82 FR 16207 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 62 (April 3, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 62 (April 3, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-06486 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 16207-16208] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-06486] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [OMB 3060-0798] Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission 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), 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. 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 PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number. DATES: Written 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 contacts below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email [email protected] and to [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-0798. Title: FCC Application for Radio Service Authorization; Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. Form Number: FCC Form 601. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Individuals and households; Business or other for- profit entities; Not-for-profit institutions; and State, local or tribal government. Number of Respondents and Responses: 253,320 respondents and 253,320 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1.25 hours. Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party disclosure requirement, on occasion reporting requirement and periodic reporting requirement. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331, 332, 333, 336, 534, 535 and 554. Total Annual Burden: 222,055 hours. Total Annual Cost: $71,306,250. Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general there is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information. [[Page 16208]] Needs and Uses: FCC Form 601 is a consolidated, multi-part application form that is used for market-based and site-based licensing for wireless telecommunications services, including public safety licenses, which are filed through the Commission's Universal Licensing System (ULS). FCC Form 601 is composed of a main form that contains administrative information and a series of schedules used for filing technical and other information. This form is used to apply for a new license, to amend or withdraw a pending application, to modify or renew an existing license, cancel a license, request a duplicate license, submit required notifications, request an extension of time to satisfy construction requirements, or request an administrative update to an existing license (such as mailing address change), request a Special Temporary Authority or Developmental License. Respondents are encouraged to submit FCC Form 601 electronically and are required to do so when submitting FCC Form 601 to apply for an authorization for which the applicant was the winning bidder in a spectrum auction. The data collected on FCC Form 601 includes the FCC Registration Number (FRN), which serves as a ``common link'' for all filings an entity has with the FCC. The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 requires entities filing with the Commission use an FRN. On July 14, 2016, the Commission released a Report and Order in which it established the Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service authorizing mobile use in the 27.5-28.35 GHz, 37-38.6 GHz, and 38.6-40 GHz (39 GHz) bands, See Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz For Mobile Radio Services, et al., Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 16-89, 31 FCC Rcd 8014 (2016). Of relevance to the information collection at issue here, the Commission established a process by which 39 GHz licensees can conduct a voluntary, pre-auction license swap or exchange which would give licensees the opportunity to consolidate their licensed blocks into larger tranches of contiguous spectrum thereby leaving more valuable empty contiguous channel blocks for the Commission to auction. The Commission seeks approval for revisions to its currently approved collection of information under OMB Control Number 3060-0798 to permit the collection of the additional information for Commission licenses and permits, pursuant to the information collection requirements adopted by the Commission in the Spectrum Frontiers R&O, including the provisions authorizing voluntary channel swaps. We are proposing to revise schedule E of form 601 to allow licensees to file a modification to indicate active licenses and leases they are requesting authorization to swap. We do not anticipate that this revision will have any impact on the burden to complete the form. The Commission therefore seeks approval for a revision to its currently approved information collection on FCC Form 601 to revise FCC Form 601 accordingly. Federal Communications Commission. Sheryl D. Todd, Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-06486 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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amended its definition of ‘‘designated assignment and transfer processes. The information on the respondents,
entities’’ to include ‘‘eligible rural information collected will be reviewed including the use of automated
service providers,’’ and established a and, if warranted, referred to the collection techniques or other forms of
new designated entity benefit/bidding Commission’s Enforcement Bureau for information technology; and ways to
credit for eligible rural service possible investigation and further reduce the information
providers. The Commission is reporting administrative action. The Commission collection burden on small business
program changes/increases of 10 may also refer allegations of concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
potential new designated entity anticompetitive auction conduct to the The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
respondents/responses 20 total annual Department of Justice for investigation. a collection of information unless it
hours, and $1,500 in annual cost due to OMB has approved separately the displays a currently valid Office of
the inclusion of eligible rural service routine collections of information Management and Budget (OMB) control
providers among the potential pursuant to these Commission rules in number. No person shall be subject to
respondents from which the applications to participate in any penalty for failing to comply with
Commission may collect information Commission auctions, FCC Form 175, a collection of information subject to the
under this collection. While there may OMB Control No. 3060–0600, and in PRA that does not display a valid OMB
be as many as 10 new designated entity Commission licensing applications, FCC control number.
