Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget, 55796-55798 [2014-22169]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55796-55798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22169]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to the 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, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communication 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

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displays a currently valid 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 17, 
2014. 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email NicholasA.Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to Cathy 
Williams, FCC, via email PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 
Include in the comments the OMB control number as shown in the 
``Supplementary Information'' section 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 <https://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 OMB 
control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. 
A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Numbers: 3060-0386.
    Title: Special Temporary Authorization (STA) Requests; 
Notifications and Informal Filings; Sections 1.5, 73.1615, 73.1635, 
73.1740 and 73.3598; CDBS Informal Forms; Section 74.788; Low Power 
Television, TV Translator and Class A Television Digital Transition 
Notifications; FCC Form 337.
    Form Numbers: FCC Form 337.
    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/Responses: 6,509 respondents; 6,509 
responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5-4 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; One time 
reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,325 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $2,126,510.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. The statutory 
authority for this information collection is contained in sections 1, 
4(i) and (j), 7, 154(i), 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 312, 316, 318, 
319, 324, 325, 336 and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Privacy Act Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The FCC Form 337, Application for Extension of Time 
to Construct a Digital Television Broadcast Station, is used by all low 
power television, TV translator and Class A television digital 
permittees to apply for extension of time within which to construct 
their digital facility. This form must be filed at least sixty, but not 
more than ninety, days prior to the applicable construction deadline. 
Applicants who file this form based on financial hardships must retain 
documentation fully detailing and supporting their financial 
representations as well as any steps taken to overcome the 
circumstances preventing construction.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1070.
    Title: Allocation and Service Rules for the 71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz, 
and 92-95 GHz Bands.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions; and State, local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 504 respondents; 3,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 to 9 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement, and third-party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 303(f) and (r), 309, 316, and 332 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 9,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $910,000.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality. The Commission has not granted assurances of 
confidentially to those parties submitting the information. In those 
cases where a respondent believes information requires confidentiality, 
the respondent can request confidential treatment and the Commission 
will afford such confidentiality for 20 days, after which the 
information will be available to the public.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking an extension of this 
information collection in order to obtain the full three year approval 
from OMB. There are no program changes to the reporting, recordkeeping 
and/or third-party disclosure requirements but we are revising 
estimates based on experience and the possible addition of a fourth 
database manager. The recordkeeping, reporting, and third party 
disclosure requirements will be used by the Commission to verify 
licensee compliance with the Commission rules and regulations, and to 
ensure that licensees continue to fulfill their statutory 
responsibilities in accordance with the Communications Act of 1934. The 
Commission's rules promote the private sector development and use of 
71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz, and 92-95 GHz bands (70/80/90 GHz bands). Such 
information has been used in the past and will continue to be used to 
minimize interference, verify that applicants are legally and 
technically qualified to hold license, and to determine compliance with 
Commission rules.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0906.
    Title: Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplemental Services Report for DTV 
Stations, FCC Form 317; 47 CFR 73.624(g).
    Form Number: FCC Form 317.
    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: 9,391 respondents, 18,782 
responses.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, annual reporting 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits--Statutory 
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 
154(i), 303, 336 and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2-4 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 56,346 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $1,408,650.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality required with this collection of information.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Each licensee/permittee of a digital television 
(DTV)

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station must file on an annual basis FCC Form 317. Specifically, 
required filers include the following (but we generally refer to all 
such entities herein as a ``DTV licensee/permittee''):
    A licensee of a digital commercial or noncommercial educational 
(NCE) full power television (TV) station, low power television (LPTV) 
station, TV translator or Class A TV station.
    A permittee operating pursuant to digital special temporary 
authority (STA) of a commercial or NCE full power TV station, LPTV 
station, TV translator or Class A TV station.
    Each DTV licensee/permittee must report whether they provided 
ancillary or supplementary services at any time during the reporting 
cycle.
    Each DTV licensee/permittee is required to retain the records 
supporting the calculation of the fees due for three years from the 
date of remittance of fees. Each NCE licensee/permittee must also 
retain for eight years documentation sufficient to show that its entire 
bitstream was used ``primarily'' for NCE broadcast services on a weekly 
basis.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1035.
