[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55602-55603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27806]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

October 8, 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, 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 November 16, 
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: 3060-0139.
    Title: Application for Antenna Structure Registration, Antenna 
Structure Registration, Antenna Structure Registration Change of 
Ownership.
    Form Number: FCC 854/854R, 854ULS, 854-O.
    Type of Review: Revision 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: 4,500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; Third 
party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,750 hours.
    Cost to Respondents: $181,800.
    Needs and Uses: Section 303(q) of the Communications Act, as 
amended, authorizes the Commission to require the painting and/or 
illumination of radio towers in cases where there is a reasonable 
possibility that an antenna structure may cause a hazard to air 
navigation, as determined by the FAA. In 1992, Congress amended 
sections 303 (q) and 503(b)(5) of the Communications

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Act: (1) To make antenna structure owners, as well as Commission 
licensees and permittees responsible for the painting and lighting of 
antenna structures, and (2) to provide that non-licensee antenna 
structure owners may be subject to forfeiture for violations of 
painting or lighting requirements as specified by the Commission.
    In the Commission's Report and Order, WT Docket No. 95-5, released 
on November 30, 1995, a uniform registration procedure was implemented. 
Antenna structure owners, rather than tenant licensees, are required to 
register and notify the Commission concerning changes to their antenna 
structures. Effective July 1, 1996, all new antenna structures meeting 
the ``notification criteria'' were to be registered with the 
Commission. For existing antenna structures, owners were required to 
register by state, in accordance with prescribed filing windows over a 
two year period from July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1998. In cases where 
an entity owned multiple structures in various states, owners were 
permitted to apply for a waiver of the filing window requirement to 
register all the structures at once, rather than on a state by state 
basis. After June 30, 1998, owners need to submit just one application 
to register new antenna structures, modify antenna structure 
registrations, or notify the Commission of antenna structure 
dismantlement (structure no longer exists).
    The Commission is currently in the process of developing a 
Universal Licensing System (ULS) to incorporate 11 separate databases 
into a single database, including antenna structure registration. The 
Form 854ULS has been designed for the ULS and will collect Taxpayer 
Identification Number (TIN) of the antenna structure owner. In order to 
use ULS, each antenna structure owner will be required to register 
their TIN and any associated registration numbers. The TIN will link 
all antenna structure registrations associated to any one owner in the 
UlS and will allow pre-filing of data, too. The purposes for using the 
form have changed and Form 854ULS will collect coordinate information 
in NAD83 only.
    In addition, a separate Antenna Structure Registration Change of 
Ownership Form, FCC Form 854-O has been designed to apply for a change 
of ownership for an FCC registered antenna structure and must be signed 
by both assignor and the assignee. (Owners previously filed Form 854 to 
accomplish this change.) FCC Form 854-O also allows for change of 
ownership for multiple registration numbers at the same time, provided 
the same owner is assuming ownership for all. Respondents will file 
only one of the four forms, depending upon which phase of the process 
they are in, i.e., current antenna registration process or ULS.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-27806 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am]
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