This submission is being made to the
Office of Management (OMB) for the approval of information
collection requirements contained in the Commission’s Incentive
Auction Order, which all adopted rules for holding an Incentive
Auction, as required by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job
Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act). The Spectrum Act directs the
Commission to hold a “reverse auction” in which broadcasters can
voluntarily return some or all of their broadcast spectrum usage
rights in exchange for incentive payments. The Spectrum Act also
requires the Commission to reorganize the broadcast television
band, which will be accomplished by repacking stations, or moving
broadcast stations to different channels. The Spectrum Act directs
the Commission to hold a forward auction of the ultra-high
frequency (UHF) spectrum obtained as a result of the reverse
auction and channel repacking. This UHF spectrum will be auctioned
as flexible-use licenses suitable for providing mobile broadband
service. The Spectrum Act establishes a TV Broadcaster Relocation
Fund (Fund) to reimburse reassigned broadcasters and multichannel
video programming distributors (MVPDs) that incur expenses
associated with continuing to carry relocated stations, for their
reasonable expenses resulting from the post-auction channel
reassignment.
The Commission has the
following program changes/increases to this collection which are
due to the information collection requirements adopted in FCC
14-50: 100 to the number of respondents, 100 to the number of
annual responses, 150 to the annual burden hours and $30,000 to the
annual cost burden. There are no adjustments to this information
collection.
$746,073
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Pamela Gallant 202
418-0614
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.