[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55796-55798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22169]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to the Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning: Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it
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displays a currently valid OMB control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of
information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before October 17,
2014. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contacts below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via
email [email protected]; and to Cathy
Williams, FCC, via email [email protected] and to [email protected].
Include in the comments the OMB control number as shown in the
``Supplementary Information'' section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page <http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain>, (2) look for the section of the Web page called
``Currently Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in
the ``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading,
(4) select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of
agencies presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the
``Submit'' button to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when
the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB
control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number.
A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Numbers: 3060-0386.
Title: Special Temporary Authorization (STA) Requests;
Notifications and Informal Filings; Sections 1.5, 73.1615, 73.1635,
73.1740 and 73.3598; CDBS Informal Forms; Section 74.788; Low Power
Television, TV Translator and Class A Television Digital Transition
Notifications; FCC Form 337.
Form Numbers: FCC Form 337.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit entities; Not for profit
institutions; State, local or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents/Responses: 6,509 respondents; 6,509
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5-4 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; One time
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 5,325 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,126,510.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection is contained in sections 1,
4(i) and (j), 7, 154(i), 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 312, 316, 318,
319, 324, 325, 336 and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Act Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The FCC Form 337, Application for Extension of Time
to Construct a Digital Television Broadcast Station, is used by all low
power television, TV translator and Class A television digital
permittees to apply for extension of time within which to construct
their digital facility. This form must be filed at least sixty, but not
more than ninety, days prior to the applicable construction deadline.
Applicants who file this form based on financial hardships must retain
documentation fully detailing and supporting their financial
representations as well as any steps taken to overcome the
circumstances preventing construction.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1070.
Title: Allocation and Service Rules for the 71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz,
and 92-95 GHz Bands.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit
institutions; and State, local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 504 respondents; 3,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 to 9 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
recordkeeping requirement, and third-party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 303(f) and (r), 309, 316, and 332 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 9,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $910,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality. The Commission has not granted assurances of
confidentially to those parties submitting the information. In those
cases where a respondent believes information requires confidentiality,
the respondent can request confidential treatment and the Commission
will afford such confidentiality for 20 days, after which the
information will be available to the public.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking an extension of this
information collection in order to obtain the full three year approval
from OMB. There are no program changes to the reporting, recordkeeping
and/or third-party disclosure requirements but we are revising
estimates based on experience and the possible addition of a fourth
database manager. The recordkeeping, reporting, and third party
disclosure requirements will be used by the Commission to verify
licensee compliance with the Commission rules and regulations, and to
ensure that licensees continue to fulfill their statutory
responsibilities in accordance with the Communications Act of 1934. The
Commission's rules promote the private sector development and use of
71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz, and 92-95 GHz bands (70/80/90 GHz bands). Such
information has been used in the past and will continue to be used to
minimize interference, verify that applicants are legally and
technically qualified to hold license, and to determine compliance with
Commission rules.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0906.
Title: Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplemental Services Report for DTV
Stations, FCC Form 317; 47 CFR 73.624(g).
Form Number: FCC Form 317.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and responses: 9,391 respondents, 18,782
responses.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, annual reporting
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits--Statutory
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections
154(i), 303, 336 and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Estimated Time per Response: 2-4 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 56,346 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $1,408,650.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality required with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Each licensee/permittee of a digital television
(DTV)
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station must file on an annual basis FCC Form 317. Specifically,
required filers include the following (but we generally refer to all
such entities herein as a ``DTV licensee/permittee''):
A licensee of a digital commercial or noncommercial educational
(NCE) full power television (TV) station, low power television (LPTV)
station, TV translator or Class A TV station.
A permittee operating pursuant to digital special temporary
authority (STA) of a commercial or NCE full power TV station, LPTV
station, TV translator or Class A TV station.
Each DTV licensee/permittee must report whether they provided
ancillary or supplementary services at any time during the reporting
cycle.
Each DTV licensee/permittee is required to retain the records
supporting the calculation of the fees due for three years from the
date of remittance of fees. Each NCE licensee/permittee must also
retain for eight years documentation sufficient to show that its entire
bitstream was used ``primarily'' for NCE broadcast services on a weekly
basis.
