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256, 303(r), 332, 403, 405, 410, and 

1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 86,263 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Needs and Uses: Through several 

orders, the Federal Communications 

Commission (the Commission) has 

recently changed or modified reporting 

obligations for high-cost support. 

Pursuant to the following orders, this 

collection includes location reporting 

and related certification requirements of 

high-cost support recipients: Connect 

America Fund et al., Report and Order, 

Order and Order on Reconsideration, 

and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087 (2016) 

(2016 Rate-of-Return Order); Connect 

America Fund et al., Report and Order 

and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 5949 (2016) 

(Phase II Auction Order); Connect 

America Fund et al., Order, 31 FCC Rcd 

12086 (2016) (ACS Phase II Order); 

Connect America Fund et al., Report 

and Order and Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 876 (2014) 

(Rural Broadband Experiments Order); 

Connect America Fund et al., Report 

and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 15644 (2014) 

(Price Cap Order); Technology 

Transitions et al., Order et al., 29 FCC 

Rcd 1433 (2014) (Tech Transitions 

Order); Connect America Fund et al., 

Report and Order and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 

10139 (2016) (Alaska Plan Order); 

Connect America Fund et al., Order, 32 

FCC Rcd 968 (2017) (New York Auction 

Order); Connect America Fund et al., 

Report and Order, Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, and Order on 

Reconsideration, 33 FCC Rcd 11–893 

(2018) (2018 Rate-of-Return Order); The 

Uniendo a Puerto Rico and the Connect 

USVI Fund et al., Report and Order and 

Order on Reconsideration, 34 FCC Rcd 

9109 (2019) (PR–USVI Stage 2 Order); 

Rural Digital Opportunity Fund et al., 

Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 686 

(2020) (2020 Rural Digital Opportunity 

Fund Order); Enhanced A–CAM Report 

and Order, FCC 23–60; Connect 

America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10– 

90 et al. WT Docket No. 10–208, Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking and Report and 

Order, FCC 23–87 (Oct. 20, 2023) 

(Administrative Order). 

This information collection addresses 

the requirement that certain carriers 

with high-cost reporting obligations file 

information about the locations to 

which they have deployed broadband 

service meeting applicable public 

interest requirements (location 

information). The HUBB, a web-based 

portal, is used to accept this 

information. The Commission and the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) will use this 

information to monitor the deployment 

progress of reporting carriers, to verify 

the reporting carriers’ claims of service 

at the reported locations, and to 

conform broadband deployment data 

between the HUBB and BDC. Such 

activities help the Commission ensure 

that support is being used as intended. 

In addition, because data filed in the 

HUBB is publicly accessible, the 

reporting helps ensure public 

accountability and transparency. 

This information collection further 

addresses the Commission’s efforts to 

develop and establish a uniform 

national dataset of locations where 

broadband could be deployed and upon 

which new coverage data could be 

overlaid using a single methodology to 

harmonize fixed broadband reporting 

nationwide with granular location data 

as part of the BDC and required by the 

Broadband Deployment Accuracy and 

Technology Availability Act, Public 

Law 116–130, 134 Stat. 228 (2020) 

(Broadband DATA Act). In furtherance 

of its obligations, the Commission 

established the Broadband Serviceable 

Location Fabric (Fabric), which consists 

of a single, nationwide fabric that will 

contain geocoded information for all 

locations where a broadband connection 

can be installed in the United States and 

territories (Broadband Serviceable 

Location or BSL). Each BSL contained 

in the Fabric is provided a unique 

identification number. The HUBB portal 

will be updated in order to have support 

recipients include the unique Fabric 

identification number when reporting or 

revising high-cost broadband 

deployment location data. Including the 

BSL Fabric Identification Number in 

HUBB reporting will improve the 

accuracy and reliability of the 

broadband data used to monitor 

progress and ensure accountability with 

Commission programs. All BSL Fabric 

Identification Numbers are associated 

with the latitude, longitude, address, 

and number of units at the location. 

Accordingly, reporting the BSL Fabric 

Identification Number associated with a 

location encompasses the latitude, 

longitude, address, and number of units 

at the location. 

This information collection addresses 

the location reporting and related 

certification requirements of high-cost 

support recipients electing to receive 

support through the Enhanced A–CAM 

program, see generally Enhanced A– 

CAM Order, and other programs. On 

October 30, 2023, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau (WCB) authorized 

368 rate-or-return carriers to receive 

Enhanced A–CAM support in various 

states. Of this number, 100 electing 

carriers had been receiving cost-based 

CAF BLS support in 118 unique study 

areas, and 216 electing carriers had been 

receiving model-based support (A– 

CAM). The interim and final 

deployment milestones required for the 

Enhanced A–CAM program will 

supersede the existing interim and final 

deployment milestones for the carriers 

participating in eligible programs. 

