[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 248 (Friday, December 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73819-73820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25228]


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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, Comments Requested

December 20, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to (PRA) of 
1995 (PRA), Public Law No. 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor 
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 
control number. Subject to the PRA, no person shall be subject to any 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before February 
26, 2008. 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 all PRA comments by email or U.S. post 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), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918 or 
send an e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0996.
    Title: AM Auction Section 307(b) Submissions.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 450.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5 to 3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,100 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $132,500.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: When Congress granted auction authority in the 
Balanced Budget Act for commercial broadcast and secondary broadcast 
services, it did not eliminate or revise 47 U.S.C. Section 307(b) of 
the Communications Act. Section 307(b) requires that the Commission 
effect a fair, efficient, and equitable distribution of radio stations 
throughout the United States.
    Section 307(b) information was previously collected in the 
framework of comparative hearing proceedings when mutually exclusive AM 
applications proposing to serve different communities were filed, or 
when non-mutually exclusive AM applications proposed a change in 
community of license. Since the comparative hearing process was 
discontinued as a result of the implementation of competitive bidding, 
the Commission must now collect the 307(b) information and undertake a 
Section 307(b) analysis in the context of the auction proceedings. For 
example, for mutually exclusive AM applications proposing to serve 
different communities, the process is performed prior to conducting the 
auction.
    In order to evaluate Section 307(b) considerations, the Commission 
requires the submission of supplemental information subsequent to the 
AM auction filing window application (FCC Form 175 and technical 
information) submission. Section 307(b) information is not collected in 
the initial auction filing window application because Section 307(b) 
considerations are not pertinent to all window filed application--
Section 307(b) is relevant only when the mutually exclusive AM 
application group consists of applications to serve different 
communities of license, or when a non-mutually exclusive AM application 
proposes a major modification of facilities, seeking a community of 
license change. Specifically, where the mutually exclusive group 
consists of proposals to serve different communities of license, each 
applicant within the group must submit an

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amendment containing supplemental information such as the following: 
(1) The area and population within the proposed 2 mV/m and 0.5 mV/m 
contours; (2) the number of stations licensed to the proposed community 
of license; (3) the number of stations providing protected service to 
the proposed community of license; (4) the population (according to the 
latest Census data) of the proposed community of license; (5) a 
description of the civic, cultural, religious, social or commercial 
attributes of the proposed community of license; and (6) any other 
information determined relevant. The Commission will dismiss, without 
further processing, the previously filed AM auction filing window 
application and technical proposal of any applicant that fails to file 
an amendment addressing the Section 307(b) criteria, where required. 
Mutually exclusive AM applicants may not use this as an opportunity to 
change the technical proposal specified in the AM auction filing window 
application. The Section 307(b) amendment must be based on the 
technical proposal as specified in the AM auction filing window 
application.
    Non-mutually exclusive applicants proposing a change in community 
of license must provide Section 307(b) information, demonstrating the 
merits of locating the station in the new community, as opposed to the 
former community of license.
    In addition, certain mutually exclusive application groups 
containing major modification applications are permitted to resolve 
their mutual exclusivities through settlement agreements. These 
agreements must comply with 47 CFR 73.3525, Agreements for Removing 
Application Conflicts (approved under OMB 3060-0213). To facilitate 
processing, eligible applicants who intend to settle should promptly 
notify the Commission in writing that a pre-auction settlement is 
forthcoming.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-25228 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]
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