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license (such as mailing address 

change), request a Special Temporary 

Authority or Developmental License. 

Respondents are encouraged to submit 

FCC Form 601 electronically and are 

required to do so when submitting FCC 

Form 601 to apply for an authorization 

for which the applicant was the winning 

bidder in a spectrum auction. The data 

collected on FCC Form 601 includes the 

FCC Registration Number (FRN), which 

serves as a ‘‘common link’’ for all filings 

an entity has with the FCC. The Debt 

Collection Improvement Act of 1996 

requires entities filing with the 

Commission use an FRN. 

On November 7, 2014, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) released a Report and 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (FCC 14–181) in WT Docket 

No. 12–40 to reform its rules governing 

the 800 MHz Cellular Radiotelephone 

(Cellular) Service. Subsequently, on 

March 24, 2017, the Commission 

released a Second Report and Order 

(FCC 17–27) in that same proceeding, 

revising certain technical and licensing 

rules applicable to the Cellular Service 

(Cellular Second R&O). In addition to 

rule revisions that do not affect this 

information collection, in the Cellular 

Second R&O, the Commission adopted 

revised radiated power rules, giving 

Cellular licensees the option to comply 

with effective radiated power limits 

based on power spectral density (PSD), 

and it made conforming changes to 

related technical provisions to 

accommodate PSD. The Commission 

retained, as an option, the existing 

radiated power limits (non-PSD) and 

related technical requirements for 

Cellular licensees that either cannot or 

choose not to use a PSD model. The 

Commission also revised the definition 

and filing requirements for permanent 

discontinuance of operations, consistent 

with transitioning the Cellular Service 

from a site-based regime to one that is 

geographic-based. 

The Commission now seeks approval 

for revisions to its currently approved 

collection of information under OMB 

Control Number 3060–0798 to permit 

the collection of PSD-related technical 

information (in lieu of certain non-PSD 

technical information) for Cellular 

Service licensees that opt to use a PSD 

model for their systems, pursuant to the 

Cellular Second R&O. We are revising 

Schedule F of Form 601 accordingly to 

allow licensees to request modifications 

to their licenses based on PSD 

operations. We do not anticipate that 

this revision will have any impact on 

the burden to complete the form/

Schedule F. 

The Commission therefore seeks 

approval for a revision to its currently 

approved information collection on FCC 

Form 601 to revise FCC Form 601 

accordingly. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0508. 

Title: Parts 1 and 22 Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Requirements. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, Individuals or 

households, and State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 15,465 respondents; 16,183 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.017 

hours–10 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion, quarterly, and semi-annual 

reporting requirements. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309 and 332. 

Total Annual Burden: 4,406 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $19,138,350. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. The 

information to be collected will be made 

available for public inspection. 

Applicants may request materials or 

information submitted to the 

Commission be given confidential 

treatment under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: Part 22 contains the 

technical and legal requirements for 

radio stations operating in the Public 

Mobile Services. The information 

collected is used to determine on a caseby-case basis, whether or not to grant 

licenses authorizing construction and 

operation of wireless 

telecommunications facilities to 

common carriers. Further, this 

information is used to develop statistics 

about the demand for various wireless 

licenses and/or the licensing process 

itself, and occasionally for rule 

enforcement purposes. 

This revised information collection 

reflects changes in rules applicable to 

Part 22 800 MHz Cellular 

Radiotelephone (‘‘Cellular’’) Service 

licensees and applicants, as adopted by 

the Commission in a Second Report and 

Order in WT Docket No. 12–40 and a 

companion Report and Order in WT 

Docket No. 10–112 concerning the 

Wireless Radio Services (WRS), which 

include the Cellular Service among 

others (WRS R&O) (FCC 17–27). The 

Cellular Second R&O and WRS R&O 

revised or eliminated certain licensing 

rules and modernized outdated 

technical rules applicable to the Cellular 

Service. Specifically, in addition to rule 

revisions that do not affect this 

information collection, in the Cellular 

Second R&O, the Commission revised 

the Cellular radiated power rules, giving 

licensees the option to comply with 

effective radiated power limits based on 

power spectral density (PSD), and 

giving licensees the additional option to 

operate at PSD limits above a specified 

threshold (Higher PSD Limits) so long as 

certain conditions are met. One of these 

conditions, set forth in a new provision 

of the Cellular rules, is a requirement for 

written advance notification to public 

safety entities within a specified radius 

of the cell sites to be deployed at the 

Higher PSD Limits. This third-party 

disclosure requirement is an important 

component of the Commission’s 

approach to protecting public safety 

entities from increased potential for 

unacceptable interference to their 

communications. Also in the Cellular 

Second R&O and of relevance to this 

information collection, the Commission 

eliminated the requirement for filings 

for certain changes to cell sites in a 

Cellular system. In the WRS R&O, the 

Commission deleted the Part 22 Cellular 

comparative hearing/license renewal 

rules, resulting in discontinued 

information collections for the following 

rule sections: 22.935, 22.936, 22.939, 

and 22.940. 

