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PRA that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before January 8, 

2024. 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 PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1212. 

Title: SDARS Political Broadcasting 

Requirements. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1 respondent; 1 response. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion reporting requirements; Third 

party disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority which covers this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

309(a) and 307(a) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 20 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: In 1997, the 

Commission imposed political 

broadcasting requirements on Satellite 

Digital Audio Broadcasting Service 

(‘‘SDARS’’) licensees. See Establishment 

of Rules and Policies for the Digital 

Audio Radio Satellite Service in the 

2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band, 12 

FCC Rcd 5754, 5792, para. 92 (1997) 

(‘‘1997 SDARS Order’’), FCC 97–70. The 

Commission stated that SDARS 

licensees should comply with the same 

substantive political debate provisions 

as broadcasters: The Federal candidate 

access provision (47 U.S.C. 312(a)(7)) 

and the equal opportunities provision 

(47 U.S.C. 315). The 1997 SDARS Order 

imposes the following requirements on 

SDARS licensees: 

Lowest Unit Charge: Similar to 

broadcasters, SDARS licensees must 

disclose any practices offered to 

commercial advertisers that enhance the 

value of advertising spots and different 

classes of time. SDARS licensees must 

also calculate the lowest unit charge and 

are required to review their advertising 

records throughout the election period 

to determine whether compliance with 

this rule section requires that candidates 

receive rebates or credits. See 47 CFR 

73.1942. 

Political File: Similar to broadcasters, 

SDARS licensees must also keep and 

permit public inspection of a complete 

record (political file) of all requests for 

SDARS origination time made by or on 

behalf of candidates for public office, 

together with an appropriate notation 

showing the disposition made by the 

system of such requests, and the charges 

made, if any, if the request is granted. 

The disposition includes the schedule 

of time purchased, when the spots 

actually aired, the rates charged, and the 

classes of time purchased. Also, when 

free time is provided for use by or on 

behalf of candidates, a record of the free 

time provided is to be placed in the 

political file as soon as possible and 

maintained for a period of two years. 

See 47 CFR 73.1943. 

In 2016, the Commission expanded 

the requirement that public inspection 

files be posted to the FCC-hosted online 

public file database to SDARS licensees, 

among other entities. These public files 

include the political files. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1058; FR ID 183996] 

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 might 

‘‘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 December 11, 

2023. 

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) 


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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 Number: 3060–1058. 

Title: FCC Application or Notification 

for Spectrum Leasing Arrangement or 

Private Commons Arrangement; 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau. 

Form Number: FCC Form 608. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individual and 

households, Business or other for-profit 

entities, state, local, or tribal 

government, and not for profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,116 respondents and 1,116 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.05 to 

1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; third party 

disclosure requirement, on occasion 

reporting requirement and periodic 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

154, 155, 158, 161, 301, 303(r), 308, 309, 

310 and 332. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,135. 

Total Annual Cost: $1,443,825. 

Needs and Uses: FCC Form 608 is a 

multi-purpose form. It is used to 

provide notification or request approval 

for any spectrum leasing arrangement 

(‘‘Lease’’) entered into between an 

existing licensee in certain Wireless 

and/or Public Safety Radio Services and 

a spectrum lessee. This form also is 

required to notify or request approval 

for any spectrum subleasing 

arrangement (‘‘Sublease’’). The data 

collected on the form is used by the FCC 

to determine whether the public interest 

would be served by the Lease or 

Sublease. The form is also used to 

provide notification for any Private 

Commons Arrangement entered into 

between a licensee, lessee, or sublessee 

and a class of third-party users (as 

defined in Section 1.9080 of the 

Commission’s Rules). 

On July 18, 2022, the Commission 

released a Report and Order and Second 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

Partitioning, Disaggregation, and 

Leasing of Spectrum, WT Docket No. 

19–38, FCC 22–53, in which the 

Commission established the Enhanced 

Competition Incentive Program (ECIP) 

to establish incentives for wireless radio 

service licensees to make underutilized 

spectrum available to small carriers, 

Tribal Nations, and entities serving rural 

areas (ECIP Report and Order in WT 

Docket No. 19–38, FCC 22–53). In the 

Report and Order, the Commission 

adopted a program under which any 

covered geographic area licensee may 

offer spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible 

entity through a partition and/or 

disaggregation, and any covered 

geographic area licensee eligible to lease 

in an included service may offer 

spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible 

entity through a long-term leasing 

arrangement. If the FCC finds that 

approval of an ECIP eligible assignment 

or lease is in the public interest, the 

agency will consent to the transaction 

and confer benefits, including five-year 

license term extensions, one year 

construction extensions, and substituted 

alternative construction requirements 

for rural-focused transactions. The 

Commission also established rules to 

permit reaggregation of geographic 

licenses. 

In establishing the ECIP, the 

Commission requires applicants seeking 

to participate in the program to submit 

certain information that shows the 

transaction qualifies for ECIP inclusion. 

The Commission found that the ECIP 

builds on Congressional goals in the 

MOBILE NOW Act to incentivize 

beneficial transactions in the public 

interest that will promote greater 

competition in the provision of wireless 

services, facilitate increased availability 

of advanced wireless services in rural 

areas, facilitate new opportunities for 

small carriers and Tribal Nations to 

increase access to spectrum, and bring 

more advanced wireless service 

including 5G to underserved 

communities. Specifically, in the ECIP 

Report and Order, the Commission 

revised its rules to allow any covered 

geographic licenses in included services 

to be leased to eligible entities through 

a long-term leasing arrangement. 

Specifically, in the ECIP Report and 

Order, the Commission revised its rules 

to allow any covered geographic 

licenses in included services to be 

leased to eligible entities through a longterm leasing arrangement, to designate a 

Qualifying Transaction identified in the 

application as seeking consideration 

under the ECIP. Two new questions are 

being added to the FCC Form 608 as a 

result. Respondents are required to 

indicate by yes or no answer whether 

the application is seeking consideration 

under ECIP. Respondents are also 

required to select the applicable ECIP 

prong to its Qualifying Transaction, 

pursuant to either § 1.60003 or 

§ 1.60004. 

Finally, a new Schedule J is being 

added to FCC Form 608 and will be 

used by Spectrum Manager Lessors (i.e., 

the Licensee) to file either the Initial 

Operation Requirement Notifications 

(IORN) or the Final Operation 

Requirement Notifications (FORN), as 

required by 47 CFR 1.60004, 1.60006, on 

behalf of the Lessee. 

The Commission now seeks approval 

for revisions to its currently approved 

collection of information under OMB 

Control Number 3060–1058 to permit 

the collection of the changes requested 

herein. We anticipate that these 

revisions will have minimal impact on 

the hourly burden to complete FCC 

Form 608. The Commission therefore 

seeks approval for a revision to its 

currently approved information 

collection on FCC Form 608 to revise 

FCC Form 608 accordingly. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 

2023, at 10:30 a.m. and its continuation 

at the conclusion of the open meeting 

on November 16, 2023. 

PLACE: 1050 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC and virtual (This 

meeting will be a hybrid meeting.) 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Compliance 

matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109. 

Financial or commercial information 

obtained from any person which is 

privileged or confidential. 

Investigatory records compiled for 

law enforcement purposes and 

production would disclose investigative 

techniques. 

Information the premature disclosure 

of which would be likely to have a 


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