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The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an
order dated January 30, 2024, granting a
petition dated August 7, 2023, from the
Center for Biological Diversity, Public
Employees for Environmental
Responsibility, 350 Colorado, Sierra
Club and Green Latinos. The petition
requested that the EPA object to the
Clean Air Act (CAA) operating permits
issued by the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment
(CDPHE) to Bonanza Creek Energy
Operating Company, LLC for its
Antelope CPF 13–21 Production
Facility, State Antelope O–1 Central
Production Facility, State North Platte
42–26 Central Production Facility and
State Pronghorn 41–32 Central
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County, Colorado.
SUMMARY:
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law.donald@epa.gov. The final order
and petition are available electronically
at: https://www.epa.gov/title-voperating-permits/title-v-petitiondatabase.
The EPA
received a petition from the Center for
Biological Diversity, Public Employees
for Environmental Responsibility, 350
Colorado, Sierra Club and Green Latinos
dated August 7, 2023, requesting that
the EPA object to the issuance of
operating permits no. 20OPWE417,
20OPWE418, 20OPWE419 and
20OPWE420 issued by CDPHE to
Bonanza Creek Energy Operating
Company, LLC in Weld, Colorado. On
January 30, 2024, the EPA
Administrator issued an order granting
the petition. The order itself explains
the basis for the EPA’s decision.
Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the
CAA provide that a petitioner may
request judicial review of those portions
of an order that deny issues in a
petition. Any petition for review shall
be filed in the United States Court of
Appeals for the appropriate circuit no
later than June 25, 2024.
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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 might
SUMMARY:
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‘‘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 May 28, 2024.
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
‘‘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, and (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)
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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: 3060–0678.
Title: Part 25 of the Federal
Communications Commission’s Rules
Governing the Licensing of, and
Spectrum Usage by, Commercial Earth
Stations and Space Stations.
Form Number: FCC Form 312 (Main
Form and Schedules A, B, and S), FCC
Form 312–R.
Type of Review: Revision of an
existing collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3,515 respondents and 3,567
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–80
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
one time, and annual reporting
requirements; third-party disclosure
requirement; recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The
Commission has statutory authority for
the information collection requirements
under 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307,
309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721.
Total Annual Burden: 27,176.
Annual Cost Burden: $3,923,887.
Needs and Uses: The Federal
Communications Commission requests
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve a revision of the
information collection titled ‘‘Part 25 of
the Federal Communications
Commission’s Rules Governing the
Licensing of, and Spectrum Usage By,
Commercial Earth Stations and Space
Stations’’ under OMB Control No. 3060–
0678, as a result of three recent
rulemakings, as well as an update to the
Commission’s filing system for earth
station and space station applications
filed pursuant to part 25 of the
Commission’s rules.
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On September 27, 2019, the
Commission released a Report and
Order, FCC 19–93, in IB Docket No. 06–
160, titled ‘‘Amendment of the
Commission’s Policies and Rules for
Processing Applications in the Direct
Broadcast Satellite Service’’ (DBS
Licensing Report and Order). The DBS
Licensing Report and Order adopted a
new licensing process for space stations
in the Direct Broadcast Satellite Service
(DBS). This new process allows
applicants for DBS space station
licenses to take advantage of a licensing
process that parallels the Commission’s
streamlined part 25 satellite licensing
rules for geostationary orbit (GSO) space
stations in the fixed-satellite service
(FSS). The Commission limited the
regulatory burdens borne by applicants,
while promoting new opportunities for
efficient use of orbital spacing and
spectrum by DBS licensees.
The Commission’s action supports
and encourages the increasing
innovation in the DBS sector and helps
to preserve U.S. leadership in spacebased services and operations. This
information collection will provide the
Commission and the public with
necessary information about this area of
satellite operations. While this
information collection represents an
overall increase in the burden hours, the
increase is due to an anticipated overall
increase in number of applications as a
result of additional applications being
filed under the process adopted in the
DBS Licensing Report and Order. This
information collection serves the public
interest by streamlining the collection of
information and allowing the
Commission to authorize DBS space
stations under the new process
established in the Report and Order.
