81_FR_5461 81 FR 5440 - Revised Filing Window Dates for FCC Form 175 Application To Participate in the Forward Auction (Auction 1002)

81 FR 5440 - Revised Filing Window Dates for FCC Form 175 Application To Participate in the Forward Auction (Auction 1002)

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 21 (February 2, 2016)

Page Range5440-5440
FR Document2016-01980

This document announces revised filing window dates for FCC Form 175, the application for parties seeking to participate in the forward auction phase (Auction 1002) of the broadcast incentive auction (Auction 1000).

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 5440]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01980]


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[AU Docket No. 14-252; GN Docket No. 12-268; WT Docket No. 12-269; DA 
16-89]


Revised Filing Window Dates for FCC Form 175 Application To 
Participate in the Forward Auction (Auction 1002)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces revised filing window dates for FCC 
Form 175, the application for parties seeking to participate in the 
forward auction phase (Auction 1002) of the broadcast incentive auction 
(Auction 1000).

DATES: The forward auction FCC Form 175 filing window opened at 12:00 
p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on January 27, 2016, and will close at 6:00 p.m. 
ET on February 10, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
Auctions and Spectrum Access Division: for general forward auction 
questions Leslie Barnes or Valerie Barrish at (202) 418-0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Forward Auction 
Application Filing Window Opens Today at Noon After One-Day Weather 
Delay; FCC Form 175 Deadline Extended to February 10, 2016 (Forward 
Auction 1002 FCC Form 175 Revised Filing Window Dates Public Notice), 
AU Docket No. 14-252, GN Docket No. 12-268, WT Docket No. 12-269, DA 
16-89, released on January 27, 2016. The complete text of the Forward 
Auction 1002 FCC Form 175 Revised Filing Window Dates Public Notice is 
available for public inspection and copying from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
ET Monday through Thursday or from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on 
Fridays in the FCC Reference Information Center, 445 12th Street SW., 
Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. The complete text is also available 
on the Commission's Web site at http://wireless.fcc.gov, the Auction 
1002 Web site at http://www.fcc.gov/auctions/1002, or by using the 
search function on the ECFS Web page at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. 
Alternative formats are available to persons with disabilities by 
sending an email to [email protected] or by calling the Consumer & 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 
(TTY).

