Non-substantive Justification

NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REQUEST JUSTIFICATION

OMB CONTROL NUMBER 3060-0678

Part 25 of the Federal Communications Commission’s Rules Governing the Licensing

Of, and Spectrum Usage By, Commercial Earth Stations and Space Stations

The Commission is submitting this non-substantive change request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of minor non-substantive changes made to information collection 3060-0678. Our Order, Amendment of the Commission’s Space Station Licensing Rules and Policies, Second Order On Reconsideration, IB Docket No. 02-34; FCC 16-108, addresses the remaining petitions for reconsideration of the First Space Station Licensing Reform Order, and amends, clarifies, or eliminates certain provisions to streamline our procedures and to ease administrative burdens on applicants and licensees.  For the rule affected, § 25.137(g), our Order only revised the rule to change when an entity must notify the Commission of a transfer of control.  The old rule implied that an entity must notify the Commission before the transfer takes place.  The new rule says that an entity must notify the Commission after the transfer has been consummated.  The only other material change to the rule is that we added:  “within 30 days.”  Thus there is no net change in the burden imposed on the affected entities—in fact there may even be a net reduction in burden in that the consummation of these transactions is not delayed pending notification to the Commission.

 

For these reasons, we feel that this change of the rule constitutes a non-substantive change to the information collection requirements for OMB Control Number 3060-0678. There are no changes in the Commission’s burden hours or cost for this collection.

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