[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 189 (Thursday, September 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52786-52787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25405]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

September 23, 1999.
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, Public Law 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 November 29, 
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, S.W., Room 1-A804, 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: 3060-0107.
    Title: Private Radio Application for Renewal, Reinstatement and/or 
Notification of Change to License information.
    Form Number: FCC 405A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; Small businesses or 
organizations; Individuals or households; State or Local Governments; 
Non-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .33 hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 495 hours.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Rules require that radio station licensees 
renew their PRMS (Private Mobile Radio Service) radio station 
authorization every five years or their CMRS (Commercial Mobile Radio 
Service) radio station authorization every ten years. Data is used to 
update the existing database and make efficient use of the frequency 
spectrum. Data is also used by Compliance personnel in conjunction with 
Field Engineers for enforcement and interference resolutions.
    The data collected is required by the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended; International Treaties and FCC Rules 47 CFR Parts 1.926, 
90.119, 90.135, and 90.157.
    The form has been revised to delete the requirement to provide 
payment information. FCC Form 159 (Fee Remittance Advice) is required 
to be filed with any feeable Form 405A and applicants must provide 
payment information thereon. The collection is being revised to delete 
reference in General Mobile Radio Service use of the form. This radio 
service has been converted to ULS and will no longer use this form. 
This program change resulted in a reduction in the number of 
respondents from 2,700 to 1,500 and total burden hours from 891 to 495 
hours. Total respondent cost is $80,000.
    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0127.
    Title: Assignment of Authorization.
    Form Number: FCC 1046.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals; Business or other for-profit; State or 
local governments; Non-profit.

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    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5 minutes (.083).
    Total Annual Burden: 249 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This form is required by the Communications Act, 
International Treaties and FCC Rules 47 CFR Parts 1.922, 1.924, 80.19, 
87.21, and 90.119. To assign authorization of radio station to another 
entity, the assignor must, in writing, assign all right, title and 
interest of the authorization to the other entity.
    The Commission uses the data to determine if assignment of 
authorization submitted with the application will meet the rule 
requirements for issuance of a station authorization.
    The form is being revised to delete the reference to Microwave 
Radio Services use of the form, reducing the number of respondents from 
6,000 to 3,000. Microwave Services have been converted to ULS and will 
use FCC Form 603 for assignment of authorization.
    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0035.
    Title: Application for Renewal of Auxiliary Broadcast License.
    Form Number: FCC 313R.
    Type or Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 30 minutes (.50).
    Total Annual Burden: 25 hours.
    Total Respondent Costs: $2,250.
    Needs and Uses: FCC 313-R is used by licensees of remote pickup and 
low power stations that are not broadcast licensees (e.g., cable 
operators, network entities, international broadcast services, motion 
picture producers and television producers) to renew their auxiliary 
broadcast license. Statutory authority for this collection of 
information is contained in Section 307 of the Communications Act. It 
is also required by 47 CFR 73.3500 and 73.3539.
    The Commission intends to revise the application to include a place 
for the applicant to provide a Fax number; delete payment information 
and Taxpayer ID Number as the same information is provided on FCC Form 
159 (Fee Remittance Advice) required with any feeable application.
    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0250.
    Title: Section 74.784 Rebroadcasts.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,080 low power television, TV translator 
and TV booster stations.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Reporting, on occasion.
    Annual Burden: 1,080.
    Annual Costs: $0.
    Needs and Uses: Section 74.784(b) states that a licensee of a low 
power television or TV translator station shall not rebroadcast the 
programs of any other TV broadcast station without obtaining prior 
consent of the station whose signals or programs are proposed to be 
retransmitted. Section 74.784(b) requires licensees of low power 
television or TV translator stations to notify the Commission when 
rebroadcasting programs or signals of another station. This 
notification shall include the call letters of each station 
rebroadcast. The licensee of the low power television or TV translator 
station shall certify that written consent has been obtained from the 
licensee of the station whose programs are retransmitted. The data is 
used by FCC staff to ensure compliance with Section 325(a) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, which states that no 
broadcasting station shall rebroadcast the program or any part thereof 
of another broadcasting station without the express authority of the 
originating station.
    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0398.
    Title: Equipment Authorization Measurement Standards, 47 CFR 2.948, 
15.117(g)(2).
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Number of Respondents: 320.
    Estimated Time per Response: 28.4375 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 9,100 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The information gathered is used by the Commission 
to ensure that data accompanying all requests for equipment 
authorization are valid, and that proper testing procedures are used. 
Testing ensures that potential interference to radio communications is 
controlled, and if necessary, the data gathered may be used for 
investigating complaints or harmful interference, or for verifying the 
manufacture's compliance with the Commission rules. This collection 
eliminates the necessity for manufacture's to file UHF noise figure 
data documenting the performance of TV receivers tested and marketed in 
the U.S. The requirement was eliminated from the rules by a Report and 
Order in ET Docket 95-144.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-25405 Filed 9-29-99; 8:45 am]
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