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not a new process, some providers have 

historically been reluctant to respond, 

or have simply ignored requests. This 

requirement ensures that all providers 

are on notice that a response is required, 

and allows real consequences for 

refusal. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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[OMB 3060–0895, OMB 3060–1155, OMB 

3060–1223; FR ID 90750] 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, 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. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it might 

‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ The Commission 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 and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before July 11, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

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

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Nicole Ongele, 

FCC, via email to PRA@fcc.gov and to 

Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the 

comments the OMB control number as 

shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 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 on 

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, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC invited 

the general public and other Federal 

Agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the following information 

collection. 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 estimates; (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. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 

the FCC seeks specific comment on how 

it might ‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0895. 

Title: Numbering Resource 

Optimization. 

Form Number: FCC Form 502. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities and State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 8,415 respondents; 74,172 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 

hour–44.4 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and semi-annual reporting requirements 

and recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 

153, 154, 201–205 and Section 251 of 

the Communications Act of 1934. 

Total Annual Burden: 290,637 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $4,747,499. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Disaggregated, carrier-specific forecast 

and utilization data will be treated as 

confidential and will be exempt from 

public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 

552(b)(4). 

Needs and Uses: The data collected 

on FCC Form 502 helps the Commission 

manage the ten-digit North American 

Numbering Plan (NANP), which is 

currently being used by the United 

States and 19 other countries. Under the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, the Commission was given 

‘‘exclusive jurisdiction over those 

portions of the North American 

Numbering Plan that pertains to the 

United States.’’ Pursuant to that 

authority, the Commission conducted a 

rulemaking in March 2000 that the 

Commission found that mandatory data 

collection is necessary to efficiently 

monitor and manage numbering use. 

The Commission received OMB 

approval for this requirement and the 

following: 

(1) Utilization/Forecast Report; 

(2) Application for initial numbering 

resource; 

(3) Application for growth numbering 

resources; 

(4) Recordkeeping requirement; 

(5) Notifications by state 

commissions; 

(6) Demonstration to state 

commission; and 

(7) Petitions for additional delegation 

of numbering authority. 

The data from this information 

collection is used by the FCC, state 

regulatory commissions, and the 

NANPA to monitor numbering resource 

utilization by all carriers using the 

resource and to project the dates of area 

code and NANP exhaust. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1155. 

Title: Sections 15.709, 15.713, 15.714, 

15.715 15.717, 27.1320, TV White Space 

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Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,510 respondents; 3,500 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement, recordkeeping 

requirement and third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 4(i), 

201, 302, and 303 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 201, 302a, 

303. 

Total Annual Burden: 7,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $151,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

Impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting 

respondents to submit confidential 

information to the Commission. 

Respondents may request confidential 

treatment of such information under 47 

CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

submitting this information collection 

as a revision to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) after 

this 60 day comment period in order to 

obtain the full three year clearance. 

On January 25, 2022, the Commission 

adopted a Second Order on 

Reconsideration, Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, and Order in ET 

Docket Nos. 14–165, 20–36, 04–186 and 

GN Docket No. 12–268, FCC 22–6, that 

made changes to the requirements for 

how white space devices must interact 

with the white space database. The 

white space database determines which 

frequencies are available for unlicensed 

devices and is the primary means to 

prevent white space devices from 

causing harmful interference to TV 

reception and other protected services. 

The Commission eliminated the 

requirement for white space database 

administrators to ‘‘push’’ changes in 

channel availability information to 

white space devices. It instead requires 

fixed and Mode II personal/portable 

white space devices, other than 

narrowband devices, to re-check the 

white space database once per hour 

rather than once per day. The 

Commission retained a daily re-check 

requirement for mobile and narrowband 

devices but sought comment on whether 

to apply an hourly re-check requirement 

to these types of devices. The 

Commission also retained the 

requirement for white space database 

administrators to share licensed 

wireless microphone registration 

information with other database 

administrators within ten minutes after 

it is received, but moved this 

requirement to a different rule section. 

The modified database administrator 

requirements, Section 15.715(l) are as 

follows: 

§ 15.715 White space database 

administrator. 

(l) If more than one database is 

developed, the database administrators 

shall cooperate to develop a 

standardized process for providing on a 

daily basis or more often, as 

appropriate, the data collected for the 

facilities listed in § 15.713(b)(2) to all 

other white space databases to ensure 

consistency in the records of protected 

facilities. In response to a request for 

immediate access to a channel by a 

licensed wireless microphone user, 

white space database administrators are 

required to share the licensed 

microphone channel registration 

information to all other white space 

database administrators within 10 

minutes of receiving each wireless 

microphone registration. 

On October 27, 2020, the Commission 

adopted a Report and Order and Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking in ET Docket 

No. 20–36, FCC 20–156, that made 

targeted changes to the Part 15 rules for 

unlicensed white space devices in the 

TV bands to provide improved 

broadband coverage that will benefit 

American consumers in rural and 

underserved areas as well as to provide 

improved access to narrowband IoT 

applications while still protecting 

broadcast television stations from 

harmful interference. Specifically, the 

Commission permits higher EIRP and 

higher antenna HAAT for fixed white 

space devices in ‘‘less congested’’ 

geographic areas. In addition, the 

Commission permits higher power 

mobile operation within ‘‘geo-fenced’’ 

areas in ‘‘less congested’’ areas. The 

Order revised Section 15.709(g)(1)(ii) to 

increase the maximum permissible 

antenna height above average terrain for 

fixed white space devices on TV 

channels 2–35 in ‘‘less congested’’ areas 

from 250 meters to 500 meters. 