However, Enhanced A–CAM carriers 

were required to still report in the 

HUBB their deployments for calendar 

year 2023 prior to the start of the 

support term for Enhanced A–CAM 

program (January 1, 2024) to ensure 

carriers continue in good faith to deploy 

broadband pursuant to existing 

commitments. 

Carriers receiving high-cost support to 

serve locations are subject to specific 

public interest obligations related to 

speed, usage, latency, and price as well 

as certain deployment milestones. 

Specifically, the Commission imposed 

defined deployment obligations and 

associated HUBB reporting 

requirements (annual location reporting 

and build-out certifications) for all fixed 

support recipients as well as annual 

reporting and certification requirements 

for Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and 

Connect USVI Fund Stage 2 mobile 

support recipients. 

We therefore propose to revise this 

information collection. Finally, we 

propose to modify the burdens 

associated with existing and new 

reporting requirements to account for 

additional carriers that will be subject to 

these requirements. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28386 Filed 12–3–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0466; FR ID 265496] 

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), the Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC or Commission) 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 


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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. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before February 3, 2025. 

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 contacts 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: The FCC 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid Office of Management 

and Budget (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. 

As part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

3501–3520), the FCC 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. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0466. 

Title: Sections 74.783, 73.1201 and 

74.1283, Station Identification. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 28,246 respondents; 28,246 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.166– 

1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Recordkeeping 

requirement; Third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or maintain benefits. The 

statutory authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

151, 152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308. 

Total Annual Burden: 26,735 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: None. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements for this 

collection are as following: 47 CFR 

73.1201(a) requires television broadcast 

licensees to make broadcast station 

identification announcements at the 

beginning and ending of each time of 

operation, and hourly, as close to the 

hour as feasible, at a natural break in 

program offerings. Television and Class 

A television broadcast stations may 

make these announcements visually or 

aurally. 

47 CFR 74.783(b) requires licensees of 

television translators whose station 

identification is made by the television 

station whose signals are being 

rebroadcast by the translator, must 

secure agreement with this television 

station licensee to keep in its file, and 

available to FCC personnel, the 

translator’s call letters and location, 

giving the name, address and telephone 

number of the licensee or his service 

representative to be contacted in the 

event of malfunction of the translator. It 

shall be the responsibility of the 

translator licensee to furnish current 

information to the television station 

licensee for this purpose. 

47 CFR 73.1201(b)(1) requires that the 

official station identification consist of 

the station’s call letters immediately 

followed by the community or 

communities specified in its license as 

the station’s location. The name of the 

licensee, the station’s frequency, the 

station’s channel number, as stated on 

the station’s license, and/or the station’s 

network affiliation may be inserted 

between the call letters and station 

location. Digital Television (DTV) 

stations, or DAB Stations, choosing to 

include the station’s channel number in 

the station identification must use the 

station’s major channel number and 

may distinguish multicast program 

streams. For example, a DTV station 

with major channel number 26 may use 

26.1 to identify a High Definition 

Television (HDTV) program service and 

26.2 to identify a Standard Definition 

Television (SDTV) program service. A 

radio station operating in DAB hybrid 

mode or extended hybrid mode shall 

identify its digital signal, including any 

free multicast audio programming 

streams, in a manner that appropriately 

alerts its audience to the fact that it is 

listening to a digital audio broadcast. No 

other insertion between the station’s call 

letters and the community or 

communities specified in its license is 

permissible. A station may include in its 

official station identification the name 

of any additional community or 

communities, but the community to 

which the station is licensed must be 

named first. 

Regulations at 47 CFR 74.791(c) 

permit low power TV permittees or 

licensees to request to be assigned fourletter call signs in lieu of the fivecharacter alpha-numeric call signs. 

Regulations at 47 CFR 74.1283(c)(1) 

require a FM translator station licensee 

whose identification is made by the 

primary station must arrange for the 

primary station licensee to furnish the 

translator’s call letters and location 

(name, address, and telephone number 

of the licensee or service representative) 

to the FCC. The licensee must keep this 

information in the primary station’s 

files. 

On April 17, 2023, the Commission 

released a Report and Order, 

Amendment of parts 73 and 74 of the 

Commission’s Rules to Establish Rules 

for Digital Low Power Television and 

Television Translator Stations, FCC 23– 

25. With the advent of digital television 

operation, there were a number of 

duplicative rules for both analog and 

digital television operations. Sections 

74.783(e) and 74.791(c) are such rules. 

