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080009, CA–080010, CA–080011 & CA–
080012
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CA–080010, CA–080011 and CA–
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date to be December 31, 2019; therefore,
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and distribute existing stocks of
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cancellation, which will be until
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or distributing these products, except
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disposal.
For all other voluntary product
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Persons other than the registrant may
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labels include the terminated uses until
supplies are exhausted, provided that
such sale, distribution, or use is
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previously approved labeling on, or that
accompanied, the canceled products
and terminated uses.
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Dated: March 23, 2020.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and
Resources Management Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020–08073 Filed 4–16–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0798 and OMB 3060–0800; FRS
16667]
Information Collections Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
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, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 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.
Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 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 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.
SUMMARY:
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted on or before May 18, 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 proposed
information collection to Cathy
Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
Include in the comments the OMB
DATES:
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control number as shown in the
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918. 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 Title
of this ICR and then click on the ICR
Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), 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.’’
OMB Control Number: 3060–0798.
Title: FCC Application for Radio
Service Authorization; Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau; Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
Form Number: FCC Form 601.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals and
households; Business or other for-profit
entities; Not-for-profit institutions; and
State, local or tribal governments.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
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Number of Respondents and
Responses: 255,452 respondents and
255,452 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–
1.25 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement, third party
disclosure requirement, on occasion
reporting requirement and periodic
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in 47 U.S.C.,
151, 152, 154, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201,
202, 208, 214, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 308,
309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331,
332, 333, 336, 534, 535 and 554.
Total Annual Burden: 223,921 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $71,906,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In general, there is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of
information.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 601 is a
consolidated, multi-part application
form that is used for market-based and
site-based licensing for wireless
telecommunications services, including
public safety licenses, which are filed
through the Commission’s Universal
Licensing System (ULS). FCC Form 601
is composed of a main form that
contains administrative information and
a series of schedules used for filing
technical and other information. This
form is used to apply for a new license,
to amend or withdraw a pending
application, to modify or renew an
existing license, cancel a license,
request a duplicate license, submit
required notifications, request an
extension of time to satisfy construction
requirements, or request an
administrative update to an existing
license (such as mailing address
change), request a Special Temporary
Authority or Developmental License.
Respondents are encouraged to submit
FCC Form 601 electronically and are
required to do so when submitting FCC
Form 601 to apply for an authorization
for which the applicant was the winning
bidder in a spectrum auction.
The data collected on FCC Form 601
includes the FCC Registration Number
(FRN), which serves as a ‘‘common
link’’ for all filings an entity has with
the FCC. The Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996 requires
entities filing with the Commission to
use an FRN.
On August 3, 2017, the Commission
released the WRS Reform Second Report
and Order in which it consolidated the
hodgepodge of service-specific renewal
and permanent discontinuance rules
into consolidated Part 1 rules, 1.949 and
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1.953, respectively (See Amendment of
Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, 74, 80, 90, 95, and
101 To Establish Uniform License
Renewal, Discontinuance of Operation,
and Geographic Partitioning and
Spectrum Disaggregation Rules and
Policies for Certain Wireless Radio
Services, Second Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
FCC 17–105, (WRS Reform Second
Report and Order)). Of relevance to the
information collection at issue here, the
Commission established a consistent
standard for renewing wireless licenses
and set forth safe harbors providing
expedited renewal for licensees that
meet their initial term construction
requirement and remain operating at or
above that level. In addition, the
Commission adopted consistent service
continuity rules, which provide for
automatic termination of any license on
which a licensee permanently
discontinues service or operation.
The Commission now seeks approval
for revisions to its currently approved
collection of information under OMB
Control Number 3060–0798 to permit
(1) the collection of renewal-related
information for Wireless Radio Service
(WRS) licenses, and (2) the filing of
requests to extend a permanent
discontinuance period for good cause.
Regarding renewal of WRS licenses,
§ 1.949(d) of the Commission’s rules
requires an applicant for renewal of
certain WRS licenses to meet the
Renewal Standard, i.e., the applicant
must demonstrate that over the course
of the license term, the licensee
provided and continues to provide
service to the public, or operated and
continues to operate the license to meet
the licensee(s)’ private, internal
communications needs. A renewal
applicant can meet the Renewal
Standard by certifying compliance with
one of the safe harbors enumerated in
§ 1.949(e) of the Commission’s rules, or,
if the applicant cannot satisfy the
requirements of one of the safe harbors,
the applicant must make a Renewal
Showing consistent with § 1.949(f). In
addition, a renewal applicant must
make a Regulatory Compliance
Certification certifying that it has
substantially complied with all
applicable FCC rules, policies, and the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended. If an applicant is unable to
make this substantial compliance
certification, it will need to provide an
explanation of the circumstances
preventing such a certification and why
renewal of the subject license should
still be granted.
