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collected, the Commission will not be 

able to determine if an applicant is 

qualified to become a Class A station 

under the LPPA. 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0928. 

Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for 

Media Bureau Audio and Video Service 

Authorization, Schedule F (Formerly 

FCC 302–CA); 47 CFR 73.6028; Section 

73.3700(b)(3); Section 73.3700(h)(2) and 

Section 73.3572(h). 

Form No.: FCC Form 2100, Schedule 

F. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for profit institutions; 

State, local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 115 respondents and 165 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and One time 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority is contained in Statutory 

authority for the collection of 

information associated with the LPPA is 

contained in Sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 303, 

307, 309, 311, and 336(f) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

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

154(j), 303, 307, 309, 311, 336(f) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, and the Low Power Protection 

Act, Public Law 117–344, 136 Stat. 6193 

(2023). 

Statutory authority for the collection 

of information associated with the 

CBPA is contained in Sections 154(i), 

307, 308, 309, and 319 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, the Community Broadcasters 

Protection Act of 1999, and the Middle 

Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 

2012. 

Total Annual Burden: 460 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $41,725. 

Needs and Uses: The FCC Form 2100, 

Schedule F is used by Low Power TV 

(LPTV) stations that seek to convert to 

Class A status; existing Class A stations 

seeking a license to cover their 

authorized construction permit 

facilities; and Class A stations entering 

into a channel sharing agreement. The 

FCC Form 2100, Schedule F requires a 

series of certifications by the Class A 

applicant as prescribed by the 

Community Broadcasters Protection Act 

of 1999 (CBPA). Licensees will be 

required to provide weekly 

announcements to their listeners: (1) 

informing them that the applicant has 

applied for a Class A license and (2) 

announcing the public’s opportunity to 

comment on the application prior to 

Commission action. 

On December 11, 2023, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order, FCC 23–112, to implement the 

Low Power Protection Act (LPPA or 

Act), which was enacted on January 5, 

2023. The LPPA provides certain low 

power television (LPTV) stations with a 

limited window of opportunity to apply 

for primary spectrum use status as Class 

A television stations. The Report and 

Order establishes the period during 

which eligible stations may file 

applications for Class A status, 

eligibility and interference 

requirements, and the process for 

submitting applications. The Report and 

Order provides that applications to 

convert to Class A status under the Low 

Power Protection Act must be filed 

using FCC Form 2100, Schedule F. The 

application form requires certifications 

by the applicant as prescribed by the 

LPPA. This submission is being made to 

OMB for approval of the modified FCC 

Form 2100, Schedule F. In addition, 

LPTV stations that file an application to 

convert to Class A status must provide 

local public notice of the filing of the 

application pursuant to 47 CFR 

73.3580(c). Specifically, the station 

must both broadcast on-air 

announcements and give online notice. 

This submission also reflects the burden 

associated with that information 

collection and is also being made to 

request Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval of that 

collection. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01403 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1210; FR ID 198699] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and 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. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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 ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before March 25, 

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 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to nicole.ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele, (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC 

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 PRA that 

does not display a valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1210. 

Title: Wireless E911 Location 

Accuracy Requirements (PS Docket No. 

07–114). 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, State, Local or Tribal 

Government, and Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 4,190 respondents; 21,336 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2–10 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping, on occasion; one-time; 

quarterly and semi-annual reporting 

requirements, and third-party disclosure 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 1, 2, 


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4(i), 7, 10, 201, 214, 222, 251(e), 301, 

302, 303, 303(b), 303(r), 307, 307(a), 

309, 309(j)(3), 316, 316(a), and 332 of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 94,098 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Needs and Uses: This notice pertains 

to multiple information collections 

relating to the Commission’s wireless 

E911 indoor location accuracy 

regulations. As described below, OMB 

previously approved the information 

collections associated with OMB 

Control No. 3060–1210. 

