Rule2021-23847
Facilitating Shared Use in the 3100-3550 MHz Band
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November 4, 2021
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget has approved the information collection requirements associated with the rules adopted in the Federal Communications Commission's 3.45 GHz Second Report and Order, FCC 21- 32, requiring 3.45 GHz Service licensees, as well as incumbent, non- Federal, secondary radiolocation operators, to comply with certain technical rules, coordination practices, and information-sharing requirements designed to ensure the efficient deployment of flexible- use wireless services in the 3.45 GHz band without causing harmful interference to other operations. This document is consistent with the 3.45 GHz Second Report and Order, FCC 21-32, which states that the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing a compliance date for the new rule sections.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60775-60776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23847]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 2 and 27
[WT Docket No. 19-348; FCC 21-32; FR ID 55583]
Facilitating Shared Use in the 3100-3550 MHz Band
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of compliance date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget has approved the information collection
requirements associated with the rules adopted in the Federal
Communications Commission's 3.45 GHz Second Report and Order, FCC 21-
32, requiring 3.45 GHz Service licensees, as well as incumbent, non-
Federal, secondary radiolocation operators, to comply with certain
technical rules, coordination practices, and information-sharing
requirements designed to ensure the efficient deployment of flexible-
use wireless services in the 3.45 GHz band without causing harmful
interference to other operations. This document is consistent with the
3.45 GHz Second Report and Order, FCC 21-32, which states that the
Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing a
compliance date for the new rule sections.
DATES: Compliance with 47 CFR 2.106, 27.14, 27.1603, 27.1605, and
27.1607, published at 86 FR 17920 on April 7, 2021, is required on
November 4, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Jones, Mobility Division,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-1327 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#450f2a3c26206b0f2a2b2036052326266b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="256f4a5c46400b6f4a4b4056654346460b424a53">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approved the information collection
requirements in 47 CFR 2.106, 27.14, 27.1603, 27.1605, and 27.1607.
This rule was adopted in the 3.45 GHz Second Report and Order, FCC 21-
32, published at 86 FR 17920 on April 7, 2021. The Commission publishes
this document as an announcement of the compliance date for this new
rule. All other rules contained in the 3.45 GHz Second Report and Order
became effective on June 7, 2021, see 86 FR 17920 (April 7, 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
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contact Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street
NE, Washington, DC 20554, regarding OMB Control Number 3060-1294.
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#91c1c3d0d1f7f2f2bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8adad8cbcaece9e9a4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>.
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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 October 19, 2021, for the information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR 2.106, 27.14(w), 27.1603, 27.1605, and
27.1607 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
2.106, 27.14, 27.1603, 27.1605, and 27.1607 is 3060-1294.
The foregoing 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: 3060-1294.
OMB Approval Date: October 19. 2021.
OMB Expiration Date: October 31, 2024.
Title: FCC Authorization for Radio Service License--3.45 GHz Band
Service.
Form Number: N/A.
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.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need
for confidentiality with this collection of information. Insofar as
confidential information is submitted to the Department of Defense as
part of the coordination by 3.45 GHz Service licensees with Federal
incumbents, the Department of Defense will ensure that information
remains confidential.
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 Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-23847 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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