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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–XXXX; FRS 16592]
Information Collection Being
Submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget for Emergency Review and
Approval
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: 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
(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 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 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 Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations for the information
collection should be submitted on or
before April 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function. Your comment must be
submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the
above instructions for it to be
considered. In addition to submitting in
www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of
your comment on the information
collection to Cathy Williams, FCC, via
email to PRA@fcc.gov and to
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Cathy.Williams@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 Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the FCC invited the general public
and other Federal Agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Comments are requested concerning: (a)
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;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific
comment on how it might ‘‘further
reduce the information collection
burden for small business concerns with
fewer than 25 employees.’’
The Commission is requesting
emergency OMB processing of the
information collection requirement(s)
contained in this notice and has
requested OMB approval no later than
35 days after the collection is received
at OMB. 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 downwardpointing 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
Commission ICRs currently under
review appears, look for the Title of this
ICR and then click on the ICR Reference
Number. A copy of the Commission’s
submission to OMB will be displayed.
OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX.
Title: 3.7 GHz Band Space Station
Operator Accelerated Relocation
Elections and Transition Plans; 3.7 GHz
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Band Incumbent Earth Station Lump
Sum Payment Elections.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Estimated Number of Respondents
and Responses: 3,010 respondents and
3,010 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 16
hours per eligible space station
accelerated relocation election; 80–600
hours per eligible space station
transition plan; 32 hours per incumbent
earth station lump sum payment
election.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j),
5(c), 201, 302, 303, 304, 307(e), and 309
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i),
154(j), 155(c), 201, 302, 303, 304, 307(e),
309.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
109,680 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $900,000.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The information collected under this
collection will be made publicly
available, however, to the extent
information submitted pursuant to this
information collection is determined to
be confidential, it will be protected by
the Commission. If a respondent seeks
to have information collected pursuant
to this information collection withheld
from public inspection, the respondent
may request confidential treatment
pursuant to section 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules for such
information. See 47 CFR 0.459.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On February 28,
2020, in furtherance of the goal of
releasing more mid-band spectrum into
the market to support and enable nextgeneration wireless networks, the
Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) adopted a Report and
Order, FCC 20–22, (3.7 GHz Report and
Order) in which it reformed the use of
the 3.7–4.2 GHz band, also known as the
C-Band. The 3.7 GHz-4.2 GHz band
currently is allocated in the United
States exclusively for non-Federal use
on a primary basis for Fixed Satellite
Service (FSS) and Fixed Service.
Domestically, space station operators
use the 3.7–4.2 GHz band to provide
downlink signals of various bandwidths
to licensed transmit-receive, registered
receive-only, and unregistered receiveonly earth stations throughout the
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United States. The 3.7 GHz Report and
Order calls for the relocation of existing
FSS operations in the band into the
upper 200 megahertz of the band (4.0–
4.2 GHz) and making the lower 280
megahertz (3.7–3.98 GHz) available for
flexible-use throughout the contiguous
United States through a Commissionadministered public auction of overlay
licenses that is scheduled to occur later
this year, with the 20 megahertz from
3.98–4.0 GHz reserved as a guard band.
The Commission adopted a robust
transition schedule to achieve an
expeditious relocation of FSS operations
and ensure that a significant amount of
spectrum is made available quickly for
next-generation wireless deployments,
while also ensuring effective
accommodation of relocated incumbent
users. The 3.7 GHz Report and Order
establishes a deadline of December 5,
2025, for full relocation to ensure that
all FSS operations are cleared in a
timely manner, but provides an
opportunity for accelerated clearing of
the band by allowing incumbent space
station operators, as defined in the 3.7
GHz Report and Order, to commit to
voluntarily relocate on a two-phased
accelerated schedule (with additional
obligations and incentives for such
operators), with a Phase I deadline of
December 5, 2021, and a Phase II
deadline of December 5, 2023.
The Commission concluded in the 3.7
GHz Report and Order that, before the
public auction of overlay licenses
commences, it is appropriate for
potential bidders to know when they
will get access to the spectrum in the
3.7–3.98 GHz band that is currently
occupied by incumbent FSS space
station operators and earth stations, as
defined in the 3.7 GHz Report and
Order, and to have an estimate of how
much they may be required to pay for
incumbent relocation costs and
accelerated relocation payments should
they become overlay licensees, as
overlay licensees are required to pay for
the reasonable relocation costs of
incumbent space station and incumbent
earth station operators that are required
to clear the lower portion of the band.
Under this new information
collection, the Commission will collect
information that will be used by the
Commission to determine when, how,
and at what cost existing operations in
the lower portion of the 3.7–4.2 GHz
band will be relocated to the upper
portion of the band. Specifically, the
Commission collect the following
information from incumbents as
adopted in the 3.7 GHz Report and
Order:
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Accelerated Relocation Elections
The Commission concluded in the 3.7
GHz Report and Order that overlay
licensees would only value accelerated
relocation if a significant majority of
incumbents are cleared in a timely
manner, and therefore determined that
at least 80% of accelerated relocation
payments must be accepted in order for
the Commission to accept accelerated
elections and require overlay licensees
to pay accelerated relocation payments.
