[Federal Register: July 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 129)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
June 26, 2006.
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 (PRA) 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before August 7, 2006. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting PRA 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments to Judith
B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th
Street, SW., DC 20554 or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. If you would like to
obtain or view a copy of this information collection, you may do so by
visiting the FCC PRA web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-1058.
Title: FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Application or
Notification for Spectrum Leasing Arrangement or Private Commons
Arrangement.
Form No.: FCC Form 608 (formerly known as FCC Form 603-T).
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 1,490.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-4 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 6,010 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $846,600.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information
collection to OMB as a revision in order to obtain the full three-year
clearance from them.
The Commission adopted and released a Second Report and Order (R&O)
in FCC 04-167, WT Docket No. 00-230, which set out regulations and
procedures that removed unnecessary barriers that inhibited the
development of secondary markets in spectrum usage rights.
Specifically, the R&O promoted the wider use of ``spectrum leasing'' by
facilitating the ability of licensees in the Wireless Radio Services
that hold ``exclusive'' authority to lease some or all of their
spectrum usage rights to third parties for any amount spectrum and in
any geographic area encompassed by the license, for any period of time
within the terms of the license. In essence, the Commission has
replaced the existing standard for assessing de facto control with an
updated standard applicable for spectrum leasing that better
accommodates evolutionary developments in the Commission's spectrum
policies, technological advances, and marketplace trends. In the
interest of administrative efficiency, the Commission now has created
FCC Form 608 (formerly FCC Form 603-T) that pertains specifically to
spectrum leasing arrangements. We recognize that, due to the
transaction costs associated with leasing or other market factors,
licensees and other parties may wish to utilize other types of
arrangements involving opportunistic use of licensed spectrum. To that
end, we adopt a ``private commons'' option distinct from either
spectrum leases or other existing arrangements. The private commons
option may be particularly well suited to meet the unique needs of
market participants that incorporate ``smart'' or ``opportunistic'' use
technologies within their bands.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-10477 Filed 7-5-06; 8:45 am]
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