3060-0984
August 2007
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
Justification:
Sections 90.35 and 90.175 require third party disclosures by applicants proposing to operate a land mobile radio station. If they have service contours that overlap an existing land mobile station, they are required to obtain written concurrence of the frequency coordinator associated with the industry for which the existing station license was issued, or the written concurrence of the licensee of the existing station.
The Commission is requesting an extension for this submission in order to obtain the full three year clearance from OMB.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 4(i), 11, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7).
As noted on the Form OMB 83-I, this collection of information does not affect individuals or households; thus, there are no impacts under the Privacy Act.
This requirement will be used by Commission personnel in evaluating the applicant’s need for such frequencies and to minimize the interference potential to other stations operating on the proposed frequencies.
This ICR contains third party disclosure requirements. The Commission does not restrict the applicants use of any information technology method for transmitting data to frequency coordinators or licensees of existing stations.
This agency does not impose a similar information collection on the respondents. There is no similar data available.
In conformance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commission is making an effort to minimize the burden on all respondents, regardless of size. The Commission has limited the information requirements to that absolutely necessary to deter against possible abuses.
This information is collected only once, upon initial application for a station license. Accordingly, less frequent collections are not required.
Current data collection is consistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.6.
The Commission initiated a 60-day public comment period which appeared in the Federal Register on June 6, 2007 (72 FR 31328). No comments were received as a result of the Notice. A copy of the Federal Register Notice is included in this submission to the OMB.
Respondents will not receive any gifts or payments.
There is no need for confidentiality.
This does not address any private matters of a sensitive nature.
Data farmed from our ULS database labeled “attachment description information” yielded a list of filings for each of the last three years, that contained attachments described as concurrence type attachments which typically are letters of concurrence from licensees or frequency coordinators. These figures provide us with an estimate of the application count (6,949) for the next three years, which may require letters of concurrence.
We estimate that it would take each respondent 1 hour to obtain written concurrence of the frequency coordinator associated with the industry for which the existing station license was issued, or the written concurrence of the licensee of the existing station.
Number of respondents: 6,949.
Frequency of response: One time reporting requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Annual hour burden per respondent: 1 hour.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,949 hours.
Estimate of cost to respondents: None.
Estimate of cost to the Federal Government: None.
The Commission is reporting an adjustment. The annual burden was modified due to statistical data in the Universal Licensing Service (ULS) database, which show an increase in the number of licensees affected by the rules governing this information collection. Hence, the number of respondents affected has significantly increased since the last submission to OMB
The data will not be published for statistical use.
We do not seek approval to not display the expiration date for OMB approval of the information collection.
There were no exceptions to Item 19.
Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods:
No statistical methods are employed.
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | 3060-0984 |
| Author | Terry.Conway |
| File Modified | 2007-08-16 |
| File Created | 2007-07-20 |