[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53734-53735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26360]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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

October 9, 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 November 14, 
1996. 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 comments to Dorothy Conway, Federal 
Communications, Room 234, 1919 M St., N.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via 
internet to [email protected] and Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236 
NEOB 725 17th Street, N.W., 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: 3060-0390.
    Title: Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report.
    Form No: FCC 395-B.
    Type of Review: Revision of an existing collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 
Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 14,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .88 hours per report.
    Total Annual Burden: 12,320 hours.
    Estimated Costs Per Respondent: 0.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC 395-B is a data collection device used to 
assess and enforce the Commission's EEO requirements. It is filed by 
all AM, FM, TV, international and low power TV broadcast licensees/
permittees. The data is used by FCC staff to monitor a licensee's 
permittee's efforts to comply with the broadcast EEO rules.
    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0215.
    Title: Section 73.3527 Local Public Inspection file of 
noncommercial educational stations.
    Form No: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 2,168 noncommercial educational radio and 
televison stations will maintain a public inspection file and 15 
noncommercial TV stations will elect must-carry status for cable 
systems that change the number of channels.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 104 hours annually per noncommercial 
education radio and television station maintaining public inspection 
files; and 1 hour per noncommerical TV station per statement.
    Total Annual Burden: 225,487 hours.
    Estimated Costs Per Respondent: 0.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.3527 requires that each licensee/
permittee of a noncommercial broadcast station maintain a file for 
public inspection at its main studio or at another accessible location 
in its community of license. 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

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reports and annual employment reports, statements certifying compliance 
with filing announcements in connection with renewal applications, a 
list of donors supporting specific programs, etc. In addition, Section 
73.3527(a)(7) requires that each broadcast licensee of a noncommercial 
educational station place in a public inspection file a list of 
community issues addressed by the station's programming. This list is 
kept on a quarterly basis and contains a brief description of how each 
issue was treated. This rule also specifies the length of time, which 
varies by document type, that each record must be retained in the 
public file. The data is used by the public and FCC to evaluate 
information about the licensee's performance and to ensure that station 
is addressing issues concerning the community to which it is licensed 
to serve.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-26360 Filed 10-11-96; 8:45 am]
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