Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested, 2375-2376 [2011-554]

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2011)]
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[Pages 2375-2376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-554]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

December 27, 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 estimates; (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 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 (PRA) that does 
not display a valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before March 14, 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 the Federal Communications 
Commission. To submit your PRA comments by e-mail send them to: 
PRA@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0767.
    Title: Sections 1.2110, 1.2111, and 1.2112, Auction Forms and 
License Transfer Disclosure Requirements.
    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: 22,000 respondents; 22,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 17.6 hours (average).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
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. sections 154(i) and 309(j).
    Total Annual Burden: 390,750 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $23,966,750.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need 
for confidentiality. Applicants may seek confidential treatment of 
their information or material under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's 
rules.
    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 OMB approval for an 
extension (no change in the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party 
disclosure requirements). There is no change in the Commission's burden 
estimates.
    Disclosures regarding ownership and gross revenues information and 
calculations are designed to ensure that applicants are qualified to 
participate in Commission auctions and to ensure that license winners 
are entitled to receive small business preferences. Disclosures 
regarding joint bidding agreements and the associated certification are 
designed to prevent collusion. Disclosure of information regarding 
license transfers and partitioning is designed to deter unjust 
enrichment. Finally, records retention and maintenance by small 
business licensees is designed to prevent unjust enrichment and 
facilitate enforcement efforts, if necessary.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0262.
    Title: Section 90.179, Shared Use of Radio Stations.
    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: 42,000 respondents; 42,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes for records maintenance; 
and 45 minutes for preparation of sharing agreements; 1 hour total.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
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. sections 154(i), 161, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7).
    Total Annual Burden: 42,000 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 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 OMB approval for an 
extension (no change in the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party 
disclosure requirements).

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There is no change in the Commission's burden estimates.
    The Commission was directed by the United States Congress, in the 
Balanced Budget act of 1997, to dedicate 2.4 MHz of electromagnetic 
spectrum in the 746-806 MHz band for public safety services. Section 
90.179 requires that Part 90 licensees that share use of their private 
land mobile radio facility on a non-profit, cost-sharing basis keep a 
written agreement as part of the station records. Regardless of the 
method of sharing, an up-to-date list of persons who are sharing the 
station and the basis of their eligibility under Part 90 must be 
maintained. The requirement is necessary to identify users of the 
system should interference problems develop. This information is used 
by the Commission to investigate interference complaints and resolve 
interference and operational complaints that may arise among the users.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0774.
    Title: Parts 36, and 54, Universal Service Reporting, Disclosure 
and Records Retention Requirements.
    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: 7,060,500 respondents; 7,631,034 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .084 hours to 125 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, quarterly and five year 
reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirements and third party 
disclosure 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, 201-205, 214, 218-220, 254, 303(r), 403, and 
410.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,279,455 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that respondents submit confidential information to the 
Commission. If the Commission requests applicants to submit 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 expiring 
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
after this 60 day comment period in order to obtain the three year 
clearance from them. The Commission is requesting OMB approval for an 
extension (no change in the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party 
disclosure requirements). There is no change in the Commission's 
previous burden estimates.
    The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) directed the 
Commission to initiate a rulemaking to reform the system of universal 
service so that universal service is preserved and advanced as markets 
move toward competition. To fulfill that mandate, on March 9, 1996, the 
Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in CC Docket 
No. 96-45 to implement the congressional directives set out in section 
254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the 1996 Act. 
Pursuant to section 254(a)(1), the NPRM also referred numerous issues 
related to universal service to a Federal-State Joint Board for a 
recommended decision.
    On November 8, 1996, the Joint Board released a Recommended 
Decision in which it made recommendations to assist and counsel the 
Commission in the creation of an effective universal service support 
mechanism that would ensure that the goals of affordable, quality 
service and access to advanced services are met by means that enhance 
competition.
    On November 18, 1996, the Commission's Common Carrier Bureau (now 
the Wireline Competition Bureau) released a Public Notice (DA 96-1891) 
seeking public comment on the issues addressed and recommendations made 
by the Joint Board in the Recommended Decision. In a Report and Order 
issued in CC Docket No. 96-45, released on May 8, 1997, and other 
proceedings, the Commission adopted rules that were designed to 
implement the universal service provisions of section 254.
    On August 29, 2007, the Commission released the Report and Order, 
2007 Comprehensive Review of the Universal Service Fund Management, 
Administration and Oversight, WC Docket Nos. 05-192, 02-60, 03-109, and 
CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 02-6, 97-21, FCC 07-150. In this Order, the 
Commission took several further steps to safeguard the universal 
service fund from waste, fraud and abuse, including imposing document 
retention rules on all universal service programs and program 
contributors.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-554 Filed 1-12-11; 8:45 am]
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