[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37800-37801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15788]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
June 24, 2010.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501 - 3520. 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; (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, and (e)
ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC 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 currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before August 30, 2010. 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via the Internet at
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications
Commission via email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214. For additional information, contact Judith B.
Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1140.
Title: Requests for Waiver of Various Petitioners to Allow the
Establishment of 700 MHz Interoperable Public Safety Wireless Broadband
Networks.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 50 respondents; 200 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour - 200 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and one time
reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. sections 151, 154, 301, 303, 332 and 337.
Total Annual Burden: 18,250 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: In the Order in PS Docket No. 06-229, FCC 10-79,
the Commission grants, with conditions, 21 waiver petitions filed by
public safety entities (``Petitioners'') seeking early deployment of
statewide or local public safety broadband networks in the 700 MHz
spectrum. This waiver serves the public interest by allowing state and
local jurisdictions to begin broadband deployment and speed services to
the public safety community. This will also allow the Petitioners to
take advantage of available or potential funding, either through grants
or planned budgetary expenditures, as well as to take advantage of
economies of scale and other cost saving measures for deployments that
are already planned. In addition, Petitioners could benefit from the
announced plans of some commercial carriers to begin construction of
LTE-based networks this year and early next year, which would result in
significant cost-savings. On May 21, 2010, the Commission's Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau released a Public Notice providing
further guidance on the requirements set forth in the Order.
One of the conditions for such waiver is the submission of
interoperability plans to the Commission's Emergency Response
Interoperability Center (``ERIC''). The Commission recently decided to
establish ERIC to promote appropriate technical requirements that will
ensure interoperability for these early deployments from their
inception, as well as for any future deployed networks. Given the
rapidly evolving nature of 3GPP deployments and standards, submission
of the Petitioners' interoperability plans will help ensure
interoperability and roaming among these early deployments.
Another condition of waiver is certification by Petitioners that
their vendors are participating actively in the PSCR/DC Demonstration
Network which will provide an open platform for development and testing
of public safety 700 MHz LTE broadband equipment. This is important to
ensure that, early in the deployment stage, new broadband equipment is
being developed to support the network meets public safety's use
expectations, will work in a multivendor environment, and allows for
roaming across multiple networks.
We also require each Petitioner to enter into a de facto spectrum
lease with the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (``PSST'') in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Order. These leases must be
submitted for approval by the Commission's Chief of the Public Safety
and Homeland Security Bureau within 60 days of approval by OMB.
We also require each Petitioner, before deployment, to coordinate
and address interference mitigation needs without any adjacent or
bordering jurisdictions that also plan deployment, memorialize these
agreements in
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writing, and submit them to ERIC within 30 days of their completion.
Similarly, we require that parties provide ERIC with notice of any
changes or updates within 30 days.
In light of the novel nature of these deployments and the ongoing
standards and equipment development for LTE, we emphasize that diligent
pursuit of deployment is expected. In this respect, we also require
Petitioners to file, in consultation with the PSST, 30 days after
approval by OMB and quarterly thereafter, status reports with the
Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau addressing the
Petitioners' progress in three areas: 1) planning; 2) funding; and 3)
deployment.
The Commission requested emergency OMB approval on June 1, 2010 for
this new information collection. We received OMB approval on June 18,
2010. Emergency OMB approvals are only granted for six months.
Therefore, the Commission is now required to conduct all the regular
submission processes when seeking the three year clearance from OMB. We
are now requesting an extension (no change in the reporting
requirements). There is no change in the Commission's burden estimates.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-15788 Filed 6-29-10; 8:45 am]
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