Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority, 2131-2132 [2020-00333]

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2131-2132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00333]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0291; FRS 16406]


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 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 March 16, 
2020. 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: 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0291.
    Title: Section 90.477(a), (b)(2), (d)(2), and (d)(3), 
Interconnected Systems.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 527 respondents; 527 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours-2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping 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. 332(a).
    Total Annual Burden: 176 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements which 
govern interconnection of private land mobile radio service stations 
with the public switched telephone network are contained in 47 CFR 
90.477(a) which requires that licensees of interconnected land stations 
maintain as part of their station records a detailed description of how 
interconnection is accomplished. The information collection 
requirements contained in 47 CFR 90.477(b)(2) and (d)(2) require that 
at least one licensee participating in any cost sharing arrangement for 
telephone service must maintain cost sharing records, the costs must be 
distributed at least once a year, and a report of the distribution must 
be placed in the licensee's station records and made available to 
participants in the sharing arrangement and the Commission upon 
request. The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 
90.477(d)(3) require that licensees in the Industrial/Business Pool and 
those licensees who establish eligibility pursuant to 90.20(a)(2), 
other than persons or organizations charged with specific fire 
protection activities, persons or organizations charged with specific 
forestry-conservation activities, or medical emergency systems in the 
450-470 MHz band, and who seek to connect within 120 km (75 miles) of 
25 cities specified in 90.477(d)(3), must obtain the consent of all co-
channel licensees located both within 120 km of the center of the city, 
and with 120 km of the interconnected base station transmitter. 
Consensual agreements must specifically state the terms agreed upon

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and a statement must be submitted to the Commission indicating that all 
co-channel licensees have consented to the use of interconnection.
    In a December 1998 Report and Order in WT Docket Nos. 98-20 and 96-
188, the Commission consolidated, revised and streamlined the 
Commission's rules governing the licensing application procedures for 
radio services licensed by the Commission's Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau in order to fully implement the Universal Licensing System 
(ULS). As a result of the ULS rule conversions in connection with this 
information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 90.477(a), 
interconnected systems now file all information (100 percent). Section 
90.477(d)(3), interconnected systems were changed to reflect NAD83 
coordinates.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-00333 Filed 1-13-20; 8:45 am]
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