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[Federal Register: November 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 227)]
[Notices]               
[Page 62308-62309]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 
Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission For Extension Under Delegated 
Authority, Comments Requested

November 19, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency may not conduct 
or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control 
number. 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 estimate; (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.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on January 26, 2010. 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 contact 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the 
Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith B.Herman, 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your PRA comments by 
e-mail send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this information 
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to web page: http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (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, and 
(6) when the FCC list appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its 
OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214. 
For additional information about the information collection(s) send an 
e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No: 3060-1048.
     Title: Section 1.929(c)(1), Composite Interference Contour (CIC).
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
     Number of Respondents: 50 respondents; 50 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
     Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. Section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
     Total Annual Burden: 100 hours.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
     Need and Uses: Under section 1.929(c)(1) of the Commission's 
rules, any increase in the composite interference contour (CIC) of a 
site-based licensee in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service, Rural 
Radiotelephone Service, or 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio Service 
(SMRS) is a major modification of a license that requires prior 
Commission approval.
    However, on February 22, 2005, the Commission released a Report and 
Order in WT Docket No. 03-103 (70 FR 19293), in which it amended 
section 1.929(c)(1) to specify that expansion of a composite 
interference contour (CIC) of a site-based licensee in the Paging and 
Radiotelephone Service - as well as the Rural Radiotelephone Service 
and 800 Specialized Mobile Radio Service - over water on a secondary, 
non-interference basis should be classified as a minor (rather than a 
major) modification of a license. Such reclassification has eliminated 
the filing

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requirements associated with these license modifications, but requires 
site-based licensees to provide the geographic area licensee (on the 
same frequency) with the technical and engineering information 
necessary to evaluate the site-based licensee's operations over water.
    The purpose of this collection is to guard against unacceptable 
interference to its own operation(s).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. E9-28354 Filed 11-25-09 8:45 am]

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