[Federal Register: May 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 90)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
May 4, 2005.
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, Public Law 104-13. An agency 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
control number. 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; and (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before June 10, 2005. 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 contact
listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments to Judith
B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th
Street, SW., DC 20554 or via the Internet to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
If you would like to obtain or view a copy of this new or revised
information collection, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page
at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at (202)
418-0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-0798.
Title: FCC Application for Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Radio
Service Authorization.
Form No.: FCC Form 601.
Type of Review: Revision 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: 250,520.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1.25 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party
disclosure requirement, and on occasion and every 10 year reporting
requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 219,205 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $50,104,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted and released two rulemakings
that revised this information collection. FCC 04-135 now includes the
addition of radio services: Broadband Radio (formerly Multipoint
Distribution Service radio service); Educational Broadband Services
(formerly the VX radio service); and a new Schedule E has been created
for the technical data for these services. FCC 04-23 made changes to
Schedules D, I and M to items concerning the Quiet Zone. The
requirements include: (1) To provide for immediate processing of
applications that may implicate Quiet Zones, in the event that the
applicant indicates that it has obtained consent, if required by
section 1.924, of the Quiet Zone entity; (2) to clarify that applicants
may provide notification to and begin coordination with Quiet Zone
entities, where required, in advance of filing an application with the
Commission; (3) amend section 101.31(b)(1)(v) to permit Part 101
applicants to initiate conditional operation, provided they have
obtained prior consent of the Quiet Zone entity to the extent required,
and are otherwise eligible to initiate conditional operations over the
proposed facility; similarly, the Bureau clarifies that, for services
in which individual station licenses are not issued, licensees may
initiate operations immediately upon receipt of the Quiet Zone entity's
consent; and (4) to clarify that either the applicant or the
applicant's frequency coordinator may notify and initiate any required
coordination proceedings with the Quiet Zone entity.
Note: For purposes of simplicity, all areas implicated by
section 1.924 will be referred to as ``Quiet Zones.'' We note that
the only area with the formal designation of ``Quiet Zone'' is the
National Radio Quiet Zone, which encompasses the National Radio
Astronomy Observatory and the Naval Radio Research Observatory.
The Commission uses the information provided by applicants on the
FCC Form 601 to update its database and to determine where the
applicant is legally, technically and financially qualified to provide
licensed services and to make proper use of the frequency spectrum.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-9408 Filed 5-10-05; 8:45 am]
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