[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52698-52699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26231]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

September 24, 1998.
    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, 
Pub. L. 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 Judy Boley, Federal 
Communications Commission, (202) 418-0214.

Federal Communications Commission

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0820.
    Expiration Date: 9/30/2001.
    Title: Transfer of Control Involving Telecommunications Carriers.
    Form No.: FCC 490, FCC 702, FCC 704.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,6000 annual hours; 1 hours per response; 
1,600 responses.
    Description: This information collection streamlines Commission 
procedures by allowing licensees, in certain circumstances, to complete 
pro forma assignments and transfers of control of licenses by selecting 
the less burdensome procedure of filing a letter after the transaction 
is complete.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0128.
    Expiration Date: 8/31/2001.
    Title: Application for General Mobile Radio Service and Interactive 
Video Data Service.
    Form No.: FCC 574.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 913 annual hours; 30 minutes per response; 
1,826 responses.
    Description: This form is filed by applicants in the General Mobile 
Radio Service and Interactive Video Data Service to request an 
authorization or to modify an existing authorization. This data is used 
to determine eligibility, for rulemaking proceedings, enforcement 
purposes and for resolving treaty obligations.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0360.
    Expiration Date: 8/31/2001.
    Title: Public Coast Station Logs 80.409(c).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 30,020 annual hours; 316 respondents @95 
hours per respondent annually.
    Description: This requirement is necessary to document the 
operation and public correspondence service of public coast radio 
telegraph, public coast radio telephone stations and Alaska-public 
fixed stations, including the logging of distress and safety calls 
where applicable. A retention period of more then one year is required 
where a log involves communications relating to a disaster, an 
investigation, or any complaint.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0192.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2001.
    Title: Posting Station License Section 87.103.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 11,950 annual hours; .250 hour per 
response; 47,800 responses.
    Description: This requirement is necessary to demonstrate that all 
transmitters in the Aviation Service are properly licensed in 
accordance with all the appropriate rules, statutes and treaties. It 
facilitates quick resolution of harmful interference problems.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0364.
    Expiration Date: 8/31/2000.
    Title: Ship Radiotelegraph Logs, Ship Radiotelephone Logs--Section 
80.409 (d) and (e).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 517,935 annual hours; 47.3 hours per 
recordkeeper; 10,950 recordkeepers.

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    Description: 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.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0639.
    Expiration Date: 9/30/2001.
    Title: Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act, 
Competitive Bidding--PP Docket No. 93-253 First Report and Order.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 400 annual hours; one hour per response; 
400 responses.
    Description: Section 3002 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
amended Section 309(j) to in effect reduce the situations in which the 
use of random selection is appropriate. The Commission will use the 
information to determine whether the public interest would be served by 
granting a transfer of control or an assignment of a license awarded 
through lottery procedures.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0228.
    Expiration Date: 8/31/2001.
    Title: 80.59 Compulsory Ship Inspection.
    Form No.:  N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 400 annual hours; 2 hours per response; 
200 responses.
    Description: This rule is necessary to permit vessels to operate 
for up to 30 days beyond the expiration of safety certification when an 
annual inspection required by treaty or statute cannot be performed in 
a timely manner.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0265.
    Expiration Date: 8/31/2001.
    Title: 80.898 Card of Instructions.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 300 annual hours; 6 minutes per response; 
3,000 responses.
    Description: This requirement is necessary to insure that 
radiotelephone distress procedures are readily available to the radio 
operator on board certain vessels.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0626.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/2000.
    Title: Regulatory Treatment of Mobile Services.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 6,673 annual hours; 30 minutes to 10.9 
hours per response; 1,074 responses, including 100 recordkeepers.
    Description: This information collection provides the Commission 
with technical, operational and licensing data for common carriers and 
private mobile radio services.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0508.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2001.
    Title: Rewrite and Update of Part 22.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 266,555 annual hours; 15 minutes to 600 
hours per response; 107,872 responses.
    Description: The information collected is used by the Commission to 
determine the technical legal and other qualifications of applicants to 
operate a station in the Public Mobile Services.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26231 Filed 9-30-98; 8:45 am]
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