[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2499-2502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01499]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-XXXX, OMB 3060-0422, OMB 3060-0700, OMB 3060-0718, OMB 3060-
0937, OMB 3060-0984, OMB 3060-1042]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to the Office of Management and Budget
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, the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information collection. 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 Commission 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.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before March 11,
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 listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via
email [email protected]; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4)
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
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Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection. 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Broadcast Incubator Program.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New information collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit
institutions; Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 20 respondents; 123 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 to 16 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; annual
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in 47 U.S.C.
151, 152(a), 154(i), 257, 303, 307-310, and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 1,179 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $326,700.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The need for confidentiality
for this collection of information is not anticipated; however, when
submitting an incubation proposal (including the underlying contract
and certified statements), applicants may, upon request, redact
confidential or proprietary terms.
Needs and Uses: On August 3, 2018, the Commission released a Report
and Order (Order), Rules and Policies to Promote New Entry and
Ownership Diversity in the Broadcasting Services, FCC 18-114, in MB
Docket No. 17-289, establishing the requirements that will govern the
incubator program that the Commission previously decided to adopt to
support the entry of new and diverse voices into the radio broadcast
industry. The Commission recognized the need for more innovative
approaches to encourage access to capital, as well as technical,
operational, and management training for use by new entrants and small
businesses, that without assistance, would not be able to own broadcast
stations. The incubator program is designed for small businesses,
struggling station owners, and new entrants that do not have any other
means to access the financial assistance and operational support
necessary for success in the broadcast industry. The goal is the
pairing of these small aspiring, or struggling, broadcast station
owners with established broadcasters. These incubation relationships
will provide new entrants and struggling small broadcasters access to
the financing, mentoring, and industry connections that are necessary
for success in the industry, but to date have been unavailable to many.
In return for successfully incubating a small aspiring, or struggling,
broadcast station owner as part of the incubator program, an incumbent
broadcaster will be eligible to receive a waiver of the Commission's
Local Radio Ownership Rule following the conclusion of a successful
qualifying incubation relationship. Commission staff will use the
initial incubator applications, certification statements, contracts,
and any responses to Commission requests for additional information to
determine qualifications for participation in the incubator program.
Commission staff will use the periodic reports to determine whether
ongoing incubation relationships are proceeding in a manner consistent
with the parties' initial filings and are likely to result in a
successful incubation relationship. In the event the parties seek to
extend the duration of their incubation relationship, the filing of a
request for such an extension will enable Commission staff to gauge the
types of problems incubating parties are experiencing. Information
provided by the parties to the Commission no later than six months
before the contract termination date will allow Commission staff to
evaluate which option for station ownership the incubating parties plan
to pursue at the conclusion of the relationship. Additionally,
Commission staff will review documentation submitted to seek a reward
waiver to assess whether the market where the reward waiver is sought
is a comparable market to where the incubated station was located.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0422.
Title: Section 68.5, Waivers (Application for Waivers of Hearing
Aid Compatibility Requirements).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2 respondents; 2 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 610.
Total Annual Burden: 6 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does
not require the collection of personally identifiable information from
individuals.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Telephone manufacturers seeking a waiver of 47 CFR
68.4(a)(1), which requires that certain telephones be hearing aid
compatible, must demonstrate that compliance with the rule is
technologically infeasible or too costly. Information is used by FCC
staff to determine whether to grant or dismiss the request. Prior to
(and after) the adoption of FCC 17-135, manufacturers could request
waivers for wireline telephones connected to the public switched
telephone network. Pursuant to FCC 17-135, waivers may also be
requested for wireline advanced communications services telephonic
customer premises equipment (ACS telephonic CPE), which includes
wireline telephones used for Voice over internet Protocol (VoIP).
OMB Control: 3060-0700.
Title: Open Video Systems Provisions, FCC Form 1275.
Form Number: FCC Form 1275.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; and State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 280 respondents; 4,672
respondents.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to 20 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 9,855 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory
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authority for this collection is contained in Section 302 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: Section 302 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act
provides for specific entry options for telephone companies wishing to
enter the video programming marketplace, one option being to provide
cable service over an ``open video system'' (``OVS''). The rule
sections that are covered by this collection relate to OVS.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0718.
Title: Part 101 Rule Sections Governing the Terrestrial Microwave
Fixed Radio Service.
Form Number: N/A.
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: 9,500 respondents; 32,446 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25-2.85 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and every 10 year reporting
requirements, third party disclosure requirement, and recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits or
retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 301, 303(f), 303(g), 303(r), 307,
308, 309, 310, and 316.
Total Annual Burden: 38,290 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,564,650.
