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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 November 13, 

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 contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 

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 

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. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0755. 

Title: Sections 59.1 through 59.4, 

Infrastructure Sharing. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 75 respondents; 1,125 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1–2 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting 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. 259 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 2,025 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting 

respondents to submit confidential 

information to the Commission. If the 

Commission requests respondents to 

submit information which respondents 

believe is confidential, respondents may 

request confidential treatment of such 

data under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: There are three 

reporting and third party disclosure 

requirements under section 259 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. They are (1) filing of tariffs, 

contracts or arrangements; (2) providing 

information concerning deployment of 

new services and equipment; and (3) 

notice upon termination of section 259 

agreements. The information collections 

by the Commission under the 

requirement are (1) incumbent local 

exchange carriers (incumbent LECs) will 

file for public inspection any tariffs, 

contracts and agreements for 

infrastructure sharing with third parties 

(qualifying carriers); (2) incumbent LECs 

will provide timely information on 

planned deployments of new services 

and equipment to third parties 

(qualifying carriers); and incumbent 

LECs will furnish third parties 

(qualifying carriers) with 60 day notice 

prior to termination of a section 259 

sharing agreement to protect customers 

from sudden changes in service. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19388 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[DA 17–849] 

Incentive Auction Task Force and 

Media Bureau Extend the Filing 

Deadline for the First Priority Filing 

Window for Eligible Full Power and 

Class A Television Stations—Revised 

Filing Deadline: September 15, 2017 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document extends the 

filing deadline for the first priority filing 

window for eligible full power and 

Class A television stations to file 

applications for alternate channels or 

expanded facilities to September 15, 

2017. 

DATES: September 13, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Griffith, 202–418–2957, Erin.Griffith@

fcc.gov, or Kevin Harding, 202–418– 

7077, Kevin.Harding@fcc.gov, Video 

Division, Media Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Technical 

issues briefly interrupted access to the 

Media Bureau’s Licensing and 

Management System (LMS), which 

stations use to file construction permit 

applications and reimbursement cost 

estimate information. Recognizing the 

importance of first priority filing 

window, the filing window will now 

close at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, 

September 15, 2017. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19419 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0430] 

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, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 


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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 November 13, 

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 contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 

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 

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. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0430. 

Title: Section 1.1206, Permit-butDisclose Proceedings. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit; 

Not-for-profit institutions; Federal 

Government; and State, local, or tribal 

governments. 

Number of Respondent and 

Responses: 11,500 respondents; 34,500 

responses. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain benefits. Statutory authority for 

this collection of information is 

contained in sections 4(i) and (j), 303(r), 

and 409 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 

(j), 303(r), and 409. 

Estimated Time per Response: 45 

minutes (0.75 hours). 

Total Annual Burden: 25,875 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Consistent with the Commission’s rules 

on confidential treatment of 

submissions, under 47 CFR 0.459, a 

presenter may request confidential 

treatment of ex parte presentations. In 

addition, the Commission will permit 

parties to remove metadata containing 

confidential or privileged information, 

and the Commission will also not 

require parties to file electronically ex 

parte notices that contain confidential 

information. The Commission will, 

however, require a redacted version to 

be filed electronically at the same time 

the paper filing is submitted, and that 

the redacted version must be machinereadable whenever technically possible. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The Commission’s 

rules, under 47 CFR 1.1206, require that 

a public record be made of ex parte 

presentations (i.e., written presentations 

not served on all parties to the 

proceeding or oral presentations as to 

which all parties have not been given 

notice and an opportunity to be present) 

to decision-making personnel in 

‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ proceedings, such 

as notice-and-comment rulemakings and 

declaratory ruling proceedings. 

On February 2, 2011, the FCC released 

a Report and Order and Further Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking, GC Docket 

Number 10–43, FCC 11–11, which 

amended and reformed the 

Commission’s rules on ex parte 

presentations (47 CFR 1.1206(b)(2)) 

made in the course of Commission 

rulemakings and other permit-butdisclose proceedings. The modifications 

to the existing rules adopted in this 

Report and Order require that parties 

file more descriptive summaries of their 

ex parte contacts, by ensuring that other 

parties and the public have an adequate 

opportunity to review and respond to 

information submitted ex parte, and by 

improving the FCC’s oversight and 

enforcement of the ex parte rules. The 

modified ex parte rules which contain 

information collection requirements 

which OMB approved on December 6, 

2011, are as follows: (1) Ex parte notices 

will be required for all oral ex parte 

presentations in permit-but-disclose 

proceedings, not just for those 

presentations that involve new 

information or arguments not already in 

the record; (2) If an oral ex parte 

presentation is limited to material 

already in the written record, the notice 

must contain either a succinct summary 

of the matters discussed or a citation to 

the page or paragraph number in the 

party’s written submission(s) where the 

matters discussed can be found; (3) 

