82_FR_55991 82 FR 55766 - Cellular Service, Including Changes in Licensing of Unserved Area

82 FR 55766 - Cellular Service, Including Changes in Licensing of Unserved Area

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 225 (November 24, 2017)

Page Range55766-55767
FR Document2017-25413

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection requirements associated with the Commission's Second Report and Order and Report and Order, WT Docket Nos. 12-40 and 10-112, RM 11510 and 11660, FCC 17-27, including implementation of modified collection requirements on FCC Form 601, FCC Application for Radio Service Authorization. This document is consistent with the Second Report and Order and Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the requirements.

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47 CFR Part 22

[WT Docket Nos. 12-40 and 10-112; RM-11510, RM-11660; FCC 17-27]


Cellular Service, Including Changes in Licensing of Unserved Area

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection 
requirements associated with the Commission's Second Report and Order 
and Report and Order, WT Docket Nos. 12-40 and 10-112, RM 11510 and 
11660, FCC 17-27, including implementation of modified collection 
requirements on FCC Form 601, FCC Application for Radio Service 
Authorization. This document is consistent with the Second Report and 
Order and Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would 
publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and 
the effective date of the requirements.

DATES: 47 CFR 22.317, 22.911(a) through (c), 22.913(a), (c), and (f), 
22.947, and 22.953(c), published at 82 FR 17570, April 12, 2017, and 
revised FCC Form 601, FCC Application for Radio Service Authorization, 
are effective on December 1, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Cathy Williams, Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on October 2, 
2017, OMB approved revised FCC Form 601, FCC Application for Radio 
Service Authorization, and the revised information collection 
requirements contained in the Commission's Second Report and Order and 
Report and Order, FCC 17-27, published at 82 FR 17570, April 12, 2017. 
The OMB Control Numbers are 3060-0508 and 3060-0798. The Commission 
publishes this document as an announcement of the effective date of the 
requirements. If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed 
below, or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any 
burdens caused thereby, please contact Cathy Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Numbers, 3060-0508 
and 3060-0798, in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept 
your comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov.
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB 
approval on October 2, 2017, for the revised FCC Form 601, FCC 
Application for Radio Service Authorization, and the revised 
information collection requirements contained in the Commission's rules 
at 47 CFR 22.317, 22.911(a) through (c), 22.913(a), (c), and (f), 
22.947, and 22.953(c). Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct 
or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, 
valid OMB Control Number.
    No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply 
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Numbers are 3060-0508 and 3060-0798.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0508.
    OMB Approval Date: October 2, 2017.
    OMB Expiration Date: October 31, 2020.
    Title: Parts 1 and 22 Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Individuals or 
households, and State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 15,465 respondents; 16,183 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.017-10 hours
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion, 
quarterly, and semi-annual reporting requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 
222, 303, 309 and 332.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,406 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $19,138,350.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information. The information to 
be collected will be made available for public inspection. Applicants 
may request materials or information submitted to the Commission be 
given confidential treatment under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's 
rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) 
received approval for a revision of OMB Control No. 3060-0508 from the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The purpose of this revision was 
to obtain OMB approval of rules applicable to part 22 800 MHz Cellular 
Radiotelephone (``Cellular'') Service licensees and applicants, as 
adopted by the Commission in a Second Report and Order and Report and 
Order (Second Report and Order) on March 23, 2017 (WT Docket Nos. 12-40 
and 10-112; RM Nos. 11510 and 11660; FCC 17-27). By the Second Report 
and Order, the Commission revised or eliminated certain licensing rules 
and modernized outdated technical rules applicable to the Cellular 
Service. Specifically, in addition to rule revisions that do not affect 
this information collection, the Commission revised the Cellular 
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rules, giving licensees the option to comply with effective radiated 
power limits based on power spectral density (PSD), and giving 
licensees the additional option to operate at PSD limits above a 
specified threshold (Higher PSD Limits) so long as certain conditions 
are met. One of these conditions, set forth in a new provision of the 
Cellular rules, is a requirement for written advance notification to 
public safety entities within a specified radius of the cell sites to 
be deployed at the Higher PSD Limits. This third-party disclosure 
requirement is an important component of the Commission's approach to 
protecting public safety entities from increased potential for 
unacceptable interference to their communications. Also of relevance to 
this information collection, the Commission eliminated the requirement 
for filings for certain changes to cell sites in a Cellular system.
    The information collected is used to determine, on a case-by-case 
basis, whether or not to grant licenses authorizing construction and 
operation of wireless telecommunications facilities to common carriers. 
Further, this information is used to develop statistics about the 
demand for various wireless licenses and/or the licensing process 
itself, and occasionally for rule enforcement purposes.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0798.
    OMB Approval Date: October 2, 2017.
    OMB Expiration Date: October 31, 2020.
    Title: FCC Application for Radio Service Authorization: Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau; Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
    Form No.: FCC Form 601.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit entities; Not-for-profit institutions; State, local, or Tribal 
Governments.
    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.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general there is no need 
for confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
    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 November 7, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission'') released a Report and Order and Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 14-181) in WT Docket No. 12-40 to reform its 
rules governing the 800 MHz Cellular Radiotelephone (Cellular) Service 
(see 79 FR 76268). Subsequently, on March 24, 2017, the Commission 
released a Second Report and Order (FCC 17-27) in that same proceeding, 
revising certain technical and licensing rules applicable to the 
Cellular Service (see 82 FR 17570). In addition to rule revisions that 
do not affect this information collection, in the Second Report and 
Order, the Commission adopted revised radiated power rules, giving 
Cellular licensees the option to comply with effective radiated power 
limits based on power spectral density (PSD), and it made conforming 
changes to related technical provisions to accommodate PSD. The 
Commission retained, as an option, the existing radiated power limits 
