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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–08466 Filed 4–14–14; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 the Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
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 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 June 16, 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 contact listed below as soon
as possible.
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Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to 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: 3060–0546.
Title: Section 76.59 Definition of
Markets for Purposes of the Cable
Television Mandatory Television
Broadcast Signal Carriage Rules.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 75 respondents and 75
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 to 80
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,440 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $1,440,000.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in Section 4(i) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, and Section
614 of the Cable Television Consumer
Protection and Competition Act of 1992.
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: 47 CFR 76.59 states
that the Commission, following a
written request from a broadcast station
or a cable system, may deem that the
television market of a particular
commercial television broadcast station
should include additional communities
within its television market or exclude
communities from such station’s
television market. In this respect,
communities may be considered part of
more than one television market.
ADDRESSES:
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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Notice of Public Information Collection
Being Reviewed by the Federal
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Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
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. 3501–
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 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 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 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 June 16, 2014. 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: Submit your PRA comments
to Benish Shah, Federal
Communications Commission, via the
Internet at Benish.Shah@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email
send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benish Shah, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418–7866.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control Number: 3060–XXXX.
Title: Administration of
Interoperability Channels, State License,
and Band Plan (47 CFR 90.525, 90.529,
and 90.531).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Respondents: State, local or tribal
government and not-for-profit
institutions.
SUMMARY:
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Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2155 respondents; 2155
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour
(range of 1 hour to 2 hours).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirements; one-time
reporting requirements; and third party
disclosure.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161,
303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7).
Total Annual Burden: 2,208 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: Section 90.525 of the
Commission’s rules requires approval of
license applications for Interoperability
channels in the 769–775 MHz and 799–
805 MHz frequency bands by state-level
agency or organization responsible for
administering emergency
communications. Section 90.529 of the
Commission’s rules provides that each
state license will be granted subject to
the condition that the state certifies on
or before each applicable benchmark
date that it is providing or prepared to
provide ‘‘substantial service.’’ See OMB
Control No. 3060–0798. A licensee must
demonstrate that it is providing or
prepared to provide substantial service
to one third of its geographic area or
population by June 13, 2014 and two
thirds by June 13, 2019. A licensee will
be deemed to be prepared to provide
substantial service if the licensee
certifies that a radio system has been
approved and funded for
implementation by the deadline date.
Substantial service refers to service
which is sound, favorable, and
substantially above a level of mediocre
service which might minimally warrant
renewal. If a state licensee fails to meet
any condition of the grant the state
license is modified automatically to the
frequencies and geographic areas where
the state certifies that it is providing
substantial service. Any recovered state
license spectrum will revert to General
Use. However, spectrum licensed to a
state under a state license remains
unavailable for reassignment to other
applicants until the Commission’s
database reflects the parameters of the
modified state license. By Public Notice
released April 7, 2014, DA 14–467, the
Commission provided guidance on
information licensees may provide to
demonstrate substantial service,
including the kind of public safety
service that the licensee is providing
with the system; which state channels
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are in use in the system; whether the
licensee’s has made its showing based
on territory or population served; the
percentage of territory/population
served by the system footprint; and
what signal level is being used to
determine the system footprint. Section
90.531 of the Commission’s rules sets
forth the band plan for the 763–775
MHz and 793–805 MHz public safety
bands. This section covers channel
designations for base and mobile use,
narrowband segments, combined
channels, channel pairing, internal
guard band, and broadband.
Narrowband general use channels and
low power channels require regional
planning committee concurrence.
Commission staff will use the
information to assign licenses for
interoperability and General Use
channels, as well as renewal of State
licenses. The information will also be
used to determine whether prospective
licensees operate in compliance with
the Commission’s rules. Without such
information, the Commission could not
accommodate State interoperability or
regional planning requirements or
provide for the efficient use of State
frequencies. This information collection
includes rules to govern the operation
and licensing of 700 MHz band systems
to ensure that licensees continue to
fulfill their statutory responsibilities in
accordance with the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended. Such
information will continue to be used to
verify that applicants are legally and
technically qualified to hold licenses,
and to determine compliance with
Commission rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–08467 Filed 4–14–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 the Commission)
invites the general public and other
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
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Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
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 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 June 16, 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 contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to 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: 3060–0390.
Title: Broadcast Station Annual
Employment Report, FCC Form 395–B.
Form Number: FCC 395–B.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities; not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 14,000 respondents, 14,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 14,000 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority of this collection of
information is contained in Sections
154(i) and 334 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and 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.
3501-3520), 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 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 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 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 June 16, 2014. 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: Submit your PRA comments to Benish Shah, Federal
Communications Commission, via the Internet at Benish.Shah@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benish Shah, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-7866.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Administration of Interoperability Channels, State License,
and Band Plan (47 CFR 90.525, 90.529, and 90.531).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Respondents: State, local or tribal government and not-for-profit
institutions.
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Number of Respondents and Responses: 2155 respondents; 2155
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour (range of 1 hour to 2 hours).
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; one-time
reporting requirements; and third party disclosure.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained 47
U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7).
Total Annual Burden: 2,208 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: Section 90.525 of the Commission's rules requires
approval of license applications for Interoperability channels in the
769-775 MHz and 799-805 MHz frequency bands by state-level agency or
organization responsible for administering emergency communications.
Section 90.529 of the Commission's rules provides that each state
license will be granted subject to the condition that the state
certifies on or before each applicable benchmark date that it is
providing or prepared to provide ``substantial service.'' See OMB
Control No. 3060-0798. A licensee must demonstrate that it is providing
or prepared to provide substantial service to one third of its
geographic area or population by June 13, 2014 and two thirds by June
13, 2019. A licensee will be deemed to be prepared to provide
substantial service if the licensee certifies that a radio system has
been approved and funded for implementation by the deadline date.
Substantial service refers to service which is sound, favorable, and
substantially above a level of mediocre service which might minimally
warrant renewal. If a state licensee fails to meet any condition of the
grant the state license is modified automatically to the frequencies
and geographic areas where the state certifies that it is providing
substantial service. Any recovered state license spectrum will revert
to General Use. However, spectrum licensed to a state under a state
license remains unavailable for reassignment to other applicants until
the Commission's database reflects the parameters of the modified state
license. By Public Notice released April 7, 2014, DA 14-467, the
Commission provided guidance on information licensees may provide to
demonstrate substantial service, including the kind of public safety
service that the licensee is providing with the system; which state
channels are in use in the system; whether the licensee's has made its
showing based on territory or population served; the percentage of
territory/population served by the system footprint; and what signal
level is being used to determine the system footprint. Section 90.531
of the Commission's rules sets forth the band plan for the 763-775 MHz
and 793-805 MHz public safety bands. This section covers channel
designations for base and mobile use, narrowband segments, combined
channels, channel pairing, internal guard band, and broadband.
Narrowband general use channels and low power channels require regional
planning committee concurrence.
Commission staff will use the information to assign licenses for
interoperability and General Use channels, as well as renewal of State
licenses. The information will also be used to determine whether
prospective licensees operate in compliance with the Commission's
rules. Without such information, the Commission could not accommodate
State interoperability or regional planning requirements or provide for
the efficient use of State frequencies. This information collection
includes rules to govern the operation and licensing of 700 MHz band
systems to ensure that licensees continue to fulfill their statutory
responsibilities in accordance with the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended. Such information will continue to be used to verify that
applicants are legally and technically qualified to hold licenses, and
to determine compliance with Commission rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-08467 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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