[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24446-24447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11583]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by FCC 
for Extension Under Delegated Authority 5 CFR 1320 Authority; Comments 
Requested

April 30, 1997.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, 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 Commission's 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.
    The FCC is reviewing the following information collection 
requirements for possible 3-year extension under delegated authority 5 
CFR 1320, authority delegated to the Commission by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before July 7, 1997. 
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 Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St., NW., Washington, DC 
20554 or via internet to [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: 3060-0213.
    Title: Section 73.3525 Agreements for removing application 
conflicts.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 38.
    Estimated time per response: 8 hours.
    Total annual burden: 38 hours (1 hour respondent, 8 hours attorney 
(includes 1 hour consultation time with respondent). The 8 hours 
attorney time is reflected in the cost estimate not the total annual 
burden hours.)
    Total annual cost burden: $60,800.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.3525 requires applicants for a 
construction permit for a broadcast station to obtain approval from the 
FCC to withdraw, dismiss or amend its application when that application 
is in conflict with another application pending before the FCC. This 
request for approval to withdraw, dismiss or amend an application 
should contain a copy of the agreement and an affidavit of each party 
to the agreement.
    The data is used by FCC staff to assure that the agreement is in 
compliance with its rules and regulations and Section 311 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0254.
    Title: Section 74.433 Temporary authorizations.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 12.
    Estimated time per response: 1 hours.
    Total annual burden: 1 hour (0.25 hours respondent, 1 hour attorney 
(includes 0.25 hours consultation time with respondent). The one hour 
of attorney time is included in the total cost burden not the total 
annual burden.)
    Total annual cost burden: $2,400.
    Needs and Uses: Section 74.433 requires that a licensee of a remote 
pickup station make an informal written request to the FCC when 
requesting temporary authorization for operations of a temporary nature 
that cannot be conducted in accordance with Section 74.24. The data is 
used by FCC staff to insure that the temporary operation of a remote 
pickup station will not cause interference to existing stations.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0246.
    Title: Section 74.452 Equipment Changes.
    Form Number: None.

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    Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 25.
    Estimated time per response: 0.5 hours.
    Total annual burden: 13 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 74.452 requires that licensees of remote 
pickup stations notify the Commission of any equipment changes that are 
deemed desirable or necessary (without departing from its station 
authorization) upon completion of such changes. The data is used by FCC 
staff to assure that the changes made comply with the rules and 
regulations.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0118.
    Title: Section 73.3550 Requests for new or modified call sign 
assignments.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,400.
    Estimated time per response: 1 hour.
    Total annual burden: 1,050 hours (50 percent of these requests are 
completed and filed by the respondent and 50% are completed and filed 
by attorneys.)
    Total annual cost burden: $284,550.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.3550 requires that a licensee, 
permittee, assignee or transferree of a broadcast station file a letter 
with the Commission when requesting a new or modified call sign. When 
an application for transfer or assignment of license is involved and 
the call sign conforms to that a commonly owned station not part of the 
transaction, the request must contain a written consent from the 
existing owner to retain the conforming call sign. In addition, where a 
requested call sign, without the ``-FM,'' ``-TV'' or ``-LP'' suffix, 
would conform to the call sign of any other non-commonly owned 
station(s) operating in a different service, the applicant must obtain 
and submit with the call sign request the written consent of the 
licensee(s) of such stations. Section 73.3550 also permits 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 with a five-character LPTV call 
sign. In addition to the letter request, a LPTV station must submit a 
certification under Section 74.783 which is submitted separately for 
OMB approval. The data is used by FCC staff to ensure that the call 
sign 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 Approval Number: 3060-0483.
    Title: Section 73.687 Transmission system requirements.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 6.
    Estimated time per response: 1.0 hours.
    Total annual burden: 6 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.687(e)(3) requires TV broadcast stations 
operating on Channels 14 and 69 to take special precautions to avoid 
interference to adjacent spectrum land mobile operations. This 
requirement applies to all new Channel 14 and 69 TV broadcast stations 
and those authorized to change channel, increase effective radiated 
power (ERP), change directional antenna characteristics such that ERP 
increases in any azimuth direction or change location, involving an 
existing or proposed channel 14 or 69 assignment. Section 73.687(e)(4) 
requires these stations to submit evidence to the FCC that no 
interference is being caused before they will be permitted to transmit 
programming on the new facilities. The data is used by the FCC to 
ensure proper precautions have been taken to protect land mobile 
stations from interference. It will also both increase and improve 
service to the public by broadcasters and land mobile services 
operating in certain parts of the spectrum.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0611.
    Title: Section 74.783 Station Identification.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 151.
    Estimated time per response: 0.166 hours.
    Total annual burden: 26 hours.
    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. 
Section 74.783(e) requires a low power television (LPTV) station to 
submit a certification with their request for a four-letter call sign. 
This certification must include a statement that it has placed a firm 
equipment order, which includes a down payment for such major 
components as a transmitter or a transmitting antenna, that physical 
construction is underway at the transmitter site, or that the station 
has been constructed. 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. The certification requirement will effectively enable 
Commission staff to award four-letter call signs to those permittees 
most likely to be constructed and operated.

Federal Communications Commission
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-11583 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]
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