(non-PSD) and related technical requirements for Cellular licensees 
that either cannot or choose not to use a PSD model. The Commission 
also revised the definition and filing requirements for permanent 
discontinuance of operations, consistent with transitioning the 
Cellular Service from a site-based regime to one that is geographic-
based.
    The Commission received approval from OMB for revisions to its 
currently approved collection of information under OMB Control Number 
3060-0798 to permit the collection of PSD-related technical information 
(in lieu of certain non-PSD technical information) for Cellular Service 
licensees that opt to use a PSD model for their systems, pursuant to 
the Second Report and Order. The OMB approval under this same Control 
Number 3060-0798 included a revised FCC Form 601, most notably a 
revised Schedule F of the Form, implementing the technical rule changes 
adopted in the Second Report and Order and thereby allowing licensees 
to use the Form to make filings regarding their licenses based on PSD 
operations. The revisions did not have any impact on the burden to 
complete FCC Form 601, including Schedule F of the Form.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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                                                  Submission year          (a)(1) of this section must submit the required                           (a)(2) of this section must submit the required                           Submission deadline
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                                              *       *        *       *        *                                   Order, FCC 17–27, published at 82 FR                                         OMB Expiration Date: October 31,
                                              [FR Doc. 2017–25392 Filed 11–22–17; 8:45 am]                          17570, April 12, 2017. The OMB Control                                    2020.
                                              BILLING CODE 4510–26–P                                                Numbers are 3060–0508 and 3060–0798.                                         Title: Parts 1 and 22 Reporting and
                                                                                                                    The Commission publishes this                                             Recordkeeping Requirements.
                                                                                                                    document as an announcement of the                                           Form Number: Not applicable.
                                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS                                                effective date of the requirements. If you                                   Type of Review: Revision of a
                                              COMMISSION                                                            have any comments on the burden                                           currently approved collection.
                                                                                                                    estimates listed below, or how the                                           Respondents: Business or other for-
                                              47 CFR Part 22                                                        Commission can improve the                                                profit entities, Individuals or
                                                                                                                    collections and reduce any burdens                                        households, and State, Local or Tribal
                                              [WT Docket Nos. 12–40 and 10–112; RM–                                 caused thereby, please contact Cathy                                      Governments.
                                              11510, RM–11660; FCC 17–27]                                                                                                                        Number of Respondents and
                                                                                                                    Williams, Federal Communications
                                                                                                                    Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th                                         Responses: 15,465 respondents; 16,183
                                              Cellular Service, Including Changes in                                                                                                          responses.
                                              Licensing of Unserved Area                                            Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
                                                                                                                    Please include the OMB Control                                               Estimated Time per Response: 0.017–
                                              AGENCY:   Federal Communications                                      Numbers, 3060–0508 and 3060–0798, in                                      10 hours
                                              Commission.                                                           your correspondence. The Commission                                          Frequency of Response:
                                              ACTION: Final rule; announcement of                                   will also accept your comments via                                        Recordkeeping requirement; On
                                              effective date.                                                       email at PRA@fcc.gov.                                                     occasion, quarterly, and semi-annual
                                                                                                                       To request materials in accessible                                     reporting requirements.
                                              SUMMARY:   In this document, the Federal                              formats for people with disabilities                                         Obligation to Respond: Required to
                                              Communications Commission                                             (Braille, large print, electronic files,                                  obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
                                              (Commission) announces that the Office                                audio format), send an email to fcc504@                                   authority for this collection is contained
                                              of Management and Budget (OMB) has                                    fcc.gov or call the Consumer and                                          in 47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309 and 332.
                                              approved, for a period of three years, the                            Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)                                         Total Annual Burden: 4,406 hours.
                                              information collection requirements                                   418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432                                             Annual Cost Burden: $19,138,350.
                                              associated with the Commission’s                                      (TTY).                                                                       Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
                                              Second Report and Order and Report                                                                                                                 Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
