[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 235 (Thursday, December 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72860-72861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29492]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 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 (PRA) of 1995. Comments are requested concerning 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; the accuracy of the 
Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information collected; 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 ways to further reduce the information collection 
burden on 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 control number. No person shall be 
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of 
information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before February 
4, 2013. 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 the Federal Communications

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Commission via email to [email protected] and [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1101.
    Title: Children's Television Requests for Preemption Flexibility.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 15 respondents; 15 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
Sections 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 150 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: On September 26, 2006, the Commission adopted a 
Second Order on Reconsideration and Second Report and Order in MM 
Docket 00-167, FCC 06-143, In the Matter of Children's Television 
Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters. The Second Order 
addressed several matters relating to the obligation of television 
licensees to provide educational programming for children and the 
obligation of television licensees and cable operators to protect 
children from excessive and inappropriate commercial messages. Among 
other things, the Second Order adopts a children's programming 
preemption policy. This policy requires all networks requesting 
preemption flexibility to file a request with the Media Bureau by 
August 1 of each year. The request identifies the number of preemptions 
the network expects, when the program will be rescheduled, whether the 
rescheduled time is the program's second home, and the network's plan 
to notify viewers of the schedule change. Preemption flexibility 
requests are not mandatory filings. They are requests that may be filed 
by networks seeking preemption flexibility.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0837.
    Title: Application for DTV Broadcast Station License, FCC Form 302-
DTV.
    Form Number: FCC Form 302-DTV.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 300 respondents; 300 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 600 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $133,800.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information 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 information collection.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Licensees and permittees of DTV broadcast stations 
are required to file FCC Form 302-DTV to obtain a new or modified 
station license, and/or to notify the Commission of certain changes in 
the licensed facilities of these stations. FCC staff use the data to 
confirm that the station has been built to terms specified in the 
outstanding construction permit, and to update FCC station files. Staff 
extracted the data from FCC 302-DTV for inclusion in the subsequent 
license to operate the station.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0405.
    Title: Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in an 
FM Translator or FM Booster Station, FCC Form 349.
    Form Number: FCC Form 349.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 
Government; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,200 respondents; 2,400 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-1.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
Sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $4,598,100.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this information collection.
    Needs and Uses: 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 also contains a third party disclosure requirement, 
pursuant to Section 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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