Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget, 72885-72889 [2013-29000]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72885-72889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29000]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collections 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: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 
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 estimate; 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 PRA that does not display a valid OMB 
control number.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before January 3, 
2014. 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 contacts below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via fax 
202-395-5167, or via email Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to 
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@fcc.gov 
PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include 
in the comments the OMB control number as shown in the Supplementary 
Information section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page <https://www.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, (6) when 
the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB 
control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. 
A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1089.
    Title: Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech 
Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities; E911 
Requirements for IP-Enabled Service Providers; Internet-Based 
Telecommunications Relay Service Numbering, CG Docket No. 03-123, WC 
Docket No. 05-196, and WC Docket No. 10-191; FCC 08-151, FCC 08-275, 
FCC 11-123.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Individuals or households; State, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 8 respondents; 2,495,002 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours (15 minutes) to 1.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting 
requirements; Recordkeeping and third party disclosure requirements; 
Quarterly reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for the collection is contained in Sections 1, 
4(i), 4(j), 225, 251(e), and 255 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 225, 251(e), and 255.
    Total Annual Burden: 99,221 hours. Total Annual Cost: $4,269,135.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of 
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does 
not require the collection of personally identifiable information from 
individuals.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On August 4, 2011 the Commission released Report 
and Order FCC 11-123, published at 76 FR 59551, September 27, 2011, 
adopting final rules--containing information collection requirements--
designed to improve assignment of telephone numbers associated with 
Internet-based Telecommunications Relay Service (iTRS). Specifically, 
the final rules, described below are designed to promote the use of 
geographically appropriate local numbers, while ensuring that the deaf 
and hard-of-hearing community has access to toll free telephone numbers 
that is equivalent to access enjoyed by the hearing community.
    Below are the new and revised information collection requirements 
contained in the Report and Order:

A. Provision of Routing Information

    In addition to provisioning their registered users' routing 
information to the TRS Numbering Directory and maintaining such 
information in the database, the VRS and IP relay providers must ensure 
that the toll free number of a user that is associated with a 
geographically appropriate NANP

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number will be associated with the same Uniform Resource Identifier URI 
as that geographically appropriate NANP telephone number.

