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the Commission concerning the Cable 

Community Registration. The 

information is the basic operational 

information on operator name, mailing 

address, community served, and system 

identification. FCC Form 324 will cover 

a variety of changes related to cable 

operators, replacing the requirement of 

a letter containing approximately the 

same information. Every Form 324 filing 

will require information about the 

system—the additional information 

required depending largely upon the 

nature of the change. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

the Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25231 Filed 10–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

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 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 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 December 22, 

2014. 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: 3060–1155. 

Title: Sections 15.713, 15.714, 15.715 

15.717, TV White Space Broadcast 

Bands. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 2,000 

respondents; 2,000 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. 154(i), 302, 

303(c), 303(f), and 307 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 4,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: 100,000. 

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 to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance. 

On November 14, 2008, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) adopted a Second 

Report and Order and Memorandum 

Opinion and Order, FCC 08–260, ET 

Docket No. 04–186 that established 

rules to allow new and unlicensed 

wireless devices to operate in the 

broadcast television spectrum at 

locations where that spectrum is not 

being used by licensed services (this 

unused TV spectrum is often termed 

television ‘‘white spaces’’). The rules 

will allow for the use of unlicensed TV 

band devices in the unused spectrum to 

provide broadband data and other 

services for consumers and businesses. 

Subsequently on September 23, 2010, 

the Commission adopted a Second 

Memorandum Opinion and Order 

finalizing the rules to make the unused 

spectrum in the TV bands available for 

unlicensed broadband wireless devices. 

This action resolved on reconsideration 

certain legal and technical issues in 

order to provide certainty concerning 

the rules for operation of unlicensed 

transmitting devices in the television 

broadcast frequency bands (unlicensed 

TV bands devices or ‘‘TVBDs’’). 

Resolution of these issues will now 

allow manufacturers to begin marketing 

unlicensed communications devices 

and systems that operate on frequencies 

in the TV bands in areas where they are 

not used by licensed services (‘‘TV 

white spaces’’). 

In the Second Report and Order the 

Commission decided to designate one or 

more database administrator from the 

private sector to create and operate TV 

band databases which will be a 

privately owned and operated service. 

The database administrators will be 

responsible for coordination of the 

overall functioning of a database and 

provide services to TVBDs. 

The TV bands database will serve the 

following functions: 

Determine and provide to a TVBD, 

upon request, the available TV channels 

at the TVBD’s location. Available 

channels are determined based on the 

interference protection requirements in 

§ 15.712. A database must provide fixed 

and Mode II personal portable TVBDs 

with channel availability information 

that includes scheduled changes in 

channel availability over the course of 

the 48 hour period beginning at the time 

the TVBDs make a re-check contact. In 

making lists of available channels 

available to a TVBD, the TV bands 

database shall ensure that all 

communications and interactions 

between the TV bands database and the 

TVBD include adequate security 

measures such that unauthorized parties 

cannot access or alter the TV bands 

database or the list of available channels 

sent to TVBDs or otherwise affect the 

database system or TVBDs in 

performing their intended functions or 

in providing adequate interference 

protections to authorized services 

operating in the TV bands. In addition, 

a TV bands database must also verify 

that the FCC identifier (FCC ID) of a 

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device seeking access to its services is 

valid; under this requirement the TV 

bands database must also verify that the 

FCC ID of a Mode I device provided by 

a fixed or Mode II device is valid. A list 

of devices with valid FCC IDs and the 

FCC IDs of those devices is to be 

obtained from the Commission’s 

Equipment Authorization System. There 

are also questions about prefill 

applications and the number of 

available channels. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25230 Filed 10–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0686] 

Information Collections 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 (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 December 22, 

2014. 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: 3060–0686. 

Title: International Section 214 

Authorization Process and Tariff 

Requirements—47 CFR 63.10, 63.11, 

63.13, 63.18, 63.19, 63.21, 63.24, 63.25 

and 1.1311. 

Form Number: International Section 

214—New Authorization; International 

Section 214 Authorization—Transfer of 

Control/Assignment; International 

Section 214—Special Temporary 

Authority and International Section 

214—Foreign Carrier Affiliation 

Notification. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business and other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 495 respondents; 748 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 

hour to 15 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement, Quarterly 

reporting requirement, Recordkeeping 

requirement and third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 11, 201–205, 208, 

211, 214, 219, 220, 303(r), 309, 310 and 

403 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 

154(j), 161, 201–205, 208, 211, 214, 219, 

220, 303(r), 309, 310 and 403. 

Total Annual Burden: 3,286 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $755,400. 

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. 

Needs and Uses: The Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) is requesting that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approve a revision of OMB 

Control No. 3060–0686. The purpose of 

this revision is to obtain OMB approval 

of rules adopted in the Commission’s 

Report and Order in IB Docket No. 12– 

299, FCC 14–48, adopted and released 

on August 22, 2014 (Report and Order). 

In the Report and Order, the 

Commission eliminated the effective 

competitive opportunities (ECO) test 

from sections 63.11(g)(2) and 63.18(k) of 

the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 

63.11(g)(2), 63.18(k), which apply to 

applications filed under section 63.18, 

47 CFR 63.18, for authority to provide 

U.S.-international telecommunications 

service pursuant to section 214 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended (Communications Act), 47 

U.S.C. 214, and to foreign carrier 

affiliation notifications filed under 

section 63.11 of the Commission’s rules, 

47 CFR 63.11. The Commission is also 

making adjustments to the hour and cost 

burdens associated with other rules and 

requirements covered by this 

information collection. 

The information will be used by the 

Commission staff in carrying out its 

duties under the Communications Act. 

The information collections are 

necessary largely to determine the 

qualifications of applicants to provide 

common carrier international 

telecommunications service, including 

applicants that are, or are affiliated 

with, foreign carriers, and to determine 

whether and under what conditions the 

authorizations are in the public interest, 

convenience, and necessity. The 

information collections are also 

necessary to maintain effective oversight 

of U.S. international carriers generally. 

If the collections are not conducted or 

are conducted less frequently, 

applicants will not obtain the 

authorizations necessary to provide 

telecommunications services, and the 

Commission will be unable to carry out 

its mandate under the Communications 

Act. In addition, without the 

information collections, the United 

States would jeopardize its ability to 

fulfill the U.S. obligations as negotiated 

under the WTO Basic Telecom 

Agreement because these collections are 

imperative to detecting and deterring 

anticompetitive conduct. They are also 

necessary to preserve the Executive 

Branch agencies’ and the Commission’s 

ability to review foreign investments for 

national security, law enforcement, 

foreign policy, and trade concerns. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0944. 

Title: Cable Landing License Act—47 

CFR 1.767; 1.768; Executive Order 

10530. 

Form Number: Submarine Cable 

Landing License Application. 

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