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reverse auction. For Phase I of the 

Mobility Fund, the Commission 

provided up to $300 million in one-time 

support to immediately accelerate 

deployment of networks for mobile 

broadband services in unserved areas. 

The Commission also established a 

separate and complementary one-time 

Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I to award 

up to $50 million in additional 

universal service funding to Tribal 

Areas, including Alaska, to accelerate 

mobile broadband availability in these 

remote and underserved areas. The 

Commission will use a two-stage 

application process similar to the one 

used in spectrum license auctions. 

Based on the Commission’s experience 

with auctions and consistent with the 

record, this two-stage collection of 

information balances the need to collect 

information essential to conduct a 

successful auction with administrative 

efficiency. 

Under section 1.21001(c) of the 

Commission’s rules, an applicant may 

be required, as a prerequisite to 

participating in competitive bidding, to 

post a bond or place funds on deposit 

with the Commission. If a deposit is 

required, applicants may be required to 

submit FCC Form 159 and/or an 

attachment to its newly created FCC 

Form 180. FCC Form 159 is a remittance 

advice form that applicants/licensees 

file when making payment(s) to the 

Commission, including auction 

payments. The OMB Control number for 

the FCC Form 159 is 3060–0589. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: Application to Participate in an 

Auction for Mobility Fund Phase I 

Support. 

Form No.: FCC Form 680. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and 

state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 250 

respondents; 250 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 154, 

254 and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 375 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

No questions of a confidential nature are 

asked. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) during this 30 day comment 

period in order to obtain the full three 

year clearance from them. The 

Commission is requesting OMB 

approval for a new information 

collection. 

On November 18, 2011, the 

Commission released the Connect 

America Fund & Intercarrier 

Compensation Reform Order, FCC 11– 

161, which adopted rules to govern the 

Connect America Fund Mobility Fund 

(Mobility Fund). In adopting the rules, 

the Commission comprehensively 

reformed and modernized the universal 

service and intercarrier compensation 

systems to ensure that all Americans 

have access to robust, affordable 

broadband and advanced mobile 

services. Concluding that mobile voice 

and broadband services provide unique 

consumer benefits; and that promoting 

the universal availability of such 

services is a vital component of the 

Commission’s universal service mission, 

the Commission created the Mobility 

Fund. Mobility Fund Phase I support 

will be awarded through a nationwide 

reverse auction. For Phase I of the 

Mobility Fund, the Commission 

provided up to $300 million in one-time 

support to immediately accelerate 

deployment of networks for mobile 

broadband services in unserved areas. 

The Commission also established a 

separate and complementary one-time 

Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I to award 

up to $50 million in additional 

universal service funding to Tribal 

Areas, including Alaska, to accelerate 

mobile broadband availability in these 

remote and underserved areas. The 

Commission will use a two-stage 

application process similar to the one 

used in spectrum license auctions. 

Based on the Commission’s experience 

with auctions and consistent with the 

record, this two-stage collection of 

information balances the need to collect 

information essential to conduct a 

successful auction with administrative 

efficiency. 

The Commission needs to use the 

information collected in determining 

whether the winning bidders are 

qualified to receive Mobility Fund 

support. After the auction has 

concluded, a winning bidder will be 

required to file the newly created FCC 

Form 680 to qualify for and receive 

support. Those applications will be 

subject to a review of the applicants’ 

eligibility and qualifications to receive 

support. Commission staff will review 

the information collected and will 

determine whether applicants claiming 

status to receive support are eligible for 

the status claimed. Without such 

information, the Commission could not 

determine whether to provide the 

support to the winning bidder. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

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Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

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; (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; and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information burden 

for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB 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 OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before April 30, 2012. 

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. 


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ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments 

to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via fax at 202– 

395–5167 or via Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith B. Herman, Federal 

Communications Commission, via the 

Internet at Judith-b.herman@fcc.gov. To 

submit your PRA comments by email 

send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 

Director, (202) 418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0132. 

