[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10640-10641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04875]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 15 and 74

[GN Docket No. 14-166, ET Docket No. 14-165, GN Docket No. 12-268: DA 
17-709]


Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
the information collection associated with the Commission's Promoting 
Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations, Order (Order)'s 
Consumer Disclosure and Labeling rules, adopted in 2017. This document 
is consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission would 
publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective 
date of those rules.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 15.37(k) and 74.851(l) published at 80 
FR 71702, November 17, 2015, are effective April 11, 2018. OMB approved 
the information collection requirements for Sec. Sec.  15.37(k), 
74.851(k), and 74.851(l) on January 18, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Murray, Office of Engineering and 
Technology Bureau, at (202) 418-0688, or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on January 18, 
2018, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to the consumer disclosure and 
labeling rules contained in the Commission's Wireless Microphones 
Report and Order (R&O), FCC 15-100 (80 FR 71702, November 17, 2015) (as 
revised in the Wireless Microphones Order on Reconsideration, FCC 17-95 
(82 FR 41549, September 1, 2017)) and the Commission's Order, DA 17-
709, adopted on July 24, 2017, and published elsewhere is this issue of 
the Federal Register. The OMB Control Number is 3060-1250. The 
Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective 
date of the specific Consumer Alert language in the consumer disclosure 
rules. 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 Nicole Ongele, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-A620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, 
DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-1250, in your 
correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email 
at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] 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 FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on January 18, 2018, for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules 
in 47 CFR parts 15 and 74.
    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 Number is 3060-1250.
    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: 3060-1250.
    OMB Approval Date: January 18, 2018.
    OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2021.
    Title: Sections 15.37(k), 74.851(k), and 74.851(l), Consumer 
Disclosure and Labeling.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,100 respondents; 127,500 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement 
(disclosure and labeling requirement).
    Obligation to Respond: Required to provide at time of sale, lease, 
or distribution. Statutory authority for this collection of information 
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 302a, 303(f), 
303(g), and 303(r).
    Total Annual Burden: 31,875 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,625,000.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No information is requested 
that would require assurance of confidentiality.
    Privacy Act: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On July 24, 2017, the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of 
Engineering and Technology of the Federal Communications Commission 
released an Order, Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone 
Operations, Amendment of part 15 of the Commission's Rules for 
Unlicensed Operations in the Television Bands, Repurposed 600 MHz Band, 
600 MHz Guard Bands and Duplex Gap, and Channel 37, and, Amendment of 
part 74 of the Commission's Rules for Low Power Auxiliary Stations in 
the Repurposed 600 MHz Band and 600 MHz Duplex Gap, Expanding the 
Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive 
Auctions, Order, GN Docket No. 14-166, ET Docket No. 14-165, and GN 
Docket No. 12-268. In this Order, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of 
Engineering and Technology provided the specific Consumer Alert 
language that must be used in the consumer disclosure required by the 
Commission in its 2015 Wireless Microphones Report and Order, as set 
forth in Sections 15.37(k) and 74.851(l) of the Commission's rules. As 
the Order explains, the consumer disclosure requirement is applicable 
to persons who manufacture, sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease, 
wireless microphone or video assist devices to the extent that these 
devices are capable of operating on the specific frequencies associated 
with the 600 MHz service band (617-652 MHz/663-698 MHz). This 
disclosure also informs consumers that, consistent with the 
Commission's decision in the 2015 Wireless Microphones Report and 
Order, wireless microphone users must cease any wireless microphone 
operations in the 600 MHz service band no later than July 13, 2020, and 
that in many instances they may be required to cease use of these 
devices earlier if their use has the potential to cause harmful 
interference

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to 600 MHz service licensees' wireless operations in the band.

Federal Communications Commission.
Julius P. Knapp,
Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2018-04875 Filed 3-9-18; 8:45 am]
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