Section 9.10(i)(4)(iv) requires all 

CMRS providers to certify ‘‘that neither 

they nor any third party they rely on to 

obtain dispatchable location 

information will use dispatchable 

location information or associated data 

for any non-911 purpose, except with 

prior express consent or as otherwise 

required by law.’’ In addition, ‘‘[t]he 

certification must state that CMRS 

providers and any third party they rely 

on to obtain dispatchable location 

information will implement measures 

sufficient to safeguard the privacy and 

security of dispatchable location 

information.’’ Under 47 CFR 

9.10(i)(4)(v), all CMRS providers must 

certify ‘‘that neither they nor any third 

party they rely on to obtain z-axis 

information will use z-axis information 

or associated data for any non-911 

purpose, except with prior express 

consent or as otherwise required by 

law.’’ Further, ‘‘[t]he certification must 

state that CMRS providers and any third 

party they rely on to obtain z-axis 

information will implement measures 

sufficient to safeguard the privacy and 

security of z-axis location information.’’ 

The Commission obtained OMB 

approval for the information collections 

contained in these certifications after 

adopting the Fourth Report and Order, 

Fifth Report and Sixth Report and Order 

under OMB Control No. 3060–1210. The 

Sixth Report and Order modified these 

information collections slightly by 

deleting references to the National 

Emergency Address Database (NEAD), 

which has been discontinued and will 

not be available to CMRS providers. 

Section 9.10(i)(3)(ii) requires CMRS 

providers that serve any of the six Test 

Cities identified by ATIS (Atlanta, 

Denver/Front Range, San Francisco, 

Philadelphia, Chicago, and Manhattan 

Borough of New York City) or portions 

thereof to collect and report aggregate 

data on the location technologies used 

for live 911 calls. As discussed below, 

in 2018, the Commission developed a 

reporting template to assist CMRS 

providers in collecting, formatting, and 

submitting aggregate live 911 call data 

in accordance with the requirements in 

the rules. After adopting the Fifth 

Report and Order, the Commission 

indicated that it would modify the live 

call template to include vertical 

location. We have since modified the 

form to include z-axis (vertical) location 

information from live calls in addition 

to horizontal location information. 

Specifically, the template includes 

fields for reporting the percentage of 

total 911 calls that result in dispatchable 

location or z-axis location information 

by morphology and position technology 

and for reporting z-axis deployment 

options used for 911 calls, and OMB 

approved that modification. 

Section 9.10(j)(4) requires CMRS 

providers to supply confidence and 

uncertainty (C/U) information with 

wireless E911 calls that have 

dispatchable location or z-axis 

information and to do so in accordance 

with the timelines for vertical location 

accuracy compliance. As noted below, 

OMB previously approved and renewed 

a C/U data requirement for horizontal 

location information under OMB 

Control No. 3060–1204. (See also OMB 

Control No. 3060–1147.) The Fifth 

Report and Order extended the C/U 

requirements to include vertical 

location information, and OMB 

approved that modification. The Sixth 

Report and Order revised 47 CFR 

9.10(j)(4) to add a requirement that 

where floor-level information is 

available to CMRS providers, they must 

provide C/U data for the z-axis (vertical) 

information included with such floorlevel information. 

Under Section 9.10(k), CMRS 

providers must record information on 

all live 911 calls, including the C/U data 

that they provide to PSAPs under 

Section 9.10(j) of the rules. In addition, 

Section 9.10(k) requires CMRS 

providers to make this information 

available to PSAPs upon request and to 

retain it for a period of two years. The 

Commission obtained OMB approval for 

the information collections contained in 

Section 9.10(k) after adopting the Fourth 

Report and Order. The Sixth Report and 

Order amended Section 9.10(k) to make 

explicit that the requirements in the rule 

extend to C/U data for dispatchable 

location and floor-level information, as 

well as for z-axis information. This 

eliminated a potential gap in the rule, 

which previously referred only to z-axis 

information. 

