[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43355-43356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18511]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

July 8, 2003.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commissions (FCC), 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 August 21, 
2003. 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 collections contact Les Smith at (202) 418-0217 or 
via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Remedial Measures for Failure to Construct Digital 
Television Stations (DTV Policy Statement).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions; and individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 400.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 1.0 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 210 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $76,000.
    Needs and Uses: On April 16, 2003, the FCC released a Report and 
Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration, In the 
Matter of Remedial Steps for Failure to Comply with Digital Television 
Construction Schedule, MM Docket No. 02-113, FCC 03-77, (``R&O''), in 
which the Commission has adopted a series of remedial measures for 
stations that fail to construct their digital television (DTV) 
facilities in a timely fashion and fail to justify an extension of 
their DTV construction deadline. Stations will be subject to periodic 
reporting requirements. Under the first step, the Commission will deny 
the request for an unqualified extension and admonish the station for 
its failure to comply with its DTV construction obligation. The station 
must submit a report within thirty days outlining the steps it intends 
to take to complete construction and the approximate date that it 
expects to reach each of these construction milestones. Sixty days 
after its initial report, the station must submit a report detailing 
its progress on meeting its proposed construction milestones and 
justifying any delays it has encountered. Under the second step in the 
approach, if the

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station has not come into compliance with the DTV construction rule 
within a six-month period, then, absent extraordinary and compelling 
circumstances, the Commission will issue a Notice of Apparent Liability 
for forfeiture to the licensee and require that the station report 
every thirty days on its proposed construction milestones and its 
efforts to meet those milestones. The R&O followed the release of an 
Order/Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted May 16, 2002, MM Docket No. 
02-113, FCC 02-150, 67 FR 38459, June 4, 2002.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-18511 Filed 7-21-03; 8:45 am]
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