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December 22, 2018 and January 25,
2019, the Commission is extending the
comment period until March 4, 2019.
Dated: February 11, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Seventh Meeting of the World
Radiocommunication Conference
Advisory Committee
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
notice advises interested persons that
the sixth meeting of the World
Radiocommunication Conference
Advisory Committee (WAC) will be held
on March 11, 2019, at the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC).
The Advisory Committee will consider
any preliminary views or draft
proposals introduced by the Advisory
Committee’s Informal Working Groups.
DATES: March 11, 2019; 11:00 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street SW, Room
TW–C305, Washington DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Mullinix, Designated Federal
Official, World Radiocommunication
Conference Advisory Committee, FCC
International Bureau, Global Strategy
and Negotiation Division, at (202) 418–
0491.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC
established the Advisory Committee to
provide advice, technical support and
recommendations relating to the
preparation of United States proposals
and positions for the 2019 World
Radiocommunication Conference
(WRC–19).
In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
92–463, as amended, this notice advises
interested persons of the fourth meeting
of the Advisory Committee. Additional
information regarding the Advisory
Committee is available on the Advisory
Committee’s website, www.fcc.gov/wrc19. The meeting is open to the public.
The meeting will be broadcast live with
open captioning over the internet from
the FCC Live web page at www.fcc.gov/
live. Comments may be presented at the
Advisory Committee meeting or in
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advance of the meeting by email to:
WRC-19@fcc.gov.
Open captioning will be provided for
this event. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with
disabilities are available upon request.
Requests for such accommodations
should be submitted via email to
fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
418–0432 (TTY). Such requests should
include a detailed description of the
accommodation needed. In addition,
please include a way for the FCC to
contact the requester if more
information is needed to fill the request.
Please allow at least five days’ advance
notice; last minute requests will be
accepted, but may not be possible to
accommodate.
The proposed agenda for the fourth
meeting is as follows:
Agenda
Seventh Meeting of the World
Radiocommunication Conference
Advisory Committee
Federal Communications Commission:
445 12th Street SW, Room TW–
C305, Washington, DC 20554,
March 11, 2019; 11:00 a.m.
1. Opening Remarks
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of the Minutes of the Sixth
Meeting
4. NTIA Draft Preliminary Views and
Proposals
5. IWG Reports and Documents Relating
to Preliminary Views and Draft
Proposals
6. Other Business
Nese Guendelsberger,
Deputy Chief, International Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission.
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Federal Advisory Committee Act;
Disability Advisory Committee
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of the
Disability Advisory Committee’s
charter.
AGENCY:
The Federal Communications
Commission (Commission) hereby
announces that the charter of the
Disability Advisory Committee
(hereinafter Committee) has been
renewed pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
SUMMARY:
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Will
Schell, Designated Federal Officer,
Federal Communications Commission,
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau, (202) 418–0767, or email:
Will.Schell@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
General Services Administration
approved renewal of the charter of the
Committee pursuant to provisions of the
FACA, (5 U.S.C. App. 2). The charter
became effective December 21, 2018 and
provides the Committee with
authorization to operate for two years
from the effective date.
The mission of the DAC is to make
recommendations to the Commission on
the full range of disability access topics
specified by the Commission and to
facilitate the participation of consumers
with disabilities in proceedings before
the Commission. In addition, this
Committee is intended to provide an
effective means for stakeholders with
interests in this area to exchange ideas,
which will in turn enhance the
Commission’s ability to effectively
address disability access issues. The
purpose of this committee is to provide
the Commission with input that will
help to ensure that consumers with
disabilities have equal and affordable
access to communications products and
services, and to facilitate consumer
involvement and input by people with
disabilities into all activities of the
Commission.
Issues to be considered by the
Committee may include, but are not
limited to, Communications Access:
Telecommunications Relay Services
(TRS) (Section 225 of the
Communications Act);
Telecommunications Services and
Equipment (Section 255 of the
Communications Act); Advanced
Communications Services and
Equipment (Sections 716 and 718 of the
Communications Act); Hearing Aid
Compatibility (Section 710 of the
Communications Act); Access to
Telephone Emergency Services (9–1–1)
(Section 106 of the Twenty-First
Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act); National Deaf-Blind
Equipment Distribution Program
(Section 719 of the Communications
Act); Video Programming: Video
Description (Sections 303(u), (z), and
713 of the Communications Act); Closed
Captioning (Sections 303(u), (z), and
713 of the Communications Act); Access
to Televised Emergency Information
(Sections 303(u), (z), and 713 of the
Communications Act); Accessible User
Interfaces on Video Programming
Apparatus/Access to Program Guides
and Menus Provided by Navigation
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Devices (Sections 303(aa) and (bb) of the
Communications Act).
