82 FR 27481 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 114 (June 15, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 114 (June 15, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-12349 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 114 (Thursday, June 15, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 27481-27482] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-12349] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [OMB 3060-1161] 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 of 1995 (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 August 14, 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: PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, the FCC 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: 3060-1161. Title: Construction requirements; Interim reports--Sections 27.14(g)-(l). Form Number: N/A. Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information collection. Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities. Number of Respondents: 1,118 respondents; 1,118 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 5-15 hours. Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement and on occasion reporting requirement. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for, these collections are contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302(a), 303, 309, 332, 336, and 337 unless otherwise noted. Total Annual Burden: 11,260 hours. Total Annual Cost: $1,893,700. Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information. Needs and Uses: On July 31, 2007, the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order, in WT Docket No. 06-150, CC Docket No. 94-102, WT Docket No. 01-309, WT Docket No. 03-264, WT Docket No. 06-169, PS Docket No. 06- [[Page 27482]] 229, WT Docket No. 96-86, WT Docket No. 07-166, FCC No. 07-132 (2007 Report and Order), which established rules governing wireless licenses in the 700 MHz spectrum. The 700 MHz spectrum was made available for wireless services, including public safety and commercial services, as a result of the digital television (``DTV'') transition. Title III of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (``DRA''), Public Law 109-171, 120 Stat. 4 (2006), (titled the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 [``DTV Act'']), accelerated the DTV transition completion date to February 17, 2009. In light of the change to the DTV transition, as well as developments in commercial wireless communications and evolving needs of the public safety community, the Commission re-examined its 700 MHz rules and combined the following three interrelated proceedings: (1) The 700 MHz Commercial Services proceeding, 71 FR 48506 (2006), (2) the 700 MHz Guard Bands proceeding, 71 FR 57455, and (3) the 700 MHz Public Safety proceeding, 72 FR 1201 (2007); 71 FR 17786 (2006), which yielded in April 2007 both a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the 700 MHz Report and Order, 72 FR 27688 (2007), and 700 MHz Further NPRM, 72 FR 24238 (2007), respectively. (See FCC 07-72.) Among the many actions taken in the 2007 Report and Order, the Commission: Adopted a mix of geographic license area sizes for the commercial services, including Cellular Market Areas (CMAs), Economic Areas (EAs), and Regional Economic Areas (REAGs); eliminated rules that permit comparative hearings for license renewal, and clarified the requirements and procedures of the license renewal process; shifted the license termination date from January 15, 2015 to February 17, 2019, thus granting licensees an initial license term not-to-exceed ten years after the end of the DTV transition; adopted a power spectral density model to provide greater operational flexibility to licensees operating at wider bandwidths; continued to allow a 50 kW effective radiated power level for base station operations for auctioned licenses and unpaired spectrum in the lower 700 MHz band (TV Channels 52-59); modified power limits for upper 700 MHz band (TV Channels 60-69), and; permitted 700 MHz licensees to meet radiated power limits on an average, rather than peak, basis. Further, in order to promote access to spectrum and the provision of service, the 2007 Report and Order adopted revised performance requirements for certain 700 MHz licensees, including the use of interim and end-of-term benchmarks. The 2007 Report and Order also imposed interim reporting requirements on licensees to provide the Commission with information concerning the status of licensees' efforts to meet performance requirements and the manner in which their spectrum is being utilized. On February 20, 2009, the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in MB Docket No. 09-17, MB Docket No. 07-148, MB Docket No. 07-91, MB Docket No. 08-255, WT Docket No. 06-150, WT Docket No. 06-169, PS Docket No. 06-229, WT Docket No. 96-86, FCC 09-11, to implement the DTV Delay Act, Public Law 111-4, 123 Stat. 112 (2009), which extended the DTV transition deadline from February 17, 2009, to June 12, 2009. Steps taken by the Commission to conform with the DTV Delay Act included the extension of applicable 700 MHz construction benchmarks and reporting requirements by a period of 116 days. On October 29, 2013, the Commission issued a Report and Order and Order of Proposed Modification in WT Docket No. 12-69 and WT Docket No. 12-332, FCC 13-136 (700 MHz Interoperability Order), in which it revised certain technical rules and extended or waived construction deadlines for certain licenses in order to resolve issues resulting from the lack of interoperability in the Lower 700 MHz Band. The Report and Order did not revise any of the information collection requirements that are contained in this collection. It simply waived or revised the dates on which the information collection requirements are required. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-12349 Filed 6-14-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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how to empower disadvantaged the Consumer and Governmental Affairs ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
communities and accelerate the entry of Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), 1– Cathy Williams, FCC, via email: PRA@
small businesses, including those 888–835–5322 (TTY). fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
owned by women and minorities, into Federal Communications Commission. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
the media, digital news and Marlene H. Dortch, additional information about the
information, and audio and video information collection, contact Cathy
Secretary.