                                              and Order, WT Docket Nos. 12–40 and                                   Synopsis                                                                  There is no need for confidentiality with
                                              10–112, RM 11510 and 11660, FCC 17–                                     As required by the Paperwork                                            this collection of information. The
                                              27, including implementation of                                       Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),                                   information to be collected will be made
                                              modified collection requirements on                                   the Commission is notifying the public                                    available for public inspection.
                                              FCC Form 601, FCC Application for                                     that it received OMB approval on                                          Applicants may request materials or
                                              Radio Service Authorization. This                                     October 2, 2017, for the revised FCC                                      information submitted to the
                                              document is consistent with the Second                                Form 601, FCC Application for Radio                                       Commission be given confidential
                                              Report and Order and Report and                                       Service Authorization, and the revised                                    treatment under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
                                              Order, which stated that the                                          information collection requirements                                       Commission’s rules.
                                              Commission would publish a document                                   contained in the Commission’s rules at                                       Needs and Uses: The Federal
                                              in the Federal Register announcing                                    47 CFR 22.317, 22.911(a) through (c),                                     Communications Commission
                                              OMB approval and the effective date of                                22.913(a), (c), and (f), 22.947, and                                      (Commission) received approval for a
                                              the requirements.                                                     22.953(c). Under 5 CFR part 1320, an                                      revision of OMB Control No. 3060–0508
                                                                                                                    agency may not conduct or sponsor a                                       from the Office of Management and
                                              DATES: 47 CFR 22.317, 22.911(a) through
                                                                                                                    collection of information unless it                                       Budget (OMB). The purpose of this
                                              (c), 22.913(a), (c), and (f), 22.947, and                                                                                                       revision was to obtain OMB approval of
                                              22.953(c), published at 82 FR 17570,                                  displays a current, valid OMB Control
                                                                                                                    Number.                                                                   rules applicable to part 22 800 MHz
                                              April 12, 2017, and revised FCC Form                                                                                                            Cellular Radiotelephone (‘‘Cellular’’)
                                              601, FCC Application for Radio Service                                  No person shall be subject to any
                                                                                                                    penalty for failing to comply with a                                      Service licensees and applicants, as
                                              Authorization, are effective on                                                                                                                 adopted by the Commission in a Second
                                              December 1, 2017.                                                     collection of information subject to the
                                                                                                                    Paperwork Reduction Act that does not                                     Report and Order and Report and Order
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                                                                                                            (Second Report and Order) on March
                                                                                                                    display a current, valid OMB Control
                                              additional information, contact Cathy                                 Number. The OMB Control Numbers are                                       23, 2017 (WT Docket Nos. 12–40 and
                                              Williams, Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, (202)                               3060–0508 and 3060–0798.                                                  10–112; RM Nos. 11510 and 11660; FCC
                                              418–2918.                                                               The foregoing notice is required by                                     17–27). By the Second Report and
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This                                       the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,                                      Order, the Commission revised or
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                                              document announces that, on October 2,                                Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995,                                       eliminated certain licensing rules and
                                              2017, OMB approved revised FCC Form                                   and 44 U.S.C. 3507.                                                       modernized outdated technical rules
                                              601, FCC Application for Radio Service                                  The total annual reporting burdens                                      applicable to the Cellular Service.
                                              Authorization, and the revised                                        and costs for the respondents are as                                      Specifically, in addition to rule
                                              information collection requirements                                   follows:                                                                  revisions that do not affect this
                                              contained in the Commission’s Second                                    OMB Control Number: 3060–0508.                                          information collection, the Commission
                                              Report and Order and Report and                                         OMB Approval Date: October 2, 2017.                                     revised the Cellular radiated power


