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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency has decided to terminate the
National Environmental Performance
Track Program.
DATES: The Performance Track Program
is terminated effective May 14, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chuck Kent, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, 202–566–2805 or by email at Kent.Chuck@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
26, 2000, EPA announced the launch of
the National Environmental
Performance Track, ‘‘Performance
Track’’, which was initially designed to
have two levels, the ‘‘Achievement
Track,’’ and the ‘‘Stewardship Track.’’
On July 6, 2000, EPA published in the
Federal Register (65 FR 41655) the
design of the Achievement Track level
of the Performance Track program. The
Achievement Track was subsequently
renamed the National Environmental
Performance Track Program and the
development of the Stewardship Track
led instead to the creation of the
Performance Track Corporate Leader
designation.
On March 16, 2009, EPA
Administrator Lisa P. Jackson issued a
memorandum halting the Performance
Track Program. The Administrator’s
memorandum was followed by a
memorandum from Chuck Kent,
Director, Office of Policy Economics,
and Innovation, dated March 25, 2009,
which provided more details about the
termination, including that the low
priority for routine inspections
incentive is no longer in effect. This
notice announces that EPA’s decision to
terminate the Performance Track
Program is effective as of the date of this
publication, and provides public notice
that the low priority for routine
inspections incentive for Performance
Track facilities is hereby terminated.
Dated: May 11, 2009.
Marcia E. Mulkey,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of
Policy, Economics and Innovation.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
May 5, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden
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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 comment on
this information collection should
submit comments by July 13, 2009. 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.
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@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission (FCC). To
submit your 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 the Web page https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
(2) look for the section of the Web page
called ‘‘Currently Under Review’’, (3)
click 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 list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the title
of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number,
if there is one) and then click on the ICR
Reference Number to view detailed
information about this ICR.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, send an e-mail
to Judith B. Herman at 202–418–0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0259.
Title: Section 90.263, Substitution of
Frequencies Below 25 MHz.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and State, local or Tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 35
respondents; 35 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .50
hours.
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 47 U.S.C. Sections 4(i),
11, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 18 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this 60 day comment period
in order to obtain the full three year
clearance from them. The Commission
is requesting an extension (no change in
the reporting requirement) of this
information collection. The Commission
is reporting a decrease of 12 total annual
burden hours since this information
collection was last submitted to OMB in
2006 for review and approval. The
reason for the decrease is fewer
respondents (now 35 respondents rather
than 60 in 2006). Thus, the total annual
burden hours has been adjusted now to
18 total annual burden hours.
Section 90.263 requires applicants
proposing operations in certain
frequency bands below 25 MHz to
submit precise information concerning
transmitter output power, type and
directional characteristics, if any, and
the antenna, and the minimum
necessary hours of operation.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0264.
Title: Section 80.413, On-board
Station Equipment Records.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and State, local or Tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 1,000
respondents; 1,000 responses.
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Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 4,
303, 307(e), 309 and 332 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 2,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this 60 day comment period
in order to obtain the full three year
clearance from them. The Commission
is requesting an extension (no change in
the recordkeeping requirement) of this
information collection. There is no
change in the hourly burden estimate.
Section 80.413 requires the licensee of
an on-board station to keep equipment
records which show: (1) The ship name
and identification of the on-board
station; (2) the number of and type of
repeater and mobile units used on-board
the vessel; and (3) the date the type of
equipment which is added or removed
from the on-board station.
The information is used by FCC
personnel during inspections and
investigations to determine what mobile
units and repeaters are associated with
on-board stations aboard a particular
vessel. If this information were not
collected, no means would be available
to determine if this type of radio
equipment is authorized or who is
responsible for its operation.
Enforcement and frequency
management programs would be
negatively affected.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0297.
Title: Section 80.503, Cooperative Use
of Facilities.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and
State, local or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 100
respondents; 100 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 16
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 4,
303, 307(e), 309, and 332 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
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Total Annual Burden: 1,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this 60 day comment period
in order to obtain the full three year
clearance from them. The Commission
is requesting an extension (no change in
the recordkeeping requirement) of this
information collection. There is no
change in the hourly burden estimate.
Section 80.503 states that a person
engaged in the operation of one or more
commercial transport vessels or
government vessels may receive
maritime mobile service from a private
coast station or a marine utility station
on shore even though not the licensee
of the private coast station or the marine
utility station. Restrictions on
cooperative arrangements are as follows:
(1) Foreign persons must be the
licensees of the radio stations installed
on board their vessels.