programming industries, including as Williams at (202) 418–2918.
owners, suppliers, and employees. It is [FR Doc. 2017–12351 Filed 6–14–17; 8:45 am]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
also to provide recommendations to the BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
its continuing effort to reduce
Commission on how to ensure that paperwork burdens, and as required by
disadvantaged communities are not
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, the FCC
denied the wide range of opportunities
COMMISSION invites the general public and other
made possible by next- generation
Federal agencies to take this
networks. This Committee is intended
[OMB 3060–1161] opportunity to comment on the
to provide an effective means for
following information collections.
stakeholders with interests in these
Information Collection Being Reviewed Comments are requested concerning:
areas to exchange ideas and develop
by the Federal Communications Whether the proposed collection of
recommendations to the Commission on
Commission information is necessary for the proper
media ownership and procurement
performance of the functions of the
opportunities, empowering AGENCY: Federal Communications
communities in order to spur Commission, including whether the
Commission. information shall have practical utility;
educational, economic, and civic
ACTION: Notice and request for the accuracy of the Commission’s
development, and consumer access to
comments. burden estimate; ways to enhance the
digital technologies.
quality, utility, and clarity of the
Advisory Committee SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort information collected; ways to minimize
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as the burden of the collection of
The Committee will be organized required by the Paperwork Reduction
under, and will operate in accordance information on the respondents,
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal including the use of automated
with, the provisions of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 collection techniques or other forms of
Commission) invites the general public information technology; and ways to
U.S.C. App.2). The Committee will be
and other Federal agencies to take this further reduce the information
solely advisory in nature. Consistent
opportunity to comment on the collection burden on small business
with FACA and its requirements, each
following information collections. concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
meeting of the Committee will be open
Comments are requested concerning: OMB Control Number: 3060–1161.
to the public unless otherwise noticed.
Whether the proposed collection of Title: Construction requirements;
A notice of each meeting will be
information is necessary for the proper Interim reports—Sections 27.14(g)–(l).
published in the Federal Register at
performance of the functions of the Form Number: N/A.
least fifteen (15) days in advance of the
Commission, including whether the Type of Review: Extension of
meeting. Records will be maintained of
each meeting and made available for information shall have practical utility; currently approved information
public inspection. All activities of the the accuracy of the Commission’s collection.
Committee will be conducted in an burden estimate; ways to enhance the Respondents: Business or other for-
open, transparent, and accessible quality, utility, and clarity of the profit entities.
manner. The Committee shall terminate information collected; ways to minimize Number of Respondents: 1,118
two (2) years from the filing date of its the burden of the collection of respondents; 1,118 responses.
charter, or earlier upon the completion information on the respondents, Estimated Time per Response: 5–15
of its work as determined by the including the use of automated hours.
