[Federal Register: May 2, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 84)]
[Notices]
[Page 24306-24307]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
April 27, 2007
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 1, 2007. 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 FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202)
395-3123, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via internet at
Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov and to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554
or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. If you would like to obtain or view a copy
of this 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 Number: 3060-1030.
Title: Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in 1.7 GHz and
2.1 GHz Bands.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and state, local or
tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 904 respondents; 1,122 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours-5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Semi-annual and on occasion reporting
requirement, recordkeeping requirement, and third party requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 29,147 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,721,200.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality except as follows: The clearinghouses have committed,
pursuant to the FCC's directive, to implement safeguards to maintain
the confidentiality of information where necessary to protect
respondents' legitimate commercial interests. Additionally, the Ninth
Report
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and Order protects the specific location of incumbent BRS licensees'
end-user/subscriber equipment, customer names, addresses and contact
for purpose of relocation, which could raise competitive concerns. The
Commission's rules permit parties filing information with the
Commission to request confidential treatment of that information under
47 CFR 0.459.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to OMB as a revision during this comment period to obtain
the full three-year clearance from them. The Commission has changed the
number of respondents, total annual burden hours and annual costs.
The Commission adopted and released a Ninth Report and Order in FCC
06-45, ET Docket No. 00-258 and WT Docket No. 02-353 which adopted
disclosures related to negotiation and relocation of incumbent Fixed
Microwave Service (FS) radio links and incumbent Broadband Radio
Service (BRS) systems, and for the registration of these relocation
expenses with a clearinghouse, including documentation of reimbursable
costs for FS and BRS relocations, documentation when a new Advanced
Wireless Services (AWS) and Mobile Satellite Service Ancillary
Terrestrial Components (MSS/ATC) operators trigger a cost-sharing
obligation, prior coordination notices to identify when a specific site
will trigger a cost-sharing obligation, and retention of records by the
clearinghouses.
Privately administered clearinghouses, selected by the FCC, will
keep track of and administer the cost sharing obligations over the next
10-15 years as AWS and MSS-ATC operators build new stations that
require them to relocate incumbents.
In a Public Notice issued jointly with the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the FCC sets
forth procedures for AWS licensees to coordinate with Federal
Government operators in the 1.7 GHz band, and AWS licenses are granted
with a special condition that requires coordination with Federal
operators.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-8361 Filed 5-1-07; 8:45 am]
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