respondents/responses under this Form 601, OMB Control No. 3060–0798, DATES: Written comments should be
collection, the estimated time per and assignment/transfer of control submitted on or before June 2, 2017. If
response is unchanged because the type applications, FCC Form 603, OMB you anticipate that you will be
of information that must be provided by Control No. 3060–0800. On occasion, submitting comments, but find it
the new designated entity respondents the Commission may collect difficult to do so within the period of
is comparable to that required by information from auction applicants and time allowed by this notice, you should
designated entities under the currently- license/authorization holders pursuant advise the contacts below as soon as
approved collection and is expected to to these rules under this information possible.
take the same estimated amount of time collection to clarify information ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
to prepare. provided in these forms or in Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
Beginning first on May 5, 1997, OMB circumstances to which the standard fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
approved under OMB Control No. 3060– forms may not directly apply. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
0767, the Commission’s collections of Federal Communications Commission. additional information about the
information pursuant to sections 1.2110, Marlene H. Dortch, information collection, contact Cathy
1.2111, and 1.2112 of the Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary. Williams at (202) 418–2918.
rules, 47 CFR 1.2110, 1.2111, and [FR Doc. 2017–06530 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1.2112, and their predecessors, OMB Control Number: 3060–0798.
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
regarding ownership and designated Title: FCC Application for Radio
entity status of parties involved with Service Authorization; Wireless
Commission licenses. The Commission FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications Bureau; Public
collects this information in several COMMISSION Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
contexts, including when determining Form Number: FCC Form 601.
the eligibility of applicants to [OMB 3060–0798] Type of Review: Revision of a
participate in Commission auctions currently approved collection.
Information Collection Being Reviewed Respondents: Individuals and
(including eligibility to claim
by the Federal Communications households; Business or other for-profit
designated entity benefits), the
Commission entities; Not-for-profit institutions; and
eligibility of parties to hold a
Commission license/authorization AGENCY: Federal Communications State, local or tribal government.
(including eligibility for designated Number of Respondents and
Commission.
entity benefits), the eligibility of parties Responses: 253,320 respondents and
ACTION: Notice and request for 253,320 responses.
to whom licenses/authorizations are comments. Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–
being assigned or transferred, and the
1.25 hours.
repayment by license/authorization SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort Frequency of Response:
holders of the amount of bidding credits to reduce paperwork burdens, and as Recordkeeping requirement, third party
received in Commission auctions to required by the Paperwork Reduction disclosure requirement, on occasion
avoid unjust enrichment. Applicants Act (PRA), the Federal Communications reporting requirement and periodic
and licensees/authorization holders Commission (FCC or Commission) reporting requirement.
claiming eligibility for designated entity invites the general public and other Obligation to Respond: Required to
status are subject to audits and a record- Federal agencies to take this obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
keeping requirement regarding FCC- opportunity to comment on the authority for this collection of
licensed service concerning such claims following information collections. information is contained in 47 U.S.C.
of eligibility, to confirm that their Comments are requested concerning: 151, 152, 154, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201,
representations are, and remain, Whether the proposed collection of 202, 208, 214, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 308,
accurate. The collection of this information is necessary for the proper 309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331,
information will enable the Commission performance of the functions of the
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332, 333, 336, 534, 535 and 554.
to determine whether applicants are Commission, including whether the Total Annual Burden: 222,055 hours.
qualified to bid on and hold information shall have practical utility; Total Annual Cost: $71,306,250.
Commission licenses/authorizations the accuracy of the Commission’s Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
and, if applicable, to receive designated burden estimate; ways to enhance the Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
entity benefits, and is designed to quality, utility, and clarity of the In general there is no need for
ensure the fairness of the auction, information collected; ways to minimize confidentiality with this collection of
licensing, and license/authorization the burden of the collection of information.
