Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission; Comments Requested, 69440-69441 [2010-28554]
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applicants engaging in communications
prohibited by the rule. In some
instances, there has been concern
expressed about the obligation of a
bidder to report information received
from another bidder that potentially
violates the rule, and the Commission
has previously counseled applicants on
the safest course of action for a recipient
of a prohibited communication during
the period in which Section 1.2105(c)(1)
prohibitions are in effect would be to
terminate the discussion and promptly
report communication to the
Commission. The Commission believes
that the anti-collusion rule to include
such a reporting requirement, as a
deterrent to would-be disseminators of
prohibited information regarding bids or
bidding strategies, will make clear the
responsibility to report such behavior
and will thereby enhance the
competitiveness and fairness of its
spectrum auctions. Under the
amendment the Commission adopted in
the Seventh Report and Order, an
applicant’s failure to report a prohibited
communication pursuant to Section
1.2105(c) may constitute a rule violation
distinct from any act of collusion that
violates Section 1.2105(c)(1).
The information requirement will
enable the Commission to ensure that
no bidder gains an unfair advantage
over other bidders in its spectrum
auctions and thus enhance the
competitiveness and fairness of its
auctions. 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 (DoJ) for
investigation.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0221.
Title: Section 90.155, Time in Which
Station Must Be Placed in Operation.
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: 1,589
respondents; 1,589 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
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. 154(i), 161,
303(g), 303(r) and 332(c)(7).
Total Annual Burden: 1,589 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
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Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring 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
requirements) of this information
collection. The Commission is reporting
a 179 hour burden reduction adjustment
in the Commission’s previous burden
estimates. The reduction is due to fewer
respondents and therefore the burden
hours have been adjusted.
Section 90.155(b) provides that a
period longer than 12 months may be
granted to local government entities to
place their stations in operation on a
case-by-case basis upon a showing of
need. This rule provides flexibility to
State and local governments. An
application for extension of time to
commence service may be made on FCC
Form 601. Extensions of time must be
filed prior to the expiration of the
construction period. Extensions will be
granted only if the licensee shows that
the failure to commence service is due
to causes beyond its control.
Section 90.155(d) establishes
construction deadlines for Location and
Monitoring Service (LMS) licensees in
the market-licensed multilateration LMS
services. This subsection was amended
in 2004 to provide holders of
multilateration location service
authorizations with five- and ten-year
benchmarks to place in operation their
base stations that utilize multilateration
technology to provide multilateration
location service to one-third of the
Economic Areas (EAs) population
within five years to initial license grant,
and two-thirds of the population within
ten years. At the five- and ten-year
benchmarks, licensees are required to
file a map and FCC Form 601 showing
compliance with the coverage
requirements pursuant to section 1.946
of the Commission’s rules.
In 2007 the Commission granted two
to three additional years to meet the
five-year construction requirement for
certain multilateration Location and
Monitoring Service Economic Area
licensees, and extended the 10-year
requirement for such licensees two
years.
These requirements will be used by
Commission personnel to evaluate
whether or not certain licensees are
providing substantial service as a means
of complying with their construction
requirements, or have demonstrated that
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an extended period of time for
construction is warranted.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission;
Comments Requested
November 4, 2010.
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 January 11, 2011.
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
SUMMARY:
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to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Judith B.
Herman, OMD, 202–418–0214 or e-mail
judith-b.herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0819.
Title: Sections 54.400 through 54.417,
Lifeline Assistance (Lifeline)
Connection Assistance (Link-Up)
Reporting Worksheet and Instructions.
Form No.: FCC Form 497.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 251,400 respondents;
251,400 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .08
hours–1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
annual, monthly, and one time reporting
requirements, recordkeeping
requirement and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 201–
205, 214, 254, and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 49,386 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting the
respondents submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
Commission requests information that
the respondents believe is confidential,
respondents may request confidential
treatment of such information under 47
CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this revised collection to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this comment period to
obtain the full three year approval from
them. The Commission is revising this
information collection to merge OMB
Control Number 3060–1112 into this
information collection (OMB Control
Number 3060–0819). The low-income
requirements are applicable to and
consistent with this collection. After
OMB approval, the Commission will
discontinue OMB Control Number
3060–1112 and retain OMB Control
Number 3060–0819 as the active control
number.