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: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget for a three-year
approval of OMB Control Number 3060-0718. Part 101 rule sections
require respondents to report or disclose information to the Commission
or third parties, respectively, and to maintain records. These
requirements are necessary for the Commission staff to carry out its
duties to determine technical, legal and other qualifications of
applicants to operate and remain licensed to operate a station(s) in
the common carrier and/or private fixed microwave services. In
addition, the information is used to determine whether the public
interest, convenience, and necessity are being served as required by 47
U.S.C. 309 and to ensure that applicants and licenses comply with
ownership and transfer restrictions imposed by 47 US.C. 310. Without
this information, the Commission would not be able to carry out its
statutory responsibilities.
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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0984.
Title: 90.175(b)(1), Frequency Coordinator Requirements,
Industrial/Business Pool frequencies.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, and State,
local, or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,700 respondents; 2,700
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement, and third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 4(i), 11, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 301, 302(a), 303(g),
303(r), 309, 332(c)(7), 336 and 337.
Total Annual Burden: 2,700 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
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: Section 90.175 requires third party disclosures by
applicants proposing to operate a land mobile radio station. If they
are requesting a frequency that formerly was coordinated exclusively by
one industry-specific frequency coordinator, they are required to
obtain written concurrence of that frequency coordinator.
On August 18, 2016, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, FCC 16-110, in WP Docket No. 16-261, RM-11719 and RM-11722
(2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking), which proposed to amend Part 90
of the Commission's Rules to expand access to private land mobile radio
(PLMR) spectrum. Among the many actions taken in the 2016 Spectrum
Access NPRM, the Commission proposed to make certain frequencies that
are designated for central station alarm operations available for other
PLMR uses.
Specifically, the Commission proposed to modify section
95.35(c)(63) to remove the use limitation in the
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urbanized areas where the frequencies designated for alarm use in urban
areas are not in use. The Commission tentatively concluded that it
would be in the public interest to make these frequencies available for
other PLMR operations in those areas and sought comment on this
proposal, including its costs and benefits. The Commission also sought
comment on other ways to expand PLMR users' access to frequencies that
are designated, but no longer needed, for central station commercial
protection services, including by making available channels in
urbanized areas where some of the urban frequencies are in use,
including: Related costs and benefits associated with such proposals;
current and expected future need for central station commercial
protection service channels in the 460-470 MHz band; and how to protect
incumbent central station commercial protection service operations from
harmful interference if eliminating the use restriction on any
frequency in any area where it currently is in use.
On October 22, 2018, the Commission issued a Report and Order and
Order, FCC 18-143, in WP Docket No. 15-32, RM-11572, WP Docket No. 16-
261, RM-11719 and RM-11722 (800/PLMR Access Order), in which it revised
certain rules to require applicants for channels currently designated
for central station alarm use to obtain the concurrence of the central
station alarm frequency coordinator in order to use the channels for
uses other than central station alarm operations. This requirement is
similar to existing requirements pertaining to certain other channels.
The Report and Order and Order did not revise any of the information
collection requirements that are contained in this collection but
rather added additional frequencies to the list. Therefore, this
essentially is adding an additional 200 respondents to this collection.
OMB Control No.: 3060-1042.
Title: Request for Technical Support--Help Request Form.
Form No.: N/A--Electronic only.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or household; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; and state, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 36,300.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 minutes (0.13 hours).
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 5,082 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $609,840.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Possible Impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general there is no need
for confidentiality. On a case by case basis, the Commission may be
required to withhold from disclosure certain information about the
location, character, or ownership of a historic property, including
traditional religious sites.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this collection as
revision to the currently approved collection. The Commission is
slightly revising the electronic form to include five additional data
elements, FCC Registration Number, Call Sign, Antenna Registration
Number, Facility ID and File Number. Today customers are asked to
include this information as part of their narrative description and
often neglect to include all the necessary information to process their
request. This results in customer services representatives needing to
contact the customers to obtain the additional details, which slows
down case resolution. We do not anticipate these changes will impact
the customer burden, since they will only need to include the
information applicable to their request, and it was previous requested
as part of the description field. There will be no change to the
estimated average burden (hours and costs) or the number of
respondents.
The FCC's maintains internet software used by the public to apply
for licenses, participate in auctions for spectrum, and maintain
license information. In this mission, FCC has a `help desk' that
answers questions related to these systems as well as resetting and/or
issuing user passwords for access to these systems.
The form currently is available on the website https://esupport.fcc.gov/request.htm under OMB Control Number 3060-1042. This
form will continue to substantially decrease public and staff burden
since all the information needed to facilitate a support request will
be submitted in a standard format but be available to a wider audience.
This eliminates or at least minimizes the need to follow-up with the
customers to obtain all the information necessary to respond to their
request. This form also helps presort requests into previously defined
categories to all staff to respond more quickly.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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