[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57172-57173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26536]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission under Delegated Authority, Comments 
Requested

October 29, 2009.
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 comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on January 4, 2010. 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), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the 
Internet at [email protected] and to Judith B. Herman, 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your comments by e-
mail send then to: [email protected]. To view a copy of this information 
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to 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, and 
(6) when the FCC list appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its 
OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214. 
For additional information about the information collection(s) send an 
e-mail to [email protected] or contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No: 3060-0599.
     Title: Sections 90.425 and 90.647, Station Identification.
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
     Number of Respondents: 209 respondents; 209 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 1.66 hours.
     Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. sections 154(i), 309(j) and 332.
     Total Annual Burden: 347 hours.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No questions of a 
confidential nature are asked or required.
     Need and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension (no 
change in the reporting requirement) in order to obtain the full three 
year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The 
Commission has increased

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the estimated burden hours by 272 hours which is due to 164 additional 
respondents since this information collection (IC) was last submitted 
to OMB in 2007.
    In a November 1994 Third Report and Order, the Commission 
streamlined and conformed its rules concerning the transmission of 
station identification information by Commercial Mobile Radio Service 
(CMRS) licensees. The Commission concluded that CMRS licensees 
operating on an exclusive basis in Commission-defined service areas 
should generally not be required to transmit station identification. In 
the case of all other CMRS licensees, however, whether licensed 
exclusively on a site-specific basis or licensed on shared channels, 
the Commission continued to require transmission of station 
identification information on a regular basis n accordance with the 
standards set forth in Commission rules.
    On reconsideration in April 2000, the Commission in addition to 
resolving various petitions, clarified that Part 90 licensees need only 
transmit station identification once an hour as specified in 47 CFR 
90.425(e). Consistent with that change, the Commission also amended 
Section 90.647 to clarify that CMRS providers operating trunked systems 
are also subject only to the streamlined requirements of Section 
90.425(e).
    Because digital call sign transmission greatly reduces the burden 
of the call sign requirements for CMRS systems providing digital 
service, the Commission also permits all CMRS licensees on exclusive 
channels to transmit call signs digitally. To use a digital call sign, 
however, the licensee must provide the Commission with information 
sufficient to decode the digital transmission and ascertain the call 
sign transmitted.

Federal Communications Commission.
Alethea Lewis,
Information Specialist, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. E9-26536 Filed 11-3-09; 8:45 am]
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