Federal Register: November 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 221)
DOCID: FR Doc 03-28614
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Federal Communications Commission
NOTICE: NOTICES
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be submitted on or before December 17, 2003. 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.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law No. 10413. An agency 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 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.
SUMMARY:
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
November 7, 2003.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
OMB Control No.: 30600994.
Title: Flexibility for Delivery of Communications by Mobile
Satellite Service Providers in the 2 GHz Band, the LBand, and the 1.6/ 2.4 GHz Band.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 161.
Estimated Time Per Response: .5 hours50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual and onetime reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,326 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $158,000.
Needs and Uses: On July 3, 2003, the Commission adopted and
released an Order on Reconsideration in IB Docket 01185, FCC 03162.
In this Order, the Commission reconsidered in part its January 29, 2003
decision in this proceeding. The purposes of the Order are to clarify
certain issues relating to the time for filing applications to provide
ancillary terrestrial components (ATCs), the time in which the
Commission may grant such applications, the time in which Mobile
Satellite Service (MSS) ATC licenses may construct, test, and commence
commercial ATC operations, and the Commission's process for placing
applications on public notice for comment. Without this collection of
information the Commission would not have the necessary information to
grant entities the authority to operate or provide their services to consumers.
OMB Control No.: 30601007.
Title: Streamlining and Other Revisions of Part 25 of the Commission's Rules.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 180 respondents; 1,001 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annually, and other reporting requirements, and third party disclosure requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 9,746 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $95,206,000.
Needs and Uses: On June 20, 2003, the Commission adopted and
released a Second Report and Order in IB Docket No. 00248, a Second
Report and Order in IB Docket No. 0234, and a Declaratory Order in IB
Docket No. 96.111. Among other decisions, the Commission adopted a
procedure that gives operators the flexibility to operate satellites in
their fleets at any one of their orbit locations assigned to their
fleet without individual prior Commission approval. The collections of
information are used by Commission staff in carrying out its duties
concerning satellite communications as required by various sections of
the Communications Act. This information is also used by the Commission
staff in carrying out its duties under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Basic Telecom Agreement.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
For additional information or copies of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 2024180214 or via the Internet at JudithB.Herman@fcc.gov.