[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68099-68100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31451]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

November 29, 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(s), 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;

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(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 January 5, 
2000. 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 Judy Boley, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-C804, 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 collection(s), contact Judy Boley at 202-418-0214 or 
via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0161.
    Title: Section 73.61, AM Directional Antenna Field Strength 
Measurements.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,890.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 4 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 36,020 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: 0.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.61 requires that each AM station using 
directional antennas make field strength measurements as often as 
necessary to insure proper directional antenna system operation. 
Stations not having approved sampling systems make field strength 
measurements every three months. Stations with approved sampling 
systems must make field strength measurements as often as necessary. 
Also, all AM stations using directional antennas must make partial 
proofs of performance as often as necessary.
    The data is used by FCC staff in field inspections/investigations 
and by AM licensees with directional antennas to ensure that adequate 
interference protection is maintained between stations and to ensure 
that such experimentation will not cause interference to other 
stations.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0212.
    Title: Section 73.2080, Equal Employment Opportunity Program.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 16,251.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 52 hours per year.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 845,052 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: 0.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.2080 provides that equal opportunity in 
employment shall be afforded by all broadcast stations to all qualified 
persons and no person shall be discriminated against in employment by 
such stations because of race, color, religion, national origin, or 
sex.
    Section 73.2080 requires that each broadcast station shall 
establish, maintain, and carry out a program to assure equal 
opportunity in every aspect of a broadcast station's policy and 
practice. This section incorporates specific EEO program requirements 
and general guidelines for meeting those requirements. These guidelines 
are not intended to be either exclusive or inclusive but simply to 
provide guidance. This program will provide an appropriate and 
effective means of informing broadcasters, individuals employed or 
seeking employment by broadcast stations of its EEO requirements.
    The Commission has suspended the enforcement of Section 73.2080(b) 
and (c) due to the decision in Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod v. FCC, 
wherein the Court of Appeals held that the EEO program requirements of 
this section were unconstitutional. The enforcement of these 
requirements is suspended until the Commission revises the EEO rules to 
be consistent with the Court of Appeals Luther Church decision. The 
Commission will make such adjustments to the rule as necessary to 
conform to the Lutheran Church decision consistent with the record in 
the rulemaking. Until such times the Commission reaches a decision in 
the outstanding Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning the 
Court of Appeals Lutheran Church decision, Section 73.2080 needs to 
retain its current OMB control number. We note that Section 73.2080(a) 
remains in effect.
    The data will be used by a broadcast licensee in the preparation of 
the stations' Broadcast Annual Employment Report (FCC Form 395-B) that 
is submitted annually and the station's EEO Program (FCC Form 396) 
submitted with the license renewal application. If this information 
were not maintained, there could be no assurance that licensees are 
complying with the EEO rule.
    The Commission has suspended the filing of these forms until such 
time as the Commission reaches a decision in the outstanding NPRM.
Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-31451 Filed 12-3-99; 8:45 am]
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