Notice2022-24600
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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November 10, 2022
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Abstract
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 87, Number 217 (Thursday, November 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67912-67914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24600]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0928, OMB 3060-0795, OMB 3060-0881 and OMB 3060-0627; FR ID
113339]
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 comments shall be submitted on or before January 9,
2023. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#164644575670757538717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="08585a49486e6b6b266f677e">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#571436233f2e79003e3b3b3e363a241731343479303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fcceefbe7f6a1d8e6e3e3e6eee2fccfe9ececa1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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OMB Control No.: 3060-0928.
Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video
Service Authorization, Schedule F (Formerly FCC 302-CA); 47 CFR
73.6028; Section 73.3700(b)(3); Section 73.3700(h)(2) and Section
73.3572(h).
Form No.: FCC Form 2100, Schedule F.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit
institutions; State, local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 115 respondents and 115
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement and on
occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 230 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $69,225.
Needs and Uses: The FCC Form 2100, Schedule F is used by Low Power
TV (LPTV) stations that seek to convert to Class A status; existing
Class A stations seeking a license to cover their authorized
construction permit facilities; and Class A stations entering into a
channel sharing agreement. The FCC Form 2100, Schedule F requires a
series of certifications by the Class A applicant as prescribed by the
Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA). Licensees will be
required to provide weekly announcements to their listeners: (1)
Informing them that the applicant has applied for a Class A license and
(2) announcing the public's opportunity to comment on the application
prior to Commission action.
Information Collection Requirements
Section 73.6028 permits Class A stations to seek approval to share
a single television channel with LPTV, TV translator, full power and
Class A television stations. Class A stations interested in terminating
operations and sharing another station's channel must submit FCC Form
2100 Schedule F in order to complete the licensing of their channel
sharing arrangement.
Section 73.3700(b)(3) requires the licensee of each channel sharee
station and channel sharer station to file an application for a license
for the shared channel using FCC Form 2100 Schedule B (for a full power
station) or F (for a Class A station) within six months of the date
that the channel sharee station licensee receives its incentive payment
pursuant to section 6403(a)(1) of the Spectrum Act.
Section 73.3700(h)(2) states that, upon termination of the license
of a party to a channel sharing assignees (CSA), the spectrum usage
rights covered by that license may revert to the remaining parties to
the CSA. Such reversion shall be governed by the terms of the CSA in
accordance with 47 CFR 73.3700(h)(4)(E). If upon termination of the
license of a party to a CSA only one party to the CSA remains, the
remaining licensee may file an application to change its license to
non-shared status using FCC Form 2100, Schedule B (for a full power
licensee) or F (for a Class A licensee).
Section 73.3572(h)--Class A TV station licensees shall file a
license application for either the flash cut channel or the digital
companion channel they choose to retain for post-transition digital
operations. Class A TV stations will retain primary, protected
regulatory status on their desired post-transition digital channel.
Class A TV applicants must certify that their proposed post-transition
digital facilities meet all Class A TV interference protection
requirements.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0795.
Title: Associate WTB & PSHSB Call Sign & Antenna Registration
Number With Licensee's FRN.
Form No.: FCC Form 606.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit entities; not-for-profit institutions; state, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 5,000 respondents; 5,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: (15 minutes) 0.25 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,250 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need
for confidentiality. On a case-by-case basis, the Commission may be
required to withhold from disclosure certain information about the
location, character, or ownership of a historic property, including
traditional religious sites.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the OMB after this 60-day comment period as an extension
(no change in reporting and/or third-party disclosure requirements) to
obtain the full three- year clearance from them.
Licensees use FCC Form 606 to associate their FCC Registration
Number (FRN) with their Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Public
Safety Homeland Security Bureau call signs and antenna structure
registration numbers. The form must be submitted before filing any
subsequent applications associated with the existing license or antenna
structure registration that is not associated with an FRN. The
information collected in the FCC Form 606 is used to populate the
Universal Licensing System (ULS) with the FRNs of licensees and antenna
structure registration owners who interact with ULS.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0881.
Title: Section 95.1961, Interference.
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: 30 respondents; 30 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party
disclosure requirement, and on occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i) and 157, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 30 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $7.500.
Needs and Uses: On May 19, 2017, the Commission reformed its Part
95 rules. See Review of the Commission's Part 95 Personal Radio Service
Rules, Report and Order, WT Docket 10-119, 32 FCC Rcd 4292 (2017). In
that proceeding, the Commission renumbered certain Part 95 rules
subject to this information collection without making substantive rule
changes. For example, former rule Sec. 95.861 is currently Sec.
95.1961. With this submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), we renumbered the rule sections accordingly.
Section 95.1961(c) requires that licensees in the 218-219 MHz
service must provide a copy of its plan to every TV Channel 13 station
whose Grade B predicted contour overlaps the licensed service area as
required by Sec. 95.1915(a) of the Commission's rules. This plan must
include an analysis of the co- and adjacent channel interference
potential of proposed systems in the 218-219 MHz service, identify
methods being used to minimize interference, and show how the proposed
systems will meet the service requirements set forth in Sec. 95.1931
of the Commission's rules. This plan must be sent to the TV Channel 13
licensee(s) within 10 days from the date the 218-219 MHz service
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licensee submits the plan to the Commission. Updates to this plan must
be sent to the TV Channel 13 licensee(s) within 10 days from the date
that such updates are filed with the Commission pursuant to Sec.
95.1915.
Section 95.1961(e) requires that each 218-219 MHz service licensee
investigate and eliminate harmful interference to television
broadcasting and reception, from its component cell transmitter
stations (CTSs) and response transmitter units (RTUs) within 30 days of
the time it is notified in writing, by either an affected television
station, an affected viewer, or the Commission, of an interference
complaint.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0627.
Title: FCC Form 302-AM, Application for AM Broadcast Station
License.
Form Number: FCC Form 302-AM.
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: 380 respondents and 380
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 4-20 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 2,800 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $5,684,350.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority is contained in Sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Needs and Uses: Licenses and permittees of AM broadcast stations
are required to file FCC Form 302-AM to obtain a new or modified
station license, and/or to notify the Commission of certain changes in
the licensed facilities of these stations. Additionally, when changes
are made to an AM station that alter the resistance of the antenna
system, a licensee must initiate a determination of the operating power
by the direct method. The results of this are reported to the
Commission using the FCC 302-AM.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-24600 Filed 11-9-22; 8:45 am]
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