The 3.7 GHz Report and Order calls for
an eligible space station operator, as
defined in the 3.7 GHz Report and
Order, that chooses to commit to clear
on the accelerated schedule in exchange
for accelerated relocation payments to
submit a written, public, irrevocable
accelerated relocation election with the
Commission by May 29, 2020, to permit
the Commission to determine whether
there are sufficient accelerated
relocation elections to trigger early
relocation and in turn provide bidders
with adequate certainty regarding the
clearing date and payment obligations
associated with each license well in
advance of the auction.
Transition Plans
The 3.7 GHz Report and Order
requires each eligible space station
operator to submit to the Commission
by June 12, 2020, and make available for
public review, a detailed transition plan
describing the necessary steps and
estimated costs for the eligible space
station operator to complete the
transition of existing operations in the
lower portion of the 3.7–4.2 GHz band
to the upper 200 megahertz of the band
and its individual timeline for doing so
consistent with the regular relocation
deadline or by the accelerated relocation
deadlines. An eligible space station
operator that elects to receive
accelerated relocation payments is
responsible for relocating all of its
associated incumbent earth stations and
must outline the details of such
relocation in the transition plan (unless
an incumbent earth station owner elects
to receive a lump sum payment and
assumes responsibility for transitioning
its own earth stations). Similarly, an
incumbent space station operator that
does not elect to receive accelerated
relocation payments but nevertheless
plans to assume responsibility for
relocating its own associated incumbent
earth stations must make that clear in its
transition plan.
Incumbent Earth Station Lump Sum
Payment Elections
The 3.7 GHz Report and Order
provides an incumbent earth station
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operator with the option of accepting
reimbursement payments for its
reasonable relocation costs for the
transition, or opting out of the formal
relocation process and accepting a lump
sum reimbursement payment for all of
its incumbent earth stations based on
the average, estimated costs of
relocating all of their incumbent earth
stations in lieu of actual relocation
costs. The 3.7 GHz Report and Order
directs the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau to
announce the lump sum that will be
available per incumbent earth station as
well as the process for electing lump
sum payments and requires that no later
than 30 days after this announcement,
an incumbent earth station operator that
wishes to receive a lump sum payment
make an irrevocable lump sum payment
election that will apply to all of its earth
stations in the contiguous United States.
This information collection will serve
as the starting point for planning and
managing the process of efficiently and
expeditiously clearing of the lower
portion of the band, so that this
spectrum can be auctioned for flexibleuse service licenses.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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The Commission hereby gives notice
of the filing of the following agreements
under the Shipping Act of 1984.
Interested parties may submit
comments, relevant information, or
documents regarding the agreements to
the Secretary by email at Secretary@
fmc.gov, or by mail, Federal Maritime
Commission, Washington, DC 20573.
Comments will be most helpful to the
Commission if received within 12 days
of the date this notice appears in the
Federal Register. Copies of agreements
are available through the Commission’s
website (www.fmc.gov) or by contacting
the Office of Agreements at (202)-523–
5793 or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov.
Agreement No.: 201336.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-XXXX; FRS 16592]
Information Collection Being Submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for Emergency Review and Approval
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) of 1995, the
Federal Communications Commission (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 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 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 Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the information
collection should be submitted on or before April 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your
comment on the information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email
to [email protected] and to [email protected]. 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 Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the FCC invited the general public and other Federal Agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the following information
collection. Comments are requested concerning: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks
specific comment on how it might ``further reduce the information
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.''
The Commission is requesting emergency OMB processing of the
information collection requirement(s) contained in this notice and has
requested OMB approval no later than 35 days after the collection is
received at OMB. 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 Commission ICRs currently under review appears, look for
the Title of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A
copy of the Commission's submission to OMB will be displayed.
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: 3.7 GHz Band Space Station Operator Accelerated Relocation
Elections and Transition Plans; 3.7 GHz Band Incumbent Earth Station
Lump Sum Payment Elections.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New information collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Estimated Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,010 respondents
and 3,010 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 16 hours per eligible space station
accelerated relocation election; 80-600 hours per eligible space
station transition plan; 32 hours per incumbent earth station lump sum
payment election.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 5(c), 201, 302, 303, 304, 307(e), and 309 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i),
154(j), 155(c), 201, 302, 303, 304, 307(e), 309.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 109,680 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $900,000.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information collected
under this collection will be made publicly available, however, to the
extent information submitted pursuant to this information collection is
determined to be confidential, it will be protected by the Commission.
If a respondent seeks to have information collected pursuant to this
information collection withheld from public inspection, the respondent
may request confidential treatment pursuant to section 0.459 of the
Commission's rules for such information. See 47 CFR 0.459.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On February 28, 2020, in furtherance of the goal of
releasing more mid-band spectrum into the market to support and enable
next-generation wireless networks, the Federal Communications
Commission (Commission) adopted a Report and Order, FCC 20-22, (3.7 GHz
Report and Order) in which it reformed the use of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band,
also known as the C-Band. The 3.7 GHz-4.2 GHz band currently is
allocated in the United States exclusively for non-Federal use on a
primary basis for Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) and Fixed Service.
