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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to Office of 
Management and Budget for Review

January 28, 1994.
    The Federal Communications Commission has submitted the following 
information collection requirements to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
    Copies of these submissions may be purchased from the Commission's 
copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M 
Street NW., suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800. For 
further information on these submissions contact Judy Boley, Federal 
Communications Commission, (202) 632-0276. Persons wishing to comment 
on these information collections should contact Timothy Fain, Office of 
Management and Budget, room 3235 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-
3561.

OMB Number: 3060-0207
Title: Sections 73.961 and 73.932, Test of the Emergency Broadcast 
System (EBS) and Radio Monitoring and Attention Signal Transmission 
Requirements
Action: Extension of currently approved collection
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit (including small 
businesses)
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement
Estimated Annual Burden: 12,500 recordkeepers; 1.25 hours average 
burden per recordkeeper; 15,625 hours total annual burden
Needs and Uses: Section 73.961 requires that all broadcast stations log 
transmission and receipt of the weekly EBS test and receipt of the 
semi-monthly wire service test. The recordkeeping of this information 
is necessary to document station compliance with this rule and to help 
enhance station awareness and participation in the National, State and 
Local Emergency Broadcast System. Section 73.932 further explains rule 
73.961 and requires broadcast stations to log why they did not receive 
a weekly EBS test. The information is used by FCC staff as part of 
their routine inspections of broadcast stations. Accurate recordkeeping 
of this data is vital in determining the location and nature of 
possible equipment failure on the part of the transmitting or receiving 
station (or wire service). Furthermore, since the National level EBS is 
solely for the use of the President, its proper operation must be 
assured.
OMB Number: 3060-0465
Title: Section 74.985, Signal booster stations
Action: Extension of a currently approved collection
Respondents: Non-profit institutions and businesses or other for-profit 
(including small businesses)
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement
Estimated Annual Burden: 27 responses; .78 hour average burden per 
response; 21 hours total annual burden
Needs and Uses: On 2/21/91, the OMB approved an information collection 
for 47 CFR 74.985(a) under OMB Control Number 3060-0465. On 1/21/92, 
OMB approved an information collection for Amendment of parts 21, 43, 
74, 78 and 94 of the Commission's rules Governing Use of the 
Frequencies in the 2.1 and 2.5 GHz Bands Affecting Private Operational-
Fixed Microwave under OMB Control Number 3060-0464. This information 
collection includes Sec. 74.985 (b), (c) and (g) amongst other rules. 
On 2/13/93, the Commission adopted a Report and Order in PR Docket No. 
92-80, which further modified Sec. 74.985(g). On 10/30/93, OMB approved 
this modification through a correction worksheet (3060-0464).
    In this submission, we are bringing all portions of Sec. 74.985 
under one OMB control number. All other portions of the approval for 
OMB Control Number 3060-0464 will remain under that collection. Section 
74.985(a) requires signal booster stations to obtain the written 
consent from the licensee of the MDS, MMDS, or ITFS station whose 
signals are to be retransmitted. Section 74.985 (b), (c), and (d) are 
reporting requirements that are contained in the FCC Form 330 and will 
not be included as a separate burden within this rule section. Section 
74.985(e) requires each application for a signal booster station to 
include a written consent statement of the licensee of each MDS, MMDS, 
and ITFS station whose signal is retransmitted. Section 74.985(g) 
requires that a MDS or ITFS licensee submit a certification statement 
to install a low power signal booster within 48 hours of installation 
of the booster station. Such applications must demonstrate compliance 
with 74.985(g). This written consent would be attached to an 
application for signal booster station and would be used by FCC staff 
to ensure that a booster station has consent to retransmit the MDS, 
MMDS, and ITFS station signal. The requirements in Sec. 74.985(g) would 
be used by FCC staff to ensure that a low power signal booster would 
not cause interference and that it has proper authority to retransmit 
an MDS or ITFS signal.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-2538 Filed 2-3-94; 8:45 am]
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