82 FR 25796 - Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 106 (June 5, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 106 (June 5, 2017)
| Page Range | 25796-25798 | |
| FR Document | 2017-11521 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 106 (Monday, June 5, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 25796-25798] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-11521] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [OMB 3060-0773, 3060-0805] Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget 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 Commission 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 July 5, 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 listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email [email protected]; and to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies of the information collection, contact Nicole [[Page 25797]] Ongele at (202) 418-2991. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward- pointing arrow in the ``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed. 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 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. OMB Control Number: 3060-0773. Title: Sections 2.803 and 2.803(c)(2), Marketing of RF Devices Prior to Equipment Authorization. Form Number: N/A. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit. Number of Respondents and Responses: 10,000 respondents and 10,000 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours. Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement and third party disclosure requirement. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 154(i), 302, 303, 303(r), and 307. Total Annual Burden: 5,000 hours. Total Annual Cost: No cost. Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60 day comment period in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from them. The Commission has established rules for the marketing of radio frequency (RF) devices prior to equipment authorization under guidelines in 47 CFR Section 2.803. The general guidelines in Section 2.803 prohibit the marketing or sale of such equipment prior to a demonstration of compliance with the applicable equipment authorization and technical requirements in the case of a device subject to verification or Declaration of Conformity without special notification. Section 2.803(c)(2) permits limited marketing activities prior to equipment authorization, for devices that could be authorized under the current rules; could be authorized under waivers of such rules that are in effect at the time of marketing; or could be authorized under rules that have been adopted by the Commission but that have not yet become effective. These devices may be not operated unless permitted by section 2.805. The following general guidelines apply for third party notifications: (a) A RF device may be advertised and displayed at a trade show or exhibition prior to a demonstration of compliance with the applicable technical standards and compliance with the applicable equipment authorization procedure provided the advertising and display is accompanied by a conspicuous notice specified in Section 2.803(c)(2)(iii)(A) or Section 2.803(c)(2)(iii)(B). (b) An offer for sale solely to business, commercial, industrial, scientific, or medical users of an RF device in the conceptual, developmental, design or pre-production stage prior to demonstration of compliance with the equipment authorization regulations may be permitted provided that the prospective buyer is advised in writing at the time of the offer for sale that the equipment is subject to FCC rules and that the equipment will comply with the appropriate rules before delivery to the buyer or centers of distribution. (c) Equipment sold as evaluation kit may be sold to specific users with notice specified in Section 2.803(c)(2)(iv)(B). The information to be disclosed about marketing of the RF device is intended: (1) To ensure the compliance of the proposed equipment with Commission rules; and (2) To assist industry efforts to introduce new products to the marketplace more promptly. The information disclosure applies to a variety of RF devices that: (1) Is pending equipment authorization or verification of compliance; (2) May be manufactured in the future; (3) May be sold as kits; and (4) Operates under varying technical standards. The information disclosed is essential to ensuring that interference to radio communications is controlled. OMB Control Number: 3060-0805. Title: 700 MHz Eligibility; Regional Planning Requirements; and 4.9 GHz Guidelines (47 CFR 90.523, 90.527, and 90.1211). Form No.: N/A. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other for profit; not-for-profit institutions; state, local or tribal government. Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,172 respondents; 1,172 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour-628 hours. Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting and one-time reporting requirements; third party disclosure. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits (47 CFR 90.523) and voluntary (47 CFR 90.527 and 90.1211). Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 337. Total Annual Burden: 35,756 hours. Total Annual Cost: No cost. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality. Needs and Uses: Section 90.523 requires that nongovernmental organizations that provide services which protect the safety of life or property obtain a written statement from an authorizing state or local government entity to support the nongovernmental organization's application for assignment of 700 MHz frequencies. Section 90.527 requires 700 MHz regional planning regions to submit an initial plan for use of the 700 MHz general use spectrum in the consolidated narrowband segment 769-775 MHz and 799-805 MHz. Regional planning committees may modify plans by written request, which must contain [[Page 25798]] the full text of the modification and certification that the modification was successfully coordinated with adjacent regions. Regional planning promotes a fair and open process in developing allocation assignments by requiring input from eligible entities in the allocation decisions and the application technical review/approval process. Entities that seek inclusion in the plan to obtain future licenses are considered third party respondents. Section 90.1211 authorizes the fifty-five 700 MHz regional planning committees to develop and submit on a voluntary basis a plan on guidelines for coordination procedures to facilitate the shared use of the 4940-4990 MHz (4.9 GHz) band. The Commission has stayed this requirement indefinitely. Applicants are granted a geographic area license for the entire fifty MHz of 4.9 GHz spectrum over a geographical area defined by the boundaries of their jurisdiction--city, county or state. Accordingly, licensees are required to coordinate their operations in the shared band to avoid interference, a common practice when joint operations are conducted. Commission staff will use the information to assign licenses, determine regional spectrum requirements and to develop technical standards. The information will also be used to determine whether prospective licensees operate in compliance with the Commission's rules. Without such information, the Commission could not accommodate regional requirements or provide for the efficient use of the available frequencies. This information collection includes rules to govern the operation and licensing of the 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz bands rules and regulation to ensure that licensees continue to fulfill their statutory responsibilities in accordance with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Such information will continue to be used to verify that applicants are legally and technically qualified to hold licenses, and to determine compliance with Commission rules. Federal Communications Commission. Katura Jackson, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-11521 Filed 6-2-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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procedures require that applicant must Number of Respondents and FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
request in writing that the SHPO concur Responses: 2,765 respondents; 2,765 COMMISSION
with the applicant’s determination that responses.
