32262 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 115 / Thursday, June 17, 2021 / Notices 

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The meeting will be webcast with 

open captioning at: www.fcc.gov/live. 

Open captioning will be provided as 

well as a text only version on the FCC 

website. Other reasonable 

accommodations for people with 

disabilities are available upon request. 

In your request, include a description of 

the accommodation you will need and 

a way we can contact you if we need 

more information. Last minute requests 

will be accepted but may be impossible 

to fill. Send an email to: fcc504@fcc.gov 

or call the Consumer & Governmental 

Affairs Bureau at 202–418–0530. 

Additional information concerning 

this meeting may be obtained from the 

Office of Media Relations, (202) 418– 

0500. Audio/Video coverage of the 

meeting will be broadcast live with 

open captioning over the internet from 

the FCC Live web page at www.fcc.gov/ 

live. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Dated: June 10, 2021. 

Cecilia Sigmund, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12727 Filed 6–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[DA 21–684; FR ID 33087] 

Media Bureau Reminds Remaining 

Analog Low Power Television and 

Television Translator Stations Without 

Digital Construction Permits To File 

Immediately 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Media 

Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) reminds those remaining 

analog Low Power Television and TV 

Translator stations (LPTV/translator 

stations) that have not filed for a digital 

construction permit to construct a 

digital facility to do so immediately. 

Those analog LPTV/translator stations 

that fail to take immediate action will 

risk having their license automatically 

cancelled, by operation of law, after the 

analog termination date. 

DATES: July 13, 2021 is the analog 

termination date and digital transition 

deadline. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Colombo (technical questions), 

Mark.Colombo@fcc.gov, (202) 418–7611, 

or Shaun Maher (legal questions), 

Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov, (202) 418–2324, 

of the Video Division, Media Bureau. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document (Public Notice), DA 21–684, 

released on June 11, 2021. The full text 

of this document is available for 

downloading on the FCC website at 

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/ 

attachments/DA-21-684A1.pdf. 

Remaining Analog LPTV/Translator 

Stations Without Digital Construction 

Permits. The Bureau has posted a list of 

the remaining analog LPTV/translator 

stations that have not obtained a digital 

construction permit to transition to 

digital operations on its web page: 

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

analog_stations_without_a_digital_

permit.xlsx. The Bureau remind these 

stations that, after 11:59 p.m. local time 

on July 13, 2021, they may no longer 

operate any facility in analog mode and 

all analog licenses shall automatically 

cancel at that time without any 

affirmative action by the Commission. 

Analog LPTV/translator stations without 

a valid digital construction permit as of 

11:59 p.m. local time on July 13, 2021, 

will find that their analog license has 

been automatically cancelled and will 

have their call signs deleted. 

To avoid automatic cancellation of 

their station license, remaining analog 

LPTV/translator stations that do not 

have a digital construction permit 

should immediately file an application 

for one to ensure that they will be 

considered before the July 13, 2021, 

analog termination deadline. The 

Bureau recommends filing an 

application for on-channel digital 

conversion (‘‘flash-cut’’) wherever 

possible in order to expedite processing. 

Instructions for filing an application for 

digital construction permit are included 

in the Appendix to the Public Notice. 

Late-Filed Construction Permit 

Extension Applications. All analog 

LPTV/translator stations receiving a 

digital construction permit, regardless of 

the date it is granted, are assigned a 

construction permit expiration date of 

July 13, 2021. Any analog LPTV/ 

translator station that finds that it will 

need additional time to complete its 

digital construction may submit an 

application for extension of its digital 

construction permit. Because the March 

15, 2021 deadline for filing an extension 

of digital construction permit (CP 

extension filing deadline) has already 

passed, stations will need to include a 

request for waiver of the CP extension 

filing deadline along with its request for 

extension. The Bureau encourage such 

stations to submit their extension 

applications and filing deadline waivers 

as soon as possible to ensure that they 

will be considered before the July 13, 

2021 expiration of their digital 

construction permit. The grant of an 

extension of time to complete 

construction of a station’s digital facility 

will in no way extend the July 13, 2021, 

analog service termination date. 

Instructions for filing an extension 

application are included in the 

Appendix to the Public Notice. 

Requests for Silent Authority. The 

Bureau reminds licensees that a station 

may suspend operations for a period of 

not more than 30 days absent specific 

authority from the Commission. Stations 

that remain silent for more than 10 days 

must notify the Commission not later 

than the tenth day of their suspended 

operations by filing a Suspension of 

Operations Notification via LMS as 

outlined in Appendix B to the Public 

Notice. Stations that need to remain 

silent for more than 30 days must file a 

Silent STA via LMS as outlined in the 

Appendix to the Public Notice. 

