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dates of launch, reaching final orbit, and 

start of operations; A description of how 

services were migrated to the upper 

portion of the band, including the preand post-transition frequencies that 

each customer occupied and now 

occupies; Any necessary technology 

upgrades or other solutions, such as 

video compression or modulation, that 

the eligible space station operator 

implemented, described on a per 

antenna and/or feed basis, as 

appropriate; The number and location of 

antennas and feeds that were 

transitioned to satisfy the Phase I 

deadline, including the actions taken 

(e.g., retuning and repointing) for each; 

The date of completion of the above 

items; A description of the steps that the 

eligible space station operator has taken 

to identify all associated earth stations, 

antennas, and feeds, and to ensure that 

they are all are transitioned as of the 

date of Certification; Details relating to 

any variances from the eligible space 

station operator’s Transition Plan, such 

as antennas and feeds involving 

circumstances beyond the control of the 

eligible space station operator and 

therefore subject to a transition delay 

notice, and antennas and feeds that are 

otherwise pending removal from the 

most recent Incumbent Earth Station list 

or subject to an agreement regarding the 

transition between the eligible space 

station operator and the earth station 

operator. 

The eligible space station operator 

must certify that it attests to the 

truthfulness of the above information 

and is making the Certification in good 

faith. Eligible space stations operators 

are reminded that Certifications are 

subject to section 1.17 of the 

Commission’s rules and violators will 

be subject to potential enforcement 

action, including monetary penalties or 

actions affecting the eligible space 

station operator’s market access 

authorization or status as a licensee. The 

Bureau will determine that a 

Certification has been made in bad faith 

if, for example, the certifying party 

makes a statement that is false and if it 

finds the party did not use due diligence 

in providing information that is correct 

and not misleading to the Commission, 

including taking appropriate affirmative 

steps to determine the truthfulness of 

what is being submitted. In cases where 

it is found that the ARP was disbursed 

based on a Certification that the eligible 

space station operator had filed in bad 

faith, the operator may be subject to the 

additional consequence of having to 

return some or all of the ARP, 

depending on the circumstances. 

We note that subsequent to the filing 

of the Certification the Bureau may, 

based on the information filed by the 

eligible space station operator or 

contained in a challenge to that 

operator’s Certification, request 

additional information from the 

operator. Because such information may 

prove necessary to determine whether 

the eligible space station operator 

completed the relocation by the relevant 

accelerated deadline, eligible space 

station operators must respond to such 

requests for information in a prompt 

and complete manner. 

If, after the resolution of any credible 

challenges and the disbursement of the 

ARP, it is subsequently found, by the 

Relocation Coordinator, Clearinghouse, 

or WTB, that the eligible space station 

operator should have transitioned 

additional earth stations, antennas, or 

feeds that it did not account for in its 

Transition Plan and Certification(s), the 

eligible space station operator will be 

required to remediate such earth 

stations, antennas, or feeds in a prompt 

and effective manner. 

Challenges. Challenges to a 

Certification must be filed in GN Docket 

No. 21–320 within ten (10) days after 

the Certification is published in ECFS 

and the eligible space station operators’ 

replies must be filed in that docket 

within five (5) days. Pursuant to the 3.7 

GHz Report and Order, WTB will 

announce by Public Notice whether 

credible challenges have been made 

within 30 days of the Certification’s 

filing. After reviewing a Certification 

and any relevant challenges, WTB will 

issue one of two Public Notices. If there 

are no credible challenges, WTB will 

issue a Public Notice that lists the 

submitted challenges (if any), states that 

none constitutes a ‘‘credible challenge’’ 

to the validity of the Certification, and 

provides a brief explanation for the 

finding that said challenges are noncredible. If there is at least one credible 

challenge, WTB will issue a Public 

Notice announcing that one or more 

credible challenges have been made and 

instructing the Clearinghouse not to 

issue the ARP until WTB has made a 

final determination as to the validity of 

the challenge. WTB will issue a final 

determination on the challenge no later 

than sixty (60) days after the eligible 

space station operator files its 

Certification. If WTB ultimately finds 

the Certification was valid, 

disbursement of the Phase I ARP to the 

eligible space station operator will 

proceed as outlined above and in the 3.7 

GHz Report and Order. 

