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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1281; FR ID 183731]
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.
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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before January 8,
2024. 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:
OMB Control No.: 3060–1281.
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Title: 3.7 GHz Service Licensee and
Earth Station Operator Agreements; 3.7
GHz Service Licensee Engineering
Analysis.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not-for-profit institutions;
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 30 respondents and 30
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours–5 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; on
occasion reporting requirement; third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in sections 1,
2, 4(i), 4(j), 5(c), 201, 302, 303, 304,
307(e), 309, and 316 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, and 316.
Total Annual Burden: 120 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: No cost.
Needs and Uses: Under this new
information collection, the Commission
will collect information that will be
used to ensure that 3.7–4.2 GHz band
stakeholders adopt practices to ensure
the effective and efficient use of the
band in a manner that protects
incumbent C-band operations. This
collection will support the efficient and
expeditious clearing of the lower
portion of the band while minimizing
the risk of harmful interference to
incumbent operations. This information
collection must be renewed as the Cband transition relocation process is
still underway.
The transition relocation process
began in 2020. Initial Transition Plans
were filed on June 19, 2020 with final
Transition Plans due August 14, 2020.
Throughout this process, the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau)
opened limited windows to amend their
Transition Plans on several occasions.
In addition to submitting and modifying
Transition Plans during these periods,
eligible space station operators were
required to file quarterly status reports
with the Commission beginning on
December 31, 2020 to demonstrate their
efforts to ensure a timely transition.
On May 15, 2023, the Bureau
announced procedures for filing C-band
Phase II Certifications of Accelerated
Relocation and implementation of the
Commission’s incremental reduction
plan for Phase II Accelerated Relocation
Payments as part of the ongoing
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transition. The C-Band Relocation
Payment Clearinghouse (RPC) is
responsible for disbursing the
Accelerated Relocation Payments within
a certain time period. On June 1, 2023,
space station operators began submitting
their Phase II certifications. Also on
June 1, 2023, the Bureau opened a
limited, final window for eligible space
station operators to file modified
Transition Plans to accurately account
for any updates since the last filing
window in 2021.
Phase II’s deadline to complete the
transition of space station operations to
the upper 200 megahertz of the band
was originally set for December 5, 2023.
Instead, on August 10, 2023, the last of
the Phase II Certifications was deemed
granted. Even though Phases I and II of
the satellite transition are complete, the
Commission continues to work through
the C-band relocation process. Most
recently, on October 13, 2023, the
Bureau released a Public Notice seeking
comment on proposed deadlines for
claimants to submit reimbursement
claims. The Public Notice stated that the
RPC’s operations are currently
scheduled to conclude on June 30, 2025,
which is still more than a year and a
half away. The relocation of the fixed
service licensees is also ongoing.
As mentioned in the initial request for
this information collection, it is
important to continue to collect
information to promote safety of
operations in the band and guarantee
access to important coordination and
technical aspects of the transition.
Because this process remains ongoing,
this information collection should be
renewed to ensure that a complete set of
information is maintained for
stakeholders to understand coordination
measures necessary to protect band
operations. If this collection were to
expire now, stakeholders would be
missing ongoing information about the
transition process. Renewing this
collection will provide stakeholders
with complete information instead of an
information collection that ends before
the entire transition process is officially
accomplished in 2025.
The Commission now seeks approval
for renewal of its currently approved
collection of information under OMB
Control Number 3060–1281. While the
majority of the collection required onetime filings that are already complete,
there is an ongoing requirement that 3.7
GHz Service Licensees maintain a copy
of private agreements to modify any
earth station operations in the 4000–
4200 MHz in their station files.
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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 8, 2023 / Notices
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–24646 Filed 11–7–23; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0484; FR ID 183694]
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 (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.
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 January 8,
2024. 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
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to nicole.ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele, (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid control number. No
person shall be subject to any penalty
for failing to comply with a collection
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of information subject to the PRA that
does not display a valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0484.
Title: Part 4 of the Commission’s
Rules Concerning Disruptions to
Communications.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; State,
local or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3,224 respondents; 201,848
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1
hour–2 hours (average per response).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and annual reporting requirements and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory
and Voluntary. Statutory authority for
this collection is contained in sections
1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(n), 4(o), 201(b), 214, 218,
251(e)(3), 251(e)(4), 254, 301, 303(b),
303(g), 303(r), 307, 309(a), 309(j), 316,
332, and 403 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, and section
706 of the Telecommunications Act of
1996, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)–(j), (n), & (o),
201(b), 214, 218, 251(e)(3), 251(e)(4),
254, 301, 303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 307,
309(a), 332, 403, 615, 615a–1, and 1302.
Total Annual Burden: 170,802 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The general purpose
of the Commission’s Part 4 rules is to
gather sufficient information regarding
disruptions to telecommunications to
facilitate FCC monitoring, analysis, and
investigation of the reliability and
security of voice, paging, and
interconnected Voice over Internet
Protocol (interconnected VoIP)
communications services, and to
identify and act on potential threats to
our Nation’s telecommunications
infrastructure. The Commission uses
this information collection to identify
the duration, magnitude, root causes,
and contributing factors with respect to
significant outages, and to identify
outage trends; support service
restoration efforts; and help coordinate
with public safety officials during times
of crisis. The Commission also
maintains an ongoing dialogue with
reporting entities, as well as with the
communications industry at large,
generally regarding lessons learned from
the information collection in order to
foster a better understanding of the root
causes of significant outages and to
explore preventive measures in the
future so as to mitigate the potential
scale and impact of such outages.
