[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28547-28548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09406]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-xxxx, OMB 3060-0236, OMB 3060-0248 and 3060-0250; FR ID 
138975]


Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

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 July 3, 
2023. 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: 3060-0250.
    Title: Sections 73.1207, 74.784, and 74.1284, Rebroadcasts.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities, Not for-
profit institutions and State, local or Tribal Governments.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 6,462 respondents and 11,012 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion 
reporting requirement; semi-annual reporting requirement; third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
Sections 154(i) and 325(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,506 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on April 17, 2023, the 
Report and Order (R&O), In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 
of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power 
Television and Television Translator Stations, Update of Parts 74 of 
the Commission's Rules Related to Low Power Television and Television 
Translator Stations, MB Docket Nos. 03-185 and 22-261, FCC 23-25. The 
Report and Order adopted the following revision to 47 CFR 74.784(b):
    47 CFR 74.784(b) states that a licensee of a low power television 
or TV translator station shall not rebroadcast the programs of any 
other TV broadcast station without obtaining prior consent of the 
station whose signals or programs are proposed to be retransmitted. 
Section 74.784(b) requires licensees of low power television and TV 
translator stations to notify the Commission when rebroadcasting 
programs or signals of another station. This notification shall include 
the call letters of each station rebroadcast. The licensee of the low 
power television or TV translator station shall certify that written 
consent has been obtained from the licensee of the station whose 
programs are retransmitted. This notification shall be provided by 
email to [email protected], the Media Bureau, Video Division's 
email box.
    The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.1207 
and 74.1284 remain the same. They are as follows:
    47 CFR 73.1207 requires that licensees of broadcast stations obtain 
written permission from an originating station prior to retransmitting 
any program or any part thereof. A copy of the written consent must be 
kept in the station's files and made available to the FCC upon request. 
Section 73.1207 also specifies procedures that broadcast stations must 
follow when rebroadcasting time signals, weather bulletins, or other 
material from non-broadcast services.
    47 CFR 74.1284 requires that the licensee of a FM translator 
station obtain prior consent to rebroadcast programs of any broadcast 
station or other FM translator. The licensee of the FM translator 
station must notify the Commission of the call letters of each station 
rebroadcast and must certify that written consent has been received 
from the licensee of that station. Also, AM stations are allowed to use 
FM translator stations to rebroadcast the AM signal. FM translator 
stations are low power facilities licensed for the limited purpose of 
retransmitting the signals of either a full power radio station or 
another translator station. See 47 CFR 74.1201.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0236.
    Title: Section 74.703, Interference.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities, State, local 
or Tribal Governments and Not for-profit institutions.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 50 respondents and 50 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    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.
    Total Annual Burden: 100 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $100,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on April 17, 2023, the 
Report and Order (R&O), In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 
of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power 
Television and Television Translator Stations, Update of Parts 74 of 
the Commission's Rules

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Related to Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations, MB 
Docket Nos. 03-185 and 22-261, FCC 23-25. The Report and Order adopted 
the following revision to 47 CFR 74.703(h):
    47 CFR 74.703(h) requires in each instance where suspension of 
operation is required, the licensee shall submit a full report to the 
FCC via a Resumption of Operations notice in the Commission's Licensing 
and Management System (LMS) after operation is resumed, containing 
details of the nature of the interference, the source of the 
interfering signals, and the remedial steps taken to eliminate the 
interference.
    The Commission is reinstating OMB control number 3060-0236 back 
into the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) inventory. However, 
the Commission adopted on October 25, 2021, the Order (Order), In the 
Matter of Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of 
Spectrum Through Incentive Auction, GN Docket No. 12-268. The Order 
adopted a number of changes, including removing 47 CFR 74.703(f) and 
74.703(g). This means that collection 3060-0236 now only covers the 
information collection requirements covered under 47 CFR 74.703(h).
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0248.
    Title: Section 74.751, Modification of Transmission Systems.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities, Not for-
profit institutions and State, local or Tribal Governments.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 400 respondents and 400 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
Recordkeeping requirement.
    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.
    Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on April 17, 2023, the 
Report and Order (R&O), In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 
of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power 
Television and Television Translator Stations, Update of Parts 74 of 
the Commission's Rules Related to Low Power Television and Television 
Translator Stations, MB Docket Nos. 03-185 and 22-261, FCC 23-25. The 
Report and Order adopted the following revisions to 47 CFR 74.751:
    47 CFR 74.751(a) requires 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.
    47 CFR 74.751(b)(4) requires low power TV or TV translator stations 
to file an application in the Commission's Licensing and Management 
System (LMS) on FCC Form 2100, Schedule C, requesting authorization for 
all antenna relocations.
    47 CFR 74.751(c) provides that notwithstanding the requirement in 
47 CFR 74.751(b)(4), a station may file in LMS a correction of 
geographic coordinates where the change is 3 seconds or fewer in 
latitude and/or 3 seconds or fewer in longitude, provided there is no 
physical change in location and no other licensed parameters are 
changed. An exhibit should be attached to the application(s) specifying 
it is a coordinate correction. Stations seeking to correct coordinates 
by less than 3 seconds of latitude and/or longitude may do so without 
paying a filing fee.
    47 CFR 74.751(d) requires 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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-xxxx.
    Title: Sections 74.734, 74.735, and 74.763, Electronic Filings
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities, Not for-
profit institutions and State, local or Tribal Governments.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 50 respondents and 250 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
Recordkeeping requirement.
    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.
    Total Annual Burden: 500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $250,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on April 17, 2023, the 
Report and Order (R&O), In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 
of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power 
Television and Television Translator Stations, Update of Parts 74 of 
the Commission's Rules Related to Low Power Television and Television 
Translator Stations, MB Docket Nos. 03-185 and 22-261, FCC 23-25. The 
Report and Order adopted a number of revisions to the Commission's 
rules to specify electronic rather than paper submission in the 
following instances:
    47 CFR 74.734(a)(4) requires that a notification must be made with 
the Commission via a Change of Control Point Notice in the Commission's 
Licensing and Management System (LMS) providing the name, address, and 
telephone number of person(s) who may be called to secure suspension of 
operation of a transmitter promptly should the FCC deem such action 
necessary.
    47 CFR 74.735(c)(4) requires that all azimuth plane patterns be 
plotted in a PDF attachment to the application in LMS in a size 
sufficient to be easily viewed. 47 CFR 74.735(c)(6) requires that all 
azimuth plane patterns be plotted in a PDF attachment to the 
application in LMS in a size sufficient to be easily viewed. 47 CFR 
74.735(c)(7) requires that if a matrix pattern is submitted in the LMS 
application form, similar tabulations must be provided as necessary in 
the form of a spreadsheet attachment to the application in LMS to 
accurately represent the pattern.
    47 CFR 74.763(b) provides that in the event that causes beyond the 
control of the low power or translator station licensee make it 
impossible to continue operating, the licensee may discontinue 
operation for a period of not more than 30 days without further 
authority from the FCC. 47 CFR 74.763(b) requires that no later than 
the tenth day of discontinued operation, notification must be sent 
electronically via a Suspension of Operations Notice filing in the 
Commission's LMS database. In the event normal operation is restored 
before the end of the 30 day period, the licensee must notify the FCC 
of the date that normal operations resumed by filing a Resumption of 
Operations Notice filing in LMS. Finally, Section 74.763(b) requires 
that if causes beyond the control of the licensee make it impossible to 
comply within the allowed period, a licensee may make a request for 
Special Temporary Authority via LMS no later than the 30th day for such 
additional time as may be necessary.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-09406 Filed 5-3-23; 8:45 am]
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