Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, 53822-53823 [2018-23349]

Download as PDF 53822 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 207 / Thursday, October 25, 2018 / Rules and Regulations concerning vessel operation safety standards; paragraph L54 pertains to regulations which are editorial or procedural; paragraph L57 pertains to regulations involving the inspection and equipping of vessels; and paragraph L58 pertains to regulations concerning equipment approval and carriage requirements.2 List of Subjects in 46 CFR Part 142 PART 142—FIRE PROTECTION 1. The authority citation for part 142 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103, 3301, 3306, 3308, 3316, 8104, 8904; 33 CFR 1.05; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 2. Revise § 142.215(d) to read as follows: ■ Approved equipment. Dated: October 18, 2018. J.P. Nadeau, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy. [FR Doc. 2018–23314 Filed 10–24–18; 8:45 am] daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with RULES BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 2 Please note that the USCG categorical exclusions used in the NEPA analysis for the interim final rule, published on February 26, 2018, appear as cited in Figure 2 of COMDTINST M16475.1D and under paragraph 6(a) of the ‘‘Appendix to National Environmental Policy Act: Coast Guard Procedures for Categorical Exclusions, Notice of Final Agency Policy’’ (67 FR 48243, July 23, 2002). The categorical exclusions that appear in Appendix A, Table 1 of DHS Instruction Manual 023–01 (series) use a different numbering system, but are substantially equivalent to those used for the interim final rule. 15:53 Oct 24, 2018 Jkt 247001 BILLING CODE 6712–01–P [WC Docket No. 17–84, WT Docket No. 17– 79; Report No. 3105] Petitions for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Petitions for reconsideration. Petitions for Reconsideration (Petitions) have been filed in the Commission’s Rulemaking proceeding by Joseph Van Eaton, on behalf of Smart Communities and Special District Coalition, Bruce Regal, on behalf of The City of New York, Michael C. Levine, on behalf of Country Road Association of Michigan and Thomas B. Magee, on behalf of Coalition of Concerned Utilities. SUMMARY: Oppositions to the Petitions must be filed on or before November 9, 2018. Replies to an opposition must be filed on or before November 19, 2018. DATES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. * * * * (d) Existing equipment and installations, of a type not required, or in excess of that required by this part, not meeting the applicable requirements of this part may be continued in service so long as they are in good condition and accepted by the local OCMI or TPO. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–23355 Filed 10–24–18; 8:45 am] ADDRESSES: * VerDate Sep<11>2014 47 CFR Part 1 AGENCY: Fire prevention, Incorporation by reference, Marine safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Towing vessels. For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard adopts the interim final rule amending 46 CFR 136 and 142 as final, except it amends 46 CFR part 142 as follows: § 142.215 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Copeland, Wireline Competition Bureau, at: (202) 418–1037; email: Adam.Copeland@fcc.gov. This is a summary of the Commission’s document, Report No. 3105, released October 18, 2018. The full text of the Petitions is available for viewing and copying at the FCC Reference Information Center, 445 12th Street SW, Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. It also may be accessed online via the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System at: https://apps.fcc.gov/ ecfs/. The Commission will not send a Congressional Review Act (CRA) submission to Congress or the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the CRA, 5.U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because no rules are being adopted by the Commission. Subject: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, FCC 18–111, published at 83 FR 46812, September 14, 2018, in WC Docket No. 17–84; WT Docket No 17–79. This document is being published pursuant to 47 CFR 1.429(e). See also 47 CFR 1.4(b)(1) and 1.429(f), (g). Number of Petitions Filed: 4. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 1 [GN Docket No. 12–268; FCC 14–50] Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date. AGENCY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, on an emergency basis, new information collection requirements and FCC Form 1875, Reverse Auction (Auction 1001) Incentive Payment Instructions from Reverse Auction Winning Bidder associated with the Commission’s Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions Report and Order (Incentive Auction Report and Order), FCC 14–50. This document is consistent with the Incentive Auction Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the new information collection requirements. SUMMARY: The amendment to 47 CFR 1.2209 published at 79 FR 48442 on August 15, 2014, is effective on October 25, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact Nicole Ongele, Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov, (202) 418–2991. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on January 17, 2017 OMB approved, on an emergency basis, new information collection requirements and FCC Form 1875, Reverse Auction (Auction 1001) Incentive Payment Instructions from Reverse Auction Winning Bidder, contained in the Commission’s Incentive Auction Report and Order, FCC 14–50, published at 79 FR 48442, August 15, 2014. The OMB Control Number is 3060–1224. The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective date of the rules and requirements. If you have DATES: E:\FR\FM\25OCR1.SGM 25OCR1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 207 / Thursday, October 25, 2018 / Rules and Regulations daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with RULES any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1– A620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060–1224, in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov. 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), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). Synopsis As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received emergency approval from OMB on January 17, 2017, for the information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 1.2209. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB Control Number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number is 3060–1224. The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507. The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents are as follows: OMB Control Number: 3060–1224. OMB Approval Date: January 17, 2017. OMB Expiration Date: July 31, 2017. Title: Reverse Auction (Auction 1001) Incentive Payment Instructions from Reverse Auction Winning Bidder. Form Number: FCC Form 1875. 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. The statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the Middle Class Tax VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:53 Oct 24, 2018 Jkt 247001 Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112–96 (Spectrum Act) § 6403(a)(1). Total Annual Burden: 3,750 hours. Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 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)). Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Needs and Uses: The collection was submitted to OMB and approved, on an emergency basis, for the information collection requirements contained in the Commission’s Incentive Auction Order, FCC 14–50, which adopted rules for holding an Incentive Auction as required by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act). 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 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 1 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112–96 (Spectrum Act) § 6403(a)(1). 2 Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 53823 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 Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–23349 Filed 10–24–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 622 [Docket No. 130312235–3658–02] RIN 0648–XG569 Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Resources of the South Atlantic; Vermilion Snapper Trip Limit Reduction National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; trip limit reduction. AGENCY: NMFS reduces the commercial trip limit for vermilion snapper in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic to 500 lb (227 kg), gutted weight, 555 lb (252 kg), round weight. This trip limit reduction is necessary to protect the South Atlantic vermilion snapper resource. DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m., local time, October 26, 2018, until 12:01 a.m., local time, January 1, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email: mary.vara@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The snapper-grouper fishery in the South Atlantic includes vermilion snapper and is managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP). The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council prepared the FMP. The FMP is implemented by NMFS under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by regulations at 50 CFR part 622. SUMMARY: Auctions, GN Docket No. 12–268, Report and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (‘‘Incentive Auction R&O’’) at 537. E:\FR\FM\25OCR1.SGM 25OCR1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 207 (Thursday, October 25, 2018)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23349]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[GN Docket No. 12-268; FCC 14-50]


Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum 
Through Incentive Auctions

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, on an emergency basis, new 
information collection requirements and FCC Form 1875, Reverse Auction 
(Auction 1001) Incentive Payment Instructions from Reverse Auction 
Winning Bidder associated with the Commission's Expanding the Economic 
and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions 
Report and Order (Incentive Auction Report and Order), FCC 14-50. This 
document is consistent with the Incentive Auction Report and Order, 
which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the 
Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the 
new information collection requirements.

DATES: The amendment to 47 CFR 1.2209 published at 79 FR 48442 on 
August 15, 2014, is effective on October 25, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact 
Nicole Ongele, [email protected], (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on January 17, 
2017 OMB approved, on an emergency basis, new information collection 
requirements and FCC Form 1875, Reverse Auction (Auction 1001) 
Incentive Payment Instructions from Reverse Auction Winning Bidder, 
contained in the Commission's Incentive Auction Report and Order, FCC 
14-50, published at 79 FR 48442, August 15, 2014. The OMB Control 
Number is 3060-1224. The Commission publishes this document as an 
announcement of the effective date of the rules and requirements. If 
you have

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any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the 
Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused 
thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-A620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. 
Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-1224, in your 
correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email 
at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received emergency 
approval from OMB on January 17, 2017, for the information collection 
requirements contained in 47 CFR 1.2209.
    Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB 
Control Number.
    No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply 
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-1224.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1224.
    OMB Approval Date: January 17, 2017.
    OMB Expiration Date: July 31, 2017.
    Title: Reverse Auction (Auction 1001) Incentive Payment 
Instructions from Reverse Auction Winning Bidder.
    Form Number: FCC Form 1875.
    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. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the 
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-96 
(Spectrum Act) Sec.  6403(a)(1).
    Total Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    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)).
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The collection was submitted to OMB and approved, 
on an emergency basis, for the information collection requirements 
contained in the Commission's Incentive Auction Order, FCC 14-50, which 
adopted rules for holding an Incentive Auction as required by the 
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act).
    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 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 Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-23349 Filed 10-24-18; 8:45 am]
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