[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41959-41961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13778]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0031, OMB 3060-0110; FR ID 150161]


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to Office of Management and Budget

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, 
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general 
public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it 
can further reduce the information collection burden for small business 
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted on or before July 28, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into 
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In 
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your 
comment on the proposed information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC, 
via email to [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) go to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and 
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to 
OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission 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.
    As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the FCC invited the general public and other Federal Agencies to 
take this opportunity to comment on the following information 
collection. Comments are requested concerning: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's 
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 
2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks 
specific comment on how it might ``further reduce the information 
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees.''
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0110.
    Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Renewal of Broadcast Station 
License, LMS Schedule 303-S.
    Form Number: FCC 2100, LMS Schedule 303-S.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondent and Responses: 5,126 respondents, 5,126 
responses.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, and Section 204 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours-12 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Every eight-year reporting requirement; 
Third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 14,868 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $3,994,164.
    Obligation of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for the collection is contained Sections 154(i), 
303, 307 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and 
Section 204 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
    Needs and Uses: 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. Some 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 applications for the renewal of 
broadcast licenses, 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. The Commission also clarified low-power FM (LPFM) stations' 
obligations to provide local public notice, and amended section 73.801 
of the rules (47 CFR 73.801, listing FCC rules that apply to the LPFM 
service) to include the local public notice rule, 47 CFR 73.3580.
    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

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2020 Public Notice Second Report and Order, did not necessitate changes 
to Schedules 314 or 315, 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.
    Control Number: 3060-0031.
    Title: Form 2100, Schedule 314--Application for Consent to 
Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License; Form 
2100, Schedule 315--Application for Consent to Transfer Control of 
Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License.
    Form Number: FCC Form 2100, Schedules 314 and 315.
    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: 4,920 respondents and 13,160 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.075 to 7 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i), 303(b) and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 17,159 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $51,493,759.
    Needs and Uses: Upon adoption, submission was made to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for the approval of information collection 
requirements contained in the Commission's Reexamination of the 
Comparative Standards and Procedures for Licensing Noncommercial 
Educational Broadcast Stations and Low Power FM Stations, Report and 
Order, FCC 19-127, 34 FCC Rcd 12519 (2019) (NCE LPFM Report and Order), 
adopted December 10, 2019, and released on December 11, 2019. In the 
NCE LPFM Report and Order the Commission revised its rules and 
procedures for considering competing applications for new and major 
modifications to noncommercial educational full-service FM and full-
power television (NCE), and low power FM (LPFM) broadcast stations. The 
changes were designed to improve the comparative selection and 
licensing procedures, expedite the initiation of new service to the 
public, eliminate unnecessary applicant burdens, and reduce the number 
of appeals of NCE comparative licensing decisions.
    First, to improve the NCE comparative process, the NCE LPFM Report 
and Order: (1) Eliminated the governing document requirements for 
established local applicants and applicants claiming diversity points; 
(2) established a uniform divestiture pledge policy; (3) expanded the 
tie-breaker criteria and revises the procedures for allocating time in 
mandatory time-sharing situations; and (4) clarified and modified the 
``holding period'' rule.
    Second, the NCE LPFM Report and Order adopted the following changes 
to the LPFM comparative process: (1) Prohibited amendments that attempt 
to cure past unauthorized station violations; (2) authorized time-
sharing discussions prior to tentative selectee designations; and (3) 
established procedures for remaining tentative selectees following 
dismissal of point aggregation time-share agreements.
    Third, the NCE LPFM Report and Order adopted the following general 
changes: (1) Defined which applicant board changes are major changes; 
(2) clarified the reasonable site assurance requirements; (3) 
streamlined construction deadline tolling procedures and notification 
requirements; (4) lengthened the LPFM construction period; and (5) 
eliminated restrictions on the assignment and transfer of LPFM 
authorizations.
    Specifically, pertaining to this Information Collection and NCE and 
LPFM stations, the Commission removed the restrictive LPFM station 
three-year ``holding period'' certification from CDBS Forms 314 and 
315, and revised the relevant rules, 47 CFR 73.865 and 73.7005, the 
forms, and corresponding instructions, as follows:
    (1) Changed all references to ``holding period'' to ``maintenance 
of comparative qualifications,'' and requiring NCE stations awarded by 
the point system to certify satisfying the four-year ``maintenance of 
comparative qualifications'' period;
    (2) required LPFM applicants to certify that it has been at least 
18 months since the station's initial construction permit was granted 
in accordance with 47 CFR 73.865(c);
    (3) required LPFM applicants to certify that the assignment/
transfer of the LPFM authorization satisfies the consideration 
restrictions of 47 CFR 73.865(a)(1);
    (4) required LPFM authorizations awarded by the LPFM comparative 
point system, to indicate whether the LPFM station has operated on-air 
for at least four years since grant;
    (5) required NCE applicants to certify that the proposed 
acquisition comports with 47 CFR 73.7005(c) diversity requirements, 
based on any ``diversity of ownership'' points awarded in an NCE points 
system analysis.
    Moreover, the NCE LPFM Report and Order will increase the number of 
applicants eligible to file Schedules 314 and 315 by eliminating both 
the absolute prohibition on the assignment/transfer of LPFM 
construction permits and the three-year holding period restriction on 
assigning LPFM licenses. The elimination of these restrictions will 
benefit the LPFM service by increasing the likelihood that LPFM permits 
will be constructed, provide new service to communities, and help make 
the LPFM stations more viable.
    Upon adoption, the Commission, submitted to OMB for the approval of 
information collection requirements contained in the 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 (adopted May 12, 2020, rel. May 13, 2020) (2020 Public 
Notice Second Report and Order). The Commission adopted new, 
streamlined procedures for stations to provide public notice of the 
filing of certain applications. Stations, including commercial stations 
filing assignment and transfer applications, 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, including those filing assignment and transfer applications, 
that are required to make on-air announcements of the filing of certain 
applications, 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.
    The changes pertaining to this Information Collection and to 47 CFR

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73.3580 adopted in the 2020 Public Notice Second Report and Order, did 
not necessitate changes to Schedules 314 or 315, 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. 2023-13778 Filed 6-27-23; 8:45 am]
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