Notice2025-20436
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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November 20, 2025
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Federal Communications Commission
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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. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 222 (Thursday, November 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52402-52403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20436]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0430, OMB 3060-1226; FR ID 318099]
Information Collections 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. 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.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before December 22,
2025.
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 Nicole Ongele, FCC,
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#68383a29280e0b0b460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="19494b58597f7a7a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e30171d11121b503110191b121b3e181d1d50191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3977505a56555c1776575e5c555c795f5a5a175e564f">[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 Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
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: 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: 3060-0430.
Title: Section 1.1206, Permit-but-Disclose Proceedings.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; and State,
local, or tribal governments.
Number of Respondent and Responses: 11,500 respondents; 34,500
responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. Statutory
authority for this collection of information is contained in sections
4(i) and (j), 303(r), and 409 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and (j), 303(r), and 409.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.75 hours (45 minutes).
Total Annual Burden: 25,875 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission's rules, under 47 CFR 1.1206,
require that a public record be made of ex parte presentations (i.e.,
written presentations not served on all parties to the proceeding or
oral presentations as to which all parties have not been given notice
and an opportunity to be present) to decision-making personnel in
``permit-but-disclose'' proceedings, such as notice-and-comment
rulemakings and declaratory ruling proceedings.
On February 2, 2011, the FCC released a Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, GC Docket Number 10-43, FCC 11-
11, which amended and reformed the Commission's rules on ex parte
presentations (47 CFR 1.1206(b)(2)) made in the course of Commission
rulemakings and other permit-but-disclose proceedings. The
modifications to the existing rules adopted in this Report and Order
require that parties file more descriptive summaries of their ex parte
contacts, ensure that other parties and the public have an adequate
opportunity to review and respond to information submitted ex parte,
and improve the FCC's oversight and enforcement of the ex parte rules.
The modified ex parte rules that contain information collection
requirements which OMB approved on December 6, 2011, are as follows:
(1) Ex parte notices will be required for all oral ex parte
presentations in permit-but-disclose proceedings, not just for those
presentations that involve new information or arguments not already in
the record; (2) If an oral ex parte presentation is limited to material
already in the written record, the notice must contain either a
succinct summary of the matters discussed or a citation to the page or
paragraph number in the party's written submission(s) where the matters
discussed can be found; (3) Notices for all ex parte presentations must
include the name of the person(s) who made the ex parte presentation as
well as a list of all persons attending or otherwise participating in
the meeting at which the presentation was made; (4) Notices of ex parte
presentations made outside the Sunshine period must be filed within two
business days of the presentation; (5) The Sunshine period will begin
on the day (including business days, weekends, and holidays) after
issuance of the Sunshine notice, rather than when the Sunshine Agenda
is issued (as the current rules provide); (6) If an ex parte
presentation is made on the day the Sunshine notice is
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released, an ex parte notice must be submitted by the next business
day, and any reply would be due by the following business day. If a
permissible ex parte presentation is made during the Sunshine period
(under an exception to the Sunshine period prohibition), the ex parte
notice is due by the end of the same day on which the presentation was
made, and any reply would need to be filed by the next business day.
Any reply must be in writing and limited to the issues raised in the ex
parte notice to which the reply is directed; (7) Commissioners and
agency staff may continue to request ex parte presentations during the
Sunshine period, but these presentations should be limited to the
specific information required by the Commission; (8) Ex parte notices
must be submitted electronically in machine-readable format. PDF images
created by scanning a paper document may not be submitted, except in
cases in which a word-processing version of the document is not
available. Confidential information may continue to be submitted by
paper filing, but a redacted version must be filed electronically at
the same time the paper filing is submitted. An exception to the
electronic filing requirement will be made in cases in which the filing
party claims hardship. The basis for the hardship claim must be
substantiated in the ex parte filing; (9) To facilitate stricter
enforcement of the ex parte rules, the Enforcement Bureau is authorized
to levy forfeitures for ex parte rule violations; (10) Copies of
electronically filed ex parte notices must also be sent electronically
to all staff and Commissioners present at the ex parte meeting so as to
enable them to review the notices for accuracy and completeness. Filers
may be asked to submit corrections or further information as necessary
for compliance with the rules; and (11) Parties making permissible ex
parte presentations in restricted proceedings must conform and clarify
rule changes when filing an ex parte notice with the Commission.
The information is used by parties to permit-but-disclose
proceedings, including interested members of the public, to respond to
the arguments made and data offered in the ex parte presentations. The
responses may then be used by the Commission in its decision-making.
The availability of the ex parte materials ensures that the
Commission's decisional processes are fair, impartial, and comport with
the concept of due process in that all interested parties can know of
and respond to the arguments made to the decision-making officials.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1226.
Title: Receiving Written Consent for Communication with Base
Stations in Canada; Issuing Written Consent to Licensees from Canada
for Communication with Base Stations in the U.S.; Description of
Interoperable Communications with Licensees from Canada.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal government agencies.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,013 respondents; 3,013
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours-1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Written consent from the licensee of a base station repeater is
required before first responders from the other country can begin
communicating with that base stations repeater. Applicants are advised
to include a description of how they intend to interoperate with
licensees from Canada when filing applications to operate under any of
the scenarios described in Public Notice DA 16-739 in order to ensure
that the application is not inadvertently rejected by Canada. Statutory
authority for these collections are contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154,
301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 325(b), 332, 336(f), 338, 339,
340, 399b, 403, 534, 535, 1404, 1452, and 1454 of the Communications
Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 5,272 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted as an extension
of an existing collection after this 60-day comment period to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full
three-year clearance. The purpose of requiring an agency to issue
written consent before allowing first responders from the other country
to communicate with its base station repeater ensures to that the
licensee of that base stations repeater (host licensee) maintains
control and is responsible for its operation at all times. The host
licensee can use the written consent to ensure that first responders
from the other country understand the proper procedures and protocols
before they begin communicating with its base station repeater.
Furthermore, when reviewing applications filed by border area
licensees, Commission staff will use any description of how an
applicant intends to interoperate with licensees from Canada, including
copies of any written agreements, in order to coordinate the
application with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
(ISED) and reduce the risk of an inadvertent rejection by ISED.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-20436 Filed 11-19-25; 8:45 am]
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