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complete in a public notice to be
released after the deadline for
resubmitting corrected applications and
prior to the announcement of qualified
bidders in the Auction 1002 Qualified
Bidders PN.
8. Each applicant listed as a qualified
bidder in the Auction 1002 Qualified
Bidders PN will be provided with
additional instructions for participating
in the mock auction and for placing bids
in the forward auction using the
applicant’s previously received
SecurID® tokens. Any applicant whose
application was listed as complete after
the deadline for resubmitting corrected
applications that does not become
qualified to bid will not be permitted to
access the Auction System for bidding.
IV. Grouping of PEAs for Forward
Auction Assignment Phase Bidding
9. In the Auction 1000 Bidding
Procedures PN, 80 FR 61918, October
14, 2015, the Commission adopted
procedures for assignment phase
bidding which depend in part upon the
Regional Economic Area Grouping
(REAG) in which a PEA is included. The
public notice indicated that, for the
grouping and sequencing of PEAs in the
assignment rounds, the PEAs in the six
least populous REAGs will be included
with the PEAs in one of the six REAGs
that cover the contiguous United States.
Attachment 1 to the Broadcast Incentive
Auction Supplemental Information PN
lists each PEA and the REAG with
which it will be associated for
assignment phase bidding purposes.
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V. Corrections and Notifications to
Technical Appendices
10. The Bureau makes ministerial
changes to two of the appendices
released with the Auction 1000
Application Procedures PN. First, the
Bureau corrects typographical errors in
the text of APPENDIX D to the Auction
1000 Application Procedures PN.
Specifically, in Section 5.5 of
APPENDIX D, (a) the variable u and the
variable s should be switched in much
of the text in the section, including the
examples, and (b) the variable t in
Example 3 should be replaced by the
variable s. The corrected text to Section
5.5 of APPENDIX D is shown in
Attachment 2 of the Broadcast Incentive
Auction Supplemental Information PN.
11. The Bureau also notes that in
Section 3.2 of APPENDIX E to the
Auction 1000 Application Procedures
PN, includes those Mexican stations
that cause pairwise interference less
than 0.5 percent to U.S. stations when
placed on their future channel as
specified in the Mexican Coordination.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Craig Bomberger,
Deputy Division Chief, Auctions and
Spectrum Access Division, WTB.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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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
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before February 29,
2016. 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
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
SUMMARY:
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For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1131.
Title: Implementation of the NET 911
Improvement Act of 2008: Location
Information From Owners and
Controllers of 911 and E911
Capabilities.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, and state, local and tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 60 respondents; 60
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.833
hours (5 minutes).
Frequency of Response: One-time, on
occasion, third party disclosure
requirement, and recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in the New and Emerging
Technologies 911 Improvement Act of
2008 (NET 911 Act), Public Law 110–
283, 122 Stat. 2620 (2008) (to be
codified at 47 U.S.C. 615a–1), and
section 222 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 5 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
Impact.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Respondents are not required to submit
proprietary trade secrets or other
confidential information. However,
carriers that believe the only way to
satisfy the requirements for information
is to submit what it considers to be
proprietary trade secrets or other
confidential information, carriers are
free to request that materials or
information submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public
inspection and from the E911 Web site
(see Section 0.459 of the Commission’s
rules).
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
seeking an extension of this information
collection from Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the
full three-year approval. The
information collection requirements
contained in this collection guarantee
continued cooperation between
interconnected VoIP service providers
and Public Safety Answering Points
(PSAPs) in complying with the
Commission’s E911 requirements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–32790 Filed 12–29–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0422]
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
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before February 29,
2016. 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.
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For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0422.
Title: Section 68.5, Waivers
(Application for Waivers of Hearing Aid
Compatibility Requirements).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2 respondents; 2 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 610.
Total Annual Burden: 6 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
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: Telephone
manufacturers seeking a waiver of 47
CFR 68.4(a)(1), which requires that
certain telephones be hearing aid
compatible, must demonstrate that
compliance with the rule is
technologically infeasible or too costly.
Information is used by FCC staff to
determine whether to grant or dismiss
the request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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[AU Docket No. 14–252, GN Docket No. 12–
268, WT Docket No. 12–269; DA 15–1435]
Guidance Regarding License
Assignments and Transfers of Control
During the Reverse Auction, Auction
1001
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document provides
guidance regarding reverse auction
SUMMARY:
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participation by parties to pending
transactions involving broadcast
television licenses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
Auctions and Spectrum Access Division:
For general reverse auction questions
contact Erin Griffith or Kathryn Hinton
at (202) 418–0660. Media Bureau
licensing questions contact David
Brown at (202) 418–1645 or Dorann
Bunkin at (202) 418–1636.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Auction 1001 Guidance
on Broadcast Transactions Public
Notice (PN), AU Docket No. 14–252, GN
Docket No. 12–268, WT Docket No. 12–
269, DA15–1435, released on December
17, 2015. The complete text of the
Auction 1001 Guidance on Broadcast
Transactions PN, is available for public
inspection and copying from 8:00 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through
Thursday or from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
ET on Fridays in the FCC Reference
Information Center, 445 12th Street SW.,
Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554.
The complete text is also available on
the Commission’s Web site at https://
wireless.fcc.gov, or by using the search
function on the ECFS Web page at
https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.
Alternative formats are available to
persons with disabilities by sending an
email to FCC504@fcc.gov or by calling
the Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
418–0432 (TTY).
1. The Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau (Bureau) recently waived the bar
on the assignment of a license in, or
transfer of control of an applicant for,
the reverse auction, provided that (1)
the assignment or transfer application
has been accepted for filing as of
January 12, 2016, the reverse auction
application filing deadline, and (2) the
assignee or transferee agrees to be bound
by the original applicant’s actions in the
auction with respect to the license(s).
Subject to these two requirements and
Commission approval, assignments and
transfers involving participating
licensees may be consummated during
the reverse auction.
2. Reverse auction participants will
utilize the FCC Registration Number
(FRN) and related password associated
with a station to access the application
and bidding systems (collectively, the
Auction System) with respect to that
station. The Bureau has frozen the FRN
data in the Auction System as of
December 8, 2015, the opening date for
the reverse auction filing window. An
assignee/transferee in a pending
transaction that is approved and
consummated until the completion of
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1131]
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 February
29, 2016. 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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email to
PRA@fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1131.
Title: Implementation of the NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008:
Location Information From Owners and Controllers of 911 and E911
Capabilities.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, and state, local and
tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 60 respondents; 60 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.833 hours (5 minutes).
Frequency of Response: One-time, on occasion, third party
disclosure requirement, and recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the
New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008 (NET 911
Act), Public Law 110-283, 122 Stat. 2620 (2008) (to be codified at 47
U.S.C. 615a-1), and section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 5 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No Impact.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Respondents are not required
to submit proprietary trade secrets or other confidential information.
However, carriers that believe the only way to satisfy the requirements
for information is to submit what it considers to be proprietary trade
secrets or other confidential information, carriers are free to request
that materials or information submitted to the Commission be withheld
from public inspection and from the E911 Web site (see Section 0.459 of
the Commission's rules).
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking an extension of this
information collection from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in
order to obtain the full three-year approval. The information
collection requirements contained in this collection guarantee
continued cooperation between interconnected VoIP service providers and
Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) in complying with the
Commission's E911 requirements.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-32790 Filed 12-29-15; 8:45 am]
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