Specifically, the DBS Licensing Report
and Order contains the following new
or modified information collection
requirements: space station applications
for GSO space stations operating in the
frequencies of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Appendices 30 and 30A (incorporated
by reference, see 47 CFR 25.108) must
include a statement that the proposed
operation will take into account the
applicable requirements of these
Appendices of the ITU Radio
Regulations and a demonstration that it
is compatible with other U.S. ITU filings
under Appendices 30 and 30A or, for
any affected filings, a letter signed by
the affected operator indicating that it
consents to the new application. The
changes adopted in the DBS Licensing
Report and Order will result in a very
small net annualized increase in burden
hours to certain applicants and
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licensees under part 25. A request for
revisions to the information collection
resulting from DBS Licensing Report
and Order was previously published in
the Federal Register (see 85 FR 41980),
but it has been updated and is now
included in this revision request.
On November 19, 2020, the
Commission released a Report and
Order, FCC 20–159, in IB Docket No.
18–314, titled ‘‘Further Streamlining
Part 25 Rules Governing Satellite
Services’’ (Satellite Services Report and
Order). The Satellite Services Report
and Order streamlined the
Commission’s rules governing satellite
services by creating an optional
framework for authorizing both the
blanket-licensed earth stations and
space stations of a satellite system
through a unified license. The Satellite
Services Report and Order also
permitted earth station applicants to
certify compliance with relevant
satellite licenses in lieu of providing
duplicative or unnecessary technical
demonstrations, aligned the build-out
requirements for earth stations and
space stations, and eliminated
unnecessary reporting rules. These
changes reduce regulatory burdens,
simplify the Commission’s licensing of
satellite systems, and provide additional
operational flexibility. The Satellite
Services Report and Order affected two
information collections: OMB Control
Numbers 3060–1215 and 3060–0678.
The Commission received OMB
approval for changes under OMB
Control No. 3060–1215 on August 26,
2021, as reported in 86 FR 52102. The
Commission seeks approval for changes
under OMB Control No. 3060–0678
through this request. The changes
adopted in the Satellite Services Report
and Order will result in a net
annualized decrease in burden hours to
applicants and licensees under part 25.
This submission amends the previous
submission to the OMB to reflect these
changes.
On August 3, 2022, the Commission
released a Report and Order, FCC 22–63,
in IB Docket Nos. 20–330 and 22–273,
titled ‘‘Amendment of Parts 2 and 25 of
the Commission’s Rules to Enable GSO
Fixed-Satellite Service (Space-to-Earth)
Operations in the 17.3–17.8 GHz Band,
to Modernize Certain Rules Applicable
to 17/24 GHz BSS Space Stations, and
to Establish Off-Axis Uplink Power
Limits for Extended Ka-Band FSS
Operations’’ (17 GHz Report and Order).
In the 17 GHz Report and Order, the
Commission amended its rules to permit
geostationary satellite orbit (GSO) space
stations to use the 17.3–17.7 GHz band
by geostationary satellite orbit (GSO)
space stations in the fixed-satellite
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service (FSS) in the space-to-Earth
direction on a co-primary basis with
incumbent services and permit limited
GSO FSS (space-to-Earth) use of the
17.7–17.8 GHz band on an unprotected
basis with respect to fixed service
operations. Specifically, the 17 GHz
Report and Order contains the following
new or modified information collection
requirements:
• Certification of frequency
coordination with the operator of the cofrequency space station or submission of
an interference analysis demonstrating
the compatibility of the proposed
system with the co-frequency space
station;
• Information as to earth station
antenna characteristics to ensure that
antennas are properly aimed and
configured and that their signals are not
likely to interfere with other systems;
and
• Information pertaining to
implementation of interference
detection and mitigation plans to
prevent and resolve interference issues.
The changes adopted in the 17 GHz
Report and Order will result in a small
net annualized increase in burden hours
to certain applicants and licensees
under part 25.
Finally, the Commission has updated
the International Communications
Filing System (ICFS)—which was
formerly named the International
Bureau Filing System, see 88 FR
21424—including updates to the Form
312, including Schedules A, B, and S,
and Form 312–R. Applicants will be
required to submit Form 312 (including
Schedules A, B, and S) and Form 312–
R through the updated, integrated webbased program. The updated version of
Form 312 (including Schedules A, B,
and S) and Form 312–R will include
several minor changes to the
information collection designed to
provide clarity to applicants and
Commission staff, reduce errors, and
make overall improvements to the
applicants’ experience in completing
the forms. Therefore, this supporting
statement is being revised to reflect the
new requirements, which are include
the addition of several questions
designed to better convey the overall
information being requested in the form.
