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80.383 and 97.303 require amateur radio 

licensees (‘‘ham operators’’), who 

participate in point-to-point fixed 

digital message forwarding systems, 

such as intercity packet backbone 

networks, and who operate within 398 

miles (640 kms) of an AMTS coast 

station, to notify the AMTS station in 

writing. The amateur radio licenses 

must provide: (1) Their station’s specific 

geographic location for the 

transmission; and (2) their station’s 

technical characteristics, including 

transmitter type, operating frequencies, 

emissions, transmitter output power, 

and antenna arrangement. This 

notification must be submitted at least 

30 days prior to the initiation of the 

amateur radio licensee’s operations in 

the 219–220 MHz band. In addition, 

under 47 CFR 80.475, applicants and 

licensees of AMTS coast stations must 

notify two organizations—the American 

Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the 

Interactive Systems, Inc. (ISI), of the 

location of the AMTS fill-in stations. 

ARRL and ISI maintain databases of 

AMTS locations for the benefit of 

amateur radio operators. These 

notification requirements insure that 

any amateur radio operator seeking to 

commence operations within close 

proximity of an AMTS station will not 

cause any interference to an AMTS 

licensee. Amateur radio licensees also 

must give the ARRL written notification 

of the geographic location of a station at 

least 30 days prior to transmitting in the 

219–220 MHz band. As a ‘‘station in a 

secondary service’’, amateur stations 

must accept any harmful interference 

from AMTS operations. Furthermore, 

under 47 CFR 80.475, AMTS licensees 

are permitted to operate fill-in stations. 

While no prior FCC authorization is 

required to construct and operate an 

AMTS fill-in station, at the time the 

station is added, the AMTS licensee 

must make a record of the station’s 

technical and administrative 

information, and upon request, supply 

such information to the FCC. The 

station must also send notification of 

the station’s location to the ARRL and 

the ISI. In general, the notification 

process(es) functions without the FCC’s 

direct involvement, except as required 

by 47 CFR 80.475, the AMTS station 

licensee must maintain a record of the 

station’s technical and administrative 

functions and also provide a copy to the 

FCC upon request. The records of 

amateur radio operators include 

information about individuals or 

households, and the use(s) and 

disclosure of this information is 

governed by the requirements of a 

system of records, FCC/WTB–1, 

‘‘Wireless Services Licensing Records.’’

However, the FCC makes all information 

about amateur radio operators publicly 

available on its Universal Licensing 

System (ULS) Web page, except that the 

amateur operator’s telephone number(s) 

and his/her e-mail address(es) are 

redacted. The public is entitled to 

download this public information, 

although ULS does not contain the 

locations of the amateur radio 

transmitters and information which 

amateur radio operators (‘‘ham 

operators’’) have to provide to ARRL 

and to the AMTS licensees. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–20840 Filed 10–18–05; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

October 12, 2005. 

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, Public Law 104–13. 

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 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: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before December 19, 

2005. 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: You may submit your all 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. 

To submit your comments by e-mail 

send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit 

your comments by U.S. mail, mark them 

to the attention of Cathy Williams, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s) send an e-mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0174. 

Title: Sections 73.1212, 76.1615 and 

76.1715, Sponsorship Identification. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 23,215. 

Estimated Time per Response: four 

seconds to 0.1 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion reporting requirement; Third 

party disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 112,096 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.1212 

requires a broadcast station to identify 

the sponsor of any matter transmitted 

for consideration. 47 CFR 76.1615 states 

that, when a cable operator engaged in 

origination cable casting presents any 

matter for which consideration is 

provided to such cable television system 

operator, the cable television system 

operator, at the time of the telecast, shall 

identify the sponsor. For both sections, 

for advertising commercial products or 

services, the mention of the sponsor’s 

name or product, when it is clear that 

the mention of the product constitutes 

sponsorship identification, is all that is 

required. In the case of television 

political advertisements concerning 

candidates for public office, the sponsor 

shall be identified with letters equal to 

or greater than four (4) percent of the 

vertical height of the television screen 

that airs for no less than four (4) 

seconds. 47 CFR 73.1212 and 76.1715 

state that, with respect to sponsorship 

announcements that are waived when 

the broadcast/origination cablecast of 

‘‘want ads’’ sponsored by an individual, 

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the licensee/operator shall maintain a 

list showing the name, address and 

telephone number of each such 

advertiser. These lists shall be made 

available for public inspection. 47 CFR 

73.1212 states that, when an entity 

rather than an individual sponsors the 

broadcast of matter that is of a political 

or controversial nature, the licensee is 

required to retain a list of the executive 

officers, or board of directors, or 

executive committee, etc., of the 

organization paying for such matter in 

its public file. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–20857 Filed 10–18–05; 8:45 am] 

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[ET Docket No. 03–104 and ET Docket No. 