Chairman of the FCC, unless its charter collection techniques or other forms of Frequency of Response: One-time
is renewed prior to the termination date. information technology; and ways to reporting requirement and on occasion
During the Committee’s first term, it is further reduce the information reporting requirement.
anticipated that the Committee will collection burden on small business Obligation to Respond: Required to
meet in Washington, DC approximately concerns with fewer than 25 employees. obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
two (2) times a year. The first meeting The FCC may not conduct or sponsor authority for, these collections are
date and agenda topics will be described a collection of information unless it contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302(a),
in a Public Notice issued and published displays a currently valid Office of 303, 309, 332, 336, and 337 unless
in the Federal Register at least fifteen Management and Budget (OMB) control otherwise noted.
(15) days prior to the first meeting date. number. No person shall be subject to Total Annual Burden: 11,260 hours.
In addition, as needed, working groups any penalty for failing to comply with Total Annual Cost: $1,893,700.
or subcommittees (ad hoc or steering) a collection of information subject to the Privacy Impact Assessment: No
will be established to facilitate the PRA that does not display a valid OMB impact(s).
Committee’s work between meetings of control number. Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
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the full Committee. Meetings of the DATES: Written comments should be There is no need for confidentiality with
Committee will be fully accessible to submitted on or before August 14, 2017. this collection of information.
individuals with disabilities. If you anticipate that you will be Needs and Uses: On July 31, 2007, the
Accessible Formats: To request submitting comments, but find it Commission adopted a Second Report
materials in accessible formats for difficult to do so within the period of and Order, in WT Docket No. 06–150,
people with disabilities (Braille, large time allowed by this notice, you should CC Docket No. 94–102, WT Docket No.
print, electronic files, audio format), advise the contacts below as soon as 01–309, WT Docket No. 03–264, WT
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call possible. Docket No. 06–169, PS Docket No. 06–
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229, WT Docket No. 96–86, WT Docket revised performance requirements for Bank on May 20, 2011. The liquidation
No. 07–166, FCC No. 07–132 (2007 certain 700 MHz licensees, including of the receivership assets has been
Report and Order), which established the use of interim and end-of-term completed. To the extent permitted by
rules governing wireless licenses in the benchmarks. The 2007 Report and Order available funds and in accordance with
700 MHz spectrum. The 700 MHz also imposed interim reporting law, the Receiver will be making a final
spectrum was made available for requirements on licensees to provide the dividend payment to proven creditors.
wireless services, including public Commission with information Based upon the foregoing, the
safety and commercial services, as a concerning the status of licensees’ Receiver has determined that the
result of the digital television (‘‘DTV’’) efforts to meet performance continued existence of the receivership
transition. Title III of the Deficit requirements and the manner in which will serve no useful purpose.
Reduction Act of 2005 (‘‘DRA’’), Public their spectrum is being utilized. Consequently, notice is given that the
Law 109–171, 120 Stat. 4 (2006), (titled On February 20, 2009, the receivership shall be terminated, to be
the Digital Television Transition and Commission adopted a Second Report effective no sooner than thirty days after
Public Safety Act of 2005 [‘‘DTV Act’’]), and Order and Notice of Proposed the date of this Notice. If any person
accelerated the DTV transition Rulemaking in MB Docket No. 09–17, wishes to comment concerning the
completion date to February 17, 2009. MB Docket No. 07–148, MB Docket No. termination of the receivership, such
In light of the change to the DTV 07–91, MB Docket No. 08–255, WT comment must be made in writing and
transition, as well as developments in Docket No. 06–150, WT Docket No. 06– sent within thirty days of the date of
commercial wireless communications 169, PS Docket No. 06–229, WT Docket this Notice to: Federal Deposit
and evolving needs of the public safety No. 96–86, FCC 09–11, to implement the Insurance Corporation, Division of
community, the Commission re- DTV Delay Act, Public Law 111–4, 123 Resolutions and Receiverships,
examined its 700 MHz rules and Stat. 112 (2009), which extended the Attention: Receivership Oversight,
combined the following three DTV transition deadline from February Department 34.6, 1601 Bryan Street,
interrelated proceedings: (1) The 700 17, 2009, to June 12, 2009. Steps taken Dallas, TX 75201.
