Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority

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August 12, 2021

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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications 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 displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (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.

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 153 (Thursday, August 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44361-44363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17151]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0216, 3060-0248, 3060-0332, 3060-0404 and 3060-1218; FR ID
42035]

Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority

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 of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications 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 displays a currently valid Office of Management
and Budget (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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before October
12, 2021. 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

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ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9f9fbe8e9cfcaca87cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c595978485a3a6a6eba2aab3">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#541735203c2d7a033d38383d353927143237377a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e2a183968a9bccb58b8e8e8b838f91a2848181cc858d94">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060-0216.
Title: Section 73.3538, Application to Make Changes in an Existing
Station; Section 73.1690(e), Modification of Transmission Systems.
Form Number: N/A.
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: 650 respondents; 650
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50-3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement;
Recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,100 hours.
Annual Burden Cost: None.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 154(i), 303(r), 308, 309(j) and 337(e) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained
in Section 73.3538(b)(1) of the Commission's rules requires a broadcast
station to file an informal application to modify or discontinue the
obstruction marking or lighting of an antenna supporting structure.
The information collection requirements contained in Section
73.1690(e) of the Commission's rules requires AM, FM and TV station
licensees to prepare an informal statement or diagram describing any
electrical and mechanical modification to authorized transmitting
equipment that can be made without prior Commission approval provided
that equipment performance measurements are made to ensure compliance
with FCC rules. This informal statement or diagram must be retained at
the transmitter site as long as the equipment is in use.

OMB Control Number: 3060-0248.
Title: Section 74.751, Modification of Transmission Systems.
Form Number: Not applicable.
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 and Responses: 400 respondents; 400
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement;
Recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Section 154(i)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality
with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained
in 47 CFR 74.751(a) and (c) require licensees of low power TV or TV
translator stations to send written notification to the FCC of
equipment changes which may be made at licensee's discretion without
the use of a formal application. Section 74.751(d) information
collection requirements require that licensees of low power TV or TV
translator stations place in the station records a certification that
the installation of new or replacement transmitting equipment complies
in all respects with the technical requirements of this section and the
station authorization. The notifications and certifications of
equipment changes are used by FCC staff to ensure that the equipment
changes made are in full compliance with the technical requirements of
this section and the station authorizations and will not cause
interference to other authorized stations.

OMB Control Number: 3060-0332.
Title: Section 76.614, Cable Television System Regular Monitoring,
and Section 76.1706, Signal Leakage Logs and Repair Records.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3.995 respondents and 2,799
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: .0167-0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 2,799 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 302
and 303 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 Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained
in 47 CFR 76.1706 require cable operators shall maintain a log showing
the date and location of each leakage source identified pursuant to 47
CFR 76.614, the date on which the leakage was repaired, and the
probable cause of the leakage. The log shall be kept on file for a
period of two years and shall be made available to authorized
representatives of the Commission upon request.

OMB Control Number: 3060-0404.
Title: Application for an FM Translator or FM Booster Station
License, FCC Form 350.
Form Number: FCC Form 350.
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 and Reponses: 500 respondents; 500 responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Total Annual Burden: 500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $37,500.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain and retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 154(i), 307, 308 and 309 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 Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Licensees and permittees of FM Translator or FM
Booster stations are required to file FCC Form 350 to obtain a new or
modified station license. The data is used by FCC staff to confirm that
the station has been built to terms specified in the outstanding
construction permit.

Data from the FCC Form 350 is extracted for inclusion in the
subsequent license to operate the station.

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OMB Control No.: 3060-1218.
Title: Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: Amendment
to Part 76 of the Commission's Rules.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 11 respondents and 11
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours (15 minutes).
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 3 hours.
Total Annual Cost Burden: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required in order to monitor regulatory
compliance. The statutory authority for this information collection is
contained in sections 4, 303, 614, and 615 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 Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information collection imposes a notification
requirement on certain small cable systems that become ineligible for
exemption from the requirement to carry high definition broadcast
signals in HD (adopted in FCC 15-65). In particular, the information
collection requires that, beginning December 12, 2016, at the time a
small cable system utilizing the HD carriage exemption offers any
programming in HD, the system must give notice that it is offering HD
programming to all broadcast stations in its market that are carried on
its system. Cable operators also must keep records of such
notification. This information collection requirement allows affected
broadcast stations to monitor compliance with the requirement that
cable operators transmit high definition broadcast signals in HD.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-17151 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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