[Federal Register: April 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 65)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
March 27, 2007.
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 June 4, 2007. 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 FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202)
395-3123, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via internet at
Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov and Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1-B441, 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 after the 60 day comment period, 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 Number: 3060-0697.
Title: Revision of Parts 22 and 90 to Facilitate Future Development
of Paging Systems (Second Report and Order and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Order on
Reconsideration and Third Report and Order, WT Docket 96-18.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, state, local or tribal government.
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Number of Respondents: 450 respondents; 450 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 15 minutes to 1 hour (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 7,087 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $113,600.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: This information collection
contains personally identifiable information (PII). The FCC has a
system of records notice (SORN), FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services
Licensing Records,'' to cover the collection, maintenance, use(s), and
destruction of this PII, which respondents may provide to the FCC as
part of the information collection requirement(s). This SORN was
published in the Federal Register on April 5, 2006 (71 FR 17234,
17269).
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the OMB as a revision after this 60 day comment period to
obtain the full three-year clearance from them. This information
collection will be used by the Commission for the following purposes:
(1) To facilitate the successful coexistence of incumbent and
geographic area paging licensees; (2) to lessen the administrative
burden on licensees and to simplify the paging licensing database; (3)
to determine the partitioned service areas and the geographic area
licensee's remaining service area of parties to a partitioning
agreement; (4) to determine whether a geographic area licensee and
parties to partitioning and disaggregation agreements have met the
applicable coverage requirement for their respective service areas; (5)
to determine whether an applicant is eligible to receive bidding
credits as a small business; (6) to determine the real parties in
interest of any joint bidding agreements; and (8) to determine the
appropriate unjust enrichment compensation to be remitted to the
government.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0865.
Title: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Universal Licensing
System Recordkeeping and Third Party Disclosure Requirements.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 70,645 respondents; 70,645 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 10 minutes to 1 hour (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, third
party disclosure requirement, and recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 63,457 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: This information collection
contains personally identifiable information (PII). The FCC has a
system of records notice (SORN), FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services
Licensing Records,'' to cover the collection, maintenance, use(s), and
destruction of this PII, which respondents may provide to the FCC as
part of the information collection requirement(s). This SORN was
published in the Federal Register on April 5, 2006 (71 FR 17234,
17269).
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the OMB as an extension (no change in reporting
requirements) after this 60 day comment period to obtain the full
three-year clearance from them.
The Commission has adjusted the number of respondents because they
increased; therefore, the burden hours have also increased.
The purpose of this information collection is to continually
streamline and simplify processes for wireless applicants and
licensees, who previously used a myriad of forms for various wireless
services and types of requests, in order to provide the Commission,
information that has been collected in separate databases, each for a
different group of services. Such processes have resulted in unreliable
reporting, duplicate filings for the same licensees/applicants, and
higher cost burdens to licensees/applicants. By streamlining the
Universal Licensing System (ULS), the Commission eliminates the filing
of duplicative applications for wireless carriers; increases the
accuracy and reliability of licensing information; and enables all
wireless applicants and licensees to file all licensing-related
applications and other filings electronically, thus increasing the
speed and efficiency of the application process. The ULS also benefits
wireless applicants/licensees by reducing the cost of preparing
applications, and speeds up the licensing process in that the
Commission can introduce new entrants more quickly into this already
competitive industry. Finally, ULS enhances the availability of
licensing information to the public which has access to all publicly
available wireless licensing information on-line, including maps
depicting a licensee's geographic service area.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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