[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 142 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37033-37034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17815]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

July 21, 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 August 26, 
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: 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 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 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.
    Form Number: 302-DTV, 340 and 349.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,770 respondents; 4,770 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 4 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 10,280 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $18,584,697.
    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: The Commission received OMB approval on December 
29, 2008 under the emergency process procedures for a period of six 
months for the changes to FCC Form 340 that were necessary to 
accommodate applications by a DTV station for a DTS facility. The 
Commission now is requesting OMB approval for a period of three years 
for the requirements and changes to FCC Form 340.
    In addition, the Commission is revising this information collection 
to eliminate the requirements that are no longer necessary because of 
the completion of the DTV transition on June 12, 2009. In particular, 
collections relating to the filing of applications for construction 
permits and broadcast licenses for analog TV stations are discontinued 
now that all full-power TV stations will broadcast only in digital. 
Therefore, with this submission the Commission is discontinuing FCC 
Form 302-TV now that all full-power TV stations will broadcast only in 
digital. The associated burdens and costs related to FCC Form 302-TV 
are removed from this collection.
    Form 302-DTV is used by licensees and permittees of Digital TV 
(``DTV'') broadcast stations to obtain a new or modified station 
license and/or to notify the Commission of certain changes in the 
licensed facilities of those stations. It may be used: (1) To cover an 
authorized construction permit (or auxiliary antenna), provided that 
the facilities have been constructed in compliance with the provisions 
and conditions specified on the construction permit; or (2) To 
implement modifications to existing licenses as permitted by 47 C.F.R. 
Sections 73.1675(c) or 73.1690(c).
    FCC Form 340 is used by licensees and permittees to apply for 
authority to construct a new noncommercial educational (``NCE'') FM and 
DTV broadcast station (including a DTS facility), or to make changes in 
the existing facilities of such a station. The FCC Form 340 is only 
used if the station will operate on a channel that is reserved 
exclusively for NCE use, or in the situation where applications for NCE 
stations on non-reserved channels are mutually exclusive only with one 
another.
    Form 340's Newspaper Notice (third party disclosure) requirement; 
47 CFR 73.3580. Form 340 also contains a third

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party disclosure requirement, pursuant to Sec.  73.3580. This rule 
requires stations applying for a new broadcast station, or to make 
major changes to an existing station, to give local public notice of 
this filing in a newspaper of general circulation in the community in 
which the station is located. This local public notice must be 
completed within 30 days of the tendering of the application. This 
notice must be published at least twice a week for two consecutive 
weeks in a three-week period. In addition, a copy of this notice must 
be placed in the station's public inspection file along with the 
application, pursuant to Section 73.3527. This recordkeeping 
information collection requirement is contained in OMB Control No. 
3060-0214, which covers Section 73.3527.
    FCC Form 349 is used to apply for authority to construct a new FM 
translator or FM booster broadcast station, or to make changes in the 
existing facilities of such stations.
    Form 349's Newspaper Notice (third party disclosure) requirement; 
47 CFR 73.3580. Form 349 also contains a third party disclosure 
requirement, pursuant to Sec.  73.3580. This rule requires stations 
applying for a new broadcast station, or to make major changes to an 
existing station, to give local public notice of this filing in a 
newspaper of general circulation in the community in which the station 
is located. This local public notice must be completed within 30 days 
of the tendering of the application. This notice must be published at 
least twice a week for two consecutive weeks in a three-week period. In 
addition, a copy of this notice must be placed in the station's public 
inspection file along with the application, pursuant to Sec.  73.3527. 
This recordkeeping information collection requirement is contained in 
OMB Control No. 3060-0214, which covers Sec.  73.3527.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-17815 Filed 7-24-09; 8:45 am]
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