Notice2024-26011
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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Published
November 8, 2024
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Federal Communications Commission
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 89, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88768-88769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26011]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1263; FR ID 260093]
Information Collection 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 January 7,
2025. 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#b6e6e4f7f6d0d5d598d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fbaba9babb9d9898d59c948d">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e7a486938f9ec9b08e8b8b8e868a94a7818484c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81c2e0f5e9f8afd6e8edede8e0ecf2c1e7e2e2afe6eef7">[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: 3060-1263.
Title: Sections 74.1203(a)(3), Interference, and 74.1204(f),
Protection of FM broadcast, FM Translator and LP100 stations.
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: 270 respondents; 270
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3-5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement and on
occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,080 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $924,100.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 316, and 319 of the
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 303, 307, 308,
309, 316, and 319.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension of this
information collection in order to receive approval/clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget for three years. On May 9, 2019, the
Commission adopted a Report and Order, Amendment of part 74 of the
Commission's Rules Regarding FM Translator Interference, FCC 19-40, MB
Docket No. 18-119 (FM Translator Interference Report and Order),
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adopting proposals to streamline the rules relating to interference
caused by FM translators and to expedite the translator interference
complaint resolution process. These measures were designed to limit or
avoid protracted and contentious interference disputes, provide
translator licensees additional investment certainty and flexibility to
remediate interference, and provide affected stations expedited
resolution of interference complaints. When the FM Translator
Interference Report and Order was adopted, the following information
collection requirements required OMB approval.
Specifically, the FM Translator Interference Report and Order, as
it pertains to this Information Collection, codified the translator
interference listener complaint requirements under rule Sec.
74.1201(k) and Sec. Sec. 74.1203(a)(3) (actual interference) and
74.1204(f) (predicted interference). The Commission set forth the
requirements for a listener complaint submitted with a translator
interference claim in Sec. 74.1201(k), as a complaint that is signed
and dated by the listener, and contains the following information: (1)
the complainant's full name, address, and phone number; (2) a clear,
concise, and accurate description of the location where the
interference is alleged or predicted to occur; (3) a statement that the
complainant listens to the desired station using an over-the-air signal
at least twice a month, to demonstrate the complainant is a regular
listener; and (4) a statement that the complainant has no legal,
employment, financial, or familial affiliation or relationship with the
desired station, to demonstrate the complainant is disinterested.
Electronic signatures are acceptable for this purpose.
The FM Translator Interference Report and Order established a
minimum number of listener complaints, ranging from 6 to 25, depending
on the population served within the protected contour of the
complaining station. In addition to the required minimum number of
valid listener complaints, a station submitting a translator
interference claim package pursuant to either Sec. 74.1203(a)(3) or
74.1204(f) must include: (1) a map plotting the specific locations of
the alleged interference in relation to the 45 dBu contour of the
complaining station; (2) a statement that the complaining station is
operating within its licensed parameters; (3) a statement that the
complaining station licensee has used commercially reasonable efforts
to inform the relevant translator licensee of the claimed interference
and attempted private resolution; and (4) U/D data demonstrating that
at each listener location the ratio of undesired to desired signal
strength exceeds -20 dB for co-channel situations, -6 dB for first-
adjacent channel situations or 40 dB for second- or third-adjacent
channel situations, calculated using the Commission's standard contour
prediction methodology set out in Sec. 73.313.
In the FM Translator Interference Report and Order, the Commission
outlined two paths for resolving interference. First, a translator
operator may resolve each listener complaint by working with the
listener to resolve reception issues. The translator operator must then
document and certify that the desired station can now be heard on the
listener's receiver, i.e., that the adjustment to or replacement of the
listener's receiving equipment actually resolved the interference.
Second, the translator operator may work with the complaining station
to resolve station signal interference issues using rule-compliant
suitable technical techniques. Once agreement is reached, the
translator operator submits the agreed-upon remediation showing to the
Commission.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-26011 Filed 11-7-24; 8:45 am]
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