Notice2025-05786
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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April 4, 2025
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees."
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 64 (Friday, April 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14838-14839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05786]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0010; FR ID 287162]
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
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,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.''
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before May 5, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> also send a copy of your
comment on the proposed information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC,
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ffafadbebf999c9cd1989089"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="267674676640454508414950">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d596b4a1bdacfb82bcb9b9bcb4b8a695b3b6b6fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a092b3e2233641d232626232b27390a2c2929642d253c">[email protected]</span></a>. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, (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 Title of this ICR and
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to
OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission 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.
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the FCC invited the general public and other Federal Agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the following information
collection. Comments are requested concerning: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks
specific comment on how it might ``further
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reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-0010.
Title: Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations, FCC Form
323; Section 73.3615, Ownership Reports; Section 74.797, Biennial
Ownership Reports.
Form Number: FCC Form 323.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 4,340 respondents; 4,340 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 to 2.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; biennial
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in 47 U.S.C.
151, 152(a), 154(i), 257, 303(r), 307, 309, and 310.
Total Annual Burden: 9,620 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $10,220,980.
Needs and Uses: On January 20, 2016, the Commission released a
Report and Order, Second Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration
in MB Docket Nos. 07-294, 10-103, and MD Docket No. 10-234 (Second
Report and Order). The Second Report and Order refines the collection
of data reported on FCC Form 323, Ownership Report for Commercial
Broadcast Stations, and FCC Form 323-E, Ownership Report for
Noncommercial Broadcast Stations. Specifically, the Second Report and
Order implements a Restricted Use FRN (RUFRN) within the Commission's
Registration System (CORES) that individuals may use solely for the
purpose of broadcast ownership report filings; eliminates the
availability of the Special Use FRN (SUFRN) for broadcast station
ownership reports, except in very limited circumstances; prescribes
revisions to Form 323-E that conform the reporting requirements for
noncommercial educational (NCE) broadcast stations more closely to
those for commercial stations; and makes a number of significant
changes to the Commission's reporting requirements that reduce the
filing burdens on broadcasters, streamline the process, and improve
data quality. These enhancements enable the Commission to obtain data
reflecting a useful, accurate, and thorough assessment of minority and
female broadcast station ownership in the United States while reducing
certain filing burdens.
Currently, Form 323, Section II-A/II-B, Question 2.c asks ``Does
the Respondent or any interest holder reported in response to Question
2(a) hold an attributable interest in any newspaper entities in the
same market as any station for which this report is filed, as defined
in 47 CFR 73.3555?'' This question was relevant to the Commission's
Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rule, which prohibited common
ownership of a full-power broadcast station and a daily newspaper if
the station's contour (defined separately by type of station)
completely encompassed the newspaper's city of publication and the
station and newspaper were in the same relevant Nielsen market. On
November 20, 2017, the Commission released an Order on Reconsideration
and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in MB Docket Nos, 04-256, 07-294, 09-
182, 14-50, and 17-289 (Order on Reconsideration). Among other things,
the Order on Reconsideration repealed the Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-
Ownership Rule. Accordingly, Section II-A/II-B, Question 2.c will be
eliminated from Form 323.
Licensees of commercial AM, FM, and full power television broadcast
stations, as well as licensees of Class A and Low Power Television
stations, must file FCC Form 323 every two years. Biennial Ownership
Reports shall provide information accurate as of October 1 of the year
in which the Report is filed. Form 323 shall be filed by December 1 in
all odd-numbered years.
In addition, Licensees and Permittees of commercial AM, FM, and
full power television stations must file Form 323 following the
consummation of a transfer of control or an assignment of a commercial
AM, FM, or full power television station license or construction
permit; a Permittee of a new commercial AM, FM, or full power
television station must file Form 323 within 30 days after the grant of
the construction permit; and a Permittee of a new commercial AM, FM, or
full power television broadcast station must file Form 323 to update
the initial report or to certify the continuing accuracy and
completeness of the previously filed report on the date that the
Permittee applies for a license to cover the construction permit.
In the case of organizational structures that include holding
companies or other forms of indirect ownership, a separate Form 323
must be filed for each entity in the organizational structure that has
an attributable interest in the Licensee or Permittee.
We request two non-substantive changes to Section II-B, Question
2(a) (see page 6 of the updated form for the collection). Specifically,
we ask to change the text that currently reads ``Citizenship, Gender,
Ethnicity, and Race Information'' to read ``Citizenship, Sex,
Ethnicity, and Race Information.'' Similarly, we ask to change prompt
to the right that reads ``Gender'' to read ``Sex'' instead. We also
request to make parallel modifications to the form's instructions for
Section II-B, Question 2(a) (see top of second column of page 14 of the
updated Instructions), replacing the two instances of the word
``gender'' with the word ``sex.'' We request the foregoing non-
substantive changes to comply with President Trump's recent Executive
Order 14168, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and
Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Jan. 20, 2025).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-05786 Filed 4-3-25; 8:45 am]
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