The changes will result in a very
small net annualized increase in burden
hours to certain applicants under part
25.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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adopting a proposal to extend for three
years, with revision, the reporting,
Sunshine Act Meetings
recordkeeping, and disclosure
requirements associated with the Market
TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, May 1,
Risk Capital Rule (FR 4201; OMB No.
2024, at 10:00 a.m.
7100–0314).
PLACE: Hybrid meeting: 1050 First Street
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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in person, current COVID–19 safety
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System, nuha.elmaghrabi@frb.gov, (202)
on the CDC COVID–19 hospital
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be updated on the Commission’s contact
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public, subject to the above-referenced
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
hospital admission level and
15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board
corresponding health and safety
authority under the Paperwork
procedures. To access the meeting
Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and
virtually, go to the Commission’s
assign OMB control numbers to
website www.fec.gov and click on the
collections of information conducted or
banner to be taken to the meeting page.
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approved collections of information are
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incorporated into the official OMB
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inventory of currently approved
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(which contain more detailed
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Judith Ingram, Press Officer Telephone:
at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
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PRAMain. These documents are also
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interpretation or other reasonable
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officer, whose name appears above.
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72 hours prior to the meeting date.
(Authority: Government in the Sunshine Act, Authority of the Extension for Three
5 U.S.C. 552b)
Years, With Revision, of the Following
Information Collection
Laura E. Sinram,
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Secretary and Clerk of the Commission.
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Approval Under Delegated Authority
and Submission to OMB
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (Board) is
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Collection title: Market Risk Capital
Rule (see the current actions section for
information about a change to the
collection title and collection identifier).
Collection identifier: FR 4201.
OMB control number: 7100–0314.
Dates: The revisions are applicable as
of April 26, 2024.
General description of collection: The
market risk rule, which requires banking
organizations to hold capital to cover
their exposure to market risk, is a
component of the Board’s regulatory
capital framework, Regulation Q—
Capital Adequacy of Bank Holding
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0678; FR ID 216076]
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.''
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before May 28, 2024.
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, and (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)
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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: 3060-0678.
Title: Part 25 of the Federal Communications Commission's Rules
Governing the Licensing of, and Spectrum Usage by, Commercial Earth
Stations and Space Stations.
Form Number: FCC Form 312 (Main Form and Schedules A, B, and S),
FCC Form 312-R.
Type of Review: Revision of an existing collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,515 respondents and 3,567
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-80 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, one time, and annual reporting
requirements; third-party disclosure requirement; recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
Commission has statutory authority for the information collection
requirements under 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 319,
332, 605, and 721.
Total Annual Burden: 27,176.
Annual Cost Burden: $3,923,887.
Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission requests that
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a revision of the
information collection titled ``Part 25 of the Federal Communications
Commission's Rules Governing the Licensing of, and Spectrum Usage By,
Commercial Earth Stations and Space Stations'' under OMB Control No.
3060-0678, as a result of three recent rulemakings, as well as an
update to the Commission's filing system for earth station and space
station applications filed pursuant to part 25 of the Commission's
rules.
On September 27, 2019, the Commission released a Report and Order,
FCC 19-93, in IB Docket No. 06-160, titled ``Amendment of the
Commission's Policies and Rules for Processing Applications in the
Direct Broadcast Satellite Service'' (DBS Licensing Report and Order).
The DBS Licensing Report and Order adopted a new licensing process for
space stations in the Direct Broadcast Satellite Service (DBS). This
new process allows applicants for DBS space station licenses to take
advantage of a licensing process that parallels the Commission's
streamlined part 25 satellite licensing rules for geostationary orbit
(GSO) space stations in the fixed-satellite service (FSS). The
Commission limited the regulatory burdens borne by applicants, while
promoting new opportunities for efficient use of orbital spacing and
spectrum by DBS licensees.
The Commission's action supports and encourages the increasing
innovation in the DBS sector and helps to preserve U.S. leadership in
space-based services and operations. This information collection will
provide the Commission and the public with necessary information about
this area of satellite operations. While this information collection
represents an overall increase in the burden hours, the increase is due
to an anticipated overall increase in number of applications as a
result of additional applications being filed under the process adopted
in the DBS Licensing Report and Order. This information collection
serves the public interest by streamlining the collection of
information and allowing the Commission to authorize DBS space stations
under the new process established in the Report and Order.
