Supporting Statement OMB 3060-1165 (2014)

OMB Control Number: 3060-1165 December 2014

Section 74.605, Registration of Stationary TV Pickup Receive Sites

SUPPORTING STATEMENT

A. Justification:

1. Section 74.605, which the Commission adopted in a Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 11-120, WT Docket No. 10-153 on August 9, 2011, 76 FR 59559 (September 27, 2011), requires that licensees of TV pickup stations in the 6875-7125 MHz and 12700-13200 MHz bands shall register their stationary receive sites using the Commission’s Universal Licensing System.

The Commission is submitting this information collection as an extension (no change in requirements) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget.

Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. §§ 303, 308.

This collection of information does not affect individuals or households; thus, there are no impacts under the Privacy Act.

2. Section 74.605 requires that licensees of TV pickup stations in the 6875-7125 MHz and 12700-13200 MHz bands shall register their stationary receive sites using the Commission’s Universal Licensing System. TV pickup licensees record their receive-only sites in the Universal Licensing System (ULS) database, including all fixed service locations. The TV pickup stations, licensed under Part 74 of the Commission’s rules, make it possible for television and radio stations and networks to transmit program material from the sites of breaking news stories or other live events to television studios for inclusion in broadcast programs, to transmit programming material from studios to broadcasting transmitters for delivery to consumers’ televisions and radios, and to transmit programs between broadcast stations. Registering the receive sites will allow analysis to determine whether Fixed Service links will cause interference to TV pickup stations.

3. Prior to finalizing rulemakings, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau conducts an analysis to ensure that improved information technology can be used to reduce the burden on the public. This analysis considers the possibility of obtaining and/or computer-generating the required data from existing data bases in the Commission or other federal agencies.

4. No other agency collects this data.

5. 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 determine whether interference will occur.

6. The consequence of not requiring TV pickup licensees to register their receive sites would be an increased risk of interference between TV pickup stations and Fixed Service stations that will be operating in adjacent geographic areas. The information will be used by TV pickup licensees and Fixed Service applicants to evaluate the potential for interference.

7. Current data collection is consistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.

8. Prior to this submission to the OMB, the FCC published a 60-day comment period which was published in the Federal Register on October 15, 2014, (79 FR 61869), as required by 5 CFR Section 1320.8(d). No comments were received from the public.

9. Respondents will not receive any payments in connection with this collection of information.

10. There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information.

11. This collection does not address any private matters of a sensitive nature.

12. Total Annual Burden Hours:

There are approximately a total of 75 licensees with TV pickup licenses in the affected bands, and a total of 821 licenses. Since an initial filing has previously been made for each license, additional filings will be necessary only if the information changes or if new licenses are issued. The Commission estimates that 33 filings will be made on an annual basis. One third of the responses will be handled by respondents without outside assistance. The remaining two-thirds of the responses will be handled by outside engineers (see question #13 for the consulting costs to the respondents). Therefore, we estimate each filing will take 3 hours, on average for respondents handling the responses with no outside assistance. So, the average annual burden will be 11 filings x 3 hours per response = 33 Total Annual Burden Hours.

Total Number of Respondents: 25 licensees annually.

Total Annual Number of Responses: 33 filings.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 33 hours.

Total Annual “In-House Cost”: The Commission estimates that in-house engineers will fulfill the requirements at an hourly rate of $62.93/hour. This hourly rate is based on data retrieved from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

33 hours x $62.93/hour = $2,076.69.

13. Total Annual Cost Burden:

(1) Total capital and start-up cost: $0

(2) Two-thirds of responses (22 responses) will require outside engineers to fulfill the requirements on behalf of the respondents. The engineers are paid an hourly rate of $250/hour. It is estimated to take the engineers 3 hours to fulfill the requirements.

Total Annual Outside Contracting Costs:

$250/hour x 22 x 3 hours = $16,500.

(3) Total Annual Cost to the Respondent = $16,500.

14. There is no cost to the Federal Government cost associated with this information collection.

15. The Commission has adjustments/decreases to the following based on the Commission evaluating the numbers for this collection: 50 to the number of respondents, 281 to the annual number of responses, 909 to the annual burden hours and $140,250.

There are no program changes to this collection.

16. The data will not be published for statistical use.

17. No expiration date will be displayed.

18. There are no exceptions to the Certification Statement.

B. Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods:

No statistical methods are employed.

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