[OMB 3060–0773, 3060–0805]
the structure is not a contributing or Estimated Time per Response: 1–6
compatible element within the historic hours. Information Collections Being
district, and the applicant’s written Frequency of Response: On occasion Submitted for Review and Approval to
request must specify the traffic control reporting requirement and Third party the Office of Management and Budget
structure, light pole, or lamp post on disclosure requirement.
which the applicant proposes to Obligation to Respond: Required to AGENCY: Federal Communications
collocate and explain why the structure obtain or retain benefits. The statutory Commission.
is not a contributing element based on authority for this collection is contained ACTION: Notice and request for
the age and type of structure, as well as in Sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the comments.
other relevant factors. The SHPO has Communications Act of 1934, as
thirty days from its receipt of such amended. SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
written notice to inform the applicant Total Annual Burden: 7,150 hours. to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
whether it disagrees with the applicant’s Total Annual Cost: $29,079,700. required by the Paperwork Reduction
determination that the structure is not a Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
contributing or compatible element impact(s). Communications Commission (FCC or
within the historic district. If within the Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: the Commission) invites the general
thirty-day period, the SHPO informs the There is no need for confidentiality with public and other Federal agencies to
applicant that the structure is a this collection of information. take this opportunity to comment on the
contributing element or compatible Needs and Uses: FCC Form 340 is following information collection.
element within the historic district or used by licensees and permittees to Comments are requested concerning:
that the applicant has not provided apply for authority to construct a new Whether the proposed collection of
sufficient information for a noncommercial educational (‘‘NCE’’) information is necessary for the proper
determination, the applicant may not FM and DTV broadcast station performance of the functions of the
deploy its facilities on that structure (including a DTS facility), or to make Commission, including whether the
without completing the Section 106 changes in the existing facilities of such information shall have practical utility;
review process. If, within the thirty day a station. FCC Form 340 is only used if the accuracy of the Commission’s
period, the SHPO either informs the the station will operate on a channel burden estimate; ways to enhance the
applicant that the structure is not a that is reserved exclusively for NCE use, quality, utility, and clarity of the
contributing or compatible element or in the situation where applications information collected; ways to minimize
within the historic district, or the SHPO for NCE stations on non-reserved the burden of the collection of
fails to respond to the applicant within channels are mutually exclusive only information on the respondents,
the thirty-day period, the applicant has with one another. Also, FCC Form 340 including the use of automated
no further Section 106 review is used by Native American Tribes and collection techniques or other forms of
obligations, provided that the Alaska Native Villages (‘‘Tribes’’), tribal information technology; and ways to
collocation meets the certain volumetric consortia, or entities owned or further reduce the information
and ground disturbance provisions. controlled by Tribes when qualifying for collection burden on small business
The First Amendment to the the ‘‘Tribal Priority’’ under 47 CFR concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
Collocation Agreement establishes new 73.7000, 73.7002. The Commission may not conduct or
exclusions from the Section 106 review FCC Form 340 also contains a third sponsor a collection of information
process for physically small party disclosure requirement, pursuant unless it displays a currently valid
deployments like DAS and small cells, to Section 73.3580. This rule requires a Office of Management and Budget
fulfilling a directive in the party applying for a new broadcast (OMB) control number. No person shall
Commission’s Infrastructure Report and station, or making a major change to an be subject to any penalty for failing to
Order, 80 FR 1238, Jan. 8, 2015, to existing station, to give local public comply with a collection of information
further streamline review of these notice of this filing in a newspaper of subject to the PRA that does not display
installations. These new exclusions will general circulation in the community in a valid OMB control number.
reduce the cost, time, and burden which the station is located. This local DATES: Written comments should be
associated with deploying small public notice must be completed within submitted on or before July 5, 2017. If
facilities in many settings, and provide 30 days of tendering the application. you anticipate that you will be
opportunities to increase densification This notice must be published at least submitting comments, but find it
at low cost and with very little impact twice a week for two consecutive weeks difficult to do so within the period of
on historic properties. Facilitating these in a three-week period. In addition, a time allowed by this notice, you should
deployments thus directly advances copy of this notice must be placed in the advise the contacts listed below as soon
efforts to roll out 5G service in station’s public inspection file along as possible.
communities across the country. with the application, pursuant to ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
OMB Control Number: 3060–0029. Section 73.3527. This recordkeeping
Title: Application for Construction Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email
information collection requirement is Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
Permit for Reserved Channel contained in OMB Control No. 3060–
Noncommercial Educational Broadcast to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
0214, which covers Section 73.3527. fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
Station, FCC Form 340.
Federal Communications Commission. Include in the comments the OMB
Form Number: FCC Form 340.
