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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 
Public Information Collection Approved by Office Of Management 
and Budget

September 12, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collection 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: Sue Gilgenbach, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418-0639 
or via e-mail at Sue.Gilgenbach@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1107.
    OMB Approval Date: 9/11/2007.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/2007.
    Title: Request to state and local public safety entities for 
information on equipment operating in affected portion of 700 MHz 
public safety spectrum.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 94 responses; 1,974 total annual burden 
hours; an average of 21 hours per response.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to the Commission's 700 MHz Second Report 
and Order (22 FCC Rcd 15289 (2007)), this information collection 
requires every 700 MHz Band public safety licensee, whether holding 
individual narrowband authorizations or operating pursuant to a State 
License, to provide the following information to the Commission: (1) 
The total number of narrowband mobile and portable handsets in 
operation in channels 63 and 68, and the upper 1 megahertz of channels 
64 and 69, as of 30 days after the date of adoption of its 700 MHz 
Second Report and Order, (2) the total number of narrowband base 
stations serving these handsets in operation, (3) contact information 
for each identified set of handsets and base stations, as appropriate, 
(4) the areas of operation of the mobile and portable units (such as 
defined by the jurisdictional boundaries of the relevant public safety 
departments), and (5) the location, in latitude and longitude, of the 
base stations.
    In order to create a nationwide, interoperable public safety 
broadband network, the 700 MHz Second Report and Order establishes a 
public safety band plan consistent with such a network. It consolidates 
narrowband operations in the upper 12 megahertz of the 700 MHz Public 
Safety band and designates the lower 10 megahertz of that band solely 
for broadband communications. It also shifts the public safety spectrum 
block down by 1 megahertz in order to avoid interference problems along 
the border with Canada. This requires relocation of all public safety 
narrowband operations in channels 63 and 68, and the upper 1 megahertz 
of channels 64 and 69. The 700 MHz Second Report and Order requires the 
winner of the Upper 700 MHz Band D Block license to pay the costs 
associated with relocating public safety narrowband operations to the 
consolidated channels. It also assigns responsibility to a newly 
created Public Safety Broadband Licensee to administer the relocation 
process consistent with the requirements and deadlines set forth in 700 
MHz Second Report and Order. This information collection will identify 
the actual numbers of radios and base stations that the winner of the D 
Block license will be responsible for paying the costs of relocating.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-18465 Filed 9-19-07; 8:45 am]

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