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Docket No. ER14–1268, Entergy 

Arkansas, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–1328, Entergy 

Louisiana, LLC 

Docket No. ER14–1329, Entergy Gulf 

States Louisiana, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER14–2085, Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–2850, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–2851, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

These meetings are open to the 

public. 

For more information, contact Patrick 

Clarey, Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (317) 249–5937 or 

patrick.clarey@ferc.gov. 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1030] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the 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, 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 comments should be 

submitted on or before January 5, 2015. 

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 contacts below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 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 OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1030. 

Title: Service Rules for Advanced 

Wireless Services (AWS) in the 1.7 GHz 

and 2.1 GHz Bands. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; state, local, or tribal 

government; Federal Government and 

not for profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 393 

respondents; 83,505 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to 

5 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual, semiannual, one time, and on occasion 

reporting requirements, recordkeeping 

requirement, third-party disclosure 

requirements, and every ten years 

reporting requirements. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in sections 1, 2, 4(i), 201, 301, 302, 303, 

307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 324, 332, 

and 333 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, and sections 6003, 

6004, and 6401 of the Middle Class Tax 

Relief Act of 2012, Public Law 112–96, 

126 Stat. 156, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 

201, 301, 302(a), 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 

316, 319, 324, 332, 333, 1403, 1404, and 

1451. 

Total Annual Burden: 24,417 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $508,120. 

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: The Commission 

seeks the Office of Management and 

Budget (‘‘OMB’’) approval for a revision 

to obtain the full three-year clearance 

for the requirements described below. 

We are revising the estimates of the 

currently approved information 

collections primarily to reflect the 

issuance of the AWS–3 Report and 

Order, FCC 14–31, whose information 

collection requirements for new 

spectrum bands would increase the 

number of respondents, responses, 

hourly burden, and annual costs 

associated with these bands. We are also 

updating prior estimates for other 

related spectrum bands. The following 

information collection requirements by 

AWS–3 applicants are not effective until 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget and apply to the following 

rule sections: 

Section 27.14(k) and (s)—set forth 

performance requirements for AWS–3 

licensees. Section 27.14(s) requires 

AWS–3 licensees to offer service to 40 

percent of the population of their 

license areas within six years of 

licensing, and to 75 percent of the 

population within 12 years (accelerated 

to 10 years if the interim performance 

requirement is not met). These 

performance timeframes are different 

from those for AWS–4 due to the longer 

initial AWS–3 license terms (12 years 

versus 10 years for AWS–4). Section 

27.14(k) requires AWS–3 licensees to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

performance requirements by filing 

construction notifications with the 

Commission within 15 days of the 

expiration of the applicable benchmark, 

certifying whether they meet the 

applicable performance requirements, 

and including a description and 

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certification of the areas for which they 

are providing service. Construction 

notifications must include electronic 

coverage maps, supporting technical 

documentation, and any other 

information as the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau may 

prescribe by public notice. 

Section 27.14(s)—requires AWS–3 

licensees to make a ‘‘renewal showing’’ 

at the time of license renewal— 

independent of the performance 

requirements—as a condition of 

renewal. The showing must include a 

detailed description of the applicant’s 

provision of service during the entire 

license period and address: (1) The level 

and quality of service provided by the 

applicant (e.g., the population served, 

the area served, the number of 

subscribers, the services offered); (2) the 

date service commenced, whether 

service was ever interrupted, and the 

duration of any interruption or outage; 

(3) the extent to which service is 

provided to rural areas; (4) the extent to 

which service is provided to qualifying 

tribal land as defined in § 1.2110(f)(3)(i); 

and (5) any other factors associated with 

the level of service to the public. 

Section 27.17(c)—requires that an 

AWS–3 licensee that permanently 

discontinues service must notify the 

Commission of the discontinuance 

within 10 days by filing FCC Form 601 

or 605 requesting license cancellation. It 

also provides that an authorization will 

automatically terminate, without 

specific Commission action, if service is 

permanently discontinued, even if a 

licensee fails to file the required form 

requesting license cancellation. Sections 

27.17(a) and (b) define permanent 

discontinuation of service as 180 days 

during which a licensee does not 

provide service to at least one 

unaffiliated subscriber. 

Section 27.50(d)(3)—requires that a 

licensee operating an AWS–3 base or 

fixed station utilizing a power greater 

than 1640 watts EIRP or 1640 watts/

MHz EIRP must be coordinated in 

advance with the following licensees 

authorized to operate within 120 

kilometers (75 miles) of the base or fixed 

station: All Broadband Radio Service 

(BRS) licensees authorized in the 2155– 

2160 MHz band, and all AWS licensees 

authorized to operate on adjacent 

frequency blocks in the 2110–2180 MHz 

band. 

Section 27.1131—requires AWS–3 

licensees, prior to initiating operations 

from any base or fixed station, to 

coordinate their frequency usage with 

incumbent co-channel and adjacentchannel fixed point-to-point microwave 

licensees operating in the 2110–2150 

MHz and 2160–2200 MHz bands. If 

coordination does not resolve potential 

conflicts, an AWS licensee may 

undertake to relocate the FS stations 

under Part 101, Subpart B of the 

Commission’s rules. Although AWS–1 

licensees have relocated many FS legacy 

operations, AWS–3 licensees will likely 

have to relocate some remaining 

incumbents, resulting in disclosures 

described below. Under section 101.79 

of the Commission’s rules, these 

requirements will sunset ten years after 

the first AWS license is issued in the 

band. 

Section 27.1132—requires AWS–3 

licensees in the 2155–2160/62 MHz 

band to protect BRS stations from 

interference or to relocate them prior to 

initiating operations. Under section 

27.1253 of the Commission’s rules, 

these requirements will sunset fifteen 

years after the first AWS license is 

issued in the band. 

Section 27.1134(c)—requires AWS–3 

licensees to coordinate with Federal 

Government incumbents before 

commencing operations in the 1695– 

1710 MHz band. For transmitters 

operating with a maximum EIRP of 20 

dBm, coordination is required inside 27 

specific Protection Zones detailed in 

U.S. note 88 to section 2.106 of the 

Commission’s rules and in the 2014 

Joint PN. For higher-powered 

operations, § 27.1134(c) and U.S. note 

88 to § 2.106 both require coordination 

nationwide unless otherwise specified 

by FCC rule, order, or notice. The 2014 

Joint PN (see below) refined the 

nationwide default zone for higherpower operations by adding 27 

Protection Zones (larger than the zones 

for operations up to 20 dBm, to account 

for the higher power). 

Section 27.1134(f)—requires AWS–3 

licensees to coordinate with Federal 

Government incumbents before 

commencing operations in the 1755– 

1780 MHz band. While the default 

coordination requirement for this band 

is nationwide, the 2014 Joint PN (see 

below) effectively reduced the scope of 

coordination to specific Protection 

Zones for many AWS–3 licensees that 

limit transmitter power to 20 dBm EIRP. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

the Managing Director. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–xxxx] 

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 (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 February 2, 

2015. 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–xxxx. 

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