[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23676-23677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08125]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0075; FR ID 136313]


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 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 June 20, 
2023. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find 
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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: 3060-0075.
    Title: Form 2100, Schedule 345--Application for Consent to Assign 
Construction Permit or License for TV or FM Translator Station or Low 
Power Television Station or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding TV or 
FM Translator or Low Power Television Station.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions; Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,700 respondents; 3,900 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.075-1.25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement and on 
occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,013 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $3,943,979.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i) and 310 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Needs and Uses: Filing of Schedule 345 is required when applying 
for authority for assignment of license or permit, or for consent to 
transfer of control of a corporate licensee or permittee for an FM or 
TV translator station, or low power TV station.
    This collection also includes the third-party disclosure 
requirement of 47 CFR 73.3580 (OMB approval was received for Section 
73.3580 under OMB Control Number 3060-0031). Section 73.3580, as 
amended in the Commission's 2020 Public Notice Second Report and Order, 
discussed below, requires local public notice of the filing of all 
applications to assign or transfer control of a broadcast station 
authorization, including those of an FM or TV translator or booster 
station or LPTV station. Notice is given by an applicant posting notice 
of the application filing on its station website, its licensee website, 
its parent entity website, or on a publicly accessible, locally 
targeted website, for 30 consecutive days beginning within five 
business days of acceptance of the application for filing. The online 
notice must link to a copy of the application *36405 as filed in the 
Commission's LMS licensing database. Applicants for assignment or 
transfer of control of a low-power television (LPTV) station that 
locally originates programming must also make a total of six on-air 
announcements giving notice that their applications have been accepted 
for filing.
    On May 12, 2020, the Commission adopted Amendment of Section 
73.3580 of the Commission's Rules Regarding Public Notice of the Filing 
of Applications; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative; Revision 
of the Public Notice Requirements of Section 73.3580, Second Report and 
Order, MB Docket Nos. 17-254, 17-105, & 05-6, FCC 20-65 (rel. May 13, 
2020). The Commission adopted new, streamlined procedures for stations 
to provide public notice of the filing of certain applications. 
Applicants, including applicants for assignment or transfer of control 
of authorizations for FM or TV translators or LPTV stations, that were 
previously required to post public notice in a local newspaper, must 
now post notice online, either on the station website or a website 
affiliated with the station, its licensee, or its parent entity, or 
else must post notice on a publicly accessible, locally targeted 
website, for 30 continuous days following acceptance of the application 
for filing. Stations that are required to make on-air announcements of 
the filing of certain applications, including an applicant for 
assignment or transfer of control of an LPTV station that locally 
originates programming, must continue to do so, but the announcements 
are shorter and direct viewers and listeners to the application as 
filed and displayed in either the station's Online Public Inspection 
File or another Commission database. A total of six on-air 
announcements are required, at least one per week and no more than one 
per day or two per week, to be broadcast between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 
p.m. local time, Monday through Friday, beginning after the application 
is accepted for filing.
    Upon adoption of the 2020 Public Notice Second Report and Order, 
this submission was sent to OMB for approval of the modified third-
party disclosure requirements for this Information Collection. The 
changes pertaining to this Information Collection and to 47 CFR 73.3580 
adopted in the 2020 Public Notice Second Report and Order did not 
necessitate changes to the Schedule 345, nor did they affect the 
substance, burden hours, or costs of completing the forms. The rule 
changes did, however, reduce burdens and costs associated with filing 
the application.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-08125 Filed 4-17-23; 8:45 am]
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