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                                              rules, giving licensees the option to                      Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:              PSD) and related technical requirements
                                              comply with effective radiated power                    In general there is no need for                       for Cellular licensees that either cannot
                                              limits based on power spectral density                  confidentiality with this collection of               or choose not to use a PSD model. The
                                              (PSD), and giving licensees the                         information.                                          Commission also revised the definition
                                              additional option to operate at PSD                        Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.                and filing requirements for permanent
                                              limits above a specified threshold                         Needs and Uses: FCC Form 601 is a                  discontinuance of operations, consistent
                                              (Higher PSD Limits) so long as certain                  consolidated, multi-part application                  with transitioning the Cellular Service
                                              conditions are met. One of these                        form that is used for market-based and                from a site-based regime to one that is
                                              conditions, set forth in a new provision                site-based licensing for wireless                     geographic-based.
                                              of the Cellular rules, is a requirement for             telecommunications services, including                   The Commission received approval
                                              written advance notification to public                  public safety licenses, which are filed               from OMB for revisions to its currently
                                              safety entities within a specified radius               through the Commission’s Universal                    approved collection of information
                                              of the cell sites to be deployed at the                 Licensing System (ULS). FCC Form 601                  under OMB Control Number 3060–0798
                                              Higher PSD Limits. This third-party                     is composed of a main form that                       to permit the collection of PSD-related
                                              disclosure requirement is an important                  contains administrative information and               technical information (in lieu of certain
                                              component of the Commission’s                           a series of schedules used for filing                 non-PSD technical information) for
                                              approach to protecting public safety                    technical and other information. This                 Cellular Service licensees that opt to use
                                              entities from increased potential for                   form is used to apply for a new license,              a PSD model for their systems, pursuant
                                              unacceptable interference to their                      to amend or withdraw a pending                        to the Second Report and Order. The
                                              communications. Also of relevance to                    application, to modify or renew an                    OMB approval under this same Control
                                              this information collection, the                        existing license, cancel a license,                   Number 3060–0798 included a revised
                                              Commission eliminated the requirement                   request a duplicate license, submit                   FCC Form 601, most notably a revised
                                              for filings for certain changes to cell                 required notifications, request an                    Schedule F of the Form, implementing
                                              sites in a Cellular system.                             extension of time to satisfy construction             the technical rule changes adopted in
                                                 The information collected is used to                 requirements, or request an                           the Second Report and Order and
                                              determine, on a case-by-case basis,                     administrative update to an existing                  thereby allowing licensees to use the
                                              whether or not to grant licenses                        license (such as mailing address                      Form to make filings regarding their
                                              authorizing construction and operation                  change), request a Special Temporary                  licenses based on PSD operations. The
                                              of wireless telecommunications                          Authority or Developmental License.                   revisions did not have any impact on
                                                                                                      Respondents are encouraged to submit                  the burden to complete FCC Form 601,
                                              facilities to common carriers. Further,
                                                                                                      FCC Form 601 electronically and are                   including Schedule F of the Form.
                                              this information is used to develop
                                                                                                      required to do so when submitting FCC
                                              statistics about the demand for various                                                                       Federal Communications Commission.
                                                                                                      Form 601 to apply for an authorization
                                              wireless licenses and/or the licensing                                                                        Marlene H. Dortch,
                                                                                                      for which the applicant was the winning
                                              process itself, and occasionally for rule
