Rule2022-17374
Unlicensed White Space Devices
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Published
August 12, 2022
Effective
August 12, 2022
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the new information collection associated with the Commission's Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules for Unlicensed White Space Devices Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration. This document is consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the rules related to the information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49771-49772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17374]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 95
[ET Docket Nos. 16-56, 14-165, GN Docket No. 12-268; RM-11745; FCC 19-
24; FR ID 1000333]
Unlicensed White Space Devices
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces
that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a
period of three years, the new information collection associated with
the Commission's Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules for
Unlicensed White Space Devices Report and Order and Order on
Reconsideration. This document is consistent with the Order, which
stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the rules
related to the information collection.
DATES: The amendment to 47 CFR 95.2309, published at 84 FR 34792, July
19, 2019, is effective August 12, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hugh Van Tuyl, Office of Engineering
and Technology, at (202) 418-7506, or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4ac91838ccab2858ab0919d88a4828787ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d65584a45037b4c43795854416d4b4e4e034a425b">[email protected]</span></a>.
For additional information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act
information collection requirements, contact Nicole Ongele at (202)
418-2991 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d13141e1211185312131a1811183d1b1e1e531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dab4b3b9b5b6bff4b5b4bdbfb6bf9abcb9b9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on November 4,
2019, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information
collection requirements relating to the White Space Database rules
contained in the Commission's Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's
Rules for Unlicensed White Space Devices, Order, FCC 19-24 (84 FR
34792, July 19, 2019). The OMB Control Number is 3060-0953. The
Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective
date of the information collection requirements provided at 47 CFR
95.2309.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB
approval on November 4, 2019, for the information collection
requirements contained in the Commission's rules in 47 CFR part 95.
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 is 3060-0953.
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: 3060-0953.
OMB Approval Date: November 4, 2019.
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OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2022.
Title: Sections 95.2309, Frequency Coordination/Coordinator,
Wireless Medical Telemetry Service.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,000 respondents; 3,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2-5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third-party
disclosure requirement and on occasion and one-time requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
sections 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 302, 303(b), (c), (e), (f), (r), and 307.
Total Annual Burden: 15,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $750,000.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No information is requested
that would require assurance of confidentiality.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On March 20, 2019, the Federal Communications
Commission released a Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration,
Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules for Unlicensed White
Space Devices, Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules for
Unlicensed Operations in the Television Bands, Repurposed 600 MHz Band,
600 MHz Guard Bands and Duplex Gap, and Channel 37; Expanding the
Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive
Auctions, ET Docket Nos. 16-56, 14-165, GN Docket No 12-268 and RM-
11745, FCC 19-24. The Federal Communications Commission reinstated a
white space database rule that had been inadvertently removed from part
95. Specifically, it restored the deleted rule text to a new Section
95.2309 (h), which states that parties operating WMTS networks on
Channel 37 (608-614 MHz) must notify one of the white space database
administrators of their operating location to obtain interference
protection from white space devices.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-17374 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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