General Information

    The Forward Auction 1002 FCC Form 175 Revised Filing Window Dates 
Public Notice announced that the filing window for the FCC Form 175, 
the application to participate in the forward auction phase of the 
broadcast incentive auction, opened on January 27, 2016, after a one-
day delay due to severe weather in the Washington, DC area. In 
addition, the closing of the filing window will be extended for one day 
from its originally scheduled date. Specifically, the FCC Form 175 
filing window opened at 12:00 p.m. ET on January 27, 2016, and will 
close at 6:00 p.m. ET on February 10, 2016. Applications must be filed 
prior to the closing of the filing window. All other procedures, terms 
and requirements as set out in the Auction 1000 Application Procedures 
Public Notice, 80 FR 66429, October 29, 2015, remain unchanged. 
Additional information for potential broadcast incentive auction 
participants is available on the Auction 1000 Web site at www.fcc.gov/auctions/1000.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gary D. Michaels,
Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, WTB.
[FR Doc. 2016-01980 Filed 2-1-16; 8:45 am]
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                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:       For              convenience and necessity. Without                    11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC
                                             additional information about the                        such information, the Commission                      Reference Information Center, 445 12th
                                             information collection, contact Cathy                   could not determine whether to permit                 Street SW., Room CY–A257,
                                             Williams at (202) 418–2918.                             respondents to provide communications                 Washington, DC 20554. The complete
                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              services in the United States. Therefore,             text is also available on the
                                                OMB Control No.: 3060–0678.                          the Commission would not be able to                   Commission’s Web site at http://
                                                Title: Part 25 of the Federal                        fulfill its statutory responsibilities in             wireless.fcc.gov, the Auction 1002 Web
                                             Communications Commission’s Rules:                      accordance with the Communications                    site at http://www.fcc.gov/auctions/
                                             Governing the Licensing of, and                         Act of 1934, as amended, and the                      1002, or by using the search function on
                                             Spectrum Usage by, Commercial Earth                     obligations imposed on parties to the                 the ECFS Web page at http://
                                             Stations and Space Stations.                            World Trade Organization Basic                        www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Alternative
                                                Form Nos.: FCC Form 312; Schedule                    Telecom Agreement.                                    formats are available to persons with
                                             A; Schedule B; Schedule S; FCC Form                     Federal Communications Commission.                    disabilities by sending an email to
                                             312–EZ; FCC Form 312–R.                                 Gloria J. Miles,                                      FCC504@fcc.gov or by calling the
                                                Type of Review: Revision of a                        Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the       Consumer & Governmental Affairs
                                             currently approved information                          Secretary.                                            Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
                                             collection.                                             [FR Doc. 2016–01824 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                           418–0432 (TTY).
                                                Respondents: Business or other for-                  BILLING CODE 6712–01–P                                General Information
                                             profit entities.
                                                Number of Respondents: 4,924                                                                                  The Forward Auction 1002 FCC Form
                                             respondents; 4,972 responses.                           FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS                                175 Revised Filing Window Dates Public
                                                Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–80                  COMMISSION                                            Notice announced that the filing
                                             hours per response.                                                                                           window for the FCC Form 175, the
                                                                                                     [AU Docket No. 14–252; GN Docket No. 12–              application to participate in the forward
                                                Frequency of Response: On occasion,                  268; WT Docket No. 12–269; DA 16–89]
                                             one time, and annual reporting                                                                                auction phase of the broadcast incentive
                                             requirements; third-party disclosure                    Revised Filing Window Dates for FCC                   auction, opened on January 27, 2016,
                                             requirement; recordkeeping                              Form 175 Application To Participate in                after a one-day delay due to severe
                                             requirement.                                            the Forward Auction (Auction 1002)                    weather in the Washington, DC area. In
                                                Obligation to Respond: Required to                                                                         addition, the closing of the filing
                                             obtain or retain benefits. The statutory                AGENCY: Federal Communications                        window will be extended for one day
                                             authority for this collection is contained              Commission.                                           from its originally scheduled date.
                                             in 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307,                   ACTION: Notice.                                       Specifically, the FCC Form 175 filing
                                             309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721.                                                                             window opened at 12:00 p.m. ET on
                                                                                                     SUMMARY:   This document announces                    January 27, 2016, and will close at 6:00
                                                Total Annual Burden: 34,099 hours.                   revised filing window dates for FCC
                                                Annual Cost Burden: $10,617,860.                                                                           p.m. ET on February 10, 2016.
                                                                                                     Form 175, the application for parties                 Applications must be filed prior to the
                                                Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No                    seeking to participate in the forward
                                             impact(s).                                                                                                    closing of the filing window. All other
                                                                                                     auction phase (Auction 1002) of the                   procedures, terms and requirements as
                                                Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:                broadcast incentive auction (Auction
                                             In general, there is no need for                                                                              set out in the Auction 1000 Application
                                                                                                     1000).                                                Procedures Public Notice, 80 FR 66429,
                                             confidentiality with this collection of
                                             information. Certain information                        DATES: The forward auction FCC Form                   October 29, 2015, remain unchanged.
                                             collected regarding international                       175 filing window opened at 12:00 p.m.                Additional information for potential
                                             coordination of satellite systems is not                Eastern Time (ET) on January 27, 2016,                broadcast incentive auction participants
                                             routinely available for public inspection               and will close at 6:00 p.m. ET on                     is available on the Auction 1000 Web
                                             pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and 47 CFR                  February 10, 2016.                                    site at www.fcc.gov/auctions/1000.
                                             0.457(d)(vii).                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      Federal Communications Commission.
                                                Needs and Uses: On December 17,                      Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,                   Gary D. Michaels,
                                             2015, the Commission released a                         Auctions and Spectrum Access Division:
                                                                                                                                                           Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access
                                             Second Report and Order, FCC 15–167,                    for general forward auction questions                 Division, WTB.
                                             titled, ‘‘In the Comprehensive Review of                Leslie Barnes or Valerie Barrish at (202)
                                                                                                                                                           [FR Doc. 2016–01980 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am]
                                             Licensing and Operating Rules for                       418–0660.
                                                                                                                                                           BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
                                             Satellite Services.’’ In this Report and                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
                                             Order, the Commission adopted                           summary of the Forward Auction
                                             comprehensive changes to 47 CFR part                    Application Filing Window Opens                       FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                                             25, which governs licensing and                         Today at Noon After One-Day Weather                   COMMISSION
                                             operation of space stations and earth                   Delay; FCC Form 175 Deadline
                                             stations for the provision of satellite                 Extended to February 10, 2016 (Forward                [OMB 3060–0937]
                                             communication services. Many of the                     Auction 1002 FCC Form 175 Revised
                                                                                                                                                           Information Collection Being Reviewed
                                             amendments are substantive changes                      Filing Window Dates Public Notice), AU
                                                                                                                                                           by the Federal Communications
                                             intended to give licensees greater                      Docket No. 14–252, GN Docket No. 12–
                                                                                                                                                           Commission
                                             operational flexibility.                                268, WT Docket No. 12–269, DA 16–89,
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                                                The information collection                           released on January 27, 2016. The                     AGENCY: Federal Communications
                                             requirements in this collection are                     complete text of the Forward Auction                  Commission.
                                             needed to determine the technical, legal,               1002 FCC Form 175 Revised Filing                      ACTION: Notice and request for
                                             and other qualifications of applicants                  Window Dates Public Notice is available               comments.
                                             and licensees to operate a radio station                for public inspection and copying from
                                             and to determine whether grant of an                    8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday                      SUMMARY:  As part of its continuing effort
                                             authorization serves the public interest,               through Thursday or from 8:00 a.m. to                 to reduce paperwork burdens, and as


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe forward auction FCC Form 175 filing window opened at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on January 27, 2016, and will close at 6:00 p.m. ET on February 10, 2016.
ContactWireless Telecommunications Bureau, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division: for general forward auction questions Leslie Barnes or Valerie Barrish at (202) 418-0660.
FR Citation81 FR 5440 

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