The Commission is now seeking 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for a revision of 

this information collection. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. Office of the Secretary. 

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[OMB 3060–1201 and 3060–xxxx] 

Information Collections 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, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

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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 Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(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 September 18, 

2017. 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 listed 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 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: 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. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1201. 

Title: Video Relay Services, CG 

Docket Nos. 10–51 & 03–123. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Individuals or 

households; Not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 135,350 respondents; 

2,395,180 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 

minutes (.05 hours) to 300 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual, 

monthly, on-going, one-time, and 

quarterly reporting requirements; 

Recordkeeping requirement, Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is section 225 of the Communications 

Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. The law was enacted 

on July 26, 1990, as Title IV of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

(ADA), Public Law 101–336, 104 Stat. 

327, 366–69. 

Total Annual Burden: 473,809 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $41,000. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Confidentiality is an issue to the extent 

that individuals and households 

provide personally identifiable 

information, which is covered under the 

FCC’s updated system of records notice 

(SORN), FCC/CGB–4, ‘‘Internet-based 

Telecommunications Relay Service-User 

Registration Database (ITRS–URD).’’ As 

required by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 

552a, the Commission also published a 

SORN, FCC/CGB–4 ‘‘Internet-based 

Telecommunications Relay Service-User 

Registration Database (ITRS–URD),’’ in 

the Federal Register on February 9, 

2015 (80 FR 6963) which became 

effective on March 23, 2015. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: This 

information collection affects 

individuals or households. As required 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget Memorandum M–03–22 

(September 26, 2003), the FCC is in the 

process of completing the Privacy 

Impact Assessment. 

Needs and Uses: On June 10, 2013, 

the Commission released Structure and 

Practices of the Video Relay Service 

Program et al., FCC 13–82, published at 

78 FR 40582, July 5, 2013 (2013 VRS 

Reform Order), adopting further 

measures to improve the structure, 

efficiency, and quality of the video relay 

service (VRS) program, reducing the 

noted inefficiencies in the program, as 

well as reducing the risk of waste, fraud, 

and abuse, and ensuring that the 

program makes full use of advances in 

commercially-available technology. In 

this Order, the Commission (1) required 

reporting of unauthorized and 

unnecessary use of VRS; (2) required 

provider certification of annual 

compliance plans; (3) established a 

central telecommunications relay 

services (TRS) user registration database 

(TRS–URD) which incorporates a 

centralized eligibility verification 

requirement to ensure accurate 

registration and verification of users, as 

well as per-call validation, to achieve 

more effective prevention of waste, 

fraud, and abuse; (4) established 

procedures to prevent unauthorized 

changes of a user’s default TRS 

provider; and (5) established procedures 

to protect TRS users’ customer 

proprietary network information (CPNI) 

from disclosure. 

On March 23, 2017, the Commission 

released Structure and Practices of the 

Video Relay Services Program et al., 

FCC 17–26, published at 82 FR 17754, 

April 13, 2017, (2017 VRS 

Improvements Order), which among 

other things, (1) allows VRS providers to 

assign TRS Numbering Directory 10- 

digit telephone numbers to hearing 

individuals for the limited purpose of 

making point-to-point video calls, and 

(2) gives VRS providers the option to 

participate in an at-home call handling 

pilot program, subject to certain 

limitations, as well as recordkeeping 

and reporting requirements. 

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Title: Sections 1.9020(n), 1.9030(m), 

1.9035(o), Community notification 

requirement for certain contraband 

interdiction systems; Section 20.18(r), 

Contraband Interdiction System (CIS) 

requirement; Section 20.23(a), Good 

faith negotiations. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other for 

profit entities and state, local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 26 respondents and 28 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 8–16 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: There is no 

obligation to respond; response required 

to obtain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 

302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, and 332. 

Total Annual Burden: 325 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: No cost. 

Privacy Act 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 March 24, 2017, 

the Federal Communications 

Commission released a Report and 

Order, Promoting Technological 

Solutions to Combat Contraband 

Wireless Devices in Correctional 

Facilities, GN Docket No. 13–111, FCC 

17–25 (Report and Order), in which the 

Commission took important steps to 

help law enforcement combat the 

serious threats posed by the illegal use 

of contraband wireless devices by 

inmates. Across the country, inmates 

have used contraband devices to order 

hits, run drug operations, operate phone 

scams, and otherwise engage in criminal 

activity that endangers prison 

employees, other inmates, and innocent 

members of the public. In the Report 

and Order, the Commission streamlined 

the process of deploying contraband 

wireless device interdiction systems— 

systems that use radio communications 

signals requiring Commission 

authorization—in correctional facilities. 

