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are revised to incorporate this

information, applicants using the onestep licensing process must file this

supplement with the FCC Form 302–

FM.

The data is used by FCC staff to

confirm that the station has been built

to terms specified in the outstanding

construction permit and to ensure that

any changes made to the station will not

have any impact on other stations and

the public. Data is extracted from FCC

Form 302–FM for inclusion in the

license to operate the station.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0171.

Title: Section 73.1125, Station main

studio location.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 155.

Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5

hours (this hour is split between cost

and burden, 15 minutes burden for the

licensee and 30 minutes cost for a

communications attorney).

Cost to Respondents: $22,800.

Total Annual Burden: 108 hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.1125

requires licensees of AM, FM or TV

broadcasting stations to notify the FCC

when stations relocated their main

studios. This data is used by FCC staff

to assure that stations are located within

the principal community contours and

serves to notify FCC of changes in

mailing addresses. The data received as

justification for waiver of Section

73.1125 will enable the FCC staff to

determine whether the circumstances

are sufficient to warrant waiver of the

main studio rules.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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[CC Docket No. 92–297; DA 97–2224]

Comment Sought on Reserve Prices or

Minimum Opening Bids for LMDS

Auction: LMDS Auction Formula

Proposed [Report No. AUC–17–B

(Auction No. 17)]

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Public notice seeking comment.

SUMMARY: The Commission is proposing

a formula for calculating minimum

opening bids in the auction of licenses

for the Local Multipoint Distribution

Service, Auction No. 17, and invites

public comment on its proposal.

DATES: Comments are due November 5,

1997. Reply comments are due

November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brett Tarnutzer, Auctions and Industry

Analysis Division, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, at (202)

418–0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

public notice was released on October

17, 1997, and is available for inspection

and copying during normal business

hours in the FCC Reference Center

(Room 239), 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C., and also may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, International Transcription

Services, (202) 857–3800, Fax (202)

857–3805, 1231 20th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20036.

Synopsis of the Public Notice

Background

1. When FCC licenses are subject to

auction (i.e., because they are mutually

exclusive) the recently enacted

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 calls upon

the Commission to prescribe methods

by which a reasonable reserve price will

be required or a minimum opening bid

established, unless the Commission

determines that a reserve price or

minimum bid is not in the public

interest. Section 3002(a), Balanced

Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33,

111 Stat. 251 (1997); 47 U.S.C.

309(j)(4)(F). The Commission’s authority

to establish a reserve price or minimum

opening bid is set forth in 47 CFR

1.2104(c) and (d). Normally, a reserve

price is an absolute minimum price

below which an item will not be sold in

a given auction. Reserve prices can be

either published or unpublished. A

minimum opening bid, on the other

hand, is the minimum bid price set at

the beginning of the auction below

which no bids are accepted. In a

minimum opening bid scenario, the

auctioneer generally has the discretion

to lower it later in the auction.

2. The Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau recently announced the auction

of 986 licenses for the Local Multipoint

Distribution Service (‘‘LMDS’’), which is

to begin December 10, 1997. See Public

Notice, ‘‘Auction of Local Multipoint

Distribution Service: Auction Notice

and Filing Requirements for 986 Basic

Trading Area (‘‘BTA’’) Licenses in the

28 GHz and 31 GHz Bands, Scheduled

for December 10, 1997,’’ DA 97–2081

(62 FR 53629, October 15, 1997).

Discussion

3. The Commission believes a

minimum opening bid is more

appropriate for the LMDS auction than

a reserve price because firm reserve

prices would not give the Commission

flexibility to adjust to information

learned during the auction and react to

changing market conditions. Minimum

bids, on the other hand, can serve the

same revenue raising objective that

reserve prices would serve, and in

addition preserve for the Commission

freedom to reduce the selected levels as

the bidding unfolds. Further, a

minimum opening bid will help to

regulate the pace of the auction.

4. Specifically, the Commission

proposes the following formula for

calculating minimum opening bids in

Auction No. 17:

Population of license area A block min. opening bid (in dollars) B block min.

opening bid

Less than 100,000 ..................................................................................................... 0.75 x population .................................... 10% of A Block.

