Information Collection Being Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval, 36805 [2014-15176]

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 36805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15176]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

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 July 30, 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at 
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 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* * *.
    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.
    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.
Sheryl D. Todd,
Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-15176 Filed 6-27-14; 8:45 am]
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