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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0678. 

Title: Part 25 of the Federal 

Communications Commission’s Rules: 

Governing the Licensing of, and 

Spectrum Usage by, Commercial Earth 

Stations and Space Stations. 

Form Nos.: FCC Form 312; Schedule 

A; Schedule B; Schedule S; FCC Form 

312–EZ; FCC Form 312–R. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 4,924 

respondents; 4,972 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–80 

hours per response. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

one time, and annual reporting 

requirements; third-party disclosure 

requirement; recordkeeping 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 

309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721. 

Total Annual Burden: 34,099 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $10,617,860. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

In general, there is no need for 

confidentiality with this collection of 

information. Certain information 

collected regarding international 

coordination of satellite systems is not 

routinely available for public inspection 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and 47 CFR 

0.457(d)(vii). 

Needs and Uses: On December 17, 

2015, the Commission released a 

Second Report and Order, FCC 15–167, 

titled, ‘‘In the Comprehensive Review of 

Licensing and Operating Rules for 

Satellite Services.’’ In this Report and 

Order, the Commission adopted 

comprehensive changes to 47 CFR part 

25, which governs licensing and 

operation of space stations and earth 

stations for the provision of satellite 

communication services. Many of the 

amendments are substantive changes 

intended to give licensees greater 

operational flexibility. 

The information collection 

requirements in this collection are 

needed to determine the technical, legal, 

and other qualifications of applicants 

and licensees to operate a radio station 

and to determine whether grant of an 

authorization serves the public interest, 

convenience and necessity. Without 

such information, the Commission 

could not determine whether to permit 

respondents to provide communications 

services in the United States. Therefore, 

the Commission would not be able to 

fulfill its statutory responsibilities in 

accordance with the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, and the 

obligations imposed on parties to the 

World Trade Organization Basic 

Telecom Agreement. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Gloria J. Miles, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01824 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[AU Docket No. 14–252; GN Docket No. 12– 

268; WT Docket No. 12–269; DA 16–89] 

Revised Filing Window Dates for FCC 

Form 175 Application To Participate in 

the Forward Auction (Auction 1002) 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

revised filing window dates for FCC 

Form 175, the application for parties 

seeking to participate in the forward 

auction phase (Auction 1002) of the 

broadcast incentive auction (Auction 

1000). 

DATES: The forward auction FCC Form 

175 filing window opened at 12:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET) on January 27, 2016, 

and will close at 6:00 p.m. ET on 

February 10, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 

Auctions and Spectrum Access Division: 

for general forward auction questions 

Leslie Barnes or Valerie Barrish at (202) 

418–0660. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Forward Auction 

Application Filing Window Opens 

Today at Noon After One-Day Weather 

Delay; FCC Form 175 Deadline 

Extended to February 10, 2016 (Forward 

Auction 1002 FCC Form 175 Revised 

Filing Window Dates Public Notice), AU 

Docket No. 14–252, GN Docket No. 12– 

268, WT Docket No. 12–269, DA 16–89, 

released on January 27, 2016. The 

complete text of the Forward Auction 

1002 FCC Form 175 Revised Filing 

Window Dates Public Notice is available 

for public inspection and copying from 

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday 

through Thursday or from 8:00 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC 

Reference Information Center, 445 12th 

Street SW., Room CY–A257, 

Washington, DC 20554. The complete 

text is also available on the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

wireless.fcc.gov, the Auction 1002 Web 

site at http://www.fcc.gov/auctions/

1002, or by using the search function on 

the ECFS Web page at http://

www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Alternative 

formats are available to persons with 

disabilities by sending an email to 

FCC504@fcc.gov or by calling the 

Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (TTY). 

General Information 

The Forward Auction 1002 FCC Form 

175 Revised Filing Window Dates Public 

Notice announced that the filing 

window for the FCC Form 175, the 

application to participate in the forward 

auction phase of the broadcast incentive 

auction, opened on January 27, 2016, 

after a one-day delay due to severe 

weather in the Washington, DC area. In 

addition, the closing of the filing 

window will be extended for one day 

from its originally scheduled date. 

Specifically, the FCC Form 175 filing 

window opened at 12:00 p.m. ET on 

January 27, 2016, and will close at 6:00 

p.m. ET on February 10, 2016. 

Applications must be filed prior to the 

closing of the filing window. All other 

procedures, terms and requirements as 

set out in the Auction 1000 Application 

Procedures Public Notice, 80 FR 66429, 

October 29, 2015, remain unchanged. 

Additional information for potential 

broadcast incentive auction participants 

is available on the Auction 1000 Web 

site at www.fcc.gov/auctions/1000. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Gary D. Michaels, 

Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access 

Division, WTB. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01980 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0937] 

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 


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required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), 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. 

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. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before April 4, 2016. 

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 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: 3060–0937. 

Title: Establishment of a Class A 

Television Service, MM Docket No. 00– 

10. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement; On occasion 

and quarterly reporting requirements. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 430 respondents; 10,850 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.017 

hours–52 hours. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i), 307, 308, 309 and 319 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 202,133 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $1,911,000. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: On November 29, 

1999, the Community Broadcasters 

Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA), Public 

Law 106–113, 113 Stat. Appendix I at 

pp. 1501A–594–1501A–598 (1999), 

codified at 47 U.S.C. 336(f), was 

enacted. That legislation provided that a 

low power television (LPTV) licensee 

should be permitted to convert the 

secondary status of its station to the new 

Class A status, provided it can satisfy 

certain statutorily-established criteria. 

The CBPA directs that Class A licensees 

be subject to the same license terms and 

renewal standards as full-power 

television licenses and that Class A 

licensees be accorded primary status as 

television broadcasters as long as they 

continue to meet the requirements set 

forth in the statute for a qualifying low 

power station. 

The CBPA sets out certain 

certification and application procedures 

for LPTV licensees seeking Class A 

designation, prescribes the criteria 

LPTV licensees must meet to be eligible 

for Class A licenses, and outlines the 

interference protection Class A 

applicants must provide to analog, 

digital, LPTV and TV translator stations. 

The CBPA directs that Class A 

stations must comply with the operating 

requirements for full-service television 

broadcast stations. Therefore, beginning 

on the date of its application for a Class 

A license and thereafter, a station must 

be ‘‘in compliance’’ with the 

Commission’s operating rules for fullservice television stations, contained in 

47 CFR part 73. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Gloria J. Miles, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01821 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0998] 

Information Collection 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 (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), 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. 

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. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before April 4, 2016. 

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 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 No.: 3060–0998. 


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