[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15430-15431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6799]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

March 22, 2010.
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, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. 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.
    The FCC 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 (PRA) that does 
not display a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before May 28, 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 [insert PRA staff 
member's name], Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your 
PRA comments by e-mail send them to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 
Director, (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: 3060-0261.
     Title: Section 90.215, Transmitter Measurements.
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
     Number of Respondents: 184,655 respondents; 409,048 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: .033 hours
     Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. section 303(f).
     Total Annual Burden: 13,499 hours.
     Total Annual Cost: N/A.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: N/A.
     Need and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
after this comment period in order to obtain the full three year 
clearance from them. There is a 8,451 hour increase in this submission 
which is due to re-calculations of the Commission's previous estimates.
    Section 90.215 requires station licensees to measure the carrier 
frequency, output power, and modulation of each transmitter authorized 
to operate with power in excess of two watts when the transmitter is 
initially installed and when any changes are made which would likely 
affect the modulation characteristics. Such measurements, which help 
ensure proper operation of transmitters, are to be made by a qualified 
engineering measurement service, and are required to be retained in the 
station records, along with the name and address of the engineering 
measurement service, and the person making the measurements.
    The information is normally used by the licensee to ensure that 
equipment is operating within prescribed tolerances. Prior technical 
operation of transmitters helps limit interference to other users

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and provides the licensee with the maximum possible utilization of 
equipment.

Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Acting Associate Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-6799 Filed 3-26-10; 8:45 am]
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