82 FR 16205 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 62 (April 3, 2017)

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.

[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]


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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.

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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\
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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).
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    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

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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.
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    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]
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