Title: Supplemental Information—72– 

76 MHz Operational Fixed Stations. 

Form Number: FCC Form 1068A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households; Business or other for-profit 

entities; Not-for-profit institutions; and 

State, Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 300 

respondents; 300 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .50 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. There is no 

statutory authority cited for this 

information collection. 

Total Annual Burden: 150 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. 

Records may include information about 

individuals or households, e.g., 

personally identifiable information or 

PII, and the uses and disclosure of this 

information are governed by the 

requirements of a System of Records 

Notice (‘‘SORN’’, FCC/WTB–1, 

‘‘Wireless Services Licensing Records.’’ 

There are no additional impacts under 

the Privacy Act. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission has in place the 

following policy and procedures for 

records retention and disposal: Records 

will be actively maintained as long as 

the license is valid; paper records will 

be archived after being keyed or 

scanned into the ULS database and 

destroyed when 12 years old; electronic 

records will be backed up and deleted 

12 years after the license is no longer 

valid. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

seeking OMB approval for an extension 

of this expiring information collection 

in order to obtain the full three year 

approval from them. There are no 

changes in the reporting requirements. 

There are no changes to the 

Commission’s previous burden 

estimates. 

Section 90.527 of the Commission’s 

rules requires that an applicant agrees to 

eliminate any harmful interference 

caused by the operation to TV reception 

on either channel 4 or 5 that might 

develop. The FCC Form 1068A is filed 

along with FCC Form 601 when 

applying for the assignment of 

frequencies in the 72–76 MHz band. The 

FCC Form 1068A is required by the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended and 47 CFR 90.527. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

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Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau; Federal Advisory Committee 

Act; Communications Security, 

Reliability, and Interoperability Council 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice advises interested persons that 

the Federal Communications 

Commission’s (FCC) Communications 

Security, Reliability, and 

Interoperability Council (CSRIC III) will 

hold a meeting on March 22, 2012, from 

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Commission 

Meeting Room of the Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 

TW–C305, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

DATES: March 22, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Room TW–C305 

(Commission Meeting Room), 445 12th 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffery Goldthorp, Designated Federal 

Officer, (202) 418–1096 (voice) or 

jeffery.goldthorp@fcc.gov (email); or 

Lauren Kravetz, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, (202) 418–7944 (voice) 

or lauren.kravetz@fcc.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CSRIC is a federal Advisory Committee 

that will provide recommendations to 

the FCC regarding best practices and 

actions the FCC can take to ensure the 

security, reliability, and interoperability 

of communications systems. On March 

19, 2011, the FCC, pursuant to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

renewed the charter for the CSRIC for a 

period of two years through March 18, 

2013. 

Each CSRIC III working group will 

present an update on topics that will 

range from emergency warning systems 

to 9–1–1 location accuracy to 

cybersecurity best practices. Several 

Working Groups will present 

recommendations on which the CSRIC 

will vote. The CSRIC Working Groups 

are described in more detail at http:// 

www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/ 

communications-security-reliabilityand-interoperability-council-iii. 

The FCC will attempt to accommodate 

as many attendees as possible; however, 

admittance will be limited to seating 

availability. The Commission will 

provide audio and/or video coverage of 

the meeting over the Internet from the 

FCC’s Web page at http://www.fcc.gov/ 

live. The public may submit written 

comments before the meeting to Jeffery 

Goldthorp, CSRIC Designated Federal 

Officer, by email to 

jeffery.goldthorp@fcc.gov or U.S. Postal 

Service Mail to Jeffery Goldthorp, 

Associate Bureau Chief, Public Safety 

and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street SW., Room 7–A325, Washington, 

DC 20554. 

Open captioning will be provided for 

this event. Other reasonable 

accommodations for people with 

disabilities are available upon request. 

Requests for such accommodations 

should be submitted via email to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the 

Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (tty). Such requests should 

include a detailed description of the 

accommodation needed. In addition, 

please include a way the FCC can 

contact you if it needs more 

information. Please allow at least five 

days’ advance notice; last-minute 

requests will be accepted, but may be 

impossible to fill. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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