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Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 10 

respondents; 10 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 6 hours 

per response. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in section 325(c) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 60 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $40,500. 

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: This collection will 

be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) as an 

extension following the 60-day 

comment period in order to obtain the 

full three-year clearance from OMB. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) plans to 

implement and release to the public an 

‘‘Application for an International 

Broadcast Station License’’ (FCC Form 

421–IB). The FCC Form 421–IB will be 

used by applicants to request licenses to 

operate international broadcast stations. 

The FCC Form 421–IB has not been 

implemented yet due to a lack of budget 

resources and technical staff. After the 

form has been implemented and the 

Commission has obtained final approval 

from the OMB, applicants will file the 

FCC Form 421–IB with the Commission 

in lieu of the ‘‘Application for an 

International, Experimental Television, 

Experimental Facsimile, or a 

Developmental Broadcast Station,’’ (FCC 

Form 310). (Note: The Commission 

received approval from the OMB for the 

FCC Form 310 under OMB Control No 

3060–1035). In the interim, applicants 

will continue to file the FCC Form 310 

with the Commission. 

The Commission stated previously 

that the FCC Form 421–IB will be 

available to applicants in the 

International Bureau Filing System 

(‘‘MyIBFS’’) after its development. The 

Commission plans to develop a new 

Consolidated Licensing System (CLS) 

that will replace MyIBFS. Therefore, the 

FCC Form 421–IB will be made 

available to the public in CLS instead of 

MyIBFS. 

The information collected is used by 

the Commission to assign frequencies 

for use by international broadcast 

stations, to grant authority to operate 

such stations and to determine if 

interference or adverse propagation 

conditions exist that may impact the 

operation of such stations. If the 

Commission did not collect this 

information, it would not be in a 

position to effectively coordinate 

spectrum for international broadcasters 

or to act for entities in times of 

frequency interference or adverse 

propagation conditions. The orderly 

nature of the provision of international 

broadcast service would be in jeopardy 

without the Commission’s involvement. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23625 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

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[OMB 3060–0798; OMB 3060–0800] 

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 of 1995 (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 January 2, 2018. 

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, 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 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 


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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 

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 to 

use an FRN. 

On August 3, 2017, the Commission 

released the WRS Reform Second Report 

and Order in which it consolidated the 

hodgepodge of service-specific renewal 

and permanent discontinuance rules 

into consolidated Part 1 rules, 1.949 and 

1.953, respectively (See Amendment of 

Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, 74, 80, 90, 95, and 

101 To Establish Uniform License 

Renewal, Discontinuance of Operation, 

and Geographic Partitioning and 

Spectrum Disaggregation Rules and 

Policies for Certain Wireless Radio 

Services, Second Report and Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

FCC 17–105, (WRS Reform Second 

Report and Order)). Of relevance to the 

information collection at issue here, the 

Commission established a consistent 

standard for renewing wireless licenses 

and set forth safe harbors providing 

expedited renewal for licensees that 

meet their initial term construction 

requirement and remain operating at or 

above that level. In addition, the 

Commission adopted consistent service 

continuity rules, which provide for 

automatic termination of any license on 

which a licensee permanently 

discontinues service or operation. 

The Commission now seeks approval 

for revisions to its currently approved 

collection of information under OMB 

Control Number 3060–0798 to permit 

(1) the collection of renewal-related 

information for Wireless Radio Service 

(WRS) licenses, and (2) the filing of 

requests to extend a permanent 

discontinuance period for good cause. 

