[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6393-6394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2775]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
February 4, 2010.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. Comments are requested
concerning: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; (d) 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 (e)
ways to further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not
display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection
should submit comments on or before April 12, 2010. If you anticipate
that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so
within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the
Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith B. Herman,
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your PRA comments by
e-mail send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this information
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to 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, and
(6) when the FCC list appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its
OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214.
For additional information about the information collection(s) send an
e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No: 3060-0625.
Title: Section 24.103, Construction Requirements.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions and state, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 5 respondents; 90 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: .5 - 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 102 hours.
Total Cost Burden: $41,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information on the private
land mobile radio licensees is maintained in the Commission's system of
records, FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services Licensing Records.'' The
licensee records will be publicly available and routinely used in
accordance with subsection b. or the Privacy Act. Any personally
identifiable information (PII) that individual applicants provide is
covered by a system of records, FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services
Licensing Records,'' and these and all other records may be disclosed
pursuant to the Routine Uses as stated in this system of records
notice.
Need and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring collection
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as an extension in order
to obtain the full three year clearance from them. There is no change
in the recordkeeping and/or reporting requirements. The Commission has
reduced the total
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annual burden by 29 hours and the cost burden by $12,000.
This information collection requires that nationwide narrowband
Personal Communications Services (PCS) licensees must, under 47 CFR
24.103, notify the Commission by filing FCC Form 601, no later than 15
days after the end of the five year period following the initial grant
of their license, indicating that they plan to satisfy the alternative
requirements to provide ``substantial service''. Also, under section
24.103(f), upon meeting the five and 10 year benchmarks in paragraphs
(a), (b), and (c) of this subsection, licensees shall notify the
Commission by filing FCC Form 601 and including a map and other
supporting documentation that demonstrate the required geographic area
coverage, population coverage, or substantial service to the license
area within 15 days of the expiration of the relevant period has been
met.
The reporting and recordkeeping requirements for this information
collection are used to ensure that licensees timely construct systems
that are sound, favorable, and substantially provide a level of service
above mediocre service, and that those systems serve a significant area
of the U.S. population.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-2775 Filed 2-8-10; 8:45 am]
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