[Federal Register: August 23, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 163)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management
and Budget
August 8, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless
it displays a currently valid control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl B. Williams, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554,
(202) 418-0497 or via the Internet at CherylB.Williams@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control No.: 3060-0751.
OMB Approval Date: 1/05/2006.
Expiration Date: 1/31/2009.
Title: Reports Concerning International Private Lines
Interconnected to the U.S. Public Switched Network.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 10 responses; 80 total annual burden
hours; 8 hours average per respondent.
Needs and Uses: The purpose of this information collection is to
review the impact, if any, that end-user private line interconnections
have on the U.S. international settlements policy. Without the
collection of this information, the Commission would not be able to
monitor the impact that end-user private line interconnections have on
the U.S. international public switched network.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0768.
OMB Approval Date: 1/18/2006.
Expiration Date: 1/31/2009.
Title: 28 GHz Band Segmentation Plan Amending the Commission's
Rules to Redesignate the 27.5-29.5 GHz Frequency Band, to Reallocate
the 29.5-30.0 GHz Frequency Band, and to Establish Rules and Policies
for Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS) and for the Fixed
Satellite Service.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 60 responses; 90 total annual burden
hours; 1.5 hours average per respondent.
Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission
(``Commission'') and other applicants and/or licensees in the 28 GHz
band use the information to determine the technical coordination of
systems that are designed to share the same band segment in the 28 GHz
frequency band. If this information is compiled less frequently or not
filed in conjunction with the Commission's rules, applicants and
licensees will not obtain the authorization necessary to provide
telecommunications services; the Commission will not be able to carry
out it mandate as required by statute; and applicants and licensees
will not be able to provide service effectively.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0901.
OMB Approval Date: 4/26/2006.
Expiration Date: 4/30/2009.
Title: Reports of Common Carriers and Affiliates.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,200 responses; 6,000 total annual burden
hours; 5 hours average per respondent.
Needs and Uses: Common carriers must file copies of all contracts
entered
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into with a communications entity in a foreign point for the provision
of common carrier service between the United States and that foreign
point. Carriers are exempt from this requirement if the carrier enters
into such a contract with a carrier that lacks market power in the
relevant foreign market. The information is used by Commission staff to
monitor the operating agreements of the U.S. carriers and their foreign
correspondents that possess market power, specifically to monitor the
international accounting rates of such carriers to ensure consistency
with Commission policies and the public interest. Without the
collection of information, the Commission could not preclude one-way
bypass and safeguard its international settlements policy.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0962.
OMB Approval Date: 11/17/2005.
Expiration Date: 11/30/2008.
Title: Redesignation of the 18 GHz Frequency Band, Blanket
Licensing of Satellite Earth Stations in the Ka-Band and the Allocation
of Additional Spectrum for Broadcast Satellite Service Use.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 590 responses; 590 total annual burden
hours; 1-4 hours average per respondent.
Needs and Uses: This information collection is necessary for the
Commission to determine whether licensees complied with the rules
applicable to satellite earth stations and to deploy new satellite
systems. Without this information, the Commission would not be able to
verify whether Geostationary Satellite Orbit (GSO) Fixed Satellite
Service (FSS) earth stations in the Ka-Band were operating in
accordance with the Commission's rules.
OMB Control No.: 3060-1014.
OMB Approval Date: 4/05/2006.
Expiration Date: 4/30/2009.
Title: Ku-band NGSO FSS.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1 response; 1 total annual burden hour; 1
hour average per respondent.
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements accounted
for in this collection are necessary to ensure that prospective
licensees in the Non-geostationary (NGSO) Fixed Satellite Service (FSS)
follow their service rules. Without such information collection
requirements, many existing radio services, both satellite and
terrestrial could potentially be interrupted by interference caused by
NGSO FSS systems on the same frequencies.
OMB Control No.: 3060-1035.
OMB Approval Date: 1/06/2006.
Expiration Date: 1/31/2009.
Title: Part 73, Subpart F--International Broadcast Stations.
Form No.: FCC Forms 309, 310 and 311.
Estimated Annual Burden: 79 responses; 334 total annual burden
hours; 0.5-10 hours average per respondent.
Needs and Uses: This information collection is used by the
Commission to assign frequencies for use by international broadcast
stations, to grant authority to operate such stations and to determine
if interference or adverse propagation conditions exist that may impact
the operation of such stations. The Commission collects this
information pursuant to 47 CFR part 73, subpart F. If the Commission
did not collect this information, it would not be in a position to
effectively coordinate spectrum for international broadcasters or to
act for entities in times of frequency interference or adverse
propagation conditions.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
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