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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1080]
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
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 October 12,
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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@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 Nicole
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Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 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:
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: Improving Public Safety
Communications in 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
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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
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.
[FR Doc. 2017–19223 Filed 9–11–17; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1168]
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 of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
SUMMARY:
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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 November 13,
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.
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: 3060–1168.
Title: Application for Mobility Fund
Phase I Support, FCC Form 680.
Form Number: FCC Form 680.
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: 10 respondents and 10
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
47 U.S.C. 154, 254 and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 15 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
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Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The information collected will be made
available for public inspection.
Respondents seeking to have the
information collected withheld from
public inspection may request
confidential treatment of such
information pursuant to section 0.459 of
the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR Section
0.459.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will use the information collected in
FCC Form 680 to determine whether a
winning bidder is qualified to receive
Mobility Fund Phase I and Tribal
Mobility Fund Phase I support. On
November 18, 2011, the Commission
released an order comprehensively
reforming and modernizing the
universal service and intercarrier
compensation systems to ensure that
robust, affordable voice and broadband
service, both fixed and mobile, are
available to Americans throughout the
nation. Connect America Fund et al.,
Order and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 17663 (2011)
(USF/ICC Transformation Order). In
adopting the USF/ICC Transformation
Order, the Commission created the
Connect America Mobility Fund to
ensure the availability of mobile
broadband networks in areas where a
private-sector business case is lacking.
Phase I of the Mobility Fund provided
one-time universal service support for
the deployment of networks for mobile
voice and broadband, and a separate,
complementary Tribal Mobility Fund
Phase I provided one-time universal
service support to accelerate the
availability of mobile voice and
broadband service in Tribal areas.
To implement these reforms and
conduct competitive bidding for
Mobility Fund Phase I support and
Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I support,
the Commission adopted rules in
sections 1.21004(a), 54.1004, 54.1005,
54.1006, 54.1007, and 54.1008
containing information collection
requirements that would be used to
determine whether a winning bidder of
Mobility Fund Phase I support and
Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I support is
qualified to receive such support.
Section 1.21004(a) requires all winning
bidders of universal service support to
apply for the support by the applicable
deadline. Sections 54.1005(b) and
54.1006 require a winning bidder to
submit, using FCC Form 680, ownership
information, proof of its status as an
Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, a
description of its spectrum access, a
detailed project description, any
guarantee of performance that the
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Commission may require, and various
certifications. Sections 54.1004(d)(3)
and 54.1008(d) require a winning bidder
to certify in its application that it has
substantively engaged appropriate
Tribal officials. In addition, sections
54.1007(a) and (b) require a winning
bidder to obtain an irrevocable standby
letter of credit, which the winning
bidder must maintain until at least 120
days after the winning bidder receives
its final distribution of support.
The Commission needs the
information collection requirements to
ensure that a winning bidder for
universal support submits an
application for support, which, in turn,
will allow the Commission to determine
whether the applicant is qualified to
receive such support. The Commission
also needs to use the information
collected to protect the integrity of the
universal service programs by requiring
a winning bidder to maintain a letter of
credit that will secure a return of
universal service funds from a winning
bidder that has defaulted on its
obligations. Without such information,
the Commission could not determine
whether to provide the universal service
support to the winning bidder or protect
the government’s interest in the funds it
disburses in Mobility Fund Phase I and
Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–19222 Filed 9–11–17; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0819]
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
SUMMARY:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1168]
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 of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the
general public
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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 November 13,
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.
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: 3060-1168.
Title: Application for Mobility Fund Phase I Support, FCC Form 680.
Form Number: FCC Form 680.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 10 respondents and 10
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection 47 U.S.C. 154, 254
and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 15 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information collected
will be made available for public inspection. Respondents seeking to
have the information collected withheld from public inspection may
request confidential treatment of such information pursuant to section
0.459 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR Section 0.459.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will use the information collected
in FCC Form 680 to determine whether a winning bidder is qualified to
receive Mobility Fund Phase I and Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I support.
On November 18, 2011, the Commission released an order comprehensively
reforming and modernizing the universal service and intercarrier
compensation systems to ensure that robust, affordable voice and
broadband service, both fixed and mobile, are available to Americans
throughout the nation. Connect America Fund et al., Order and Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC
Transformation Order). In adopting the USF/ICC Transformation Order,
the Commission created the Connect America Mobility Fund to ensure the
availability of mobile broadband networks in areas where a private-
sector business case is lacking. Phase I of the Mobility Fund provided
one-time universal service support for the deployment of networks for
mobile voice and broadband, and a separate, complementary Tribal
Mobility Fund Phase I provided one-time universal service support to
accelerate the availability of mobile voice and broadband service in
Tribal areas.
To implement these reforms and conduct competitive bidding for
Mobility Fund Phase I support and Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I support,
the Commission adopted rules in sections 1.21004(a), 54.1004, 54.1005,
54.1006, 54.1007, and 54.1008 containing information collection
requirements that would be used to determine whether a winning bidder
of Mobility Fund Phase I support and Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I
support is qualified to receive such support. Section 1.21004(a)
requires all winning bidders of universal service support to apply for
the support by the applicable deadline. Sections 54.1005(b) and 54.1006
require a winning bidder to submit, using FCC Form 680, ownership
information, proof of its status as an Eligible Telecommunications
Carrier, a description of its spectrum access, a detailed project
description, any guarantee of performance that the Commission may
require, and various certifications. Sections 54.1004(d)(3) and
54.1008(d) require a winning bidder to certify in its application that
it has substantively engaged appropriate Tribal officials. In addition,
sections 54.1007(a) and (b) require a winning bidder to obtain an
irrevocable standby letter of credit, which the winning bidder must
maintain until at least 120 days after the winning bidder receives its
final distribution of support.
The Commission needs the information collection requirements to
ensure that a winning bidder for universal support submits an
application for support, which, in turn, will allow the Commission to
determine whether the applicant is qualified to receive such support.
The Commission also needs to use the information collected to protect
the integrity of the universal service programs by requiring a winning
bidder to maintain a letter of credit that will secure a return of
universal service funds from a winning bidder that has defaulted on its
obligations. Without such information, the Commission could not
determine whether to provide the universal service support to the
winning bidder or protect the government's interest in the funds it
disburses in Mobility Fund Phase I and Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-19222 Filed 9-11-17; 8:45 am]
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