MHz Commercial Services proceeding, by the Commission to conform with the No comments concerning the
71 FR 48506 (2006), (2) the 700 MHz DTV Delay Act included the extension termination of this receivership will be
Guard Bands proceeding, 71 FR 57455, of applicable 700 MHz construction considered which are not sent within
and (3) the 700 MHz Public Safety benchmarks and reporting requirements this time frame.
proceeding, 72 FR 1201 (2007); 71 FR by a period of 116 days. Dated: June 12, 2017.
17786 (2006), which yielded in April On October 29, 2013, the Commission Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
2007 both a Report and Order and issued a Report and Order and Order of Robert E. Feldman,
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Proposed Modification in WT Docket Executive Secretary.
(the 700 MHz Report and Order, 72 FR No. 12–69 and WT Docket No. 12–332, [FR Doc. 2017–12447 Filed 6–14–17; 8:45 am]
27688 (2007), and 700 MHz Further FCC 13–136 (700 MHz Interoperability
NPRM, 72 FR 24238 (2007), BILLING CODE 6714–01–P
Order), in which it revised certain
respectively. (See FCC 07–72.) technical rules and extended or waived
Among the many actions taken in the
construction deadlines for certain FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
2007 Report and Order, the
licenses in order to resolve issues CORPORATION
Commission: Adopted a mix of
resulting from the lack of
geographic license area sizes for the Sunshine Act Meeting
interoperability in the Lower 700 MHz
commercial services, including Cellular
Band. The Report and Order did not Pursuant to the provisions of the
Market Areas (CMAs), Economic Areas
(EAs), and Regional Economic Areas revise any of the information collection ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5
(REAGs); eliminated rules that permit requirements that are contained in this U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that
comparative hearings for license collection. It simply waived or revised at 10:12 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 2017,
renewal, and clarified the requirements the dates on which the information the Board of Directors of the Federal
and procedures of the license renewal collection requirements are required. Deposit Insurance Corporation met in
process; shifted the license termination Federal Communications Commission. closed session to consider matters
date from January 15, 2015 to February Marlene H. Dortch, related to the Corporation’s supervision,
17, 2019, thus granting licensees an Secretary, Office of the Secretary. corporate, and resolution activities.
initial license term not-to-exceed ten [FR Doc. 2017–12349 Filed 6–14–17; 8:45 am]
In calling the meeting, the Board
years after the end of the DTV determined, on motion of Vice
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
transition; adopted a power spectral Chairman Thomas M. Hoenig, seconded
density model to provide greater by Director Richard Cordray (Director,
operational flexibility to licensees Consumer Financial Protection Bureau),
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE concurred in by Director Keith A.
operating at wider bandwidths;
CORPORATION Noreika (Acting Comptroller of the
continued to allow a 50 kW effective
radiated power level for base station Notice to All Interested Parties of the Currency), and Chairman Martin J.
operations for auctioned licenses and Termination of the Receivership of Gruenberg, that Corporation business
unpaired spectrum in the lower 700 10367—Summit Bank Burlington, required its consideration of the matters
MHz band (TV Channels 52–59); Washington which were to be the subject of this
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modified power limits for upper 700 meeting on less than seven days’ notice
MHz band (TV Channels 60–69), and; Notice is hereby given that the Federal to the public; that no earlier notice of
permitted 700 MHz licensees to meet Deposit Insurance Corporation (‘‘FDIC’’) the meeting was practicable; that the
radiated power limits on an average, as Receiver for Summit Bank, public interest did not require
rather than peak, basis. Burlington, Washington (‘‘the consideration of the matters in a
Further, in order to promote access to Receiver’’) intends to terminate its meeting open to public observation; and
spectrum and the provision of service, receivership for said institution. The that the matters could be considered in
the 2007 Report and Order adopted FDIC was appointed receiver of Summit a closed meeting by authority of
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