We do not anticipate that these
revisions will have any impact on the
burden to complete FCC Form 601. The
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renewal process remains virtually
unchanged for site-based licensees,
which will continue to have streamlined
processes for renewal under the safe
harbors adopted in the WRS Reform
Second Report and Order. For licensees
which had to make renewal showings
under the Commissions’ prior, servicespecific renewal rules, including 700
MHz Commercial Services, 600 MHz
Service, H-Block Service, AWS–3,
AWS–4, and 218–219 MHz Service, the
rules now provide for streamlined
renewal processes under the safe harbor
provisions in § 1.949(e), which
minimize the burdens on such
licensees. The Commission expects that
most licensees will be able to avail
themselves of the streamlined safe
harbor process. Although some
licensees will be required to make a
renewal showing, on balance, we
believe there will be no increase in the
overall annual burden to complete the
form. Further, the Commission’s
experience with requests to extend the
discontinuance period for licensees in
the cellular service leads us to
anticipate few, if any, such requests will
be filed under our new rules.
Specifically, we are unaware of any
requests to extend a cellular
discontinuance period. Thus, we believe
there will be a negligible, if any, impact
on the annual burden to complete the
form.
The Commission therefore seeks
approval for a revision to its currently
approved information collection on FCC
Form 601 to revise FCC Form 601
accordingly.
In addition, on August 10, 2015, the
Commission released a Report and
Order in Amendment of Sections
90.20(d) and 90.265 of the
Commission’s Rules to Facilitate the
Use of Vehicular Repeater Units, FCC
15–103, in which it decided to adopt
certain changes to the rules governing
six remote control and telemetry
channels in the VHF band. The
Commission decided to allow the
licensing and operation of vehicular
repeater systems (VRS) and other mobile
repeaters on these channels. In addition,
the Commission revises and updated the
technical rules for these channels to
allow greater use of VRS systems while
providing protection for incumbent
telemetry users who rely on these
frequencies for control of critical
infrastructure systems. Of significance
for this collection, the Commission also
decided that the only way to
accommodate both telemetry and VRS
on these frequencies is through
frequency coordination to both ensure
geographic separation as well as
minimizing the risk of commingling
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voice and data operations. In particular,
the Commission adopted new section
90.175(b)(4), which prescribes the
obligations of frequency coordinators
and the ability of applicants to submit
written concurrences from potentially
affected incumbent licensees as part of
the Form 601 filing. On December 11,
2015, the Commission adopted a
Clarification Order in this docket, but
that order made two changes to the
requirements of section 90.175(b)(4).
Sections 90.35, 90.20, and
90.175(b)(4) require third party
disclosures by applicants proposing to
operate vehicular repeater units on
designated frequencies. They are
required to obtain written concurrence
of a frequency coordinator. This
information will be used by
Commission personnel in evaluating the
applicant’s need for such frequencies
and to minimize the interference
potential to other stations operating on
the proposed frequencies.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0800.
Title: FCC Application for
Assignments of Authorization and
Transfers of Control: Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau and Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
Form Number: FCC Form 603.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, Individuals or
households, not-for-profit institutions,
and State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,547 respondents; 2,547
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5
hours–1.75 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement, on
occasion reporting requirement and
periodic reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 158, 161, 301,
303(r), 308, 309, 310 and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 2,872 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $381,975.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In general, there is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of
information.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 603 is a
multi-purpose form that is used by radio
services in Wireless Services within the
Universal Licensing System (ULS). FCC
603 is composed of a main form that
contains the administrative information
and a series of schedules used for filing
technical information. These schedules
are required when applying for
Auctioned Services, Partitioning and
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Disaggregation, Undefined Geographical
Area Partitioning, and Notification of
Consummation or Request for Extension
of Time for Consummation. Applicants/
licensees in the Public Mobile Services,
Personal Communications Services,
Private Land Mobile Radio Services,
Broadband Radio Service, Educational
Broadband Service, Maritime Services
(excluding Ship), and Aviation Services
(excluding Aircraft) use FCC Form 603
to apply for an assignment or transfer,
to establish their parties’ basic eligibility
and qualifications, to classify the filing,
and/or to determine the nature of the
proposed service. This form is also used
to notify the FCC of consummated
assignments and transfers of wireless
licenses to which the Commission has
previously consented or for which
notification but not prior consent is
required. Respondents are encouraged
to submit FCC 603 electronically.
