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version must be filed electronically at
the same time the paper filing is
submitted. An exception to the
electronic filing requirement will be
made in cases in which the filing party
claims hardship. The basis for the
hardship claim must be substantiated in
the ex parte filing; (9) To facilitate
stricter enforcement of the ex parte
rules, the Enforcement Bureau is
authorized to levy forfeitures for ex
parte rule violations; (10) Copies of
electronically filed ex parte notices
must also be sent electronically to all
staff and Commissioners present at the
ex parte meeting so as to enable them
to review the notices for accuracy and
completeness. Filers may be asked to
submit corrections or further
information as necessary for compliance
with the rules; and (11) Parties making
permissible ex parte presentations in
restricted proceedings must conform
and clarify rule changes when filing an
ex parte notice with the Commission.
The information is used by parties to
permit-but-disclose proceedings,
including interested members of the
public, to respond to the arguments
made and data offered in the
presentations. The responses may then
be used by the Commission in its
decision-making.
The availability of the ex parte
materials ensures that the Commission’s
decisional processes are fair, impartial,
and comport with the concept of due
process in that all interested parties can
know of and respond to the arguments
made to the decision-making officials.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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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.
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AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other
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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 January 23, 2018.
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: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by
the PRA of 1995 (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
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further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1208.
Title: Acceleration of Broadband
Deployment by Improving Wireless
Facilities Siting Policies.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or
households, business or other for-profit
entities, not-for-profit institutions and
State, local or Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 1,350
respondents; 3,597 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5
hours to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Third-party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in Sections 1, 2, 4(i), 7, 201,
301, 303, and 309 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Sections 6003, 6213, and
6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief
and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public
Law 112–96, 126 Stat. 156, 47 U.S.C.
151, 152, 154(i), 157, 201, 301, 303, 309,
1403, 1433, and 1455(a).
Total Annual Burden: 3,535 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: This
information collection may affect
individuals or households. However,
the information collection consists of
third-party disclosures in which the
Commission has no direct involvement.
Personally identifiable information (PII)
is not being collected by, made available
to, or made accessible by the
Commission. There are no additional
impacts under the Privacy Act.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
No known confidentiality between third
parties.
Needs and Uses: This information
collection will be submitted for
extension to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) after the 60-day
comment period to obtain the full threeyear clearance. The Commission has not
changed the collection, which includes
disclosure requirements pertaining to
Subpart CC of Part 1 of the
Commission’s rules. This Subpart was
adopted to implement and enforce
Section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.
Section 6409(a) provides, in part, that ‘‘a
State or local government may not deny,
and shall approve, any eligible facilities
request for a modification of an existing
wireless tower or base station that does
not substantially change the physical
dimensions of such tower or base
station.’’ 47 U.S.C. 1455(a)(1). In
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Subpart CC, the Commission adopted
definitions of ambiguous terms,
procedural requirements, and remedies
to provide guidance to all stakeholders
on the proper interpretation of the
provision and to enforce its
requirements, reducing delays in the
review process for wireless
infrastructure modifications and
facilitating the rapid deployment of
wireless infrastructure.
The following are the information
collection requirements in connection
with Subpart CC of Part 1 of the
Commission’s rules:
• 47 CFR 1.40001(c)(3)(i)—To toll the
60-day review timeframe on grounds
that an application is incomplete, the
reviewing State or local government
must provide written notice to the
applicant within 30 days of receipt of
the application, clearly and specifically
delineating all missing documents or
information. Such delineated
information is limited to documents or
information meeting the standard under
paragraph (c)(1) of Section 1.140001.
• 47 CFR 1.140001(c)(3)(iii)—
Following a supplemental submission
from the applicant, the State or local
government will have 10 days to notify
the applicant in writing if the
supplemental submission did not
provide the information identified in
the State or local government’s original
notice delineating missing information.
The timeframe for review is tolled in the
case of second or subsequent notices of
incompleteness pursuant to the
procedures identified in paragraph
(c)(3). Second or subsequent notices of
incompleteness may not specify missing
documents or information that were not
delineated in the original notice of
incompleteness.
• 47 CFR 1.140001(c)(4)—If a request
is deemed granted because of a failure
to timely approve or deny the request,
the deemed grant does not become
effective until the applicant notifies the
applicable reviewing authority in
writing after the review period has
expired (accounting for any tolling) that
the application has been deemed
granted.
These collections are necessary to
effectuate the rule changes that
implement and enforce the
requirements of Section 6409(a).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0084]
Information Collection Approved by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has received Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval, via a non-substantive change
request, of changes to information
collection requirements associated with
FCC Form 323–E (Ownership Report for
Noncommercial Broadcast Stations),
which the Commission adopted in the
Order on Reconsideration, FCC 17–42,
published at 82 FR 21718, May 10,
2017. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number, and no person is
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid control number.
Comments concerning the accuracy of
the burden estimates and any
suggestions for reducing the burden
should be directed to the person listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathy Williams, Cathy.Williams@
fcc.gov, (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0084.
OMB Approval Date: May 31, 2017.
OMB Expiration Date: November 30,
2019.
Title: Ownership Report for
Noncommercial Educational Broadcast
Stations, FCC Form 323–E; Section
73.3615, Ownership Reports.
Form Number: FCC Form 323–E.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,636 respondents; 2,636
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 1.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; biennial
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for these collections are
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a),
154(i), 257, 303(r), 307, 308, 309, and
310.
