[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9767-9768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03405]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1174; FRS 16514]


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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 20, 
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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to 
[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: 3060-1174.
    Title: Section 73.503, Licensing requirements and service; Section

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73.621, Noncommercial educational TV stations; Section 73.3527, Local 
public inspection file of noncommercial educational stations.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,200 respondents; 33,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority which covers these information collections is 
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 303, and 399B.
    Total Annual Burden: 16,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Although the Commission does 
not believe that any confidential information will need to be disclosed 
in order to comply with the information collection requirements, 
applicants are free to request that materials or information submitted 
to the Commission be withheld from public inspection. (See 47 CFR 0.459 
of the Commission's Rules.)
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The information collection which are approved under 
this collection are as follows: Audience disclosure: The information 
collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.503(e)(1) require that a 
noncommercial educational FM broadcast station that interrupts regular 
programming to conduct fundraising activities on behalf of third-party 
non-profit organizations must air a disclosure during such activities 
clearly stating that the fundraiser is not for the benefit of the 
station itself and identifying the entity for which it is fundraising.
    The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 
73.621(f)(1) require that a noncommercial educational TV broadcast 
station that interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising 
activities on behalf of third-party non-profit organizations must air a 
disclosure during such activities clearly stating that the fundraiser 
is not for the benefit of the station itself and identifying the entity 
for which it is fundraising. The audience disclosure must be aired at 
the beginning and the end of each fundraising program and at least once 
during each hour in which the program is on the air.
    Retention of information on fundraising activities in local public 
inspection file: The information collection requirements contained in 
47 CFR 73.3527(e)(14) require that each noncommercial educational FM 
broadcast station and noncommercial educational TV broadcast station 
that interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising activities 
on behalf of a third-party non-profit organization must place in its 
local public inspection file, on a quarterly basis, the following 
information for each third-party fundraising program or activity: The 
date, time, and duration of the fundraiser; the type of fundraising 
activity; the name of the non-profit organization benefitted by the 
fundraiser; a brief description of the specific cause or project, if 
any, supported by the fundraiser; and, to the extent that the station 
participated in tallying or receiving any funds for the non-profit 
group, an approximation, to the nearest $10,000, of the total funds 
raised. The information for each calendar quarter is to be filed by the 
tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., January 10 for the 
quarter October-December, April 10 for the quarter January-March, 
etc.).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-03405 Filed 2-19-20; 8:45 am]
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