82 FR 16205 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 16205-16206] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-06531] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [OMB 3060-1224] Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on 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 control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before June 2, 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 contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email [email protected] and to [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. OMB Control Number: 3060-1224. Title: Reverse Auction (Auction 1001) Incentive Payment Instructions from the Reverse Auction Winning Bidder. Form Number: FCC Form 1875. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved 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 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\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-96 (Spectrum Act) Sec. 6403(a)(1). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Commission conducted notice-and-comment rulemaking to implement the Spectrum Act, and ruled in the Incentive Auction Report and Order that: ``we adopt the Commission's proposal to require successful bidders in the reverse [[Page 16206]] 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\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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 above. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-06531 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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Respondents: Business or other for SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort burden estimate; ways to enhance the
profit entities; Not for profit institutions. to reduce paperwork burdens, and as quality, utility, and clarity of the
Number of Respondents/Responses: required by the Paperwork Reduction information collected; ways to minimize
3,300 respondents; 3,950 responses. Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal the burden of the collection of
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5 Communications Commission (FCC or information on the respondents,
hours–1 hour. the Commission) invites the general including the use of automated
Frequency of Response: On occasion public and other Federal agencies to collection techniques or other forms of
reporting requirement, Third party take this opportunity to comment on the information technology; and ways to
disclosure requirement. following information collection. further reduce the information
Total Annual Burden: 2,050 hours. Comments are requested concerning: collection burden on small business
Total Annual Cost: No cost. Whether the proposed collection of concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
Obligation to Respond: Required to information is necessary for the proper OMB Control Number: 3060–1224.
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory performance of the functions of the Title: Reverse Auction (Auction 1001)
authority for this information collection Commission, including whether the Incentive Payment Instructions from the
is contained in section 4(i) of the information shall have practical utility; Reverse Auction Winning Bidder.
Communications Act of 1934, as the accuracy of the Commission’s Form Number: FCC Form 1875.
amended. burden estimate; ways to enhance the Type of Review: Extension of a
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: quality, utility, and clarity of the currently approved collection.
information collected; ways to minimize Respondents: Business or other for-
There is no need for confidentiality with
the burden of the collection of profit, not-for-profit institutions and
this collection of information.
information on the respondents, state, local or tribal government.
Privacy Act Assessment: No impact(s). Number of Respondents and
Needs and Uses: The Commission is including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of Responses: 750 respondents; 1,500
revising this collection to reflect the responses.
Commission’s adoption of a Report and information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information Estimated Time per Response: 2.5
Order (‘‘R&O’’) in MB Docket No. 16– hours.
161, FCC 17–3, In the Matter of collection burden on small business
Frequency of Response: One-time
Revisions to Public Inspection File concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a reporting requirement.
Requirements—Broadcaster Obligation To Respond: Required to
Correspondence File and Cable collection of information unless it
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
Principal Headend Location, adopted on displays a currently valid control
authority for this information collection
January 31, 2017. The R&O removes and number. No person shall be subject to
is contained in the Middle Class Tax
reserves 47 CFR Section 76.1708. This any penalty for failing to comply with
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012,
collection is being resubmitted as a a collection of information subject to the
Pub. L. 112–96 (Spectrum Act)
result of the final rule—initially PRA that does not display a valid Office
§ 6403(a)(1).
submitted at the proposed rule stage. of Management and Budget (OMB) Total Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
The Commission is now seeking final control number. Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
approval from the information DATES: Written PRA comments should Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
collection requirements from the Office be submitted on or before June 2, 2017. impact(s).
of Management and Budget (OMB). If you anticipate that you will be Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
While it appears that the general submitting comments, but find it The information collection includes
public does not need access to it, difficult to do so within the period of information identifying bank accounts
principal headend information must be time allowed by this notice, you should and providing account and routing
made available to certain entities, advise the contact listed below as soon numbers to access those accounts. FCC
including the FCC and local television as possible. considers that information to be records
stations. The R&O requires that this ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to not routinely available for public
information be made available upon Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@ inspection under 47 CFR 0.457, and
request. fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. exempt from disclosure under FOIA
Federal Communications Commission. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For exemption 4 (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
additional information about the Needs and Uses: The Spectrum Act
Sheryl D. Todd,
information collection, contact Nicole mandates ‘‘a reverse auction to
Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary. determine the amount of compensation
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
[FR Doc. 2017–06482 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am] that each broadcast television licensee
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
its continuing effort to reduce would accept in return for voluntarily
paperwork burdens, and as required by relinquishing some or all of its
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of broadcast television spectrum usage
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS rights in order to make spectrum
COMMISSION 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or available for assignment through a
[OMB 3060–1224] Commission) invites the general public system of competitive bidding’’.1
The Commission conducted notice-
and other Federal agencies to take this
Information Collection Being Reviewed and-comment rulemaking to implement
opportunity to comment on the
by the Federal Communications the Spectrum Act, and ruled in the
following information collections.
