Notice2025-13039
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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July 14, 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 132 (Monday, July 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31201-31203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13039]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0754, OMB 3060-0799, OMB 3060-1159; FR ID 302353]
Information Collections 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 August 13,
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#2f7f7d6e6f494c4c01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81d1d3c0c1e7e2e2afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d291b3a6baabfc85bbbebebbb3bfa192b4b1b1fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2e1c3d6cadb8cf5cbcececbc3cfd1e2c4c1c18cc5cdd4">[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 reduce the information
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-0754.
Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video
Service Authorization, Schedule H.
Form Number: FCC Form 2100, Schedule H.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 1,767 respondents; 1,767 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement: Annual reporting
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 4(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
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Total Annual Burden: 17,670 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,060,200.
Needs and Uses: Commercial full-power and Class A television
broadcast stations are required to file FCC Form 2100, Schedule H
(formerly FCC Form 398) (Children's Television Programming Report)
within 30 days after the end of each calendar year. FCC Form 2100,
Schedule H is a standardized form that: (a) Provides a consistent
format for reporting the children's educational television programming
aired by licensees to meet their obligation under the Children's
Television Act of 1990 (CTA), and (b) facilitates efforts by the public
and the FCC to monitor compliance with the CTA.
Commercial full-power and Class A television stations are required
to complete FCC Form 2100, Schedule H within 30 days after the end of
each calendar year and file the form with the Commission. The
Commission places the form in the station's online public inspection
file maintained on the Commission's database (<a href="http://www.fcc.gov">www.fcc.gov</a>). Stations
use FCC Form 2100, Schedule H to report, among other things, the Core
Programming (i.e., children's educational and informational
programming) the station aired the previous calendar year. FCC Form
2100, Schedule H also includes a ``Preemption Report'' that must be
completed for each Core Program that was preempted during the year.
This ``Preemption Report'' requests information on the reason for the
preemption, the date of each preemption, the reason for the preemption
and, if the program was rescheduled, the date and time the program was
re-aired.
On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report and Order in MB
Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, In the Matter of Children's
Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media Regulation
Initiative, which modernizes the children's television programming
rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have occurred
since the rules were first adopted. Among other revisions, the Report
and Order revises the children's television programming rules to expand
the Core Programming hours to 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; modify the safe
harbor processing guidelines for determining compliance with the
children's programming rules; require that broadcast stations air the
substantial majority of their Core Programming on their primary program
streams, but permit broadcast stations to air up to 13 hours per
quarter of regularly scheduled weekly programming on a multicast
stream; eliminate the additional processing guideline applicable to
stations that multicast; and modify the rules governing preemption of
Core Programming. In addition, the Report and Order revises the
children's television programming reporting requirements by requiring
that Children's Television Programming Reports (FCC Form 2100, Schedule
H) be filed on an annual rather than quarterly basis, within 30 days
after the end of the calendar year; eliminating the requirements that
the reports include information describing the educational and
informational purpose of each Core Program aired during the current
reporting period and each Core Program that the licensee expects to air
during the next reporting period; eliminating the requirement to
identify the program guide publishers who were sent information
regarding the licensee's Core Programs; and streamlining the form by
eliminating certain fields. The Report and Order also eliminates the
requirement to publicize the Children's Television Programming Reports.
The Report and Order directs the Media Bureau to make modifications to
FCC Form 2100, Schedule H as needed to conform the form with the
revisions to the children's programming rules, including the changes to
the processing guidelines and preemption policies.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0799.
Title: FCC Ownership Disclosure Information for the Wireless
Telecommunications Services.
Form No.: FCC Form 602.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; and State, Local or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,115 respondents and 4,115
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of this information is
contained in sections 154(i), 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The statutory authority for
this collection of this information is contained in sections 154(i),
303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 5,217 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $762,300.
Needs and Uses: The FCC Form 602 is necessary to obtain the
identity of the filer and to elicit information required by Sec.
1.2112 of the Commission's rules regarding: (1) Persons or entities
holding a 10 percent or greater direct or indirect ownership interest
or any general partners in a general partnership holding a direct or
indirect ownership interest in the applicant (``Disclosable Interest
Holders''); and (2) All FCC-regulated entities in which the filer or
any of its Disclosable Interest Holders owns a 10 percent or greater
interest. The data collected on the FCC Form 602 includes the FCC
Registration Number (FRN), which serves as a ``common link'' for all
filings an entity has with the FCC. The Debt Collection Improvement Act
of 1996 requires that entities filing with the Commission use an FRN.
The FCC Form 602 was designed for, and must be filed electronically by,
all licensees that hold licenses in auctionable services.
The FCC Form 602 is comprised of the Main Form containing
information regarding the filer and the Schedule A is used to collect
ownership data pertaining to the Disclosable Interest Holder(s). Each
Disclosable Interest Holder will have a separate Schedule A.
Thus, a filer will submit its FCC Form 602 with multiple copies of
Schedule A, as necessary, to list each Disclosable Interest Holder and
associated information.
OMB Control No.: 3060-1159.
Title: Part 25--Satellite Communications; and Part 27--
Miscellaneous Wireless Communication Services: 2.3 GHz Band.
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: 153 respondents and 5,691
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-40 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, Third Party
Disclosure, and On occasion and Quarterly reporting requirements.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is 47 U.S.C. 154,
301, 302(a), 303, 309, 332, 336, and 337 unless otherwise noted.
Total Annual Burden: 23,887 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $350,700.
Needs and Uses: The information filed by Wireless Communications
Service (WCS) licensees in support of their construction notifications
will be used to determine whether licensees have complied with the
Commission's
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performance benchmarks. Further, the information collected by licensees
in support of their coordination obligations will help avoid harmful
interference to Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS),
Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry (AMT) and Deep Space Network (DSN)
operations in other spectrum bands.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-13039 Filed 7-11-25; 8:45 am]
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