[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11692-11694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6313]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

March 4, 2002.
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 current 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 March 14, 
2002. 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 
Commission, Room 1-A804, 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 Les Smith at 202-418-0217 or 
via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0068.
    Title: Application for Consent to Assign an Experimental 
Authorization.
    Form Number: FCC 702.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.6 hr. (36 mins.).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 6 hrs.
    Total Annual Costs: $500.
    Needs and Uses: In November 2001, the FCC revised and reinstated 
FCC Form 702. The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and 47 CFR 
5.59 of FCC Rules require applications for Experimental Radio Services 
to submit FCC Form 702 when the legal right to

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control the use and operation of a station is to be transferred as a 
result of a voluntary act (contract or other agreement) or an 
involuntary act (death or legal disability) of the grantee of a station 
authorization or by involuntary assignment of the physical property 
constituting the station under a court decree in bankruptcy 
proceedings, or other court order, or by operation of law in any other 
manner. Form 702's revisions were the following: (1) The expiration 
date was deleted; (2) Section 1 (Fee Portion) was deleted; (3) 
questions 2, 4, 7b, 7c, 9, 10, 13-19, and 12c-26 were removed; (4) the 
FOR FCC USE ONLY fields were removed; (5) assignor's and assignee's e-
mail address fields were added; (6) a field for ``FCC Registration 
Number (FRN)'' was added; (7) the instructions pertaining Section I 
(Fee Portion) were removed; (8) the ``No. of Stations'' and ``Service'' 
columns were deleted (9) the item numbers were changed; (10) 
instructions referring to FCC Forms 159 and 160 were added; (11) an 
Internet URL for the FCC Registration Number (FRN) was added; (12) the 
Experimental Radio Service address was added; (13) the courier address 
changed.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0072.
    Title: Airborne Mobile Radio Telephone License Application.
    Form Number: FCC 409.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 260.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 mins. (0.083 hrs.).
    Total Annual Burden: 22 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $13,000.
    Needs and Uses: Individuals who intend to become subscribers to a 
common carrier service use FCC Form 409 to apply for, to modify, and/or 
to renew their license(s) giving them authority to operate an airborne 
mobile radio telephone. In recent years, the number of respondents has 
declined dramatically.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0139.
    Title: Application for Antenna Structure Registration.
    Form Number: FCC 854 and FCC 854R.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Non-Profit Institutions; and state, local, or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 9,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 Minutes.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,750 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $182,000.
    Needs and Uses: Owners of wire or radio communications towers with 
antenna structures use FCC Form 854 to register their structures within 
the United States, to notify the Commission when a structure has been 
built, to make changes to an existing registered structure, or to 
notify the Commission when a structure is dismantled. 47 CFR part 17 
and sections 303(q) and 503(b)(5) of the Communications Act, as 
amended, authorize the FCC to require the painting and/or illumination 
of radio towers where there is a reasonable possibility that an antenna 
structure may cause a hazard to air navigation. The FCC uses FCC Form 
854R to notify an owner that the Commission has registered the tower 
structure, its modification, or the change of ownership.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0707.
    Title: Over-the-Air Reception Devices.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: State, local, or tribal government; Individuals or 
households.
    Number of Respondents: 320.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 to 6 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,240 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $144,280.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC uses petitions for waivers of Section 207 
rules to determine whether the state, local, or non-governmental 
regulation or restriction is unique in a way that justifies waiver of 
our rules prohibiting restrictions of the use of over-the-air reception 
devices.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0669.
    Title: Section 76.946, Advertising of Rates.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 10,400.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 mins. (0.5 hrs.).
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; On occasion reporting 
requirements; Third party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,200 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: Under 47 CFR 76.946 of FCC Rules, cable operators 
that advertise for basic service and cable programming service tiers 
are required to advertise rates that include all costs and fees. Cable 
systems that cover multiple franchise areas, having differing franchise 
fees or other franchise costs, different channel line-ups, or different 
rate structures, may advertise a complete range of fees without 
specific identification of the rate for each individual area. In such 
circumstances, the operator may advertise a ``fee plus'' rate that 
indicates the core rate plus the range of possible additions, depending 
upon the particular location of the subscriber. This requirement is to 
make consumers aware of all fees associated with basic service and 
cable programming service tier rates.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0795.
    Title: Associate WTB Call Signs and Antenna Registration Numbers 
with Licensee's FRN.
    Form Number: FCC 606.
    Type of Review: Revision to a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or 
households; Not-for-profit institutions; State, local, or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 429,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 429,000 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: Licensees use FCC Form 606 to associate their FCC 
Registration Number (FRN) with their Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
call signs and antenna structure registration numbers. In addition, 
those antenna structure tenant licensees subject to the Anti-Drug Abuse 
Act of 1998 must use Form 606 to register their antenna structures. The 
form must be submitted before filing any subsequent applications 
associated with the existing license or antenna structure registration 
and prior to applying for an initial Wireless Telecommunications 
license or antenna structure registration. The Commission is revising 
FCC Form 606 and its instructions to remove information about the TIN 
registration requirements (including the title of the form) due to the 
implementation of the Commission Registration System (CORES) and to 
facilitate compliance with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 
(DCIA).

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0862.
    Title: Handling Confidential Information, GC Docket No. 96-55.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 600.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 3 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 800 hours.

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    Total Annual Costs: $23,000.
    Needs and Uses: On August 4, 1998, the FCC released a Report and 
Order, Examination of Current Policy Concerning the Treatment of 
Confidential Information Submitted to the Commission (R&O) in GC Docket 
No. 96-55. The R&O included a Model Protective Order (MPO) that is 
used, when appropriate, to grant limited access to information that the 
Commission determines should not be routinely available for public 
inspection. The party granted access to the confidential information 
materials must keep a written record of all copies made and provide 
this record to the submitter of the confidential materials on request. 
The approach was adopted to facilitate the use of confidential 
materials under an MPO, instead of restricting access to materials. In 
addition, the FCC amended 47 CFR 0.459(b) to set forth the type of 
information that should be included when a party submits information to 
the Commission for which it seeks confidential treatment. This listing 
of the types of information to be submitted was adopted to provide 
guidance to the public for confidentiality requests.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-6313 Filed 3-14-02; 8:45 am]
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