Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 53755-53757 [2013-21147]

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53755-53757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21147]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: 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. 
3502-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection(s). Comments are requested 
concerning: 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; the 
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimates; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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 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 September 30, 2013. 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

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advise the FCC contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at 
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov mailto: Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications 
Commission, via the Internet at Judith-b.herman@fcc.gov. To submit your 
PRA comments by email send them to: PRA@fcc.gov mailto: PRA@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 
Director, FCC, at 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0599.
    Title: Section 90.187, Trunking in the Bands Between 150 and 512 
MHz; and Sections 90.425 and 90.647, Station Identification.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities and state, local 
or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 6,679 respondents; 6,679 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours to 3 hours.
    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. sections 154(i), 309(j) and 332 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 8,231 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No questions of a 
confidential nature are asked.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection during this comment period to obtain the full, three year 
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The 
Commission is requesting approval for a revision.
    On April 18 2013, the Commission in a Fifth Report and Order, FCC 
13-52, adopted changes to 47 CFR 90.425 of the Commission's rules to 
allow Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR) licensees in the bands between 
150 and 512 MHz that are licensed on an exclusive basis to transmit 
station identification information in digital format, on the condition 
that the licensee will provide the Commission with information 
sufficient to decode the digital transmission to ascertain the call 
sign transmitted. However, this gives a new group of licensee stations 
(PLMRs) an option regarding the method of transmission of required call 
sign information; it modifies the existing burden, and slightly 
increase the in-house cost burden--specifically the cost associated 
with providing the Commission sufficient information to decode the 
transmission--unless they choose the digital transmission option. 
Finally, the other part of this revision is adding one additional rule 
section which is 90.187 to this existing information collection.
    The information requested in this collection is used by the 
Commission staff to enable the FCC to evaluate the accuracy of 
frequency coordination pursuant to its rule under 47 CFR sections 
90.187, 90.425 and 90.647.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0192.
    Title: Section 87.103, Posting Station License.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit 
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 34,857 respondents; 34,857 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 8,714 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy 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 during this comment period to obtain the full, 
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
The Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change to 
the recordkeeping requirement).
    The recordkeeping requirement in Section 87.103 is necessary to 
demonstrate that all transmitters in the Aviation Service are properly 
licensed in accordance with the requirements of Section 303 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. section 303, No. 2020 
of the International Radio Regulations and Article 30 of the Convention 
on International Civil Aviation.
    The information is used by FCC staff during inspections and 
investigations to ensure the particular station is licensed and 
operated in compliance with applicable rules, statutes and treaties.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1159.
    Title: Part 25--Satellite Communications; and Part 27--
Miscellaneous Wireless Communications Services in the 2.3 GHz Band.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 158 respondents; 5,605 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours to 40 hours
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and quarterly reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 154, 301, 
302(a), 303, 309, 332, 336 and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934.
    Total Annual Burden: 24,572 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $928,200.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection during this comment period to obtain the full, three year 
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The 
Commission is requesting approval for a revision. There are changes to 
the Commission's burden estimates. The Commission is now reporting a 
1,065 hour increase adjustment. This is due to a recalculation of the 
previous burden estimates. There is no change in the cost estimates.
    On October 17, 2012, the Commission adopted an Order on 
Reconsideration in WT Docket No. 07-293, IB Docket No. 95-91, GEN 
Docket No. 90-357, FCC 12-130, which affirmed, modified and clarified 
the 1st and 2nd Report and Orders.
    Among the actions taken in the Order on Reconsideration:
     Revised the technical rules to enhance the ability of WSC 
licensees to deploy mobile broadband networks while establishing 
additional safeguards to protect neighboring SDARS, AMT and DSN 
networks from harmful interference.
     Prohibited WCS mobile and portable devices' transmissions 
in WCS Blocks C and D to further protect SDARS operations.
     Relaxed the WCS licensee notification requirements 
regarding low-

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power WCS stations and minor WCS station modifications, and clarified 
WCS notification and coordination procedures.
     Restarted and provided a limited extension of the WCS 
performance period to enable licensees to respond to revisions of 
technical rules.
    The information filed by WCS licensees in support of their 
construction notifications will be used to determine whether licensees 
have complied with the Commission's performance benchmarks. Further, 
the information collected by licensees in support of their coordination 
obligations will help avoid harmful interference to SDARS, AMT and DSN 
operations in other spectrum bands.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-21147 Filed 8-29-13; 8:45 am]
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