[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1022-1023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-327]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

December 30, 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, 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

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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 February 8, 
1999. 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 
Commissions, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554 or via the 
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 the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0170.
    Title: Section 73.1030, Notification Concerning Interference to 
Radio Astronomy, Research, and Receiving Installations.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 57.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; Third 
party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 29 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $8,550.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.1030 requires licensees to provide 
simultaneous written notification to the Interference Office at Green 
Bank, WV when an application is filed with the FCC proposing to operate 
a short-term broadcast auxiliary station; an applicant seeks authority 
to construct a new broadcast station; or an applicant seeks authority 
to make changes in the frequency, power, antenna height, or antenna 
directivity of an existing station within the geographical coordinates 
of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory site in Green Bank, WV, or 
the Naval Radio Research Observatory site at Sugar Grove, WV.
    On September 26, 1997, the Commission adopted a Report and Order in 
ET Docket No. 96-2 which established a coordination zone that covers 
the islands of Puerto Rico, Desecho, Mona, Vieques, and Culebra within 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The coordination zone requires 
applicants for new and modified radio facilities in various 
communications services within the coordination zone to provide 
notification of the technical parameters of proposed operations to the 
Arecibo Radio Astronomy Observatory at the time their applications are 
submitted to the Commission. Statutory authority for this collection of 
information is contained in Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    The data are used by the Interference Office to enable them to file 
comments or objections with the FCC in response to the notification in 
order to minimize potential harmful interference to the National Radio 
Astronomy Observatory site located in Green Bank, WV and the Naval 
Radio Research Observatory in Sugar Grove, WV. The notification to the 
Arecibo Radio Astronomy Observatory in Puerto Rico will enable the 
Observatory to receive information needed to assess whether an 
application's proposed operations will cause harmful interference to 
the Observatory's operations and will promote efficient resolution of 
problems through coordination between applicants and the Observatory.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-327 Filed 1-6-99; 8:45 am]
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