[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 47 (Thursday, March 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10737-10738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5400]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

March 6, 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; (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; and (e) ways to further reduce the information 
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees. 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: Submit your comments by e-mail to [email protected]. Include in 
the e-mail the OMB control number of the collection or, if there is no 
OMB control number, the Title shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section below. If you are unable to submit your comments by e-mail, 
contact the person listed below to make alternate arrangements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection(s) or to obtain a copy of the collection, send 
an e-mail to [email protected] and include the collection's OMB control 
number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below (or the 
title of the collection if there is no OMB control number), or call or 
contact Judith B.Herman at (202) 418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0398.
    Title: Sections 2.948 and 15.117(g)(2)--Equipment Authorization 
Measurement Standards.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 320.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 to 30 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and every one and 
three years and on occasion reporting requirements.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is Sections 4(i), 
302, 303(c), 303(f), 303(g) and 303(r), and 309(a) of the 
Communications Act of 1934.
    Total Annual Burden: 9,100 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy 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 requirements) after this 60-day comment 
period to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain 
the full three-year clearance. There is no change to the number of 
respondents/responses and estimated burden hours.
    The Commission established uniform technical standards for various 
non-licensed equipment operating under the guidelines established in 47 
CFR parts 15 and 19 of the Commission's Rules, which include personal 
computers, garage door openers, baby monitors, microwave ovens, etc. In 
order to ensure that technical standards are applied uniformly to non-
licensed equipment, the Commission requires standardized measurement 
procedures and practices be followed:
    (1) 47 CFR Part 2 of the Commission's rules require Electro-
Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing facility that performs equipment 
testing in support of any request for equipment authorization to file a 
test site description, either with the Commission or with a Commission 
approved accrediting body;
    (2) The test site description and the supporting information 
documents that the EMC testing facility complies with the testing 
standards used to make the measurements that support any request for 
equipment authorization; and
    (3) In addition, the referenced 47 CFR part 15 rules require that 
equipment manufacturers file information concerning the testing of TV 
receivers, which tune to UHF channels, to show that the UHF channels 
provide approximately the same degree of tuning accuracy with 
approximately the same expenditure of time and effort.

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    The Commission or the accrediting body, e.g., EMC testing facility 
uses this information to ensure that data accompanying all requests for 
equipment authorization are valid, and that proper testing procedures 
are used. Testing ensures that potential interference to radio 
communications is controlled, and if necessary, the data may be used 
for investigating complaints of harmful interference, or for verifying 
the manufacturer's compliance with FCC rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-5400 Filed 3-11-09; 8:45 am]
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