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which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person protesting or 

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. 

All comments, motions to intervene, 

or protests must set forth their 

evidentiary basis. A copy of all other 

filings in reference to this application 

must be accompanied by proof of 

service on all persons listed in the 

service list prepared by the Commission 

in this proceeding, in accordance with 

18 CFR 385.2010. 

Dated: December 3, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27034 Filed 12–8–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10017–41–OA] 

Notification of a Closed Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board 2020 

Scientific and Technological 

Achievement Awards Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting 

of the Scientific and Technological 

Achievement Awards (STAA) 

Committee. The purpose of the meeting 

is to review the 2020 STAA 

nominations and to make 

recommendations for awards. The 

meeting is closed to the public. 

DATES: The meeting of the SAB STAA 

Committee will be held on Monday, 

January 11, 2021 and Tuesday, January 

12, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern 

Time) each day. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information concerning 

this notice may contact Dr. Zaida 

Figueroa, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), via email at figueroa.zaida@

epa.gov. General information about the 

SAB as well as any updates concerning 

the meetings announced in this notice 

can be found on the SAB website at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB was 

established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the EPA 

Administrator on the scientific and 

technical basis for agency positions and 

regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the Science Advisory Board 

Scientific and Technological 

Achievement Awards (STAA) 

Committee, will hold a closed meeting 

to review the 2020 STAA nominations 

and to make recommendations for 

awards and recommendations for 

improvement of the Agency’s STAA 

program. 

The STAA awards are established to 

honor and recognize EPA employees 

who have made outstanding 

contributions in the advancement of 

science and technology through their 

research and development activities, as 

exhibited in publication of their results 

in peer reviewed journals. In conducting 

its review, the SAB considers each 

nomination in relation to the following 

four award levels: 

• Level I awards are for those who 

have accomplished an exceptionally 

high-quality research or technological 

effort. The awards recognize the 

creation or general revision of a 

scientific or technological principle or 

procedure, or a highly significant 

improvement in the value of a device, 

activity, program, or service to the 

public. Awarded research is of national 

significance or has high impact on a 

broad area of science/technology. The 

research has far reaching consequences 

and is recognizable as a major scientific/ 

technological achievement within its 

discipline or field of study. 

• Level II awards are for those who 

have accomplished a notably excellent 

research or technological effort that has 

qualities and values similar to, but to a 

lesser degree, than those described 

under Level I. Awarded research has 

timely consequences and contributes as 

an important scientific/technological 

achievement within its discipline or 

field of study. 

• Level III awards are for those who 

have accomplished an unusually 

notable research or technological effort. 

The awards are for a substantial revision 

or modification of a scientific/ 

technological principle or procedure, or 

an important improvement to the value 

of a device, activity, program, or service 

to the public. Awarded research relates 

to a mission or organizational 

component of the EPA, or significantly 

affects a relevant area of science/ 

technology. 

• Honorable Mention awards 

acknowledge research efforts that are 

noteworthy but do not warrant a Level 

I, II or III award. Honorable Mention 

applies to research that: (1) May not 

quite reach the level described for a 

Level III award; (2) show a promising 

area of research that the Subcommittee 

wants to encourage; or (3) show an area 

of research that the Subcommittees feels 

is too preliminary to warrant an award 

recommendation at this time. 

The SAB reviews the STAA 

nomination packages according to the 

following five evaluation factors: 

• The extent to which the work 

reported in the nominated 

publication(s) resulted in either new or 

significantly revised knowledge. The 

accomplishment is expected to 

represent an important advancement of 

scientific knowledge or technology 

relevant to environmental issues and 

EPA’s mission. 

• The extent to which environmental 

protection has been strengthened or 

improved, whether of local, national, or 

international importance. 

• The degree to which the research is 

a product of the originality, 

creativeness, initiative, and problemsolving ability of the researchers, as well 

as the level of effort required to produce 

the results. 

• The extent of the beneficial impact 

of the research and the degree to which 

the research has been favorably 

recognized from outside EPA. 

• The nature and extent of peer 

review, including stature and quality of 

the peer-reviewed journal or the 

publisher of a book for a review chapter 

published therein. 

I have determined that the meetings of 

the STAA Committee and Chartered 

SAB will be closed to the public 

because they are concerned with 

selecting employees deserving of 

awards. In making these 

recommendations, the Agency requires 

full and frank advice from the SAB. This 

advice will involve professional 

judgments on the relative merits of 

various employees and their respective 

work. Such personnel matters involve 

the discussion of information that is of 

a personal nature and the disclosure of 

which would be a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy and, 

therefore, are protected from disclosure 

by section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 

and sections (c)(2) and (c)(6) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). Minutes of the 

meetings of the STAA Committee and 


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the Chartered SAB will be kept and 

certified by the chair of those meetings. 

Andrew Wheeler, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26996 Filed 12–8–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–XXXX; FRS 17285] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 can 

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 January 8, 2021. 

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 http://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, (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) 

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 No.: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: 3.7 GHz Service Licensee and 

Earth Station Operator Agreements; 3.7 

GHz Service Licensee Engineering 

Analysis. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not-for-profit institutions; 

State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 30 Respondents and 30 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours–5 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; on 

occasion reporting requirement; third 

party disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in sections 1, 

2, 4(i), 4(j), 5(c), 201, 302, 303, 304, 

307(e), 309, and 316 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 

154(j), 155(c), 201, 302, 303, 304, 307(e), 

309, and 316. 

Total Annual Burden: 120 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: No cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The information collected under this 

collection will be made publicly 

available. However, to the extent 

information submitted pursuant to this 

information collection is determined to 

be confidential, it will be protected by 

the Commission. If a respondent seeks 

to have information collected pursuant 

to this information collection withheld 

from public inspection, the respondent 

may request confidential treatment 

pursuant to section 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules for such 

information. 

Needs and Uses: On February 28, 

2020, in furtherance of the goal of 

releasing more mid-band spectrum into 

the market to support and enabling 

next-generation wireless networks, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order, FCC 20–22, (3.7 GHz Report and 

Order), in which it reformed the use of 

the 3.7–4.2 GHz band, also known as the 

C-band. Currently, the 3.7–4.2 GHz band 

is allocated in the United States 

exclusively for non-Federal use on a 

primary basis for Fixed Satellite Service 

(FSS) and Fixed Service. The 3.7 GHz 

Report and Order calls for the relocation 

of existing FSS operations in the band 

into the upper 200 megahertz of the 

band (4.0–4.2 GHz) and making the 

lower 280 megahertz (3.7–3.98 GHz) 

available for flexible use throughout the 

contiguous United States through a 

Commission-administered public 

auction of overlay licenses that is 

scheduled to occur later this year. 

The Commission concluded in the 3.7 

GHz Report and Order that, once this 

transition is complete, coordination 

measures are needed to protect 

incumbent C-band operations in the 

upper portion of the 3.7–4.2 GHz band. 

3.7 GHz Service licensees are required 

to comply with certain technical rules 

and coordination practices designed to 

reduce the risk of interference to 

incumbent operations. Specifically, 3.7 

GHz Service licensees are required to 


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