Notice2022-12532
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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June 10, 2022
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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 might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees." 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35552-35554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12532]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0895, OMB 3060-1155, OMB 3060-1223; FR ID 90750]
Information Collections 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
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' 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.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before July 11, 2022.
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 Nicole Ongele, FCC,
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#12424053527471713c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dd8d8f9c9dbbbebef3bab2ab">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#054b6c666a69602b4a6b62606960456366662b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="26684f45494a4308694841434a436640454508414950">[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 Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
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: 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.
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: 3060-0895.
Title: Numbering Resource Optimization.
Form Number: FCC Form 502.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities and State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 8,415 respondents; 74,172
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour-44.4 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting
requirements and recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 153, 154, 201-205
and Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 290,637 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $4,747,499.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Disaggregated, carrier-
specific forecast and utilization data will be treated as confidential
and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
Needs and Uses: The data collected on FCC Form 502 helps the
Commission manage the ten-digit North American Numbering Plan (NANP),
which is currently being used by the United States and 19 other
countries. Under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the
Commission was given ``exclusive jurisdiction over those portions of
the North American Numbering Plan that pertains to the United States.''
Pursuant to that authority, the Commission conducted a rulemaking in
March 2000 that the Commission found that mandatory data collection is
necessary to efficiently monitor and manage numbering use. The
Commission received OMB approval for this requirement and the
following:
(1) Utilization/Forecast Report;
(2) Application for initial numbering resource;
(3) Application for growth numbering resources;
(4) Recordkeeping requirement;
(5) Notifications by state commissions;
(6) Demonstration to state commission; and
(7) Petitions for additional delegation of numbering authority.
The data from this information collection is used by the FCC, state
regulatory commissions, and the NANPA to monitor numbering resource
utilization by all carriers using the resource and to project the dates
of area code and NANP exhaust.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1155.
Title: Sections 15.709, 15.713, 15.714, 15.715 15.717, 27.1320, TV
White Space Broadcast Bands.
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Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,510 respondents; 3,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. Sections 4(i), 201, 302, and 303 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 201, 302a, 303.
Total Annual Burden: 7,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $151,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No Impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission. Respondents may request confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information
collection as a revision to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
after this 60 day comment period in order to obtain the full three year
clearance.
On January 25, 2022, the Commission adopted a Second Order on
Reconsideration, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order in ET
Docket Nos. 14-165, 20-36, 04-186 and GN Docket No. 12-268, FCC 22-6,
that made changes to the requirements for how white space devices must
interact with the white space database. The white space database
determines which frequencies are available for unlicensed devices and
is the primary means to prevent white space devices from causing
harmful interference to TV reception and other protected services. The
Commission eliminated the requirement for white space database
administrators to ``push'' changes in channel availability information
to white space devices. It instead requires fixed and Mode II personal/
portable white space devices, other than narrowband devices, to re-
check the white space database once per hour rather than once per day.
The Commission retained a daily re-check requirement for mobile and
narrowband devices but sought comment on whether to apply an hourly re-
check requirement to these types of devices. The Commission also
retained the requirement for white space database administrators to
share licensed wireless microphone registration information with other
database administrators within ten minutes after it is received, but
moved this requirement to a different rule section.
The modified database administrator requirements, Section 15.715(l)
are as follows:
Sec. 15.715 White space database administrator.
(l) If more than one database is developed, the database
administrators shall cooperate to develop a standardized process for
providing on a daily basis or more often, as appropriate, the data
collected for the facilities listed in Sec. 15.713(b)(2) to all other
white space databases to ensure consistency in the records of protected
facilities. In response to a request for immediate access to a channel
by a licensed wireless microphone user, white space database
administrators are required to share the licensed microphone channel
registration information to all other white space database
administrators within 10 minutes of receiving each wireless microphone
registration.
On October 27, 2020, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in ET Docket No. 20-36, FCC 20-156, that
made targeted changes to the Part 15 rules for unlicensed white space
devices in the TV bands to provide improved broadband coverage that
will benefit American consumers in rural and underserved areas as well
as to provide improved access to narrowband IoT applications while
still protecting broadcast television stations from harmful
interference. Specifically, the Commission permits higher EIRP and
higher antenna HAAT for fixed white space devices in ``less congested''
geographic areas. In addition, the Commission permits higher power
mobile operation within ``geo-fenced'' areas in ``less congested''
areas. The Order revised Section 15.709(g)(1)(ii) to increase the
maximum permissible antenna height above average terrain for fixed
white space devices on TV channels 2-35 in ``less congested'' areas
from 250 meters to 500 meters.
