Notice2021-18181
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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August 24, 2021
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it can further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47308-47309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18181]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-XXXX; FR ID 43608]
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it
can further reduce the information collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before September 23,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> also send a copy of your
comment on the proposed information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC,
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#faaaa8bbba9c9999d49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f3f3d2e2f090c0c41080019">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89cae8fde1f0a7dee0e5e5e0e8e4fac9efeaeaa7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="246745504c5d0a734d48484d454957644247470a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4)
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to
OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of
information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the FCC invited the general public and other Federal Agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the following information
collection. 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 estimates; (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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
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3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: FCC Authorization for Radio Service License--3.45 GHz Band
Service.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, state, local,
or tribal government, and not for profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 56 respondents, 8,201
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 5-20 hours.
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement; on
occasion reporting requirement and periodic reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in 47 U.S.C.
151, 152, 154, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301, 302a, 303,
307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331, 332, 333, 336, 534,
535, and 554 of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 9,200 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $10,353,000.
Needs and Uses: On March 17, 2021, the Federal Communications
Commission (``Commission'' or ``FCC'') adopted a Second Report and
Order, FCC 21-32, GN Docket No. WT-19-348 (Second Report and Order)
that establishes rules for flexible-use wireless access to the 100
megahertz in the 3450-3550 MHz (3.45 GHz) band, creating the new 3.45
GHz Service. The rules will create additional capacity for wireless
broadband allowing full-power operations across the band in the entire
contiguous United States, while also ensuring full protection of
incumbent Federal operations remaining in particular locations. As part
of this process, the Commission also adopted rules related to the
relocation of incumbent non-Federal radiolocation operations, the
selection of a third-party reimbursement clearinghouse, and
reimbursement of expenses related to such relocation.
Sections 2.016 and 27.1603 require a 3.45 GHz Service licensee
whose license area overlaps with a Cooperative Planning Area or
Periodic Use Area, as defined in those sections, to coordinate
deployments pursuant to those licenses in those areas with relevant
Federal agencies. This coordination may take the form of a mutually
acceptable operator-to-operator coordination agreement between the
licensee and the relevant Federal agency. In the absence of such an
agreement, this coordination will include a formal request for access
through a Department of Defense online portal, which will include the
submission of information related to the technical characteristics of
the base stations and associated mobile units to be used in the covered
area. It does not require a revision to the FCC Form 601.
Section 27.1605 provides for the selection of a reimbursement
clearinghouse and requires non-Federal, secondary radiolocation
operations which are relocating from the 3.45 GHz band to alternate
spectrum to clear the band for new flexible-use wireless operations to
submit certain information to the clearinghouse in order to ensure
their relocation costs are fairly reimbursed. It does not require a
revision to the FCC Form 601.
Section 27.1607 requires 3.45 GHz Service licensees to share
certain information about their network operations in that band with
operators in the adjacent Citizens Broadband Radio Service in order to
enable the latter to synchronize their operations to reduce the risk of
harmful interference. In response to a request by a Citizens Broadband
Radio Service operator, a 3.45 GHz Service licensee must provide
information to enable Time Division Duplex synchronization. The exact
nature of the information to be provided will be determined by a
negotiation between the two entities, conducted on a good faith basis.
The 3.45 GHz Service licensee must keep the information current as its
network operations change. This does not require a revision to the FCC
Form 601.
Section 27.14(w) requires 3.45 GHz Service licensees to provide
information on the extent to which they provide service in their
license areas. Licensees are required to file two such reports: The
first four (4) years after its initial license grant and the second
eight (8) years after such grant, unless they failed to meet the first
set of performance requirements, in which case the second report is due
seven (7) years after the initial grant. These reports are filed
alongside the Form 601 and require no revisions to it.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-18181 Filed 8-23-21; 8:45 am]
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