Specifically, the DBS Licensing Report and Order contains the following
new or modified information collection requirements: space station
applications for GSO space stations operating in the frequencies of the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Appendices 30 and 30A
(incorporated by reference, see 47 CFR 25.108) must include a statement
that the proposed operation will take into account the applicable
requirements of these Appendices of the ITU Radio Regulations and a
demonstration that it is compatible with other U.S. ITU filings under
Appendices 30 and 30A or, for any affected filings, a letter signed by
the affected operator indicating that it consents to the new
application. The changes adopted in the DBS Licensing Report and Order
will result in a very small net annualized increase in burden hours to
certain applicants and licensees under part 25. A request for revisions
to the information collection resulting from DBS Licensing Report and
Order was previously published in the Federal Register (see 85 FR
41980), but it has been updated and is now included in this revision
request.
On November 19, 2020, the Commission released a Report and Order,
FCC 20-159, in IB Docket No. 18-314, titled ``Further Streamlining Part
25 Rules Governing Satellite Services'' (Satellite Services Report and
Order). The Satellite Services Report and Order streamlined the
Commission's rules governing satellite services by creating an optional
framework for authorizing both the blanket-licensed earth stations and
space stations of a satellite system through a unified license. The
Satellite Services Report and Order also permitted earth station
applicants to certify compliance with relevant satellite licenses in
lieu of providing duplicative or unnecessary technical demonstrations,
aligned the build-out requirements for earth stations and space
stations, and eliminated unnecessary reporting rules. These changes
reduce regulatory burdens, simplify the Commission's licensing of
satellite systems, and provide additional operational flexibility. The
Satellite Services Report and Order affected two information
collections: OMB Control Numbers 3060-1215 and 3060-0678. The
Commission received OMB approval for changes under OMB Control No.
3060-1215 on August 26, 2021, as reported in 86 FR 52102. The
Commission seeks approval for changes under OMB Control No. 3060-0678
through this request. The changes adopted in the Satellite Services
Report and Order will result in a net annualized decrease in burden
hours to applicants and licensees under part 25. This submission amends
the previous submission to the OMB to reflect these changes.
On August 3, 2022, the Commission released a Report and Order, FCC
22-63, in IB Docket Nos. 20-330 and 22-273, titled ``Amendment of Parts
2 and 25 of the Commission's Rules to Enable GSO Fixed-Satellite
Service (Space-to-Earth) Operations in the 17.3-17.8 GHz Band, to
Modernize Certain Rules Applicable to 17/24 GHz BSS Space Stations, and
to Establish Off-Axis Uplink Power Limits for Extended Ka-Band FSS
Operations'' (17 GHz Report and Order). In the 17 GHz Report and Order,
the Commission amended its rules to permit geostationary satellite
orbit (GSO) space stations to use the 17.3-17.7 GHz band by
geostationary satellite orbit (GSO) space stations in the fixed-
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service (FSS) in the space-to-Earth direction on a co-primary basis
with incumbent services and permit limited GSO FSS (space-to-Earth) use
of the 17.7-17.8 GHz band on an unprotected basis with respect to fixed
service operations. Specifically, the 17 GHz Report and Order contains
the following new or modified information collection requirements:
Certification of frequency coordination with the operator
of the co-frequency space station or submission of an interference
analysis demonstrating the compatibility of the proposed system with
the co-frequency space station;
Information as to earth station antenna characteristics to
ensure that antennas are properly aimed and configured and that their
signals are not likely to interfere with other systems; and
Information pertaining to implementation of interference
detection and mitigation plans to prevent and resolve interference
issues.
The changes adopted in the 17 GHz Report and Order will result in a
small net annualized increase in burden hours to certain applicants and
licensees under part 25.
Finally, the Commission has updated the International
Communications Filing System (ICFS)--which was formerly named the
International Bureau Filing System, see 88 FR 21424--including updates
to the Form 312, including Schedules A, B, and S, and Form 312-R.
Applicants will be required to submit Form 312 (including Schedules A,
B, and S) and Form 312-R through the updated, integrated web-based
program. The updated version of Form 312 (including Schedules A, B, and
S) and Form 312-R will include several minor changes to the information
collection designed to provide clarity to applicants and Commission
staff, reduce errors, and make overall improvements to the applicants'
experience in completing the forms. Therefore, this supporting
statement is being revised to reflect the new requirements, which are
include the addition of several questions designed to better convey the
overall information being requested in the form.
The changes will result in a very small net annualized increase in
burden hours to certain applicants under part 25.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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