94-896. Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to Office of Management and Budget for Review

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to Office of 
Management and Budget for Review

January 7, 1994.
    The Federal Communications Commission has submitted the following 
information collection requirements to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
    Copies of these submissions may be purchased from the Commission's 
copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M 
Street, NW., suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, [phone]. For 
further information on these submissions contact Judy Boley, Federal 
Communications Commission, [phone]. Persons wishing to comment 
on these information collections should contact Timothy Fain, Office of 
Management and Budget, room 3235 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-
3561.
    OMB Number: None.
    Title: Section 90.673, Modification of EMSP License.
    Action: New collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, state or local governments, 
and businesses or other for-profit (including small businesses).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 6,120 responses; .50 hours average burden 
per response; 3,060 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 90.673 requires any Expanded Mobile Service 
Provider (EMSP) to submit, along with any application for modification 
of its EMSP license to include new base station facilities, certain 
information necessary to determine whether the proposed modification 
complies with applicable rules. Specifically, the applicant for EMSP 
license modification must submit a list of all co-channel facilities 
and previously filed applications for such facilities, not under the 
control of the EMSP licensee, within 113 km of the proposed base 
station, a description of how the proposed base station provides 
protection to these co-channel facilities as required under 
Sec. 90.621(b) or 90.675, and certification that the proposed station 
or modification will afford such protection to the other facilities. 
The request for modification must include the co-channel stations' call 
signs, coordinates, effective radiated power and directional antenna 
height above average terrain. This data is necessary to ensure that the 
Commission will not authorize EMSP operations where they could cause 
harmful interference to the SMR systems of co-channel licensees. 
Furthermore, the information collection will lessen the administrative 
burdens and delays that would be created if the Commission performed 
the engineering analyses that produce this information.

    OMB Number: None.
    Title: Section 90.677, Authorization, Construction and 
Implementation of EMSP Systems.
    Action: New collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, state or local governments, 
and businesses or other for-profit (including small businesses).
    Frequency of Response: One time filing requirement.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 135 responses; .50 hours average burden 
per response; 68 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 90.677 requires any Expanded Mobile Service 
Provider (EMSP) to submit certain information necessary to determine 
whether the EMSP has constructed a system that serves 80 percent of the 
geographic area or 80 percent of the population in the Rand-McNally 
Major Trading Area (MTA) covered by the EMSP license. Specifically, the 
applicant for EMSP license modification must submit a U.S. Geological 
Survey map(s) of the MTA, depicting the licensee's authorized base 
station sites within the MTA and their respective 40 db contours, a 
description of how the stations serve the required land area or 
population, and an explanation and justification of any alternative 
method used to calculate contours aside from the Commission's R6602 
F(50,50) curves with a 9 db adjustment. This data is necessary to 
ensure that licensees construct and place into operation their 
authorized channels so as to provide effective service to the public. 
Furthermore, the information collection will lessen the administrative 
burdens that would be created if the Commission required EMSP 
licensees, like traditional Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) licensees, 
to demonstrate efficient use of their authorized spectrum by submitting 
information on loading.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-896 Filed 1-13-94; 8:45 am]
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