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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1080]
Information Collection 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, 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 August 14,
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
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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: 3060–1080.
Title: Collections for the Prevention or
Elimination of Interference and for the
Reconfiguration of the 800 MHz Band.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions, and State, Local or Tribal
governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 428 respondents; 2,143
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5
hours–10 hours (4.5 hours average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting 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. 151, 154, 160,
251–254, 303, and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 7,411 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $7,200.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission will work with
respondents to ensure that their
concerns regarding the confidentiality of
any proprietary or public safetysensitive information are resolved in a
manner consistent with the
Commission’s rules. See 47 CFR 0.459.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection to the Office of Management
Budget (OMB) after this 60-day
comment period in order to obtain the
full three year clearance from them. The
information sought will assist 800 MHz
licensees in preventing or resolving
interference and enable the Commission
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to implement its rebanding program.
Under that program, certain licensees
are being relocated to new frequencies
in the 800 MHz band, with all rebanding
costs paid by Sprint Nextel Corporation
(Sprint). The Commission’s overarching
objective in this proceeding is to
eliminate interference to public safety
communications. The Commission’s
orders provided for the 800 MHz
licensees in non-border areas to
complete rebanding by June 26, 2008.
This completion date was not met and
the Commission orders also provide for
rebanding to be completed in the areas
along the U.S. borders with Canada and
Mexico.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Federal Advisory Committee, Diversity
and Digital Empowerment
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Federal Communications Commission
announces its intent to establish a
Federal Advisory Committee, known as
the ‘‘Advisory Committee on Diversity
and Digital Empowerment’’ (hereinafter
‘‘the Committee’’).
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated Federal
Officer, Federal Communications
Commission, Media Bureau, (202) 418–
2608 or email: Jamila-Bess.Johnson@
fcc.gov, or Brenda Villanueva, the
Deputy Designated Federal Officer, at
202–418–7005 or Brenda.Villanueva@
fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) has determined that
establishment of the Committee is
necessary and in the public interest in
connection with the performance of
duties imposed on the Commission by
law, and the Committee Management
Secretariat, General Services
Administration, concurs with the
establishment of the Committee. The
purpose of the Committee is to make
recommendations to the Commission on
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how to empower disadvantaged
communities and accelerate the entry of
small businesses, including those
owned by women and minorities, into
the media, digital news and
information, and audio and video
programming industries, including as
owners, suppliers, and employees. It is
also to provide recommendations to the
Commission on how to ensure that
disadvantaged communities are not
denied the wide range of opportunities
made possible by next- generation
networks. This Committee is intended
to provide an effective means for
stakeholders with interests in these
areas to exchange ideas and develop
recommendations to the Commission on
media ownership and procurement
opportunities, empowering
communities in order to spur
educational, economic, and civic
development, and consumer access to
digital technologies.
the Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), 1–
888–835–5322 (TTY).
Advisory Committee
The Committee will be organized
under, and will operate in accordance
with, the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5
U.S.C. App.2). The Committee will be
solely advisory in nature. Consistent
with FACA and its requirements, each
meeting of the Committee will be open
to the public unless otherwise noticed.
A notice of each meeting will be
published in the Federal Register at
least fifteen (15) days in advance of the
meeting. Records will be maintained of
each meeting and made available for
public inspection. All activities of the
Committee will be conducted in an
open, transparent, and accessible
manner. The Committee shall terminate
two (2) years from the filing date of its
charter, or earlier upon the completion
of its work as determined by the
Chairman of the FCC, unless its charter
is renewed prior to the termination date.
During the Committee’s first term, it is
anticipated that the Committee will
meet in Washington, DC approximately
two (2) times a year. The first meeting
date and agenda topics will be described
in a Public Notice issued and published
in the Federal Register at least fifteen
(15) days prior to the first meeting date.
In addition, as needed, working groups
or subcommittees (ad hoc or steering)
will be established to facilitate the
Committee’s work between meetings of
the full Committee. Meetings of the
Committee will be fully accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
Accessible Formats: To request
materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (Braille, large
print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–12351 Filed 6–14–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1161]
Information Collection 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 of 1995 (PRA), 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 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 August 14, 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 below as soon as
possible.
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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: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by
the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, the FCC
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: 3060–1161.
Title: Construction requirements;
Interim reports—Sections 27.14(g)–(l).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 1,118
respondents; 1,118 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 5–15
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement and on occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for, these collections are
contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302(a),
303, 309, 332, 336, and 337 unless
otherwise noted.
Total Annual Burden: 11,260 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,893,700.
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: On July 31, 2007, the
Commission adopted a Second Report
and Order, in WT Docket No. 06–150,
CC Docket No. 94–102, WT Docket No.
01–309, WT Docket No. 03–264, WT
Docket No. 06–169, PS Docket No. 06–
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[FR Doc No: 2017-12351]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Federal Advisory Committee, Diversity and Digital Empowerment
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Federal Communications Commission announces its intent to establish a
Federal Advisory Committee, known as the ``Advisory Committee on
Diversity and Digital Empowerment'' (hereinafter ``the Committee'').
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated
Federal Officer, Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, (202)
418-2608 or email: Jamila-Bess.Johnson@fcc.gov, or Brenda Villanueva,
the Deputy Designated Federal Officer, at 202-418-7005 or
Brenda.Villanueva@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission (Commission) has determined that establishment of the
Committee is necessary and in the public interest in connection with
the performance of duties imposed on the Commission by law, and the
Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration,
concurs with the establishment of the Committee. The purpose of the
Committee is to make recommendations to the Commission on
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how to empower disadvantaged communities and accelerate the entry of
small businesses, including those owned by women and minorities, into
the media, digital news and information, and audio and video
programming industries, including as owners, suppliers, and employees.
It is also to provide recommendations to the Commission on how to
ensure that disadvantaged communities are not denied the wide range of
opportunities made possible by next- generation networks. This
Committee is intended to provide an effective means for stakeholders
with interests in these areas to exchange ideas and develop
recommendations to the Commission on media ownership and procurement
opportunities, empowering communities in order to spur educational,
economic, and civic development, and consumer access to digital
technologies.
Advisory Committee
The Committee will be organized under, and will operate in
accordance with, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App.2). The Committee will be solely advisory in
nature. Consistent with FACA and its requirements, each meeting of the
Committee will be open to the public unless otherwise noticed. A notice
of each meeting will be published in the Federal Register at least
fifteen (15) days in advance of the meeting. Records will be maintained
of each meeting and made available for public inspection. All
activities of the Committee will be conducted in an open, transparent,
and accessible manner. The Committee shall terminate two (2) years from
the filing date of its charter, or earlier upon the completion of its
work as determined by the Chairman of the FCC, unless its charter is
renewed prior to the termination date. During the Committee's first
term, it is anticipated that the Committee will meet in Washington, DC
approximately two (2) times a year. The first meeting date and agenda
topics will be described in a Public Notice issued and published in the
Federal Register at least fifteen (15) days prior to the first meeting
date. In addition, as needed, working groups or subcommittees (ad hoc
or steering) will be established to facilitate the Committee's work
between meetings of the full Committee. Meetings of the Committee will
be fully accessible to individuals with disabilities.
Accessible Formats: To request materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio
format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), 1-888-835-5322
(TTY).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-12351 Filed 6-14-17; 8:45 am]
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