Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 49 / Monday, March 14, 2022 / Notices 14263 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0600; FR ID 76030] 

Information Collection Requirement 

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 

(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 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 May 13, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

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

Include in the comments the Title 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0600. 

Title: Application to Participate in an 

FCC Auction, FCC Form 175. 

Form Number: FCC Form 175. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

and state, local or Tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

and Responses: 500 respondents and 

500 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 90 

minutes. 

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 sections 154(i) and 

309(j)(5) of the Communications Act, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 309(j)(5), and 

in sections 1.2105, 1.2110, 1.2112 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.2105, 

1.2110, 1.2112. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 750 

hours. 

Total Annual Costs: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: A request for 

extension of this information collection 

(no change in requirements) will be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) after this 60-day 

comment period in order to obtain the 

full three year clearance from OMB. FCC 

Form 175 is used by the public to apply 

to participate in auctions for 

Commission licenses and permits. The 

Commission’s auction rules and related 

requirements are designed to ensure that 

the competitive bidding process is 

limited to serious qualified applicants, 

deter possible abuse of the bidding and 

licensing processes, and enhance the 

use of competitive bidding to assign 

Commission licenses and permits in 

furtherance of the public interest. The 

information collected on FCC Form 175 

is used by the Commission to determine 

if an applicant is legally, technically, 

and financially qualified to participate 

in an auction for Commission licenses 

or permits. Additionally, if an applicant 

applies for status as a particular type of 

auction participant pursuant to 

Commission rules, the Commission uses 

information collected on FCC Form 175 

to determine whether the applicant is 

eligible for the status requested. 

Commission staff reviews the 

information collected on FCC Form 175 

for a particular auction as part of the 

pre-auction process, prior to the auction 

being held. Staff determines whether 

each applicant satisfies the 

Commission’s requirements to 

participate in the auction and, if an 

applicant claims status as a particular 

type of auction participant, whether that 

applicant is eligible for the status 

claimed. On June 28, 2021, the 

Commission received approval from 

OMB under its emergency PRA 

processing provisions, 5 U.S.C. 1320.13, 

for a revision to the approved collection 

of information on FCC Form 175 under 

OMB Control Number 3060–0600 for an 

additional certification requirement 

adopted for Auction 110 applicants 

requiring that, in addition to making the 

certifications already required by the 

Commission’s rules in its FCC Form 175 

auction application, each applicant also 

certify that it had read the public notice 

adopting procedures for the auction and 

had familiarized itself both with the 

auction procedures and with the 

requirements for obtaining a license and 

operating facilities in the 3.45–3.55 GHz 

band. The information collection 

requirements under OMB Control 

Number 3060–0600 have not changed 

since they were approved by OMB on 

June 28, 2021. The Commission plans to 

continue to use FCC Form 175 for its 

upcoming auctions for Commission 

licenses and permits, including the 

forward auction component of any 

incentive auction, collecting only the 

information necessary for each 

particular auction. 

The Commission 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. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05249 Filed 3–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1297; FR ID 75645] 

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, 


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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 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. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before May 13, 2022. 

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: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1297. 

Title: COVID–19 Vaccine Attestation 

Form for Non-paid Employees. 

Form No.: FCC Form 5644. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 140 respondents and 140 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

The statutory authority to collect this 

information derives from General Duty 

Clause; Section 5(a)(1) of the 

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) 

Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 654); Executive 

Order 12196, Occupational safety and 

health programs for Federal employees 

(Feb. 26, 1980); Executive Order 13991, 

Protecting the Federal Workforce and 

Requiring Mask-Wearing; Executive 

Order 14043, Requiring Coronavirus 

Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal 

Employees; OMB Memorandum M 21– 

15, COVID–19 Safe Federal Workplace: 

Agency Model Safety Principles (Jan. 

24, 2021), as amended; and the National 

Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal 

Year 2017 (5 U.S.C. 6329c(b)). 

Information will be collected and 

maintained in accordance with the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

791 et seq.). 

Total Annual Burden: 35 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. 

Health information collected about FCC 

staff and visitors to a FCC facility, 

which may include immunization and 

vaccination information, is covered by 

the FCC’s Systems of Records Notice 

(SORN) OMD–33, Ensuring Workplace 

Health and Safety in Response to a 

Public Health Emergency, posted at 

https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/ 

sor-fcc-omd-33.pdf. This system is part 

of the FCC’s ServiceNow platform, 

which has a Privacy Impact Assessment 

(PIA) posted at https://www.fcc.gov/ 

sites/default/files/servicenow-pia10292019.pdf. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

As Privacy Act-protected records, these 

records are kept confidential and will 

not be disclosed except under 

applicable Privacy Act exceptions, 

including the routine uses identified in 

the FCC/OMD–3 SORN. 

Needs and Uses: On September 9, 

2021, President Biden issued Executive 

Order 14043 to protect the health and 

safety of the Federal workforce and to 

promote the efficiency of the civil 

service. Pursuant to the Executive Order 

and implementing guidance, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC) 

informed its workforce that, other than 

in limited circumstances where a 

reasonable accommodation is legally 

required, all employees needed to be 

fully vaccinated against COVID–19 by 

November 22, 2021, regardless of where 

they are working. To ensure compliance 

with this mandate, the FCC established 

a requirement for employees to 

complete and submit a form attesting to 

their current vaccination status. 

Although the vaccination requirement 

issued pursuant to E.O. 14043 is 

currently the subject of a nationwide 

injunction, the FCC will continue to 

develop and implement health and 

safety protocols to ensure and maintain 

the safety of all occupants during 

standard operations and public health 

emergencies or similar health and safety 

incidents, such as the current pandemic, 

and will continue to request that 

workers report on their vaccination 

status. For some special categories of 

individuals who perform (or will 

perform) work for the agency but are not 

considered employees, the FCC is 

required to obtain OMB approval prior 

to collecting such information. These 

include incoming employees, unpaid 

interns, unpaid legal fellows, 

individuals performing work for the 

FCC pursuant to an Intergovernmental 

Personnel Agreement, participants in 

advisory committees, and possibly other 

similar classes of individuals who are 

not on the FCC payroll but are 

performing work for the agency. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05247 Filed 3–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[FR ID 75965] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(‘‘Privacy Act’’), this document 

announces a new computer matching 

program the Federal Communications 

Commission (‘‘FCC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’ 

or ‘‘Agency’’) and the Universal Service 

Administrative Company (USAC) will 

conduct with the South Carolina 

Department of Social Services 

(‘‘Department’’) (‘‘Agency’’). The 

purpose of this matching program is to 

verify the eligibility of applicants to and 

subscribers of Lifeline, and the 

Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), 

both of which are administered by 

USAC under the direction of the FCC. 

More information about these programs 

is provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. 

DATES: Written comments are due on or 

before April 13, 2022. This computer 

matching program will commence on 

April 13, 2022, and will conclude 18 

months after the effective date. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Linda 

Oliver, FCC, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, or to Privacy@

fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Oliver at 202–418–1732 or 

Privacy@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Lifeline program provides support for 

discounted broadband and voice 

services to low-income consumers. 

Lifeline is administered by the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) under FCC direction. 

Consumers qualify for Lifeline through 

proof of income or participation in a 

qualifying program, such as Medicaid, 

the Supplemental Nutritional 

Assistance Program (SNAP), Federal 

Public Housing Assistance, 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI), 

Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit, 

or various Tribal-specific federal 

assistance programs. 


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