81 FR 93914 - Information Collection Being Submitted for Emergency Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 246 (December 22, 2016)

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are requested concerning: (a) Whether the proposed collection(s) of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection(s) of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) ways to further reduce the information burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (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 (PRA) that does not display a valid OMB Control Number.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93914-93915]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30764]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[3060-XXXX]


Information Collection Being Submitted for Emergency Review and 
Approval to the Office of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communication Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC), as 
part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are requested 
concerning: (a) Whether the proposed collection(s) of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Commission, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways 
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection(s) of 
information on the respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) 
ways to further reduce the information burden for small business 
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
    The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid Office of

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Management and Budget (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 (PRA) that does not display a 
valid OMB Control Number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before January 12, 2017.
    If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it 
difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the FCC contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Kimberly Keravuori, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via email at 
[email protected]. Also, please submit your PRA comments 
to the FCC by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Ongele, Office of the Managing 
Director, FCC at (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is requesting that OMB 
approve this revised information collection under the emergency 
processing provisions of the PRA, 5 CFR 1320.13.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Reverse Auction (Auction 1001) Incentive Payment 
Instructions from the Reverse Auction Winning Bidder.
    Form Number: FCC Form 1875.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 750 respondents; 1,500 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the 
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112-96 
(Spectrum Act) Sec.  6403(a)(1).
    Total Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information collection 
includes information identifying bank accounts and providing account 
and routing numbers to access those accounts. FCC considers that 
information to be records not routinely available for public inspection 
under 47 CFR 0.457, and exempt from disclosure under FOIA exemption 4 
(5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
    Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission seeks 
emergency processing under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 5 CFR 
1320.13. The Commission is requesting OMB approval for this new 
information collection. The Spectrum Act mandates ``a reverse auction 
to determine the amount of compensation that each broadcast television 
licensee would accept in return for voluntarily relinquishing some or 
all of its broadcast television spectrum usage rights in order to make 
spectrum available for assignment through a system of competitive 
bidding''.\1\ The Commission conducted notice-and-comment rulemaking to 
implement the Spectrum Act, and ruled in the Incentive Auction Report 
and Order that:
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    \1\ Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public 
Law 112-96 (Spectrum Act) Sec.  6403(a)(1).

``we adopt the Commission's proposal to require successful bidders 
in the reverse auction to submit additional information to 
facilitate incentive payments As mentioned in the NPRM, we envision 
that the information would be submitted on standardized incentive 
payment forms similar to the Automated Clearing House (``ACH'') 
forms unsuccessful bidders in typical spectrum license auctions use 
to request refunds of their deposits and upfront payments. This 
information collection is necessary to facilitate incentive payments 
and should not be burdensome to successful bidders. Specifically, 
without further instruction and bank account information from 
successful bidders, the Commission would not know where to send the 
incentive payments.'' [footnotes omitted] \2\
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    \2\ Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of 
Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, GN Docket No. 12-268, Report 
and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (``Incentive Auction R&O'') at 
537.

    The information collection for which we are requesting approval is 
the standardized incentive payment form referred to in the paragraph 
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above.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-30764 Filed 12-21-16; 8:45 am]
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