[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58564-58565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25322]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0937]


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 of 1995 (PRA), 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 Office of Management and Budget 
(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.

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DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before January 22, 
2019. 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 contacts 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: 3060-0937.
    Title: Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM Docket No. 
00-10.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement; On occasion and quarterly reporting 
requirements.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 380 respondents; 9,850 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.017 hours-52 hours.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i), 307, 308, 309 and 319 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 172,087 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,851,000.
    Privacy 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 November 29, 1999, the Community Broadcasters 
Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA), Public Law 106-113, 113 Stat. Appendix I 
at pp. 1501A-594-1501A-598 (1999), codified at 47 U.S.C. 336(f), was 
enacted. That legislation provided that a low power television (LPTV) 
licensee should be permitted to convert the secondary status of its 
station to the new Class A status, provided it can satisfy certain 
statutorily-established criteria by January 28, 2000. The CBPA directs 
that Class A licensees be subject to the same license terms and renewal 
standards as full-power television licenses and that Class A licensees 
be accorded primary status as television broadcasters as long as they 
continue to meet the requirements set forth in the statute for a 
qualifying low power station.
    For those stations that met the certification deadline, the CBPA 
sets out certain certification procedures, prescribes the criteria to 
maintain a Class A license, and outlines the interference protection 
Class A stations must provide to analog, digital, LPTV and TV 
translator stations.
    The CBPA directs that Class A stations must comply with the 
operating requirements for full-service television broadcast stations 
in order to maintain Class A status. Therefore, beginning on the date 
of its application for a Class A license and thereafter, a station must 
be ``in compliance'' with the Commission's operating rules for full-
service television stations, contained in 47 CFR part 73.

Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-25322 Filed 11-19-18; 8:45 am]
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