[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21435-21436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08083]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0027, 3060-0652 and OMB 3060-0932; FRS 16669]


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 and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted on or before May 18, 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.: 3060-0027.
    Title: Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast 
Station, FCC Form 301; Form 2100, Schedule A--Application for Media 
Bureau Video Service Authorization; 47 Sections 73.3700(b)(1) and 
(b)(2) and Section 73.3800, Post Auction Licensing; Form 2100, Schedule 
301-FM--Commercial FM Station Construction Permit Application.
    Form No.: FCC Form 2100, Schedule A, FCC Form 301, FCC Form 2100, 
Schedule 301-FM.
    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: 3,090 respondents and 6,526 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-6.25 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 Sections 
154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 15,317 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $62,444,288.
    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 301 is used to apply for authority to 
construct a new commercial AM or FM broadcast station and to make 
changes to existing facilities of such a station. It may be used to 
request a change of a station's community of license by AM and non-
reserved band FM permittees and licensees. In addition, FM licensees or 
permittees may request, by filing an application on FCC Form 301, 
upgrades on adjacent and co-channels, modifications to adjacent 
channels of the same class, and downgrades to adjacent channels. All 
applicants using this one-step process must demonstrate that a suitable 
site exists that would comply with allotment standards with respect to 
minimum distance separation and principal community coverage and that 
would be suitable for tower construction. For applicants seeking a 
community of license change through this one-step process, the proposed 
facility must be mutually exclusive with the applicant's existing 
facility, and the new facility must comply with the Commission's 
standards with respect to minimum distance separation and principal 
community coverage. Applicants availing themselves of this procedure 
must also attach an exhibit demonstrating that the proposed community 
of license change comports with the fair, efficient, and equitable 
distribution of radio service, pursuant to Section 307(b) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act).
    FCC Form 301 also accommodates commercial FM applicants applying in 
a Threshold Qualifications Window (TQ

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Window) for a Tribal Allotment. A commercial FM applicant applying in 
the TQ Window, who was not the original proponent of the Tribal 
Allotment at the rulemaking stage, must demonstrate that it would have 
qualified in all respects to add that particular Tribal Allotment for 
which it is applying. Additionally, a petitioner seeking to add a new 
Tribal Allotment to the FM Table of Allotments must file Form 301 when 
submitting its Petition for Rulemaking. The collection also 
accommodates applicants applying in a TQ Window for a Tribal Allotment 
that had been added to the FM Table of Allotments using the Tribal 
Priority under the ``threshold qualifications'' procedures.
    Similarly, to receive authorization for commencement of Digital 
Television (DTV) operations, commercial broadcast licensees must file 
FCC Form 2100, Schedule A for a construction permit. The application 
may be filed any time after receiving the initial DTV allotment and 
before mid-point in the applicant's construction period. The Commission 
will consider the application as a minor change in facilities. 
Applicants do not have to provide full legal or financial 
qualifications information.
    In the first phase of the ``Licensing and Management System'' roll-
out, Form 2100, Schedule A replaced FCC Form 301 only for the filing of 
full-service digital television construction permits. Subsequently, the 
Commission received OMB approval for FM Auxiliary Stations to 
transition from CDBS to LMS using Form 2100, Schedule 301-FM. FCC Form 
301 is still being used through CDBS to apply for authority to 
construct a new full-service commercial AM or FM commercial broadcast 
station and to make changes to the existing facilities of such 
stations.
    This collection also includes the third-party disclosure 
requirement of 47 CFR 73.3580. This rule requires applicants to provide 
local public notice, in a newspaper of general circulation published in 
a community in which a station is located, of requests for new or major 
changes in facilities and for changes of a station's community of 
license by AM and non-reserved band FM permittees and licensees. The 
local notice must be completed within 30 days of tendering the 
application and must be published at least twice a week for two 
consecutive weeks in a three-week period. A copy of the notice and the 
application must be placed in the station's public inspection file, 
pursuant to Section 73.3526.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0652.
    Title: Section 76.309, Customer Service Obligations; Section 
76.1602, Customer Service-General Information, Section 76.1603, 
Customer Service-Rate and Service Changes and Section 76.1619, 
Information and Subscriber Bills.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,113 respondents; 1,109,246 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.0166 to 1 hour.
    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 collection of information is contained in 
Sections 4(i) and 632 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 41,796 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    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: The Commission requires that the various disclosure 
and notifications contained in this collection as a means of consumer 
protection to ensure that subscribers and franchising authorities are 
aware of cable operators' business practices, current rates, rate 
changes for programming, service and equipment, and channel line-up 
changes. Permitting the use of email modernizes the Commission's rules 
regarding notices required to be provided by MVPDs.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0932.
    Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video 
Service Authorization, Schedule E (Former FCC Form 301-CA); 47 CFR 
Sections 73.3700(b)(1)(i)-(v) and (vii), (b)(2)(i) and (ii); 47 CFR 
Section 74.793(d).
    Form No.: FCC Form 2100, Schedule E (Application for Media Bureau 
Audio and Video Service Authorization) (Former FCC Form 301-CA).
    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: 745 respondents and 745 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.25 hours-6 hours (for a total of 
8.25 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 47 U.S.C. 151, 
154(i), 157 and 309(j) as amended; Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 
Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-96, 6402 (codified at 47 U.S.C. 
309(j)(8)(G)), 6403 (codified at 47 U.S.C. 1452), 126 Stat. 156 (2012) 
(Spectrum Act) and the Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,146 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $4,035,550.
    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 E (formerly FCC Form 301-
CA) is to be used in all cases by a Class A television station 
licensees seeking to make changes in the authorized facilities of such 
station. FCC Form 2100, Schedule E requires applicants to certify 
compliance with certain statutory and regulatory requirements. Detailed 
instructions on the FCC Form 2100, Schedule E provide additional 
information regarding Commission rules and policies. FCC Form 2100, 
Schedule E is presented primarily in a ``Yes/No'' certification format. 
However, it contains appropriate places for submitting explanations and 
exhibits where necessary or appropriate. Each certification constitutes 
a material representation. Applicants may only mark the ``Yes'' 
certification when they are certain that the response is correct. A 
``No'' response is required if the applicant is requesting a waiver of 
a pertinent rule and/or policy, or where the applicant is uncertain 
that the application fully satisfies the pertinent rule and/or policy. 
FCC Form 2100, Schedule E filings made to implement post-auction 
channel changes will be considered minor change applications.

Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-08083 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]
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