Section 95.861, Interference 3060-881
May 2014
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
Justification:
Section 95.861(c) requires that licensees in the 218-219 MHz service must provide a copy of its plan to every TV Channel 13 station whose Grade B predicted contour overlaps the licensed service area as required by §95.815(a) of the Commission’s rules. This plan must include an analysis of the co- and adjacent channel interference potential of proposed systems in the 218-219 MHz service, identify methods being used to minimize interference, and show how the proposed systems will meet the service requirements set forth in § 95.831 of the Commission’s rules. This plan must be sent to the TV Channel 13 licensee(s) within 10 days from the date the 218-219 MHz service licensee submits the plan to the Commission. Updates to this plan must be sent to the TV Channel 13 licensee(s) within 10 days from the date that such updates are filed with the Commission pursuant to § 95.815.
Section 95.861(e) requires that each 218-219 MHz service licensee investigate and eliminate harmful interference to television broadcasting and reception, from its component cell transmitter stations (CTSs) and response transmitter units (RTUs) within 30 days of the time it is notified in writing, by either an affected television station, an affected viewer, or the Commission, of an interference complaint.
This information collection does not affect individuals or households. Thus, this information collection is not impacted by the Privacy Act1.
The Commission is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of an extension to obtain the three year clearance.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i) and 157, as amended.
This information will be used to monitor the co- and adjacent channel interference potential of proposed systems in the 218-219 MHz service, to identify methods being used to minimize interference, and show how the proposed systems will meet the service requirements set for in § 95.831 of the Commission’s rules.
Prior to finalizing rule makings, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) conducts an analysis to ensure that improved information technology may be used to reduce the burden on the public. This analysis uses current data in the Bureau’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) to account for the number of licensees affected by § 95.861 of the Commission’s rules, in addition to an estimated number of licensees affected, resulting from a possible upcoming auction, which to date has not taken place.
No other federal agency collects this data.
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 those absolutely necessary for evaluating and processing applications and to deter against possible abuses.
The plan or updates must be sent to Channel 13 licensees within 10 days from the date the 218-219 MHz service submits the plan, and any update to the plan, to the Commission.
Current data collection is consistent with 5 C.F.R. § 1320.
The 60 day notice was published in the Federal Register on March 19, 2014, 79 FR 15338, seeking comments from the public on the information collection requirements contained in this collection. No comments were filed by the public for this collection.
Respondents will not receive any payments.
There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information.
This collection does not address any private matters of a sensitive nature.
Currently, the ULS database indicates that all licensees in the 218-219 MHz service are beyond the initial renewal deadline and were required to provide service within the prior collection period or earlier. The possible re-auction of licenses in the inventory because they were not licensed in the prior auction but previously canceled because of voluntary request, non-construction, or failure to make required payments could occur during the next collection period. Licenses awarded pursuant to any such auction would be subject to the requirements of § 95.861, provided they are locating sufficient proximity to a Channel 13 television stations entitled to protection. Given changes in the distribution of Channel 13 licensees requiring protection, the Commission estimates that 175 licenses may be subject to the filing, third party disclosure and recordkeeping requirements. The respondents will meet with the outside engineers/technical advisors to provide the necessary information to the parties so that the requirements can be fulfilled which will take the respondents one hour per response (including keeping records of the files).
175 (entities) x 1 hour consulting time/response/respondent = 175 hours.
Total Annual Burden is: 175 hours.
Total Number of Respondents: 175 licensees.
Total Number of Responses: 175 filings/third party disclosures/updates.
Cost to Respondents. The Commission estimates that each entity will hire outside contract engineers/technical advisors to meet these filing, third party and update requirements at a cost of $250.00 an hour.
175 responses x $250.00 per hour x 1 hour/response = $43,700.
Total Annual Cost Burden is: $43,700.
Cost to Federal Government. The government review time per response for this submission is estimated at 15 minutes, with review being done by an Industry Analyst at the GS-11/5 level, at a cost of $34.26 per hour.
175 (responses) x 0.25 per response/hour x $34.26 per hour = $1,498.88.
Total Cost to the Federal Government is: $1,499.00 (rounded).
There are no program changes to this collection. There are adjustments/decreases in the number of respondents of 388, to the annual number of responses of 388, to the annual burden hours of 107 hours and to the annual cost of $26,800 which are due to a decrease in the number of respondents to this collection of information.
The data will not be published for statistical use.
No expiration date will be displayed.
There are no exceptions to the Certification Statement.
B. Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods:
No statistical methods are employed.
1 OMB Memorandum M-03-22, Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, OMB Guidance for Implementing the Privacy Provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002, September 26, 2003.
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | SUPPORTING STATEMENT |
| Author | Terry.Conway |
| Last Modified By | Cathy Williams |
| File Modified | 2014-05-21 |
| File Created | 2014-03-13 |