[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 154 (Monday, August 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48245-48247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17426]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0190, OMB 3060-0340, OMB 3060-0633, OMB 3060-0727 and OMB 
3060-1154; FRS 16987]


Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority

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 (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.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before October 9, 
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: 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. As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
burdens, and as required by the PRA of 1995 (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; 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 Number: 3060-0190.
    Title: Section 73.3544, Application To Obtain a Modified Station 
License.
    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: 325 respondents and 325 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25-1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 306 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $75,000.
    Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality and respondents are not being asked to submit 
confidential information to the Commission.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained 
in this collection are covered in 47 CFR 73.3544(b) requires an 
informal application, see Sec. 73.3511(b), may be filed with the FCC in 
Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division (radio) or Video Division 
(television), Media Bureau, to cover the following changes:
    (1) A correction of the routing instructions and description of an 
AM station directional antenna system field monitoring point, when the 
point itself is not changed.
    (2) A change in the type of AM station directional antenna monitor. 
See Sec. 73.69.
    (3) A change in the location of the station main studio when prior 
authority to move the main studio location is not required.
    (4) The location of a remote control point of an AM or FM station 
when prior authority to operate by remote control is not required.
    Also, information collection requirements are contained in 47 CFR 
73.3544(c) which requires a change in the name of the licensee where no 
change in ownership or control is involved may be accomplished by 
written notification by the licensee to the Commission.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0340.
    Title: Section 73.51, Determining Operating Power.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 750 respondents; 834 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to 3.0 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 440 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality and respondents are not being asked to submit 
confidential information to the Commission.
    Needs and Uses: When it is not possible to use the direct method of 
power determination due to technical reasons, the indirect method of 
determining antenna input power might be used on a temporary basis. 47 
CFR 73.51(d) requires that a notation be made in the station log 
indicating the dates of commencement and termination of measurement 
using the

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indirect method of power determination. 47 CFR 73.51(e) requires that 
AM stations determining the antenna input power by the indirect method 
must determine the value F (efficiency factor) applicable to each mode 
of operation and must maintain a record thereof with a notation of its 
derivation. FCC staff use this information in field investigations to 
monitor licensees' compliance with the FCC's technical rules and to 
ensure that licensee is operating in accordance with its station 
authorization. Station personnel use the value F (efficiency factor) in 
the event that measurement by the indirect method of power is 
necessary.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0633.
    Title: Sections 73.1230, 74.165, 74.432, 74.564, 74.664, 74.765, 
74.832, 74.1265 Posting or Filing of Station Licenses.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government and State, local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,584 respondents and 2,584 
responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.083 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Responds: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 214 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $24,860.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained 
in this collection are as follows:
    47 CFR 73.1230 requires that the station license and any other 
instrument of station authorization for an AM, FM or TV station be 
posted in a conspicuous place at the place the licensee considers to be 
the principal control point of the transmitter.
    47 CFR 74.165 requires that the instrument of authorization for an 
experimental broadcast station be available at the transmitter site.
    47 CFR 74.432(j) (remote pickup broadcast station) and 47 CFR 
74.832(j) (low power auxiliary station) require that the license of a 
remote pickup broadcast/low power auxiliary station shall be retained 
in the licensee's files, posted at the transmitter, or posted at the 
control point of the station. These sections also require the licensee 
to forward the station license to the FCC in the case of permanent 
discontinuance of the station.
    47 CFR 74.564 (aural broadcast auxiliary stations) requires that 
the station license and any other instrument of authorization be posted 
in the room where the transmitter is located, or if operated by remote 
control, at the operating position.
    47 CFR 74.664 (television broadcast auxiliary stations) requires 
that the station license and any other instrument of authorization be 
posted in the room where the transmitter is located.
    47 CFR Sections 74.765 (low power TV, TV translator and TV booster) 
and 47 CFR 74.1265 (FM translator stations and FM booster stations) 
require that the station license and any other instrument of 
authorization be retained in the station's files. In addition, the call 
sign of the station, together with the name, address and telephone 
number of the licensee or the local representative of the licensee, and 
the name and address of the person and place where the station records 
are maintained, shall be displayed at the transmitter site on the 
structure supporting the transmitting antenna.
    47 CFR 74.832(j) (low power auxiliary stations) requires that the 
license shall be retained in the licensee's files at the address shown 
on the authorization, posted at the transmitter, or posted at the 
control point of the station.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0727.
    Title: Section 73.213, Grandfathered Short-Spaced Stations.
    Form Number(s): Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 15 respondents; 15 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours-0.83 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
Section 154(i), 55(c)(1), 302 and 303 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 20 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $3,750.
    Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement contained in 
47 CFR 73.213 requires licensees of grandfathered short-spaced FM 
stations seeking to modify or relocate their stations to provide a 
showing demonstrating that there is no increase in either the total 
predicted interference area or the associated population (caused or 
received) with respect to all grandfathered stations or increase the 
interference caused to any individual stations. Applicants must 
demonstrate that any new area predicted to lose service as a result of 
interference has adequate service remaining. In addition, licensees are 
required to serve a copy of any application for co-channel or first-
adjacent channel stations proposing predicted interference caused in 
any area where interference is not currently predicted to be caused 
upon the licensee(s) of the affected short-spaced station(s). 
Commission staff uses the data to determine if the public interest will 
be served and that existing levels of interference will not be 
increased to other licensed stations. Providing copies of 
application(s) to affected licensee(s) will enable potentially affected 
parties to examine the proposals and provide them an opportunity to 
file informal objections against such applications.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1154.
    Title: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (``CALM'') Act; 
General Waiver Requests.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 20 respondents and 20 
responses.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Estimated Time per Response: 20 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 400 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $12,000.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. The statutory 
authority for this collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 
151, 152, 154(i), 303(r)and 621.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no assurance of 
confidentiality provided to respondents, but, in accordance with the 
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.459, a station/MVPD may request 
confidential treatment for financial information supplied with its 
waiver request.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: TV stations and multiple video programming 
distributors (MVPDs) may file general

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waiver requests to request waiver of the rules implementing the CALM 
Act for good cause. The information obtained by general waiver requests 
will be used by Commission staff to evaluate whether grant of a waiver 
would be in the public interest.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-17426 Filed 8-7-20; 8:45 am]
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