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Commission Under Delegated Incentive Auction Report and Order
Comments are requested concerning:
Authority that:
Whether the proposed collection of
‘‘we adopt the Commission’s proposal to
AGENCY: Federal Communications information is necessary for the proper
require successful bidders in the reverse
Commission. performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
ACTION: Notice and request for 1 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of
information shall have practical utility; 2012, Public Law 112–96 (Spectrum Act)
comments.
the accuracy of the Commission’s § 6403(a)(1).
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auction to submit additional the burden of the collection of Whether the proposed collection of
information to facilitate incentive information on the respondents, information is necessary for the proper
payments As mentioned in the NPRM, including the use of automated performance of the functions of the
we envision that the information would collection techniques or other forms of Commission, including whether the
be submitted on standardized incentive information technology; and ways to information shall have practical utility;
payment forms similar to the Automated further reduce the information the accuracy of the Commission’s
Clearing House (‘‘ACH’’) forms collection burden on small business burden estimate; ways to enhance the
unsuccessful bidders in typical concerns with fewer than 25 employees. quality, utility, and clarity of the
spectrum license auctions use to request The Commission may not conduct or information collected; ways to minimize
refunds of their deposits and upfront sponsor a collection of information the burden of the collection of
payments. This information collection is unless it displays a currently valid information on the respondents,
necessary to facilitate incentive Office of Management and Budget including the use of automated
payments and should not be (OMB) control number. No person shall collection techniques or other forms of
burdensome to successful bidders. be subject to any penalty for failing to information technology; and ways to
Specifically, without further instruction comply with a collection of information further reduce the information
and bank account information from subject to the PRA that does not display collection burden on small business
successful bidders, the Commission a valid OMB control number. concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
would not know where to send the DATES: Written comments should be OMB Control Number: 3060–0767.
incentive payments.’’ [footnotes submitted on or before May 3, 2017. If Title: Sections 1.2110, 1.2111 and
omitted] 2 you anticipate that you will be 1.2112, Auction and Licensing
The information collection for which submitting comments, but find it Disclosures—Ownership and
we are requesting approval is the difficult to do so within the period of Designated Entity Status.
standardized incentive payment form time allowed by this notice, you should Form Number: N/A.
referred to in the paragraph above. advise the contacts listed below as soon Type of Review: Revision of a
as possible. currently approved collection.
Federal Communications Commission.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Respondents: Business or other for
Marlene H. Dortch, profit, Not-for-profit institutions, and
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email
Secretary, Office of the Secretary. State, local or tribal government.
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
[FR Doc. 2017–06531 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am]
to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@ Number of Respondents: 310
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. respondents; 310 responses.
Include in the comments the OMB Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
control number as shown in the hours to 2 hours.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Frequency of Response: On occasion
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
COMMISSION reporting requirement, Third party
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
[OMB 3060–0767] disclosure requirement, and
additional information or copies of the Recordkeeping requirement.
information collection, contact Cathy Obligation to Respond: Required to
Information Collection Being Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a
Submitted for Review and Approval to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
copy of this information collection authority for both the currently
the Office of Management and Budget request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go approved information collection and the
AGENCY: Federal Communications to the Web page <http:// revised information collection is
Commission. www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain>, contained in sections 154(i) and 309(j)
ACTION: Notice and request for (2) look for the section of the Web page of the Communications Act, as
comments. called ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i) and 309(j)(5).
click on the downward-pointing arrow Total Annual Burden: 470 hours.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the Total Annual Costs: $31,500.
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as ‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
required by the Paperwork Reduction select ‘‘Federal Communications The Commission is not requesting that
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Commission’’ from the list of agencies respondents submit confidential
Communications Commission (FCC or presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, information to the Commission as part
the Commission) invites the general (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the of this information collection. However,
public and other Federal agencies to right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) to the extent a respondent wishes to
take this opportunity to comment on the when the list of FCC ICRs currently request confidential treatment of
following information collection. under review appears, look for the OMB information submitted in response to
Comments are requested concerning: control number of this ICR and then this collection, it may do so in
Whether the proposed collection of click on the ICR Reference Number. A accordance with section 0.459 of the
information is necessary for the proper copy of the FCC submission to OMB Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
performance of the functions of the will be displayed. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
Commission, including whether the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of impact(s).
information shall have practical utility; its continuing effort to reduce Needs and Uses: The Commission
the accuracy of the Commission’s paperwork burdens, and as required by will submit this revised information
burden estimate; ways to enhance the the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of collection to the Office of Management
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quality, utility, and clarity of the 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal and Budget (OMB) after this 60-day
information collected; ways to minimize Communications Commission (FCC or comment period in order to obtain the
the Commission) invites the general full three-year clearance from OMB. In
2 Expanding the Economic and Innovation
public and other Federal agencies to FCC 15–80, Updating Part 1 Report and
Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive
Auctions, GN Docket No. 12–268, Report and Order,
take this opportunity to comment on the Order, the Commission updated many
29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (‘‘Incentive Auction R&O’’) following information collection. of its Part 1 competitive bidding rules.
at 537. Comments are requested concerning: Among other things, the Commission
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