The white space rules as amended by 

the 2020 White Spaces R&O require that 

fixed white space devices and installing 

parties comply with the following 

requirements with respect to the 

antenna height above average terrain: 

15.709 General technical 

requirements. 

(g) Antenna requirements— 

(1) Fixed white space devices— 

(ii) Height above average terrain 

(HAAT). For devices operating in the TV 

bands below 602 MHz, the transmit 

antenna shall not be located where its 

height above average terrain exceeds 

250 meters generally, or 500 meters in 

less congested areas. For devices 

operating in all other bands the transmit 

antenna shall not be located where its 

height above average terrain exceeds 

250 meters. The HAAT is to be 

calculated by the white space database 

using the methodology in § 73.684(d) of 

this chapter. For HAAT greater than 250 

meters the following procedures are 

required: 

(A) The installing party must contact 

a white space database and identify all 

TV broadcast station contours that 

would be potentially affected by 

operation at the planned HAAT and 

EIRP. A potentially affected TV station 

is one where the protected service 

contour is within the applicable 

separation distance for the white space 

device operating at an assumed HAAT 

of 50 meters above the planned height 

at the proposed power level. 

(B) The installing party must notify 

each of these licensees and provide the 

geographic coordinates of the white 

space device, relevant technical 

parameters of the proposed deployment, 

and contact information. 

(C) No earlier than four calendar days 

after this notification, the installing 

party may commence operations. 

(D) Upon request, the installing party 

must provide each potentially affected 

licensee with information on the time 

periods of operations. 

(E) If the installing party seeks to 

modify its operations by increasing its 

power level, by moving more than 100 

meters horizontally from its location, or 

by making an increase in the HAAT or 

EIRP of the white space device that 

results in an increase in the minimum 

required separation distances from cochannel or adjacent channel TV station 

contours, it must conduct a new 

notification. 

(F) All notifications required by this 

section must be in written form 

(including email). In all cases, the 

names of persons contacted, and dates 

of contact should be kept by the white 

space device operator for its records and 

supplied to the Commission upon 

request. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1223. 

Title: Payment Instructions from the 

Eligible Entity Seeking Reimbursement 

from the TV Broadcaster Relocation 

Fund. 

Form Number: FCC Form 1876. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 


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1Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 

2012, Public Law 112–96 (Spectrum Act) 

§ 6403(b)(4)(A)(i), (ii). 

2Expanding the Economic and Innovation 

Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive 

Auctions, GN Docket No. 12–268, Report and Order, 

29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (‘‘Incentive Auction R&O’’) 

at 609. 

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

State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 350 respondents; 350 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 

Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112– 

96 (Spectrum Act) section 6403(a)(1) 

and Repack Airwaves Yielding Better 

Access for Users of Modern Services Act 

of 2018, Public Law 115–141, Div. P, 

(RAY BAUM’S Act) section 1452. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,750 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

Impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The information collection includes 

information identifying bank accounts 

and providing account and routing 

numbers to access those accounts. FCC 

considers that information to be records 

not routinely available for public 

inspection under 47 CFR 0.457, and 

exempt from disclosure under FOIA 

exemption 4 (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)). 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

requesting Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for a three-year 

extension of this information collection. 

The Spectrum Act requires the 

Commission to reimburse broadcast 

television licensees for costs 

‘‘reasonably incurred’’ in relocating to 

new channels assigned in the repacking 

process and Multichannel Video 

Programming Distributors (MVPDs) for 

costs reasonably incurred in order to 

continue to carry the signals of stations 

relocating to new channels as a result of 

the repacking process or a winning 

reverse auction bid.1

The Commission decided through 

notice-and-comment rulemaking that it 

will issue all eligible broadcasters and 

MVPDs an initial allocation of funds 

based on estimated costs, which will be 

available for draw down (from 

individual accounts in the U.S. 

Treasury) as the entities incur expenses, 

followed by a subsequent allocation to 

the extent necessary. The reason for 

allowing eligible entities to draw down 

funds as they incur expenses is to 

reduce the chance that entities will be 

unable to finance necessary relocation 

changes.2

The information collection for which 

we are requesting approval is necessary 

for eligible entities to instruct the 

Commission on how to pay the amounts 

the entities draw down, and for the 

entities to make certifications that 

reduce the risk of waste, fraud, abuse 

and improper payments. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. Office of the Secretary. 

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COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0960; FR ID 90619] 

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. 

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 August 9, 

2022. 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 

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: 3060–0960. 

Title: 47 CFR 76.122, Satellite 

Network Non-duplication Protection 

Rules; 47 CFR 76.123, Satellite 

Syndicated Program Exclusivity Rules 

and 47 CFR 76.124, Requirements for 

Invocation of Non-duplication and 

Syndicated Exclusivity Protection. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,428 respondents and 9,806 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–1 

hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 9,352 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: No costs. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in Sections 4(i), 4(j), 303(r), 339 and 340 

of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements contained in 47 

CFR 76.122, 76.123 and 76.124 are used 

to protect exclusive contract rights 

negotiated between broadcasters, 

distributors, and rights holders for the 

transmission of network syndicated in 

the broadcasters’ recognized market 

areas. Rule sections 76.122 and 76.123 

implement statutory requirements to 

provide rights for in-market stations to 

assert non-duplication and exclusivity 

rights. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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