On November 10, 2014, the Federal
Communications Commission (Commission) released a Report and Order
and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 14-181) in WT Docket
No. 12-40 to reform its rules governing the 800 MHz Cellular
Radiotelephone (Cellular) Service. In the Report and Order
(Cellular R&O), the Commission changed the Cellular licensing
model from site-based to geographic-based. The revised Cellular
Service licensing model entailed eliminating several filing
requirements that had outlived their usefulness in this mature
commercial wireless service that was launched in the early 1980s;
it also streamlined application content requirements, and deleted
obsolete provisions associated with the legacy site-based regime.
Subsequently, on March 24, 2017, the Commission released a Second
Report and Order in that same docket (Cellular Second R&O),
together with a companion Report and Order in WT Docket No. 10-112
concerning the Wireless Radio Services (WRS), which include the
Cellular Service among others (WRS R&O) (FCC 17-27). The
Cellular Second R&O and WRS R&O revised or eliminated
certain licensing rules and modernized outdated radiated power and
other technical rules applicable to the Cellular Service. As part
of FCC 17-27, the Commission also released a Second Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking in which it sought comment on deleting
certain recordkeeping and administrative rules applicable to the
Public Mobile Services (including the Cellular Service), which are
governed by Part 22 of the Commission’s rules. On July 13, 2018,
the Commission released a Third report and Order in the Cellular
Reform proceeding (Cellular 3d R&O) (FCC 18-92), in which it
deleted certain Part 22 rules that either imposed administrative
and recordkeeping burdens that are outdated and no longer serve the
public interest, or that are largely duplicative of later-adopted
rules and are thus no longer necessary. Among the rule deletions
and of relevance to this information collection, the Commission
deleted rule section 22.303, resulting in discontinued information
collection for that rule section.
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USC 332 Name of Law: Communicaitons Act of 1934, as amended
The Commission has program
changes to the information collection to reflect the adoption of
the Cellular Third R&O in WT Docket No. 12-40, FCC 18-92, which
deleted rule section 22.303 pursuant to which Part 22 licensees
were required to retain the authorization for each station and
other documentation as a permanent part of station records.
Specifically, this program change decreases the estimated annual
burden hours by 1,800 hours. There are no adjustments to this
collection.
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;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.