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released a Report and Order and Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in GN 

Docket No. 23–65 and IB Docket No. 22– 

271, FCC 24–28, which adds new 

section 1.9047(d)(2) to the 

Commission’s rules requiring the 

spectrum lessee or sublessee seeking to 

engage in spectrum leasing under this 

section to provide certain information 

within the Commission Form 608 when 

seeking a leasing agreement to provide 

SCS. Applicants will file Form 608 into 

the Commission’s Universal Licensing 

System (ULS) database. 

The Commission anticipates that SCS 

will enable consumers in areas not 

covered by terrestrial networks to be 

connected using their existing devices 

via satellite-based communications. SCS 

is a crucial component of the 

Commission’s vision for a ‘‘single 

network future,’’ in which satellite and 

terrestrial networks work seamlessly 

together to provide coverage that neither 

network can achieve on its own. In 

order to ensure that prospective SCS 

operators will be able to comply with 

the applicable rules, that the public 

interest will be served by granting their 

applications, and that harmful 

interference will be avoided to the 

greatest extent possible thereafter, the 

Commission seeks approval to collect 

the following information from 

prospective SCS spectrum lessees. 

The Commission has adopted new 

requirements in its part 1 rules that 

obligate lessees to provide the following 

on FCC Form 608: a certification that 

they are entering a leasing agreement in 

order to provide SCS; a description of 

the type of permitted arrangement the 

parties will enter (e.g., is there a single 

terrestrial licensee or multiple terrestrial 

licensees that together hold the required 

licenses); and, if there are multiple 

terrestrial licensees, a further 

description of the leasing arrangement 

and explanation of how those licensees 

together hold all of the relevant licenses 

in a particular geographically dependent 

area (GIA). Entities completing FCC 

Form 608 for the purposes of providing 

SCS must also indicate that the 

application is for SCS by checking a box 

on Form 608. 

This information collection is 

designed to allow Commission staff to 

carry out its statutory duties to regulate 

satellite communications in the public 

interest; namely, to ensure that 

prospective providers of SCS will 

operate in compliance with the 

applicable regulatory framework. This 

process utilizes an existing Commission 

form, which will remove confusion by 

employing the procedures that are 

already in place. The modifications for 

Form 608 covered herein will enable the 

Commission to more accurately track 

filings related to the provision of SCS, 

a critical component of application 

review given the interplay between part 

1 lease filings and part 25 license 

applications inherent in the SCS 

framework. This is especially crucial 

where multiple entities together hold all 

co-channel licenses in a particular band 

throughout a geographically 

independent area (GIA) and wish to 

deploy a leasing agreement with a 

satellite operator to provide SCS. Such 

arrangements are only permitted in the 

circumstances described in section 

1.9047(d)(1)(ii)(A)–(B); specifically, the 

Commission must be able to confirm 

that the multiple licensees in fact cover 

the entirety of the GIA in question and 

that, when reviewing related part 25 

license applications, the entire area of 

the proposed service is covered by the 

associated leases. This collection will 

thereby enable the Commission to 

monitor and enforce the entry criteria 

that SCS providers must satisfy, and 

which are designed to minimize the 

possibility of harmful interference. 

Finally, the collection will play a 

critical role in the Commission’s effort 

to review and track leasing 

arrangements that will result in entities 

providing SCS. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21248 Filed 9–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1190; FR ID 245424] 

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 burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

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. 

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 

PRA that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before November 18, 

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 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: 3060–1190. 

Title: Section 87.287(b), Aeronautical 

Advisory Stations (Unicoms)— 

‘‘Squitters.’’ 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not for profit institutions 

and state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 200 respondents; 200 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On-occasion 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 85 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $28,750. 

Obligation to Respond: Require to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155, 157, 

225, 303(r), and 309 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements contained 

under Section 87.287(b) require that 

before submitting an application for an 

aircraft data link land test station, an 


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applicant must obtain written 

permission from the licensee of the 

aeronautical enroute stations serving the 

areas in which the aircraft data link land 

test station will operate on a co-channel 

basis. The Commission may request an 

applicant to provide documentation as 

to this fact. 

The written permissions will aid the 

Commission in ensuring that licensees 

are complying with its policies and 

rules, while allowing the owners of 

antenna structures and other aviation 

obstacles to use Audio Visual Warning 

Systems (AVWS) stations, thereby 

helping aircraft avoid potential 

collisions and enhancing aviation 

safety, without causing harmful 

interference to other communications. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21251 Filed 9–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0984 and OMB 3060–1000; FR 

ID 245400] 

Information Collections 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 burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

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. 

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 

PRA that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before November 18, 

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 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: 3060–0984. 

Title: 90.175(b)(1), Frequency 

Coordinator Requirements, Industrial/ 

Business Pool frequencies. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, and State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 2,700 respondents; 2,700 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

reporting requirement, and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in sections 4(i), 

11, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 301, 

302(a), 303(g), 303(r), 309, 332(c)(7), 336 

and 337. 

Total Annual Burden: 2,700 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: Section 90.175 

requires third party disclosures by 

applicants proposing to operate a land 

mobile radio station. If they are 

requesting a frequency that formerly 

was coordinated exclusively by one 

industry-specific frequency coordinator, 

they are required to obtain written 

concurrence of that frequency 

coordinator. 

On August 18, 2016, the Commission 

adopted a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, FCC 16–110, in WP Docket 

No. 16–261, RM–11719 and RM–11722 

(2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking), 

which proposed to amend Part 90 of the 

Commission’s Rules to expand access to 

private land mobile radio (PLMR) 

spectrum. Among the many actions 

taken in the 2016 Spectrum Access 

NPRM, the Commission proposed to 

make certain frequencies that are 

designated for central station alarm 

operations available for other PLMR 

uses. 

Specifically, the Commission 

proposed to modify section 95.35(c)(63) 

to remove the use limitation in the 

urbanized areas where the frequencies 

designated for alarm use in urban areas 

are not in use. The Commission 

tentatively concluded that it would be 

in the public interest to make these 

frequencies available for other PLMR 

operations in those areas and sought 

comment on this proposal, including its 

costs and benefits. The Commission also 

sought comment on other ways to 

expand PLMR users’ access to 

frequencies that are designated, but no 

longer needed, for central station 

commercial protection services, 

including by making available channels 

in urbanized areas where some of the 

urban frequencies are in use, including: 

Related costs and benefits associated 

with such proposals; current and 

expected future need for central station 

commercial protection service channels 

in the 460–470 MHz band; and how to 

protect incumbent central station 

commercial protection service 

operations from harmful interference if 

eliminating the use restriction on any 

frequency in any area where it currently 

is in use. 

On October 22, 2018, the Commission 

issued a Report and Order and Order, 

FCC 18–143, in WP Docket No. 15–32, 

RM–11572, WP Docket No. 16–261, 

RM–11719 and RM–11722 (800/PLMR 

Access Order), in which it revised 

certain rules to require applicants for 

channels currently designated for 

central station alarm use to obtain the 

concurrence of the central station alarm 

frequency coordinator in order to use 

the channels for uses other than central 

station alarm operations. This 

requirement is similar to existing 

requirements pertaining to certain other 

channels. The Report and Order and 

Order did not revise any of the 

information collection requirements that 

are contained in this collection but 

rather added additional frequencies to 

the list. Therefore, this essentially is 

adding an additional 200 respondents to 

this collection. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1000. 

Title: Section 87.147, Authorization of 

Equipment. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 


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