The data collected on FCC 603
include the FCC Registration Number
(FRN), which serves as a ‘‘common
link’’ for all filings an entity has with
the FCC. The Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996 required that
those filing with the Commission to use
an FRN, effective December 3, 2001.
Records may include information
about individuals or households, e.g.,
personally identifiable information or
PII, and the use(s) and disclosure of this
information are governed by the
requirements of a system of records
notice or ‘SORN’, FCC/WTB–1,
‘‘Wireless Services Licensing Records.’’
There are no additional impacts under
the Privacy Act.
On August 3, 2017, the Commission
released the WRS Reform Second Report
and Order in which it consolidated the
hodgepodge of service-specific
geographic partitioning and spectrum
disaggregation rules into a consolidated
Part 1 rule, 1.950 (See Amendment of
Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, 74, 80, 90, 95, and
101 To Establish Uniform License
Renewal, Discontinuance of Operation,
and Geographic Partitioning and
Spectrum Disaggregation Rules and
Policies for Certain Wireless Radio
Services, Second Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
FCC 17–105, (WRS Reform Second
Report and Order)). Of relevance to the
information collection at issue here, the
Commission required that when
portions of geographic licenses are sold,
both parties to the transaction have a
clear construction obligation and
penalty in the event of failure.
Specifically, § 1.950(c) requires
parties seeking approval for geographic
partitioning, spectrum disaggregation, or
a combination of both must apply for a
partial assignment of authorization by
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filing FCC Form 603 pursuant to § 1.948
of the Commission’s rules. Each request
for geographic partitioning must include
an attachment defining the perimeter of
the partitioned area by geographic
coordinates to the nearest second of
latitude and longitude, based upon the
1983 North American Datum (NAD83).
Alternatively, applicants may specify an
FCC-recognized service area (e.g., Basic
Trading Area, Economic Area, Major
Trading Area, Metropolitan Service
Area, or Rural Service Area), county, or
county equivalent, in which case,
applicants need only list the specific
FCC-recognized service area, county, or
county equivalent names comprising the
partitioned area. Additionally,
applicants have the option to submit
geographic data associated with
applications to partition and/or
disaggregate their license using a
shapefile, KML or Geojson file format.
In addition, § 1.950(d) requires
applicants for geographic partitioning,
spectrum disaggregation, or a
combination of both, to include, if
applicable, a certification with their
partial assignment of authorization
application stating which party will
meet any incumbent relocation
requirements, except as otherwise stated
in service-specific rules. Further,
§ 1.950(g) provides parties to geographic
partitioning, spectrum disaggregation, or
a combination of both, with two options
to satisfy service-specific performance
requirements (i.e., construction and
operation requirements). Under the first
option, each party may certify that it
will individually satisfy any servicespecific requirements and, upon failure,
must individually face any servicespecific performance penalties. Under
the second option, both parties may
agree to share responsibility for any
service-specific requirements. Upon
failure to meet their shared servicespecific performance requirements, both
parties will be subject to any servicespecific penalties. The Commission
seeks approval for revisions to its
currently approved collection of
information under OMB Control
Number 3060–0800 to permit the
collection of the additional information
in connection with partial assignments
of authorizations for geographic
partitioning, spectrum disaggregation, or
a combination of both, pursuant to the
rules and information collection
requirements adopted by the
Commission in the WRS Reform Second
Report and Order. We do not anticipate
that these revisions will impact the
collection filing burden.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020–08094 Filed 4–16–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0027, 3060–0652 and OMB
3060–0932; FRS 16669]
Information Collections Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
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, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 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.
Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 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 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.
SUMMARY:
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted on or before May 18, 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 proposed
information collection to Cathy
Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
Include in the comments the OMB
control number as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
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For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918. 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 Title
of this ICR and then click on the ICR
Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), 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.’’
OMB Control No.: 3060–0027.
