Non-substantive Change Request Justification

OMB Control No. 3060-0944

Cable Landing License Act

47 CFR §§ 1.767, 1.768, 1.40001, 1.40003

Executive Order 10530

May 2025

NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REQUEST JUSTIFICATION

OMB Control No. 3060-0944

FCC Forms 220

The Commission’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for de minimis, non-substantive changes to the questions and instructions for this information collection. First, on May 9, 2024, in OMB Control No. 3060-0944, OMB approved rules adopted in the Executive Branch Review Order and the Executive Branch Standard Questions Order. In the Executive Branch Review Order, the Commission created new information collection requirements associated with certain applications, including submarine cable applications with reportable foreign ownership, that will be reviewed by the relevant Executive Branch agencies for national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, and trade policy issues, as well as other changes. In the Executive Branch Standard Questions Order, the Commission adopted the Standard Questions – a baseline set of national security and law enforcement questions covering the five categories of information. The Standard Questions for submarine cable applications consist of separate questionnaires for (a) new license applications; (b) transfer of control/assignment applications; and (c) a supplement for the provision of personally identifiable information (PII). Second, on May 9, 2024, in OMB Control No. 3060-0944, OMB also approved new electronic forms as part of the Commission’s modernization of its online, web-based electronic filing system – the International Communications filing system (ICFS). The SCL forms include: SCL-LIC, SCL-TCASG, SCL-RWL, SCL-STA, SCL-WAV, SCL-FCN, SCL-RPT, SCL-LPN, SCL-MOD, and SCL-AMD. Third, on August 8, 2024, in OMB Control No. 3060-0944, OMB approved de minimis, non-substantive changes to this collection (ICR Reference Number: 202408-3060-002).

In light of several technology issues that arose during creation of the online forms, we have made additional de minimis, non-substantive, clarifying changes to the FCC Forms 220 questions and instructions.

We request that OMB treat this request as a non-substantive change to Control No. 3060-0944 as the changes do not increase burdens on the applicants. OIA includes the following: (1) screenshots of the SCL forms as they will appear for public use in a pdf and (2) the revised instructions.