Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 66304-66305 [2022-23965]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66304-66305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23965]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0953; FR ID 112457]


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 
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 December 5, 
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 Nicole Ongele, 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 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) 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

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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: 3060-0953.
    Title: Section 95.2309, Frequency Coordination/Coordinator, 
Wireless Medical Telemetry Service.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,000 respondents; 3,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2-5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting 
requirements, third party disclosure requirement and recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority is contained in 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 302, 303(b), (c), 
(e), (f), (r), and 307.
    Total Annual Burden: 15,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $750,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No Impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No information is requested 
that would require assurance of confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as an extension after this 60-day comment period to 
obtain the full three-year clearance from them. On March 20, 2019, the 
Federal Communications Commission released a Report and Order and Order 
on Reconsideration, Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules for 
Unlicensed White Space Devices, Amendment of Part 15 of the 
Commission's Rules for Unlicensed Operations in the Television Bands, 
Repurposed 600 MHz Band, 600 MHz Guard Bands and Duplex Gap, and 
Channel 37; Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of 
Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, ET Docket Nos. 16-56, 14-165, GN 
Docket No 12-268 and RM-11745, FCC 19-24. The Federal Communications 
Commission restored previously deleted rule text to a new Section 
95.2309 (h), which states that parties operating WMTS networks on 
Channel 37 (608-614 MHz) must notify one of the white space database 
administrators of their operating location to obtain interference 
protection from white space devices. The reinstatement did not impose 
any new requirements that would be subject to this collection of 
information.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-23965 Filed 11-2-22; 8:45 am]
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