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§ 1.1155 Schedule of regulatory fees for
cable television services.
5. Section 1.1155 is revised to read as
follows:
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Fee amount
1. Cable Television Relay Service ......................................................................................................................................................
2. Cable TV System, Including IPTV (per subscriber) ........................................................................................................................
3. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) .....................................................................................................................................................
§ 1.1156 Schedule of regulatory fees for
international services.
6. Section 1.1156 is revised to read as
follows:
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(a) The following schedule applies for
the listed services:
Fee category
Fee amount
Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit) ..................................................................................................................................................
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit) ..........................................................................................................................................
Earth Stations: Transmit/Receive & Transmit only (per authorization or registration) .......................................................................
(b) International Terrestrial and
Satellite. Regulatory fees for
International Bearer Circuits are to be
paid by facilities-based common carriers
that have active (used or leased)
international bearer circuits as of
December 31 of the prior year in any
terrestrial or satellite transmission
facility for the provision of service to an
end user or resale carrier, which
includes active circuits to themselves or
to their affiliates. In addition, noncommon carrier satellite operators must
pay a fee for each circuit sold or leased
to any customer, including themselves
or their affiliates, other than an
international common carrier
authorized by the Commission to
provide U.S. international common
carrier services. ‘‘Active circuits’’ for
Fee amount
Terrestrial Common Carrier Satellite Common Carrier Satellite Non-Common Carrier .....................................................................
(c) Submarine cable: Regulatory fees
for submarine cable systems will be
paid annually, per cable landing license,
for all submarine cable systems
operating as of December 31 of the prior
Fee amount
<2.5 Gbps ............................................................................................................................................................................................
2.5 Gbps or greater, but less than 5 Gbps .........................................................................................................................................
5 Gbps or greater, but less than 10 Gbps ..........................................................................................................................................
10 Gbps or greater, but less than 20 Gbps ........................................................................................................................................
20 Gbps or greater ..............................................................................................................................................................................
Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
ACTION:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years,
certain information collection
requirements associated with the
Commission’s Expanding the Economic
and Innovation Opportunities of
Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions
Report and Order (Incentive Auction
Report and Order), FCC 14–50. This
document is consistent with the
SUMMARY:
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
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47 CFR Parts 27 and 74
[GN Docket No. 12–268; FCC 14–50]
Expanding the Economic and
Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum
Through Incentive Auctions
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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$0.03 per 64
KB Circuit.
year. The fee amount will be determined
by the Commission for each fiscal year.
Submarine cable systems
(capacity as of December 31, 2014)
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$119,150
132,125
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these purposes include backup and
redundant circuits. In addition, whether
circuits are used specifically for voice or
data is not relevant in determining that
they are active circuits.
The fee amount, per active 64 KB
circuit or equivalent will be determined
for each fiscal year.
International terrestrial and satellite (capacity as of December 31, 2014)
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$660.
0.96.
$.12 per subscriber.
$7,175
14,350
28,675
57,350
114,700
Incentive Auction Report and Order,
which stated that the Commission
would publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing OMB
approval and the effective date of to the
new information collection
requirements.
The amendments to 47 CFR
27.14(k), 27.14(t)(6), 27.17(c), 27.19(b),
27.19(c), 74.602(h)(5)(ii), and
74.602(h)(5)(iii), published at 79 FR
48442, August 15, 2014, are effective on
September 17, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathy Williams by email at
DATES:
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Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov and telephone
at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that, on August
27, 2015, OMB approved certain
information collection requirements
contained in the Commission’s
Incentive Auction Report and Order,
FCC 14–50, published at 79 FR 48442,
August 15, 2014. The OMB Control
Number is 3060–1180. The Commission
publishes this document as an
announcement of the effective date of
these information collection
requirements.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the FCC is notifying the public that it
received OMB approval on August 27,
2015, for the new information collection
requirements contained in the
Commission’s rules at 47 CFR 27.14(k),
27.14(t)(6), 27.17(c), 27.19(b), 27.19(c),
74.602(h)(5)(ii), 74.602(h)(5)(iii). Under
5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a current,
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 that does not display a
current, valid OMB Control Number.
The OMB Control Number is 3060–
1180.
The foregoing notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995,
and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1180.
OMB Approval Date: August 27, 2015.
OMB Expiration Date: August 31,
2018.