Regarding renewal of WRS licenses, 

§ 1.949(d) of the Commission’s rules 

requires an applicant for renewal of 

certain WRS licenses to meet the 

Renewal Standard, i.e., the applicant 

must demonstrate that over the course 

of the license term, the licensee 

provided and continues to provide 

service to the public, or operated and 

continues to operate the license to meet 

the licensee(s)’ private, internal 

communications needs. A renewal 

applicant can meet the Renewal 

Standard by certifying compliance with 

one of the safe harbors enumerated in 

§ 1.949(e) of the Commission’s rules, or, 

if the applicant cannot satisfy the 

requirements of one of the safe harbors, 

the applicant must make a Renewal 

Showing consistent with § 1.949(f). In 

addition, a renewal applicant must 

make a Regulatory Compliance 

Certification certifying that it has 

substantially complied with all 

applicable FCC rules, policies, and the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. If an applicant is unable to 

make this substantial compliance 

certification, it will need to provide an 

explanation of the circumstances 

preventing such a certification and why 

renewal of the subject license should 

still be granted. 

We do not anticipate that these 

revisions will have any impact on the 

burden to complete FCC Form 601. The 

renewal process remains virtually 

unchanged for site-based licensees, 

which will continue to have streamlined 

processes for renewal under the safe 

harbors adopted in the WRS Reform 

Second Report and Order. For licensees 

which had to make renewal showings 

under the Commissions’ prior, servicespecific renewal rules, including 700 

MHz Commercial Services, 600 MHz 

Service, H-Block Service, AWS–3, 

AWS–4, and 218–219 MHz Service, the 

rules now provide for streamlined 

renewal processes under the safe harbor 

provisions in § 1.949(e), which 

minimize the burdens on such 

licensees. The Commission expects that 

most licensees will be able to avail 

themselves of the streamlined safe 

harbor process. Although some 

licensees will be required to make a 

renewal showing, on balance, we 

believe there will be no increase in the 

overall annual burden to complete the 

form. Further, the Commission’s 

experience with requests to extend the 

discontinuance period for licensees in 

the cellular service leads us to 

anticipate few, if any, such requests will 

be filed under our new rules. 

Specifically, we are unaware of any 

requests to extend a cellular 

discontinuance period. Thus, we believe 

there will be a negligible, if any, impact 

on the annual burden to complete the 

form. 

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: 3060–0800. 

Title: FCC Application for 

Assignments of Authorization and 

Transfers of Control: Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau and Public 

Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. 

Form Number: FCC Form 603. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, Individuals or 

households, not-for-profit institutions, 

and State, Local or Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 2,447 respondents; 2,447 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours–1.75 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement, on 

occasion reporting requirement and 

periodic reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 158, 161, 301, 

303(r), 308, 309, 310 and 332. 

Total Annual Burden: 2,759 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $366,975. 

Privacy Act 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 603 is a 

multi-purpose form that is used by radio 

services in Wireless Services within the 

Universal Licensing System (ULS). FCC 

603 is composed of a main form that 

contains the administrative information 

and a series of schedules used for filing 


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technical information. These schedules 

are required when applying for 

Auctioned Services, Partitioning and 

Disaggregation, Undefined Geographical 

Area Partitioning, and Notification of 

Consummation or Request for Extension 

of Time for Consummation. Applicants/ 

licensees in the Public Mobile Services, 

Personal Communications Services, 

Private Land Mobile Radio Services, 

Broadband Radio Service, Educational 

Broadband Service, Maritime Services 

(excluding Ship), and Aviation Services 

(excluding Aircraft) use FCC Form 603 

to apply for an assignment or transfer, 

to establish their parties’ basic eligibility 

and qualifications, to classify the filing, 

and/or to determine the nature of the 

proposed service. This form is also used 

to notify the FCC of consummated 

assignments and transfers of wireless 

licenses to which the Commission has 

previously consented or for which 

notification but not prior consent is 

required. Respondents are encouraged 

to submit FCC 603 electronically. 

The data collected on FCC 603 

include 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 required that 

those filing with the Commission to use 

an FRN, effective December 3, 2001. 

Records may include information 

about individuals or households, e.g., 

personally identifiable information or 

PII, and the use(s) and disclosure of this 

information are governed by the 

requirements of a system of records 

notice or ‘SORN’, FCC/WTB–1, 

‘‘Wireless Services Licensing Records.’’ 

There are no additional impacts under 

the Privacy Act. 

