Notice2025-13782
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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Published
July 22, 2025
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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 (PRA) of 1995, 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 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 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 90, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34498-34499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13782]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1176, 3060-1177; FR ID 303802]
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 (PRA) of 1995, 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 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 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 September
22, 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#65353724250306064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3e3e1f2f3d5d0d09dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fab99b8e9283d4ad939696939b9789ba9c9999d49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="642705100c1d4a330d08080d050917240207074a030b12">[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: 3060-1176.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: MVPD Notice, Section 73.3800.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 10 respondents and 10
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 to 4 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 1,
4(i) and (j), 7, 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 312, 316, 318, 319,
324, 325, 336, and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 19 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $600.
Needs and Uses: On March 23, 2017, the Commission adopted the
Report and Order, Channel Sharing by Full Power and Class A Stations
Outside the Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction Context, GN
Docket No. 12-268, MB Docket No. 03-185, MB Docket No. 15-137, FCC 17-
29. This document approved channel sharing outside of the incentive
auction context between full power, Class A, Low Power Television
(LPTV) and TV translator stations. Channel sharing stations also must
notify MVPDs of the fact that stations will be terminating operations
on one channel to share another station's channel.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1177.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Section 74.799, Channel Sharing Agreements.
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Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 20 respondents and 20
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 1,
4(i) and (j), 7, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 312, 316, 318, 319, 324,
325, 336, and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 20 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $12,000.
Needs and Uses: Full power and Class A television stations that
agreed to share a single television channel in conjunction with the
now-completed Incentive Auction and low power television (LPTV) and TV
translator stations that channel share outside of the auction context
are required to reduce their agreement (CSA) to writing and submit a
copy to the Commission for review. There is no specified format for the
CSA but it must contain provisions covering: a. Access to facilities,
including whether each licensee will have unrestrained access to the
shared transmission facilities; b. Allocation of bandwidth within the
shared channel; c. Operation, maintenance, repair, and modification of
facilities, including a list of all relevant equipment, a description
of each party's financial obligations, and any relevant notice
provisions; d. Transfer/assignment of a shared license, including the
ability of a new licensee to assume the existing CSA; e. Termination of
the license of a party to the CSA, including reversion of spectrum
usage rights to the remaining parties to the CSA and f. A provision
affirming compliance with the channel sharing requirements in the rules
including a provision requiring that each channel sharing licensee
shall retain spectrum usage rights adequate to ensure a sufficient
amount of the shared channel capacity to allow it to provide at least
one Standard Definition (SD) program stream at all times.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-13782 Filed 7-21-25; 8:45 am]
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