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Needs and Uses: FCC Form 601 is a Spectrum Frontiers R&O, including the comply with a collection of information
consolidated, multi-part application provisions authorizing voluntary subject to the PRA that does not display
form that is used for market-based and channel swaps. We are proposing to a valid OMB control number.
site-based licensing for wireless revise schedule E of form 601 to allow DATES: Written comments should be
telecommunications services, including licensees to file a modification to submitted on or before May 3, 2017. If
public safety licenses, which are filed indicate active licenses and leases they you anticipate that you will be
through the Commission’s Universal are requesting authorization to swap. submitting comments, but find it
Licensing System (ULS). FCC Form 601 We do not anticipate that this revision difficult to do so within the period of
is composed of a main form that will have any impact on the burden to time allowed by this notice, you should
contains administrative information and complete the form. advise the contacts listed below as soon
a series of schedules used for filing The Commission therefore seeks as possible.
technical and other information. This approval for a revision to its currently ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
form is used to apply for a new license, approved information collection on FCC Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email
to amend or withdraw a pending Form 601 to revise FCC Form 601 Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
application, to modify or renew an accordingly. to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
existing license, cancel a license, Federal Communications Commission. fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
request a duplicate license, submit Include in the comments the OMB
Sheryl D. Todd,
required notifications, request an control number as shown in the
extension of time to satisfy construction Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
requirements, or request an [FR Doc. 2017–06486 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
administrative update to an existing BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
additional information or copies of the
license (such as mailing address information collection, contact Cathy
change), request a Special Temporary Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a
Authority or Developmental License. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION copy of this information collection
Respondents are encouraged to submit request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go
FCC Form 601 electronically and are [OMB 3060–0874 and 3060–1203] to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/
required to do so when submitting FCC public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the
Form 601 to apply for an authorization Information Collections Being section of the Web page called
for which the applicant was the winning Submitted for Review and Approval to ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on
bidder in a spectrum auction. the Office of Management and Budget the downward-pointing arrow in the
The data collected on FCC Form 601
AGENCY: Federal Communications ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
includes the FCC Registration Number
Commission. ‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
(FRN), which serves as a ‘‘common
ACTION: Notice and request for
select ‘‘Federal Communications
link’’ for all filings an entity has with
comments. Commission’’ from the list of agencies
the FCC. The Debt Collection
presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
Improvement Act of 1996 requires
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
entities filing with the Commission use
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
an FRN.
On July 14, 2016, the Commission required by the Paperwork Reduction when the list of FCC ICRs currently
released a Report and Order in which it Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal under review appears, look for the OMB
established the Upper Microwave Communications Commission (FCC or control number of this ICR and then
Flexible Use Service authorizing mobile the Commission) invites the general click on the ICR Reference Number. A
use in the 27.5–28.35 GHz, 37–38.6 public and other Federal agencies to copy of the FCC submission to OMB
GHz, and 38.6–40 GHz (39 GHz) bands, take this opportunity to comment on the will be displayed.
See Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 following information collection. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
GHz For Mobile Radio Services, et al., Comments are requested concerning: its continuing effort to reduce
Report and Order and Further Notice of Whether the proposed collection of paperwork burdens, and as required by
Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 16–89, 31 information is necessary for the proper the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
FCC Rcd 8014 (2016). Of relevance to performance of the functions of the 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
the information collection at issue here, Commission, including whether the Communications Commission (FCC or
the Commission established a process information shall have practical utility; the Commission) invites the general
by which 39 GHz licensees can conduct the accuracy of the Commission’s public and other Federal agencies to
a voluntary, pre-auction license swap or burden estimate; ways to enhance the take this opportunity to comment on the
exchange which would give licensees quality, utility, and clarity of the following information collection.
the opportunity to consolidate their information collected; ways to minimize Comments are requested concerning:
licensed blocks into larger tranches of the burden of the collection of Whether the proposed collection of
contiguous spectrum thereby leaving information on the respondents, information is necessary for the proper
more valuable empty contiguous including the use of automated performance of the functions of the
channel blocks for the Commission to collection techniques or other forms of Commission, including whether the
auction. information technology; and ways to information shall have practical utility;
The Commission seeks approval for further reduce the information the accuracy of the Commission’s
revisions to its currently approved collection burden on small business burden estimate; ways to enhance the
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collection of information under OMB concerns with fewer than 25 employees. quality, utility, and clarity of the
Control Number 3060–0798 to permit The Commission may not conduct or information collected; ways to minimize
the collection of the additional sponsor a collection of information the burden of the collection of
information for Commission licenses unless it displays a currently valid information on the respondents,
and permits, pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget including the use of automated
information collection requirements (OMB) control number. No person shall collection techniques or other forms of
adopted by the Commission in the be subject to any penalty for failing to information technology; and ways to
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| Contact | For additional information about the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918. | |
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