Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval, 74010-74011 [05-24025]

Download as PDF 74010 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 239 / Wednesday, December 14, 2005 / Notices not reflect any changes in estimated burden to the public. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OMB Control No.: 3060–0704. Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange Marketplace; Implementation of Section 254(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, CC Docket No. 96–61. Form No.: N/A. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit. Number of Respondents: 519. Estimated Time Per Response: .5 hours–120 hours. Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third party disclosure requirement. Total Annual Burden: 84,337 hours. Total Annual Cost: N/A. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information collection to OMB for revision. The Commission revised this collection by eliminating a one-time Tariff Cancellation Requirement in which nondominant interexchange carriers were forborne from filing tariffs except as stipulated in the Order on Reconsideration. Elimination of this one time requirement reduced the total annual burden by 74,598 hours. The information collected under the information disclosure requirement and the Internet posting requirement must be disclosed to the public to ensure that consumers have access to the information they need to select a telecommunications carrier and bring to the Commission’s attention any possible violations of the Communications Act without a specific public disclosure requirement. The information collected under the recordkeeping and other requirements will be used by the Commission to ensure that affected interexchange carrier fulfill their obligations under the Communications Act, as amended. Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. 05–23878 Filed 12–13–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:29 Dec 13, 2005 Jkt 208001 December 5, 2005. 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 (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104–13. 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 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: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be submitted on or before February 13, 2006. 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: You may submit your all Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by e-mail send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection(s) send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418–2918. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060–0288. PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Title: Section 78.33, Special Temporary Authority (Cable Television Relay Stations). Form Number: Not applicable. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. Number of Respondents: 35. Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours. Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement. Total Annual Burden: 140 hours. Total Annual Cost: $5,250. Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 78.33 permits cable television relay stations (CARS) operators to file informal requests for special temporary authority (STA) to install and operate equipment in a manner different than the way normally authorized in the station license. The special temporary authority also may be used by cable operators to conduct field surveys to determine necessary data in connection with a formal application for installation of a radio system, or to conduct equipment, program, service, and path tests. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. 05–23978 Filed 12–13–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–10–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval December 7, 2005. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commissions, 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, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. 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; E:\FR\FM\14DEN1.SGM 14DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 239 / Wednesday, December 14, 2005 / Notices (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: Written comments should be submitted on or before January 13, 2006. 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: You may submit your comments by email or U.S. mail. To submit your comments by email send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your comments by U.S. mail send them to Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1– C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554 and Kristy L. LaLonde, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395–3087 or via the Internet at Kristy_L._LaLonde@omb.eop.gov. For additional information about the information collection(s) send an email to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418–2918. If you would like to obtain a copy of this revised information collection, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at: https://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra. SUPPLMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060–0647. Title: Annual Survey of Cable Industry Prices. Form Number: Not applicable. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; State, Local or Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 758. Estimated Time per Response: 7 hours per response. Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement. Total Annual Burden: 5,306 hours. Total Annual Cost: None. Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Needs and Uses: Section 623(k) of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 requires the Commission to publish an annual statistical report on average rates for basic cable service, cable programming service, and equipment. The report must compare the prices charged by cable operators subject to effective FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:29 Dec 13, 2005 Jkt 208001 competition and those not subject to effective competition. The data needed to prepare this report is collected using the Annual Survey of Cable Industry Prices. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. 05–24025 Filed 12–13–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [DA 05–3126] Licensees of Broadband Radio Service Channels 1 and/or 2/2A; Must File Site and Technical Data by December 27, 2005 Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: By this document, the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) set forth the specific data that Broadband Radio Service (BRS) 1 licensees in the 2150–2160/62 MHz band must file along with the deadline date and procedures for filing this data on the Commission’s Universal Licensing System (ULS). The data will assist in determining future AWS licensees’ relocation obligations. DATES: Filing deadline is December 27, 2005. ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Shultz, WTB, at (717) 338–2656 (for questions about the data collection) or Priya Shrinivasan, OET, at (202) 418– 7005 (for questions about the underlying Commission Order). For additional ULS information or assistance, go to https:// esupport.fcc.gov. You may also call the FCC Support Center at (877) 480–3201 (TTY 202–414–1255) and select Option #2, Forms or Licensing Assistance. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission’s Public Notice, released November 30, 2005. The full text of this Public Notice is 1 The Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) was renamed the Broadband Radio Service (BRS) in 2004. See Amendment of Parts 1, 21, 73, 74 and 101 of the Commission’s Rules to Facilitate the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150–2162 MHz and 2500–2690 MHz Bands, WT Docket No. 03–66, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 19 FCC Rcd 14165 (2004) (‘‘BRS/EBS R&O and FNPRM’’), recon. pending. Therefore, all former MDS licensees are now referred to as BRS licensees. PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 74011 available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Room CY–A– 257, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text may also be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCP), Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC. The complete item is also available on the Commission’s Web site at https://www.fcc.gov/wtb. Background. The 2150–2160/62 MHz band is allocated for fixed and mobile services and designated for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS).2 In the BRS/ EBS R&O and FNPRM, the Commission designated spectrum in the new 2.5 GHz BRS band plan for BRS Channels No. 1 and No. 2—2496–2502 MHz for BRS Channel No. 1 and 2618–2624 MHz for BRS Channel No. 2.3 The Commission also stated that the Transition Plan must include plans for relocating the BRS incumbents from spectrum that has been redesignated for BRS Channel No. 1 and BRS Channel No. 2.4 Future AWS licensees will be obligated to relocate incumbent BRS operations in the 2150– 2160/62 MHz band to comparable facilities, most likely within the newly restructured 2495–2690 MHz band. (The Commission is currently seeking comment on the details of this relocation process in ET Docket No. 00– 258.5) Commission Order. Recently, the Commission concluded that reliable, public data on each incumbent BRS system that will be subject to relocation is essential well in advance of the planned auction of the 2150–2155 MHz band next year.6 The Commission also 2 See Amendment of Part 2 of the Commission’s Rules to Allocate Spectrum Below 3 GHz for Mobile and Fixed Services to Support the Introduction of New Advanced Wireless Services, Including Third Generation Wireless Systems, ET Docket No. 00– 258, Second Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 23193 (2002), Eighth Report and Order and Fifth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order, FCC 05–172 (rel. Sept. 29, 2005) (AWS Allocation Eighth Report and Order, Fifth NPRM, and Order. See also Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 1.7 GHz and 2.1 GHz Bands, WT Docket No. 02–353, Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd 25162 (2003) (recon. pending), modified by Order on Reconsideration, 20 FCC Rcd 14058 (2005). 3 BRS/EBS R&O and FNPRM, 19 FCC Rcd 14165, 14184 paragraph 38. 4 Id. at 14203 paragraph 88. Except in this background paragraph, references to Channels 1 and/or 2/2A in this Public Notice refer to channel numbers under the pre-transition frequency assignments. See 47 CFR 27.5(i)(1). 5 AWS Allocation Eighth Report and Order, Fifth NPRM, and Order, paragraph 13. Comments in response to the Fifth NPRM were due on or before November 25, 2005, and reply comments must be filed on or before December 12, 2005. See 70 Fed. Reg. 61752 (Oct. 26, 2005). 6 AWS Allocation Eighth Report and Order, Fifth NPRM, and Order, paragraph 53 (citing 47 U.S.C. E:\FR\FM\14DEN1.SGM Continued 14DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 2005)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB 
for Review and Approval

December 7, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commissions, 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, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. 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;

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(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: Written comments should be submitted on or before January 13, 
2006.
    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: You may submit your comments by email or U.S. mail. To 
submit your comments by email send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your 
comments by U.S. mail send them to Cathy Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554 and Kristy L. LaLonde, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-3087 or 
via the Internet at Kristy--L.--LaLonde@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection(s) send an email to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy 
Williams at (202) 418-2918. If you would like to obtain a copy of this 
revised information collection, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA 
Web page at: https://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.

SUPPLMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0647.
    Title: Annual Survey of Cable Industry Prices.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 758.
    Estimated Time per Response: 7 hours per response.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,306 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Section 623(k) of the Cable Television Consumer 
Protection and Competition Act of 1992 requires the Commission to 
publish an annual statistical report on average rates for basic cable 
service, cable programming service, and equipment. The report must 
compare the prices charged by cable operators subject to effective 
competition and those not subject to effective competition. The data 
needed to prepare this report is collected using the Annual Survey of 
Cable Industry Prices.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-24025 Filed 12-13-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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