On August 3, 2017, the Commission 

released the WRS Reform Second Report 

and Order in which it consolidated the 

hodgepodge of service-specific 

geographic partitioning and spectrum 

disaggregation rules into a consolidated 

Part 1 rule, 1.950 (See Amendment of 

Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, 74, 80, 90, 95, and 

101 To Establish Uniform License 

Renewal, Discontinuance of Operation, 

and Geographic Partitioning and 

Spectrum Disaggregation Rules and 

Policies for Certain Wireless Radio 

Services, Second Report and Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

FCC 17–105, (WRS Reform Second 

Report and Order)). Of relevance to the 

information collection at issue here, the 

Commission required that when 

portions of geographic licenses are sold, 

both parties to the transaction have a 

clear construction obligation and 

penalty in the event of failure. 

Specifically, § 1.950(c) requires 

parties seeking approval for geographic 

partitioning, spectrum disaggregation, or 

a combination of both must apply for a 

partial assignment of authorization by 

filing FCC Form 603 pursuant to § 1.948 

of the Commission’s rules. Each request 

for geographic partitioning must include 

an attachment defining the perimeter of 

the partitioned area by geographic 

coordinates to the nearest second of 

latitude and longitude, based upon the 

1983 North American Datum (NAD83). 

Alternatively, applicants may specify an 

FCC-recognized service area (e.g., Basic 

Trading Area, Economic Area, Major 

Trading Area, Metropolitan Service 

Area, or Rural Service Area), county, or 

county equivalent, in which case, 

applicants need only list the specific 

FCC-recognized service area, county, or 

county equivalent names comprising the 

partitioned area. Additionally, 

applicants have the option to submit 

geographic data associated with 

applications to partition and/or 

disaggregate their license using a 

shapefile, KML or Geojson file format. 

In addition, § 1.950(d) requires 

applicants for geographic partitioning, 

spectrum disaggregation, or a 

combination of both, to include, if 

applicable, a certification with their 

partial assignment of authorization 

application stating which party will 

meet any incumbent relocation 

requirements, except as otherwise stated 

in service-specific rules. Further, 

§ 1.950(g) provides parties to geographic 

partitioning, spectrum disaggregation, or 

a combination of both, with two options 

to satisfy service-specific performance 

requirements (i.e., construction and 

operation requirements). Under the first 

option, each party may certify that it 

will individually satisfy any servicespecific requirements and, upon failure, 

must individually face any servicespecific performance penalties. Under 

the second option, both parties may 

agree to share responsibility for any 

service-specific requirements. Upon 

failure to meet their shared servicespecific performance requirements, both 

parties will be subject to any servicespecific penalties. 

The Commission seeks approval for 

revisions to its currently approved 

collection of information under OMB 

Control Number 3060–0800 to permit 

the collection of the additional 

information in connection with partial 

assignments of authorizations for 

geographic partitioning, spectrum 

disaggregation, or a combination of 

both, pursuant to the rules and 

information collection requirements 

adopted by the Commission in the WRS 

Reform Second Report and Order. We 

do not anticipate that these revisions 

will impact the collection filing burden. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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Open Commission Meeting, Tuesday, 

October 24, 2017 

October 17, 2017. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission will hold an Open Meeting 

on the subjects listed below on Tuesday, 

October 24, 2017 which is scheduled to 

commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW– 

C305, at 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC. 

Item No. Bureau Subject 

1 .............................. Consumer & Governmental Affairs ....... Title: Rules and Policies Regarding Calling Number Identification Service—Caller ID (CC Docket No. 91–281) 

Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would enable 

law enforcement and security personnel to obtain quick access to blocked 

Caller ID information needed to investigate threatening calls. It also would 

amend the Commission’s rules to allow non-public emergency services, such 

as private ambulance companies, to obtain blocked Caller ID information associated with calls requesting assistance. 

2 .............................. Wireline Competition ............................. Title: Nationwide Number Portability (WC Docket No. 17–244); Numbering Policies for Modern Communications (WC Docket No. 13–97) 


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