[Federal Register: May 23, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 100)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission

May 14, 2001.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency 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 of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control 
number. 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 estimate; (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.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before June 22, 2001. 
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 comments to Judy Boley, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554 or via the 
Internet to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judy Boley at 202-418-0214 or 
via the Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Standards for Co-channel and Adjacent Channel Interference 
in the Land Mobile Radio Services.
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: New collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
     Number of Respondents: 19 respondents.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 40 hours.
     Frequency of Response: One time reporting requirement.
     Total Annual Burden: 760 hours.
     Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The collection requires frequency coordinators in 
the Land Mobile radio services to arrive at a consensus standard to be 
used to determine co-channel and adjacent channel interference and to 
make a one time report of these standards to the Commission.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Sections 90.35(b)(2) and 90.175(b)(1).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; state, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 3,800.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: One time reporting requirement, third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 120 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The rules require applicants proposing to operate a 
land mobile radio station that have service contours that overlap an 
existing land mobile station to obtain written concurrence of the 
frequency coordinator associated with the industry for which the 
existing station license was issued, or the written concurrence of the 
licensee of the existing station.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Public Safety--State Interoperability Channels.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: State, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .5 hour.
    Frequency of Response: One time reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 25 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: This collection requires states to notify the FCC 
regarding their intentions concerning administration of the 
interoperability public safety channels. The requirement will be used 
by Commission personnel in determining which states will be responsible 
for the administrative and technical oversight of operations on the 
interoperability spectrum.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
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