Estimated Time to Complete FCC Equipment Authorization Forms
The Commission estimates the total annual hourly burden ranges from few minutes for application for grantee codes to more than 100 hours for testing a complex device subject to multiple rule parts due to the range of complexity of the required measurement test reports.
The Commission estimates the following burden based on the type of information collected:
- The amount of time a grantee is required for initially registering with the Commission for a grantee code as 0.1 hours;
- The amount of time that a Telecommunication Certification Body (TCB) will require to complete a Form 731 application including evaluation estimated to be 8.1 hours averaged over all types of application;
- The Test Firms (TFs) and TCBs charge for their services to equipment manufacturers for testing the devices and reviewing the applications. The TFs and TCBs have to maintain their records for accreditation purposes. The Commission estimates that this record keeping will result in average burden of 40 hours for each TF, TCB, TCB Designating Authority (TDA), TF Accreditation Body (TFAB), and TCB Accreditation Body (TCBA);
- The amount of time to submit an inquiry to the commission and responding to any follow-up is estimated as 0.5 hours;
- The time spent by TCBs and Test Firms to maintain and update their accreditation is estimated as 10 hours per renewal.