B. User Notification

    In addition to the information that the Commission previously 
instructed VRS and IP Relay providers to include in the consumer 
advisories, VRS and IP Relay providers must also include certain 
additional information in their consumer advisories under the Report 
and Order. Specifically, the consumer advisories must explain: (1) The 
process by which a VRS or IP Relay user may acquire a toll free number 
from a toll free service provider, or transfer control of a toll free 
number from a VRS or IP Relay provider to the user; and (2) the process 
by which persons holding a toll free number may have that number linked 
to their ten-digit telephone number in the TRS Numbering Directory.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1121.
    Title: Sections 1.30002, 1.30003, 1.30004, 73.875, 73.1657 and 
73.1690, Disturbance of AM Broadcast Station Antenna Patterns.
    Form No.: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities and Not-for-
profit Institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,195 respondents and 1,195 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,960 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,078,200.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: On August 14, 2013, the Commission adopted the 
Third Report and Order and Second Order on Reconsideration in the 
matter of An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding 
AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification, MM 
Docket No. 93-177, FCC 13-115. In the Third Report and Order in this 
proceeding, the Commission harmonized and streamlined the Commission's 
rules regarding tower construction near AM stations.
    In AM radio, the tower itself functions as the antenna. 
Consequently, a nearby tower may become an unintended part of the AM 
antenna system, reradiating the AM signal and distorting the authorized 
AM radiation pattern. Our old rules contained several sections 
concerning tower construction near AM antennas that were intended to 
protect AM stations from the effects of such tower construction, 
specifically, Sections 73.1692, 22.371, and 27.63. These old rule 
sections imposed differing requirements on the broadcast and wireless 
entities, although the issue is the same regardless of the types of 
antennas mounted on a tower. Other rule parts, such as Part 90 and Part 
24, entirely lacked provisions for protecting AM stations from possible 
effects of nearby tower construction. In the Third Report and Order the 
Commission adopted a uniform set of rules applicable to all services, 
thus establishing a single protection scheme regarding tower 
construction near AM tower arrays. The Third Report and Order also 
designates ``moment method'' computer modeling as the principal means 
of determining whether a nearby tower affects an AM radiation pattern. 
This serves to replace time-consuming direct measurement procedures 
with a more efficient computer modeling methodology that is reflective 
of current industry practice.
New Information Collection Requirements
    47 CFR 1.30002(a) requires a proponent of construction or 
modification of a tower within a specified distance of a nondirectional 
AM station, and also exceeding a specified height, to notify the AM 
station at least 30 days in advance of the commencement of 
construction. If the tower construction or modification would distort 
the AM pattern, the proponent shall be responsible for the installation 
and maintenance of detuning equipment.
    47 CFR 1.30002(b) requires a proponent of construction or 
modification of a tower within a specified distance of a directional AM 
station, and also exceeding a specified height, to notify the AM 
station at least 30 days in advance of the commencement of 
construction. If the tower construction or modification would distort 
the AM pattern, the proponent shall be responsible for the installation 
and maintenance of detuning equipment.
    47 CFR 1.30002(c) states that proponents of tower construction or 
alteration near an AM station shall use moment method modeling, 
described in Sec.  73.151(c), to determine the effect of the 
construction or alteration on an AM radiation pattern.
    47 CFR 1.30002(f) states that, with respect to an AM station that 
was authorized pursuant to a directional proof of performance based on 
field strength measurements, the proponent of the tower construction or 
modification may, in lieu of the study described in Sec.  1.30002 (c), 
demonstrate through measurements taken before and after construction 
that field strength values at the monitoring points do not exceed the 
licensed values. In the event that the pre-construction monitoring 
point values exceed the licensed values, the proponent may demonstrate 
that post-construction monitoring point values do not exceed the pre-
construction values. Alternatively, the AM station may file for 
authority to increase the relevant monitoring point value after 
performing a partial proof of performance in accordance with Sec.  
73.154 to establish that the licensed radiation limit on the applicable 
radial is not exceeded.
    47 CFR 1.30002(g) states that tower construction or modification 
that falls outside the criteria described in paragraphs Sec.  
1.30002(a) and (b) is presumed to have no significant effect on an AM 
station. In some instances, however, an AM station may be affected by 
tower construction notwithstanding the criteria set forth in paragraphs 
Sec.  1.30002(a) and (b). In such cases, an AM station may submit a 
showing that its operation has been affected by tower construction or 
alteration. Such showing shall consist of either a moment method 
analysis or field strength measurements. The showing shall be provided 
to (i) the tower proponent if the showing relates to a tower that has 
not yet been constructed or modified and otherwise to the current tower 
owner, and (ii) to the Commission, within two years after the date of 
completion of the tower construction or modification. If necessary, the 
Commission shall direct the tower proponent to install and maintain any 
detuning apparatus necessary to restore proper operation of the AM 
antenna.
    47 CFR 1.30002(h) states that an AM station may submit a showing 
that its operation has been affected by tower construction or 
modification commenced or completed prior to or on the effective date 
of the rules adopted in this Part pursuant to MM Docket No. 93-177. 
Such a showing shall consist of either a moment method analysis or of 
field strength measurements. The

