[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6536-6537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02326]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1263; FR ID 70086]


Information Collection 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) of 1995, 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 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 5, 
2022. 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: 3060-1263.
    Title: Sections 74.1203(a)(3), Interference, and 74.1204(f), 
Protection of FM broadcast, FM Translator and LP100 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; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 270 respondents; 270 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3-5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement and on 
occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,080 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $924,100.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 316, and 319 of the 
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 303, 307, 308, 
309, 316, and 319.
    Needs and Uses: On May 9, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report and 
Order, Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules Regarding FM 
Translator Interference, FCC 19-40, MB Docket No. 18-119 (FM Translator 
Interference Report and Order), adopting proposals to streamline the 
rules relating to interference caused by FM translators and to expedite 
the translator interference complaint resolution process. These 
measures are designed to limit or avoid protracted and contentious 
interference disputes, provide translator licensees additional 
investment certainty and flexibility to remediate interference, and 
provide affected stations earlier and expedited resolution of 
interference complaints. Under this new information collection, the 
following information collection requirements require OMB approval.
    Specifically, the FM Translator Interference Report and Order 
pertains to this new Information Collection as it codifies the 
translator interference listener complaint requirements under section 
74.1201(k) and sections 74.1203(a)(3) (actual interference) and 
74.1204(f) (predicted interference) of the rules. The Commission 
defines the requirements for a listener complaint submitted with a 
translator interference claim in section 74.1201(k) as a complaint that 
is signed and dated by the listener and contains the following 
information: (1) The complainant's full name, address, and phone 
number; (2) a clear, concise, and accurate description of the location 
where the interference is alleged to occur; (3) a statement that the 
complainant listens to the desired station using an over-the-air signal 
at least twice a month, to demonstrate the complainant is a regular 
listener; and (4) a statement that the complainant has no legal, 
employment, financial, or familial affiliation or relationship with the 
desired station, to demonstrate the complainant is disinterested. 
Electronic signatures are acceptable for this purpose.
    The FM Translator Interference Report and Order establishes a 
minimum number of listener complaints ranging from 6 to 25 depending on 
the population served within the protected contour of the complaining 
station. The Commission explains that a proportionate approach, which 
was supported by multiple commenters, would be fairer and more 
effective than a single minimum number for all

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complaining stations. In addition to the required minimum number of 
valid listener statements, a station submitting a translator 
interference claim package pursuant to either section 74.1203(a)(3) or 
74.1204(f) must include: (1) A map plotting the specific locations of 
the alleged interference in relation to the 45 dBu contour of the 
complaining station; (2) a statement that the complaining station is 
operating within its licensed parameters; (3) a statement that the 
complaining station licensee has used commercially reasonable efforts 
to inform the relevant translator licensee of the claimed interference 
and attempted private resolution; and (4) U/D data demonstrating that 
at each listener location the ratio of undesired to desired signal 
strength exceeds -20 dB for co-channel situations, -6 dB for first-
adjacent channel situations or 40 dB for second- or third-adjacent 
channel situations, calculated using the Commission's standard contour 
prediction methodology set out in Section 73.313.
    In the FM Translator Interference Report and Order, the Commission 
outlines two paths for resolving interference if the translator decides 
to continue operation on its original channel. First, a translator 
operator may resolve each listener complaint by working with a willing 
listener to resolve reception issues. The translator operator must then 
document and certify that the desired station can now be heard on the 
listener's receiver, i.e., that the adjustment to or replacement of the 
listener's receiving equipment actually resolved the interference. 
Second, the translator operator may work with the complaining station 
to resolve station signal interference issues using rule-compliant 
suitable technical techniques. (The Commission provides flexibility to 
the parties to determine the testing parameters for demonstrating that 
the interference has been resolved, for example, the use of on-off 
testing or field strength measurements.) Once agreement is reached, the 
translator operator submits the agreed-upon remediation showing to the 
Commission.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-02326 Filed 2-3-22; 8:45 am]
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