Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested, 17858-17859 [2011-7514]
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submitted after the contract date
because the specification in the contract
documents for this submersible pump
named four U.S. manufacturers as
potential bidders. It was unknown at the
time that these four U.S. manufacturers
could not completely meet the Buy
American provision because the
specification required the pump be
completely constructed of NSF
approved materials. This situation
resulted from the lack of reasonably
foreseeable circumstances, since the
pump manufacturers originally assumed
they could meet the specification before
the bid of this project. There is no
indication that the City failed to request
a waiver in order to avoid the
requirements of the ARRA, particularly
since there are no domestically
manufactured products available that
meet the project specifications. EPA will
consider the City’s waiver request, a
foreseeable late request, as though it had
been timely made since there is no gain
by the City and no loss by the
government due to the late request.
The April 28, 2009 EPA HQ
Memorandum, Implementation of Buy
American provisions of Public Law
111–5, the ‘‘American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009’’, defines
reasonably available quantity as ‘‘the
quantity of iron, steel, or relevant
manufactured good is available or will
be available at the time needed and
place needed, and in the proper form or
specification as specified in the project
plans and design.’’ The City has
incorporated specific technical design
requirements for installation of pump in
its potable drinking water system.
Therefore, it meets the requirements of
the ‘‘satisfactory quality’’ criterion for
requesting a waiver from the Buy
American provisions of Public Law
111–5.
The purpose of the ARRA is to
stimulate economic recovery in part by
funding current infrastructure
construction, not to delay projects that
are ‘‘shovel ready’’ by requiring utilities,
such as the City, to revise their
standards and specifications, institute a
new bidding process, and potentially
choose a more costly, less efficient
project. The imposition of ARRA Buy
American requirements on such projects
otherwise eligible for State Revolving
Fund assistance would result in
unreasonable delay and thus displace
the ‘‘shovel ready’’ status for this project.
To further delay construction is in
direct conflict with a fundamental
economic purpose of the ARRA, which
is to create or retain jobs.
The Region 6 Water Quality
Protection Division has reviewed this
waiver request, and has determined that
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the supporting documentation provided
by the City is sufficient to meet the
criteria listed under ARRA, Section
1605(b), Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) regulations at 2 CFR
176.60–176.170, and in the April 28,
2009, memorandum, Implementation of
Buy American provisions of Public Law
111–5, the ‘‘American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009.’’ The basis for
this project waiver is the authorization
provided in ARRA, Section 1605(b)(2).
Due to the lack of production of this
product in the United States in
sufficient and reasonably available
quantities and of a satisfactory quality
in order to meet the City’s technical
specifications, a waiver from the Buy
American requirement is justified.
EPA headquarters’ March 31, 2009
Delegation of Authority Memorandum
provided Regional Administrators with
the authority to issue exceptions to
Section 1605 of ARRA within the
geographic boundaries of their
respective regions and with respect to
requests by individual grant recipients.
Having established both a proper basis
to specify the particular good required
for this project, and that this
manufactured good was not available
from a producer in the United States,
the City is hereby granted a waiver from
the Buy American requirements of
ARRA, Section 1605(a) of Public Law
111–5 for the purchase of a 5 HP nonclog submersible pump, with NSF
compliant wetted parts and
appurtenances, using ARRA funds, as
specified in the City’s request. This
supplementary information constitutes
the detailed written justification
required by ARRA, Section 1605(c), for
waivers ‘‘based on a finding under
subsection (b).’’
Authority: Pub. L. 111–5, section 1605.
Dated: March 8, 2011.
Al Armendariz,
Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 6.
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 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 currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before May 31, 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 via e-mail 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 e-mail
judith-b.herman@fcc.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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OMB Control Number: 3060–0805.
Title: Section 90.527, Regional Plan
Requirements; Section 90.523,
Eligibility; and Section 90.1211,
Regional Plan Shared Use of 4.9 GHz.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions and
state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 20,516 respondents, 20,516
responses.
Estimated Time per Response:
.5 hours—200 hours.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
March 21, 2011.
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
SUMMARY:
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Frequency of Response: On occasion
and one time reporting 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. 154(i), 161,
303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7).
Total Annual Burden: 59,875 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
N/A.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for a revision to
this information collection (IC). The
Commission is reporting a 1,200 hour
program change reduction. This
reduction is due to elimination of the
burden associated with Section
90.545(c)(1), TV/DTV Interference
Protection Criteria, which was part of
this collection. The requirements in this
section became moot when the TV/DTV
transition ended on June 12, 2009.
The requirements that the
Commission wants continued OMB
approval is for the following:
Section 90.523 which requires that
nongovernmental organizations, which
provide services to protect the safety of
life, or property, to obtain a written
statement from an authorizing state or
local government entity to support the
nongovernmental organization’s
application for the assignment of 700
MHz frequencies.
