
                                                Local Exchange Carriers
                                                Are Non-Dominant in the
                                                Provision of Switched
                                                Access Services (WC
                                                Docket No. 13-3);
                                                Policies and Rules
                                                Governing Retirement of
                                                Copper Loops by
                                                Incumbent Local Exchange
                                                Carriers (RM-11358).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a document
                                                that adopts a framework
                                                to guide transitions to
                                                next-generation
                                                communications
                                                technologies while
                                                protecting the interests
                                                of consumers and
                                                competition.
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Consent Agenda

    The Commission will consider the following subjects listed below as 
a consent agenda and these items will not be presented individually:

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1......................  General Counsel.....  Title: William J. Kirsch
                                                Request for Inspection
                                                of Records (FOIA Control
                                                No. 2015-368).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a
                                                Memorandum Opinion and
                                                Order concerning the
                                                application for review
                                                filed by William J.
                                                Kirsch regarding a
                                                decision of the
                                                International Bureau's
                                                fee estimate for
                                                processing his Freedom
                                                of Information Act
                                                (FOIA) request.
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    The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or 
other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and 
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable 
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In your request, include a description of the accommodation you will 
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    Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from 
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Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open 
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University's Capitol Connection. The Capitol Connection also will carry 
the meeting live via the Internet. To purchase these services, call 
(703) 993-3100 or go to www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-16620 Filed 7-13-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                    that for these filers submitting both                             systems, or purchasing software updates                   Dated: July 11, 2016.
                                                    Component 1 and 2 data in 2017 and                                from vendors, would be extremely                          For the Commission.
                                                    2018, the addition of pay data will                               expensive. Some of these employers                      Jenny R. Yang,
                                                    increase the estimated annual burden                              estimated the one-time implementation                   Chair.
                                                    hour costs by a total of $25,364,064.80                           cost of bridging HRIS and payroll                       [FR Doc. 2016–16692 Filed 7–13–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    or an average of $416.58 per EEO–1 filer                          records to report Component 2 data                      BILLING CODE P
                                                    each year. This burden estimate                                   estimated costs could range from $5,000
                                                    includes reading instructions and                                 per firm to $20,000, $30,000, or $40,000
                                                    collecting, merging, validating, and                              per firm. Although the estimates did not
                                                    reporting the data electronically.                                provide details explaining how they                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                                                       • One-Time Implementation Burden:                              were calculated, the EEOC has                           COMMISSION
                                                    The 60-Day Notice estimated the one-                              considered this feedback and increased
                                                    time implementation burden hour cost                              the one-time implementation burden. It                  Open Commission Meeting, Thursday,
                                                    associated with submitting the                                    has done so by reflecting that                          July 14, 2016
                                                    information required by Component 2 of                            specialized computer software experts
                                                    the revised EEO–1 Report to be                                    with a higher wage rate will be required                July 7, 2016.
                                                    $23,000,295. This was based on the one-                           to do the work necessary to implement                     The Federal Communications
                                                    time cost for developing queries related                          the one-time changes required for this                  Commission will hold an Open Meeting
                                                    to Component 2 in an existing HRIS,                               proposal.                                               on the subjects listed below on
                                                    which was estimated to take 8 hours per                             Using an hourly wage rate for a                       Thursday, July 14, 2016 which is
                                                    filer at a wage rate of $47.22 per hour.                          computer programmer of $55.81, the                      scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in
                                                       Employers filing public comments                               EEOC now estimates one-time burden                      Room TW–C305, at 445 12th Street SW.,
                                                    stated that bridging pay and HRIS                                 hour cost of $27,184,381.28.122                         Washington, DC.

                                                         Item No.                                   Bureau                                                                     Subject

                                                    1 ......................   Wireless   Tele-Commucations,    Inter-                 Title: Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz For Mobile Radio Services (GN
                                                                                national And Office Of Engineering &                      Docket No. 14–177); Establishing a More Flexible Framework to Facilitate Sat-
                                                                                Technology.                                               ellite Operations in the 27.5–28.35 GHz and 37.5–40 GHz Bands (IB Docket No.
                                                                                                                                          15–256); Petition document of the Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition to
                                                                                                                                          Create Service Rules for the 42–43.5 GHz Band (RM–11664); Amendment of
                                                                                                                                          Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, 74, 80, 90, 95, and 101 To Establish Uniform License Re-
                                                                                                                                          newal, Discontinuance of Operation, and Geographic Partitioning and Spectrum
                                                                                                                                          Disaggregation Rules and Policies for Certain Wireless Radio Services (WT
                                                                                                                                          Docket No. 10–112); Allocation and Designation of Spectrum for Fixed-Satellite
                                                                                                                                          Services in the 37.5–38.5 GHz, 40.5–41.5 GHz and 48.2–50.2 GHz Frequency
                                                                                                                                          Bands; Allocation of Spectrum to Upgrade Fixed and Mobile Allocations in the
                                                                                                                                          40.5–42.5 GHz Frequency Band; Allocation of Spectrum in the 46.9–47.0 GHz
                                                                                                                                          Frequency Band for Wireless Services; and Allocation of Spectrum in the 37.0–
                                                                                                                                          38.0 GHz and 40.0–40.5 GHz for Government Operations (IB Docket No. 97–
                                                                                                                                          95).
                                                                                                                                       Summary: The Commission will consider a document that would make spectrum in
                                                                                                                                          bands above 24 GHz available for flexible use wireless services, including for
                                                                                                                                          next-generation, or 5G, networks and technologies.
                                                    2 ......................   Wireline Competition ................................   Title: Technology Transitions (GN Docket No. 13–5); USTelecom Petition for De-
                                                                                                                                          claratory Ruling that Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers Are Non-Dominant in
                                                                                                                                          the Provision of Switched Access Services (WC Docket No. 13–3); Policies and
                                                                                                                                          Rules Governing Retirement of Copper Loops by Incumbent Local Exchange
                                                                                                                                          Carriers (RM–11358).
                                                                                                                                       Summary: The Commission will consider a document that adopts a framework to
                                                                                                                                          guide transitions to next-generation communications technologies while pro-
                                                                                                                                          tecting the interests of consumers and competition.