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showing shall be provided to the current owner and the Commission 
within one year of the effective date of the rules adopted in this 
Part. If necessary, the Commission shall direct the tower owner, if the 
tower owner holds a Commission authorization, to install and maintain 
any detuning apparatus necessary to restore proper operation of the AM 
antenna.
    47 CFR 1.30002(i) states that a Commission applicant may not 
propose, and a Commission licensee or permittee may not locate, an 
antenna on any tower or support structure, whether constructed before 
or after the effective date of these rules, that is causing a 
disturbance to the radiation pattern of the AM station, as defined in 
paragraphs Sec.  1.30002(a) and (b), unless the applicant, licensee, or 
tower owner completes the new study and notification process and takes 
appropriate ameliorative action to correct any disturbance, such as 
detuning the tower, either prior to construction or at any other time 
prior to the proposal or antenna location.
    47 CFR 1.30003(a) states that when antennas are installed on a 
nondirectional AM tower the AM station shall determine operating power 
by the indirect method (see Sec.  73.51). Upon the completion of the 
installation, antenna impedance measurements on the AM antenna shall be 
made. If the resistance of the AM antenna changes, an application on 
FCC Form 302-AM (including a tower sketch of the installation) shall be 
filed with the Commission for the AM station to return to direct power 
measurement. The Form 302-AM shall be filed before or simultaneously 
with any license application associated with the installation.
    47 CFR 1.30003(b) requires that, before antennas are installed on a 
tower in a directional AM array, the proponent shall notify the AM 
station so that, if necessary, the AM station may determine operating 
power by the indirect method (see Sec.  73.51) and request special 
temporary authority pursuant to Sec.  73.1635 to operate with 
parameters at variance. For AM stations licensed via field strength 
measurements (see Sec.  73.151(a)), a partial proof of performance (as 
defined by Sec.  73.154) shall be conducted both before and after 
construction to establish that the AM array will not be and has not 
been adversely affected. For AM stations licensed via a moment method 
proof (see Sec.  73.151(c)), the proof procedures set forth in Sec.  
73.151(c) shall be repeated. The results of either the partial proof of 
performance or the moment method proof shall be filed with the 
Commission on Form 302-AM before or simultaneously with any license 
application associated with the installation.
    47 CFR 1.30004(a) requires proponents of proposed tower 
construction or modification to an existing tower near an AM station 
that are subject to the notification requirement in Sec. Sec.  1.30002-
1.30003 to provide notice of the proposed tower construction or 
modification to the AM station at least 30 days prior to commencement 
of the planned tower construction or modification. Notification to an 
AM station and any responses may be oral or written. If such 
notification and/or response is oral, the party providing such 
notification or response must supply written documentation of the 
communication and written documentation of the date of communication 
upon request of the other party to the communication or the Commission. 
Notification must include the relevant technical details of the 
proposed tower construction or modification, and, at a minimum, also 
include the following: Proponent's name and address; coordinates of the 
tower to be constructed or modified; physical description of the 
planned structure; and results of the analysis showing the predicted 
effect on the AM pattern, if performed.
    47 CFR 1.30004(b) requires that a response to a notification 
indicating a potential disturbance of the AM radiation pattern must 
specify the technical details and must be provided to the proponent 
within 30 days.
    47 CFR 1.30004(d) states that if an expedited notification period 
(less than 30 days) is requested by the proponent, the notification 
shall be identified as ``expedited,'' and the requested response date 
shall be clearly indicated.
    47 CFR 1.30004(e) states that in the event of an emergency 
situation, if the proponent erects a temporary new tower or makes a 
temporary significant modification to an existing tower without prior 
notice, the proponent must provide written notice to potentially 
affected AM stations within five days of the construction or 
modification of the tower and cooperate with such AM stations to remedy 
any pattern distortions that arise as a consequence of such 
construction.
    47 CFR 73.875(c) requires an LPFM applicant to submit an exhibit 
demonstrating compliance with Sec.  1.30003 or Sec.  1.30002, as 
applicable, with any modification of license application filed solely 
pursuant to paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section, where the 
installation is on or near an AM tower, as defined in Sec.  1.30002.
    47 CFR 73.1675(c)(1) states that where an FM, TV, or Class A TV 
licensee or permittee proposes to mount an auxiliary facility on an AM 
tower, it must also demonstrate compliance with Sec.  1.30003 in the 
license application.
    47 CFR 73.1690(c) requires FM, TV, or Class A TV station applicants 
to submit an exhibit demonstrating compliance with Sec.  1.30003 or 
Sec.  1.30002, as applicable, with a modification of license 
application, except for applications solely filed pursuant to 
paragraphs (c)(6) or (c)(9) of this section, where the installation is 
located on or near an AM tower, as defined in Sec.  1.30002.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0798.
    Title: FCC Application for Radio Service Authorization: Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
    Form No.: FCC Form 601.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; and State, Local or Tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 253,120 respondents; 253,120 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, third 
party disclosure requirement, Recordkeeping & Other-10 year.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301, 302a, 
303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331, 332, 333, 336, 
534, and 535.
    Total Annual Burden: 221,780 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $55,410,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general there is no need 
for confidentiality. On a case by case basis, the Commission may be 
required to withhold from disclosure certain information about the 
location, character, or ownership of a historic property, including 
traditional religious sites.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 601 is a consolidated, multi-part 
application form, or ``long form,'' that is used for general market-
based licensing and site-by-site licensing for wireless 
telecommunications and public safety services filed through the 
Commission's Universal Licensing System (ULS). FCC Form 601 is composed 
of a main form

