[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 47 (Thursday, March 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10736-10737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5243]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

March 4, 2009.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on the following 
information collection(s). 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. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB 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 OMB control 
number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before May 11, 
2009. 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: Interested parties may submit all PRA comments by e-mail or 
U.S. post mail. To submit your comments by e-mail, send them to 
[email protected] and/or 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] and/or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0029.
    Title: Application for TV Broadcast Station License, Form FCC 302-
TV; Application for DTV Broadcast Station License, FCC Form 302-DTV; 
Application for Construction Permit for Reserved Channel Noncommercial 
Educational Broadcast Station, FCC Form 340; Application for Authority 
to Construct or Make Changes in an FM Translator or FM Booster Station, 
FCC Form 349; FCC 47 CFR 73.626.
    Form Number: FCC Forms 302-TV, 302-DTV, 340 and 349.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,425 respondents; 6,425 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 4 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion 
reporting requirement; third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 14,450 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $21,869,625.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority is contained in sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On November 3, 2008, the Commission adopted a 
Report

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and Order in the Matter of Digital Television Distributed Transmission 
System Technologies; MB Docket No. 05-312, FCC 08-256 (released Nov. 7, 
2008). In this Report and Order, the Commission adopts rules for the 
use of distributed transmission system (``DTS'') technologies in the 
digital television (``DTV'') service. See 47 CFR 73.626. DTS technology 
allows stations to employ multiple synchronized transmitters spread 
around a station's service area, rather than the current single-
transmitter approach. Each transmitter would broadcast the station's 
DTV signal on the same channel, similar to analog TV booster stations 
but more efficiently. Due to the synchronization of the transmitted 
signals, DTV receivers should be able to treat the multiple signals as 
reflections or ``ghosts'' and use ``adaptive equalizer'' circuitry to 
cancel or combine them to produce a single signal.
    Congress has mandated that after June 12, 2009, full-power 
television broadcast stations must transmit only in digital signals, 
and may no longer transmit analog signals. Full power DTV stations will 
use DTS technologies to meet their statutory responsibilities and begin 
operations on their final, post-transition (digital) channels by their 
construction deadlines. DTS will provide DTV broadcasters with an 
important tool for providing optimum signal coverage for their viewers. 
For some broadcasters that are changing channels or transmitting 
locations for their digital service, DTS may offer the best option for 
continuing to provide over-the-air service to current analog viewers, 
as well as for reaching viewers that have historically been unable to 
receive a good signal due to terrain or other interference.
    FCC Form 340 is being revised to accommodate the filing of DTS 
applications.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-5243 Filed 3-11-09; 8:45 am]
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