                                                    estimated hours spent by each job in completing the               $31,098,011.6 + total establishment-level burden        contribution for ‘‘management, professional,
                                                                                                                      hour cost of $26,738,315.7¥cost savings from data
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                                                    report to arrive at a per-firm cost for firm-level                                                                        related.’’ U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor
                                                    functions of approximately $510.76 and a per-report               upload of $4,289,968.22 = a total annual burden         Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook:
                                                    cost for establishment-level functions of                         hour cost of $53,546,359.08.                            Computer Programmers, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
                                                    approximately $39.66 (these figures are rounded).                   122 This estimate is calculated as follows: 8 hours   computer-and-information-technology/computer-
                                                    The burden hour cost for firm-level functions is                  per respondent × 60,886 employers = 487,088 ×           programmers.htm; see also U.S. Dept. of Labor,
                                                    $31,098,011.6 and the burden hour cost for                        $55.81 per hour = $27,184,381.28. The higher one-       Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for
                                                    establishment-level functions is $26,738,315.7.                   time implementation burden estimate in this Notice      Employee Compensation—Dec. 2015 (Mar. 2016),
                                                    Firms using data upload are estimated to save                     as compared to the one-time implementation              http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_
                                                    $4,289,968.22 (data entry clerk hourly wage rate of               burden estimate in the 60-Day Notice is due to the      03102016.htm (computing the rate of employer
                                                    $13.69 × 0.95 hours × 329,858 reports filed by data               higher wage rate for the computer programmer,           contribution by dividing total compensation by
                                                    upload). Total firm-level burden hour cost of                     multiplied by 1.46, which is the employer               total salary).



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                                                    45498                                   Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 135 / Thursday, July 14, 2016 / Notices

                                                    *        *         *        *       *                              Consent Agenda                                         consent agenda and these items will not
                                                                                                                         The Commission will consider the                     be presented individually:
                                                                                                                       following subjects listed below as a

                                                    1 ......................   General Counsel ......................................   Title: William J. Kirsch Request for Inspection of Records (FOIA Control No. 2015–
                                                                                                                                           368).
                                                                                                                                        Summary: The Commission will consider a Memorandum Opinion and Order con-
                                                                                                                                           cerning the application for review filed by William J. Kirsch regarding a decision
                                                                                                                                           of the International Bureau’s fee estimate for processing his Freedom of Infor-
                                                                                                                                           mation Act (FOIA) request.



                                                       The meeting site is fully accessible to                           Person to Contact for Information:                   Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th
                                                    people using wheelchairs or other                                  Judith Ingram, Press Officer; Telephone:               Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610
                                                    mobility aids. Sign language                                       (202) 694–1220.                                        (Annex D), Washington, DC 20024.
                                                    interpreters, open captioning, and                                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                       Shelley E. Garr,
                                                    assistive listening devices will be                                                                                       Michael Lovinger (202–326–2539),
                                                    provided on site. Other reasonable                                 Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                                              Bureau of Competition, 600
                                                    accommodations for people with                                     [FR Doc. 2016–16805 Filed 7–12–16; 4:15 pm]
                                                                                                                                                                              Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
                                                    disabilities are available upon request.                           BILLING CODE 6715–01–P                                 DC 20580.
                                                    In your request, include a description of                                                                                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
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                                                    will be accepted, but may be impossible                                                                                   hereby given that the above-captioned
                                                    to fill. Send an email to: fcc504@fcc.gov                          Ball Corporation and Rexam PLC;                        consent agreement containing consent
                                                    or call the Consumer & Governmental                                Analysis To Aid Public Comment                         order to cease and desist, having been
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                                                                                                                                                                              complaint. An electronic copy of the
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                                                                                                                       settle these allegations.
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                                                    Federal Communications Commission.
                                                                                                                       ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/                        Matter of Ball Corporation and Rexam
                                                                                                                       ballrexamconsent online or on paper, by                PLC, File No. 151 0088—Consent
                                                    Marlene H. Dortch,
                                                                                                                       following the instructions in the                      Agreement’’ on your comment. Your
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