Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 159 / Friday, August 18, 2017 / Notices 39425 

Dated: August 15, 2017. 

Dawn Roberts, 

Management Analyst, Office of Federal 

Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17511 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–XXXX] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget for Emergency Review and 

Approval 

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 

(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 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 

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 September 18, 

2017. 

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 Title as 

shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission is requesting emergency 

OMB processing of the information 

collection requirement(s) contained in 

this notice and has requested OMB 

approval no later than 35 days after the 

collection is received at OMB. 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 Commission ICRs 

currently under review appears, look for 

the Title of this ICR and then click on 

the ICR Reference Number. A copy of 

the Commission’s submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: Qualified 4G LTE Coverage Data 

Collection for Mobility Fund Phase II. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

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

and state, local or tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

and Responses: 50 respondents and 50 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 64 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for the currently approved 

information collection is contained in 

sections 154, 254, and 303(r) of the 

Communications Act, as amended, 47 

U.S.C. 4, 254, 303(r). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,200 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: None. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The information collected under this 

collection is confidential and will not be 

made publicly available. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: In its November 

2011 USF/ICC Transformation Order 

(FCC 11–161), the Commission 

established the Mobility Fund, which 

consists of two phases. Mobility Fund 

Phase I (MF–I) provided one-time 

universal service support payments to 

immediately accelerate deployment of 

mobile broadband services. MF–II will 

use a reverse auction to provide ongoing 

universal service support payments to 

continue to advance deployment of such 

services. The Commission adopted the 

rules and framework for MF–I in the 

USF/ICC Transformation Order, and 

sought comment in an accompanying 

further notice of proposed rulemaking 

on the proposed framework for MF–II. 

In its February 2017 Mobility Fund II 

Report and Order (MF–II Report and 

Order) (FCC 17–11), the FCC adopted 

the rules and framework for moving 

forward expeditiously with the MF–II 

auction. Among other things, the 

Commission stated in the MF–II Report 

and Order that, prior to the auction, it 

would establish a map of areas 

presumptively eligible for MF–II 

support based on the most recently 

available FCC Form 477 mobile wireless 

coverage data, and provide a limited 

timeframe for parties to challenge those 

initial determinations during the preauction process. 

The Commission received serval 

petitions for reconsideration of the MF– 

II Report and Order, including one 

asking it to reconsider the decision to 

use existing FCC Form 477 data as the 

basis for determining the map of areas 

presumptively eligible for MF–II 

support, and offering an industry 

consensus proposal asking the 

Commission to undertake a new, onetime data collection with specified data 

parameters tailored to MF–II to 

determine the areas in which there is 

deployment of qualified Long Term 

Evolution (LTE). On August 4, 2017, the 

Commission released an Order on 

Reconsideration and Second Report and 

Order (FCC 17–102) in which it, among 

other things, reconsidered its earlier 

decision to use FCC Form 477 data to 

compile the map of areas presumptively 

eligible for MF–II support. The 

Commission decided it would instead 

conduct a new, one-time data collection 

of 4G LTE coverage data that will be 

used for this purpose, concluding that 

for purposes of implementing MF–II 

expeditiously, this approach will 

provide the Commission and interested 

parties with the best available starting 

point for the challenge process and 

should result in fewer and more 

narrowly-focused challenges regarding 

representations of coverage. 

Only those providers that have 

previously reported 4G LTE coverage in 

FCC Form 477 and have qualified 4G 

LTE coverage (defined by download 

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speeds of 5 Mbps at the cell edge with 

80 percent probability and a 30 percent 

loading factor) will be required to 

submit data under this new, one-time 

information collection. Such providers 

will be required to file propagation 

maps and model details with the 

Commission indicating their current 4G 

LTE coverage in accordance with a 

public notice that will be issued in 

advance of the start of period within 

which providers must make their filings 

that provides instructions for how to file 

the data submission, including a data 

specification, formatting information, 

and any other technical parameters that 

may be necessary for such filings. The 

Commission will use the new coverage 

data, in conjunction with subsidy data 

available from the Universal Service 

Administrative Company (USAC), to 

create the map of areas presumptively 

eligible for MF–II support. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17439 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0798 and 3060–0508] 

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 

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: 3060–0798. 

Title: FCC Application for Radio 

Service Authorization; Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau; Public 

Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. 

Form Number: FCC Form 601. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals and 

households; Business or other for-profit 

entities; Not-for-profit institutions; and 

State, local or tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 253,320 respondents and 

253,320 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5– 

1.25 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement, third party 

disclosure requirement, on occasion 

reporting requirement and periodic 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

151, 152, 154, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201, 

202, 208, 214, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 308, 

309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331, 

332, 333, 336, 534, 535 and 554. 

Total Annual Burden: 222,055 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $71,306,250. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

In general there is no need for 

confidentiality with this collection of 

information. 

Needs and Uses: FCC Form 601 is a 

consolidated, multi-part application 

form that is used for market-based and 

site-based licensing for wireless 

telecommunications services, including 

public safety licenses, which are filed 

through the Commission’s Universal 

Licensing System (ULS). FCC Form 601 

is composed of a main form that 

contains administrative information and 

a series of schedules used for filing 

technical and other information. This 

form is used to apply for a new license, 

to amend or withdraw a pending 

application, to modify or renew an 

existing license, cancel a license, 

request a duplicate license, submit 

required notifications, request an 

extension of time to satisfy construction 

requirements, or request an 

administrative update to an existing 

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