Rule2021-19393
Further Streamlining FCC Rules Governing Satellite Services
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Published
September 20, 2021
Effective
September 20, 2021
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved new information collection requirements associated with a new rule adopted in Further Streamlining FCC Rules Governing Satellite Services, FCC 20-159, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the new rule.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 179 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52102-52103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19393]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 25
[IB Docket No. 18-314; FCC 20-159; FR ID 46198]
Further Streamlining FCC Rules Governing Satellite Services
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
has approved new information collection requirements associated with a
new rule adopted in Further Streamlining FCC Rules Governing Satellite
Services, FCC 20-159, which stated that the Commission would publish a
document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the
new rule.
DATES: The addition of 47 CFR 25.136(h), published at 86 FR 11880 on
March 1, 2021, is effective September 20, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clay DeCell, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5e6c9c4dc8be1c0e6c0c9c9e5c3c6c68bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f4b798958ddab091b7919898b4929797da939b82">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-
418-0803.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that OMB approved
the information collection requirements in 47 CFR 25.136(h) on August
26, 2021. This rule was adopted in Further Streamlining FCC Rules
Governing Satellite Services, FCC 20-159. The Commission publishes this
document as an announcement of the effective date for this new rule.
The other rule amendments adopted in Further Streamlining FCC Rules
Governing Satellite Services did not require OMB approval and became
effective on March 31, 2021. See 86 FR 11880 (Mar. 1, 2021).
If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or
how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens
caused thereby, please contact Cathy Williams, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 3.317, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, regarding
OMB Control Number 3060-1215. Please include the OMB Control Number in
your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9b9bba8a98f8a8ac78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="52020013123431317c353d24">[email protected]</span></a>. To request materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio
format), send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b3d38386e6b6f1b3d3838753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="74121717414440341217175a131b02">[email protected]</span></a> or call the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432
(TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received final
OMB approval on August 26, 2021, for the information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR 25.136(h). Under 5 CFR part 1320, an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it
displays a current, valid OMB 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
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Number for the information collection requirements in 47 CFR
25.136(h) is 3060-1215. The foregoing notice is required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995,
and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1215.
OMB Approval Date: August 26, 2021.
OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 2024.
Title: Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz for Mobile Radio
Services.
Form Number: N/A.
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Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local and tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,670 respondents; 1,670
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5-10 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; third
party disclosure requirement; upon commencement of service, or within 3
years of effective date of rules; and at end of license term, or 2024
for incumbent licensees.
Obligation to Respond: Statutory authority for this collection are
contained in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 201, 225, 227, 301, 302,
302a, 303, 304, 307, 309, 310, 316, 319, 332, and 336 of the
Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157,
160, 201, 225, 227, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 304, 307, 309, 310, 316, 319,
332, 336, Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 1302.
Total Annual Burden: 790 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $581,250.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: On November 19, 2020, the Commission released a
Report and Order, FCC 20-159, in IB Docket No. 18-314, titled,
``Further Streamlining Part 25 Rules Governing Satellite Services.'' In
this Report and Order, among other rule changes, the Commission adopted
an optional, extended build-out period for earth station licensees. The
optional build-out period increases the allowable time for an earth
station to be brought into operation from within one year after
licensing, to within: Up to five years and six months for earth
stations operating with geostationary satellites; or, up to six years
and six months for earth stations operating with non-geostationary
satellites. As a companion provision to this new build-out period
option, the Commission adopted a requirement for earth station
licensees subject to 47 CFR 25.136 to re-coordinate with licensees of
Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service (UMFUS) stations if the earth
station is brought into operation later than one year after the date of
the license grant. The earth station licensee must complete re-
coordination within one year before its commencement of operation. The
re-coordination should account for any demographic or geographic
changes as well as changes to the earth station equipment or
configuration. A re-coordination notice must also be filed with the
Commission before commencement of earth station operations.
This information collection is used by UMFUS licensees to provide
accurate information on the earth station operations notwithstanding
the substantially longer earth station build-out period that was
adopted. The collection also counterbalances the potential chilling of
some UMFUS developments that might otherwise result from the extended
earth station build-out periods, and thereby serves as an important
check on potential warehousing. Without such information, the
Commission would not be able to regulate the shared use of
radiofrequencies among earth stations and UMFUS stations in the public
interest, in accordance with the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-19393 Filed 9-17-21; 8:45 am]
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