[Federal Register: June 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 117)]
[Notices]               
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 
Public Information Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval

June 10, 1999.
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 July 19, 1999. 
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, Washington, 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 Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Broadcast Auction Form Exhibits.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,380.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5 hours to 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 690 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $138,000.
    Needs and Uses: Commission rules require that auction participants 
submit exhibits disclosing ownership, bidding agreements and 
engineering data. These data are used by Commission staff to ensure 
that applicnats are qualified to participate in Commission auctions and 
to ensure that license winners are entitled to receive the new entrant 
bidding credit, if possible. Exhibits regarding joint bidding 
agreements are designed to prevent collusion. Submission of engineering 
data for non-table services enables the Commission to determine which 
applications are mutually exclusive.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: MDS and ITFS Two-Way Transmissions--Report and Order.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 115,953.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour to 41 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement, third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 214,892 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $3,619,032.
    Needs and Uses: The rules adoped in the Report and Order in MM 
Docket 97-217, allow two-way operations for MDS

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and ITFS will simplify two-way licensing and provide greater 
flexibility in the use of the allotted spectrum to licensees. These 
changes will eliminate market entry barriers for small entities. The 
Commission will use this information to ensure that MDS and ITFS 
applicants, conditional licensees and licensees have considered 
properly the potential for harmful interference from their facilities.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-15520 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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