Section 90.527 states that to prepare
the regional plans for the 700 MHz
band, the regional planning committees
will require input from those entities
within the regions that will be eligible
to receive licenses under the plans.
Entities that seek inclusion in the plan
in order to obtain licenses will be third
party respondents.
Section 90.1211 the Commission
suggested that each 700 MHz region
submit a plan on guidelines to be used
for sharing the spectrum within the
region.
The information will be submitted to
the Commission and they will use the
information obtained to assign licenses,
and also use the information to
determine regional spectrum
requirements and to develop technical
standards. The information will also be
used to determine whether prospective
licensees will operate in compliance
with the Commission’s rules. Without
such information, the Commission
could not accommodate regional
requirements or provide for the optimal
use of the available frequencies. For
information provide to, or exchanged
among third parties, the data will be
used to establish eligibility.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011–7514 Filed 3–30–11; 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
March 17, 2011.
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 May 31, 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 via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov
and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Cathy
Williams on (202) 418–2918.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0787.
Title: Implementation of the
Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes
Provisions of the Telecommunications
Act of 1996, Policies and Rules
Concerning Unauthorized Changes of
Consumers’ Long Distance Carriers, CC
Docket No. 94–129, FCC 07–223.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or
household; business or other for-profit;
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 6,454 respondents; 25,041
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes (.50 hours) to 10 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; biennial
and on occasion reporting requirements;
third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefit. The statutory
authority for the information collection
requirements is found at Sec. 258
[47 U.S.C. 258] Illegal Changes In
Subscriber Carrier Selections, Public
Law 104–104, 110 Stat. 56.
Total Annual Burden: 105,901 hours.
Total Annual Cost: 51,285,000.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Confidentiality is an issue to the extent
that individuals and households
provide personally identifiable
information, which is covered under the
FCC’s system of records notice (SORN),
FCC/CGB–1, ‘‘Informal Complaints and
Inquiries.’’ As required by the Privacy
Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission also
published a SORN, FCC/CGB–1
‘‘Informal Complaints and Inquiries’’, in
the Federal Register on December 15,
2009 (74 FR 66356) which became
effective on January 25, 2010.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. The
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) was
completed on June 28, 2007. It may be
reviewed at: https://www.fcc.gov/omd/
privacyact/Privacy_Impact_Assess
ment.html;. The Commission is in the
process of updating the PIA to
incorporate various revisions made to
the SORN.
Needs and Uses: Section 258 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996
directed the Commission to prescribe
rules to prevent the unauthorized
change by telecommunications carriers
of consumers’ selections of
telecommunications service providers
(slamming). On March 17, 2003, the
FCC released the Third Order on
Reconsideration and Second Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CC
Docket No. 94–129, FCC 03–42 (Third
Order on Reconsideration), in which the
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
March 21, 2011.
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 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 currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before May 31, 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 via e-mail 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 e-mail judith-b.herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0805.
Title: Section 90.527, Regional Plan Requirements; Section 90.523,
Eligibility; and Section 90.1211, Regional Plan Shared Use of 4.9 GHz.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision 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: 20,516 respondents, 20,516
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours--200 hours.
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Frequency of Response: On occasion and one time reporting
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. 154(i), 161, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7).
Total Annual Burden: 59,875 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: N/A.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for a revision to this information collection
(IC). The Commission is reporting a 1,200 hour program change
reduction. This reduction is due to elimination of the burden
associated with Section 90.545(c)(1), TV/DTV Interference Protection
Criteria, which was part of this collection. The requirements in this
section became moot when the TV/DTV transition ended on June 12, 2009.
The requirements that the Commission wants continued OMB approval
is for the following:
Section 90.523 which requires that nongovernmental organizations,
which provide services to protect the safety of life, or property, to
obtain a written statement from an authorizing state or local
government entity to support the nongovernmental organization's
application for the assignment of 700 MHz frequencies.
Section 90.527 states that to prepare the regional plans for the
700 MHz band, the regional planning committees will require input from
those entities within the regions that will be eligible to receive
licenses under the plans. Entities that seek inclusion in the plan in
order to obtain licenses will be third party respondents.
Section 90.1211 the Commission suggested that each 700 MHz region
submit a plan on guidelines to be used for sharing the spectrum within
the region.
The information will be submitted to the Commission and they will
use the information obtained to assign licenses, and also use the
information to determine regional spectrum requirements and to develop
technical standards. The information will also be used to determine
whether prospective licensees will operate in compliance with the
Commission's rules. Without such information, the Commission could not
accommodate regional requirements or provide for the optimal use of the
available frequencies. For information provide to, or exchanged among
third parties, the data will be used to establish eligibility.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-7514 Filed 3-30-11; 8:45 am]
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