On April 17, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission" or "FCC") adopted a Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 15-47, GN Docket No. 12-354 (Report and Order) that establishes rules for commercial use of 150 megahertz in the 3550-3700 MHz (3.5 GHz) band and creates 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.
The Commission is submitting a non-substantive change request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Please see the change request justification for the reason behind the change request submission to OMB.
This is a new information collection. The following burdens will be added to OMB's inventory as a result of the information collection requirements contained in FCC 15-47: 110,782 to the number of respondents, 136,432 to the annual number of responses, 37,977 hours to the annual burden hours and $7,318,100 to the annual burden costs.
$2,265,958
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.