(2) The licensee of a private coast
station or marine utility station on shore
may install ship radio stations on board
United States commercial transport
vessels of other persons. In each case
these persons must enter into a written
agreement verifying that the ship station
licensee has the sole right of control of
the ship stations, that the vessel
operators must use the ship stations
subject to the orders and instructions of
the coast station or marine utility station
on shore, and that the ship station
licensee will have sufficient control of
the ship station to enable it to carry out
its responsibilities under the ship
station license.
(a) Cooperative arrangements are
limited concerning cost and charges as
follows:
(1) The arrangement must be established
on a non-profit, cost-sharing basis by written
contract. A copy of the contract must be kept
with the station records and made available
for inspection by Commission
representatives.
(2) Contributions to capital and operating
expenses are to be prorated on an equitable
basis among all persons who are parties to
the cooperative arrangement. Records which
reflect the cost of the service and its nonprofit, cost-sharing nature must be
maintained by the licensee of the station and
made available for inspection by Commission
representatives.
The information is used by FCC
personnel during inspection and
investigations to insure compliance
with applicable rules. If this information
were not available, enforcement efforts
could be hindered, frequency
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congestion in certain bands could
increase, and the financial viability of
some public coast radiotelephone
stations could be threatened.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0387.
Title: Sections 15.201(d), 15.211,
15.213, and 15.221, On-Site Verification
of Field Disturbance Sensors.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 200
respondents; 200 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 18
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. Sections 4(i),
301, 302, 303(e), 303(f), 303(r), 303(s),
304, and 307 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 3,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $40,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Applicants may request that information
be withheld from public inspection
pursuant to 47 CFR 0.457(d) for trade
secrets which may be submitted to the
Commission as part of the
documentation of test results. No other
assurance of confidentiality are
provided to respondents.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this 60 day comment period
in order to obtain the full three year
clearance from them. The Commission
is requesting an extension (no change in
the reporting and/or recordkeeping
requirements) of this information
collection. There is no change in the
burden estimates.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0441.
Title: Section 90.621, Selection and
Assignment of Frequencies and Section
90.693, Grandfathering Provisions for
Incumbent Licensees.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and
State, local or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 20
respondents; 20 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
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authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 154
and 309(j) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 30 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this 60 day comment period
in order to obtain the full three year
clearance from them. The Commission
is requesting an extension (no change in
the reporting and/or recordkeeping
requirements) of this information
collection. There is a change in the
number of respondents since this was
last submitted to OMB for approval. The
estimated number of respondents has
decreased by 980 fewer respondents;
and 1,470 hourly burden reduction
adjustments. The Commission is also
reporting a $98,000 annual cost decrease
since the 2006 submission.
Section 90.621(b)(4) allows stations to
be licensed at distances less than those
prescribed in the Short-Spacing
Separation Table where applicants
‘‘secure a waiver’’. Applicants seeking a
waiver in these circumstances are still
required to submit with their
application an interference analysis,
based upon any of the generallyaccepted terrain-based propagation
models, demonstrating that co-channel
stations would receive the same or
greater interference protection than
provided in the Short-Spacing
Separation Table.
Section 90.621(b)(5) permits stations
to be located closer than the required
separation, so long as the applicant
provides letters of concurrence
indicating that the applicant and each
co-channel licensee within the specified
separation agree to accept any
interference resulting from the reduced
separation between systems. Applicants
are still required to file such
concurrence letters with the
Commission. Additionally, the
Commission did not eliminate filings
required by provisions such as
international agreements, its
environmental (National Environmental
Protection Act (NEPA)) rules, its
antenna structure registration rules, or
quiet zone notification/filing
procedures.
Section 90.693 requires that 800 MHz
incumbent Specialized Mobile Radio
(SMR) service licensees ‘‘notify the
Commission within 30 days of any
changes in technical parameters or
additional stations constructed that fall
within the short-spacing criteria.’’ It has
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been standard practice for incumbents
to notify the Commission of all changes
and additional stations constructed in
cases where such stations are in fact
located less than the required 70 mile
distance separation, and are therefore
technically ‘‘short-spaced’’, but are in
fact fully compliant with the parameters
of the Commission’s Short-Spacing
Separation Table.
The Commission uses this
information to determine whether to
grant licenses to applicants making
‘‘minor modifications’’ to their systems
which do not satisfy mileage separation
requirements pursuant to the ShortSpacing Separation Table.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Announcement of Board
Approval Under Delegated Authority
and Submission to OMB
SUMMARY: Background. Notice is hereby
given of the final approval of proposed
information collections by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (Board) under OMB delegated
authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB
Regulations on Controlling Paperwork
Burdens on the Public). Board-approved
collections of information are
incorporated into the official OMB
inventory of currently approved
collections of information. Copies of the
Paperwork Reduction Act Submission,
supporting statements and approved
collection of information instrument(s)
are placed into OMB’s public docket
files. The Federal Reserve may not
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent
is not required to respond to, an
information collection that has been
extended, revised, or implemented on or
after October 1, 1995, unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Acting Federal Reserve Board
Clearance Officer—Cynthia Ayouch—
Division of Research and Statistics,
Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551
(202–452–3829).
