[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23581-23582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08119]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 73 and 74

[MB Docket No. 20-74; FCC 21-21; FR ID 136581]


Rules Governing the Use of Distributed Transmission System 
Technologies

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has approved, for a period of three years, the information collections 
adopted in Report and Order in MB Docket No. 20-74, FCC 21-21, Rules 
Governing the Use of Distributed Transmission System Technologies, 
which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the 
Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 73.6010, 73.6023, and 74.720, published 
at 86 FR 21217 on April 22, 2021, are effective May 18, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Harding, Media Bureau, Video 
Division, at (202) 418-1600 or [email protected]. For information 
regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) information collection 
requirements contained in the PRA, contact Cathy Williams, Office of 
Managing Director, at (202) 418-2918 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that OMB approved 
the information collection requirements in 47 CFR 73.6010, 73.6023, and 
74.720, on April 7, 2023. These rules were modified in the Report and 
Order in MB Docket No. 20-74, FCC 21-21, Rules Governing the Use of 
Distributed Transmission System Technologies, published at 86 FR 21217 
on April 22, 2021. The Commission publishes this document as an 
announcement of the compliance date of the rules. Rule amendments 
adopted in the Report and Order which did not require OMB approval 
became effective on May 24, 2021.

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on April 7, 2023, for the information collection requirements 
contained in 47 CFR 73.6023, 73.6010, and 74.720. Under 5 CFR part 
1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a current, valid OMB Control Number.
    No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply 
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Numbers for the information collection requirements in these 
rules are 3060-0016, 3060-0017, 3060-0928 and 3060-0932.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0016.
    OMB Approval Date: April 7, 2023.
    OMB Expiration Date: April 30, 2026.
    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, 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.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions; State, local, or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 805 respondents and 805 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4.5 hours.
    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 is contained in section 154(i), 
303, 307, 308 and 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,623 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $4,156,288.
    Needs and Uses: On January 19, 2021, the Commission adopted Rules 
Governing the Use of Distributed Transmission System Technologies, MB 
Docket No. 20-74, Report and Order, FCC 21-21. The Commission released 
rules to allow low power television and television translator stations 
(collectively ``low power stations'') to seek authority to construct 
Distributed Transmission System (DTS) operations. Pursuant to new Sec.  
74.720 of the rules, low power stations may now propose DTS operations 
by filing an application for construction permit for minor 
modification--FCC Form 2100, Schedule C. This submission is also being 
made to OMB for approval of the modified FCC Form 2100, Schedule C.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0017.
    OMB Approval Date: April 7, 2023.
    OMB Expiration Date: April 30, 2026.
    Title: Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video Service 
Authorization, FCC Form 2100, Schedule D.
    Form Number: FCC Form 2100, Schedule D.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions; State, local, or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 805 respondents; 805 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1.5 hours per response.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,208 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $96,600.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. The statutory 
authority for this information collection is contained in sections 
154(i), 301, 303, 307, 308 and 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended.
    Needs and Uses: On January 19, 2021, the Commission released the 
Rules Governing the Use of Distributed Transmission System 
Technologies, FCC 21-21. The Commission adopted rules to allow low 
power television and television translator stations (collectively ``low 
power stations'') to seek authority to construct Distributed 
Transmission System (DTS) operations. Pursuant to new Sec.  74.720 of 
the rules, low power stations may now propose DTS operations and when 
those facilities are constructed, file an application for license--FCC 
Form 2100, Schedule D. This submission is

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being made to OMB for approval of the modified FCC Form 2100, Schedule 
D. These changes will also result in a slight change in the burden 
hours/responses.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0928.
    OMB Approval Date: April 7, 2023.
    OMB Expiration Date: April 30, 2026.
    Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video 
Service Authorization, Schedule F (Formerly FCC 302-CA); 47 CFR 
73.6028; Section 73.3700(b)(3); Section 73.3700(h)(2) and Section 
73.3572(h).
    Form No.: FCC Form 2100, Schedule F.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions; State, local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 65 respondents and 65 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 260 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $20,475.
    Needs and Uses: On January 19, 2021, the Commission released the 
Rules Governing the Use of Distributed Transmission System Technologies 
Report and Order, FCC 21-21. The Commission adopted these rules to 
allow Class A television stations to seek authority to construct 
Distributed Transmission System (DTS) operations. Pursuant to new Sec.  
73.6023 of the rules, Class A stations may now propose DTS operations 
and when those facilities are constructed file an application for 
license on FCC Form 2100, Schedule F. This submission is also being 
made to OMB for approval of the modified FCC Form 2100, Schedule F.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0932.
    OMB Approval Date: April 7, 2023.
    OMB Expiration Date: April 30, 2026.
    Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video 
Service Authorization, Schedule E (Former FCC Form 301-CA); 47 CFR 
73.3700(b)(1)(i)-(v) and (vii), (b)(2)(i) and (ii); 47 CFR 73.6028; 47 
CFR 74.793(d); 47 CFR 73.6023.
    Form No.: FCC Form 2100, Schedule E (Application for Media Bureau 
Audio and Video Service Authorization).
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions; State, local, or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 60 respondents and 60 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.25 hours-6 hours.
    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 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: 495 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $258,000.
    Needs and Uses: On January 19, 2021, the Commission released Rules 
Governing the Use of Distributed Transmission System Technologies, 
Report and Order, FCC 21-21. The Commission adopted these rules to 
allow Class A television stations to seek authority to construct 
Distributed Transmission System (DTS) operations. Pursuant to new Sec.  
73.6023 of the rules, Class A stations may now propose DTS operations 
by filing an application for construction permit for minor 
modification--FCC Form 2100, Schedule E. This submission is also being 
made to OMB for approval of the modified FCC Form 2100, Schedule E.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-08119 Filed 4-17-23; 8:45 am]
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