Domestically, space station operators use the 3.7-4.2 GHz band to
provide downlink signals of various bandwidths to licensed transmit-
receive, registered receive-only, and unregistered receive-only earth
stations throughout the
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United States. The 3.7 GHz Report and Order calls for the relocation of
existing FSS operations in the band into the upper 200 megahertz of the
band (4.0-4.2 GHz) and making the lower 280 megahertz (3.7-3.98 GHz)
available for flexible-use throughout the contiguous United States
through a Commission-administered public auction of overlay licenses
that is scheduled to occur later this year, with the 20 megahertz from
3.98-4.0 GHz reserved as a guard band.
The Commission adopted a robust transition schedule to achieve an
expeditious relocation of FSS operations and ensure that a significant
amount of spectrum is made available quickly for next-generation
wireless deployments, while also ensuring effective accommodation of
relocated incumbent users. The 3.7 GHz Report and Order establishes a
deadline of December 5, 2025, for full relocation to ensure that all
FSS operations are cleared in a timely manner, but provides an
opportunity for accelerated clearing of the band by allowing incumbent
space station operators, as defined in the 3.7 GHz Report and Order, to
commit to voluntarily relocate on a two-phased accelerated schedule
(with additional obligations and incentives for such operators), with a
Phase I deadline of December 5, 2021, and a Phase II deadline of
December 5, 2023.
The Commission concluded in the 3.7 GHz Report and Order that,
before the public auction of overlay licenses commences, it is
appropriate for potential bidders to know when they will get access to
the spectrum in the 3.7-3.98 GHz band that is currently occupied by
incumbent FSS space station operators and earth stations, as defined in
the 3.7 GHz Report and Order, and to have an estimate of how much they
may be required to pay for incumbent relocation costs and accelerated
relocation payments should they become overlay licensees, as overlay
licensees are required to pay for the reasonable relocation costs of
incumbent space station and incumbent earth station operators that are
required to clear the lower portion of the band.
Under this new information collection, the Commission will collect
information that will be used by the Commission to determine when, how,
and at what cost existing operations in the lower portion of the 3.7-
4.2 GHz band will be relocated to the upper portion of the band.
Specifically, the Commission collect the following information from
incumbents as adopted in the 3.7 GHz Report and Order:
Accelerated Relocation Elections
The Commission concluded in the 3.7 GHz Report and Order that
overlay licensees would only value accelerated relocation if a
significant majority of incumbents are cleared in a timely manner, and
therefore determined that at least 80% of accelerated relocation
payments must be accepted in order for the Commission to accept
accelerated elections and require overlay licensees to pay accelerated
relocation payments. The 3.7 GHz Report and Order calls for an eligible
space station operator, as defined in the 3.7 GHz Report and Order,
that chooses to commit to clear on the accelerated schedule in exchange
for accelerated relocation payments to submit a written, public,
irrevocable accelerated relocation election with the Commission by May
29, 2020, to permit the Commission to determine whether there are
sufficient accelerated relocation elections to trigger early relocation
and in turn provide bidders with adequate certainty regarding the
clearing date and payment obligations associated with each license well
in advance of the auction.
Transition Plans
The 3.7 GHz Report and Order requires each eligible space station
operator to submit to the Commission by June 12, 2020, and make
available for public review, a detailed transition plan describing the
necessary steps and estimated costs for the eligible space station
operator to complete the transition of existing operations in the lower
portion of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band to the upper 200 megahertz of the band
and its individual timeline for doing so consistent with the regular
relocation deadline or by the accelerated relocation deadlines. An
eligible space station operator that elects to receive accelerated
relocation payments is responsible for relocating all of its associated
incumbent earth stations and must outline the details of such
relocation in the transition plan (unless an incumbent earth station
owner elects to receive a lump sum payment and assumes responsibility
for transitioning its own earth stations). Similarly, an incumbent
space station operator that does not elect to receive accelerated
relocation payments but nevertheless plans to assume responsibility for
relocating its own associated incumbent earth stations must make that
clear in its transition plan.
Incumbent Earth Station Lump Sum Payment Elections
The 3.7 GHz Report and Order provides an incumbent earth station
operator with the option of accepting reimbursement payments for its
reasonable relocation costs for the transition, or opting out of the
formal relocation process and accepting a lump sum reimbursement
payment for all of its incumbent earth stations based on the average,
estimated costs of relocating all of their incumbent earth stations in
lieu of actual relocation costs. The 3.7 GHz Report and Order directs
the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to announce the lump sum that
will be available per incumbent earth station as well as the process
for electing lump sum payments and requires that no later than 30 days
after this announcement, an incumbent earth station operator that
wishes to receive a lump sum payment make an irrevocable lump sum
payment election that will apply to all of its earth stations in the
contiguous United States.
This information collection will serve as the starting point for
planning and managing the process of efficiently and expeditiously
clearing of the lower portion of the band, so that this spectrum can be
auctioned for flexible-use service licenses.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-06351 Filed 3-25-20; 8:45 am]
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