Notice2023-15934
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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July 27, 2023
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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."
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48465-48467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15934]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0685 and OMB 3060-0798; FR ID 158560]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
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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.''
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before August 28,
2023.
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#174745565771747439707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a5a584b4a6c6969246d657c">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ce8dafbaa6b7e099a7a2a2a7afa3bd8ea8adade0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a290b1e0213443d030606030b07192a0c0909440d051c">[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. 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: 3060-0685.
Title: Updating Maximum Permitted Rates for Regulated Services and
Equipment, FCC Form 1210; Annual Updating of Maximum Permitted Rates
for Regulated Cable Services, FCC Form 1240.
Form Number: FCC Form 1210 and FCC Form 1240.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,400 respondents; 5,350
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 15 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement; Quarterly
reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in 4(i) and 623 of
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 44,800 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $3,196,875.
Needs and Uses: Cable operators use FCC Form 1210 to file for
adjustments in maximum permitted rates for regulated services to
reflect external costs. Regulated cable operators submit this form to
local franchising authorities.
FCC Form 1240 is filed by cable operators seeking to adjust maximum
permitted rates for regulated cable services to reflect changes in
external costs.
Cable operators submit Form 1240 to their respective local
franchising authorities (``LFAs'') to justify rates for the basic
service tier and related equipment or with the Commission (in
situations where the Commission has assumed jurisdiction).
OMB Control Number: 3060-0798.
Title: FCC Authorization for Radio Service Authorization; Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau; Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
Form Number: FCC Form 601.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individual and households, Business or other for-
profit entities, state, local, or tribal government, and not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 255,552 respondents; 255,552 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 1.25 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; 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: 225,808 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $72,474,000.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 601 is a consolidated, multi-part
application form that is used for market-based and site-based licensing
for wireless telecommunications services, including public safety,
which are filed through the Commission's Universal Licensing System
(ULS) or any other electronic filing interface the Commission develops.
FCC Form 601 is composed of a main form that contains administrative
information and a series of schedules used for filing technical and
other information. This form is used to apply for a new license, to
amend or withdraw a pending application, to modify or renew an existing
license, cancel a license, submit required notifications, request an
extension of time to satisfy construction
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requirements, request an administrative update to an existing license
(such as mailing address change), or request a Special Temporary
Authority License. Respondents are required to submit FCC Form 601
electronically. On January 18, 2023, the Commission adopted the 4.9 GHz
Seventh Report and Order (FCC 23-3) where it concluded that collecting
additional technical data on public safety operations in the 4.94-4.99
GHz band (4.9 GHz band) will improve interference protection and give
public safety licensees more confidence in the band without adding a
significant burden on licensees or applicants. The Commission also
established a Band Manager to coordinate operations in the 4.9 GHz
band. The Band Manager will use the more granular technical data
collected on public safety operations in ULS via the FCC Form 601 to
perform frequency coordination and will be empowered to work with
public safety licensees to ensure efficient use of this spectrum and
enable new, non-commercial operations on a secondary, preemptable
basis.
The Commission is creating two new radio service codes and
directing applicants seeking to license 4.9 GHz band base/mobile,
mobile-only or temporary fixed stations (new radio service code PB) to
submit with their applications on FCC Form 601: coordinates (base),
antenna height above average terrain (base), center frequency, emission
designator, effective radiated power, number of units (mobile and
temporary fixed), and area of operation (mobile and temporary fixed).
Similarly, the Commission is directing applicants seeking to license
4.9 GHz band permanent fixed point-to-point, point-to-multi-point and
fixed receiver stations (new radio service code PF) to submit with
their applications on FCC Form 601: transmitter and receiver antenna
coordinates, frequencies, polarizations, tolerance, effective isotropic
radiated power, emission designator, type of modulation, antenna model,
gain, antenna center line height(s) above ground level and ground
elevation above mean sea level, and path azimuth and distance.
The current FCC Form 601 already collects the information detailed
above on Schedules D, H and I, but existing 4.9 GHz band operations
under radio service code PA are not currently required to utilize these
schedules. The changes proposed herein will modify the instructions of
the FCC Form 601 to include the two new radio service codes and to
duplicate certain questions from Schedule D onto Schedule I regarding
eligibility, extended implementation and associated call sign.
On July 18, 2022, the Commission released a Report and Order and
Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Partitioning,
Disaggregation, and Leasing of Spectrum, WT Docket No. 19-38, FCC 22-
53, in which the Commission established the Enhanced Competition
Incentive Program (ECIP) to establish incentives for wireless radio
service licensees to make underutilized spectrum available to small
carriers, Tribal Nations, and entities serving rural areas (ECIP Report
and Order in WT Docket No. 19-38, FCC 22-53). In the Report and Order,
the Commission adopted a program under which any covered geographic
area licensee may offer spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible entity
through a partition and/or disaggregation, and any covered geographic
area licensee eligible to lease in an included service may offer
spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible entity through a long-term leasing
arrangement. If the FCC finds that approval of an ECIP eligible
assignment or lease is in the public interest, the agency will consent
to the transaction and confer benefits, including five-year license
term extensions, one year construction extensions, and substituted
alternative construction requirements for rural-focused transactions.
The Commission also established rules to permit reaggregation of
geographic licenses.
In establishing the ECIP, the Commission requires applicants
seeking to participate in the program to submit certain information
that shows the transaction qualifies for ECIP inclusion. The Commission
found that the ECIP builds on Congressional goals in the MOBILE NOW Act
to incentivize beneficial transactions in the public interest that will
promote greater competition in the provision of wireless services,
facilitate increased availability of advanced wireless services in
rural areas, facilitate new opportunities for small carriers and Tribal
Nations to increase access to spectrum, and bring more advanced
wireless service including 5G to underserved communities. The ECIP
related change created a new Schedule O, similar to schedule K, that
will be used by certain ECIP Licensees to file either their Initial
Operation Requirement Notifications (IORN) or their Final Operation
Requirement Notifications (FORN), as required by 47 CFR 1.60004,
1.60006.
The Commission now seeks approval for revisions to its currently
approved collection of information under OMB Control Number 3060-0798
to permit the collection of the two changes. We anticipate that these
revisions will have no impact on the hourly burden to complete FCC Form
601, as the existing burden already provides the appropriate estimate.
The Commission therefore seeks approval for a revision to its currently
approved information collection on FCC Form 601 to revise FCC Form 601
accordingly.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-15934 Filed 7-26-23; 8:45 am]
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