Notice2023-09406
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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May 4, 2023
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Federal Communications Commission
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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 88, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28547-28548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09406]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-xxxx, OMB 3060-0236, OMB 3060-0248 and 3060-0250; FR ID
138975]
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
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 July 3,
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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84d4d6c5c4e2e7e7aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fdfddcecfe9ececa1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#480b293c2031661f2124242129253b082e2b2b662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="edae8c998594c3ba848181848c809ead8b8e8ec38a829b">[email 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: 3060-0250.
Title: Sections 73.1207, 74.784, and 74.1284, Rebroadcasts.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities, Not for-
profit institutions and State, local or Tribal Governments.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 6,462 respondents and 11,012
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion
reporting requirement; semi-annual reporting requirement; third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
Sections 154(i) and 325(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 5,506 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on April 17, 2023, the
Report and Order (R&O), In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74
of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power
Television and Television Translator Stations, Update of Parts 74 of
the Commission's Rules Related to Low Power Television and Television
Translator Stations, MB Docket Nos. 03-185 and 22-261, FCC 23-25. The
Report and Order adopted the following revision to 47 CFR 74.784(b):
47 CFR 74.784(b) states that a licensee of a low power television
or TV translator station shall not rebroadcast the programs of any
other TV broadcast station without obtaining prior consent of the
station whose signals or programs are proposed to be retransmitted.
Section 74.784(b) requires licensees of low power television and TV
translator stations to notify the Commission when rebroadcasting
programs or signals of another station. This notification shall include
the call letters of each station rebroadcast. The licensee of the low
power television or TV translator station shall certify that written
consent has been obtained from the licensee of the station whose
programs are retransmitted. This notification shall be provided by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f0a4a6a29592829f919493918384b0969393de979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ecac8ccfbfcecf1fffafdffedeadef8fdfdb0f9f1e8">[email protected]</span></a>, the Media Bureau, Video Division's
email box.
The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.1207
and 74.1284 remain the same. They are as follows:
47 CFR 73.1207 requires that licensees of broadcast stations obtain
written permission from an originating station prior to retransmitting
any program or any part thereof. A copy of the written consent must be
kept in the station's files and made available to the FCC upon request.
Section 73.1207 also specifies procedures that broadcast stations must
follow when rebroadcasting time signals, weather bulletins, or other
material from non-broadcast services.
47 CFR 74.1284 requires that the licensee of a FM translator
station obtain prior consent to rebroadcast programs of any broadcast
station or other FM translator. The licensee of the FM translator
station must notify the Commission of the call letters of each station
rebroadcast and must certify that written consent has been received
from the licensee of that station. Also, AM stations are allowed to use
FM translator stations to rebroadcast the AM signal. FM translator
stations are low power facilities licensed for the limited purpose of
retransmitting the signals of either a full power radio station or
another translator station. See 47 CFR 74.1201.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0236.
Title: Section 74.703, Interference.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities, State, local
or Tribal Governments and Not for-profit institutions.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 50 respondents and 50
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
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.
Total Annual Burden: 100 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $100,000.
Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on April 17, 2023, the
Report and Order (R&O), In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74
of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power
Television and Television Translator Stations, Update of Parts 74 of
the Commission's Rules
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Related to Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations, MB
Docket Nos. 03-185 and 22-261, FCC 23-25. The Report and Order adopted
the following revision to 47 CFR 74.703(h):
47 CFR 74.703(h) requires in each instance where suspension of
operation is required, the licensee shall submit a full report to the
FCC via a Resumption of Operations notice in the Commission's Licensing
and Management System (LMS) after operation is resumed, containing
details of the nature of the interference, the source of the
interfering signals, and the remedial steps taken to eliminate the
interference.
The Commission is reinstating OMB control number 3060-0236 back
into the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) inventory. However,
the Commission adopted on October 25, 2021, the Order (Order), In the
Matter of Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of
Spectrum Through Incentive Auction, GN Docket No. 12-268. The Order
adopted a number of changes, including removing 47 CFR 74.703(f) and
74.703(g). This means that collection 3060-0236 now only covers the
information collection requirements covered under 47 CFR 74.703(h).
