[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18421-18422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9944]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission

April 9, 1998.
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 information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 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 estimate; (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 June 15, 1998. 
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 Judy Boley, 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 collection(s), contact Judy Boley at 202-418-0214 or 
via internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval Number:  3060-0821.
    Title: DTV Engineering Analysis for De Minimis Standard.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review:  Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents:  Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 20.

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    Estimated Time Per Response:  21 hours.
    Total Annual Burden:  100 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure, on occasion 
reporting requirement.
    Estimated Cost Per Respondent: $0.
    Needs and Uses: In the Memorandum Opinion and Order to the Sixth 
Report and Order in MM Docket 87-268, the Commission adopted a new de 
minimis standard for permissible new interference resulting from 
increases in DTV facilities (power and/or antenna height) or 
transmitter site changes. The new de minimis interference standard will 
provide additional opportunities for stations to increase power and 
make other changes. Stations seeking to operate at higher power levels 
under these provisions will be required to notify, by certified mail, 
all stations that could potentially be affected by such operation at 
the time the station files its application for a construction permit or 
modification of facilities. A station that believes that its service is 
being affected beyond our de minimis standard may file an opposition 
with the Commission. Such an opposition shall include an engineering 
analysis demonstrating that additional impermissible interference would 
occur. In certain instances, grants for increased power may be 
conditioned on validation of performance through field measurements of 
actual station operation by the station licensee opposing parties.
OMB Approval Number:  3060-0812.
    Title: Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 
1997 - MD Docket 96-186.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review:  Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents:  Individuals or households; businesses or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 635,738.
    Estimated Time Per Response:  .50 hours.
    Total Annual Burden:  317,869 hours.
    Frequency of Response:  Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion 
reporting requirement.
    Estimated Cost per Respondent:  $0.
    Needs and Uses:  The Commission in accordance with the 
Communications Act of 1934, is required to assess and collect 
regulatory fees from its licensees and regulatees in order to recover 
its costs incurred in conducting enforcement, policy and rulemaking, 
international and user information activities. The purpose of the 
information collection is to: 1) facilitate the statutory provision 
that non-profit entities be exempt from payment of regulatory fees; and 
2) facilitate the FCC's ability to audit regulatory fee payment 
compliance in the Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) industry.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-9944 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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