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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 6 / Tuesday, January 10, 2012 / Notices
Dated: October 26, 2011.
Arvin Ganesan,
Associate Administrator, Office of
Congressional and Intergovernmental
Relations.
[FR Doc. 2012–213 Filed 1–9–12; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
burdens, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection, 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 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
PRA that does not display a valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before March 12,
2012. 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
the Federal Communications
Commission via email to PRA@fcc.gov
and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
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For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0027.
Title: Application for Construction
Permit for Commercial Broadcast
Station, FCC Form 301.
Form Number: FCC Form 301.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities; Not for profit entities;
State, local or Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 4,604 respondents and 8,040
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–6.25
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 20,497 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $90,659,382.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections
154(i), 303 and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On January 28, 2010,
the Commission adopted a First Report
and Order and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (‘‘First R&O’’) in
MB Docket No. 09–52, FCC 10–24. To
enhance the ability of federally
recognized Native American Tribes to
provide vital radio services to their
citizens on Tribal lands, in the First
R&O the Commission established a
Tribal Priority for use in its radio
licensing procedures. On March 3, 2011,
the Commission adopted a Second
Report and Order (‘‘Second R&O’’), First
Order on Reconsideration, and Second
Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making
in MB Docket No. 09–52, FCC 11–28.
On December 28, 2011, the Commission
adopted a Third Report and Order in
MB Docket No. 09–52, FCC 11–190
(‘‘Third R&O’’). In the Third R&O the
Commission further refined the use of
the Tribal Priority in the commercial
FM context, specifically adopting a
‘‘threshold qualifications’’ approach to
commercial FM application processing.
In the commercial FM context, the
Tribal Priority is applied at the
allotment stage of the licensing process.
A Tribe or Tribal entity initiates the
process by petitioning that a new Tribal
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Allotment be added to the FM Table of
Allotments using the Tribal Priority. A
petitioner seeking to add a Tribal
Allotment to the FM Table of
Allotments, like all other FM allotment
proponents, must file FCC Form 301
when submitting its Petition for Rule
Making. Under the new ‘‘threshold
qualification’’ procedures adopted in
the Third R&O, once a Tribal Allotment
has been successfully added to the FM
Table of Allotments using the Tribal
Priority through an FM allocations
rulemaking, the Commission will
announce by Public Notice a Threshold
Qualifications Window (‘‘TQ
Window’’). During the TQ Window, any
Tribe or Tribal entity that could qualify
to add that particular Tribal Allotment
may file an FCC Form 301 application
for that Tribal Allotment. Such an
applicant must demonstrate that it
meets all of the eligibility criteria for the
Tribal Priority, just as the original Tribal
Allotment proponent did at the
allotment stage. If it wishes its
previously filed Form 301 application to
be considered at this stage, then during
the TQ Window the original Tribal
Allotment proponent must submit
notice to process its pending Form 301
application immediately.
If only one acceptable application is
filed during the TQ Window, whether
by the original Tribal allotment
proponent submitting notification to
process its previously filed Form 301, or
by another qualified applicant, that
application will be promptly processed
and the Tribal Allotment will not be
auctioned. In the event that two or more
acceptable applications are filed during
the TQ Window, the Commission will
announce a limited period in which the
parties may negotiate a settlement or
bona fide merger, as a way of resolving
the mutual exclusivity between their
applications. If a settlement or merger is
reached, the parties must notify the
Commission and the staff will process
the surviving application pursuant to
the settlement or merger. If a settlement
cannot be reached among the mutually
exclusive applicants, the Tribal
Allotment will be auctioned during the
next scheduled FM auction. At that
time, only the applicants whose
applications were accepted for filing
during the TQ Window, as well as the
original Tribal Allotment proponent,
will be permitted to bid on that
particular Tribal Allotment. This closed
group of mutually exclusive TQ
Window applicants must comply with
applicable established auction
procedures.
In the event that no qualifying party
applies during the TQ Window, and the
original Tribal allotment proponent
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requests that its pending Form 301
application not be immediately
processed, the Tribal Allotment will be
placed in a queue to be auctioned in the
normal course for vacant FM allotments.
When the Tribal Allotment is offered at
auction for the first time, only
applicants meeting the ‘‘threshold
qualifications’’ may specify that
particular Tribal Allotment on FCC
Form 175, Application to Participate in
an FCC Auction (OMB Control No.
3060–0600). Should no qualifying party
apply to bid or qualify to bid on a Tribal
Allotment in the first auction in which
it is offered, then the Tribal allotment
will be offered in a subsequent auction
and any applicant, whether or not a
Tribal entity, may apply for the Tribal
Allotment.
Consistent with actions taken by the
Commission in the Third R&O, Form
301 has been revised to accommodate
applicants applying in a TQ Window for
a Tribal Allotment. As noted above, an
applicant applying in the TQ Window,
who was not the original proponent of
the Tribal Allotment at the rulemaking
stage, must demonstrate that it would
have qualified in all respects to add the
particular Tribal Allotment for which it
is applying. Form 301 contains a new
question in Section II—Legal titled
‘‘Tribal Priority—Threshold
Qualifications.’’ An applicant answering
‘‘yes’’ to the question must provide an
Exhibit demonstrating that it meets all
of the Tribal Priority eligibility criteria.