The Committee is organized under,
and operates in accordance with, the
provisions of the FACA. 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 years from the date that
this renewal is effective (on or before
December 21, 2020), or earlier upon the
completion of its work as determined by
the Chairman, unless its charter is
renewed prior to the termination date.
During the Committee’s third term, it
is anticipated that the Committee will
meet in Washington, DC for at least
three (3) one-day meetings. 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. All meetings,
including those of working groups and
subcommittees, will be fully accessible
to individuals with disabilities.
Federal Communications Commission.
Suzy Rosen Singleton,
Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau.
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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
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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 March 22, 2019.
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
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
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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: 3060–1151.
Title: Sections 1.1411, 1.1412, 1.1413,
and 1.1415 Pole Attachment Access
Requirements.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently-approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 1,142
respondents; 145,538 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–6
hours.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion
reporting requirement, recordkeeping
requirement, and third-party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 224.
Total Annual Burden: 554,410 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $6,750,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
No questions of a confidential nature are
asked.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
requesting Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for revisions to,
and a three-year extension of, this
information collection. In Accelerating
Wireline Broadband Deployment by
Removing Barriers to Infrastructure
Investment, WC Docket No. 17–84, WT
Docket No. 17–70, Third Report and
Order and Declaratory Ruling, FCC 18–
111 (2018) (Order), the Commission
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Federal Advisory Committee Act; Disability Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Disability Advisory Committee's
charter.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) hereby
announces that the charter of the Disability Advisory Committee
(hereinafter Committee) has been renewed pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Will Schell, Designated Federal
Officer, Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau, (202) 418-0767, or email: Will.Schell@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Services Administration approved
renewal of the charter of the Committee pursuant to provisions of the
FACA, (5 U.S.C. App. 2). The charter became effective December 21, 2018
and provides the Committee with authorization to operate for two years
from the effective date.
The mission of the DAC is to make recommendations to the Commission
on the full range of disability access topics specified by the
Commission and to facilitate the participation of consumers with
disabilities in proceedings before the Commission. In addition, this
Committee is intended to provide an effective means for stakeholders
with interests in this area to exchange ideas, which will in turn
enhance the Commission's ability to effectively address disability
access issues. The purpose of this committee is to provide the
Commission with input that will help to ensure that consumers with
disabilities have equal and affordable access to communications
products and services, and to facilitate consumer involvement and input
by people with disabilities into all activities of the Commission.
Issues to be considered by the Committee may include, but are not
limited to, Communications Access: Telecommunications Relay Services
(TRS) (Section 225 of the Communications Act); Telecommunications
Services and Equipment (Section 255 of the Communications Act);
Advanced Communications Services and Equipment (Sections 716 and 718 of
the Communications Act); Hearing Aid Compatibility (Section 710 of the
Communications Act); Access to Telephone Emergency Services (9-1-1)
(Section 106 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act); National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program
(Section 719 of the Communications Act); Video Programming: Video
Description (Sections 303(u), (z), and 713 of the Communications Act);
Closed Captioning (Sections 303(u), (z), and 713 of the Communications
Act); Access to Televised Emergency Information (Sections 303(u), (z),
and 713 of the Communications Act); Accessible User Interfaces on Video
Programming Apparatus/Access to Program Guides and Menus Provided by
Navigation
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Devices (Sections 303(aa) and (bb) of the Communications Act).
The Committee is organized under, and operates in accordance with,
the provisions of the FACA. 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 years from the
date that this renewal is effective (on or before December 21, 2020),
or earlier upon the completion of its work as determined by the
Chairman, unless its charter is renewed prior to the termination date.
During the Committee's third term, it is anticipated that the
Committee will meet in Washington, DC for at least three (3) one-day
meetings. 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. All meetings, including those
of working groups and subcommittees, will be fully accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
Federal Communications Commission.
Suzy Rosen Singleton,
Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau.
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