[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41792-41793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17891]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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 (PRA) of 1995. 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 currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before August 15, 2011. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via e-mail to
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to [email protected] and [email protected]. To
view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to
OMB: (1) Go to the web page http://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 list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB
Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference
Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams on (202) 418-
2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Sections 15.713, 15.714, 15.715 and 15.717, TV White Space
Broadcast Bands.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 2,000 respondents; 2,000 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
recordkeeping
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requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
154(i), 302, 303(c), 303(f), and 307.
Total Annual Burden: 4,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $100,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission. Respondents may request that portions of their information
remain confidential in accordance with 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this
comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance from
them. The Commission is reporting a program change increase of 4,000
total annual burden hours and an increase of $100,000 in annual costs.
On November 14, 2008, the Commission adopted a Second Report and
Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 08-260, ET Docket No. 04-
186 that established rules to allow new and unlicensed wireless devices
to operate in the broadcast television spectrum at locations where that
spectrum is not being used by licensed services (this unused TV
spectrum is often termed television ``white spaces''). The rules will
allow for the use of unlicensed TV band devices in the unused spectrum
to provide broadband data and other services for consumers and
businesses.
Subsequently on September 23, 2010, the Commission adopted a Second
Memorandum Opinion and Order finalizing the rules to make the unused
spectrum in the TV bands available for unlicensed broadband wireless
devices. This action resolved on reconsideration certain legal and
technical issues in order to provide certainty concerning the rules for
operation of unlicensed transmitting devices in the television
broadcast frequency bands (unlicensed TV bands devices or ``TVBDs'').
Resolution of these issues will now allow manufacturers to begin
marketing unlicensed communications devices and systems that operate on
frequencies in the TV bands in areas where they are not used by
licensed services (``TV white spaces'').
In the Second Report and Order the Commission decided to designate
one or more database administrator from the private sector to create
and operate TV band databases. The TV band database administrators will
act on behalf of the FCC, but will offer a privately owned and operated
service. Each database administrator will be responsible for operation
of their database and coordination of the overall functioning of the
database with other administrators, and will provide database access to
TVBDs.
The Commission also decided that operators of venues using
unlicensed wireless microphones will be required to register their
sites with the Commission which will transmit the information to the
database administrators. The registration request must be filed at
least 30 days in advance and the requests will be made public to
provide an opportunity for public comment or objections.
Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-17891 Filed 7-14-11; 8:45 am]
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