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individuals. The purpose of the
informational requirements is to provide
an employee with enough information
regarding the program to allow an
employee to make an informed choice
whether or not to sign a waiver
agreement. The employer does not
provide this information to the EEOC;
the ADEA and the EEOC’s regulation
solely require that the employer provide
this information to any employee it
would apply to, and not to the Federal
government.
The EEOC, in accordance with the
PRA and OMB regulation 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), provides the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the EEOC to
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public to understand the
EEOC’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The EEOC is
soliciting comments on the information
collection that is described below. The
EEOC is especially interested in public
comment that will assist in the
following: (1) Evaluating whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
Commission’s functions, including
whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) Evaluating the accuracy of
the Commission’s estimate of the
burden of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
Enhancing the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) Minimizing the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. Please note that written
comments received in response to this
notice will be considered public
records.
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Overview of This Information
Collection
Collection title: Waivers of Rights and
Claims Under the ADEA; Informational
Requirements.
OMB number: 3046–0042.
Type of Respondent: Business, state or
local governments, not for profit
institutions.
Description of affected public: Any
employer with 20 or more employees
that seeks waiver agreements in
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connection with exit incentive or other
employment termination program.
Number of respondents: 1,489.
Burden Hours per Respondent: 16.19.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,107.
Number of forms: 0.
Abstract: The EEOC enforces the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act
(ADEA), which prohibits discrimination
against employees and applicants for
employment who are age 40 or older.
The OWBPA, enacted in 1990, amended
the ADEA to require employers to
disclose certain information to
employees (but not to EEOC) in writing
when they ask employees to waive their
rights under the ADEA in connection
with an exit incentive program or other
employment termination program. The
regulation at 29 CFR 1625.22 reiterates
those disclosure requirements. The
EEOC seeks an extension without
change for the third-party disclosure
requirements contained in this
regulation. On June 12, 2023, the
Commission published a 60-Day Notice
informing the public of its intent to
request an extension of the information
collection requirements from the Office
of Management and Budget. 88 FR
38047–49 (June 12, 2023). No comments
were received.
For the Commission.
Dated: September 1, 2023.
Charlotte A. Burrows,
Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
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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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before November 7,
2023. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC
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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1058.
Title: FCC Application or Notification
for Spectrum Leasing Arrangement or
Private Commons Arrangement;
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau;
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau.
Form Number: FCC Form 608.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individual and
households, Business or other for-profit
entities, state, local, or tribal
government, and not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,116 respondents and 1,116
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.05 to
1 hour.
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. Statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in 47 U.S.C.
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154, 155, 158, 161, 301, 303(r), 308, 309,
310 and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 1,135.
Total Annual Cost: $1,443,825.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 608 is a
multi-purpose form. It is used to
provide notification or request approval
for any spectrum leasing arrangement
(‘‘Lease’’) entered into between an
existing licensee in certain Wireless
and/or Public Safety Radio Services and
a spectrum lessee. This form also is
required to notify or request approval
for any spectrum subleasing
arrangement (‘‘Sublease’’). The data
collected on the form is used by the FCC
to determine whether the public interest
would be served by the Lease or
Sublease. The form is also used to
provide notification for any Private
Commons Arrangement entered into
between a licensee, lessee, or sublessee
and a class of third-party users (as
defined in Section 1.9080 of the
Commission’s Rules).
On July 18, 2022, the Commission
released a Report and Order and Second
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
Partitioning, Disaggregation, and
Leasing of Spectrum, WT Docket No.
19–38, FCC 22–53, in which the
Commission established the Enhanced
Competition Incentive Program (ECIP)
to establish incentives for wireless radio
service licensees to make underutilized
spectrum available to small carriers,
Tribal Nations, and entities serving rural
areas (ECIP Report and Order in WT
Docket No. 19–38, FCC 22–53). In the
Report and Order, the Commission
adopted a program under which any
covered geographic area licensee may
offer spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible
entity through a partition and/or
disaggregation, and any covered
geographic area licensee eligible to lease
in an included service may offer
spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible
entity through a long-term leasing
arrangement. If the FCC finds that
approval of an ECIP eligible assignment
or lease is in the public interest, the
agency will consent to the transaction
and confer benefits, including five-year
license term extensions, one year
construction extensions, and substituted
alternative construction requirements
for rural-focused transactions. The
Commission also established rules to
permit reaggregation of geographic
licenses.
In establishing the ECIP, the
Commission requires applicants seeking
to participate in the program to submit
certain information that shows the
transaction qualifies for ECIP inclusion.
The Commission found that the ECIP
builds on Congressional goals in the
MOBILE NOW Act to incentivize
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beneficial transactions in the public
interest that will promote greater
competition in the provision of wireless
services, facilitate increased availability
of advanced wireless services in rural
areas, facilitate new opportunities for
small carriers and Tribal Nations to
increase access to spectrum, and bring
more advanced wireless service
including 5G to underserved
communities. Specifically, in the ECIP
Report and Order, the Commission
revised its rules to allow any covered
geographic licenses in included services
to be leased to eligible entities through
a long-term leasing arrangement.