Title: Application for Construction
Permit for Commercial Broadcast
Station, FCC Form 301; Form 2100,
Schedule A—Application for Media
Bureau Video Service Authorization; 47
Sections 73.3700(b)(1) and (b)(2) and
Section 73.3800, Post Auction
Licensing; Form 2100, Schedule 301–
FM—Commercial FM Station
Construction Permit Application.
Form No.: FCC Form 2100, Schedule
A, FCC Form 301, FCC Form 2100,
Schedule 301–FM.
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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for profit institutions;
State, local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3,090 respondents and 6,526
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–6.25
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in Sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 15,317 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $62,444,288.
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: FCC Form 301 is
used to apply for authority to construct
a new commercial AM or FM broadcast
station and to make changes to existing
facilities of such a station. It may be
used to request a change of a station’s
community of license by AM and nonreserved band FM permittees and
licensees. In addition, FM licensees or
permittees may request, by filing an
application on FCC Form 301, upgrades
on adjacent and co-channels,
modifications to adjacent channels of
the same class, and downgrades to
adjacent channels. All applicants using
this one-step process must demonstrate
that a suitable site exists that would
comply with allotment standards with
respect to minimum distance separation
and principal community coverage and
that would be suitable for tower
construction. For applicants seeking a
community of license change through
this one-step process, the proposed
facility must be mutually exclusive with
the applicant’s existing facility, and the
new facility must comply with the
Commission’s standards with respect to
minimum distance separation and
principal community coverage.
Applicants availing themselves of this
procedure must also attach an exhibit
demonstrating that the proposed
community of license change comports
with the fair, efficient, and equitable
distribution of radio service, pursuant to
Section 307(b) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended (the Act).
FCC Form 301 also accommodates
commercial FM applicants applying in
a Threshold Qualifications Window (TQ
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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21432-21435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08094]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0798 and OMB 3060-0800; FRS 16667]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to Office of Management and Budget
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,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 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. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 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 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 and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before May 18, 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 proposed 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. 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 Title of this ICR and
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to
OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), 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.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-0798.
Title: FCC Application for Radio Service Authorization; Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau; Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
Form Number: FCC Form 601.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals and households; Business or other for-
profit entities; Not-for-profit institutions; and State, local or
tribal governments.
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Number of Respondents and Responses: 255,452 respondents and
255,452 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1.25 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party
disclosure requirement, on occasion reporting requirement and periodic
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
47 U.S.C., 151, 152, 154, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301,
302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331, 332, 333,
336, 534, 535 and 554.
Total Annual Burden: 223,921 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $71,906,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need
for confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 601 is a consolidated, multi-part
application form that is used for market-based and site-based licensing
for wireless telecommunications services, including public safety
licenses, which are filed through the Commission's Universal Licensing
System (ULS). FCC Form 601 is composed of a main form that contains
administrative information and a series of schedules used for filing
technical and other information. This form is used to apply for a new
license, to amend or withdraw a pending application, to modify or renew
an existing license, cancel a license, request a duplicate license,
submit required notifications, request an extension of time to satisfy
construction requirements, or request an administrative update to an
existing license (such as mailing address change), request a Special
Temporary Authority or Developmental License. Respondents are
encouraged to submit FCC Form 601 electronically and are required to do
so when submitting FCC Form 601 to apply for an authorization for which
the applicant was the winning bidder in a spectrum auction.
The data collected on FCC Form 601 includes the FCC Registration
Number (FRN), which serves as a ``common link'' for all filings an
entity has with the FCC. The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
requires entities filing with the Commission to use an FRN.
On August 3, 2017, the Commission released the WRS Reform Second
Report and Order in which it consolidated the hodgepodge of service-
specific renewal and permanent discontinuance rules into consolidated
Part 1 rules, 1.949 and 1.953, respectively (See Amendment of Parts 1,
22, 24, 27, 74, 80, 90, 95, and 101 To Establish Uniform License
Renewal, Discontinuance of Operation, and Geographic Partitioning and
Spectrum Disaggregation Rules and Policies for Certain Wireless Radio
Services, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, FCC 17-105, (WRS Reform Second Report and Order)). Of
relevance to the information collection at issue here, the Commission
established a consistent standard for renewing wireless licenses and
set forth safe harbors providing expedited renewal for licensees that
meet their initial term construction requirement and remain operating
at or above that level. In addition, the Commission adopted consistent
service continuity rules, which provide for automatic termination of
any license on which a licensee permanently discontinues service or
operation.