Additionally, the Lifeline Order
(2004) also requires Eligible
Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) to
submit to the Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC or
Administrator) proof that they certified
that their Lifeline subscribers are
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eligible for Lifeline, and proof that they
verified their subscribers’ continued
eligibility for Lifeline. Prior to 2009,
USAC provided sample certification and
verification letters on its website to
assist ETCs in complying with the
certification and verification
requirements. The Annual Lifeline
Certification and Verification Letter has
been standardized since 2009, and is
being revised in this submission to the
OMB. Specifically, the Certification and
Verification Letter will be updated with
an additional check box to
accommodate wireless ETCs serving
non-federal default states that do not
assert jurisdiction over wireless ETCs.
Additionally, a column will be added so
that carriers may distinguish between
‘‘Non-Responding Customers’’ and
‘‘Customers Found to Be Ineligible’’ in
their reports.
Finally, the Lifeline Order requires
certain ETCs to verify annually that a
statistically valid sample of their
Lifeline recipients receiving support
continue to be eligible under the federal
eligibility criteria. The Lifeline Order’s
requirement applies only to those ETCs
with Lifeline customers from federal
default states. A federal default state is
a state or territory that either (1) has
adopted the federal eligibility criteria
for Lifeline/Link Up, or (2) does not
have its own state-based Lifeline/Link
Up program.
All the requirements contained in this
submission to the OMB are necessary to
implement the congressional mandate
for universal service. These reporting,
recordkeeping and/or third party
disclosure requirements are necessary to
verify that particular carriers and other
respondents are eligible to receive
universal service support.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–28554 Filed 11–10–10; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
November 3, 2010.
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment
on the following information
SUMMARY:
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collection(s). 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 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 OMB
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 OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before January 11,
2011. 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, via fax at
(202) 395–5167 or via e-mail to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov
and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s), contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918 or send an
e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0311.
Title: 47 CFR 76.54, Significantly
Viewed Signals, Method To Be
Followed for Special Showings.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 500 respondents and 1,274
responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–60
hours.
Total Annual Burden: 20,610 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $200,000.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission; Comments Requested
November 4, 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 January 11, 2011. 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
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to the Federal Communications Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214 or e-mail judith-b.herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0819.
Title: Sections 54.400 through 54.417, Lifeline Assistance
(Lifeline) Connection Assistance (Link-Up) Reporting Worksheet and
Instructions.
Form No.: FCC Form 497.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 251,400 respondents; 251,400
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .08 hours-1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, monthly, and one time
reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 201-205, 214, 254, and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 49,386 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting the respondents submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the Commission requests information that the respondents
believe is confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment
of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this revised collection
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this comment period
to obtain the full three year approval from them. The Commission is
revising this information collection to merge OMB Control Number 3060-
1112 into this information collection (OMB Control Number 3060-0819).
The low-income requirements are applicable to and consistent with this
collection. After OMB approval, the Commission will discontinue OMB
Control Number 3060-1112 and retain OMB Control Number 3060-0819 as the
active control number.
Additionally, the Lifeline Order (2004) also requires Eligible
Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) to submit to the Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC or Administrator) proof that they
certified that their Lifeline subscribers are eligible for Lifeline,
and proof that they verified their subscribers' continued eligibility
for Lifeline. Prior to 2009, USAC provided sample certification and
verification letters on its website to assist ETCs in complying with
the certification and verification requirements. The Annual Lifeline
Certification and Verification Letter has been standardized since 2009,
and is being revised in this submission to the OMB. Specifically, the
Certification and Verification Letter will be updated with an
additional check box to accommodate wireless ETCs serving non-federal
default states that do not assert jurisdiction over wireless ETCs.
Additionally, a column will be added so that carriers may distinguish
between ``Non-Responding Customers'' and ``Customers Found to Be
Ineligible'' in their reports.
Finally, the Lifeline Order requires certain ETCs to verify
annually that a statistically valid sample of their Lifeline recipients
receiving support continue to be eligible under the federal eligibility
criteria. The Lifeline Order's requirement applies only to those ETCs
with Lifeline customers from federal default states. A federal default
state is a state or territory that either (1) has adopted the federal
eligibility criteria for Lifeline/Link Up, or (2) does not have its own
state-based Lifeline/Link Up program.
All the requirements contained in this submission to the OMB are
necessary to implement the congressional mandate for universal service.
These reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure
requirements are necessary to verify that particular carriers and other
respondents are eligible to receive universal service support.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-28554 Filed 11-10-10; 8:45 am]
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