OMB Control Number: 3060-0248.
Title: Section 74.751, Modification of Transmission Systems.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities, Not for-
profit institutions and State, local or Tribal Governments.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 400 respondents and 400
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement;
Recordkeeping requirement.
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.
Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on April 17, 2023, the
Report and Order (R&O), In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74
of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power
Television and Television Translator Stations, Update of Parts 74 of
the Commission's Rules Related to Low Power Television and Television
Translator Stations, MB Docket Nos. 03-185 and 22-261, FCC 23-25. The
Report and Order adopted the following revisions to 47 CFR 74.751:
47 CFR 74.751(a) requires 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.
47 CFR 74.751(b)(4) requires low power TV or TV translator stations
to file an application in the Commission's Licensing and Management
System (LMS) on FCC Form 2100, Schedule C, requesting authorization for
all antenna relocations.
47 CFR 74.751(c) provides that notwithstanding the requirement in
47 CFR 74.751(b)(4), a station may file in LMS a correction of
geographic coordinates where the change is 3 seconds or fewer in
latitude and/or 3 seconds or fewer in longitude, provided there is no
physical change in location and no other licensed parameters are
changed. An exhibit should be attached to the application(s) specifying
it is a coordinate correction. Stations seeking to correct coordinates
by less than 3 seconds of latitude and/or longitude may do so without
paying a filing fee.
47 CFR 74.751(d) requires 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-xxxx.
Title: Sections 74.734, 74.735, and 74.763, Electronic Filings
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities, Not for-
profit institutions and State, local or Tribal Governments.
Type of Review: New collection.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 50 respondents and 250
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement;
Recordkeeping requirement.
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.
Total Annual Burden: 500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $250,000.
Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on April 17, 2023, the
Report and Order (R&O), In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74
of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power
Television and Television Translator Stations, Update of Parts 74 of
the Commission's Rules Related to Low Power Television and Television
Translator Stations, MB Docket Nos. 03-185 and 22-261, FCC 23-25. The
Report and Order adopted a number of revisions to the Commission's
rules to specify electronic rather than paper submission in the
following instances:
47 CFR 74.734(a)(4) requires that a notification must be made with
the Commission via a Change of Control Point Notice in the Commission's
Licensing and Management System (LMS) providing the name, address, and
telephone number of person(s) who may be called to secure suspension of
operation of a transmitter promptly should the FCC deem such action
necessary.
47 CFR 74.735(c)(4) requires that all azimuth plane patterns be
plotted in a PDF attachment to the application in LMS in a size
sufficient to be easily viewed. 47 CFR 74.735(c)(6) requires that all
azimuth plane patterns be plotted in a PDF attachment to the
application in LMS in a size sufficient to be easily viewed. 47 CFR
74.735(c)(7) requires that if a matrix pattern is submitted in the LMS
application form, similar tabulations must be provided as necessary in
the form of a spreadsheet attachment to the application in LMS to
accurately represent the pattern.
47 CFR 74.763(b) provides that in the event that causes beyond the
control of the low power or translator station licensee make it
impossible to continue operating, the licensee may discontinue
operation for a period of not more than 30 days without further
authority from the FCC. 47 CFR 74.763(b) requires that no later than
the tenth day of discontinued operation, notification must be sent
electronically via a Suspension of Operations Notice filing in the
Commission's LMS database. In the event normal operation is restored
before the end of the 30 day period, the licensee must notify the FCC
of the date that normal operations resumed by filing a Resumption of
Operations Notice filing in LMS. Finally, Section 74.763(b) requires
that if causes beyond the control of the licensee make it impossible to
comply within the allowed period, a licensee may make a request for
Special Temporary Authority via LMS no later than the 30th day for such
additional time as may be necessary.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-09406 Filed 5-3-23; 8:45 am]
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