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invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. An 

agency 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 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

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; and (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. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this information collection should 

submit comments June 2, 2009. 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 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), (202) 

395–5887, or via fax at 202–395–5167, 

or via the Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC). To 

submit your comments by e-mail send 

them to: PRA@fcc.gov. 

To view a copy of this information 

collection request (ICR) submitted to 

OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

(2) look for the section of the Web page 

called ‘‘Currently Under Review’’, (3) 

click the downward-pointing arrow in 

the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box and (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the title 

of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, 

if there is one) and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number to view detailed 

information about this ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, send an e-mail 

to Judith B. Herman at 202–418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0690. 

Title: Section 101.17, Performance 

Requirements for the 38.6–40.0 GHz 

Frequency Band. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal 

Government; and State, local or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 67 

respondents; 975 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Reporting 

requirement at the end of the 10-year 

license term. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for these information 

collections are contained in 47 U.S.C. 

4(i), 303(c), 303(g), 303(r), and 309(j) of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,950 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $260,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There may be a need for confidentiality. 

Applicants may request confidentiality 

and request confidential treatment in 

connection with their substantial 

service showings, pursuant to 47 CFR 

0.459 of the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the reporting requirement) of this 

information collection. The Commission 

is reporting a change in the estimated 

number of respondents/responses, 

burden hours and annual costs. The 

Commission is adjusting the total 

annual burden estimate by +1,590 

hours. This adjustment reflects the 

revised respondent and responses 

estimates based on updated licensing 

data and the increase number of licenses 

that will be due for renewal in the next 

three years. The Commission is also 

adjusting the estimated annual cost 

burden by an increase of $208,000 

which is due to an increase in the 

number of responses; and is also due to 

the estimated number of respondents 

(licensees) using outside consultants to 

discuss and prepare the information. 

Section 101.17 requires that all 38.6– 

40.0 GHz band licensees demonstrate 

substantial service at the time of license 

renewal (at the end of the ten year 

license term). A licensee’s substantial 

service showing should include, but not 

limited to, the following information for 

each channel for which the hold a 

license, in each Economic Area (EA) or 

portion of the EA covered by their 

license, in order to qualify for renewal 

of that license. The information is used 

by Commission staff to satisfy 

requirements for licensees to 

demonstrate substantial service at the 

time of license renewal. Without this 

information, the Commission not be 

able to carry out its statutory 

responsibilities. Also the information is 

used by the Commission to determine 

whether the licensee is providing 

service which rises to the level of 

‘‘substantial’’ requires the following 

information: 

(1) A description of the 38.6–40.0 GHz 

band licensee’s current service in terms 

of geographic coverage; 

(2) A description of the licensee’s 

current service in terms of population 

served, as well as any additional service 

provided during the license term; and 

(3) A description of the licensee’s 

investment in its system(s) (type of 

facilities constructed and their 

operational status is required. 

Any licensees adjudged not to be 

providing substantial service will not 

have their license renewed. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–7519 Filed 4–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review to the Office of Management 

and Budget 

March 27, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501— 

3520. An agency 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 Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) that does not display a valid 


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control number. 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; and 

(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. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before June 2, 2009. 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. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, (202) 395– 

5887, or via fax at 202–395–5167 or via 

Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission, or an 

e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact Judith B. 

Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0931. 

Title: Maritime Mobile Service 

Identity (MMSI). 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit; 

and Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 40,000 

respondents; 40,000 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .25 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. There is no 

statutory authority for this information 

collection. However, the Memorandum 

of Understanding (MOU) states that it is 

in accordance with Appendix 43 of the 

Radio Regulations. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. 

The FCC has a System of Records Notice 

(SORN), FCC/WTB–1, ‘‘Wireless 

Services Licensing Records’’, to cover 

the personally identifiable information 

affected by these information collection 

requirements. At this time, the 

Commission (FCC) is not required to 

complete a Privacy Impact Assessment. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is a need for confidentiality with 

respect to all owners of Marine VHF 

radios with Digital Selective Calling 

(DSC) capability in this collection. 

Pursuant to section 208(b) of the EGovernment Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. 

section 3501, in conformance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552(a), the 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

instructs licensees to use the FCC’s 

Universal Licensing System (ULS), 

Antenna Structure Registration (ASR), 

Commission Registration System 

(CORES) and related systems and 

subsystems to submit information. 

CORES is used to receive an FCC 

Registration Number (FRN) and 

password, after which one must register 

all current call signs and ASR numbers 

associated with a FRN within the 

Bureau’s system of records (ULS 

database). Although ULS stores all 

information pertaining to the individual 

license via the FRN, confidential 

information is accessible only by 

persons or entities that hold the 

password for each account, and the 

Bureau’s Licensing Division staff. Upon 

the request of a FRN, the individual 

licensee is consenting to make publicly 

available, via the ULS database, all 

information that is not confidential in 

nature. Information on the marine VHF 

radios with DSC capability is 

maintained in the Commission’s system 

of records, FCC/WTB–1, ‘‘Wireless 

Services Licensing Records.’’ The 

licensee records will be publicly 

available and routinely used in 

accordance with subsection (b) of the 

Privacy Act. FRN numbers and material 

which is afforded confidential treatment 

pursuant to a request made under 47 

CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules 

will not be available for public 

inspection. Any personally identifiable 

information (PII) that individual 

applicants provide is covered by a 

system of records (FCC/WTB–1, 

‘‘Wireless Services Licensing Records’’) 

and these and all other records may be 

disclosed pursuant to the routine uses 

as stated in the system of records notice. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the reporting and/or third party 

disclosure requirements) of this 

information collection. The Commission 

is reporting a significant increase in the 

estimated number of respondents/ 

responses since this was last submitted 

to OMB in 2006. In 2006, the 

Commission reported 2,000 

respondents/responses with 1,000 total 

annual burden hours. For this 

submission to the OMB, the number of 

respondents increased by 38,000 with 

an estimated annual burden of 10,000 

burden hours. 

The information collection is 

necessary to require owners of marine 

VHF radios with Digital Selective 

Calling (DSC) capability to register 

information such as the name, address, 

type of vessel with a private entity 

issuing marine mobile service identities 

(MMSI). The information would be used 

by search and rescue personnel to 

identify vessels in distress and to select 

the proper rescue units and search 

methods. The requirement to collect this 

information is not contained in a 

Commission rule or formal FCC order, 

but in the agreements the FCC executes 

with private sector entities that issue 

MMSI’s. 

The information is used by private 

entities to maintain a database used to 

provide information about the vessel 

owner in distress using marine VHF 

radios with DSC capability. If the 

collection were not conducted, the U.S. 

Coast Guard would not have access to 

this information which would increase 

the time and effort needed to complete 

a search and rescue operation. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–7523 Filed 4–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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[Report No. 2884] 

Petition for Reconsideration of Action 

in Rulemaking Proceeding 

March 26, 2009. 

A Petition for Reconsideration has 

been filed in the Commission’s 

Rulemaking proceeding listed in this 

Public Notice and published pursuant to 

47 CFR 1.429(e). The full text of this 

document is available for viewing and 

copying in Room CY–B402, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC or may be 

purchased from the Commission’s copy 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. 

(BCPI) (1–800–378–3160). Oppositions 

to this petition must be filed by April 

20, 2009. See Section 1.4(b)(1) of the 

Commission’s rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)). 

Replies to an opposition must be filed 


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