Notice2024-21248
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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September 18, 2024
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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 89, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76472-76473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21248]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1058; FR ID 245438]
Information Collection 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.''
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before October 18,
2024.
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#ecbcbeadac8a8f8fc28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d5d5f4c4d6b6e6e236a627b">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f1b290859988dfa6989d9d98909c82b1979292df969e87"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="397a584d5140176e5055555058544a795f5a5a175e564f">[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: 3060-1058.
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
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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
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.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-21248 Filed 9-17-24; 8:45 am]
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