Notice2024-15060
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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Published
July 9, 2024
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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 collection(s). 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. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56375-56376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15060]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1058; FR ID 230644]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
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 collection(s). 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. 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.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before September 9,
2024. 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 contacts below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#174745565771747439707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9dcdcfdcddfbfefeb3faf2eb">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9aa889d8190c7be8085858088849aa98f8a8ac78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="084b697c6071265f6164646169657b486e6b6b266f677e">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1058.
Title: FCC Application or Notification for Spectrum Leasing
Arrangement or Private Commons Arrangement: WTB and PSHS Bureaus.
Form Number: FCC Form 608.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Individual and households; Businesses or other for-
profit entities; State, local, or Tribal government, and Not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1,697 respondents; 1,697 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.05 hours-3 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party
disclosure requirement, on occasion reporting requirement, one-time
reporting requirement and periodic reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 157, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, and 310 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 2,878 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,763,375.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 608 is a multi-purpose form. It is used to
provide notification or request approval for any spectrum leasing
arrangement (``Lease'') entered into between an existing licensee in
certain Wireless and/or Public Safety Radio Services and a spectrum
lessee. This form also is required to notify or request approval for
any spectrum subleasing arrangement (``Sublease''). The data collected
on the form is used by the FCC to determine whether the public interest
would be served by the Lease or Sublease. The form is also used to
provide notification for any Private Commons Arrangement entered into
between a licensee, lessee, or sublessee and a class of third-party
users (as defined in Section 1.9080 of the Commission's Rules).
The Commission is revising this form to collect information in
order to confirm that satellite service operators and terrestrial
service providers who seek to enter lease agreements in order to offer
supplemental coverage from space (SCS) do so in compliance with the
rules that govern SCS operations. On March 15, 2024, the Commission
released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
in GN Docket No. 23-65 and IB Docket No. 22-271, FCC 24-28, which adds
new section 1.9047(d)(2) to the Commission's rules requiring the
spectrum lessee or sublessee seeking to engage in spectrum leasing
under this section to provide certain information within the Commission
Form 608 when seeking a leasing agreement to provide SCS. Applicants
will file Form 608 into the Commission's Universal Licensing System
(ULS) database.
The Commission anticipates that SCS will enable consumers in areas
not covered by terrestrial networks to be connected using their
existing devices via satellite-based communications. SCS is a crucial
component of the Commission's vision for a ``single network future,''
in which satellite and terrestrial networks work seamlessly together to
provide coverage that neither network can achieve on its own. In order
to ensure that prospective SCS operators will be able to comply with
the applicable rules, that the public interest will be served by
granting their applications, and that harmful interference will be
avoided to the greatest extent possible thereafter, the Commission
seeks approval to collect the following information from prospective
SCS spectrum lessees.
The Commission has adopted new requirements in its part 1 rules
that obligate lessees to provide the following on FCC Form 608: a
certification that they are entering a leasing agreement in order to
provide SCS; a description of the type of permitted arrangement the
parties will enter (e.g., is there a single terrestrial licensee or
multiple terrestrial licensees that together hold the required
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licenses); and, if there are multiple terrestrial licensees, a further
description of the leasing arrangement and explanation of how those
licensees together hold all of the relevant licenses in a particular
geographically dependent area (GIA). Entities completing FCC Form 608
for the purposes of providing SCS must also indicate that the
application is for SCS by checking a box on Form 608.
This information collection is designed to allow Commission staff
to carry out its statutory duties to regulate satellite communications
in the public interest; namely, to ensure that prospective providers of
SCS will operate in compliance with the applicable regulatory
framework. This process utilizes an existing Commission form, which
will remove confusion by employing the procedures that are already in
place. The modifications for Form 608 covered herein will enable the
Commission to more accurately track filings related to the provision of
SCS, a critical component of application review given the interplay
between part 1 lease filings and part 25 license applications inherent
in the SCS framework. This is especially crucial where multiple
entities together hold all co-channel licenses in a particular band
throughout a geographically independent area (GIA) and wish to deploy a
leasing agreement with a satellite operator to provide SCS. Such
arrangements are only permitted in the circumstances described in
section 1.9047(d)(1)(ii)(A)-(B); specifically, the Commission must be
able to confirm that the multiple licensees in fact cover the entirety
of the GIA in question and that, when reviewing related part 25 license
applications, the entire area of the proposed service is covered by the
associated leases. This collection will thereby enable the Commission
to monitor and enforce the entry criteria that SCS providers must
satisfy, and which are designed to minimize the possibility of harmful
interference. Finally, the collection will play a critical role in the
Commission's effort to review and track leasing arrangements that will
result in entities providing SCS.
Federal Communications Commission.
Aleta Bowers,
Information Management Specialist, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-15060 Filed 7-8-24; 8:45 am]
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