[Federal Register: December 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 235)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 70906]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 27
[WT Docket Nos. 03-66, 03-67, 02-68, 00-230, MM Docket No. 97-217, IB
Docket No. 02-364, ET Docket No. 00-258; FCC 06-46]
Facilitating the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access,
Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and 2500-2690
MHz Bands; Review of the Spectrum Sharing Plan Among Non-Geostationary
Satellite Orbit Mobile Satellite Service Systems in the 1.6/2.4 GHz
Bands
ACTION: Final rule, announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval on October 31, 2006, for the
information collection requirements contained in the Third Memorandum
Opinion and Order and Second Report and Order (FCC 06-46), OMB Control
Number 3060-1094, pursuant to the requirements of 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.
DATES: The effective date for the rules and the information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR 27.1231(d), (f), and (g), and 47 CFR
27.1235 through 27.1239, published in the Federal Register on June 19,
2006, at 71 FR 35178, is October 31, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Zaczek, Federal Communications
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Broadband Division, 445
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, at (202) 418-7590 or via the
Internet at Nancy.Zaczek@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-1094.
OMB Approval Date: 10/31/2006.
OMB Expiration Date: 10/31/2009.
Title: Licensing, Operation, and Transition of the 2500-2690 MHz
Band.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,500 respondents; 8,355 annual burden
hours; 0.25-5 hours per respondent.
Needs and Uses: In the Commission's Third Memorandum Opinion and
Order and Second Report and Order (FCC 06-46), New Broadband Radio
Service (BRS) and Educational Broadband Service (EBS) band plan
transitions take place in Basic Trading Areas (BTAs), which will
provide both incumbent licensees and potential new entrants in the
2495-2690 MHz band with greatly enhanced flexibility to encourage the
efficient and effective use of spectrum domestically and
internationally and the growth and rapid development of innovative and
efficient communications technologies and services. The information
collection requirements are contained in the following rule sections:
(1) The pre-transition data request (47 CFR 27.1231(d)); (2) the
transition notice (47 CFR 27.1231(e)); (3) the Initiation Plan (47 CFR
27.1231(f)); and (4) the post-transition notification (47 CFR 27.1235).
The Pre-transition data request will be collected by a third-party
proponent (proponent) to assist in the transitioning the 2500-2690 MHz
band. The proponent may use a variety of methods, including a
computerized database. The proponent will send the transition notice to
all BRS and EBS licensees in the BTA that the proponent is
transitioning. The FCC will collect the Initiation Plan and the Post-
transition Notification from the proponent to enable the FCC to assess
when transitions have begun and when they have ended. The FCC will use
our electronic comment and filing system (ECFS) database to collect
this information from the proponents.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-20677 Filed 12-6-06; 8:45 am]
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