[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4571-4572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1328]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


 Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for Review 
and Approval, Comments Requested

January 16, 2008.
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 February 25, 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 contacts 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via Internet at [email protected] 
or via fax at (202) 395-5167 and to Cathy Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC or via Internet at [email protected] or 
[email protected]. To view a copy of this information collection request 
(ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called 
``Currently Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in 
the ``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, 
(4) select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of 
agencies presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the 
``Submit'' button to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when 
the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the title 
of this ICR (or its OMB control number, if there is one) and then click 
on the ICR Reference Number to view detailed information about this 
ICR.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0216.
    Title: Informal Requests to Discontinue Only One Service and 
Informal Requests to Flash Cut; Section 73.3538, Application To Make 
Changes in an Existing Station, Section 73.1690(e) Modification of 
Transmission Systems.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 700.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50-3 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,125 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009, 
full-power television broadcast stations must transmit only digital 
signals and may no longer transmit analog signals. On December 31, 
2007, the Commission released a Report and Order, In the Matter of the 
Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting 
the Conversion to Digital Television, MB Docket No. 07-91, FCC 07-228. 
In this Report and Order, among other things, the Commission requires 
stations to request Commission approval to return their currently 
assigned, pre-transition-only DTV channel (i.e., a DTV channel that is 
not their final, post-transition channel) and flash cut at or before 
the transition deadline from their current analog channel to their 
final, post-transition channel. This process will be accomplished by 
permitting broadcasters to file an informal letter to the Video 
Division of the Media Bureau and send an email to [email protected] in 
lieu of a formal construction permit application (FCC Forms 301 and 
340). 47 CFR 73.1690(e) requires AM, FM, and TV station licensees to 
prepare an informal statement or diagram describing any electrical and 
mechanical modification to authorized transmitting equipment that can 
be made without prior Commission approval provided that equipment 
performance measurements are made to ensure compliance with FCC rules. 
This informal statement or diagram must be retained at the transmitter 
site as long as the equipment is in use. 47 CFR 73.3538 requires 
broadcast stations to file an informal application to modify or 
discontinue the obstruction marking or lighting of an antenna 
supporting structure.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1104.
    Title: Section 73.682(d), TV Transmission Standards.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 1,812.
    Frequency of Response: Weekly reporting requirement; third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 47,112 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009, 
full-power television broadcast stations must transmit only digital 
signals and may no longer transmit analog signals. On December 31, 
2007, the Commission released a Report and Order, In the Matter of the 
Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting 
the Conversion to Digital Television, MB Docket No. 07-91, FCC 07-228.
    In this Report and Order, among other things, the Commission 
updates Section 73.682(d) of the Commission's rules to reflect 
revisions to the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc's (ATSC) 
Program System Information Protocol (PSIP) Standards. The revised ATSC 
PSIP standard requires broadcasters to populate the Event Information 
Tables (``EITs'') with accurate information about each event and to 
update the EIT if more accurate information becomes available. In other 
words, it requires broadcasters to provide detailed programming

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information when transmitting their broadcast signal.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-1328 Filed 1-24-08; 8:45 am]
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