Notice2023-21474
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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September 29, 2023
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 67288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21474]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0441; FR ID 173081]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information collections. Comments are
requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
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; and ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before November
28, 2023. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but
find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this
notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#59090b18193f3a3a773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="471715060721242469202831">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#155674617d6c3b427c79797c747866557376763b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcffddc8d4c592ebd5d0d0d5ddd1cffcdadfdf92dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0441.
Title: Section 90.621, Selection and Assignment of Frequencies and
Section 90.693, Grandfathering Provisions for Incumbent Licensees.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 596 respondents; 596 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 154(i) and 309(j).
Total Annual Burden: 894 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $74,500.
Needs and Uses: Section 90.621(b)(4) allows stations to be licensed
at distances less than those prescribed in the Short-Spacing Separation
Table where applicants ``secure a waiver.'' Applicants seeking a waiver
in these circumstances are still required to submit with their
application an interference analysis, based upon any of the generally-
accepted terrain-based propagation models, demonstrating that co-
channel stations would receive the same or greater interference
protection than provided in the Short-Spacing Separation Table.
Section 90.621(b)(5) permits stations to be located closer than the
required separation, so long as the applicant provides letters of
concurrence indicating that the applicant and each co-channel licensee
within the specified separation agree to accept any interference
resulting from the reduced separation between systems. Applicants are
still required to file such concurrence letters with the Commission.
Additionally, the Commission did not eliminate filings required by
provisions such as international agreements, its environmental
(National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)) rules, its antenna
structure registration rules, or quiet zone notification/filing
procedures.
Section 90.693 requires that 800 MHz incumbent Specialized Mobile
Radio (SMR) service licensees ``notify the Commission within 30 days of
any changes in technical parameters or additional stations constructed
that fall within the short-spacing criteria.'' It has been standard
practice for incumbents to notify the Commission of all changes and
additional stations constructed in cases where such stations are in
fact located less than the required 70 mile distance separation, and
are therefore technically ``short-spaced,'' but are in fact fully
compliant with the parameters of the Commission's Short-Spacing
Separation Table.
The Commission uses this information to determine whether to grant
licenses to applicants making ``minor modifications'' to their systems
which do not satisfy mileage separation requirements pursuant to the
Short-Spacing Separation Table.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-21474 Filed 9-28-23; 8:45 am]
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