[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 73 (Monday, April 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26148-26149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07921]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0216; 3060-0788; 3060-1218; FR ID 213636]


Information Collections 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 collection(s). 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 comments should be submitted on or before June 14, 2024. 
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 contacts 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: 3060-0216.
    Title: Section 73.3538, Application to Make Changes in an Existing 
Station; section 73.1690(e), Modification of Transmission Systems.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 650 respondents; 650 
responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50-3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
Recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,100 hours.
    Annual Burden Cost: No cost.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 
154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained 
in section 73.3538(b)(1) of the Commission's rules requires a broadcast 
station to file an informal application to modify or discontinue the 
obstruction marking or lighting of an antenna supporting structure.
    The information collection requirements contained in section 
73.1690(e) of the Commission's rules requires AM, FM and TV station 
licensees to prepare an informal statement or diagram describing any 
electrical and mechanical modification to authorized transmitting 
equipment that can be made without prior Commission approval provided 
that equipment performance measurements are made to ensure compliance 
with FCC rules. This informal statement or diagram must be retained at 
the transmitter site as long as the equipment is in use.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0788.
    Title: DTV Showings/Interference Agreements.

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    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 300 respondents; 300 
responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, Third 
Party Disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $3,900,000.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in sections 
154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained 
in 47 CFR 73.623 requires applicants to submit a technical showing to 
establish that their proposed facilities will not result in additional 
interference to TV broadcast operations. The Commission permits 
broadcasters to agree to proposed TV facilities that do not conform to 
the allotted parameters, even though they might be affected by 
potential new interference. The Commission will consider granting 
applications on the basis of interference agreements if it finds that 
such grants will serve the public interest. These agreements must be 
signed by all parties to the agreement. In addition, the Commission 
needs the following information to enable such public interest 
determinations: A list of parties predicted to receive additional 
interference from the proposed facility; a showing as to why a grant 
based on the agreements would serve the public interest; and technical 
studies depicting the additional interference. The technical showings 
and interference agreements will be used by FCC staff to determine if 
the public interest would be served by the grant of the application and 
to ensure that the proposed facilities will not result in additional 
interference.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1218.
    Title: Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: Amendment 
to Part 76 of the Commission's Rules.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 11 respondents and 11 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours (15 minutes).
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 3 hours.
    Total Annual Cost Burden: No cost.
    Obligation to Respond: Required in order to monitor regulatory 
compliance. The statutory authority for this information collection is 
contained in sections 4, 303, 614, and 615 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection imposes a notification 
requirement on certain small cable systems that become ineligible for 
exemption from the requirement to carry high definition broadcast 
signals in HD (adopted in FCC 15-65). In particular, the information 
collection requires that, beginning December 12, 2016, at the time a 
small cable system utilizing the HD carriage exemption offers any 
programming in HD, the system must give notice that it is offering HD 
programming to all broadcast stations in its market that are carried on 
its system. Cable operators also must keep records of such 
notification. This information collection requirement allows affected 
broadcast stations to monitor compliance with the requirement that 
cable operators transmit high definition broadcast signals in HD.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-07921 Filed 4-12-24; 8:45 am]
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