                                                                                                      bidder in a spectrum auction.                         Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
                                              enforcement purposes.                                      The data collected on FCC Form 601                 [FR Doc. 2017–25413 Filed 11–22–17; 8:45 am]
                                                 OMB Control No.: 3060–0798.                          includes the FCC Registration Number                  BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
                                                 OMB Approval Date: October 2, 2017.                  (FRN), which serves as a ‘‘common
                                                 OMB Expiration Date: October 31,                     link’’ for all filings an entity has with
                                              2020.                                                   the FCC. The Debt Collection                          FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                                                 Title: FCC Application for Radio                     Improvement Act of 1996 requires                      COMMISSION
                                              Service Authorization: Wireless                         entities filing with the Commission use
                                              Telecommunications Bureau; Public                       an FRN.                                               47 CFR Part 54
                                              Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.                       On November 7, 2014, the Federal
                                                 Form No.: FCC Form 601.                                                                                    [CC Docket No. 02–6; FCC 17–139]
                                                                                                      Communications Commission
                                                 Respondents: Individuals or                          (Commission’’) released a Report and                  Schools and Libraries Universal
                                              households; Business or other for-profit                Order and Further Notice of Proposed                  Service Support Mechanism
                                              entities; Not-for-profit institutions;                  Rulemaking (FCC 14–181) in WT Docket
                                              State, local, or Tribal Governments.                    No. 12–40 to reform its rules governing               AGENCY:  Federal Communications
                                                 Number of Respondents and                            the 800 MHz Cellular Radiotelephone                   Commission.
                                              Responses: 253,320 respondents and                      (Cellular) Service (see 79 FR 76268).                 ACTION: Final rule.
                                              253,320 responses.                                      Subsequently, on March 24, 2017, the
                                                 Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–                    Commission released a Second Report                   SUMMARY:   In this document, the Federal
                                              1.25 hours.                                             and Order (FCC 17–27) in that same                    Communications Commission adopts,
                                                 Frequency of Response:                               proceeding, revising certain technical                on an emergency basis, temporary rules
                                              Recordkeeping requirement, third party                  and licensing rules applicable to the                 to provide immediate relief to schools
                                              disclosure requirement, on occasion                     Cellular Service (see 82 FR 17570). In                and libraries contending with the
                                              reporting requirement and periodic                      addition to rule revisions that do not                devastation caused by Hurricanes
                                              reporting requirement.                                  affect this information collection, in the            Harvey, Irma, and Maria, which struck
                                                 Obligation to Respond: Required to                   Second Report and Order, the                          the United States and its territories in
                                              obtain or retain benefits. The statutory                Commission adopted revised radiated                   August and September 2017. These
                                              authority for this collection of                        power rules, giving Cellular licensees                temporary rules make available targeted
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                                              information is contained in 47 U.S.C.                   the option to comply with effective                   support to schools and libraries that are
                                              151, 152, 154, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201,                radiated power limits based on power                  forced to rebuild facilities and replace
                                              202, 208, 214, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 308,                spectral density (PSD), and it made                   equipment damaged by the Hurricanes,
                                              309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331,                 conforming changes to related technical               and provide increased flexibility for
                                              332, 333, 336, 534, 535, and 554.                       provisions to accommodate PSD. The                    eligible services to be restored through
                                                 Total Annual Burden: 222,055 hours.                  Commission retained, as an option, the                service substitutions. The rules also
                                                 Total Annual Cost: $71,306,250.                      existing radiated power limits (non-                  provide support for schools that have


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SectionRules and Regulations
ActionFinal rule; announcement of effective date.
Dates47 CFR 22.317, 22.911(a) through (c), 22.913(a), (c), and (f), 22.947, and 22.953(c), published at 82 FR 17570, April 12, 2017, and revised FCC Form 601, FCC Application for Radio Service Authorization, are effective on December 1, 2017.
ContactFor additional information, contact Cathy Williams, [email protected], (202) 418-2918.
FR Citation82 FR 55766 

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