Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget

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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 can further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 200 (Monday, October 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66136-66137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21323]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-XXXX; FR ID 372963]


Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to 
Office of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; 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 
can 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 November 18, 
2026.

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#65353724250306064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="21717360614742420f464e57">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#256644514d5c0b724c49494c444856654346460b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcffddc8d4c592ebd5d0d0d5ddd1cffcdadfdf92dbd3ca">[email&#160;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-XXXX.
    Title: Upper C-band Clearinghouse and Relocation Coordinator Real-
Time Disclosure of Communications Required by Sec. Sec.  27.1413(c)(10) 
and 27.1414(c)(4)(i).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2 respondents and up to 12 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    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 
sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 5(c), 201, 302, 303, 304, 307(e), and 309 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 
154(j), 155(c), 201, 302, 303, 304, 307(e), 309.
    Total Annual Burden: 12 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to Congress' directive in Public Law 119-
21, 40002(b)(2), 139 Stat. 72 (2025), that it grant licenses for 
spectrum in the 3.98-4.2 GHz band (Upper C-band) through a system of 
competitive bidding no later than July 4, 2027, on July 22, 2026, the 
Commission adopted the Upper C-band Report and Order, FCC 26-46, in 
which it reconfigured 160 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.98-4.14 GHz 
portion of the Upper C-band in order to make new flexible-use licenses 
in that band available in a Commission auction that is tentatively 
scheduled to begin in April 2027.
    Prior to the Commission's adoption of the Upper C-Band Report and 
Order, the 4.0-4.2 GHz portion of the Upper C-

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band was allocated for non-Federal use on a primary basis for Fixed 
Satellite Service (FSS) and Fixed Service (FS) links throughout the 
United States, although FS operations were sunset in the contiguous 
United States across the entire C-band as part of the Lower C-band 
transition. Space station operators use 4.0-4.2 GHz nationwide to 
provide space-to-Earth (i.e., downlink) signals of various bandwidths 
to licensed transmit-receive, registered receive-only, and unregistered 
receive-only earth stations throughout the United States. In addition, 
the 3.98-4.0 GHz portion of the Upper C-band in the contiguous United 
States was reserved as a guard band to protect operations in the Upper 
C-band from potential harmful interference. In the Upper C-band Report 
and Order, the Commission modified the licenses and market access 
authorizations of incumbent FSS operators to clear the Upper C-band for 
new flexible-use terrestrial wireless operations in the contiguous 
United States.
    The Commission established a framework in the Upper C-band Report 
and Order for relocating impacted incumbent FSS operations within the 
contiguous United States and for requiring that new Upper C-band 
licensees reimburse eligible FSS incumbents' reasonable and necessary 
transition costs. To facilitate a rapid and predictable transition of 
incumbent FSS services in the Upper C-band, the Upper C-band Report and 
Order establishes a Primary Transition Deadline of December 30, 2030 
for the relocation of all incumbent FSS operations in the top 75 
Partial Economic Areas (PEAs) in the contiguous United States, and a 
Final Transition Deadline of June 30, 2031 for the entire 160 megahertz 
in all remaining PEAs in the contiguous United States. Terrestrial 
wireless operations may begin in PEAs subject to the Final Transition 
Deadline as of July 1, 2031 or once all eligible space station 
operators have had their Certifications of Completion for those PEAs 
validated and the associated incentive payments have been made by the 
new Upper C-band wireless licensees.
    In keeping with the approach used to relocate incumbents in the 
Lower C-band, the Commission concluded in the Upper C-band Report and 
Order that an independent third-party clearinghouse (Upper C-band 
Clearinghouse) should be used to oversee the cost-related aspects of 
the FSS transition, and that the logistics of clearing FSS operations 
from 4.0-4.16 GHz should be structured around an eligible space station 
operator-led process facilitated by a Relocation Coordinator (RC) that 
will use its expertise to track and supplement transition efforts 
across all eligible space station operators to ensure a timely and 
coordinated relocation process.
    To protect the fair and level playing field for applicants to 
participate in the Commission's auction for licenses in the Upper C-
band, the Upper C-band Clearinghouse and the RC are each required to 
make real-time disclosures of the content and timing of and the parties 
to communications, if any, from or to such applicants, as applicants 
are defined by the Commission's rule prohibiting certain auction-
related communications, 47 CFR 1.2105(c)(5)(i), whenever the 
prohibition in 47 CFR 1.2105(c) applies to competitive bidding for 
licenses in the in the Upper C-band. See 47 CFR 27.1413(c)(10) and 
27.1414(c)(4)(i) (as adopted in the Upper C-band Report and Order). The 
Commission is seeking approval for a new information collection to 
permit the Upper C-band Clearinghouse and the RC to make the required 
real-time disclosure of any such communications, as necessary.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-21323 Filed 10-16-26; 8:45 am]
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