Section 9.10(i)(2)(ii)(J)(4) provides 

that a CMRS provider will be deemed to 

have met its z-axis technology 

deployment obligation so long as it 

either pre-installs or affirmatively 

pushes the location technology to end 

users so that they receive a prompt or 

other notice informing them that the 

application or service is available and 

what they need to do to download and 

enable the technology on their phone. A 

CMRS provider will be deemed in 

compliance with its z-axis deployment 

obligation if it makes the technology 

available to the end user in this manner 

even if the end user declines to use the 

technology or subsequently disables it. 

This collection adopted by the 

Commission in the Sixth Report and 

Order was approved by OMB. 

Section 9.10(i)(2)(ii)(A) requires that 

within three years of the effective date 

of the rule, CMRS providers shall 

deliver uncompensated barometric 

pressure data from any device capable 

of delivering such data to PSAPs. This 

requirement is necessary to ensure that 

PSAPs are receiving all location 

information possible to be used for 

dispatch. This requirement is also 

necessary to ensure that CMRS 

providers implement a vertical location 

solution in the event that the proposed 

‘‘dispatchable location’’ solution does 

not function as intended by the threeyear mark and beyond. 

Section 9.10(i)(2)(ii)(B) requires that 

the four nationwide providers submit to 

the Commission for review and 

approval a reasonable metric for z-axis 

(vertical) location accuracy no later than 

3 years from the effective date of rules. 

This requirement is critical to ensure 

that the vertical location framework 

adopted in the Fourth Report and Order 

is effectively implemented. 

Section 9.10(i)(2)(iii) requires CMRS 

providers to certify compliance with the 

Commission’s rules at various 

benchmarks throughout implementation 

of improved location accuracy. This 

requirement is necessary to ensure that 

CMRS providers remain ‘‘on track’’ to 

reach the location accuracy benchmarks. 

Section 9.10(i)(2)(iv) provides that 

PSAPs may seek Commission 

enforcement of the location accuracy 

requirements within their geographic 

service area, but only so long as they 

have implemented policies that are 

designed to obtain all location 

information made available by CMRS 

providers when initiating and delivering 

911 calls to the PSAP. Prior to seeking 

Commission enforcement, a PSAP must 

provide the CMRS provider with 30 

days written notice, and the CMRS 

provider shall have an opportunity to 

address the issue informally. If the issue 

has not been addressed to the PSAP’s 

satisfaction within 90 days, the PSAP 

may seek enforcement relief. 

Section 9.10(i)(3)(i) requires that 

within 12 months of the effective date, 

the four nationwide CMRS providers 

must establish the test bed described in 


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the Fourth Report and Order, which will 

validate technologies intended for 

indoor location. The test bed is 

necessary for the compliance 

certification framework adopted in the 

Fourth Report and Order. 

Section 9.10(i)(3)(ii) requires that 

beginning 18 months from the effective 

date of the rules, CMRS providers 

providing service in any of the six Test 

Cities identified by ATIS (Atlanta, 

Denver/Front Range, San Francisco, 

Philadelphia, Chicago, and Manhattan 

Borough of New York City) or portions 

thereof must collect and report aggregate 

data on the location technologies used 

for live 911 calls. Nationwide CMRS 

providers must submit call data on a 

quarterly basis; non-nationwide CMRS 

providers need only submit this data 

every six months. Non-nationwide 

providers that do not provide service in 

any of the Test Cities may satisfy this 

requirement by collecting and reporting 

data based on the largest county within 

the carrier’s footprint. This reporting 

requirement is necessary to validate and 

verify the compliance certifications 

made by CMRS providers. 

The Commission developed a 

reporting template to assist CMRS 

providers in collecting, formatting, and 

submitting aggregate live 911 call data 

in accordance with the requirements in 

the rules. The template will also assist 

the Commission in evaluating the 

progress CMRS providers have made 

toward meeting the 911 location 

accuracy benchmarks. The template is 

an Excel spreadsheet and will be 

available for downloading on the 

Commission’s website. The Commission 

may also develop an online filing 

mechanism for these reports in the 

future. 

Section 9.10(i)(3)(iii) requires CMRS 

providers to retain testing and live call 

data gathered pursuant to this section 

for a period of 2 years. 

