Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget, 41793-41794 [2011-17892]

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41793-41794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17892]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to 
the Office of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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. 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 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 15, 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 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. To 
view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to 
OMB: (1) Go to the web page https://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) 
look for the section of the web page called ``Currently Under Review'', 
(3) click on 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 or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams on (202) 418-
2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1080.
    Title: Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band.
    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: 1,510 respondents; 4,056 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 10 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and quarterly 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. 151, 154, 160,

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251-254, 303 and 332 unless otherwise noted.
    Total Annual Burden: 16,941 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $37,600.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that respondents submit confidential information to the FCC. 
Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for 
information they believe to be confidential 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 of this information collection.
    The Commission has taken actions to immediately stem increasing 
instances of interference to 800 MHz public safety communications 
systems as well as address the underlying cause of 800 MHz 
interference. The PRA burden involves the exchange of information to 
facilitate incumbent relocation. This information exchange is necessary 
to effectuate band reconfiguration, i.e., to spectrally separate 
incompatible technologies, which is the underlying cause of 
interference to public safety. Overall the PRA burden is necessary to 
enable the Commission to determine the parties are acting in good faith 
resolving the 800 MHz public safety interference problem and to keep 
the 800 MHz transition moving efficiently.

Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-17892 Filed 7-14-11; 8:45 am]
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