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OMB Control Number: 3060–1139. 

Title: Residential Fixed Broadband 

Services Testing and Measurement. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households; and business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 11,016 

respondents; 11,016 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour 

for respondents based on a 10 minute 

initial sign-up for the panel, 30 minutes 

to connect and install the hardware 

appliance, and two 10-minute 

validation contacts to be conducted by 

the vendor over the course of the study 

period. The 16 ISP partners 

participating in the study is estimated at 

200 hours per response per partner for 

all participation activities. 

Frequency of Response: Biennial 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in the Broadband 

Data Improvement Act of 2008, Public 

Law 110–385, Stat 4096 § 103(c)(1). 

Total Annual Burden: 14,200 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: This 

information collection affects 

individuals or households. However, 

the collection of personally identifiable 

information (PII) is not being collected, 

made available or accessible by the 

Commission but instead by third parties 

including SamKnows, a third party 

contractor, and ISP Partners. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

No personally identifying information 

(PII) will be transmitted to the 

Commission from the contractor as a 

matter of vendor policy. SamKnows 

maintains a series of administrative, 

technical, and physical safeguards to 

protect against the transmission of 

personally identifying information. At 

point of registration, individuals will be 

given full disclosure in a ‘‘privacy 

statement’’ highlighting what 

information will be collected. ISP 

Partners will receive personally 

identifying information about 

volunteers to confirm the validity of the 

information against their subscription 

records, but will be bound by a nondisclosure agreement that will maintain 

various administrative, technical and 

physical safeguards to protect the 

information and limit its use. ISP 

Partners providing support to the testing 

program will likewise be bound to the 

same series of administrative, technical 

and physical safeguards developed by 

SamKnows. In addition all third parties 

supporting the program directly will be 

bound by a ‘‘Code of Conduct’’ to ensure 

all participate and act in good faith. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60-day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three-year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

had requested emergency processing for 

this revised collection on September 2, 

2010. The Commission received OMB 

approval on October 4, 2010. Emergency 

OMB approvals are only granted for six 

months. Therefore, the Commission is 

now requesting approval of an extension 

of this information collection (no 

change in the reporting requirement or 

third party disclosure requirements) to 

keep the approval from lapsing. 

The Broadband Data Improvement 

Act of 2008, Public Law 110–385, Stat 

4096 § 103(c)(1) directs the Commission 

to collect information on the type of 

technology used to provide broadband 

to consumers, the price of such services, 

actual transmission speeds, and the 

reasons for non-adoption of broadband 

service. 

This collection of information was 

necessary to complete research done for 

the Broadband Plan on key consumer 

issues including transparency and 

actual speeds and performance of 

broadband service. 

This information collection was 

revised to respond to new requirements 

that were initially unforeseen. Recent 

surveys demonstrate a majority of 

consumers are not able to accurately 

report the broadband service 

information approved in the first 

collection approved on April 30, 2010. 

In recent discussions, broadband 

service providers (ISPs) have also noted 

that certain technical characteristics of 

broadband service may vary region to 

region and such information may not be 

available from the consumer. ISP 

Partners have offered to partner with the 

FCC in the testing and measurement 

trial by verifying certain consumer 

information collected by SamKnows 

and by providing associated data not 

directly available from the consumer. 

This information is crucial for good 

sample selection and analysis of results. 

The Commission’s Office of 

Engineering and Technology (OET), the 

Office of Strategic Planning and Policy 

Analysis (OSPPA) and the Consumer 

and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) 

and other Commission entities will use 

the information collected under this 

study to assess what actual broadband 

speeds and performance consumers are 

currently receiving from providers. Our 

purpose is to measure the speed of 

broadband services provided by ISPs 

across service packages and 

geographies, rather than assess the 

differences in broadband performance 

received by demographics. This 

assessment will help the Commission 

create standards for broadband 

measurements, assess the validity of ISP 

performance claims, and inform future 

steps to increasing transparency and 

consumer awareness of broadband 

service. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25926 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

October 6, 2010. 

