On April 28, 2016, the Federal
Communications Commission (“Commission” or “FCC”) adopted an Order
on Reconsideration and Second Report and Order, FCC 16-55, GN
Docket No. 12-354 (Second Report and Order) that amends the rules
established in the First Report and Order and Second Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (First Report and Order) for the commercial
use of 150 megahertz in the 3550-3700 MHz (3.5 GHz Band) and
created a new Citizens Broadband Radio Service. The rules will
create additional capacity for wireless broadband by adopting a new
approach to spectrum management to facilitate more intensive
spectrum sharing between commercial and federal users and among
multiple tiers of commercial users. In the First Report and Order,
the Commission introduced licensing, technical, and service rules
that would enable spectrum sharing between three tiers of users in
the 3.5 GHz Band: Incumbent Users; Priority Access Licenses (PALs);
and General Authorized Access (GAA). The Commission sought further
comment on three outstanding issues. In order to implement this new
comprehensive regulatory scheme and balance the interests of the
three types of spectrum users, the Commission sought comment on the
rules which would allow maximum flexibility and efficiency. To that
end, the Second Report and Order amended some of the rules released
in the First Report and Order.
Amendments to the information
collection requirements in the Second Report and Order, FCC 16-55,
aim to further the Commission’s goal of promoting efficient
spectrum sharing in its new tiered use regime. Additional required
communications between the Priority Access Licensees and SAS
Administrators will ensure that the most accurate information is
available for other users. Additionally, the new voluntary
reporting by PALs will encourage the “use or share” scheme and
promote secondary markets. The following burdens/program changes
will be added to OMB’s inventory as a result of the information
collection requirements contained in FCC 16-55: +86,334 to the
annual number of responses, +21,584 to the annual burden hours and
+$5,395,875 to the annual cost burden. The Commission also has
adjustments to the number of annual responses of -6,667, -10,000 to
the annual burden hours and -$1,000,000 to the annual cost burden.
These adjustments are due to the Commission averaging the burdens
and costs for the Grandfathered Wireless Broadband Licensee
Construction Filing (approved emergency collection) instead of
accounting for them as a whole.
$2,530,905
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Becky Schwartz 202
418-7178
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.
Supporting Statement OMB 3060-1211 3 5 GHz Supporting Statement Updated (2016).docx
Commercial Operations in the 3550-3650 MHz Band