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

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget for Review

July 7, 1995.

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, (202) 857-3800. For

further information on these submissions contact Judy Boley, Federal

Communications Commission, (202) 418-0214. Persons wishing to comment

on these information collections should contact Timothy Fain, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10214 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202)

395-3561.

OMB Number: None

Title: Application to Participate in an FCC MDS Auction

Form Number: FCC Form 175-M

Action: New collection

Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit

Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement

Estmated Annual Burden: 1,600 responses, .50 hours average burden per

response, 775 hours total annual burden

Needs and Uses: On 6/15/95, the Commission adopted a Report and Order

in MM Docket No. 94-131 and PP Docket No. 93-253, Amendment of Parts 21

and 74 of the Commission's Rules with Regard to Filing Procedures in

the Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) and in the Instructional

Television Fixed Service (ITFS) and Implementation of Section 309(j) of

the Communications Act--Competitive Bidding. This Report and Order will

streamline the procedures for filing MDS applications and facilitate

the development and rapid deployment of wireless cable services. Among

other things, this Report and Order establishes competitive bidding

rules and procedures for the Multipoint Distribution Service. The

Commission has determined that simultaneous multiple round bidding will

be used in the MDS auctions. This auction method has been employed

successfully in the broadband and narrowband PCS auctions. For the MDS

auctions, we have determined that designated entities will only include

small businesses. Due to the differing criteria for establishing

designated entity status the Commission is creating a new FCC Form 175-

M. This form will be similar to the current FCC Form 175 (3060-0600).

The new FCC Form 175-M will be tailored for use by MDS applicants only.

The FCC Form 175-S, Application to Participate in an FCC Auction--

Supplemental Form (3060-0600) will be used as a continuation sheet. The

information will be used by FCC staff to determine whether the

applicant is legally, technically, and otherwise qualified to

participate in the auction. The rules and requirements are also

designed to ensure that the competitive bidding process is limited to

serious, qualified applicants and to deter possible abuses of the

bidding and licensing processes.

OMB Number: None

Title: Certification of Completion of Construction for a Multipoint

Distribution Service

Form Number: FCC Form 304-A

Action: New collection

Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit

Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement

Estmated Annual Burden: 100 responses, 0.5 hours average burden per

response, 50 hours total annual burden

Needs and Uses: On 6/15/95, the Commission adopted a Report and Order

in MM Docket No. 94-131 and PP Docket No. 93-253, Amendment of Parts 21

and 74 of the Commission's Rules with Regard to Filing Procedures in

the Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) and in the Instructional

Television Fixed Service (ITFS) and Implementation of Section 309(j) of

the Communications Act--Competitive Bidding. This Report and Order will

streamline the procedures for filing MDS applications and facilitate

the development and rapid deployment of wireless cable services. Among

other things, this Report and Order adopted a new FCC Form 304. This

new FCC Form 304-A is a component of the FCC Form 304. This new form

will incorporate information currently on the FCC Form 494-A,

Certification of Completion of Construction (3060-0403) and limit the

form to only MDS applicants. All other services currently on the FCC

Form 494-A will remain. Each licensee will specify as a condition that

upon the completion of construction, the licensee must file with the

Commission an FCC Form 304-A, certifying that the facilities as

authorized have been completed and that the station is now operational

and ready to provide service to the public. The conditional license

shall be automatically forfeited upon the expiration of the

construction period specified in the license unless within 5 days after

the date an FCC Form 304-A has been filed with the Commission.

OMB Number: None

Title: Application for a Multipoint Distribution Service Authorization

Form Number: FCC Form 304

Action: New collection

Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit

Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement

Estimated Annual Burden: 300 responses; 55 hours average burden per

response; 16,500 hours total annual burden

Needs and Uses: On 6/15/95, the Commission adopted a Report and Order

in MM Docket No. 94-131 and PP Docket No. 93-253, Amendment of Parts 21

and 74 of the Commission's Rules with Regard to Filing Procedures in

the Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) and in the Instructional

Television Fixed Service (ITFS) and Implementation of Section 309(j) of

the Communications Act--Competitive Bidding. This Report and Order will

streamline the procedures for filing MDS applications and facilitate

the development and rapid deployment of wireless cable services. Among

other things, this Report and Order adopted a new FCC Form 304,

Application for a Multipoint Distribution Service Authorization

referred to in the Report and Order as the long-form application. This

new form will incorporate information currently on the FCC Form 494,

Application for a New or Modified Microwave Radio Station License Under

Part 21 (OMB Control No. 3060-0402) and will add new data elements

needed to expedite processing under the new filing procedures adopted

in the Report and Order. The FCC Form 304 will be used by existing MDS

operators to modify their stations or to add a signal booster station.

It will also be used by some winning bidders in the competitive bidding

process to propose facilities to provide wireless cable service over

any usable MDS channels within their Basic Trading Area (BTA). All

other services currently using the FCC Form 494 will continue to do so.

This collection

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of information will also include the burden for the technical rules

involving the interference or engineering analysis requirements under

Sections 21.902, 21.913 and 21.938. These analyses will not be

submitted with the application but will be retained by the operator and

must be made available to the Commission upon request. The data will be

used by FCC staff to ensure that the applicant is legally, technically

and otherwise qualified to become a Commission licensee. MDS/ITFS

applicants/licensees will need this information to perform the

necessary analyses of the potential for harmful interference to their

facility.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95-17242 Filed 7-13-95; 8:45 am]

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