[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53755-53757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21147]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
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.
3502-3520), 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 estimates; 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 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 September 30, 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
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advise the FCC contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at
[email protected] mailto: [email protected] and 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] mailto: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, FCC, at 202-418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0599.
Title: Section 90.187, Trunking in the Bands Between 150 and 512
MHz; and Sections 90.425 and 90.647, Station Identification.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities and state, local
or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 6,679 respondents; 6,679 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours to 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. sections 154(i), 309(j) and 332 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 8,231 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No questions of a
confidential nature are asked.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection during this comment period to obtain the full, three year
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The
Commission is requesting approval for a revision.
On April 18 2013, the Commission in a Fifth Report and Order, FCC
13-52, adopted changes to 47 CFR 90.425 of the Commission's rules to
allow Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR) licensees in the bands between
150 and 512 MHz that are licensed on an exclusive basis to transmit
station identification information in digital format, on the condition
that the licensee will provide the Commission with information
sufficient to decode the digital transmission to ascertain the call
sign transmitted. However, this gives a new group of licensee stations
(PLMRs) an option regarding the method of transmission of required call
sign information; it modifies the existing burden, and slightly
increase the in-house cost burden--specifically the cost associated
with providing the Commission sufficient information to decode the
transmission--unless they choose the digital transmission option.
Finally, the other part of this revision is adding one additional rule
section which is 90.187 to this existing information collection.
The information requested in this collection is used by the
Commission staff to enable the FCC to evaluate the accuracy of
frequency coordination pursuant to its rule under 47 CFR sections
90.187, 90.425 and 90.647.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0192.
Title: Section 87.103, Posting Station License.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 34,857 respondents; 34,857 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 8,714 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection during this comment period to obtain the full,
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change to
the recordkeeping requirement).
The recordkeeping requirement in Section 87.103 is necessary to
demonstrate that all transmitters in the Aviation Service are properly
licensed in accordance with the requirements of Section 303 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. section 303, No. 2020
of the International Radio Regulations and Article 30 of the Convention
on International Civil Aviation.
The information is used by FCC staff during inspections and
investigations to ensure the particular station is licensed and
operated in compliance with applicable rules, statutes and treaties.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1159.
Title: Part 25--Satellite Communications; and Part 27--
Miscellaneous Wireless Communications Services in the 2.3 GHz Band.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 158 respondents; 5,605 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours to 40 hours
Frequency of Response: On occasion and quarterly reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 154, 301,
302(a), 303, 309, 332, 336 and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 24,572 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $928,200.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection during this comment period to obtain the full, three year
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The
Commission is requesting approval for a revision. There are changes to
the Commission's burden estimates. The Commission is now reporting a
1,065 hour increase adjustment. This is due to a recalculation of the
previous burden estimates. There is no change in the cost estimates.
On October 17, 2012, the Commission adopted an Order on
Reconsideration in WT Docket No. 07-293, IB Docket No. 95-91, GEN
Docket No. 90-357, FCC 12-130, which affirmed, modified and clarified
the 1st and 2nd Report and Orders.
Among the actions taken in the Order on Reconsideration:
Revised the technical rules to enhance the ability of WSC
licensees to deploy mobile broadband networks while establishing
additional safeguards to protect neighboring SDARS, AMT and DSN
networks from harmful interference.
Prohibited WCS mobile and portable devices' transmissions
in WCS Blocks C and D to further protect SDARS operations.
Relaxed the WCS licensee notification requirements
regarding low-
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power WCS stations and minor WCS station modifications, and clarified
WCS notification and coordination procedures.
Restarted and provided a limited extension of the WCS
performance period to enable licensees to respond to revisions of
technical rules.
The information filed by WCS licensees in support of their
construction notifications will be used to determine whether licensees
have complied with the Commission's performance benchmarks. Further,
the information collected by licensees in support of their coordination
obligations will help avoid harmful interference to SDARS, AMT and DSN
operations in other spectrum bands.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-21147 Filed 8-29-13; 8:45 am]
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