The Instructions for the Form 301 have
been revised to assist applicants with
completing the responsive Exhibit.
In addition, Form 301 contains a new
option underSection I—General
Information—Application Purpose,
titled ‘‘New Station with Petition for
Rulemaking to Amend FM Table of
Allotments using Tribal Priority.’’ A
petitioner seeking to add a Tribal
Allotment to the FM Table of
Allotments must file Form 301 when
submitting its Petition for Rule Making.
This new Application Purpose field will
assist the staff in quickly identifying
Form 301 applications filed in
connection with a petition to add a
Tribal Allotment and initiating the
‘‘threshold qualification’’ procedures.
This information collection is being
revised to accommodate applicants
applying in a Threshold Qualifications
Window for a Tribal Allotment that had
been added to the FM Table of
Allotments using the Tribal Priority
under the new ‘‘threshold
qualifications’’ procedures adopted in
the Third R&O.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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COMMISSION
Privacy Act System of Records
Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or Commission).
ACTION: Notice; one new Privacy Act
system(s) of records.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to subsection (e)(4)
of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), 5 U.S.C. 552a, the FCC
proposes to add one new system of
records, FCC/PSHSB–2, ‘‘PSHSB
Contact Database.’’ The FCC’s Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
(PSHSB or Bureau) will use the
information contained in FCC/PSHSB–
2, ‘‘PSHSB Contact Database,’’ to store
the personally identifiable information
(PII) that individuals may submit
voluntarily via one or more of the
PSHSB’s customer comment formats:
PSHSB’s (electronic) Web page
Comment Card (Contact Us) at:
https://www.fcc.gov/pshs/
contactus.html for those who wish
to submit comments to PSHSB;
PSHSB’s (electronic) Summit
Comment Card (Feedback):
https://volta.fcc.gov:9090/pshs/
summits and https://www.fcc.gov/
pshs/event-registration2.html for
those who participate in PSHSB’s
public events, such as summits,
conferences, forums, expos,
lectures, etc., and wish to submit
comments;
PSHSB’s (electronic) Event Registration
Form (Event Registration):
https://www.fcc.gov/pshs/eventregistration.html and https://
www.fcc.gov/pshs/eventregistration2.html for those who
wish to register for PSHSB events
online;
PSHSB’s (electronic) Photo Safety
Contest:
https://www.fcc.gov/pshs/photoproject-and-contest.html for those
who wish to submit a photo entry
for PSHSB’s monthly contest;
PSHSB’s (electronic) Network Outage
Reporting System (NORS):
https://www.fcc/gov/pshs/services/cip/
nors/nors.html for those who
submit questions to PSHSB
regarding NORS content; and/or
PSHSB’s (paper) business card
collections, whose information is
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transferred into the PSHSB’s
(electronic) Contact Database, and
the business card is then destroyed.
These formats provide a means by
which PSHSB receives feed-back as part
of PSHSB’s public relations and
outreach activities.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(4) and (e)(11) of the Privacy Act,
any interested person may submit
written comments concerning the new
system of records on or before February
9, 2012. The Administrator, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA), Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), which has oversight
responsibility under the Privacy Act to
review the system of records, and
Congress may submit comments on or
before February 21, 2012. The proposed
new system of records shall become
effective on February 21, 2012 unless
the FCC receives comments that require
a contrary determination. The
Commission will publish a document in
the Federal Register notifying the
public if any changes are necessary. As
required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the
Privacy Act, the FCC is submitting
reports on this proposed new system to
OMB and Congress.
DATES:
Address comments to Leslie
F. Smith, Privacy Analyst, Performance
Evaluation and Records Management
(PERM), Room 1–C216, Federal
Communications Commission (FCC),
445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC
20554, or via the Internet at
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leslie F. Smith, Performance Evaluation
and Records Management (PERM),
Room 1–C216, Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418–0217,
or via the Internet at
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
As
required by the Privacy Act of 1974, as
amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and
(e)(11), this document sets forth notice
of the proposed new system of records
to be maintained by the FCC. This
notice is a summary of the more
detailed information about the proposed
new system of records, which may be
obtained or viewed pursuant to the
contact and location information given
above in the ADDRESSES section. The
purpose for adding this new system of
records, FCC/PSHSB–2, ‘‘PSHSB
Contact Database,’’ is to store the
personally identifiable information (PII)
that individuals may submit voluntarily
via one or more of these customer
comment formats:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection, 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 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 PRA that does not display a valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before March 12,
2012. 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 the Federal Communications
Commission via email to PRA@fcc.gov and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0027.
Title: Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast
Station, FCC Form 301.