Section 74.783(e) referred to analog 

operations whereas 74.791(c) referred to 

digital operations. Since all television 

operations are now required to be digital 

and the rule sections are duplicative, 

the analog referenced rule, 74.783(e) has 

been deleted and replaced with Section 

74.791(c), See FCC 23–25 for the actions 

described herein. 


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Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28387 Filed 12–3–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0853; FR ID 265528] 

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 February 3, 

2025. 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: 3060–0853. 

Title: Certification by Administrative 

Authority to Billed Entity Compliance 

with the Children’s internet Protection 

Act Form, FCC Form 479; Receipt of 

Service Confirmation and Certification 

of Compliance with the Children’s 

internet Protection Act Form, FCC Form 

486; and Funding Commitment and 

Adjustment Request Form, FCC Form 

500. 

Form Numbers: FCC Forms 479, 486 

and 500. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 84,010 respondents, 94,203 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour 

for FCC Form 479, 1 hour for FCC Form 

486, 1 hour for FCC Form 500, 0.75 

hours for maintaining and updating the 

Internet Safety Policy, and 0.50 hours 

for recordkeeping requirements. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and annual reporting requirements and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 

155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 303(r), 

403, and 1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 78,319 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), which is a revision of a 

currently approved collection, to obtain 

a full three-year clearance from OMB. 

The requirements contained herein are 

necessary to implement the 

Congressional mandate for universal 

service. It provides the Commission and 

USAC with the necessary information to 

administer the E-Rate program, 

determine the amount of support 

entities seeking funding are eligible to 

receive, to determine if entities are 

complying with the Commission’s rules, 

and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. 

The information will also allow the 

Commission to evaluate the extent to 

which the E-Rate program is meeting the 

statutory objectives specified in section 

254 of the 1996 Act, the Commission’s 

performance goals established in the 

2014 First and Second E-Rate Orders, 

and to evaluate the need and feasibility 

for any future revisions to program 

rules. 

FCC Form 486 was revised. On July 

29, 2024 the Commission released a 

Report and Order and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (WC Docket No. 

21–31, FCC 24–76) (Report and Order); 

finding that the off-premises use of 

wireless internet services and the Wi-Fi 

hotspot devices needed to deliver the 

services; serves an educational purpose 

and are eligible for E-Rate support. The 

Report and Order, 89 FR 67303, August 

20, 2024, adds certifications to the FCC 

Form 486. Applicants that receive 

support for Wi-Fi hotspots and service 

for off-premises use uses the FCC Form 

486 to certify that they have updated 

and publicly posted their ‘‘acceptable 

use policy (AUP)’’ consistent with the 

requirements in 47 CFR 54.516(f); the 

Wi-Fi hotspots and/or services the 

school, library, or consortium purchased 

using E-Rate support for off-premises 

use have been activated and made 

available to students, school staff, and/ 

or library patrons; public notice of their 

availability has been provided; and the 

authorized person is not requesting 

reimbursement for Wi-Fi hotspots and/ 

or services that have not been made 

available for distribution. 

The hourly burden will increase by 

10,044 hours for FCC Forms 479, 486, 

and 500. The public burden for the 

collection contained herein will 

increase to 78,319 burden hours. 

FCC Form 486 ‘‘Receipt of Service 

Confirmation and Certification of 

Compliance with the Children’s Internet 

Protection Act.’’ After the Administrator 

reviews the funding request and 

commits to fund the eligible equipment 

and/or services requested, applicants 

use the FCC Form 486 to notify USAC 

of their service start dates for their 

funding requests. Universal service 

support will not be paid on an approved 

funding commitment prior to receipt of 

the FCC Form 486. 

Billed entities also use the FCC Form 

486 to certify compliance with the 

Children’s internet Protection Act 

(CIPA), see 47 U.S.C. 254 (h)–(l), or 

qualification for a CIPA exemption 

when they seek discounts for category 

one services (i.e., internet access) and 

category two services (i.e., internal 

connections, managed internal 

broadband services, or basic 

maintenance of internal connections). 

When the billed entities are members of 

a larger consortia, they individually 

certify CIPA compliance by submitting 

the FCC Form 479 ‘‘Certification by 

Administrative Authority to Billed 

Entity of Compliance with Children’s 

internet Protection Act’’ to the 

consortium leader. The consortium 

leader can then file the FCC Form 486 

certifying CIPA compliance on behalf of 


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