Amy Brett, 

Acting Chief of Staff, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17180 Filed 8–10–21; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0216, 3060–0248, 3060–0332, 

3060–0404 and 3060–1218; FR ID 42035] 

Information Collections 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 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 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. 

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 PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before October 12, 

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 contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 


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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: 3060–0216. 

Title: Section 73.3538, Application to 

Make Changes in an Existing Station; 

Section 73.1690(e), Modification of 

Transmission Systems. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 650 respondents; 650 

responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 

0.50–3 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Recordkeeping 

requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,100 hours. 

Annual Burden Cost: None. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i), 303(r), 308, 309(j) and 337(e) of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements contained in 

Section 73.3538(b)(1) of the 

Commission’s rules requires a broadcast 

station to file an informal application to 

modify or discontinue the obstruction 

marking or lighting of an antenna 

supporting structure. 

The information collection 

requirements contained in Section 

73.1690(e) of the Commission’s rules 

requires AM, FM and TV station 

licensees to prepare an informal 

statement or diagram describing any 

electrical and mechanical modification 

to authorized transmitting equipment 

that can be made without prior 

Commission approval provided that 

equipment performance measurements 

are made to ensure compliance with 

FCC rules. This informal statement or 

diagram must be retained at the 

transmitter site as long as the equipment 

is in use. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0248. 

Title: Section 74.751, Modification of 

Transmission Systems. 

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: 400 respondents; 400 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Recordkeeping 

requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 200 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in Section 154(i) of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended. 

Nature and Confidentiality: There is 

no need for confidentiality with this 

collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements contained in 47 

CFR 74.751(a) and (c) require licensees 

of low power TV or TV translator 

stations to send written notification to 

the FCC of equipment changes which 

may be made at licensee’s discretion 

without the use of a formal application. 

Section 74.751(d) information collection 

requirements require that licensees of 

low power TV or TV translator stations 

place in the station records a 

certification that the installation of new 

or replacement transmitting equipment 

complies in all respects with the 

technical requirements of this section 

and the station authorization. The 

notifications and certifications of 

equipment changes are used by FCC 

staff to ensure that the equipment 

changes made are in full compliance 

with the technical requirements of this 

section and the station authorizations 

and will not cause interference to other 

authorized stations. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0332. 

Title: Section 76.614, Cable Television 

System Regular Monitoring, and Section 

76.1706, Signal Leakage Logs and Repair 

Records. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 3.995 respondents and 2,799 

responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: .0167– 

0.5 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 2,799 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Nature of Response: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in Sections 302 and 303 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements contained in 47 

CFR 76.1706 require cable operators 

shall maintain a log showing the date 

and location of each leakage source 

identified pursuant to 47 CFR 76.614, 

the date on which the leakage was 

repaired, and the probable cause of the 

leakage. The log shall be kept on file for 

a period of two years and shall be made 

available to authorized representatives 

of the Commission upon request. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0404. 

Title: Application for an FM 

Translator or FM Booster Station 

License, FCC Form 350. 

Form Number: FCC Form 350. 

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 

Reponses: 500 respondents; 500 

responses. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Total Annual Burden: 500 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $37,500. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain and retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i), 307, 308 and 309 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: Licensees and 

permittees of FM Translator or FM 

Booster stations are required to file FCC 

Form 350 to obtain a new or modified 

station license. The data is used by FCC 

staff to confirm that the station has been 

built to terms specified in the 

outstanding construction permit. 

Data from the FCC Form 350 is 

extracted for inclusion in the 

subsequent license to operate the 

station. 


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OMB Control No.: 3060–1218. 

Title: Carriage of Digital Television 

Broadcast Signals: Amendment to Part 

76 of the Commission’s Rules. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 11 respondents and 11 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 

hours (15 minutes). 

Frequency of Response: Third party 

disclosure requirement and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 3 hours. 

Total Annual Cost Burden: None. 

Obligation to Respond: Required in 

order to monitor regulatory compliance. 

