94-29445. Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to Office of Management and Budget for Review

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

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

November 22, 1994.
    The Federal Communications Commission has submitted the following 
information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
    Copies of this submission 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 this submission contact Judy Boley, Federal 
Communications Commission, [phone]. Persons wishing to comment 
on this information collection should contact Timothy Fain, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10214 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 
395-3561.

OMB Number: 3060-0438
    Title:  Transmittal Sheet for Cellular Applications for Unserved 
Areas
    Form Number: FCC Form 464
    Action:  Revision of a currently approved collection
    Respondents:  Businesses or other for-profit (including small 
businesses)
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement
    Estimated Annual Burden: 20,000 responses; .166 hours average 
burden per response; 3,320 hours total annual burden
    Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No. 90-6, the Commission adopted its 
initial rules and requirements for the processing, filing selection of 
unserved area applications in the Cellular Radiotelephone Service. 
These rules were later refined in CC Docket No. 92-115 in which the 
Commission conducted a comprehensive revision of Part 22 rules. The 
procedures for processing cellular applications were soon thereafter 
revised in GN Docket No. 93-252. In this proceeding, the Commission 
determined that it would also use competitive bidding to select among 
certain mutually exclusive cellular applications. A two phase licensing 
scheme for accepting applications for unserved area applications is 
used. In Phase I, applications are filed during specified filing 
windows for any unserved area that may exist on frequency blocks within 
each market. In Phase II, unserved area applications are processed 
using a 30-day notice and cut-off procedures. Applicants must submit a 
transmittal sheet, FCC Form 464, in addition to other filing 
requirements. FCC Form 464 is designed to facilitate application intake 
and other processing functions by serving as a cover sheet to the 
application. The applicant must certify on the form that the 
application is complete in every respect and contains all the 
information required by the Commission's cellular rules. The 
information on the transmittal sheet must match exactly the information 
on the jacket of the microfiche and on the cover of the application. 
Application filed with an incorrect or previous transmittal sheet will 
not be accepted for filing. FCC Form 464 is used only in Phase I of the 
licensing scheme. In Phase I, applicants need not initially file the 
paper original with the application. The paper original must be filed 
seven days after the release of the public notice announcing the 
applicant as the winner and include a full sized map. For Phase I 
filings, applicants must file the original or master microfiche and one 
microfiche copy and a reduced copy of the map should be depicted in the 
microfiche and contained in the paper original. The microfiche must be 
a signed copy of the application, be properly labelled and enclosed in 
a properly labelled envelope. The FCC Form 464 has been updated to 
replace references to FCC Form 401 with FCC Form 600. Other minor 
changes have been made to coincide the form with the revised rules. The 
information collected will be used by FCC staff to determine whether 
the applicant is qualified legally, technically, and financially to be 
licensed as a cellular operator. Without such information the 
Commission could not determine whether to issue licenses to the 
applicants that provide telecommunication services to the public and 
therefore fulfill its statutory responsibilities in accordance with the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

Federal Communications Commission.
LaVera F. Marshall,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-29445 Filed 11-29-94; 8:45 am]
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