[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65396-65397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26114]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0027]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 
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 OMB 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 OMB control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before January 5, 
2015. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [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: 3060-0027.
    Title: Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast 
Station, FCC Form 301; FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau 
Audio and Video Service Authorization, Schedule A.
    Form Number: FCC Form 301.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities; Not for profit 
entities; State, local or Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,775 respondents and 7,211 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-6.25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 17,372 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $68,901,963.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
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 collection of information.
    Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 301 is used to apply for authority to 
construct a new commercial AM, FM, or TV broadcast station and to make 
changes to existing facilities of such a station. It may be used to 
request a change of a station's community of license by AM and non-
reserved band FM permittees and licensees. In addition, FM licensees or 
permittees may request, by filing though an application on FCC Form 
301, upgrades on adjacent and co-channels, modifications to adjacent 
channels of the same class, and downgrades to adjacent channels. All 
applicants using this one-step process must demonstrate that a suitable 
site exists that would comply with allotment standards with respect to 
minimum distance separation and principal community coverage and that 
would be suitable for tower construction. For applicants to seek a 
community of license change through this one-step process, the proposed 
facility must be mutually exclusive with the applicant's existing 
facility, and the new facility must comply with the Commission's 
standards with respect to minimum distance separation and principal 
community coverage. Applicants availing themselves of this procedure 
must also attach an exhibit demonstrating that the proposed community 
of license change comports with the fair, efficient, and equitable 
distribution of radio service, pursuant to Section 307(b) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act'').
    FCC Form 301 also accommodates commercial FM applicants applying in 
a Threshold Qualifications Window (``TQ Window'') for a Tribal 
Allotment. A commercial FM applicant applying in the TQ Window, who was 
not the original proponent of the Tribal Allotment at the rulemaking 
stage, must demonstrate that it would have qualified in all respects to 
add the particular Tribal Allotment for which it is applying. 
Additionally, a petitioner seeking to add a Tribal Allotment to the FM 
Table of Allotments must file Form 301 when submitting its Petition for 
Rulemaking. The collection also accommodates applicants applying in a 
TQ Window for a Tribal Allotment that had been added to the FM Table of 
Allotments using the Tribal Priority under the new ``threshold 
qualifications'' procedures adopted in the Third R&O, FCC 11-190.
    To receive authorization for commencement of Digital Television 
(``DTV'') operations, commercial broadcast licensees must file FCC Form 
2100, Schedule A for a construction permit. The application may be 
filed anytime after receiving the initial DTV allotment and before mid-
point in the applicant's construction period. The Commission will 
consider the application as a minor change in facilities. Applicants 
will not have to provide full legal or financial qualification 
information.
    This collection also includes the third party disclosure 
requirement of 47 CFR 73.3580. This rule requires applicants to provide 
local public notice, in a newspaper of general circulation published in 
a community in which a station is located, of requests for new or major 
changes in facilities and for changes of a station's community of 
license by AM and non-reserved band

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FM permittees and licensees. The notice must be completed within 30 
days of tendering the application and must be published at least twice 
a week for two consecutive weeks in a three-week period. A copy of the 
notice and the application must be placed in the station's public 
inspection file, pursuant to Section 73.3527.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-26114 Filed 11-3-14; 8:45 am]
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