[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28874]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

November 5, 1996.
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
Public Law 96-511. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid control number. Not 
withstanding any other provisions of law, 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. Questions concerning the OMB control numbers and 
expiration dates should be directed to Dorothy Conway, Federal 
Communications Commission, (202) 418-0217.

Federal Communications Commission

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0258.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/99.
    Title: 90.176 Interservice Sharing of Frequencies in the 150-174 
MHz Bands.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,100 annual hour; average 2 hours per 
respondent; 1,050 respondents.
    Description: The reporting requirement contained in Section 90.176 
is necessary to determine if interservice sharing is in the public 
interest in a particular case. The applicant is required to submit 
information that such sharing is necessary and that interference will 
not result to the primary users of the frequency that is being 
requested. This information is collected only once, upon initial 
application for a license.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0219.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/99.
    Title: 90.49(b) Communications Standby Facilities Special
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 150 annual hours; .75 hour per respondent; 
200 respondents.
    Description: The reporting requirement contained in Section 
90.49(b) is necessary to ensure that a communications common carrier 
requesting private radio service frequencies to be used as a standby 
facility for carrying safety related communications when normal common 
carrier circuits are inoperative due to circumstances beyond the 
control of the carrier are necessary for the protection of life and 
property. This information is collected only once, upon initial 
application for a license.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0435.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/99.
    Title: 80.361 Frequencies for narrow-band direct-printing (NB-DP) 
and data transmission.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4 total annual hours; average 2 hours per 
respondent; 2 responses.
    Description: The reporting requirement contained in Section 80.361 
is necessary to require applicants to submit a showing of need to 
obtain new or additional narrow-band direct printing (NB-DP) 
frequencies. Applicants for new or additional NB-DP frequencies are 
required to show the schedule of services of each currently licensed or 
proposed series of NB-DP frequencies and to show a need for additional 
frequencies based on at least 40%usage of existing NB-DP frequencies. 
The information is used to determine whether an application for NB-DP 
frequency should be granted.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0740.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/99.
    Title: Disclosure Policies--Section 95.1015.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 203 total annual hours; average 1 hour per 
respondent; 203 respondents.
    Description: This collection of information is made necessary by 
the amendments of the Commission's Rules regarding the Low Power Radio 
and Automated Maritime Telecommunications System (AMTS) operations in 
the 216-217 MHz band. The reporting requirement is necessary to ensure 
that television stations that may be affected by harmful interference 
from AMTS operations are notified. The information will be used by the 
Commission staff and the affected television stations to locate 
potential harmful interference from AMTS operations.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0700.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/99.
    Title: Implementation of Section 302 of the Telecommunications Act 
of 1996, Open Video Systems CS Docket 96-46.
    Form: FCC 1275.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4,570 total annual hours; average 2-8 
hours per respondent; 3,762 respondents.
    Description: The information collection requirements contained in 
this order are necessary to implement the statutory provisions for Open 
Video Systems contained in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Section 
302 of the 1996 Act provides for specific entry options for telephone 
companies wishing to enter the video programming marketplace, one of 
which is to provide cable service over an ``open video system'' (OVS).

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-28874 Filed 11-8-96; 8:45 am]
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