Notices for all ex parte presentations 

must include the name of the person(s) 

who made the ex parte presentation as 

well as a list of all persons attending or 

otherwise participating in the meeting at 

which the presentation was made; (4) 

Notices of ex parte presentations made 

outside the Sunshine period must be 

filed within two business days of the 

presentation; (5) The Sunshine period 

will begin on the day (including 

business days, weekends, and holidays) 

after issuance of the Sunshine notice, 

rather than when the Sunshine Agenda 

is issued (as the current rules provide); 

(6) If an ex parte presentation is made 

on the day the Sunshine notice is 

released, an ex parte notice must be 

submitted by the next business day, and 

any reply would be due by the following 

business day. If a permissible ex parte 

presentation is made during the 

Sunshine period (under an exception to 

the Sunshine period prohibition), the ex 

parte notice is due by the end of the 

same day on which the presentation was 

made, and any reply would need to be 

filed by the next business day. Any 

reply must be in writing and limited to 

the issues raised in the ex parte notice 

to which the reply is directed; (7) 

Commissioners and agency staff may 

continue to request ex parte 

presentations during the Sunshine 

period, but these presentations should 

be limited to the specific information 

required by the Commission; (8) Ex 

parte notices must be submitted 


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electronically in machine-readable 

format. PDF images created by scanning 

a paper document may not be 

submitted, except in cases in which a 

word-processing version of the 

document is not available. 

Confidential information may 

continue to be submitted by paper 

filing, but a redacted version must be 

filed electronically at the same time the 

paper filing is submitted. An exception 

to the electronic filing requirement will 

be made in cases in which the filing 

party claims hardship. The basis for the 

hardship claim must be substantiated in 

the ex parte filing; (9) To facilitate 

stricter enforcement of the ex parte 

rules, the Enforcement Bureau is 

authorized to levy forfeitures for ex 

parte rule violations; (10) Copies of 

electronically filed ex parte notices 

must also be sent electronically to all 

staff and Commissioners present at the 

ex parte meeting so as to enable them 

to review the notices for accuracy and 

completeness. Filers may be asked to 

submit corrections or further 

information as necessary for compliance 

with the rules; and (11) Parties making 

permissible ex parte presentations in 

restricted proceedings must conform 

and clarify rule changes when filing an 

ex parte notice with the Commission. 

The information is used by parties to 

permit-but-disclose proceedings, 

including interested members of the 

public, to respond to the arguments 

made and data offered in the 

presentations. The responses may then 

be used by the Commission in its 

decision-making. 

The availability of the ex parte 

materials ensures that the Commission’s 

decisional processes are fair, impartial, 

and comport with the concept of due 

process in that all interested parties can 

know of and respond to the arguments 

made to the decision-making officials. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19416 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1095] 

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), 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 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 November 13, 

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 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: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, and as required by 

the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), 

the FCC 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. 

OMB Control No.: 3060–1095. 

Title: Surrenders of Authorizations for 

International Carrier, Space Station and 

Earth Station Licensees. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 8 

respondents; 8 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

The statutory authority for this 

information collection is contained in 

Sections 4(i), 7(a), 11, 303(c), 303(f), 

303(g), and 303(r) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended; 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 157(a), 161, 

303(c), 303(f), 303(g), and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 8 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

In general, there is no need for 

confidentiality with is collection of 

information. 

Needs and Uses: This collection will 

be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) as an 

extension after this 60-day comment 

period has ended in order to obtain the 

full three-year clearance from OMB. 

There are no changes in the number of 

respondents, responses, annual burden 

hours and total annual costs. 

Licensees file surrenders of 

authorizations with the Commission on 

a voluntary basis. This information is 

used by Commission staff to issue 

Public Notices to announce the 

surrenders of authorization to the 

general public. The Commission’s 

release of Public Notices is critical to 

keeping the general public abreast of the 

licensees’ discontinuance of 

telecommunications services. 

Without this collection of 

information, licensees would be 

required to submit surrenders of 

authorizations to the Commission by 

letter which is more time consuming 

than submitting such requests to the 

Commission electronically. In addition, 

Commission staff would spend an 

extensive amount of time processing 

surrenders of authorizations received by 


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