SUMMARY:
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Total Annual Burden: 3,867 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,319,900.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
FCC Form 323–E collects two types of
information from respondents: PII in the
form of names, addresses, job titles and
demographic information; and FCC
Registration Numbers (FRNs).
The FCC/MB–1 SORN, which was
approved on November 28, 2016 (81 FR
72047), covers the collection,
purpose(s), storage, safeguards, and
disposal of the PII that individual
respondents may submit on Form 323–
E, as required under the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a). The
Commission is drafting a privacy
statement to inform applicants
(respondents) of the Commission’s need
to obtain the information and the
protections that the Commission has in
place to protect the PII.
FRNs are assigned to applicants who
complete FCC Form 160 (OMB Control
No. 3060–0917). Form 160 currently
requires applicants for FRNs to provide
their Taxpayer Information Number
(TIN) and/or Social Security Number
(SSN). The FCC’s electronic
Commission Registration System
(CORES) then provides each registrant
with a CORES FRN, which identifies the
registrant in his/her subsequent dealings
with the FCC. This is done to protect the
individual’s privacy. Form 160 requires
applicants for Restricted Use FRNs to
provide an alternative set of identifying
information that does not include the
individual’s full SSN: His/her full name,
residential address, date of birth, and
only the last four digits of his/her SSN.
Restricted Use FRNs may be used in lieu
of CORES FRNs only on broadcast
ownership reports and only for
individuals (not entities) reported as
attributable interest holders. The
Commission maintains a SORN, FCC/
OMD–25, Financial Operations
Information System (FOIS), to cover the
collection, purpose(s), storage,
safeguards, and disposal of the PII that
individual respondents may submit on
Form 160. Form 160 includes a privacy
statement to inform applicants
(respondents) of the Commission’s need
to obtain the information and the
protections that the FCC has in place to
protect the PII.
Privacy Act: The Commission is
drafting a Privacy Impact Assessment
(PIA) for the personally identifiable
information (PII) that is covered by the
system of records notice (SORN), FCC/
MB–1, Ownership Reports for
Commercial and Noncommercial
Broadcast Stations. Upon completion of
the PIA, it will be posted on the FCC’s
Web site, as required by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1208]
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), 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 January 23,
2018. 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: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by the PRA of 1995 (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: 3060-1208.
Title: Acceleration of Broadband Deployment by Improving Wireless
Facilities Siting Policies.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit entities, not-for-profit institutions and State, local or Tribal
governments.
Number of Respondents: 1,350 respondents; 3,597 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Third-party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
Sections 1, 2, 4(i), 7, 201, 301, 303, and 309 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 6003, 6213, and 6409(a) of the
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-
96, 126 Stat. 156, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 157, 201, 301, 303, 309,
1403, 1433, and 1455(a).
Total Annual Burden: 3,535 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: This information collection may affect
individuals or households. However, the information collection consists
of third-party disclosures in which the Commission has no direct
involvement. Personally identifiable information (PII) is not being
collected by, made available to, or made accessible by the Commission.
There are no additional impacts under the Privacy Act.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No known confidentiality
between third parties.
Needs and Uses: This information collection will be submitted for
extension to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after the 60-day
comment period to obtain the full three-year clearance. The Commission
has not changed the collection, which includes disclosure requirements
pertaining to Subpart CC of Part 1 of the Commission's rules. This
Subpart was adopted to implement and enforce Section 6409(a) of the
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. Section 6409(a)
provides, in part, that ``a State or local government may not deny, and
shall approve, any eligible facilities request for a modification of an
existing wireless tower or base station that does not substantially
change the physical dimensions of such tower or base station.'' 47
U.S.C. 1455(a)(1). In
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Subpart CC, the Commission adopted definitions of ambiguous terms,
procedural requirements, and remedies to provide guidance to all
stakeholders on the proper interpretation of the provision and to
enforce its requirements, reducing delays in the review process for
wireless infrastructure modifications and facilitating the rapid
deployment of wireless infrastructure.
The following are the information collection requirements in
connection with Subpart CC of Part 1 of the Commission's rules:
47 CFR 1.40001(c)(3)(i)--To toll the 60-day review
timeframe on grounds that an application is incomplete, the reviewing
State or local government must provide written notice to the applicant
within 30 days of receipt of the application, clearly and specifically
delineating all missing documents or information. Such delineated
information is limited to documents or information meeting the standard
under paragraph (c)(1) of Section 1.140001.
47 CFR 1.140001(c)(3)(iii)--Following a supplemental
submission from the applicant, the State or local government will have
10 days to notify the applicant in writing if the supplemental
submission did not provide the information identified in the State or
local government's original notice delineating missing information. The
timeframe for review is tolled in the case of second or subsequent
notices of incompleteness pursuant to the procedures identified in
paragraph (c)(3). Second or subsequent notices of incompleteness may
not specify missing documents or information that were not delineated
in the original notice of incompleteness.
47 CFR 1.140001(c)(4)--If a request is deemed granted
because of a failure to timely approve or deny the request, the deemed
grant does not become effective until the applicant notifies the
applicable reviewing authority in writing after the review period has
expired (accounting for any tolling) that the application has been
deemed granted.
These collections are necessary to effectuate the rule changes that
implement and enforce the requirements of Section 6409(a).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-25410 Filed 11-22-17; 8:45 am]
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