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Needs and Uses: Where the Basic

Trading Area (BTA) is so heavily

encumbered that the winning bidder is

unable to file a long-form application for

a station within the BTA while

protecting incumbents from harmful

interference, the winning bidder must

file a statement of intention of use of the

BTA in accordance with Section 21.956.

This statement of intention must

identify all incumbents and describe in

detail its plan for obtaining the

authorized/proposed MDS stations

within the BTA. This statement must

also include the exhibits detailed in

21.956(b). The long-form application

(FCC 304) has separate OMB approval

under control number 3060–0654. The

data is used by FCC staff to determine

whether to grant a BTA authorization.

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0654.

Title: Application for a Multipoint

Distribution Service Authorization.

Form No.: FCC 304.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 500.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 19

hours (1 hour respondent, 16 hours

consulting engineer, 2 hours contract

attorney).

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Cost to Respondents: $1,495,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 500

hours.

Needs and Uses: The FCC 304 will be

used by existing MDS operators to

modify their stations or to add a signal

booster station. It will also be used by

some winning bidders in the

competitive bidding process to propose

facilities to provide wireless cable

service over any usable MDS channels

within their Basic Trading Area (BTA).

The Commission has revised the FCC

Form 304 to further streamline the

application process and to

accommodate electronic filing. This

collection of information also includes

the burden for the technical rules

involving the interference or

engineering analysis and service

requirements under Sections 21.902,

21.913 and 21.938. These analyses will

not be submitted with the application

but will be retained by the operator and

must be made available to the

Commission upon request. The data is

used by FCC staff to ensure that the

applicant is legally, technically and

otherwise qualified to become a

Commission licensee. MDS/ITFS

applicants/licensees will need this

information to perform the necessary

analyses of the potential for harmful

interference to their facility.

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0664.

Title: Certification of Completion of

Construction for a Multipoint

Distribution Service Station.

Form No.: FCC 304A.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 300.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 0.5

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Cost to Respondents: N/A.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 150

hours.

Needs and Uses: The FCC 304A will

be used to certify that the facilities as

authorized in the FCC 304 have been

completed and that the station is now

operational, ready to provide service to

the public. The Commission has revised

the FCC Form 304 to further streamline

the application process and to

accommodate electronic filing. Each

license will specify as a condition that

upon the completion of construction,

the licensee must file with the

Commission an FCC 304A, certifying

that the facilities as authorized have

been completed and that the station is

now operational and ready to provide

service to the public. The conditional

license shall be automatically forfeited

upon the expiration of the construction

period specified in the license unless

within 5 days after that date an FCC

304A has been filed with the

Commission.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collection

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

June 17, 1998.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collection pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 96–511. An agency may not conduct

or sponsor a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid

control number. Not withstanding any

other provisions of law, 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

control number. Questions concerning

the OMB control numbers and

expiration dates should be directed to

Judy Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–0214.

Federal Communications Commission.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0813.

Expiration Date: 6/30/2001.

Title: Revision of the Commission’s

Rules to Ensure Compatibility with

Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling

Systems.

Form No.: N/A.

Estimated Annual Burden: 194,457

annual hours; 15 minutes - 12 hours per

response; 125,996 responses. This

collection contains various reporting

and third party requirements that range

in estimated completion time.

Description: The Commission is

placing several burdens on the wireless

E911 industry and on government

entities and phone systems. Most of

these are one time rather than ongoing

requirements, and are minimal to ensure

the rapid implementation of the

technologies needed to bring emergency

help to wireless callers throughout the

United States. In establishing these

requirements, the Commission balanced

consumers’ need for dependable, speedy

access to 911 services with carriers’

need for flexibility in providing

emergency services. The actions were

taken in response to concerns raised by

the initial Report and Order.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0690.

Expiration Date: 6/30/2001.

Title: Rules Regarding 37.0–38.6 GHz

and 38.6–40.0 GHz Bands.

Form No.: FCC 402 and FCC 494.

Estimated Annual Burden: 210,318

annual hours; 30 minutes to 20 hours

per respondent; 13,905 responses. The

Commission estimates that

approximately 25% of the respondents

will hire consultants to prepare this

information.

Description: The information is used

by the Commission staff to provide

adequate point-to-point microwave

spectrum, which will facilitate

provision of communications

infrastructure for commercial and

private mobile radio opeations and

competitive wireless local telephone

service. Without this information, the

Commission would not be able to carry

out its statutory responsibilities.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

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