100,000–1,000,000 .................................................................................................... 1.50 x population .................................... 10% of A Block.

More than 1,000,000 ................................................................................................. 2.25 x population .................................... 10% of A Block.
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5. If, however, commenters believe

that the formula proposed above for

minimum opening bids will result in

substantial numbers of unsold licenses,

or is not a reasonable amount, or should

instead operate as a reserve price, they

should explain why this is so, and

comment on the desirability of an

alternative approach. Commenters are

advised to support their claims with

valuation analyses and suggested

reserve prices or minimum opening bid

levels or formulas. Alternatively,

comment is sought on whether,

consistent with the Balanced Budget

Act, the public interest dictates having

no minimum opening bid or reserve

price.

6. Comments are due on or before

November 5, 1997, and reply comments

are due on or before November 10, 1997.

To file formally, parties must submit an

original and four copies to the Chief,

Auctions and Industry Analysis

Division, Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 5202, 2025 M Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.

Comments and reply comments will be

available for public inspection during

regular business hours in the FCC

Public Reference Room, Room 239, 1919

M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

October 21, 1997.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor and a person is not

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid control number. For

further information contact Shoko B.

Hair, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–1379.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0496.

Expiration Date: 10/31/2000.

Title: ARMIS Operating Data Report.

Form No.: FCC Report 43–08.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 50

respondents; 160 hours per response

(avg.); 8000 total annual burden hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Description: ARMIS was implemented

to facilitate the timely and efficient

analysis of revenue requirements and

rate of return to provide an improved

basis for audits and other oversight

functions, and to enhance the

Commission’s ability to quantify the

effects of alternative policy. FCC Report

43–08, ARMIS Operating Data Report, is

a report which consists of statistical

schedules previously contained in FCC

Form M which are needed by the

Commission to monitor network growth,

usage, and reliability. Section 220 of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 USC 220, allows the

Commission, at its discretion, to

prescribe the forms of any and all

accounts, records, and memoranda to be

kept by carriers subject to this Act,

including the accounts, records, and

memoranda of the movement of traffic,

as well as of the receipts and

expenditures of moneys. Section 219(b)

of the Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 USC 219(b), authorizes the

Commission by general or special orders

to require any carriers subject to this Act

to file annual reports concerning any

matters with respect to which the

Commission is authorized or required

by law to act. Section 43.21 of the

Commission’s rules details that

requirement. Obligation to respond:

mandatory.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0763.

Expiration Date: 10/31/2000.

Title: ARMIS Customer Satisfaction

Report.

Form No.: FCC Report 43–06.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 8

respondents; 900 hours per response

(avg.); 7200 total annual burden hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Description: ARMIS was implemented

to facilitate the timely and efficient

analysis of revenue requirements and

rate of return to provide an improved

basis for audits and other oversight

functions, and to enhance the

Commission’s ability to quantify the

effects of alternative policy. FCC Report

43–06, the Customer Satisfaction

Report, formerly the Semi-Annual

Service Quality Report, reflects the

results of customer satisfaction surveys

conducted by individual carriers from

residential and business customers.

Section 220 of the Communications Act

of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 220,

allows the Commission, at its discretion,

to prescribe the forms of any and all

accounts, records, and memoranda to be

kept by carriers subject to this Act,

including the accounts, records, and

memoranda of the movement of traffic,

as well as of the receipts and

expenditures of moneys. Section 219(b)

of the Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. 219(b), authorizes

the Commission by general or special

orders to require any carriers subject to

this Act to file annual reports

concerning any matters with respect to

which the Commission is authorized or

required by law to act. Section 43.21 of

the Commission’s rules details that

requirement. Obligation to respond:

mandatory.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0298.

Expiration Date: 10/31/2000.

Title: Tariffs (Other Than Tariff

Review Plan)—Part 61.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 2000

respondents; 4797 hours per response

(avg.); 682,555 total annual burden

hours for all collections.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $2,878,200.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Description: Sections 201, 202, 203,

204 and 205 of the Communications Act