[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 67 (Monday, April 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20916-20918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08019]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission, Comments Requested
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection(s). 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 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 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 (PRA) that does
not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before June 7, 2013. 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: Submit your PRA comments to Judith B. Herman, Federal
Communications Commission, via the Internet at [email protected].
To submit your PRA comments by email send them to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Sections 1.1307(b)(1), 20.3, 20.21(a)(2), 20.21(a)(5),
20.21(e)(2), 20.21(e)(8)(i)(G), 20.21(e)(9)(i)(H), 20.21(f), 20.21(h),
90.203, 90.219(b)(1)(i), 90.219(d)(5) and 90.219(e)(5)--Signal
Boosters.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit entities, not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government,
farms, and state, local or tribal government.
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Number of Respondents: 634,595 respondents; 634,595 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes up to 5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual and every 10 reporting
requirements, recordkeeping 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. 154(i), 303(g), 303(r) and 332(a).
Total Annual Burden: 4,167 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. The Commission has a system of
records for this information collection, FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services
Licensing Records'', which covers the personally identifiable
information (PII) that individual applicants may include in their
submissions for licenses or grants of equipment authorization.
At such time as the Commission revises this System of Records
Notice (SORN), the Commission will conduct a Privacy Act Impact
Assessment (PIA) and publish the revised SORN in the Federal Register.
In addition, the Commission will post a copy of both the PIA and the
SORN on the FCC's Privacy Web page.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is a need for
confidentiality with respect to filers who are individuals in this
collection. Pursuant to section 208(b) of the E-Government Act of 2002,
44 U.S.C. 3501, in conformance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C.
552(a), the Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau instructs
licensees to use the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS), Antenna
Structure Registration (ASR), Commission Registration System (CORES)
and related systems and subsystems to submit information.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection after this comment period to obtain the full, three year
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The
Commission is requesting approval for this new information collection.
The Commission adopted a Report and Order (R&O) in FCC 13-21, which
implements new technical, operational and registration requirements for
signal boosters. The new rules create two classes of signal boosters--
consumer and industrial--with distinct regulatory requirements.
Consumer Signal Boosters are designed to be used ``out of the box''
by individuals to improve their wireless coverage within a limited
areas such as a home, car, boat, or recreational vehicle. Consumer
Signal Boosters will be authorized under provider licenses subject to
certain requirements. Specifically, subscribers must obtain some form
of licensee consent to operate the booster; register the booster with
their provider; use a booster that meets the Network Protection
Standard and is FCC certificated; and operate the booster on a
secondary, non-interference basis and shut it down if it causes harmful
interference. Consumers may continue to use existing signal boosters
provided they (1) have the consent of their provider; and (2) register
the booster with that provider. The Commission will conduct consumer
outreach to educate consumers, public safety entities, small
businesses, and others about our new regulatory framework.
Industrial Signal Boosters include a wide variety of devices that
are designed for installation by licensees or qualified installers.
These devices are typically designed to serve multiple users
simultaneously and cover large areas such as stadiums, airports, office
buildings, hospitals, tunnels and educational campuses. Industrial
Signal Boosters require a FCC license or express licensee consent to
operate, and must be appropriately labeled. The Report and Order also
revises technical and operational requirements for duly licensed Part
90 Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR), non-consumer signal boosters, and
adopts a registration requirement for Part 90 Class B signal boosters.
The Commission established a two-step transition process for
equipment certification for both Consumer and Industrial Signal
Boosters sold and marketed in the United States. First, as of the
release date of the R&O, the Commission stopped accepting applications
for equipment certifications of Consumer and Industrial Signal Boosters
that do not comply with the new rules and ceased certification of
devices that do not comply with the new rules. Second, on or after
March 1, 2014, all Consumer and Industrial Signal Boosters sold and
marketed in the United States must meet the new requirements.
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Section 87.287, Aeronautical Advisory Stations (Unicoms).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit entities, not-for-profit institutions, and state, local or
tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 200 respondents; 200 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155, 157, 225, 303(r) and 309.
Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $28,750.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. The Commission has a system of
records for this information collection, FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services
Licensing Records'', which covers the personally identifiable
information (PII) that individual applicants may include in their
submissions for licenses or grants of equipment authorization. At such
time as the Commission revises this System of Records Notice (SORN),
the Commission will conduct a Privacy Act Impact Assessment (PIA) and
publish the revised SORN in the Federal Register. In addition, the
Commission will post a copy of both the PIA and the SORN on the FCC's
Privacy Web page.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is a need for
confidentiality with respect to filers who are individuals in this
collection. Pursuant to section 208(b) of the E-Government Act of 2002,
44 U.S.C. 3501, in conformance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C.
552(a), the Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau instructs
licensees to use the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS), Antenna
Structure Registration (ASR), Commission Registration System (CORES)
and related systems and subsystems to submit information.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection after this comment period to obtain the full, three year
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The
Commission is requesting OMB approval for a new collection.
On March 1 2013, the Commission released a Report and Order, FCC
13-30, which amended its Part 87 rules to authorize new ground station
technologies that will promote aviation safety, and allow use of
frequency 1090 MHz by aeronautical utility mobile stations for airport
surface detection equipment, commonly referred to as vehicle
``squitters'', to help reduce collisions between aircraft and airport
ground vehicles. ``Squitter'' refers to random output pulses from a
transponder caused by ambient noise or by an intentional random
triggering system, but not by the interrogation pulses. Further, the
Commission establishes service rules for audio visual warning systems
to help aircraft in flight
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avoid antenna structures and other obstacles, and adopts rules to
permit ground testing of aviation data link test systems. However, in
this R&O, the Commission declined to authorize remote monitoring of
certain automated ground stations.
Section 87.287(b) requires that before submitting an application
for an aircraft data link land test station, an applicant must obtain
written permission from the licensee of the aeronautical enroute
stations serving the areas in which the aircraft data link land test
station will operate on a co-channel basis. The Commission may request
an applicant to provide documentation as to this fact.
The written permission will aid the Commission in ensuring that
licensees are complying with its policies and rules, while allowing the
owners of antenna structures and other aviation obstacles to use Audio
Visual Warning Systems (AVWS) stations, thereby helping aircraft avoid
potential collisions and enhancing aviation safety, without causing
harmful interference to other communications.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-08019 Filed 4-5-13; 8:45 am]
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