Voglio sapere a riguardo di…

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 10, 2021 / Rules and Regulations FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 27
GN Docket No. 18122; FCC 2022; FRS
17546

Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of compliance date.
AGENCY:

In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget has approved the information collection requirements associated with the rules adopted in the Federal Communications Commissions 3.7 GHz Report and Order, FCC 2022, 3.7 GHz requiring service licensees to comply with certain technical rules and coordination practices designed to reduce the risk of interference to incumbent operations.
This document is consistent with the 3.7 GHz Report and Order, FCC 2022, which states that the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing a compliance date for the new rule sections.
DATES: Compliance with 47 CFR
27.1424 and paragraph 384 of the 3.7
GHz Report and Order published at 85
FR 22804 on April 23, 2020, is required on March 10, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna Gentry, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at 202 4187769 or Anna.Gentry@
fcc.gov.
SUMMARY:

This document announces that the Office of Management and Budget OMB
approved the information collection requirements in 47 CFR 27.1424 and paragraph 384 of the 3.7 GHz Report and Order. This rule was adopted in the 3.7 GHz Report and Order, FCC 2022, published at 85 FR 22804 on April 23, 2020. The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the compliance date for this new rule. OMB
approval for all other new or amended rules for which OMB approval is required will be requested, and compliance is not yet required for those rules. Compliance with all new or amended rules adopted in the 3.7 GHz Report and Order that do not require OMB approval is required as of June 22, 2020, see 85 FR 22804 Apr. 23, 2020.
If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

VerDate Sep<11>2014

16:13 Mar 09, 2021

Jkt 253001

caused thereby, please contact Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, regarding OMB
Control Number 30601281. Please include the OMB Control Number in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov.
To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format, send an email to fcc504@
fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202
4180530 voice, 202 4180432
TTY.
Synopsis As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Commission is notifying the public that it received final OMB approval on March 1, 2021, for the information collection requirements contained in 47
CFR 27.1424 and paragraph 384 of the 3.7 GHz Report and Order. Under 5 CFR
part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB
Control Number.
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number for the information collection requirements in 47 CFR 27.1424 and paragraph 384 of the 3.7 GHz Report and Order is 3060
1281.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 30601281.
OMB Approval Date: March 1, 2021.
OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2024.
Title: 3.7 GHz Service Licensee and Earth Station Operator Agreements; 3.7
GHz Licensee Engineering Analysis.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for profit institutions;
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 30 respondents; 30
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours to 5 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion reporting requirements; third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
PO 00000

Frm 00031

Fmt 4700

Sfmt 4700

13659

authority for this collection of information is contained in sections 1, 2, 4i, 4j, 5c, 201, 302, 303, 304, 307e, 309, and 316 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154i, 154j, 155c, 201, 302, 303, 304, 307e, 309, and 316.
Total Annual Burden: 120 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The information collected under this collection will be made publicly available. However, to the extent information submitted pursuant to this information collection is determined to be confidential, it will be protected by the Commission. If a respondent seeks to have information collected pursuant to this information collection withheld from public inspection, the respondent may request confidential treatment pursuant to 0.459 of the Commissions rules for such information.
Needs and Uses: On February 28, 2020, in furtherance of the goal of releasing more mid-band spectrum into the market to support and enabling next-generation wireless networks, the Commission adopted a Report and Order, FCC 2022, 3.7 GHz Report and Order, in which it reformed the use of the 3.74.2 GHz band, also known as the C-band. Currently, the 3.74.2 GHz band is allocated in the United States exclusively for non-Federal use on a primary basis for Fixed Satellite Service FSS and Fixed Service. The 3.7 GHz Report and Order calls for the relocation of existing FSS operations in the band into the upper 200 megahertz of the band 4.04.2 GHz and making the lower 280 megahertz 3.73.98 GHz available for flexible use throughout the contiguous United States through a Commission-administered public auction of overlay licenses.
The Commission concluded in the 3.7
GHz Report and Order that, once this transition is complete, coordination measures are needed to protect incumbent C-band operations in the upper portion of the 3.74.2 GHz band.
3.7 GHz Service licensees are required to comply with certain technical rules and coordination practices designed to reduce the risk of interference to incumbent operations. Specifically, 3.7
GHz Service licensees are required to comply with specific power flux density PFD limits to protect incumbent earth stations from out-of-band emissions and blocking and to coordinate frequency usage with incumbent Telemetry, Tracking, and Command TT&C earth stations. The 3.7 GHz Report and Order allows 3.7 GHz Service licensees and C-

E:FRFM10MRR1.SGM

10MRR1