OMB Control No.: 3060-1035.
Title: Part 73, Subpart F International Broadcast Stations.
Form No.: FCC Forms 309, 310 and 311.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents/Responses: 225 respondents; 225 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2-720 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion,
semi-annual, weekly and annual reporting requirements.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 154, 303, 307, 334, 336 and 554.
Total Annual Burden: 20,096 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $97,025.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need
for confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission
(``Commission'') is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approve a three year extension of the information collection
titled ``Part 73, Subpart F International Broadcast Stations'' under
OMB Control No. 3060-1035.
This information collection is used by the Commission to assign
frequencies for use by international broadcast stations, to grant
authority to operate such stations and to determine if interference or
adverse propagation conditions exist that may impact the operation of
such stations. The Commission collects this information pursuant to 47
CFR Part 73, subpart F. If the Commission did not collect this
information, it would not be in a position to effectively coordinate
spectrum for international broadcasters or to act for entities in times
of frequency interference or adverse propagation conditions. Therefore,
the information collection requirements are as follows:
FCC Form 309--Application for Authority To Construct or Make
Changes in an International, Experimental Television, Experimental
Facsimile, or a Developmental Broadcast Station--The FCC Form 309 is
filed on occasion when the applicant is requesting authority to
construct or make modifications to the international broadcast station.
FCC Form 310--Application for an International, Experimental
Television, Experimental Facsimile, or a Developmental Broadcast
Station License--The FCC Form 310 is filed on occasion when the
applicant is submitting an application for a new international
broadcast station.
FCC Form 311--Application for Renewal of an International or
Experimental Broadcast Station License--The FCC Form 311 is filed by
applicants who are requesting renewal of their international broadcast
station licenses.
47 CFR 73.702(a) states that six months prior to the start of each
season, licensees and permittees shall by informal written request,
submitted to the Commission in triplicate, indicate for the season the
frequency or frequencies desired for transmission to each zone or area
of reception specified in the license or permit, the specific hours
during which it desires to transmit to such zones or areas on each
frequency, and the power, antenna gain, and antenna bearing it desires
to use. Requests will be honored to the extent that interference and
propagation conditions permit and that they are otherwise in accordance
with the provisions of section 47 CFR 73.702(a).
47 CFR 73.702(b) states that two months before the start of each
season, the licensee or permittee must inform the Commission in writing
as to whether it plans to operate in accordance with the Commission's
authorization or operate in another manner.
47 CFR 73.702(c) permits entities to file requests for changes to
their original request for assignment and use of frequencies if they
are able to show good cause. Because international broadcasters are
assigned frequencies on a seasonal basis, as opposed to the full term
of their eight-year license authorization, requests for changes need to
be filed by entities on occasion.
47 CFR 73.702 (note) states that permittees who during the process
of construction wish to engage in equipment tests shall by informal
written request, submitted to the Commission in triplicate not less
than 30 days before they desire to begin such testing, indicate the
frequencies they desire to use for testing and the hours they desire to
use those frequencies.
47 CFR 73.702(e) states within 14 days after the end of each
season, each licensee or permittee must file a report with the
Commission stating whether the licensee or permittee has operated the
number of frequency hours authorized by the seasonal schedule to each
of the zones or areas of reception specified in the schedule.
47 CFR 73.782 requires that licensees retain logs of international
broadcast stations for two years. If it involves communications
incident to a disaster, logs should be retained as long as required by
the Commission.
47 CFR 73.759(d) states that the licensee or permittee must keep
records of the time and results of each auxiliary transmitter test
performed at least weekly.
47 CFR 73.762(b) requires that licensees notify the Commission in
writing of any limitation or discontinuance of operation of not more
than 10 days.
47 CFR 73.762(c) states that the licensee or permittee must request
and receive specific authority from the Commission to discontinue
operations for more than 10 days under extenuating circumstances.
47 CFR 1.1301-1.1319 cover certifications of compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act and how the public will be protected
from radio frequency radiation hazards.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary Office of the Managing Director.
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