[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38689-38690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18438]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

July 18, 2001.
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 September 24, 
2001. 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., 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 No.: 3060-0654.
    Title: Application for a Multipoint Distribution Service 
Authorization.
    Form No.: FCC 304.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Hours Per Response: 19 hours (1 hour respondent, 16 hours 
consulting engineer, 2 hours contract attorney).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Cost to Respondents: $602,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC 304 will be used by existing MDS operators 
to modify their stations or to add a signal booster station. It will 
also be used by some winning bidders in the competitive bidding process 
to propose facilities to provide wireless cable service over any usable 
MDS channels within their Basic Trading Area (BTA). This collection of 
information also includes the burden for the technical rules involving 
the interference or engineering analysis and service requirements under 
sections 21.902, 21.913 and 21.938. These analyses will not be 
submitted with the application but will be retained by the operator and 
must be made available to the Commission upon request. The data is used 
by FCC staff to ensure that the applicant is legally, technically and 
otherwise qualified to become a Commission licensee. MDS/ITFS 
applicants/licensees will need this

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information to perform the necessary analyses of the potential for 
harmful interference to their facility. The Commission will require 
this form to be filed electronically thirty days after the issuance of 
a public notice.
    OMB Number: 3060-0171.
    Title: Section 73.1125 Station main studio location.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 135.
    Estimated hours per response: 0.5-5 hours (0.5 hours respondent-
notification; 2 hours respondent, 1 hour contract attorney, 2 hours 
consulting engineer-explanatory letter).
    Frequency of response: Reporting, on occasion.
    Cost to respondents: $12,550.
    Estimated total annual burden: 83 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.1125(a) requires AM, FM or TV licensees 
to locate their main studio at any point that is within either the 
principal community contour of any station licensed to its community of 
license or 25 miles from the reference coordinates of the center of its 
community of license. If the station relocates its main studio from one 
point to another within the principal community contour or from a point 
outside the principal community contour to one within it, the licensee 
is required to notify the FCC pursuant to Section 73.1125(d)(1). In 
addition, where the main studio is already authorized at a location 
outside the locations specified in (a), and the licensee desires to 
specify a new location also located outside those locations, written 
authority must be sought and received from the Commission prior to 
relocation of the main studio. This written authority is sought by the 
filing an explanatory letter with the Commission. The data is used by 
FCC staff to assure that the station main studio is located within the 
principal community contour of any station licensed to the community of 
license or 25 miles from the reference coordinates of the center of its 
community of license. The explanatory letter is used by FCC staff to 
determine whether the circumstances are sufficient to warrant a waiver 
of the Commission's main studio rules.
    OMB Number: 3060-0215.
    Title: Section 73.3527 Local Public Inspection File of 
Noncommercial Educational Stations.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Not for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 2,515 noncommercial radio/television 
licensees recordkeepers.
    Estimated time per response: 104 hours per year.
    Frequency of response: Recordkeeping.
    Cost to respondents: $0.
    Total annual burden: 261,575.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.3527 requires that each licensee/
permittee of a noncommercial broadcast station maintain a file for 
public inspection at its main studio or at another accessible location 
in its community of license. The contents of the file vary according to 
type of service and status. The contents include, but are not limited 
to, copies of certain applications tendered for filing, a statement 
concerning petitions to deny filed against such applications, copies of 
ownership reports and annual employment reports, statements certifying 
compliance with filing announcements in connection with renewal 
applications, a list of donors supporting specific programs, etc.
    In addition, Section 73.3527(a)(7) requires that each broadcast 
licensee of a noncommercial educational station place in a public 
inspection file a list of community issues addressed by the station's 
programming. This list is kept on a quarterly basis and contains a 
brief description of how each issue was treated. This rule also 
specifies the length of time, which varies by document type, that each 
record must be retained in the public file. The data is used by the 
public and FCC to evaluate information about the licensee's performance 
and to ensure that station is addressing issues concerning the 
community to which it is licensed to serve.
    OMB Approval No.: 3060-0664.
    Title: Certification of Completion of Construction for a Multipoint 
Distribution Service Station.
    Form No.: FCC 304-A.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Estimated Hours Per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Cost to Respondents: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 250 hours Needs and Uses: The FCC 
304A will be used to certify that the facilities as authorized in the 
FCC 304 have been completed and that the station is now operational, 
ready to provide service to the public. Each license will specify as a 
condition that upon the completion of construction, the licensee must 
file with the Commission an FCC 304A, certifying that the facilities as 
authorized have been completed and that the station is now operational 
and ready to provide service to the public. The conditional license 
shall be automatically forfeited upon the expiration of the 
construction period specified in the license unless within 5 days after 
that date an FCC 304A has been filed with the Commission. The 
Commission will require this form to be filed electronically thirty 
days after the issuance of a public notice.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-18438 Filed 7-24-01; 8:45 am]
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