[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19477-19478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07211]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[3060-0016; FRS 16628]
Information Collection 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 and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before May 7, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your
comment on the proposed information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC,
via email to [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 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 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.
The information collection requirements contained in 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
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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.
The information collection requirements contained in 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.
Full power television stations (see 47 CFR 74.787) are required 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.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-07211 Filed 4-6-20; 8:45 am]
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