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the Commission concerning the Cable
Community Registration. The
information is the basic operational
information on operator name, mailing
address, community served, and system
identification. FCC Form 324 will cover
a variety of changes related to cable
operators, replacing the requirement of
a letter containing approximately the
same information. Every Form 324 filing
will require information about the
system—the additional information
required depending largely upon the
nature of the change.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
the Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–25231 Filed 10–22–14; 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 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
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PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before December 22,
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: 3060–1155.
Title: Sections 15.713, 15.714, 15.715
15.717, TV White Space Broadcast
Bands.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 2,000
respondents; 2,000 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, recordkeeping
requirement and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 302,
303(c), 303(f), and 307 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 4,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: 100,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit confidential
information to the Commission.
Respondents may request confidential
treatment of such information under 47
CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
submitting this information collection to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this 60 day comment period
in order to obtain the full three year
clearance.
On November 14, 2008, the Federal
Communications Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) adopted a Second
Report and Order and Memorandum
Opinion and Order, FCC 08–260, ET
Docket No. 04–186 that established
rules to allow new and unlicensed
wireless devices to operate in the
broadcast television spectrum at
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locations where that spectrum is not
being used by licensed services (this
unused TV spectrum is often termed
television ‘‘white spaces’’). The rules
will allow for the use of unlicensed TV
band devices in the unused spectrum to
provide broadband data and other
services for consumers and businesses.
Subsequently on September 23, 2010,
the Commission adopted a Second
Memorandum Opinion and Order
finalizing the rules to make the unused
spectrum in the TV bands available for
unlicensed broadband wireless devices.
This action resolved on reconsideration
certain legal and technical issues in
order to provide certainty concerning
the rules for operation of unlicensed
transmitting devices in the television
broadcast frequency bands (unlicensed
TV bands devices or ‘‘TVBDs’’).
Resolution of these issues will now
allow manufacturers to begin marketing
unlicensed communications devices
and systems that operate on frequencies
in the TV bands in areas where they are
not used by licensed services (‘‘TV
white spaces’’).
In the Second Report and Order the
Commission decided to designate one or
more database administrator from the
private sector to create and operate TV
band databases which will be a
privately owned and operated service.
The database administrators will be
responsible for coordination of the
overall functioning of a database and
provide services to TVBDs.
The TV bands database will serve the
following functions:
Determine and provide to a TVBD,
upon request, the available TV channels
at the TVBD’s location. Available
channels are determined based on the
interference protection requirements in
§ 15.712. A database must provide fixed
and Mode II personal portable TVBDs
with channel availability information
that includes scheduled changes in
channel availability over the course of
the 48 hour period beginning at the time
the TVBDs make a re-check contact. In
making lists of available channels
available to a TVBD, the TV bands
database shall ensure that all
communications and interactions
between the TV bands database and the
TVBD include adequate security
measures such that unauthorized parties
cannot access or alter the TV bands
database or the list of available channels
sent to TVBDs or otherwise affect the
database system or TVBDs in
performing their intended functions or
in providing adequate interference
protections to authorized services
operating in the TV bands. In addition,
a TV bands database must also verify
that the FCC identifier (FCC ID) of a
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device seeking access to its services is
valid; under this requirement the TV
bands database must also verify that the
FCC ID of a Mode I device provided by
a fixed or Mode II device is valid. A list
of devices with valid FCC IDs and the
FCC IDs of those devices is to be
obtained from the Commission’s
Equipment Authorization System. There
are also questions about prefill
applications and the number of
available channels.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014–25230 Filed 10–22–14; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0686]
Information Collections 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
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
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of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before December 22,
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: 3060–0686.
Title: International Section 214
Authorization 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 Number: International Section
214—New Authorization; International
Section 214 Authorization—Transfer of
Control/Assignment; International
Section 214—Special Temporary
Authority and International Section
214—Foreign Carrier Affiliation
Notification.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business and other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 495 respondents; 748
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hour to 15 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, Quarterly
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, 208,
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, 201–205, 208, 211, 214, 219,
220, 303(r), 309, 310 and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 3,286 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $755,400.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In general, there is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of
information.
Needs and Uses: The Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) is requesting that the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approve a revision of OMB
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Control No. 3060–0686. The purpose of
this revision is to obtain OMB approval
of rules adopted in the Commission’s
Report and Order in IB Docket No. 12–
299, FCC 14–48, adopted and released
on August 22, 2014 (Report and Order).