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, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

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; (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; and (e) 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 OMB 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 (PRA) that 

does not display a valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before December 14, 

2010. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

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time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via fax at 202– 

395–5167 or via Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to the Federal Communications 

Commission. To submit your PRA 

comments by e-mail, send them to: 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact Judith B. 

Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0484. 

Title: Sections 4.1 and 4.2, and Part 4 

of the Commission’s Rules Concerning 

Disruptions to Communications 

(NORS). 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

State, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 71 

respondents; 139 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 218, 

219, 230, 256, 301, 302, 303, 403, and 

621. 

Total Annual Burden: 19,738 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

In accordance with 47 CFR 4.2 of the 

Commission’s rules, reports under Part 

4 are presumed confidential. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this expiring information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) after this 60-day 

comment period in order to obtain the 

full three-year clearance from them. The 

Commission is requesting approval of 

an extension of this information 

collection (no change in the reporting 

requirement). The Commission is 

reporting a significant increase of 10,100 

hours in the total annual burden hours. 

This is due to a recalculation of our 

burden estimates and fewer respondents 

reporting information. The estimated 

number of respondents fluctuates 

because of the type of event to be 

reported and the location where it 

occurred. 

In recognition of the critical need for 

rapid, full, and accurate information on 

service disruptions that could affect 

homeland security, public health and 

safety, as well as the economic wellbeing of our Nation, and in view of the 

increasing importance of non-wireline 

communications in the Nation’s 

communications networks and critical 

infrastructure, the Commission adopted 

rules requiring mandatory service 

disruptions reporting from all 

communications providers (cable, 

satellite, wireline and wireless) that 

provide voice and/or paging 

communications. As envisioned, the 

information collected pursuant to these 

rules has helped improve network 

reliability. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1094. 

Title: Sections 27.14 and 27.1221, 

Licensing, Operation and Transition of 

the 2500–2690 MHz Band. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

State, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,500 

respondents; 5,140 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .50– 

2.25 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and one-time reporting requirements, 

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. 151, 154(i), 

301, 303(f), 303(g), 303(r), 307, 308, and 

316. 

Total Annual Burden: 3,510 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $302,667. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this revised information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) after this 60-day 

comment period in order to obtain the 

full three-year clearance from them. 

The Commission is reporting a 

program change decrease of 7,214 hours 

which is due to elimination of the pretransition data request, the transition 

notice, the initiation plan, the posttransition notification and the transition 

plan because they relate to the transition 

of BRS and EBS licensees to the new 

band plan and these requirements have 

been met. The Commission is also 

reporting an adjustment decrease of 

2,267 hours due to recalculation of all 

the remaining burden estimates. 

The FCC adopted and released a 

Fourth Memorandum Opinion and 

Order (2008 Order), FCC 08–83, which 

adopted section 27.14(o) of the 

Commission’s rules. That rule requires 

all Broadband Radio Service (BRS) and 

Educational Broadband Service (EBS) 

licensees to make a showing of 

‘‘substantial service’’ no later than May 

1, 2011 on a license-by-license basis. 

The requirement was modified by the 

Third Report and Order (2010 Order), 

FCC 10–107, to require that licensees 

issue a new BRS license on or after 

November 6, 2009, and would have four 

years from the date of initial grant to 

provide substantial service. A licensee 

must demonstrate that it provided 

service which is sound, favorable and 

substantially above the level of 

mediocre service which might 

minimally warrant renewal. 

The information relating to 

substantial service is used by the 

Commission staff to satisfy requirements 

for licensees to demonstrate substantial 

service at the time of license renewal. 

Without this information, the 

Commission would not be able to carry 

out its statutory responsibilities. The 

third party disclosure coordination 

requirements are necessary to ensure 

that licensees do not cause interference 

to each other and that licensees who 

undertake to transition to the new band 

plan receive reimbursement for eligible 

costs. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25927 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Public Information Collection 

Approved by Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) 

October 7, 2010. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC) has received Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for the following public 

information collection pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor and a person is not 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid control number. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this information collection should 

submit comments by November 15, 

2010. 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 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

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