[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31111-31112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15474]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collections Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval

May 6, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications, 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 proposed 
and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency 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 valid control 
number. 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 Commissions 
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.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before [insert date 
30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register]. 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.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to Dorothy Conway, Federal Communications, 
Room 234, 1919 M St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via internet to 
[email protected] and Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236 NEOB 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503 or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217 
or via internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: New Collection.
    Title: Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 50 respodents performing 50 inspections per 
year. The total annual responses is 2,500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 6 minutes per inspection.
    Total Annual Burden: 250 hours.
    Estimated Costs Per Response: Estimated to be $.50 per notification 
for mailing.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is establishing a voluntary ABIP 
where entities that conduct the ABIP inspection (usually state 
broadcast associations) will notify the Commission of the stations that 
have passed inspection. This information collection will require 
entities to file a statement with their local FCC field office, by 
regular or electronic mail, that a given station within the field 
office's geographic district has passed an ABIP inspection. The 
Commission will use the information to determine which stations are 
exempted for a two or three year period from random inspections 
conducted by the local FCC field office.

OMB Number: 3060-0214.
    Title: Section 73.3526 Local Public Inspection File of Commercial 
Stations.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 10,215 commecial radio licensees 
recordkeepers; 1,181 commercial TV licensees recordkeepers; 1,181 
commercial TV stations making must-carry/retransmission consent 
elections.
    Estimated time per response: 104 hours per year for radio 
recordkeeping; 130 hours per year for TV recordkeeping; 5 hours per 
election statement to 1 hour for 50 cable systems per TV market.
    Total annual burden hours: 2,101,640 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.3526 requires that each licensee/
permittee of a commercial broadcast station maintain a file for public 
inspection. The contents of the file vary according to type of service 
and status. The contents include, but are not limited to, copies of 
certain applications tendered for filing, a statement concerning 
petitions to deny filed against such applications, copies of ownership 
reports and annual employment reports, statements certifying compliance 
with filing announcements in connection with renewal applications, 
letters received from members of the public, etc. The data are used by 
the public and FCC to evaluate information about the broadcast 
licensee's performance, to ensure that broadcast stations are 
addressing issues concerning the community to which it is licensed to 
serve and to ensure that radio stations entering into time brokerage 
agreements comply with Commission policies pertaining to licensee 
control and to the Communications Act and the antitrust laws. 
Broadcasters are required to send each cable operator in the station's 
market a copy of the election statement applicable to that particular 
cable operator. Placing these retransmission consent/must-carry 
elections in the public file provide public access to documentation of 
station's elections which are used by cable operators in

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negotiations with television stations and by the public to ascertain 
why some stations are/are not carried by the cable systems.

OMB Number: 3060-0543.
    Title: Section 21.913 Signal booster stations.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Revision of an existing collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 600.
    Estimated time per response: 2.5 hours per certification. This 
includes 0.5 hours for the licensee to convey its desire to install a 
low power booster station and 2 hours for a consulting engineer to 
prepare the certification.
    Total annual burden: 300.
    Annual Cost Per Respondent: $250 per certification. This estimates 
is the cost for the licensee consulting an engineer to prepare the 
certification.
    Needs and Uses: On 6/9/93, OMB approved the Amendment of Parts 1, 2 
and 21 of the Commission's Rules Governing Use of the Frequencies in 
the 2.1 amd 2.5 GHz Bands. That approval contained various rule parts 
contained in Parts 21 and 74 of the Commission's Rules. Since that 
time, all rule sections incorporated into that approval have been 
reapproved under different OMB control numbers expect Section 21.913. 
Section 21.913(g) permits an MDS or ITFS licensee to install and 
commence operation of low power signal booster stations without a 
formal application. Licensees seeking to install a low power signal 
booster station must, however, submit a certification demonstrating 
compliance with the various components of Sections 21.913(g). This 
certification must be submitted within 48 hours of installation of the 
booster station. The data are used by FCC staff to verify that the 
licensee has complied with guidelines to use the certification process 
and that the booster would not cause objectionable interference.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15474 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
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