[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 153 (Thursday, August 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44361-44363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17151]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0216, 3060-0248, 3060-0332, 3060-0404 and 3060-1218; FR ID 
42035]


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 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 October 
12, 2021. 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.

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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: 3060-0216.
    Title: Section 73.3538, Application to Make Changes in an Existing 
Station; Section 73.1690(e), Modification of Transmission Systems.
    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: 650 respondents; 650 
responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50-3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
Recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,100 hours.
    Annual Burden Cost: None.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i), 303(r), 308, 309(j) and 337(e) of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained 
in Section 73.3538(b)(1) of the Commission's rules requires a broadcast 
station to file an informal application to modify or discontinue the 
obstruction marking or lighting of an antenna supporting structure.
    The information collection requirements contained in Section 
73.1690(e) of the Commission's rules requires AM, FM and TV station 
licensees to prepare an informal statement or diagram describing any 
electrical and mechanical modification to authorized transmitting 
equipment that can be made without prior Commission approval provided 
that equipment performance measurements are made to ensure compliance 
with FCC rules. This informal statement or diagram must be retained at 
the transmitter site as long as the equipment is in use.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0248.
    Title: Section 74.751, Modification of Transmission Systems.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 400 respondents; 400 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
Recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Section 154(i) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Nature and 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 47 CFR 74.751(a) and (c) require licensees of low power TV or TV 
translator stations to send written notification to the FCC of 
equipment changes which may be made at licensee's discretion without 
the use of a formal application. Section 74.751(d) information 
collection requirements require that licensees of low power TV or TV 
translator stations place in the station records a certification that 
the installation of new or replacement transmitting equipment complies 
in all respects with the technical requirements of this section and the 
station authorization. The notifications and certifications of 
equipment changes are used by FCC staff to ensure that the equipment 
changes made are in full compliance with the technical requirements of 
this section and the station authorizations and will not cause 
interference to other authorized stations.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0332.
    Title: Section 76.614, Cable Television System Regular Monitoring, 
and Section 76.1706, Signal Leakage Logs and Repair Records.
    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: 3.995 respondents and 2,799 
responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: .0167-0.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion 
reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,799 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 302 
and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    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 47 CFR 76.1706 require cable operators shall maintain a log showing 
the date and location of each leakage source identified pursuant to 47 
CFR 76.614, the date on which the leakage was repaired, and the 
probable cause of the leakage. The log shall be kept on file for a 
period of two years and shall be made available to authorized 
representatives of the Commission upon request.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0404.
    Title: Application for an FM Translator or FM Booster Station 
License, FCC Form 350.
    Form Number: FCC Form 350.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, local or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Reponses: 500 respondents; 500 responses.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $37,500.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain and retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i), 307, 308 and 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    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: Licensees and permittees of FM Translator or FM 
Booster stations are required to file FCC Form 350 to obtain a new or 
modified station license. The data is used by FCC staff to confirm that 
the station has been built to terms specified in the outstanding 
construction permit.

    Data from the FCC Form 350 is extracted for inclusion in the 
subsequent license to operate the station.

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    OMB Control No.: 3060-1218.
    Title: Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: Amendment 
to Part 76 of the Commission's Rules.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 11 respondents and 11 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours (15 minutes).
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 3 hours.
    Total Annual Cost Burden: None.
    Obligation to Respond: Required in order to monitor regulatory 
compliance. The statutory authority for this information collection is 
contained in sections 4, 303, 614, and 615 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The information collection imposes a notification 
requirement on certain small cable systems that become ineligible for 
exemption from the requirement to carry high definition broadcast 
signals in HD (adopted in FCC 15-65). In particular, the information 
collection requires that, beginning December 12, 2016, at the time a 
small cable system utilizing the HD carriage exemption offers any 
programming in HD, the system must give notice that it is offering HD 
programming to all broadcast stations in its market that are carried on 
its system. Cable operators also must keep records of such 
notification. This information collection requirement allows affected 
broadcast stations to monitor compliance with the requirement that 
cable operators transmit high definition broadcast signals in HD.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-17151 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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