Section 9.10(i)(4)(i) provides that no 

later than 18 months from the effective 

date of the adoption of the rule, 

nationwide CMRS providers shall report 

to the Commission their initial plans for 

meeting the indoor location accuracy 

requirements of paragraph (i)(2) of 

Section 9.10. Non-nationwide CMRS 

providers will have an additional 6 

months to submit their implementation 

plan. 

Section 9.10(i)(4)(ii) requires that no 

later than 18 months from the effective 

date, each CMRS provider shall submit 

to the Commission a report on its 

progress toward implementing 

improved indoor location accuracy. 

Non-nationwide CMRS providers will 

have an additional 6 months to submit 

their progress reports. All CMRS 

providers shall provide an additional 

progress report no later than 36 months 

from the effective date of the adoption 

of this rule. The 36-month reports shall 

indicate what progress the provider has 

made consistent with its 

implementation plan. 

Section 9.10(i)(4)(iii) requires that 

prior to activation of the NEAD but no 

later than 18 months from the effective 

date of the adoption of this rule, the 

nationwide CMRS providers shall file 

with the Commission and request 

approval for a security and privacy plan 

for the administration and operation of 

the NEAD. 

Section 9.10(i)(4)(iv) requires CMRS 

providers to certify ‘‘that neither they 

nor any third party they rely on to 

obtain dispatchable location 

information will use dispatchable 

location information or associated data 

for any non-911 purpose, except with 

prior express consent or as otherwise 

required by law.’’ In addition, ‘‘[t]he 

certification must state that CMRS 

providers and any third party they rely 

on to obtain dispatchable location 

information will implement measures 

sufficient to safeguard the privacy and 

security of dispatchable location 

information.’’ As noted above, the 

Commission has revised this 

requirement to account for the fact that 

the NEAD has been discontinued. 

Section 9.10(i)(4)(v) requires that 

prior to use of z-axis information to 

meet the Commission’s location 

accuracy requirements, CMRS providers 

must certify ‘‘that neither they nor any 

third party they rely on to obtain z-axis 

information will use z-axis information 

or associated data for any non-911 

purpose, except with prior express 

consent or as otherwise required by 

law.’’ Further, ‘‘[t]he certification must 

state that CMRS providers and any third 

party they rely on to obtain z-axis 

information will implement measures 

sufficient to safeguard the privacy and 

security of z-axis location information.’’ 

This requirement is necessary to ensure 

the privacy and security of any 

personally identifiable information that 

may be collected by the CMRS provider. 

As noted above, the Commission has 

revised this requirement to account for 

the fact that the NEAD has been 

discontinued. 

Section 9.10(j) requires CMRS 

providers to provide standardized 

confidence and uncertainty (C/U) data 

for all wireless 911 calls, whether from 

outdoor or indoor locations, on a percall basis upon the request of a PSAP. 

This requirement makes the use of C/U 

data easier for PSAPs. 

Section 9.10(j)(4) also requires that 

upon meeting the timeframes pursuant 

to paragraphs (i)(2)(ii)(C) and (D) of this 

section, CMRS providers shall provide 

with wireless 911 calls that have 

dispatchable location or z-axis (vertical) 

information the C/U data required under 

paragraph (j)(1) of this section. Where 

available to the CMRS provider, floor 

level information must be provided with 

associated C/U data in addition to z-axis 

location information. 

Section 9.10(k) requires CMRS 

providers to record information on all 

live 911 calls, including but not limited 

to the positioning source method used 

to provide a location fix associated with 

the call, as well as confidence and 

uncertainty data. This information must 

be made available to PSAPs upon 

request, as a measure to promote 

transparency and accountability for this 

set of rules. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01480 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–R–262 and 

CMS–10769] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, and to allow 

a second opportunity for public 

comment on the notice. Interested 

persons are invited to send comments 

regarding the burden estimate or any 

other aspect of this collection of 

information, including the necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, the accuracy of 

the estimated burden, ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 


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