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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 

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

June 23, 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 3221 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-
3561.
    OMB Number: 3060-0188.
    Title: Section 73.3550, Requests for new or modified call sign 
assignments.
    Action: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: State or local governments, non-profit institutions, 
and businesses or other for-profit (including small businesses).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,600 responses; .667 hours average burden 
per response; 1,734 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.3550 requires that a licensee, 
permittee, assignee or transferee of a broadcast station file a letter 
with the Commission when requesting a new or modified call sign. On 5/
19/94, the Commission adopted a First Report and Order (R&O) in MM 
Docket No. 93-114, Review of the Commission's Rules Governing the Low 
Power Television Service. In this First R&O the Commission has, among 
other things, amended Sec. 73.3550 to permit any low power television 
(LPTV) station to request a four-letter call sign after receiving its 
construction permit. All initial LPTV construction permits will 
continue to be issued a five-character LPTV call sign. In addition to 
the letter request, a LPTV must submit a certification under 
Sec. 74.783 which was submitted to OMB separately. We estimate that we 
will receive 800 requests for a four-letter call sign in FY 1995. The 
data are used by FCC staff to ensure that the call requested is not 
already in use by another station and that the proper ``K'' or ``W'' 
designation is used in accordance with the station location (east or 
west of the Mississippi River).

    OMB Number: 3060-0414.
    Title: Terrain Shielding Policy.
    Action: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: State or local governments, non-profit institutions, 
and businesses or other for-profit (including small businesses).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 150 responses; 10 hours average burden per 
response; 1,500 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: On 5/19/94, the Commission adopted a First Report 
and Order (R&O) in MM Docket No. 93-114, Review of the Commission's 
Rules Governing the Low Power Television Service. In the First R&O the 
Commission has, among other things, broadened the circumstances in 
which terrain shielding waivers can be used in this authorization of 
LPTV service. This action will cause an additional 50 terrain shielding 
waivers to be filed with the Commission. The terrain shielding policy 
would require respondents to submit either a detailed terrain study, or 
to submit letters of assent from all potentially affected parties and 
graphic depiction of the terrain. The data is used by FCC staff to 
determine if adequate interference protection can be provided by 
terrain shielding and if a waiver of Secs. 74.705 and 74.707 of the 
Rules is warranted.

    OMB Number: None.
    Title: Section 74.783, Station identification.
    Action: New collection.
    Respondents: State or local governments, businesses or other for-
profit (including small businesses).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 950 responses; .166 hours average burden 
per response; 158 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 74.783(b) requires television translator 
stations, whose station identification is made by the television 
station whose signals are being rebroadcast by the translator, to 
furnish current information with regard to the translator's call 
letters and location, and the name, address and telephone number of the 
licensee to be contacted in the event of malfunction of the translator. 
The certification requirement will effectively enable Commission staff 
to award four-letter call signs to those permittees most likely to be 
constructed and operated. The furnishing of current information is used 
by the primary station licensee and/or FCC staff in field 
investigations to contact the translator licensee in the event of 
malfunction of the translator.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-15825 Filed 6-29-94; 8:45 am]
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