The Commission now seeks approval for revisions to its currently
approved collection of information under OMB Control Number 3060-0798
to permit (1) the collection of renewal-related information for
Wireless Radio Service (WRS) licenses, and (2) the filing of requests
to extend a permanent discontinuance period for good cause. Regarding
renewal of WRS licenses, Sec. 1.949(d) of the Commission's rules
requires an applicant for renewal of certain WRS licenses to meet the
Renewal Standard, i.e., the applicant must demonstrate that over the
course of the license term, the licensee provided and continues to
provide service to the public, or operated and continues to operate the
license to meet the licensee(s)' private, internal communications
needs. A renewal applicant can meet the Renewal Standard by certifying
compliance with one of the safe harbors enumerated in Sec. 1.949(e) of
the Commission's rules, or, if the applicant cannot satisfy the
requirements of one of the safe harbors, the applicant must make a
Renewal Showing consistent with Sec. 1.949(f). In addition, a renewal
applicant must make a Regulatory Compliance Certification certifying
that it has substantially complied with all applicable FCC rules,
policies, and the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. If an
applicant is unable to make this substantial compliance certification,
it will need to provide an explanation of the circumstances preventing
such a certification and why renewal of the subject license should
still be granted.
We do not anticipate that these revisions will have any impact on
the burden to complete FCC Form 601. The renewal process remains
virtually unchanged for site-based licensees, which will continue to
have streamlined processes for renewal under the safe harbors adopted
in the WRS Reform Second Report and Order. For licensees which had to
make renewal showings under the Commissions' prior, service-specific
renewal rules, including 700 MHz Commercial Services, 600 MHz Service,
H-Block Service, AWS-3, AWS-4, and 218-219 MHz Service, the rules now
provide for streamlined renewal processes under the safe harbor
provisions in Sec. 1.949(e), which minimize the burdens on such
licensees. The Commission expects that most licensees will be able to
avail themselves of the streamlined safe harbor process. Although some
licensees will be required to make a renewal showing, on balance, we
believe there will be no increase in the overall annual burden to
complete the form. Further, the Commission's experience with requests
to extend the discontinuance period for licensees in the cellular
service leads us to anticipate few, if any, such requests will be filed
under our new rules. Specifically, we are unaware of any requests to
extend a cellular discontinuance period. Thus, we believe there will be
a negligible, if any, impact on the annual burden to complete the form.
The Commission therefore seeks approval for a revision to its
currently approved information collection on FCC Form 601 to revise FCC
Form 601 accordingly.
In addition, on August 10, 2015, the Commission released a Report
and Order in Amendment of Sections 90.20(d) and 90.265 of the
Commission's Rules to Facilitate the Use of Vehicular Repeater Units,
FCC 15-103, in which it decided to adopt certain changes to the rules
governing six remote control and telemetry channels in the VHF band.
The Commission decided to allow the licensing and operation of
vehicular repeater systems (VRS) and other mobile repeaters on these
channels. In addition, the Commission revises and updated the technical
rules for these channels to allow greater use of VRS systems while
providing protection for incumbent telemetry users who rely on these
frequencies for control of critical infrastructure systems. Of
significance for this collection, the Commission also decided that the
only way to accommodate both telemetry and VRS on these frequencies is
through frequency coordination to both ensure geographic separation as
well as minimizing the risk of commingling
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voice and data operations. In particular, the Commission adopted new
section 90.175(b)(4), which prescribes the obligations of frequency
coordinators and the ability of applicants to submit written
concurrences from potentially affected incumbent licensees as part of
the Form 601 filing. On December 11, 2015, the Commission adopted a
Clarification Order in this docket, but that order made two changes to
the requirements of section 90.175(b)(4).
Sections 90.35, 90.20, and 90.175(b)(4) require third party
disclosures by applicants proposing to operate vehicular repeater units
on designated frequencies. They are required to obtain written
concurrence of a frequency coordinator. This information will be used
by Commission personnel in evaluating the applicant's need for such
frequencies and to minimize the interference potential to other
stations operating on the proposed frequencies.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0800.