In the Report and Order, the
Commission eliminated the effective
competitive opportunities (ECO) test
from sections 63.11(g)(2) and 63.18(k) of
the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR
63.11(g)(2), 63.18(k), which apply to
applications filed under section 63.18,
47 CFR 63.18, for authority to provide
U.S.-international telecommunications
service pursuant to section 214 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended (Communications Act), 47
U.S.C. 214, and to foreign carrier
affiliation notifications filed under
section 63.11 of the Commission’s rules,
47 CFR 63.11. The Commission is also
making adjustments to the hour and cost
burdens associated with other rules and
requirements covered by this
information collection.
The information will be used by the
Commission staff in carrying out its
duties under the Communications Act.
The information collections are
necessary largely to determine the
qualifications of applicants to provide
common carrier international
telecommunications service, including
applicants that are, or are affiliated
with, foreign carriers, and to determine
whether and under what conditions the
authorizations are in the public interest,
convenience, and necessity. The
information collections are also
necessary to maintain effective oversight
of U.S. international carriers generally.
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. In addition, without the
information collections, the United
States would jeopardize its ability to
fulfill the U.S. obligations as negotiated
under the 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0944.
Title: Cable Landing License Act—47
CFR 1.767; 1.768; Executive Order
10530.
Form Number: Submarine Cable
Landing License Application.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before December
22, 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: 3060-1155.
Title: Sections 15.713, 15.714, 15.715 15.717, TV White Space
Broadcast Bands.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 2,000 respondents; 2,000 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 154(i), 302, 303(c), 303(f), and 307 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 4,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: 100,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission. Respondents may request confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance.
On November 14, 2008, the Federal Communications Commission
(``Commission'') adopted a Second Report and Order and Memorandum
Opinion and Order, FCC 08-260, ET Docket No. 04-186 that established
rules to allow new and unlicensed wireless devices to operate in the
broadcast television spectrum at locations where that spectrum is not
being used by licensed services (this unused TV spectrum is often
termed television ``white spaces''). The rules will allow for the use
of unlicensed TV band devices in the unused spectrum to provide
broadband data and other services for consumers and businesses.
Subsequently on September 23, 2010, the Commission adopted a Second
Memorandum Opinion and Order finalizing the rules to make the unused
spectrum in the TV bands available for unlicensed broadband wireless
devices. This action resolved on reconsideration certain legal and
technical issues in order to provide certainty concerning the rules for
operation of unlicensed transmitting devices in the television
broadcast frequency bands (unlicensed TV bands devices or ``TVBDs'').
Resolution of these issues will now allow manufacturers to begin
marketing unlicensed communications devices and systems that operate on
frequencies in the TV bands in areas where they are not used by
licensed services (``TV white spaces'').
In the Second Report and Order the Commission decided to designate
one or more database administrator from the private sector to create
and operate TV band databases which will be a privately owned and
operated service. The database administrators will be responsible for
coordination of the overall functioning of a database and provide
services to TVBDs.
The TV bands database will serve the following functions:
Determine and provide to a TVBD, upon request, the available TV
channels at the TVBD's location. Available channels are determined
based on the interference protection requirements in Sec. 15.712. A
database must provide fixed and Mode II personal portable TVBDs with
channel availability information that includes scheduled changes in
channel availability over the course of the 48 hour period beginning at
the time the TVBDs make a re-check contact. In making lists of
available channels available to a TVBD, the TV bands database shall
ensure that all communications and interactions between the TV bands
database and the TVBD include adequate security measures such that
unauthorized parties cannot access or alter the TV bands database or
the list of available channels sent to TVBDs or otherwise affect the
database system or TVBDs in performing their intended functions or in
providing adequate interference protections to authorized services
operating in the TV bands. In addition, a TV bands database must also
verify that the FCC identifier (FCC ID) of a
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device seeking access to its services is valid; under this requirement
the TV bands database must also verify that the FCC ID of a Mode I
device provided by a fixed or Mode II device is valid. A list of
devices with valid FCC IDs and the FCC IDs of those devices is to be
obtained from the Commission's Equipment Authorization System. There
are also questions about prefill applications and the number of
available channels.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-25230 Filed 10-22-14; 8:45 am]
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