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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
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June 24, 2010.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501 –
3520. 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; (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,
and (e) ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small
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business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.
The FCC 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 currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before August 30, 2010.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202–
395–5167 or via the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to the Federal Communications
Commission via email to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418–0214. For additional
information, contact Judith B. Herman,
OMD, 202–418–0214 or email judith–
b.herman@fcc.gov.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1140.
Title: Requests for Waiver of Various
Petitioners to Allow the Establishment
of 700 MHz Interoperable Public Safety
Wireless Broadband Networks.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: State, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 50 respondents; 200
responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour
– 200 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
quarterly and one time reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151,
154, 301, 303, 332 and 337.
Total Annual Burden: 18,250 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: In the Order in PS
Docket No. 06–229, FCC 10–79, the
Commission grants, with conditions, 21
waiver petitions filed by public safety
entities (‘‘Petitioners’’) seeking early
deployment of statewide or local public
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safety broadband networks in the 700
MHz spectrum. This waiver serves the
public interest by allowing state and
local jurisdictions to begin broadband
deployment and speed services to the
public safety community. This will also
allow the Petitioners to take advantage
of available or potential funding, either
through grants or planned budgetary
expenditures, as well as to take
advantage of economies of scale and
other cost saving measures for
deployments that are already planned.
In addition, Petitioners could benefit
from the announced plans of some
commercial carriers to begin
construction of LTE–based networks
this year and early next year, which
would result in significant cost–savings.
On May 21, 2010, the Commission’s
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau released a Public Notice
providing further guidance on the
requirements set forth in the Order.
One of the conditions for such waiver
is the submission of interoperability
plans to the Commission’s Emergency
Response Interoperability Center
(‘‘ERIC’’). The Commission recently
decided to establish ERIC to promote
appropriate technical requirements that
will ensure interoperability for these
early deployments from their inception,
as well as for any future deployed
networks. Given the rapidly evolving
nature of 3GPP deployments and
standards, submission of the Petitioners’
interoperability plans will help ensure
interoperability and roaming among
these early deployments.
Another condition of waiver is
certification by Petitioners that their
vendors are participating actively in the
PSCR/DC Demonstration Network
which will provide an open platform for
development and testing of public safety
700 MHz LTE broadband equipment.
This is important to ensure that, early in
the deployment stage, new broadband
equipment is being developed to
support the network meets public
safety’s use expectations, will work in a
multivendor environment, and allows
for roaming across multiple networks.
We also require each Petitioner to
enter into a de facto spectrum lease with
the Public Safety Spectrum Trust
(‘‘PSST’’) in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Order. These
leases must be submitted for approval
by the Commission’s Chief of the Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
within 60 days of approval by OMB.
We also require each Petitioner,
before deployment, to coordinate and
address interference mitigation needs
without any adjacent or bordering
jurisdictions that also plan deployment,
memorialize these agreements in
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writing, and submit them to ERIC
within 30 days of their completion.
Similarly, we require that parties
provide ERIC with notice of any changes
or updates within 30 days.
In light of the novel nature of these
deployments and the ongoing standards
and equipment development for LTE,
we emphasize that diligent pursuit of
deployment is expected. In this respect,
we also require Petitioners to file, in
consultation with the PSST, 30 days
after approval by OMB and quarterly
thereafter, status reports with the
Commission’s Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau addressing
the Petitioners’ progress in three areas:
1) planning; 2) funding; and 3)
deployment.
The Commission requested
emergency OMB approval on June 1,
2010 for this new information
collection. We received OMB approval
on June 18, 2010. Emergency OMB
approvals are only granted for six
months. Therefore, the Commission is
now required to conduct all the regular
submission processes when seeking the
three year clearance from OMB. We are
now requesting an extension (no change
in the reporting requirements). There is
no change in the Commission’s burden
estimates.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
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Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES
June 24, 2010.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501 –
3520. 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
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16:53 Jun 29, 2010
Jkt 220001
Commission’s burden estimate; (c) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; (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,
and (e) ways to further reduce the
information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.
The FCC 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 currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before August 30, 2010.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202–
395–5167 or via the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to the Federal Communications
Commission via email to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418–0214. For additional
information, contact Judith B. Herman,
OMD, 202–418–0214 or email judith–
b.herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0950.
Title: Bidding Credits for Tribal
Lands.
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 and
Responses: 5 respondents; 5 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 10 –
180 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).
Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $180,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
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Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) after this comment
period to obtain the full three year
clearance from them. There is no change
in the reporting requirements. The
Commission is reporting a 400 hour
increase in burden which is due to an
increase in the number of respondents.
On June 8, 2000, the Commission
adopted a Report and Order which
established rules and policies to
encourage deployment of wireless
services to tribal lands pursuant to the
objectives and requirements of Section
309(j)(3) and (4) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, and in
conjunction with data from the U.S.