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In a Second Report and Order adopted
on November 18, 2022, as FCC 22–88,
the Commission adopted rules
harmonizing its 911 special facility
notifications rules such that outage
notifications from covered 911 service
providers and originating service
providers (OSPs) will include the same
notification content, be transmitted by
the same means, and with the same
timing and frequency. In addition, in a
Report and Order adopted on July 20,
2023, as FCC 23–57. the Commission
extended outage reporting and
notification requirements to outages
affecting 988 special facilities in order
to ensure that officials responsible for
overseeing the 988 Suicide & Crisis
Lifeline (988 Lifeline), which is a 24/7
hotline available to people in suicidal
crisis and mental health distress, receive
timely and actionable information about
988 service outages. The Commission’s
existing Part 4 rules allow certain
federal, state, and Tribal Nation
agencies (Participating Agencies) to
access to certain geographically relevant
outage reports filed in the Commission’s
Network Outage Reporting System
(NORS).
The information collections and
record keeping provisions adopted in
the 2022 Second Report and Order will
harmonize and standardize 911 outage
reporting, which assists 911 special
facilities in receiving and responding to
service outage notification, and the
information we are requiring to be
contained in the reports will improve
the speed and accuracy of responses to
service outages by 911 service
providers, which promotes public
safety.
The information collections adopted
in the 2023 988 Report and Order will
allow the Department of Health and
Human Services’ Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), and the 988 Lifeline
administrator, which are the entities
responsible for overseeing the 988
Lifeline, to provide the public with
notice of outages impacting 988
services, and information how they can
access the 988 Lifeline despite the
outage. SAMHSA, the VA, and the 988
Lifeline administrator can also take
steps to reroute 988 calls to available
crisis centers and take other steps to
reduce the amount of time that
individuals would need to wait before
they receive assistance. Notice about
outages will allow SAMHSA, the VA,
and the Lifeline administrator to
continue meeting the immediate health
needs of people in suicidal crisis and
mental health distress. The Commission
will also be able to improve 988
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1281; FR ID 183731]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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. 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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before January 8,
2024. 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:
OMB Control No.: 3060-1281.
Title: 3.7 GHz Service Licensee and Earth Station Operator
Agreements; 3.7 GHz Service Licensee Engineering Analysis.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 30 respondents and 30
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours-5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion
reporting requirement; third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 5(c), 201, 302, 303, 304, 307(e), 309, and
316 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, and 316.
Total Annual Burden: 120 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: No cost.
Needs and Uses: Under this new information collection, the
Commission will collect information that will be used to ensure that
3.7-4.2 GHz band stakeholders adopt practices to ensure the effective
and efficient use of the band in a manner that protects incumbent C-
band operations. This collection will support the efficient and
expeditious clearing of the lower portion of the band while minimizing
the risk of harmful interference to incumbent operations. This
information collection must be renewed as the C-band transition
relocation process is still underway.
The transition relocation process began in 2020. Initial Transition
Plans were filed on June 19, 2020 with final Transition Plans due
August 14, 2020. Throughout this process, the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) opened limited windows to amend
their Transition Plans on several occasions. In addition to submitting
and modifying Transition Plans during these periods, eligible space
station operators were required to file quarterly status reports with
the Commission beginning on December 31, 2020 to demonstrate their
efforts to ensure a timely transition.
On May 15, 2023, the Bureau announced procedures for filing C-band
Phase II Certifications of Accelerated Relocation and implementation of
the Commission's incremental reduction plan for Phase II Accelerated
Relocation Payments as part of the ongoing transition. The C-Band
Relocation Payment Clearinghouse (RPC) is responsible for disbursing
the Accelerated Relocation Payments within a certain time period. On
June 1, 2023, space station operators began submitting their Phase II
certifications. Also on June 1, 2023, the Bureau opened a limited,
final window for eligible space station operators to file modified
Transition Plans to accurately account for any updates since the last
filing window in 2021.
Phase II's deadline to complete the transition of space station
operations to the upper 200 megahertz of the band was originally set
for December 5, 2023. Instead, on August 10, 2023, the last of the
Phase II Certifications was deemed granted. Even though Phases I and II
of the satellite transition are complete, the Commission continues to
work through the C-band relocation process. Most recently, on October
13, 2023, the Bureau released a Public Notice seeking comment on
proposed deadlines for claimants to submit reimbursement claims. The
Public Notice stated that the RPC's operations are currently scheduled
to conclude on June 30, 2025, which is still more than a year and a
half away. The relocation of the fixed service licensees is also
ongoing.
As mentioned in the initial request for this information
collection, it is important to continue to collect information to
promote safety of operations in the band and guarantee access to
important coordination and technical aspects of the transition. Because
this process remains ongoing, this information collection should be
renewed to ensure that a complete set of information is maintained for
stakeholders to understand coordination measures necessary to protect
band operations. If this collection were to expire now, stakeholders
would be missing ongoing information about the transition process.
Renewing this collection will provide stakeholders with complete
information instead of an information collection that ends before the
entire transition process is officially accomplished in 2025.
The Commission now seeks approval for renewal of its currently
approved collection of information under OMB Control Number 3060-1281.
While the majority of the collection required one-time filings that are
already complete, there is an ongoing requirement that 3.7 GHz Service
Licensees maintain a copy of private agreements to modify any earth
station operations in the 4000-4200 MHz in their station files.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-24646 Filed 11-7-23; 8:45 am]
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