OMB Desk Officer—Shagufta Ahmed
—Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Final approval under OMB delegated
authority of the extension for three
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years, without revision of the following
reports:
1. Report title: The Senior Loan
Officer Opinion Survey on Bank
Lending Practices.
Agency form number: FR 2018.
OMB control number: 7100–0058.
Frequency: Up to six times a year.
Reporters: Large U.S. commercial
banks and large U.S. branches and
agencies of foreign banks.
Annual reporting hours: 1,008 hours.
Estimated average hours per response:
2 hours.
Number of respondents: 84.
Small businesses are not affected.
General description of report: This
information collection is voluntary (12
U.S.C. 225a, 248(a)(2), and 3105(c)(2))
and is given confidential treatment (5
U.S.C. 552 (b)(4)).
Abstract: The FR 2018 is conducted
with a senior loan officer at each
respondent bank, generally through a
telephone interview, up to six times a
year. The purpose of the survey is to
provide qualitative and limited
quantitative information on credit
availability and demand, as well as
evolving developments and lending
practices in the U.S. loan markets.
Consequently, a portion of the questions
in each survey typically covers special
Topics of timely interest. There is the
option to survey other types of
respondents (such as other depository
institutions, bank holding companies, or
other financial entities) should the need
arise. The FR 2018 survey provides
crucial information for monitoring and
understanding the evolution of lending
practices at banks and developments in
credit markets.
Current Actions: On February 26,
2009, the Federal Reserve published a
notice in the Federal Register (74 FR
8794) requesting public comment for 60
days on the extension, without revision,
of the Senior Loan Officer Opinion
Survey. The comment period for this
notice expired on April 27, 2009. No
comments were received.
2. Report title: Senior Financial
Officer Survey.
Agency form number: FR 2023.
OMB control number: 7100–0223.
Frequency: Up to four times a year.
Reporters: Large commercial banks.
Annual reporting hours: 240 hours.
Estimated average hours per response:
1 hour.
Number of respondents: 60.
Small businesses are not affected.
General description of report: This
information collection is voluntary
(U.S.C. 225a, 248(a), and 263). It has
been anticipated that most, if not all, of
the information to be collected on the
FR 2023 would be exempt from
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
May 5, 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 comment on this information collection should
submit comments by July 13, 2009. 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@fcc.gov, Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit
your 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 the Web page https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently
Under Review'', (3) click 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 list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or
its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR
Reference Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, send an e-
mail to Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0259.
Title: Section 90.263, Substitution of Frequencies Below 25 MHz.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and State, local or
Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 35 respondents; 35 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .50 hours.
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 47
U.S.C. Sections 4(i), 11, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 18 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance
from them. The Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the
reporting requirement) of this information collection. The Commission
is reporting a decrease of 12 total annual burden hours since this
information collection was last submitted to OMB in 2006 for review and
approval. The reason for the decrease is fewer respondents (now 35
respondents rather than 60 in 2006). Thus, the total annual burden
hours has been adjusted now to 18 total annual burden hours.
Section 90.263 requires applicants proposing operations in certain
frequency bands below 25 MHz to submit precise information concerning
transmitter output power, type and directional characteristics, if any,
and the antenna, and the minimum necessary hours of operation.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0264.
Title: Section 80.413, On-board Station Equipment Records.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and State, local or
Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 1,000 respondents; 1,000 responses.
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Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. Sections 4, 303, 307(e), 309 and 332 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 2,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance
from them. The Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the
recordkeeping requirement) of this information collection. There is no
change in the hourly burden estimate.
Section 80.413 requires the licensee of an on-board station to keep
equipment records which show: (1) The ship name and identification of
the on-board station; (2) the number of and type of repeater and mobile
units used on-board the vessel; and (3) the date the type of equipment
which is added or removed from the on-board station.
The information is used by FCC personnel during inspections and
investigations to determine what mobile units and repeaters are
associated with on-board stations aboard a particular vessel. If this
information were not collected, no means would be available to
determine if this type of radio equipment is authorized or who is
responsible for its operation. Enforcement and frequency management
programs would be negatively affected.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0297.
Title: Section 80.503, Cooperative Use of Facilities.