The statutory authority for this 

information collection is contained in 

sections 4, 303, 614, and 615 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection imposes a notification 

requirement on certain small cable 

systems that become ineligible for 

exemption from the requirement to 

carry high definition broadcast signals 

in HD (adopted in FCC 15–65). In 

particular, the information collection 

requires that, beginning December 12, 

2016, at the time a small cable system 

utilizing the HD carriage exemption 

offers any programming in HD, the 

system must give notice that it is 

offering HD programming to all 

broadcast stations in its market that are 

carried on its system. Cable operators 

also must keep records of such 

notification. This information collection 

requirement allows affected broadcast 

stations to monitor compliance with the 

requirement that cable operators 

transmit high definition broadcast 

signals in HD. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17151 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[FR ID: 42434] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(‘‘Privacy Act’’), this document 

announces the modification of a 

computer matching program the Federal 

Communications Commission (‘‘FCC’’ 

or ‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘Agency’’) and the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) will conduct with the 

Iowa Department of Human Services 

(Department). The purpose of this 

matching program is to verify the 

eligibility of applicants to and 

subscribers of Lifeline (existing 

purpose) and the new Emergency 

Broadband Benefit Program, 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 September 13, 2021. This 

computer matching program will 

commence on September 13, 2021, and 

will conclude 18 months after the 

effective date. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Margaret 

Drake, FCC, 45 L Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20554, or to Privacy@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Margaret Drake at 202–418–1707 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 

and 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. 

The Emergency Broadband Benefit 

Program (EBBP) was established by 

Congress in the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2021, Pub. L. 

116–260, 134 Stat. 1182. EBBP is a 

program that helps low-income 

Americans obtain discounted broadband 

service and one-time co-pay for a 

connected device (laptop, desktop 

computer or tablet). This program was 

created specifically to assist American 

families’ access to broadband, which 

has proven to be essential for work, 

school, and healthcare during the public 

health emergency that exists as a result 

of COVID–19. A household may qualify 

for the EBBP benefit under various 

criteria, including an individual 

qualifying for the FCC’s Lifeline 

program. 

In a Report and Order adopted on 

March 31, 2016 (81 FR 33026, May 24, 

2016) (2016 Lifeline Modernization 

Order), the Commission ordered USAC 

to create a National Lifeline Eligibility 

Verifier (‘‘National Verifier’’), including 

the National Lifeline Eligibility Database 

(LED), that would match data about 

Lifeline applicants and subscribers with 

other data sources to verify the 

eligibility of an applicant or subscriber. 

The Commission found that the 

National Verifier would reduce 

compliance costs for Lifeline service 

providers, improve service for Lifeline 

subscribers, and reduce waste, fraud, 

and abuse in the program. 

The Consolidated Appropriations Act 

of 2021 directs the FCC to leverage the 

National Verifier to verify applicants’ 

eligibility for EBBP. The purpose of this 

matching program is to verify the 

eligibility of EBBP applicants and 

subscribers by determining whether 

they receive Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits 

administered by the Iowa Department. 

Under FCC rules, consumers receiving 

these benefits qualify for Lifeline 

discounts and also for EBBP benefits. 

Participating Agencies 

Iowa Department of Human Services. 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program 

The authority for the FCC’s EBBP is 

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

2021, Public Law 116–260, 134 Stat. 

1182; 47 CFR part 54. The authority for 

the FCC’s Lifeline program is 47 U.S.C. 

254; 47 CFR 54.400 through 54.423; 

Lifeline and Link Up Reform and 

Modernization, et al., Third Report and 

Order, Further Report and Order, and 

Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd 

3962, 4006–21, paras. 126–66 (2016) 

(2016 Lifeline Modernization Order). 

Purpose(s) 

In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization 

Order, the FCC required USAC to 

develop and operate the National 

Verifier to improve efficiency and 

reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the 

Lifeline program. The stated purpose of 

the National Verifier is ‘‘to increase the 

integrity and improve the performance 

of the Lifeline program for the benefit of 

a variety of Lifeline participants, 

including Lifeline providers, 

subscribers, states, community-based 

organizations, USAC, and the 

Commission.’’ 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006, 


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