[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17099-17100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4769]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated 
Authority

March 24, 2006.
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 (PRA) of 1995, Public Law No. 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 that does not display a valid control 
number. Comments are requested

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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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before June 5, 2006. 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: You may submit your all Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
comments by email or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by e-
mail send them to [email protected]. To submit your comments by U.S. mail, 
mark them to the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection(s) send an e-mail to [email protected] or contact 
Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-01041.
    Title: Remedial Measures for Failure to Construct Digital 
Television Stations (DTV Policy Statement).
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 400.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50--2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 460 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $304,000.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    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. The Commission 
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 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. Once again, failure to adequately demonstrate that the 
station was taking all reasonable steps towards construction and to 
justify any additional delays that were encountered will result in the 
imposition of additional sanctions.
    Under the third and final step in the approach, if the station 
still had failed to come into compliance with the DTV construction rule 
within an additional six-month period of time (i.e., one year from the 
date of the formal admonition), then, absent extraordinary and 
compelling circumstances, the Commission will consider its construction 
permit for its DTV facilities to have expired and will rescind the 
station's DTV authorization. The Commission concluded that no hearing 
was necessary prior to rescinding the station's DTV authorization. The 
Commission also concluded that it would not make the station's vacant 
DTV allotment available. The Commission also announced that the station 
will be required to surrender its analog authorization at the end of 
the DTV transition.

Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-4769 Filed 4-4-06; 8:45 am]
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