Specifically, in the ECIP Report and
Order, the Commission revised its rules
to allow any covered geographic
licenses in included services to be
leased to eligible entities through a longterm leasing arrangement, to designate a
Qualifying Transaction identified in the
application as seeking consideration
under the ECIP. Two new questions are
being added to the FCC Form 608 as a
result. Respondents are required to
indicate by yes or no answer whether
the application is seeking consideration
under ECIP. Respondents are also
required to select the applicable ECIP
prong to its Qualifying Transaction,
pursuant to either § 1.60003 or
§ 1.60004.
Finally, a new Schedule J is being
added to FCC Form 608 and will be
used by Spectrum Manager Lessors (i.e.,
the Licensee) to file either the Initial
Operation Requirement Notifications
(IORN) or the Final Operation
Requirement Notifications (FORN), as
required by 47 CFR 1.60004, 1.60006, on
behalf of the Lessee.
The Commission now seeks approval
for revisions to its currently approved
collection of information under OMB
Control Number 3060–1058 to permit
the collection of the changes requested
herein. We anticipate that these
revisions will have minimal impact on
the hourly burden to complete FCC
Form 608. The Commission therefore
seeks approval for a revision to its
currently approved information
collection on FCC Form 608 to revise
FCC Form 608 accordingly.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0182; FR ID 169930]
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
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;
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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before November 7,
2023. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC
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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0182.
Title: Section 73.1620, Program Tests.
SUMMARY:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1058; FR ID 170003]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
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 of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information collections. Comments are
requested concerning: 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; 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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before November
7, 2023. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but
find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this
notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1058.
Title: FCC Application or Notification for Spectrum Leasing
Arrangement or Private Commons Arrangement; Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau; Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
Form Number: FCC Form 608.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individual and households, Business or other for-
profit entities, state, local, or tribal government, and not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,116 respondents and 1,116
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.05 to 1 hour.
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.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
47 U.S.C.
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154, 155, 158, 161, 301, 303(r), 308, 309, 310 and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 1,135.
Total Annual Cost: $1,443,825.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 608 is a multi-purpose form. It is used to
provide notification or request approval for any spectrum leasing
arrangement (``Lease'') entered into between an existing licensee in
certain Wireless and/or Public Safety Radio Services and a spectrum
lessee. This form also is required to notify or request approval for
any spectrum subleasing arrangement (``Sublease''). The data collected
on the form is used by the FCC to determine whether the public interest
would be served by the Lease or Sublease. The form is also used to
provide notification for any Private Commons Arrangement entered into
between a licensee, lessee, or sublessee and a class of third-party
users (as defined in Section 1.9080 of the Commission's Rules).
On July 18, 2022, the Commission released a Report and Order and
Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Partitioning,
Disaggregation, and Leasing of Spectrum, WT Docket No. 19-38, FCC 22-
53, in which the Commission established the Enhanced Competition
Incentive Program (ECIP) to establish incentives for wireless radio
service licensees to make underutilized spectrum available to small
carriers, Tribal Nations, and entities serving rural areas (ECIP Report
and Order in WT Docket No. 19-38, FCC 22-53). In the Report and Order,
the Commission adopted a program under which any covered geographic
area licensee may offer spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible entity
through a partition and/or disaggregation, and any covered geographic
area licensee eligible to lease in an included service may offer
spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible entity through a long-term leasing
arrangement. If the FCC finds that approval of an ECIP eligible
assignment or lease is in the public interest, the agency will consent
to the transaction and confer benefits, including five-year license
term extensions, one year construction extensions, and substituted
alternative construction requirements for rural-focused transactions.
The Commission also established rules to permit reaggregation of
geographic licenses.
In establishing the ECIP, the Commission requires applicants
seeking to participate in the program to submit certain information
that shows the transaction qualifies for ECIP inclusion. The Commission
found that the ECIP builds on Congressional goals in the MOBILE NOW Act
to incentivize beneficial transactions in the public interest that will
promote greater competition in the provision of wireless services,
facilitate increased availability of advanced wireless services in
rural areas, facilitate new opportunities for small carriers and Tribal
Nations to increase access to spectrum, and bring more advanced
wireless service including 5G to underserved communities. Specifically,
in the ECIP Report and Order, the Commission revised its rules to allow
any covered geographic licenses in included services to be leased to
eligible entities through a long-term leasing arrangement.
Specifically, in the ECIP Report and Order, the Commission revised
its rules to allow any covered geographic licenses in included services
to be leased to eligible entities through a long-term leasing
arrangement, to designate a Qualifying Transaction identified in the
application as seeking consideration under the ECIP. Two new questions
are being added to the FCC Form 608 as a result. Respondents are
required to indicate by yes or no answer whether the application is
seeking consideration under ECIP. Respondents are also required to
select the applicable ECIP prong to its Qualifying Transaction,
pursuant to either Sec. 1.60003 or Sec. 1.60004.
Finally, a new Schedule J is being added to FCC Form 608 and will
be used by Spectrum Manager Lessors (i.e., the Licensee) to file either
the Initial Operation Requirement Notifications (IORN) or the Final
Operation Requirement Notifications (FORN), as required by 47 CFR
1.60004, 1.60006, on behalf of the Lessee.
The Commission now seeks approval for revisions to its currently
approved collection of information under OMB Control Number 3060-1058
to permit the collection of the changes requested herein. We anticipate
that these revisions will have minimal impact on the hourly burden to
complete FCC Form 608. The Commission therefore seeks approval for a
revision to its currently approved information collection on FCC Form
608 to revise FCC Form 608 accordingly.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-19436 Filed 9-7-23; 8:45 am]
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