[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45811-45813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16006]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

August 9, 2007.
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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before October 15, 2007. 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 contacts 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information concerning 
the information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918 
or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0466.
    Title: Station Identification Sections 73.1201, 74.783 and 74.1283.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 4,200.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes to 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,566 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.

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    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On May 31, 2007, the Commission released the Second 
Report and Order, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Systems and Their 
Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service (``Second Order''), 
FCC 07-33, MM Docket 99-325. Provisions of the Second Order require 
station identification requirements for Digital Audio Broadcasting 
(DAB) stations to facilitate public participation in the regulatory 
process. Both AM and FM stations with DAB operations will be required 
to make station identification announcements at the beginning and end 
of each time of operation, as well as hourly, for each programming 
stream.
    47 CFR 73.1201(a) requires television broadcast licensees to make 
broadcast station identification announcements at the beginning and 
ending of each time of operation, and hourly, as close to the hour as 
feasible, at a natural break in program offerings. Television and Class 
A television broadcast stations may make these announcements visually 
or aurally.
    47 CFR 73.1201(b)(1) requires that official station identification 
shall consist of the station's call letters immediately followed by the 
community or communities specified in its license as the station's 
location; Provided that the name of the licensee, the station's 
frequency, the station's channel number, as stated on the station's 
license, and/or the station's network affiliation may be inserted 
between the call letters and station location. DTV stations, or DAB 
stations, choosing to include the station's channel number in the 
station identification must use the station's major channel number and 
may distinguish multicast program streams. For example, a DTV station 
with major channel number 26 may use 26.1 to identify an HDTV program 
service and 26.2 to identify an SDTV program service. A radio station 
operating in DAB hybrid mode or extended hybrid mode shall identify its 
digital signal, including any free multicast audio programming streams, 
in a manner that appropriately alerts its audience to the fact that it 
is listening to a digital audio broadcast. No other insertion between 
the station's call letters and the community or communities specified 
in its license is permissible.
    47 CFR 74.783(e) permits any low power television (LPTV) station to 
request a four-letter call sign after receiving its construction 
permit. All initial LPTV construction permits will continue to be 
issued with a five-character LPTV call sign. LPTV respondents are 
required to use the on-line electronic system. To enable these 
respondents to use this on-line system, the Commission eliminated the 
requirement that holders of LPTV construction permits submit with their 
call sign requests a certification that the station has been 
constructed, that physical construction is underway at the transmitter 
site, or that a firm equipment order has been placed.
    47 CFR 74.783(b) requires licensees of television translators whose 
station identification is made by the television station whose signals 
are being rebroadcast by the translator, must secure agreement with 
this television licensee to keep in its file, and available to FCC 
personnel, the translator's call letters and location, giving the name, 
address and telephone number of the licensee or service representative 
to be contacted in the event of malfunction of the translator. 47 CFR 
74.1283(c)(1) requires FM translator stations whose station 
identification is made by the primary station to furnish current 
information on the translator's call letters and location. This 
information is kept in the primary station's files. This information is 
used to contact the translator licensee in the event of malfunction of 
the translator.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1034.
    Title: Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the 
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service Broadcast Station Annual Employment 
Report.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 710.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.0 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,420 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On May 31, 2007, the Commission released the Second 
Report and Order, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Systems and Their 
Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service (``Second Order''), 
FCC 07-33, MM Docket 99-325. Provisions of the Second Order require 
radio station licensees to provide information necessary for the 
implementation of interim hybrid digital operations. Implementation of 
hybrid digital operations is entirely voluntary.
    47 CFR 73.404(b) states in situations where interference to other 
stations is anticipated or actually occurs, AM licensees may, upon 
notification to the Commission, reduce the power of the primary DAB 
sidebands by up to 6 dB. Any greater reduction of sideband power 
requires prior authority from the Commission via the filing of a 
request for special temporary authority or an informal letter request 
for modification of license.
    47 CFR 73.404(e) states licensees which include commercial and 
noncommercial AM and FM radio stations must provide notification to the 
Commission in Washington, DC, within 10 days of commencing IBOC digital 
operation. The notification must include the following information:
    (1) Call sign and facility identification number of the station;
    (2) date on which in-band, on channel (IBOC) operation commenced;
    (3) certification that the IBOC DAB facilities conform to 
permissible hybrid specifications;
    (4) name and telephone number of a technical representative the 
Commission can call in the event of interference;
    (5) certification that the analog effective radiated power remains 
as authorized;
    (6) transmitter power output; if separate analog and digital 
transmitters are used, the power output for each transmitter;
    (7) if applicable, any reduction in an AM station's primary digital 
carriers;
    (8) if applicable, the geographic coordinates, elevation data, and 
license file number of the auxiliary antenna employed by an FM station 
as a separate digital antenna;
    (9) if applicable, for FM systems employing interleaved antenna 
bays, a certification that adequate filtering and/or isolation 
equipment has been installed to prevent spurious emissions in excess of 
the limits specified in 73.317;
    (10) a certification that the operation will not cause human 
exposure to levels of radio frequency radiation in excess of the limits 
specified in 1.1310 of the Commission's rules and is therefore 
categorically excluded from environmental processing pursuant to 
1.1306(b). Any station that cannot certify compliance must submit an 
environmental assessment (``EA'')

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pursuant to 1.1311 and may not commence IBOC operation until such EA is 
ruled upon by the Commission.
    Implementation of the notification will eliminate both the need for 
the FCC staff to issue a Special Temporary Authority (STA) to the 
broadcaster and for the broadcaster to file and pay the initial and any 
subsequent filing fees.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-16006 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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