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Respondents: Business or other for
profit entities; Not for profit institutions.
Number of Respondents/Responses:
3,300 respondents; 3,950 responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5
hours–1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 2,050 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in section 4(i) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Act Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
revising this collection to reflect the
Commission’s adoption of a Report and
Order (‘‘R&O’’) in MB Docket No. 16–
161, FCC 17–3, In the Matter of
Revisions to Public Inspection File
Requirements—Broadcaster
Correspondence File and Cable
Principal Headend Location, adopted on
January 31, 2017. The R&O removes and
reserves 47 CFR Section 76.1708. This
collection is being resubmitted as a
result of the final rule—initially
submitted at the proposed rule stage.
The Commission is now seeking final
approval from the information
collection requirements from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB).
While it appears that the general
public does not need access to it,
principal headend information must be
made available to certain entities,
including the FCC and local television
stations. The R&O requires that this
information be made available upon
request.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sheryl D. Todd,
Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
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Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 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 2, 2017.
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 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: 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
SUMMARY:
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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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1224.
Title: Reverse Auction (Auction 1001)
Incentive Payment Instructions from the
Reverse Auction Winning Bidder.
Form Number: FCC Form 1875.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions and
state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 750 respondents; 1,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in the Middle Class Tax
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012,
Pub. L. 112–96 (Spectrum Act)
§ 6403(a)(1).
Total Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The information collection includes
information identifying bank accounts
and providing account and routing
numbers to access those accounts. FCC
considers that information to be records
not routinely available for public
inspection under 47 CFR 0.457, and
exempt from disclosure under FOIA
exemption 4 (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
Needs and Uses: The Spectrum Act
mandates ‘‘a reverse auction to
determine the amount of compensation
that each broadcast television licensee
would accept in return for voluntarily
relinquishing some or all of its
broadcast television spectrum usage
rights in order to make spectrum
available for assignment through a
system of competitive bidding’’.1
The Commission conducted noticeand-comment rulemaking to implement
the Spectrum Act, and ruled in the
Incentive Auction Report and Order
that:
‘‘we adopt the Commission’s proposal to
require successful bidders in the reverse
1 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of
2012, Public Law 112–96 (Spectrum Act)
§ 6403(a)(1).
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auction to submit additional
information to facilitate incentive
payments As mentioned in the NPRM,
we envision that the information would
be submitted on standardized incentive
payment forms similar to the Automated
Clearing House (‘‘ACH’’) forms
unsuccessful bidders in typical
spectrum license auctions use to request
refunds of their deposits and upfront
payments. This information collection is
necessary to facilitate incentive
payments and should not be
burdensome to successful bidders.
Specifically, without further instruction
and bank account information from
successful bidders, the Commission
would not know where to send the
incentive payments.’’ [footnotes
omitted] 2
The information collection for which
we are requesting approval is the
standardized incentive payment form
referred to in the paragraph above.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
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, 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
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SUMMARY:
2 Expanding the Economic and Innovation
Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive
Auctions, GN Docket No. 12–268, Report and Order,
29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (‘‘Incentive Auction R&O’’)
at 537.
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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 Commission may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
(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 comments should be
submitted on or before May 3, 2017. 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 contacts listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
Include in the comments the OMB
control number as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a
copy of this information collection
request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go
to the Web page <https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain>,
(2) look for the section of the Web page
called ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3)
click on the downward-pointing arrow
in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
select ‘‘Federal Communications
Commission’’ from the list of agencies
presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the OMB
control number of this ICR and then
click on the ICR Reference Number. A
copy of the FCC submission to OMB
will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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:
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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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0767.
Title: Sections 1.2110, 1.2111 and
1.2112, Auction and Licensing
Disclosures—Ownership and
Designated Entity Status.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, and
State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 310
respondents; 310 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hours to 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, Third party
disclosure requirement, and
Recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for both the currently
approved information collection and the
revised information collection is
contained in sections 154(i) and 309(j)
of the Communications Act, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i) and 309(j)(5).
Total Annual Burden: 470 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $31,500.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting that
respondents submit confidential
information to the Commission as part
of this information collection. However,
to the extent a respondent wishes to
request confidential treatment of
information submitted in response to
this collection, it may do so in
accordance with section 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this revised 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 from OMB. In
FCC 15–80, Updating Part 1 Report and
Order, the Commission updated many
of its Part 1 competitive bidding rules.
Among other things, the Commission
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1224]
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, 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 2,
2017. 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
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: 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1224.
Title: Reverse Auction (Auction 1001) Incentive Payment
Instructions from the Reverse Auction Winning Bidder.
Form Number: FCC Form 1875.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 750 respondents; 1,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112-96
(Spectrum Act) Sec. 6403(a)(1).
Total Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information collection
includes information identifying bank accounts and providing account
and routing numbers to access those accounts. FCC considers that
information to be records not routinely available for public inspection
under 47 CFR 0.457, and exempt from disclosure under FOIA exemption 4
(5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
Needs and Uses: The Spectrum Act mandates ``a reverse auction to
determine the amount of compensation that each broadcast television
licensee would accept in return for voluntarily relinquishing some or
all of its broadcast television spectrum usage rights in order to make
spectrum available for assignment through a system of competitive
bidding''.\1\
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\1\ Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public
Law 112-96 (Spectrum Act) Sec. 6403(a)(1).
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The Commission conducted notice-and-comment rulemaking to implement
the Spectrum Act, and ruled in the Incentive Auction Report and Order
that:
``we adopt the Commission's proposal to require successful bidders in
the reverse
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auction to submit additional information to facilitate incentive
payments As mentioned in the NPRM, we envision that the information
would be submitted on standardized incentive payment forms similar to
the Automated Clearing House (``ACH'') forms unsuccessful bidders in
typical spectrum license auctions use to request refunds of their
deposits and upfront payments. This information collection is necessary
to facilitate incentive payments and should not be burdensome to
successful bidders. Specifically, without further instruction and bank
account information from successful bidders, the Commission would not
know where to send the incentive payments.'' [footnotes omitted] \2\
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\2\ Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of
Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, GN Docket No. 12-268, Report
and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (``Incentive Auction R&O'') at
537.
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The information collection for which we are requesting approval is
the standardized incentive payment form referred to in the paragraph
above.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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