Type of Review: Extension of a Katura Jackson, control number as shown in the
currently approved collection. Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
Respondents: Business or other for- Secretary. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
profit entities, not for profit institutions [FR Doc. 2017–11520 Filed 6–2–17; 8:45 am] additional information or copies of the
and State, local or Tribal Government. BILLING CODE 6712–01–P information collection, contact Nicole
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the full text of the modification and FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS information collection, contact Nicole
certification that the modification was COMMISSION Ongele at (202) 418–2991. To view a
successfully coordinated with adjacent copy of this information collection
[OMB 3060–1149]
regions. Regional planning promotes a request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go
fair and open process in developing Information Collection Being to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/
allocation assignments by requiring Submitted for Review and Approval to public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the
input from eligible entities in the the Office of Management and Budget section of the Web page called
allocation decisions and the application ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on
technical review/approval process. AGENCY: Federal Communications the downward-pointing arrow in the
Commission. ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
Entities that seek inclusion in the plan
to obtain future licenses are considered ACTION: Notice and request for ‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
third party respondents. Section comments. select ‘‘Federal Communications
Commission’’ from the list of agencies
90.1211 authorizes the fifty-five 700 SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
MHz regional planning committees to to reduce paperwork burdens, and as (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
develop and submit on a voluntary basis required by the Paperwork Reduction right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
a plan on guidelines for coordination Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal when the list of FCC ICRs currently
procedures to facilitate the shared use of Communications Commission (FCC or under review appears, look for the OMB
the 4940–4990 MHz (4.9 GHz) band. the Commission) invites the general control number of this ICR and then
The Commission has stayed this public and other Federal agencies to click on the ICR Reference Number. A
requirement indefinitely. Applicants are take this opportunity to comment on the copy of the FCC submission to OMB
granted a geographic area license for the following information collection. will be displayed.
entire fifty MHz of 4.9 GHz spectrum Comments are requested concerning:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
over a geographical area defined by the Whether the proposed collection of
its continuing effort to reduce
boundaries of their jurisdiction—city, information is necessary for the proper
paperwork burdens, and as required by
county or state. Accordingly, licensees performance of the functions of the
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
are required to coordinate their Commission, including whether the
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
operations in the shared band to avoid information shall have practical utility;
Communications Commission (FCC or
interference, a common practice when the accuracy of the Commission’s
the Commission) invites the general
joint operations are conducted. burden estimate; ways to enhance the
public and other Federal agencies to
quality, utility, and clarity of the
Commission staff will use the take this opportunity to comment on the
information collected; ways to minimize
information to assign licenses, following information collection.
the burden of the collection of
determine regional spectrum Comments are requested concerning:
information on the respondents,
requirements and to develop technical Whether the proposed collection of
including the use of automated
standards. The information will also be information is necessary for the proper
collection techniques or other forms of
performance of the functions of the
used to determine whether prospective information technology; and ways to
Commission, including whether the
licensees operate in compliance with further reduce the information
information shall have practical utility;
the Commission’s rules. Without such collection burden on small business
the accuracy of the Commission’s
information, the Commission could not concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
accommodate regional requirements or The Commission may not conduct or
quality, utility, and clarity of the
provide for the efficient use of the sponsor a collection of information
information collected; ways to minimize
available frequencies. This information unless it displays a currently valid
the burden of the collection of
collection includes rules to govern the Office of Management and Budget
information on the respondents,
operation and licensing of the 700 MHz (OMB) control number. No person shall
including the use of automated
and 4.9 GHz bands rules and regulation be subject to any penalty for failing to
collection techniques or other forms of
to ensure that licensees continue to comply with a collection of information
information technology; and ways to
fulfill their statutory responsibilities in subject to the PRA that does not display
further reduce the information
accordance with the Communications a valid OMB control number.
collection burden on small business
Act of 1934, as amended. Such DATES: Written comments should be concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
information will continue to be used to submitted on or before July 5, 2017. If OMB Control Number: 3060–1149.
verify that applicants are legally and you anticipate that you will be Title: Generic Clearance for the
technically qualified to hold licenses, submitting comments, but find it Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
difficult to do so within the period of Agency Service Delivery.
and to determine compliance with
time allowed by this notice, you should Form Number: N/A.
Commission rules.
advise the contacts listed below as soon Type of Review: Extension of a
Federal Communications Commission. as possible. currently approved collection.
Katura Jackson, ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Respondents: Individuals or
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email households, business or other for-profit,
Secretary. Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
not-for-profit institutions, and state,
[FR Doc. 2017–11521 Filed 6–2–17; 8:45 am] to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email local, or tribal government.
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P PRA@fcc.gov and to Number of Respondents and
Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the Responses: 259,600 respondents and
comments the OMB control number as 259,600 responses.
shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY Estimated Time per Response: .166
INFORMATION below. hours (10 minutes).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Frequency of Response: One-time
additional information or copies of the reporting requirement.
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| Dates | Written comments should be submitted on or before July 5, 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 listed below as soon as possible. | |
| Contact | For additional information or copies of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward- pointing arrow in the ``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed. | |
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