The Bureau also reminds stations that 

the license of any station that remains 

silent for any consecutive 12-month 

period expires automatically at the end 

of that period, by operation of law, 

except that the Commission may extend 

or reinstate such station license if the 

holder of the license prevails in an 

administrative or judicial appeal, the 

applicable law changes, or for any other 

reason to promote equity and fairness. 

Stations that need to extend and/or 

reinstate their license should do so as 

part of a Silent STA or if the station is 

operational by filing a Legal STA. Either 

may be filed via LMS as outlined in the 

Appendix to the Public Notice. 

Surrender/Cancellation of Analog 

Licenses. Stations that choose not to 

convert to digital and instead intend to 

permanently discontinue operations 

must do so no later than 11:59 p.m. 

local time on July 13, 2021. If a station 

is currently silent and does not intend 

to recommence analog operation prior to 

July 13, 2021, or plans to permanently 

discontinue operation prior to July 13, 

2021, the Bureau encourages such 


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stations to submit their station licenses 

for cancellation. Instructions for 

requesting cancellation of a station 

license are included in the Appendix to 

the Public Notice. For all other analog 

LPTV/translator stations that choose not 

to convert to digital but continue to 

operate in analog until 11:59 p.m. local 

time on July 13, 2021, their licenses will 

automatically cancel, by operation of 

law, and call signs will be deleted. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12964 Filed 6–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–XXXX; FRS 31630] 

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 of 1995 (PRA), 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 collection(s). 

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 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. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before August 16, 2021. 

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 to 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–XXXX. 

Title: FCC Authorization for Radio 

Service License—3.45 GHz Band 

Service. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, state, local, or tribal 

government, and not for profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 52 respondents, 8,197 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5–20 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Third party 

disclosure requirement; on occasion 

reporting requirement and periodic 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for these collections are 

contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 

154(i), 155(c), 157, 201, 202, 208, 214, 

301, 302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 

314, 316, 319, 324, 331, 332, 333, 336, 

534, 535, and 554 of the 

Communications Act of 1934. 

Total Annual Burden: 9,198 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $10,353,000. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impacts. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

In general, there is no need for 

confidentiality with this collection of 

information. Insofar as confidential 

information is submitted to the 

Department of Defense as part of the 

coordination by 3.45 GHz Service 

licensees with Federal incumbents, the 

Department of Defense will ensure that 

information remains confidential. 

Needs and Uses: On March 17, 2021, 

the Federal Communications 

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

adopted a Second Report and Order, 

FCC 21–32, GN Docket No. WT–19–348 

(Second Report and Order) that 

establishes rules for flexible-use 

wireless access to the 100 megahertz in 

the 3450–3550 MHz (3.45 GHz) band, 

creating the new 3.45 GHz Service. The 

rules will create additional capacity for 

wireless broadband allowing full-power 

operations across the band in the entire 

contiguous United States, while also 

ensuring full protection of incumbent 

Federal operations remaining in 

particular locations. As part of this 

process, the Commission also adopted 

rules related to the relocation of 

incumbent non-Federal radiolocation 

operations, and reimbursement of 

expenses related to such relocation. 

Sections 2.016 and 27.1603 require a 

3.45 GHz Service licensee whose license 

area overlaps with a Cooperative 

Planning Area or Periodic Use Area, as 

defined in those sections, to coordinate 

deployments pursuant to those licenses 

in those areas with relevant Federal 

agencies. This coordination may take 

the form of a mutually acceptable 

operator-to-operator coordination 

agreement between the licensee and the 

relevant Federal agency. In the absence 

of such an agreement, this coordination 

will include a formal request for access 

through a Department of Defense online 

portal, which will include the 

submission of information related to the 

technical characteristics of the base 

stations and associated mobile units to 

be used in the covered area. It does not 

require a revision to the FCC Form 601. 

Section 27.1605 requires non-Federal, 

secondary radiolocation operations 

which are relocating from the 3.45 GHz 

band to alternate spectrum to clear the 

band for new flexible-use wireless 

operations to submit certain information 

to a clearinghouse in order to ensure 

their relocation costs are fairly 

reimbursed. It does not require a 

revision to the FCC Form 601. 

Section 27.1607 requires 3.45 GHz 

Service licensees to share certain 

information about their network 

operations in that band with operators 

in the adjacent Citizens Broadband 

Radio Service in order to enable the 

latter to synchronize their operations to 

reduce the risk of harmful interference. 

In response to a request by a Citizens 

Broadband Radio Service operator, a 

3.45 GHz Service licensee must provide 

information to enable Time Division 

Duplex synchronization. The exact 

nature of the information to be provided 

will be determined by a negotiation 

between the two entities, conducted on 

a good faith basis. The 3.45 GHz Service 

licensee must keep the information 

current as its network operations 

change. This does not require a revision 

to the FCC Form 601. 

Section 27.14(w) requires 3.45 GHz 

Service licensees to provide information 

on the extent to which they provide 

service in their license areas. Licensees 

are required to file two such reports: 


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