[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65622-65623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17906]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1216; FR ID 237257]


Information Collection 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 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 October 11, 
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 No.: 3060-1216.
    Title: Media Bureau Incentive Auction Implementation, Sections 
73.3700(c), (g)(4), (h)(5) and (h)(6).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,353 respondents and 46,302 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .004-15 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement; on occasion 
reporting requirement; recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in 47 U.S.C. 
151, 154, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 325(b), 332, 336(f), 
338, 339, 340, 399b, 403, 534, 535, 1404, 1452, and 1454.
    Total Annual Burden: 17,802 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $961,800.
    Needs and Uses: The Spectrum Act directed the Commission to hold a

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``reverse auction'' in which broadcasters can voluntarily return some 
or all of their broadcast spectrum usage rights in exchange for 
incentive payments. The Spectrum Act also required the Commission to 
reorganize the broadcast television band, which will be accomplished by 
repacking stations, or moving broadcast stations to different channels. 
The Spectrum Act directed the Commission to hold a forward auction of 
the ultra-high frequency (UHF) spectrum obtained as a result of the 
reverse auction and channel repacking. This UHF spectrum was auctioned 
as flexible-use licenses suitable for providing mobile broadband 
service. Broadcast stations that participated in the forward auction 
were able to relinquish their spectrum rights, agree to share a channel 
with another broadcaster or move from the UHF to VHF band or from a 
high VHF channel to a low VHF channel. For non-participating broadcast 
stations, the Spectrum Act established a TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund 
(Fund) to reimburse reassigned broadcasters and multichannel video 
programming distributors (MVPDs) that incur expenses associated with 
continuing to carry relocated stations, for their reasonable expenses 
resulting from the post-auction channel reassignment. The Commission 
adopted rules implementing the provisions of the Spectrum Act. The 
Incentive Auction concluded and repack process commented in April 2017. 
The rules governing the post-incentive auction licensing and other 
post-auction station-related matters are codified at 47 CFR parts 0, 1, 
27, 73 and 74.
    On September 19, 2023, the Commission released a Report and Order, 
FCC 23-72, wherein it adopted several revisions to its Part 73 rules 
including 73.3700. As a result of these rule revisions, a number of 
collections and burdens were either revised or eliminated altogether as 
reflected in this revised supporting statement. Sections 
73.3700(b)(4)(i) and (ii) and 73.3700(d) of the rules were eliminated 
and therefore the corresponding collections and burdens for these rules 
have been eliminated. Also, revisions were made to estimates for 
73.3700(c), 73.3700(g)(4) and 73.3700 (h)(5) and (h)(6) to reflected 
updated data now that the incentive auction is complete and the exact 
universe of affected entities is known.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-17906 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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