[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 57084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22906]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following 
information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is 
not required to respond to a collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ghassan Khalek, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington DC, 20554, (202) 418-02771 
or via the Internet at: [email protected].
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0228.
    OMB Approval Date: August 28, 2012.
    OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 2015.
    Title: Section 80.59--Compulsory ship inspections and Ship 
Inspection Certificates.
    Form Number: FCC Forms 806, 824, 827 and 829.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit 
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,310 respondents; 1,310 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.84 hours (5 minutes) up to 4 hours 
per response.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual and every five year 
reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 4, 303, 309, 332 and 362 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,445 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: None.
    Needs and Uses: The requirement contained in this rule section is 
necessary to implement the provisions of section 362(b) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amend, which require the Commission to 
inspect the radio installation of large cargo ships and certain 
passenger ships at least once a year to ensure that the radio 
installation is in compliance with the requirements of the 
Communications Act, and permits the Commission to waive the required 
annual inspection of certain oceangoing ships for up to 30 days beyond 
the expiration date of a vessel's radio safety certificate, upon 
finding that the public interest would be served. The information is 
used by the Engineer in Charge of FCC Field Offices to determine the 
eligibility of a vessel for a waiver of the required annual radio 
station inspection.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-22906 Filed 9-14-12; 8:45 am]
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