FCC Application or
Notification for Spectrum Leasing Arrangement or Private Commons
Arrangement: WT and PSHS Bureaus
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
11/10/2023
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2023
1,116
1,091
1,135
1,096
1,443,825
1,411,450
On July 18, 2022, the Commission
released a Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, Partitioning, Disaggregation, and Leasing of Spectrum,
WT Docket No. 19-38, FCC 22-53, in which the Commission established
the Enhanced Competition Incentive Program (ECIP) to establish
incentives for wireless radio service licensees to make
underutilized spectrum available to small carriers, Tribal Nations,
and entities serving rural areas (ECIP Report and Order in WT
Docket No. 19-38, FCC 22-53). In the Report and Order, the
Commission adopted a program under which any covered geographic
area licensee may offer spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible entity
through a partition and/or disaggregation, and any covered
geographic area licensee eligible to lease in an included service
may offer spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible entity through a
long-term leasing arrangement. If the FCC finds that approval of an
ECIP eligible assignment or lease is in the public interest, the
agency will consent to the transaction and confer benefits,
including five-year license term extensions, one year construction
extensions, and substituted alternative construction requirements
for rural-focused transactions. The Commission also established
rules to permit reaggregation of geographic licenses.
US Code:
47 USC 301, 303(r), 308, 309, 310 Name of Law: Communications
Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 155, 158, 161 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934,
as amended
US Code: 47
USC 332 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code: 47
USC 154 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
The Commission has program
changes to this collection as a result of the information
collection adopted in FCC 22-53. Therefore, the number of
respondents increased by 25, the annual number of responses
increased by 25, the annual burden hours increased by 39 and the
annual cost increased by $32,375.
$47,631
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Katherine Nevitt 202
418-0638
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.