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OMB Control No: 3060-1058	ICR Reference No: 201412-3060-019
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201312-3060-009
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: WTB
Title: FCC Application or Notification for Spectrum Leasing Arrangement or Private Commons Arrangement: WT and PSHS Bureaus
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/13/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/26/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2017	01/31/2017	01/31/2017
Responses	991	0	991
Time Burden (Hours)	991	0	991
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,282,075	0	1,282,075

Abstract: On June 27, 2013, the Commission released a Report and Order (R&O), FCC 13-88, WT Docket No. 12-357, in which it established service rules and competitive bidding procedures for the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands. See Service Rules for the Advanced Wireless Services H Block-Implementing Section 6401 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Related to the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz Bands, Report and Order, FCC 13-88, 28 FCC Rcd 9483 (2013). The R&O also implemented Section 6004 by requiring that a party seeking to participate in any auction conducted pursuant to the 2012 Spectrum Act certify in its application, under penalty of perjury, the applicant and all of the related individuals and entities required to be disclosed on its application are not person(s) who have been, for reasons of national security, barred by any agency of the Federal Government from bidding on a contract, participating in an auction, or receiving a grant and thus statutorily prohibited from participating in such a Commission auction or being issued a license. In addition, the R&O determined that the National Security Certification required by Section 6004 extends to transfers, assignments, and other secondary market mechanisms involving licenses granted pursuant to the 2012 Spectrum Act. See H Block R&O, 28 FCC Rcd at 9555 ¶ 187. The Commission therefore seeks approval for a revision to its currently approved information collection on FCC Form 608 to include this additional certification. The revised collection will enable the Commission to determine whether an applicant's request for a license pursuant to the 2012 Spectrum Act is consistent with Section 6004. Additionally, the form 608 is being revised to update the Alien Ownership certifications pursuant to the Second Report and Order, FCC 13-50, IB Docket 11-133, Review of Foreign Ownership Policies for Common Carrier and Aeronautical Radio Licensees under Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended. The addition of the National Security Certification and the revision to the Alien Ownership certification result in no change in burden for the revised collection. The Commission estimates that the additional certification will not measurably increase the estimated average amount of time for respondents to complete FCC Form 608 across the range of applicants or for Commission staff to review the applications. The required notifications and applications will provide the Commission with useful information about spectrum usage and helps to ensure that licensees and lessees are complying with Commission interference and non-interference related policies and rules. Similar information and verification requirements have been used in the past for licensees operating under authorizations, and such requirements will serve to minimize interference, verify lessees are legally and technically qualified to hold licensees. and ensure compliance with Commission rules. This submission documents a non-substantive change request to an existing information collection pursuant to 44 U.S.C. § 3507. This submission seeks to make minor changes to FCC Form 608 used by Wireless Licensees to file applications for Transfers and Assignments of licenses authorizations and Spectrum Leases.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 154(i), 154(j) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 155, 158, 161 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 301, 303(r), 308, 309, 310 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 332 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 151 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 503 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3060-AJ86	Final or interim final rulemaking	78 FR 66287	11/05/2013

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 63194	10/23/2013
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 77676	12/24/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
FCC Application or Notification for Sectrum Leasing Arrangement or Private Commons Arrangement: WTB and PSHSB	FCC Form 608, FCC Form 608, FCC Form 608, FCC Form 608, FCC Form 608	, , , ,
FCC Application or Notification for Spectrum Leasing Arrangement or Private Commons Arrangement: WTB and PSHSB	FCC Form 608, FCC Form 608, FCC Form 608, FCC Form 608, FCC Form 608	, , , ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	991	991
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	991	991
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,282,075	1,282,075

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There are no program changes to this collection. There are adjustments/decreases to the annual burden hours of 3,964 hours which are due to the Commission miscalculating the burden hours in its previous submission to OMB. Also, there are adjustments/increases to the annual cost burden of $371,575 which are due to increases in the hourly consulting fees (attorney) for this collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $33,615

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Dorothy Stifflemire 202 418-7349

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