[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 33804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14373]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection Being Submitted for
Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Comments Requested
June 9, 2010.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 - 3520. 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 estimate; (c) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; (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; and (e)
ways to further reduce the information collection burden for 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 control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not
display a currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before July 15, 2010. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via email to
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications
Commission via email to [email protected] and [email protected]. To view
a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB:
(1) Go to the web page http://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (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, and (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB
Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference
Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection please contact Cathy Williams on (202)
418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0937.
Title: Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM Docket No.
00-10.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and quarterly reporting
requirements;
Recordkeeping and third party disclosure requirements.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 500 respondents and 12,250
responses.
Estimated time per response: 0.0003 hours to 52 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
Sections 154(i), 307, 308, 309 and 319 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total annual burden: 234,621 hours.
Total annual costs: $1,995,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality with this
collection of information.
Needs and Uses: On November 29, 1999, the Community Broadcasters
Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA), Pub. L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. Appendix
I at pp. 1501A-594-1501A-598 (1999), codified at 47 U.S.C. Section
336(f), was enacted. That legislation provided that a low power
television (LPTV) licensee should be permitted to convert the secondary
status of its station to the new Class A status, provided it can
satisfy certain statutorily-established criteria. The CBPA directs that
Class A licensees be subject to the same license terms and renewal
standards as full-power television licenses and that Class A licensees
be accorded primary status as television broadcasters as long as they
continue to meet the requirements set forth in the statute for a
qualifying low power station. The CBPA sets out certain certification
and application procedures for LPTV licensees seeking Class A
designation, prescribes the criteria LPTV licensees must meet to be
eligible for Class A licenses, and outlines the interference protection
Class A applicants must provide to analog, digital, LPTV and TV
translator stations.
The CBPA directs that Class A stations must comply with the
operating requirements for full-service television broadcast stations.
Therefore, beginning on the date of its application for a Class A
license and thereafter, a station must be ``in compliance'' with the
Commission's operating rules for full-service television stations,
contained in 47 CFR Part 73.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-14373 Filed 6-14-10; 8:45 am]
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