[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36906-36907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18044]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval

July 1, 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

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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, 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 information techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before August 7, 
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 Les Smith, Federal Communications, 
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 Les Smith at 202-418-0217 or via 
internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0360.
    Title: Section 80.409(c), Public coast station logs.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities; Individuals or 
households; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 316.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 95 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion 
reporting requirement.
    Cost to Respondents: $0.
    Total Annual Burden: 30,020 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The recordkeeping requirement contained in this 
rule section is necessary to document the operation and public 
correspondence service of public coast radio telegraph, public coast 
radiotelephone stations, and Alaska-public fixed stations, including 
the logging of distress and safety calls where applicable. A retention 
period of more than one year is required where a log involves 
communications relating to a disaster, an investigation, or any claim 
or complaint. If the information were not collected, documentation 
concerning the above stations would not be available.
    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0364.
    Title: Section 80.409 (d) and (e), Ship radiotelegraph logs, ship, 
radiotelephone logs.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 10,950 (10,150 compulsory equipped vessels + 
800 high seas vessels).
    Estimated Time Per Response: 47.3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion 
reporting requirement.
    Cost to Respondents: $0.
    Total Annual Burden: 517,935 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The recordkeeping requirement contained in these 
rule sections is necessary to document that compulsory radio equipped 
vessels and high seas vessels maintain listening watches and logs as 
required by statutes and treaties (including treaty requirements 
contained in Appendix 11 of the International Radio Regulations, 
Chapter IV, Regulation 19 of the International Convention for the 
Safety of Life at Sea, the Bridge-to-Bridge Radio Telephone Act, the 
Great Lakes Agreement, and the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.) 
A retention period of more than one year is required where a log 
involves communications relating to a disaster, an investigation, or 
any claim or complaint. If the information were not collected, 
documentation concerning station operations would not be available and 
treaty requirements would not be complied with.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-18044 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
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