    Title: Part 73, Subpart F International Broadcast Stations.
    Form No.: FCC Forms 309, 310 and 311.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 225 respondents; 225 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2-720 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion, 
semi-annual, weekly and annual reporting requirements.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 154, 303, 307, 334, 336 and 554.
    Total Annual Burden: 20,096 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $97,025.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need 
for confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission 
(``Commission'') is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approve a three year extension of the information collection 
titled ``Part 73, Subpart F International Broadcast Stations'' under 
OMB Control No. 3060-1035.
    This information collection is used by the Commission to assign 
frequencies for use by international broadcast stations, to grant 
authority to operate such stations and to determine if interference or 
adverse propagation conditions exist that may impact the operation of 
such stations. The Commission collects this information pursuant to 47 
CFR Part 73, subpart F. If the Commission did not collect this 
information, it would not be in a position to effectively coordinate 
spectrum for international broadcasters or to act for entities in times 
of frequency interference or adverse propagation conditions. Therefore, 
the information collection requirements are as follows:
    FCC Form 309--Application for Authority To Construct or Make 
Changes in an International, Experimental Television, Experimental 
Facsimile, or a Developmental Broadcast Station--The FCC Form 309 is 
filed on occasion when the applicant is requesting authority to 
construct or make modifications to the international broadcast station.
    FCC Form 310--Application for an International, Experimental 
Television, Experimental Facsimile, or a Developmental Broadcast 
Station License--The FCC Form 310 is filed on occasion when the 
applicant is submitting an application for a new international 
broadcast station.
    FCC Form 311--Application for Renewal of an International or 
Experimental Broadcast Station License--The FCC Form 311 is filed by 
applicants who are requesting renewal of their international broadcast 
station licenses.
    47 CFR 73.702(a) states that six months prior to the start of each 
season, licensees and permittees shall by informal written request, 
submitted to the Commission in triplicate, indicate for the season the 
frequency or frequencies desired for transmission to each zone or area 
of reception specified in the license or permit, the specific hours 
during which it desires to transmit to such zones or areas on each 
frequency, and the power, antenna gain, and antenna bearing it desires 
to use. Requests will be honored to the extent that interference and 
propagation conditions permit and that they are otherwise in accordance 
with the provisions of section 47 CFR 73.702(a).
    47 CFR 73.702(b) states that two months before the start of each 
season, the licensee or permittee must inform the Commission in writing 
as to whether it plans to operate in accordance with the Commission's 
authorization or operate in another manner.
    47 CFR 73.702(c) permits entities to file requests for changes to 
their original request for assignment and use of frequencies if they 
are able to show good cause. Because international broadcasters are 
assigned frequencies on a seasonal basis, as opposed to the full term 
of their eight-year license authorization, requests for changes need to 
be filed by entities on occasion.
    47 CFR 73.702 (note) states that permittees who during the process 
of construction wish to engage in equipment tests shall by informal 
written request, submitted to the Commission in triplicate not less 
than 30 days before they desire to begin such testing, indicate the 
frequencies they desire to use for testing and the hours they desire to 
use those frequencies.
    47 CFR 73.702(e) states within 14 days after the end of each 
season, each licensee or permittee must file a report with the 
Commission stating whether the licensee or permittee has operated the 
number of frequency hours authorized by the seasonal schedule to each 
of the zones or areas of reception specified in the schedule.
    47 CFR 73.782 requires that licensees retain logs of international 
broadcast stations for two years. If it involves communications 
incident to a disaster, logs should be retained as long as required by 
the Commission.
    47 CFR 73.759(d) states that the licensee or permittee must keep 
records of the time and results of each auxiliary transmitter test 
performed at least weekly.
    47 CFR 73.762(b) requires that licensees notify the Commission in 
writing of any limitation or discontinuance of operation of not more 
than 10 days.
    47 CFR 73.762(c) states that the licensee or permittee must request 
and receive specific authority from the Commission to discontinue 
operations for more than 10 days under extenuating circumstances.
    47 CFR 1.1301-1.1319 cover certifications of compliance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act and how the public will be protected 
from radio frequency radiation hazards.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary Office of the Managing Director.
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