The white space rules as amended by the 2020 White Spaces R&O
require that fixed white space devices and installing parties comply
with the following requirements with respect to the antenna height
above average terrain:
15.709 General technical requirements.
(g) Antenna requirements--
(1) Fixed white space devices--
(ii) Height above average terrain (HAAT). For devices operating in
the TV bands below 602 MHz, the transmit antenna shall not be located
where its height above average terrain exceeds 250 meters generally, or
500 meters in less congested areas. For devices operating in all other
bands the transmit antenna shall not be located where its height above
average terrain exceeds 250 meters. The HAAT is to be calculated by the
white space database using the methodology in Sec. 73.684(d) of this
chapter. For HAAT greater than 250 meters the following procedures are
required:
(A) The installing party must contact a white space database and
identify all TV broadcast station contours that would be potentially
affected by operation at the planned HAAT and EIRP. A potentially
affected TV station is one where the protected service contour is
within the applicable separation distance for the white space device
operating at an assumed HAAT of 50 meters above the planned height at
the proposed power level.
(B) The installing party must notify each of these licensees and
provide the geographic coordinates of the white space device, relevant
technical parameters of the proposed deployment, and contact
information.
(C) No earlier than four calendar days after this notification, the
installing party may commence operations.
(D) Upon request, the installing party must provide each
potentially affected licensee with information on the time periods of
operations.
(E) If the installing party seeks to modify its operations by
increasing its power level, by moving more than 100 meters horizontally
from its location, or by making an increase in the HAAT or EIRP of the
white space device that results in an increase in the minimum required
separation distances from co-channel or adjacent channel TV station
contours, it must conduct a new notification.
(F) All notifications required by this section must be in written
form (including email). In all cases, the names of persons contacted,
and dates of contact should be kept by the white space device operator
for its records and supplied to the Commission upon request.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1223.
Title: Payment Instructions from the Eligible Entity Seeking
Reimbursement from the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund.
Form Number: FCC Form 1876.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
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Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions and State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 350 respondents; 350
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Middle Class
Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-96 (Spectrum
Act) section 6403(a)(1) and Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for
Users of Modern Services Act of 2018, Public Law 115-141, Div. P, (RAY
BAUM'S Act) section 1452.
Total Annual Burden: 1,750 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No Impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information collection
includes information identifying bank accounts and providing account
and routing numbers to access those accounts. FCC considers that
information to be records not routinely available for public inspection
under 47 CFR 0.457, and exempt from disclosure under FOIA exemption 4
(5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval for a three-year extension of this
information collection.
The Spectrum Act requires the Commission to reimburse broadcast
television licensees for costs ``reasonably incurred'' in relocating to
new channels assigned in the repacking process and Multichannel Video
Programming Distributors (MVPDs) for costs reasonably incurred in order
to continue to carry the signals of stations relocating to new channels
as a result of the repacking process or a winning reverse auction
bid.\1\
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\1\ Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public
Law 112-96 (Spectrum Act) Sec. 6403(b)(4)(A)(i), (ii).
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The Commission decided through notice-and-comment rulemaking that
it will issue all eligible broadcasters and MVPDs an initial allocation
of funds based on estimated costs, which will be available for draw
down (from individual accounts in the U.S. Treasury) as the entities
incur expenses, followed by a subsequent allocation to the extent
necessary. The reason for allowing eligible entities to draw down funds
as they incur expenses is to reduce the chance that entities will be
unable to finance necessary relocation changes.\2\
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\2\ Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of
Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, GN Docket No. 12-268, Report
and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (``Incentive Auction R&O'') at
609.
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The information collection for which we are requesting approval is
necessary for eligible entities to instruct the Commission on how to
pay the amounts the entities draw down, and for the entities to make
certifications that reduce the risk of waste, fraud, abuse and improper
payments.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary. Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-12532 Filed 6-9-22; 8:45 am]
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