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elect to use GAAP accounting for all
purposes other than those associated
with pole attachment rates and continue
to use the Part 32 accounts and
procedures applicable to pole
attachment rates for up to 12 years. A
price cap carrier may be required to
submit pole attachment accounting data
to the Commission for three years
following the effective date of the rule
permitting a price cap carrier to elect
GAAP accounting. If a pole attacher
informs the Commission of a suspected
problem with pole attachment rates, the
Commission will require the price cap
carrier to file its pole attachment data
for the state in question. This
requirement may be extended for an
additional three years, if necessary.
The Commission reduced the
accounting requirements for telephone
companies with a continuing obligation
to comply with Part 32 in a number of
areas. Telephone companies may: (1)
Carry an asset at its purchase price
when it was acquired, even if its value
has increased or declined when it goes
into regulated service; (2) reprice an
asset at market value after a merger or
acquisition consistent with GAAP; (3)
use GAAP principles to determine
Allowance-for-Funds-Used-During
Construction; and (4) employ the GAAP
standard of materiality. Rate-of-return
carriers receiving cost-based support
must determine materiality consistent
with the general materiality guidelines
promulgated by the Auditing Standards
Board. Price cap carriers with a
continuing Part 32 accounting
obligation must maintain continuing
property records necessary to track
substantial assets and investments in an
accurate, auditable manner. The carriers
must make such property information
available to the Commission upon
request. Carriers subject to Part 32 must
continue to comply with the USOA’s
depreciation procedures and its rules for
cost of removal-and-salvage accounting.
Pursuant to the October 24, 2018
Rate-of-Return Business Data Services
Report and Order, WC Docket No. 17–
144, FCC 18–146, rate-of-return carriers
currently receiving model-based or
other fixed high-cost support may
voluntarily elect to transition their
business services offerings from rate-ofreturn to incentive regulation. Thus,
electing carriers that choose to use
GAAP instead of the Uniform System of
Accounts are relieved of virtually all of
the filing and recordkeeping
requirements of the Uniform System of
Accounts, with the sole exception of the
same data provisioning requirements for
the calculation of pole attachment rates
as price cap carriers.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–15849 Filed 7–21–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–XXXX; FRS 16938]
Information Collection 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 can
further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted on or before August 21, 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.
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
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‘‘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: 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.
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–XXXX.
Title: 3.7 GHz Band Relocation
Coordinator and Relocation Payment
Clearinghouse Real-Time Disclosure of
Communications Required by Sections
27.1413(c)(6) and 27.1414(b)(4)(i).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 2
respondents; 12 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
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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.
Total Annual Burden: 12 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The information collected under this
collection will be made publicly
available.
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
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 3.7–4.2 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 receiveonly, and unregistered receive-only
earth stations throughout the 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 in the
3.7 GHz Service 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 twophased accelerated schedule (with
additional obligations and incentives for
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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 a neutral,
independent third-party Relocation
Payment Clearinghouse (RPC) should be
established to administer the costrelated aspects of the transition in a fair,
transparent manner, mitigate financial
disputes among stakeholders, and
collect and distribute payments in a
timely manner to transition incumbent
space station operators out of the 3.7–
3.98 GHz band. The Commission also
concluded that a Relocation Coordinator
(RC) should be appointed to ensure that
all incumbent space station operators
are relocating in a timely manner, and
to be responsible for receiving notice
from earth station operators or other
satellite customers of any disputes
related to comparability of facilities,
workmanship, or preservation of service
during the transition and notify the
Commission of disputes and
recommendations for resolution.
To protect the fair and level playing
field for applicants to participate in the
Commission’s auction for overlay
licenses in the 3.7 GHz Service, the RPC
and the RC are each required to make
real-time, public disclosures of the
content and timing of and the parties to
communications, if any, from or to such
applicants, as applicants are defined by
the Commission’s rule prohibiting
certain auction-related communications,
47 CFR 1.2105(c)(5)(i), whenever the
prohibition in 47 CFR 1.2105(c) applies
to competitive bidding for licenses in
the 3.7 GHz Service. See 47 CFR
27.1413(c)(6), 27.1414(b)(4)(i) (as
adopted in the 3.7 GHz Report and
Order). The Commission is seeking
approval for a new information
collection to permit the RPC and the RC
to make the required real-time, public
disclosure of any such communications,
as necessary.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–15850 Filed 7–21–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1210; FRS 16936]
Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
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 August 21, 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 Nicole Ongele,
FCC, via email to 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)
SUMMARY:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-XXXX; FRS 16938]
Information Collection 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
can further reduce the information collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before August 21,
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: 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.
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-XXXX.
Title: 3.7 GHz Band Relocation Coordinator and Relocation Payment
Clearinghouse Real-Time Disclosure of Communications Required by
Sections 27.1413(c)(6) and 27.1414(b)(4)(i).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New information collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 2 respondents; 12 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
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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.
Total Annual Burden: 12 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information collected
under this collection will be made publicly available.
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 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 3.7-4.2 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 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 in the 3.7 GHz Service
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 a
neutral, independent third-party Relocation Payment Clearinghouse (RPC)
should be established to administer the cost-related aspects of the
transition in a fair, transparent manner, mitigate financial disputes
among stakeholders, and collect and distribute payments in a timely
manner to transition incumbent space station operators out of the 3.7-
3.98 GHz band. The Commission also concluded that a Relocation
Coordinator (RC) should be appointed to ensure that all incumbent space
station operators are relocating in a timely manner, and to be
responsible for receiving notice from earth station operators or other
satellite customers of any disputes related to comparability of
facilities, workmanship, or preservation of service during the
transition and notify the Commission of disputes and recommendations
for resolution.
To protect the fair and level playing field for applicants to
participate in the Commission's auction for overlay licenses in the 3.7
GHz Service, the RPC and the RC are each required to make real-time,
public disclosures of the content and timing of and the parties to
communications, if any, from or to such applicants, as applicants are
defined by the Commission's rule prohibiting certain auction-related
communications, 47 CFR 1.2105(c)(5)(i), whenever the prohibition in 47
CFR 1.2105(c) applies to competitive bidding for licenses in the 3.7
GHz Service. See 47 CFR 27.1413(c)(6), 27.1414(b)(4)(i) (as adopted in
the 3.7 GHz Report and Order). The Commission is seeking approval for a
new information collection to permit the RPC and the RC to make the
required real-time, public disclosure of any such communications, as
necessary.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-15850 Filed 7-21-20; 8:45 am]
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