[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 126 (Monday, June 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36869-36870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14787]


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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

June 24, 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(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. 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: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should 
submit comments August 29, 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: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), (202) 395-5887, or via fax at 202-395-
5167, or via the Internet at [email protected] and to 
[email protected], Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To 
submit your comments by e-mail send them to: [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 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 and (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, send an e-
mail to Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0881.
    Title: Section 95.861, Interference.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 563 respondents; 563 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 282 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $16,890.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted as an extension 
(no change in reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure 
requirements) after this 60 day comment period to Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full three year clearance.

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    Section 95.861(c) requires that a 218-219 MHz Service licensee must 
provide a copy of the plan required by Section 95.815(a) to every TV 
Channel 13 station whose Grade B predicted contour overlaps the 
licensed service area for the 218-219 MHz Service system. The 218-219 
MHz Service licensee must send the plan to the TV Channel 13 
licensee(s) within 10 days from the date the 218-219 MHz Service 
submits the plan to the Commission, and the 218-219 MHz Service 
licensee must send updates to this plan to the TV Channel 13 
licensee(s) within 10 days from the date that such updates are filed 
with the Commission pursuant to Section 95.815.
    Additionally, each 218-219 MHz Service system licensee must 
investigate and eliminate harmful interference to television 
broadcasting and reception, from its component CTSs and RTSs, within 30 
days of the time it is notified in writing, by either an affected 
television station, an affected viewer, or the Commission, of an 
interference complaint. Should the licensee fail to eliminate the 
interference within the 30-day period, the CTSs or RTUs causing the 
problem(s) must discontinue operation.
    This information will be used to monitor the co- and adjacent 
channel interference potential of proposed systems in the 218-219 MHz 
service, to identify methods being used to minimize interference and 
show how the proposed systems will meet the service requirements set 
forth in Section 95.831 of the Commission's rules.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0325.
    Title: Section 80.605, U.S. Coast Guard Coordination.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 10 respondents; 10 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.1 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 11 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted as an extension 
(no change in the reporting, requirement) after this 60 day comment 
period to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the 
full three year clearance. However, the Commission is reporting a 
decrease in the number of respondents since this information was last 
submitted to the OMB. Therefore, we are also reporting a -41 hour 
adjustment in the total estimated burden hours.
    Radionavigation coast stations operated to provide information to 
aid in the movement of any ship are private aids to navigation. Before 
submitting an application for a radionavigation station, an applicant 
must obtain written permission from the cognizant Coast Guard District 
Commander at the area in which the device will be located. The 
Commission may request an applicant to provide documentation as to this 
fact.

    Note: Surveillance radar coast stations do not require U.S. 
Coast Guard approval.

    Coast station transponders (i.e., radar beacons, or racons) 
operating in the band 2900-3100 or 9300-9500 MHz shall meet the 
requirements of ITU-R Recommendation M.824-2, ``Technical Parameters of 
Radar Beacons (RACONS),'' with Annexes, 1995. Applications for 
certification of these transponders must include a description of the 
technical characteristics of the equipment including the scheme of 
interrogation and the characteristics of the transponder response, and 
test results demonstrating the device meets each applicable requirement 
of this ITU-R recommendation. ITU-R Recommendation M.824-2 with Annexes 
is incorporated by reference. The Director of the Federal Register 
approves this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51. Copies of this standard can be inspected at 
the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC (Reference Information Center) or at the National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-14787 Filed 6-27-08; 8:45 am]
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