The action will reduce the cost of 

deploying solutions and ensure that 

they can be deployed more quickly and 

efficiently. In particular, the 

Commission waived certain filing 

requirements and provided for 

immediate approval of the spectrum 

lease applications needed to operate 

these systems. 

The effectiveness of Contraband 

Interdiction System (CIS) deployment 

requires all carriers in the relevant area 

of the correctional facility to execute a 

spectrum lease with the CIS provider. 

Even if the major Commercial Mobile 

Radio Services (CMRS) licensees 

negotiate expeditiously and in good 

faith, if one CMRS licensee in the area 

fails to engage in lease negotiations in 

a reasonable time frame or at all, the CIS 

solution will not be effective. The lack 

of cooperation of even a single wireless 

provider in a geographic area of a 

correctional facility can result in 

deployment of a system with 

insufficient spectral coverage, subject to 

abuse by inmates in possession of 

contraband wireless devices operating 

on frequencies not covered by a 

spectrum lease agreement. While some 

carriers have been cooperative, it is 

imperative that all CMRS licensees be 

required to engage in lease negotiations 

in good faith and in a timely fashion. 

Therefore, the Commission adopted a 

rule requiring that CMRS licensees 

negotiate in good faith with entities 

seeking to deploy a CIS in a correctional 

facility. If, after a 45 day period, there 

is no agreement, CIS providers seeking 

Special Temporary Authority (STA) to 

operate in the absence of CMRS licensee 

consent may file a request for STA with 

the Wireless Telecommunications 

Bureau (WTB), with a copy served at the 

same time on the CMRS licensee, 

accompanied by evidence 

demonstrating its good faith, and the 

unreasonableness of the CMRS 

licensee’s actions, in negotiating an 

agreement. The CMRS licensee may 

then file a response with WTB, with a 

copy served on the CIS provider at that 

time, within 10 days of the filing of the 

STA request. 

The supplementary information 

provided along with the STA 

application by the CIS provider will be 

used by WTB to determine whether the 

CIS provider has negotiated in good 

faith, yet the CMRS licensee has not 

negotiated in good faith. The CMRS 

licensee may use the evidence 

accompanying the STA application to 

craft a response. WTB will analyze the 

evidence from the CIS providers and the 

CMRS licensee’s response to determine 

whether to issue STA to the entity 

seeking to deploy the CIS. 

The Commission explored whether it 

should impose a requirement that the 

community in the vicinity of a 

correctional facility where a CIS is 

installed be notified of the installation. 

The Commission explained that a goal 

of the proceeding is to expedite the 

deployment of technological solutions 

to combat the use of contraband 

wireless devices, not to impose 

unnecessary barriers to CIS deployment. 

Consistent with that goal, the 

Commission found that a flexible and 

community-tailored notification 

requirement for certain CISs outweighed 

the minimal burden of notification and 

furthered the public interest. After 

careful consideration of the record, the 

Commission imposed a rule that, 10 

days prior to deploying a CIS that 

prevents communications to or from 

mobile devices, a lessee must notify the 

community in which the correctional 

facility is located, and the Commission 

amended its spectrum leasing rules to 

reflect this requirement. The 

Commission agreed with commenters 

that support notification of the 

surrounding community due to the 

potential for accidental call blocking 

and the public safety issues involved. 

The information provided in the 

notification will put the houses and 

businesses in the surrounding 

community on notice that a CIS will be 

deployed in the vicinity that has the 

potential for accidental call blocking. 

Acknowledging the importance of 

ensuring the availability of emergency 

911 calls from correctional facilities, 

and the fact that delivering emergency 

calls to public safety answering points 

(PSAPs) facilitates public safety services 

and generally serves the public interest, 

the Commission amended its rules to 

require that CIS providers regulated as 

private mobile radio service (PMRS) 

must route all 911 calls to the local 

PSAP. That said, the Commission also 

acknowledged the important role state 

and local public safety officials play in 

the administration of the 911 system. 

Accordingly, although the CIS provider 

is required to pass through emergency 

911 calls, the PSAPs can inform the CIS 

provider that they do not want to 

receive calls from a given correctional 

facility. By allowing the PSAPs to 

decline the emergency 911 calls, the 

Commission recognized the reported 

increased volume of PSAP harassment 

through repeated inmate fraudulent 911 

calls. The information provided by the 

PSAP or emergency authority will result 

in the CIS provider not passing through 

E911 calls from a particular correctional 

facility. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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