Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 28657-28658 [2017-13082]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 120 (Friday, June 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28657-28658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13082]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0767]


Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a revision of a 
currently

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approved public information collection pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid control number. 
Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimates and any 
suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the person 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams, Office of the Managing 
Director, at (202) 418-2918, or email: Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The total annual reporting burdens and costs 
for the respondents are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0767.
    OMB Approval Date: May 25, 2017.
    OMB Expiration Date: May 31, 2020.
    Title: Sections 1.2110, 1.2111 and 1.2112, Auction and Licensing 
Disclosures--Ownership and Designated Entity Status.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities, not-for-profit 
institutions, and State, local or Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 310 respondents; 310 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours to 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure reporting 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
Sections 154(i) and 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i) and 309(j)(5).
    Total Annual Burden: 470 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $31,500.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that respondents submit confidential information to the 
Commission as part of this information collection. However, to the 
extent a respondent wishes to request confidential treatment of 
information submitted in response to this collection, it may do so in 
accordance with section 0.459 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: In FCC 15-80, Updating Part 1 Report and Order, the 
Commission updated many of its Part 1 competitive bidding rules. Among 
other things, the Commission amended its definition of ``designated 
entities'' to include ``eligible rural service providers,'' and 
established a new designated entity benefit/bidding credit for eligible 
rural service providers.
    Beginning first on May 5, 1997, OMB approved under OMB Control No. 
3060-0767, the Commission's collections of information pursuant to 
sections 1.2110, 1.2111, and 1.2112 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 
1.2110, 1.2111, and 1.2112, and their predecessors, regarding ownership 
and designated entity status of parties involved with Commission 
licenses. The Commission collects this information in several contexts, 
including when determining the eligibility of applicants to participate 
in Commission auctions (including eligibility to claim designated 
entity benefits), the eligibility of parties to hold a Commission 
license/authorization (including eligibility for designated entity 
benefits), the eligibility of parties to whom licenses/authorizations 
are being assigned or transferred, and the repayment by license/
authorization holders of the amount of bidding credits received in 
Commission auctions to avoid unjust enrichment. Applicants and 
licensees/authorization holders claiming eligibility for designated 
entity status are subject to audits and a record-keeping requirement 
regarding FCC-licensed service concerning such claims of eligibility, 
to confirm that their representations are, and remain, accurate.
    The collection of this information will enable the Commission to 
determine whether applicants are qualified to bid on and hold 
Commission licenses/authorizations and, if applicable, to receive 
designated entity benefits, and is designed to ensure the fairness of 
the auction, licensing, and license/authorization assignment and 
transfer processes. The information collected will be reviewed and, if 
warranted, referred to the Commission's Enforcement Bureau for possible 
investigation and administrative action. The Commission may also refer 
allegations of anticompetitive auction conduct to the Department of 
Justice for investigation.
    OMB has approved separately the routine collections of information 
pursuant to these Commission rules in applications to participate in 
Commission auctions, FCC Form 175, OMB Control No. 3060-0600, and in 
Commission licensing applications, FCC Form 601, OMB Control No. 3060-
0798, and assignment/transfer of control applications, FCC Form 603, 
OMB Control No. 3060-0800. On occasion, the Commission may collect 
information from auction applicants and license/authorization holders 
pursuant to these rules under this information collection to clarify 
information provided in these forms or in circumstances to which the 
standard forms may not directly apply.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-13082 Filed 6-22-17; 8:45 am]
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