04–37; DA 05–2701] 

Broadband Power Line Systems 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Engineering and 

Technology (OET) announces that the 

United Telecom Council (UTC) will 

serve as the Access Broadband over 

Power Line (Access BPL) database 

manager. 

DATES: Effective November 19, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anh 

Wride, Office of Engineering and 

Technology, (202) 418–0577, e-mail: 

Anh.Wride@fcc.gov, TTY (202) 418–

2989. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. By 

Public Notice dated October 13, 2005, 

DA 05–2701, the Office of Engineering 

and Technology (OET) announces that 

the United Telecom Council (UTC) will 

serve as the Access Broadband over 

Power Line (Access BPL) database 

manager, pursuant to § 15.615 (a) 

through (e) of the Commission’s rules, 

effective immediately. Access BPL 

systems will be required to comply with 

the requirements of § 15.615 by 

November 19, 2005. 

2. On October 14, 2004, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order, amending part 15 of the rules to 

establish specific interference mitigation 

requirements for Access BPL systems. 

(Report and Order in ET Docket Nos. 

04–37 and 03–104 (19 FCC Rcd 21265 

(2004)), 70 FR 1360, January 7, 2005. In 

conjunction with those requirements, 

the Commission required that the BPL 

industry establish a centralized publicly 

accessible Access BPL notification 

database, run by an administrator to be 

selected by the BPL industry, and that 

Access BPL operators submit certain 

information regarding their systems into 

that database. 

3. On May 17, 2005, the UTC 

submitted a letter notifying the 

Commission that it has designed and 

implemented a database that will enable 

Access BPL operators to comply with 

the notification requirements of § 15.615 

(a) through (e) of the Commission’s 

rules, and included a petition in support 

signed by thirty-five Access BPL 

companies. (DA 05–1637, released 

June 9, 2005.) 

4. On September 15, 2005, the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

approved the information collection 

requirements contained in 47 CFR 

15.615 (a) through (e) which establish 

the Access BPL database. (OMB Control 

No. 3060–1087.) All information on 

Access BPL systems as required by 47 

CFR 15.615(a) must be entered into the 

database and be available to the public 

by November 19, 2005. BPL operators 

should contact UTC at admin@utc.org to 

receive a user name and password for 

administrative access. This information 

is required for BPL operators to enter 

the necessary information regarding 

their BPL systems into the database. 

5. Public Access to the UTC BPL 

database. The public may access the 

UTC BPL database via the Internet at 

http://www.bpldatabase.org. This access 

is open and requires no login 

information. Detailed instructions are 

provided on the Web site to guide users 

in entering the requested information. 

Users experiencing problems in 

accessing the database via the Internet 

may contact the UTC database 

administrator at admin@utc.org, or (202) 

872–0030. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Bruce Romano, 

Associate Chief (Legal), Office of Engineering 

and Technology. 

[FR Doc. 05–20992 Filed 10–18–05; 8:45 am] 

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[DA 05–2669] 

Eighth Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee for the 2007 World 

Radiocommunication Conference 

(WRC–07 Advisory Committee) 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice advises interested persons that 

the eighth meeting of the WRC–07 

Advisory Committee will be held on 

December 9, 2005, at the Federal 

Communications Commission. The 

purpose of the meeting is to continue 

preparations for the 2007 World 

Radiocommunication Conference. The 

Advisory Committee will consider any 

preliminary views and draft proposals 

introduced by the Advisory Committee’s 

Informal Working Groups. 

DATES: December 9, 2005; 11 a.m.–12 

noon. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room TW–C305, Washington, DC 

20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexander Roytblat, FCC International 

Bureau, Strategic Analysis and 

Negotiations Division, at (202) 418–

7501. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Communications Commission 

(FCC) established the WRC–07 Advisory 

Committee to provide advice, technical 

support and recommendations relating 

to the preparation of United States 

proposals and positions for the 2007 

World Radiocommunication Conference 

(WRC–07). 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, as amended, this notice advises 

interested persons of the eighth meeting 

of the WRC–07 Advisory Committee. 

The WRC–07 Advisory Committee has 

an open membership. All interested 

parties are invited to participate in the 

Advisory Committee and to attend its 

meetings. The proposed agenda for the 

eighth meeting is as follows: 

Agenda 

Eighth Meeting of the WRC–07 

Advisory Committee, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Room TW–C305, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

December 9, 2005; 11 a.m.–12 noon. 

1. Opening Remarks 

2. Approval of Agenda 

3. Approval of the Minutes of the 

Seventh Meeting 

4. Reports on Recent WRC–07 

Preparatory Meetings 

5. NTIA Draft Preliminary Views and 

Proposals 

6. Informal Working Group Reports and 

Documents relating to: 

a. Consensus Views and Issues Papers 

b. Draft Proposals 

7. Future Meetings