Title: FCC Application for Assignments of Authorization and
Transfers of Control: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
Form Number: FCC Form 603.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Individuals or
households, not-for-profit institutions, and State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,547 respondents; 2,547
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours-1.75 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, on occasion
reporting requirement and periodic reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154,
155, 158, 161, 301, 303(r), 308, 309, 310 and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 2,872 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $381,975.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need
for confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 603 is a multi-purpose form that is used
by radio services in Wireless Services within the Universal Licensing
System (ULS). FCC 603 is composed of a main form that contains the
administrative information and a series of schedules used for filing
technical information. These schedules are required when applying for
Auctioned Services, Partitioning and Disaggregation, Undefined
Geographical Area Partitioning, and Notification of Consummation or
Request for Extension of Time for Consummation. Applicants/licensees in
the Public Mobile Services, Personal Communications Services, Private
Land Mobile Radio Services, Broadband Radio Service, Educational
Broadband Service, Maritime Services (excluding Ship), and Aviation
Services (excluding Aircraft) use FCC Form 603 to apply for an
assignment or transfer, to establish their parties' basic eligibility
and qualifications, to classify the filing, and/or to determine the
nature of the proposed service. This form is also used to notify the
FCC of consummated assignments and transfers of wireless licenses to
which the Commission has previously consented or for which notification
but not prior consent is required. Respondents are encouraged to submit
FCC 603 electronically.
The data collected on FCC 603 include the FCC Registration Number
(FRN), which serves as a ``common link'' for all filings an entity has
with the FCC. The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 required that
those filing with the Commission to use an FRN, effective December 3,
2001.
Records may include information about individuals or households,
e.g., personally identifiable information or PII, and the use(s) and
disclosure of this information are governed by the requirements of a
system of records notice or `SORN', FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services
Licensing Records.'' There are no additional impacts under the Privacy
Act.
On August 3, 2017, the Commission released the WRS Reform Second
Report and Order in which it consolidated the hodgepodge of service-
specific geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation rules into
a consolidated Part 1 rule, 1.950 (See Amendment of Parts 1, 22, 24,
27, 74, 80, 90, 95, and 101 To Establish Uniform License Renewal,
Discontinuance of Operation, and Geographic Partitioning and Spectrum
Disaggregation Rules and Policies for Certain Wireless Radio Services,
Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC
17-105, (WRS Reform Second Report and Order)). Of relevance to the
information collection at issue here, the Commission required that when
portions of geographic licenses are sold, both parties to the
transaction have a clear construction obligation and penalty in the
event of failure.
Specifically, Sec. 1.950(c) requires parties seeking approval for
geographic partitioning, spectrum disaggregation, or a combination of
both must apply for a partial assignment of authorization by filing FCC
Form 603 pursuant to Sec. 1.948 of the Commission's rules. Each
request for geographic partitioning must include an attachment defining
the perimeter of the partitioned area by geographic coordinates to the
nearest second of latitude and longitude, based upon the 1983 North
American Datum (NAD83). Alternatively, applicants may specify an FCC-
recognized service area (e.g., Basic Trading Area, Economic Area, Major
Trading Area, Metropolitan Service Area, or Rural Service Area),
county, or county equivalent, in which case, applicants need only list
the specific FCC-recognized service area, county, or county equivalent
names comprising the partitioned area. Additionally, applicants have
the option to submit geographic data associated with applications to
partition and/or disaggregate their license using a shapefile, KML or
Geojson file format.
In addition, Sec. 1.950(d) requires applicants for geographic
partitioning, spectrum disaggregation, or a combination of both, to
include, if applicable, a certification with their partial assignment
of authorization application stating which party will meet any
incumbent relocation requirements, except as otherwise stated in
service-specific rules. Further, Sec. 1.950(g) provides parties to
geographic partitioning, spectrum disaggregation, or a combination of
both, with two options to satisfy service-specific performance
requirements (i.e., construction and operation requirements). Under the
first option, each party may certify that it will individually satisfy
any service- specific requirements and, upon failure, must individually
face any service-specific performance penalties. Under the second
option, both parties may agree to share responsibility for any service-
specific requirements. Upon failure to meet their shared service-
specific performance requirements, both parties will be subject to any
service-specific penalties. The Commission seeks approval for revisions
to its currently approved collection of information under OMB Control
Number 3060-0800 to permit the collection of the additional information
in connection with partial assignments of authorizations for geographic
partitioning, spectrum disaggregation, or a combination of both,
pursuant to the rules and information collection requirements adopted
by the Commission in the WRS Reform Second Report and Order. We do not
anticipate that these revisions will impact the collection filing
burden.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-08094 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]
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