[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24509-24511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11048]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0405, OMB 3060-XXXX]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to 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,
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. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for 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 June 27, 2019.
If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find it
difficult to do so with 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 Title 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, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection. Comments are requested concerning:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
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for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d)
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. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Sections 74.1203(a)(3), Interference, and 74.1204(f),
Protection of FM broadcast, FM Translator and LP100 stations.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 270 respondents; 270
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3-5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement and on
occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,080 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $924,100.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 316, and 319 of the
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 303, 307, 308,
309, 316, and 319.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On May 9, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report and
Order, Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules Regarding FM
Translator Interference, FCC 19-40, MB Docket No. 18-119 (FM Translator
Interference Report and Order), adopting proposals to streamline the
rules relating to interference caused by FM translators and to expedite
the translator interference complaint resolution process. These
measures are designed to limit or avoid protracted and contentious
interference disputes, provide translator licensees additional
investment certainty and flexibility to remediate interference, and
provide affected stations earlier and expedited resolution of
interference complaints. Under this new information collection, the
following information collection requirements require OMB approval.
Specifically, the FM Translator Interference Report and Order
pertains to this new Information Collection as it codifies the
translator interference listener complaint requirements under section
74.1201(k) and sections 74.1203(a)(3) (actual interference) and
74.1204(f) (predicted interference) of the rules. The Commission
defines the requirements for a listener complaint submitted with a
translator interference claim in section 74.1201(k) as a complaint that
is signed and dated by the listener and contains the following
information: (1) The complainant's full name, address, and phone
number; (2) a clear, concise, and accurate description of the location
where the interference is alleged to occur; (3) a statement that the
complainant listens to the desired station using an over-the-air signal
at least twice a month, to demonstrate the complainant is a regular
listener; and (4) a statement that the complainant has no legal,
employment, financial, or familial affiliation or relationship with the
desired station, to demonstrate the complainant is disinterested.
Electronic signatures are acceptable for this purpose.
The FM Translator Interference Report and Order establishes a
minimum number of listener complaints ranging from 6 to 25 depending on
the population served within the protected contour of the complaining
station. The Commission explains that a proportionate approach, which
was supported by multiple commenters, would be fairer and more
effective than a single minimum number for all complaining stations. In
addition to the required minimum number of valid listener statements, a
station submitting a translator interference claim package pursuant to
either section 74.1203(a)(3) or 74.1204(f) must include: (1) A map
plotting the specific locations of the alleged interference in relation
to the 45 dBu contour of the complaining station; (2) a statement that
the complaining station is operating within its licensed parameters;
(3) a statement that the complaining station licensee has used
commercially reasonable efforts to inform the relevant translator
licensee of the claimed interference and attempted private resolution;
and (4) U/D data demonstrating that at each listener location the ratio
of undesired to desired signal strength exceeds -20 dB for co-channel
situations, -6 dB for first-adjacent channel situations or 40 dB for
second- or third-adjacent channel situations, calculated using the
Commission's standard contour prediction methodology set out in Section
73.313.
In the FM Translator Interference Report and Order, the Commission
outlines two paths for resolving interference if the translator decides
to continue operation on its original channel. First, a translator
operator may resolve each listener complaint by working with a willing
listener to resolve reception issues. The translator operator must then
document and certify that the desired station can now be heard on the
listener's receiver, i.e., that the adjustment to or replacement of the
listener's receiving equipment actually resolved the interference.
Second, the translator operator may work with the complaining station
to resolve station signal interference issues using rule-compliant
suitable technical techniques. (The Commission provides flexibility to
the parties to determine the testing parameters for demonstrating that
the interference has been resolved, for example, the use of on-off
testing or field strength measurements.) Once agreement is reached, the
translator operator submits the agreed-upon remediation showing to the
Commission.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0405.
Title: Form 2100, Schedule 349--FM Translator or FM Booster Station
Construction Permit Application.
Form Number: FCC Form 2100, Schedule 349.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or
Tribal Government; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,350 respondents; 2,775
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: 3,775 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $3,950,725.
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: On May 9, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report and
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Order, Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules Regarding FM
Translator Interference, FCC 19-40, MB Docket No. 18-119, adopting
proposals to streamline the rules relating to interference caused by FM
translators and to expedite the translator interference complaint
resolution process. These measures are designed to limit or avoid
protracted and contentious interference disputes, provide translator
licensees additional investment certainty and flexibility to remediate
interference, and provide affected stations earlier and expedited
resolution of interference complaints.
In the FM Translator Interference Report and Order, the Commission
adopted its proposal to offer additional flexibility to FM translator
licensees, by allowing them to resolve interference issues using the
effective and low-cost method of submitting a minor modification
application to change frequency to any available same-band FM channel.
This method will reduce the number of opposition pleadings filed and
the obligation to defend an interference claim.
Specifically, the FM Translator Interference Report and Order
pertains to this Information Collection as it modifies Section
74.1233(a)(1) of the rules to define an FM translator station's change
to any available same-band frequency using a minor modification
application, filed using FCC Form 2100, Schedule 349, upon a showing of
interference to or from any other broadcast station. Prior to the FM
Translator Interference Report and Order, if an existing FM translator
caused actual interference, as prohibited by Section 74.1203(a), it was
limited to remedial channel changes, filing FCC Form 2100, Schedule 349
as a minor change application, to only first, second, or third
adjacent, or IF channels. A change to any other channel was considered
a major change on FCC Form 2100, Schedule 349, which could only be
submitted during a filing window. The FM Translator Interference Report
and Order enables more translator stations to cure interference by
simply changing channels within the same band by filing FCC Form 2100,
Schedule 349 as a minor change application, rather than other costlier
and less efficient remedies.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-11048 Filed 5-24-19; 8:45 am]
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