Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 51092-51093 [2022-17929]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51092-51093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17929]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0262 and OMB 3060-1022; FR ID 101332]


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 
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 September 19, 
2022.

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 No.: 3060-0262.
    Title: Section 90.179, Shared Use of Radio Stations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, non-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local and tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 43,000 respondents, 43,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 up to .75 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and On occasion 
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(i), 161, 303(g), 303(r) and 332(c)(7).
    Total Annual Burden: 43,000 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission was directed by the United States 
Congress, in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to dedicate 2.4 MHz of 
electromagnetic spectrum in the 746-806 MHz band for public safety 
services. Section 90.179 requires that Part 90 licensees that share use 
of their private land mobile radio facility on non-profit, cost-sharing 
basis to prepare and keep a written sharing agreement as part of the 
station records. Regardless of the method of sharing, an up-to-date 
list of persons who are sharing the station and the basis of their 
eligibility under Part 90 must be maintained. The requirement is 
necessary to identify users of the system should interference problems 
develop. This information is used by the Commission to investigate 
interference complaints and resolve interference and operational 
complaints that may arise among the users.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1022.
    Title: Sections 101.1403, 101.103(f), 101.1413, 101.1440, 101.1417 
and 25.139 (MVDDS reporting, recordkeeping and third-party disclosures; 
NGSO FSS and DBS recordkeeping and third-party disclosures)
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 18 respondents; 2,238 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hour-40 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual and on occasion reporting 
requirements; 5- and 10-years reporting requirements; third party 
disclosure requirement; recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 47 
U.S.C. 154(i), 157(a), 301, 303(c), 303(f), 303(g), 303(r), 308, and 
309(j).
    Total Annual Burden: 5,316 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: This collection includes a Part 25 rule and various 
rules in Part 101 that govern record retention, reporting, and third-
party disclosure requirements related to satellite and terrestrial 
sharing of the 12.2-12.7 GHz band. The satellite operators are Non-
Geostationary Orbit Fixed Satellite Service (NGSO FSS) and Direct 
Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Service. The terrestrial operators are 
Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service (MVDDS). The following 
information collected will assist the Commission in analyzing trends 
and competition in the

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marketplace. Section 25.139 requires NGSO FSS licensees to maintain a 
subscriber database in a format that can be readily shared to enable 
MVDDS licensees to determine whether a proposed MVDDS transmitting 
antenna meets the minimum spacing requirement relative to qualifying, 
existing NGSO FSS subscriber receivers (set forth in Sec.  101.129, FCC 
Rules). Section 101.1403 requires certain MVDDS licensees that meet the 
statutory definition of Multichannel Video Programming Distributor 
(MVPD) to comply with the broadcast carriage requirements located 47 
U.S.C. 325(b)(1). Any MVDDS licensee that is an MVPD must obtain the 
prior express authority of a broadcast station before retransmitting 
that station's signal, subject to the exceptions contained in Sec.  
325(b)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934. Section 101.103(f) 
requires MVDDS licensees to provide notice of intent to construct a 
proposed antenna to NGSO FSS licensees operating in the 12.2-12.7 GHz 
frequency band and to establish and maintain an internet website of all 
existing transmitting sites and transmitting antenna that are scheduled 
for operation within one year including the ``in service'' dates. 
Section 101.1413, as a construction requirement, requires MVDDS 
licensees to file a showing of substantial service at five and ten 
years into the initial license term. Substantial service is defined as 
a ``service that is sound, favorable, and substantially above a level 
of mediocre service which might minimally warrant renewal.'' The 
Commission set forth a safe harbor to serve as a guide to licensees in 
satisfying the substantial service requirement, as well as additional 
factors that it would take into consideration in determining whether a 
licensee satisfies the substantial service standard. Section 101.1440 
requires MVDDS licensees to collect information and disclose 
information to third parties. Therefore, the reporting and disclosure 
requirements are as follows: Section 101.1440 requires MVDDS licensees 
to conduct a survey of the area around its proposed transmitting 
antenna site to determine the location of all DBS customers of record 
that may potentially be affected by the introduction of its MVDDS 
service. At least 90 days prior to the planned date of MVDDS 
commencement of operations, the MVDDS licensee must then provide 
specific information to the DBS licensee(s). Alternatively, MVDDS 
licensees may obtain a signed, written agreement from DBS customers of 
record stating that they are aware of and agree to their DBS system 
receiving MVDDS signal levels in excess of the appropriate Equivalent 
Power Flux Density (EPFD) limits. The DBS licensee must thereafter 
provide the MVDDS licensee with a list of only those new DBS customer 
locations that have been installed in the 30-day period following the 
MVDDS notification that the DBS licensee believes may receive harmful 
interference or where the prescribed EPFD limits may be exceeded. If 
the MVDDS licensee determines that its signal level will exceed the 
EPFD limit at any DBS customer site, it shall take whatever steps are 
necessary, up to and including finding a new transmitter site. Section 
101.1417 requires MVDDS licensees to file an annual report. The MVDDS 
licensees must file with the Commission two copies of a ``licensee 
information report'' by March 1st of each year for the preceding 
calendar year. This ``licensee information report'' must include name 
and address of licensee; station(s) call letters and primary geographic 
service area(s); and statistical data for the licensee's station.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-17929 Filed 8-18-22; 8:45 am]
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