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: 100 respondents; 100 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 16 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. Sections 4, 303, 307(e), 309, and 332 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 1,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance
from them. The Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the
recordkeeping requirement) of this information collection. There is no
change in the hourly burden estimate.
Section 80.503 states that a person engaged in the operation of one
or more commercial transport vessels or government vessels may receive
maritime mobile service from a private coast station or a marine
utility station on shore even though not the licensee of the private
coast station or the marine utility station. Restrictions on
cooperative arrangements are as follows:
(1) Foreign persons must be the licensees of the radio stations
installed on board their vessels.
(2) The licensee of a private coast station or marine utility
station on shore may install ship radio stations on board United States
commercial transport vessels of other persons. In each case these
persons must enter into a written agreement verifying that the ship
station licensee has the sole right of control of the ship stations,
that the vessel operators must use the ship stations subject to the
orders and instructions of the coast station or marine utility station
on shore, and that the ship station licensee will have sufficient
control of the ship station to enable it to carry out its
responsibilities under the ship station license.
(a) Cooperative arrangements are limited concerning cost and
charges as follows:
(1) The arrangement must be established on a non-profit, cost-
sharing basis by written contract. A copy of the contract must be
kept with the station records and made available for inspection by
Commission representatives.
(2) Contributions to capital and operating expenses are to be
prorated on an equitable basis among all persons who are parties to
the cooperative arrangement. Records which reflect the cost of the
service and its non-profit, cost-sharing nature must be maintained
by the licensee of the station and made available for inspection by
Commission representatives.
The information is used by FCC personnel during inspection and
investigations to insure compliance with applicable rules. If this
information were not available, enforcement efforts could be hindered,
frequency congestion in certain bands could increase, and the financial
viability of some public coast radiotelephone stations could be
threatened.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0387.
Title: Sections 15.201(d), 15.211, 15.213, and 15.221, On-Site
Verification of Field Disturbance Sensors.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 200 respondents; 200 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 18 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. Sections 4(i), 301, 302, 303(e), 303(f), 303(r), 303(s), 304,
and 307 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 3,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $40,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Applicants may request that
information be withheld from public inspection pursuant to 47 CFR
0.457(d) for trade secrets which may be submitted to the Commission as
part of the documentation of test results. No other assurance of
confidentiality are provided to respondents.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance
from them. The Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the
reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements) of this information
collection. There is no change in the burden estimates.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0441.
Title: Section 90.621, Selection and Assignment of Frequencies and
Section 90.693, Grandfathering Provisions for Incumbent Licensees.
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: 20 respondents; 20 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory
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authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
Sections 154 and 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 30 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance
from them. The Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the
reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements) of this information
collection. There is a change in the number of respondents since this
was last submitted to OMB for approval. The estimated number of
respondents has decreased by 980 fewer respondents; and 1,470 hourly
burden reduction adjustments. The Commission is also reporting a
$98,000 annual cost decrease since the 2006 submission.
Section 90.621(b)(4) allows stations to be licensed at distances
less than those prescribed in the Short-Spacing Separation Table where
applicants ``secure a waiver''. Applicants seeking a waiver in these
circumstances are still required to submit with their application an
interference analysis, based upon any of the generally-accepted
terrain-based propagation models, demonstrating that co-channel
stations would receive the same or greater interference protection than
provided in the Short-Spacing Separation Table.
Section 90.621(b)(5) permits stations to be located closer than the
required separation, so long as the applicant provides letters of
concurrence indicating that the applicant and each co-channel licensee
within the specified separation agree to accept any interference
resulting from the reduced separation between systems. Applicants are
still required to file such concurrence letters with the Commission.
Additionally, the Commission did not eliminate filings required by
provisions such as international agreements, its environmental
(National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)) rules, its antenna
structure registration rules, or quiet zone notification/filing
procedures.
Section 90.693 requires that 800 MHz incumbent Specialized Mobile
Radio (SMR) service licensees ``notify the Commission within 30 days of
any changes in technical parameters or additional stations constructed
that fall within the short-spacing criteria.'' It has been standard
practice for incumbents to notify the Commission of all changes and
additional stations constructed in cases where such stations are in
fact located less than the required 70 mile distance separation, and
are therefore technically ``short-spaced'', but are in fact fully
compliant with the parameters of the Commission's Short-Spacing
Separation Table.
The Commission uses this information to determine whether to grant
licenses to applicants making ``minor modifications'' to their systems
which do not satisfy mileage separation requirements pursuant to the
Short-Spacing Separation Table.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-11209 Filed 5-13-09; 8:45 am]
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