[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5207-5208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01488]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0016; FRS 16439]


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.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before March 30, 
2020. 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: As part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork burdens, and as required by the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, the 
FCC 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;

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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 No.: 3060-0016.
    Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video 
Service Authorization, Schedule C (Former FCC Form 346); Sections 
74.793(d) and 74.787, Low Power Television (LPTV) Out-of-Core Digital 
Displacement Application; Section 73.3700(g)(1)-(3), Post-Incentive 
Auction Licensing and Operations; Section 74.799, Low Power Television 
and TV Translator Channel Sharing.
    Form No.: FCC Form 2100, Schedule C.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions; State, local or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,460 respondents and 4,460 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.5-7 hours (total of 9.5 hours).
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement; on occasion 
reporting requirement; third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Section 154(i), 
303, 307, 308 and 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 42,370 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $24,744,080.
    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: FCC Form 2100, Schedule C is used by licensees/
permittees/applicants when applying for authority to construct or make 
changes in a Low Power Television, TV Translator or DTV Transition.
    47 CFR 74.799 (previously 74.800) permits LPTV and TV translator 
stations to seek approval to share a single television channel with 
other LPTV and TV translator stations and with full power and Class A 
stations. Stations interested in terminating operations and sharing 
another station's channel must submit FCC Form 2100 Schedule C in order 
to have the channel sharing arrangement approved. If the sharing 
station is proposing to make changes to its facility to accommodate the 
channel sharing, it must also file FCC Form 2100 Schedule C.
    47 CFR 74.793(d) require that certain digital low power and TV 
translator stations submit information as to vertical radiation 
patterns as part of their applications (FCC Form 2100, Schedule C) for 
new or modified construction permits.
    Applicants are also subject to the third-party disclosure 
requirement of 47 CFR 73.3580. This section requires local public 
notice in a newspaper of general circulation of the filing of all 
applications for new or major changes in facilities. This 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. A copy of this notice must be locally 
maintained along with the application.
    47 CFR 73.3700(g)(1)-(3) permits licensees of operating low power 
TV and TV translator stations that are displaced by a broadcast 
television station or a wireless service provider or whose channel is 
reserved as a guard band as a result of the broadcast television 
spectrum incentive auction conducted under section 6403 of the Spectrum 
Act to submit an application for displacement relief in a restricted 
filing window to be announced by the Media Bureau by public notice. 
Except as otherwise indicated in this section, such applications will 
be subject to the rules governing displacement applications set forth 
in Sec. Sec.  73.3572(a)(4) and 74.787(a)(4) of this chapter. In 
addition to other interference protection requirements set forth in the 
rules, when requesting a new channel in a displacement application, 
licensees of operating low power TV and TV translator stations will be 
required to demonstrate that the station would not cause interference 
to the predicted service of broadcast television stations on: (i) Pre-
auction channels; (ii) Channels assigned in the Channel Reassignment 
Public Notice; or (iii) Alternative channels or expanded facilities 
broadcast television station licensees have applied for pursuant to 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section. Licensees of low power TV and TV 
translator stations that file mutually exclusive displacement 
applications will be permitted to resolve the mutual exclusivity 
through an engineering solution or settlement agreement. If no 
resolution of mutually exclusive displacement applications occurs, a 
selection priority will be granted to the licensee of a displaced 
digital replacement translator.
    47 CFR 74.787 permits full power television stations to obtain a 
digital-to-digital replacement translator to replace service areas lost 
as a result of the incentive auction and repacking processes. Stations 
submit FCC Form 2100 Schedule C to obtain a construction permit for the 
new replacement translator.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-01488 Filed 1-28-20; 8:45 am]
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