Title: Expanding the Economic and
Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum
Through Incentive Auctions.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, state, local, or tribal
government and not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 378 respondents and 378
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5
hours–2 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time and
on occasion reporting requirements,
twice within 12 years reporting
requirement, 6, 10 and 12-years
reporting requirements and third party
disclosure requirement.
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Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for these collections are
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 301,
303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319,
325(b), 332, 336(f), 338, 339, 340, 399b,
403, 534, 535, 1404, 1452, and 1454 of
the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 581 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy 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 FCC adopted the
Expanding the Economic and
Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum
Through Incentive Auctions Report and
Order, FCC 14–50, on May 15, 2014,
published at 79 FR 48442 (Aug. 15,
2014). The Commission sought approval
from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for some of the
information collection requirements
contained in FCC 14–50. The
Commission will use the information to
ensure compliance with required filings
of notifications, certifications, license
renewals, license cancelations, and
license modifications. Also, such
information will be used to minimize
interference and to determine
compliance with Commission’s rules.
The following is a description of the
information collection requirements for
which the Commission sought OMB
approval:
Section 27.14(k) requires 600 MHz
licensees to demonstrate compliance
with performance requirements by filing
a construction notification with the
Commission, within 15 days of the
applicable benchmark.
Section 27.14(t)(6) requires 600 MHz
licensees to make a renewal showing as
a condition of each renewal. The
showing must include a detailed
description of the applicant’s provision
of service during the entire license
period and address: (i) The level and
quality of service provided by the
applicant (including the population
served, the area served, the number of
subscribers, the services offered); (ii) the
date service commenced, whether
service was ever interrupted, and the
duration of any interruption or outage;
(iii) the extent to which service is
provided to rural areas; (iv) the extent
to which service is provided to
qualifying tribal land as defined in 47
CFR 1.2110(f)(3)(i); and (v) any other
factors associated with the level of
service to the public.
Section 27.17(c) requires 600 MHz
licensees to notify the Commission
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within 10 days of discontinuance if they
permanently discontinue service by
filing FCC Form 601 or 605 and
requesting license cancellation.
Section 27.19(b) requires 600 MHz
licensees with base and fixed stations in
the 600 MHz downlink band within 25
kilometers of Very Long Baseline Array
(VLBA) observatories to coordinate with
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
prior to commencing operations.
Section 27.19(c) requires 600 MHz
licensees that intend to operate base and
fixed stations in the 600 MHz downlink
band in locations near the Radio
Astronomy Observatory site located in
Green Bank, Pocahontas County, West
Virginia, or near the Arecibo
Observatory in Puerto Rico, to comply
with the provisions in 47 CFR 1.924.
Section 74.602(h)(5)(ii) requires 600
MHz licensees to notify the licensee of
a studio-transmitter link (TV STL), TV
relay station, or TV translator relay
station of their intent to commence
wireless operations and the likelihood
of harmful interference from the TV
STL, TV relay station, or TV translator
relay station to those operations within
the wireless licensee’s licensed
geographic service area. The notification
is to be in the form of a letter, via
certified mail, return receipt requested
and must be sent not less than 30 days
in advance of approximate date of
commencement of operations.
Section 74.602(h)(5)(iii) requires all
TV STL, TV relay station and TV
translator relay station licensees to
modify or cancel their authorizations
and vacate the 600 MHz band no later
than the end of the post-auction
transition period as defined in 47 CFR
27.4.
These rules which contain
information collection requirements are
designed to provide for flexible use of
this spectrum by allowing licensees to
choose their type of service offerings, to
encourage innovation and investment in
mobile broadband use in this spectrum,
and to provide a stable regulatory
environment in which broadband
deployment would be able to develop
through the application of standard
terrestrial wireless rules. Without this
information, the Commission would not
be able to carry out its statutory
responsibilities.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 27 and 74
[GN Docket No. 12-268; FCC 14-50]
Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum
Through Incentive Auctions
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
has approved, for a period of three years, certain information
collection requirements associated with the Commission's Expanding the
Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive
Auctions Report and Order (Incentive Auction Report and Order), FCC 14-
50. This document is consistent with the Incentive Auction Report and
Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of to
the new information collection requirements.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 27.14(k), 27.14(t)(6), 27.17(c),
27.19(b), 27.19(c), 74.602(h)(5)(ii), and 74.602(h)(5)(iii), published
at 79 FR 48442, August 15, 2014, are effective on September 17, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams by email at
[[Page 55796]]
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov and telephone at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on August 27,
2015, OMB approved certain information collection requirements
contained in the Commission's Incentive Auction Report and Order, FCC
14-50, published at 79 FR 48442, August 15, 2014. The OMB Control
Number is 3060-1180. The Commission publishes this document as an
announcement of the effective date of these information collection
requirements.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on
August 27, 2015, for the new information collection requirements
contained in the Commission's rules at 47 CFR 27.14(k), 27.14(t)(6),
27.17(c), 27.19(b), 27.19(c), 74.602(h)(5)(ii), 74.602(h)(5)(iii).
Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a current, 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 that does not display a current, valid OMB Control
Number. The OMB Control Number is 3060-1180.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1180.
OMB Approval Date: August 27, 2015.
OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 2018.
Title: Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of
Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, state, local,
or tribal government and not for profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 378 respondents and 378
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours-2 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time and on occasion reporting
requirements, twice within 12 years reporting requirement, 6, 10 and
12-years reporting requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in 47 U.S.C.
151, 154, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 325(b), 332, 336(f),
338, 339, 340, 399b, 403, 534, 535, 1404, 1452, and 1454 of the
Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 581 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy 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 FCC adopted the Expanding the Economic and
Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions Report
and Order, FCC 14-50, on May 15, 2014, published at 79 FR 48442 (Aug.
15, 2014). The Commission sought approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for some of the information collection requirements
contained in FCC 14-50. The Commission will use the information to
ensure compliance with required filings of notifications,
certifications, license renewals, license cancelations, and license
modifications. Also, such information will be used to minimize
interference and to determine compliance with Commission's rules.
The following is a description of the information collection
requirements for which the Commission sought OMB approval:
Section 27.14(k) requires 600 MHz licensees to demonstrate
compliance with performance requirements by filing a construction
notification with the Commission, within 15 days of the applicable
benchmark.
Section 27.14(t)(6) requires 600 MHz licensees to make a renewal
showing as a condition of each renewal. The showing must include a
detailed description of the applicant's provision of service during the
entire license period and address: (i) The level and quality of service
provided by the applicant (including the population served, the area
served, the number of subscribers, the services offered); (ii) the date
service commenced, whether service was ever interrupted, and the
duration of any interruption or outage; (iii) the extent to which
service is provided to rural areas; (iv) the extent to which service is
provided to qualifying tribal land as defined in 47 CFR
1.2110(f)(3)(i); and (v) any other factors associated with the level of
service to the public.
Section 27.17(c) requires 600 MHz licensees to notify the
Commission within 10 days of discontinuance if they permanently
discontinue service by filing FCC Form 601 or 605 and requesting
license cancellation.
Section 27.19(b) requires 600 MHz licensees with base and fixed
stations in the 600 MHz downlink band within 25 kilometers of Very Long
Baseline Array (VLBA) observatories to coordinate with the National
Science Foundation (NSF) prior to commencing operations.
Section 27.19(c) requires 600 MHz licensees that intend to operate
base and fixed stations in the 600 MHz downlink band in locations near
the Radio Astronomy Observatory site located in Green Bank, Pocahontas
County, West Virginia, or near the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico,
to comply with the provisions in 47 CFR 1.924.
Section 74.602(h)(5)(ii) requires 600 MHz licensees to notify the
licensee of a studio-transmitter link (TV STL), TV relay station, or TV
translator relay station of their intent to commence wireless
operations and the likelihood of harmful interference from the TV STL,
TV relay station, or TV translator relay station to those operations
within the wireless licensee's licensed geographic service area. The
notification is to be in the form of a letter, via certified mail,
return receipt requested and must be sent not less than 30 days in
advance of approximate date of commencement of operations.
Section 74.602(h)(5)(iii) requires all TV STL, TV relay station and
TV translator relay station licensees to modify or cancel their
authorizations and vacate the 600 MHz band no later than the end of the
post-auction transition period as defined in 47 CFR 27.4.
These rules which contain information collection requirements are
designed to provide for flexible use of this spectrum by allowing
licensees to choose their type of service offerings, to encourage
innovation and investment in mobile broadband use in this spectrum, and
to provide a stable regulatory environment in which broadband
deployment would be able to develop through the application of standard
terrestrial wireless rules. Without this information, the Commission
would not be able to carry out its statutory responsibilities.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-22595 Filed 9-16-15; 8:45 am]
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