Census which indicted that
communities on tribal lands have
historically had less access to
telecommunications services than any
other segment of the population.
On March 7, 2003, the Commission
adopted a Second Report and Order
which extended the time period during
which winning bidders can negotiate
with relevant tribes to obtain the
certification needed to obtain the
bidding credit in a particular market
from 90 days to 180 days. Further, the
Second Report and Order clarified
various administrative matters involved
in implementing the bidding credit.
On August 18, 2004, the Commission
adopted a Third Report and Order
which raised the wireline telephone
penetration rate at which tribal lands
are eligible for a bidding credit from 70
percent or less, to 85 percent or less,
and increased the amount of the bidding
credit available to carriers that pledge to
deploy on and serve qualifying tribal
lands.
Since the last submission to the OMB,
the Commission has adjusted the
number of respondents/responses,
burden hours and annual costs. This is
due to the changing number licenses
estimated to be auctioned during a given
year. Although few applicants are
actually affected, the number of
potential participants is in the
hundreds, perhaps thousands. In other
words, while few applicants have
sought to participate in the Tribal Land
Bidding Credit (TLBC) program, almost
all applicants for licenses for which
TLBCs are available could take part in
the program. Because so many could
possibly take part in the TLBC program,
the Commission needs to continue OMB
approval for this expiring collection.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
June 24, 2010.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501 - 3520. 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; (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, and (e)
ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC 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 currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before August 30, 2010. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to the Federal Communications
Commission via email to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214. For additional information, contact Judith B.
Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214 or email judith-b.herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1140.
Title: Requests for Waiver of Various Petitioners to Allow the
Establishment of 700 MHz Interoperable Public Safety Wireless Broadband
Networks.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 50 respondents; 200 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour - 200 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and one time
reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. sections 151, 154, 301, 303, 332 and 337.
Total Annual Burden: 18,250 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: In the Order in PS Docket No. 06-229, FCC 10-79,
the Commission grants, with conditions, 21 waiver petitions filed by
public safety entities (``Petitioners'') seeking early deployment of
statewide or local public safety broadband networks in the 700 MHz
spectrum. This waiver serves the public interest by allowing state and
local jurisdictions to begin broadband deployment and speed services to
the public safety community. This will also allow the Petitioners to
take advantage of available or potential funding, either through grants
or planned budgetary expenditures, as well as to take advantage of
economies of scale and other cost saving measures for deployments that
are already planned. In addition, Petitioners could benefit from the
announced plans of some commercial carriers to begin construction of
LTE-based networks this year and early next year, which would result in
significant cost-savings. On May 21, 2010, the Commission's Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau released a Public Notice providing
further guidance on the requirements set forth in the Order.
One of the conditions for such waiver is the submission of
interoperability plans to the Commission's Emergency Response
Interoperability Center (``ERIC''). The Commission recently decided to
establish ERIC to promote appropriate technical requirements that will
ensure interoperability for these early deployments from their
inception, as well as for any future deployed networks. Given the
rapidly evolving nature of 3GPP deployments and standards, submission
of the Petitioners' interoperability plans will help ensure
interoperability and roaming among these early deployments.
Another condition of waiver is certification by Petitioners that
their vendors are participating actively in the PSCR/DC Demonstration
Network which will provide an open platform for development and testing
of public safety 700 MHz LTE broadband equipment. This is important to
ensure that, early in the deployment stage, new broadband equipment is
being developed to support the network meets public safety's use
expectations, will work in a multivendor environment, and allows for
roaming across multiple networks.
We also require each Petitioner to enter into a de facto spectrum
lease with the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (``PSST'') in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Order. These leases must be
submitted for approval by the Commission's Chief of the Public Safety
and Homeland Security Bureau within 60 days of approval by OMB.
We also require each Petitioner, before deployment, to coordinate
and address interference mitigation needs without any adjacent or
bordering jurisdictions that also plan deployment, memorialize these
agreements in
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writing, and submit them to ERIC within 30 days of their completion.
Similarly, we require that parties provide ERIC with notice of any
changes or updates within 30 days.
In light of the novel nature of these deployments and the ongoing
standards and equipment development for LTE, we emphasize that diligent
pursuit of deployment is expected. In this respect, we also require
Petitioners to file, in consultation with the PSST, 30 days after
approval by OMB and quarterly thereafter, status reports with the
Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau addressing the
Petitioners' progress in three areas: 1) planning; 2) funding; and 3)
deployment.
The Commission requested emergency OMB approval on June 1, 2010 for
this new information collection. We received OMB approval on June 18,
2010. Emergency OMB approvals are only granted for six months.
Therefore, the Commission is now required to conduct all the regular
submission processes when seeking the three year clearance from OMB. We
are now requesting an extension (no change in the reporting
requirements). There is no change in the Commission's burden estimates.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-15788 Filed 6-29-10; 8:45 am]
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