Form Number: FCC Form 301.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities; Not for profit
entities; State, local or Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,604 respondents and 8,040
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-6.25 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 20,497 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $90,659,382.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On January 28, 2010, the Commission adopted a First
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``First
R&O'') in MB Docket No. 09-52, FCC 10-24. To enhance the ability of
federally recognized Native American Tribes to provide vital radio
services to their citizens on Tribal lands, in the First R&O the
Commission established a Tribal Priority for use in its radio licensing
procedures. On March 3, 2011, the Commission adopted a Second Report
and Order (``Second R&O''), First Order on Reconsideration, and Second
Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making in MB Docket No. 09-52, FCC 11-
28. On December 28, 2011, the Commission adopted a Third Report and
Order in MB Docket No. 09-52, FCC 11-190 (``Third R&O''). In the Third
R&O the Commission further refined the use of the Tribal Priority in
the commercial FM context, specifically adopting a ``threshold
qualifications'' approach to commercial FM application processing.
In the commercial FM context, the Tribal Priority is applied at the
allotment stage of the licensing process. A Tribe or Tribal entity
initiates the process by petitioning that a new Tribal Allotment be
added to the FM Table of Allotments using the Tribal Priority. A
petitioner seeking to add a Tribal Allotment to the FM Table of
Allotments, like all other FM allotment proponents, must file FCC Form
301 when submitting its Petition for Rule Making. Under the new
``threshold qualification'' procedures adopted in the Third R&O, once a
Tribal Allotment has been successfully added to the FM Table of
Allotments using the Tribal Priority through an FM allocations
rulemaking, the Commission will announce by Public Notice a Threshold
Qualifications Window (``TQ Window''). During the TQ Window, any Tribe
or Tribal entity that could qualify to add that particular Tribal
Allotment may file an FCC Form 301 application for that Tribal
Allotment. Such an applicant must demonstrate that it meets all of the
eligibility criteria for the Tribal Priority, just as the original
Tribal Allotment proponent did at the allotment stage. If it wishes its
previously filed Form 301 application to be considered at this stage,
then during the TQ Window the original Tribal Allotment proponent must
submit notice to process its pending Form 301 application immediately.
If only one acceptable application is filed during the TQ Window,
whether by the original Tribal allotment proponent submitting
notification to process its previously filed Form 301, or by another
qualified applicant, that application will be promptly processed and
the Tribal Allotment will not be auctioned. In the event that two or
more acceptable applications are filed during the TQ Window, the
Commission will announce a limited period in which the parties may
negotiate a settlement or bona fide merger, as a way of resolving the
mutual exclusivity between their applications. If a settlement or
merger is reached, the parties must notify the Commission and the staff
will process the surviving application pursuant to the settlement or
merger. If a settlement cannot be reached among the mutually exclusive
applicants, the Tribal Allotment will be auctioned during the next
scheduled FM auction. At that time, only the applicants whose
applications were accepted for filing during the TQ Window, as well as
the original Tribal Allotment proponent, will be permitted to bid on
that particular Tribal Allotment. This closed group of mutually
exclusive TQ Window applicants must comply with applicable established
auction procedures.
In the event that no qualifying party applies during the TQ Window,
and the original Tribal allotment proponent
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requests that its pending Form 301 application not be immediately
processed, the Tribal Allotment will be placed in a queue to be
auctioned in the normal course for vacant FM allotments. When the
Tribal Allotment is offered at auction for the first time, only
applicants meeting the ``threshold qualifications'' may specify that
particular Tribal Allotment on FCC Form 175, Application to Participate
in an FCC Auction (OMB Control No. 3060-0600). Should no qualifying
party apply to bid or qualify to bid on a Tribal Allotment in the first
auction in which it is offered, then the Tribal allotment will be
offered in a subsequent auction and any applicant, whether or not a
Tribal entity, may apply for the Tribal Allotment.
Consistent with actions taken by the Commission in the Third R&O,
Form 301 has been revised to accommodate applicants applying in a TQ
Window for a Tribal Allotment. As noted above, an applicant applying in
the TQ Window, who was not the original proponent of the Tribal
Allotment at the rulemaking stage, must demonstrate that it would have
qualified in all respects to add the particular Tribal Allotment for
which it is applying. Form 301 contains a new question in Section II--
Legal titled ``Tribal Priority--Threshold Qualifications.'' An
applicant answering ``yes'' to the question must provide an Exhibit
demonstrating that it meets all of the Tribal Priority eligibility
criteria. The Instructions for the Form 301 have been revised to assist
applicants with completing the responsive Exhibit.
In addition, Form 301 contains a new option underSection I--General
Information--Application Purpose, titled ``New Station with Petition
for Rulemaking to Amend FM Table of Allotments using Tribal Priority.''
A petitioner seeking to add a Tribal Allotment to the FM Table of
Allotments must file Form 301 when submitting its Petition for Rule
Making. This new Application Purpose field will assist the staff in
quickly identifying Form 301 applications filed in connection with a
petition to add a Tribal Allotment and initiating the ``threshold
qualification'' procedures.
This information collection is being revised to accommodate
applicants applying in a Threshold Qualifications Window for a Tribal
Allotment that had been added to the FM Table of Allotments using the
Tribal Priority under the new ``threshold qualifications'' procedures
adopted in the Third R&O.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-233 Filed 1-9-12; 8:45 am]
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