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that contains the administrative information and a series of schedules 
used for filing technical and other information. Respondents are 
encouraged to submit FCC Form 601 electronically and are required to do 
so when submitting FCC Form 601 to apply for an authorization for which 
the applicant was the winning bidder in a spectrum auction.
    The data collected on FCC Form 601 include the FCC Registration 
Number (FRN), which serves as a ``common link'' for all filings an 
entity has with the FCC. The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 
requires that those entities filing with the Commission to use a FRN.
    FCC Form 601 is being used for auctionable services as they are 
implemented; FCC Form 601 is used to apply for a new authorization, or 
to amend a pending application for an authorization to operate a 
license wireless radio services. This includes Public Mobile Services, 
Personal Communications Services, General Wireless Communications 
Services, Private Land Mobile Radio Services, Broadcast Auxiliary 
Services, Fixed Microwave Services, Instructional Television Fixed 
Service (ITFS) and the Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS), Maritime 
Services (excluding ships), and Aviation Services (excluding aircraft). 
It may also be used to modify or renew an existing license, cancel a 
license, withdraw a pending application, obtain a duplicate license, 
submit required notifications, request an extension of time to satisfy 
construction requirements, or request an administrative update to an 
existing license (such as mailing address change), request a Special 
Temporary Authority (STA) or a Developmental License.
    The form 601 is being revised to add a National Security 
Certification that is applicable to applicants for licenses issued as a 
result of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 
(2012 Spectrum Act). Section 6004 of the 2012 Spectrum Act, 47 U.S.C 
1404, prohibits a person who has been, for reasons of national 
security, barred by any agency of the Federal Government from bidding 
on a contract, participating in an auction, or receiving a grant from 
participating in any auction that is required or authorized to be 
conducted pursuant to the 2012 Spectrum Act.
    On June 27, 2013, the Commission released a Report and Order (R&O), 
FCC 13-88, WT Docket No. 12-357, in which it established service rules 
and competitive bidding procedures for the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 
MHz bands. See Service Rules for the Advanced Wireless Services H 
Block-Implementing Section 6401 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 
Creation Act of 2012 Related to the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz 
Bands, Report and Order, FCC 13-88, 28 FCC Rcd 9483 (2013). The R&O 
also implemented Section 6004 by requiring that a party seeking to 
participate in any auction conducted pursuant to the 2012 Spectrum Act 
certify in its application, under penalty of perjury, the applicant and 
all of the related individuals and entities required to be disclosed on 
its application are not person(s) who have been, for reasons of 
national security, barred by any agency of the Federal Government from 
bidding on a contract, participating in an auction, or receiving a 
grant and thus statutorily prohibited from participating in such a 
Commission auction or being issued a license. The Commission therefore 
seeks approval for a revision to its currently approved information 
collection on FCC Form 601 to include this additional certification. 
The revised collection will enable the Commission to determine whether 
an applicant's request for a license pursuant to the 2012 Spectrum Act 
is consistent with Section 6004.
    Additionally, the form 601 is being revised to update the Alien 
Ownership certifications pursuant to the Second Report and Order FCC 
13-50, IB Docket 11-133 Review of Foreign Ownership Policies for Common 
Carrier and Aeronautical Radio Licensees under Section 310(b)(4) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as Amended.
    The addition of the National Security Certification and the 
revision to the Alien Ownership certification result in no change in 
burden for the revised collection. The Commission estimates that the 
additional certification will not measurably increase the estimated 
average amount of time for respondents to complete FCC Form 601 across 
the range of applicants or for Commission staff to review the 
applications
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0686.
    Title: International Section 214 Process and Tariff Requirements, 
47 CFR 63.10, 63.11, 63.13, 63.18, 63.19, 63.21, 63.24, 63.25 and 
1.1311.
    Form No.: FCC Form 214.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,670 respondents; 10,264 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50-16 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. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 1, 
4(i), 4(j)11, 201-205, 211, 214, 219, 220, 303(r), 309, 310 and 403 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 
154(j), 161, 21, 201-205, 214, 219, 220, 303(r), 309, and sections 34-
39.
    Total Annual Burden: 34,376 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $3,625,390.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The collection of information is used by the 
Commission staff in carrying out its duties under the Communications 
Act. The information collections pertaining to Part 1 of the rules are 
necessary to determine whether the Commission should grant a license 
for proposed submarine cables landing in the United States. Pursuant to 
Executive Order No. 10530, the Commission has been delegated the 
President's authority under the Cable Landing License Act to grant 
cable landing licenses, provided that the Commission obtains the 
approval from the State Department and seeks advice from other 
government agencies as appropriate. The information collections 
pertaining to Part 63 are necessary largely to determine the 
qualifications of applicants to provide common carrier international 
telecommunications service, including applicants that are affiliated 
with foreign carriers, and to determine whether and under what 
conditions the authorizations are in the public interest, convenience, 
and necessity.
    If the collections are not conducted or are conducted less 
frequently, applicants will not obtain the authorizations necessary to 
provide telecommunications services, and the Commission will be unable 
to carry out its mandate under the Communications Act of 1934 and the 
Cable Landing License Act. In addition, without the information 
collections, the United States would jeopardize its ability to fulfill 
the U.S. obligations as negotiated under the World Trade Organization 
(WTO) Basic Telecom Agreement because these collections are imperative 
to detecting and deterring anticompetitive conduct. They are also 
necessary to preserve the Executive Branch agencies' and the 
Commission's ability to review foreign investments for national 
security, law enforcement, foreign policy, and trade concerns.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
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