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of Management and Budget (OMB),
Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC
20503, (202) 395–3087 or via the
Internet at
Kristy_L._LaLonde@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s) send an e-mail
to PRA@fcc.gov to contact Kathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918. If you
would like to obtain a copy of this
revised information collection, you may
do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page
at: https://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0863.
Title: Satellite Delivery of Network
Signals to Unserved Households for
Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer’s
Act.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 848.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; On
occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 125,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.686
describes a method for measuring signal
strength at a household so that the
satellite and broadcast industries and
consumers would have a uniform
method for making an actual
determination of the signal strength that
a household received. The information
gathered as part of the Grade B signal
strength tests will be used to indicate
whether consumers are ‘‘unserved’’ by
over-the-air network signals. The
written records of test results will be
made after testing and predicting the
strength of a television station’s signal.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
January 23, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
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effort to reduce paperwork burden
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law No. 104–
13. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
that does not display a valid control
number. 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 estimate; (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before April 3, 2006. 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: You may submit all your
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
comments by email or U.S. postal mail.
To submit your comments by e-mail
send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them
to the attention of Cathy Williams,
Federal Communications Commission,
Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s) send an e-mail
to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0573.
Title: Application for Franchise
Authority Consent to Assignment or
Transfer of Control of Cable Television
Franchise.
Form Number: FCC Form 394.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
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Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour
to 5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 7,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $375,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Cable operators use
FCC Form 394 to apply to the local
franchise authority (LFA) for approval
to assign or transfer control of a cable
television system. With the information
provided by FCC Form 394, LFAs can
restrict profiteering transactions and
other transfers that are likely to have an
adverse effect on cable rates or service
in the franchise area.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested.
January 24, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law No. 104–
13. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
that does not display a valid control
number. 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 estimate; (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
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submitted on or before April 3, 2006. 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: You may submit all your
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail.
To submit your comments by e-mail
send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them
to the attention of Cathy Williams,
Federal Communications Commission,
Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s) send an e-mail
to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0027.
Title: Application for Construction
Permit for Commercial Broadcast
Station.
Form Number: FCC Form 301.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3,328.
Estimated Time per Response: 2–4
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 8,613 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $45,526,847.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: This FCC Form is to
be used to apply for authority to
construct a new commercial AM, FM, or
TV broadcast station or to make changes
in the existing facilities of such a
station. In the case of new station and
major modification proposals, this
application is filed by either the
successful bidder at a broadcast
frequency auction or by an applicant
proposing facilities that are not
mutually exclusive with any other
application filed during the same
window and thus not subject to the
Commission’s comparative bidding
procedures. All proposals for minor
changes to authorized commercial
stations are also to be filed on this form.
On November 4, 2005, the
Commission released the Notice of
Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), In the
Matter of Digital Television Distributed
Transmission System Technologies, MB
Docket No. 05–312; FCC 05–192. With
this NPRM, the Commission proposes to
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revise FCC Form 301 to accommodate
the use of a distributed transmission
system (‘‘DTS’’) network. Applicants
seeking to create a DTS network or add
transmitters to an existing DTS network
must file a minor change application
using a FCC Form 301.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0837.
Title: Application for DTV Broadcast
Station License.
Form Number: FCC Form 302–DTV.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 610.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 965 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $257,500.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Licensees and
permittees of DTV broadcast stations are
required to file FCC Form 302–DTV to
obtain a new or modified station
license, and/or to notify the
Commission of certain changes in the
licensed facilities of these stations. The
data is used by FCC staff to confirm that
the station has been built to terms
specified in the outstanding
construction permit, and to update FCC
station files. Data is then extracted from
FCC Form 302–DTV for inclusion in the
subsequent license to operate the
station.
On November 4, 2005, the
Commission released the Notice of
Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), In the
Matter of Digital Television Distributed
Transmission System Technologies, MB
Docket No. 05–312; FCC 05–192. With
this NPRM, the Commission proposes to
revise FCC Form 302–DTV to
accommodate the use of a distributed
transmission system (‘‘DTS’’).
Applicants will file Form 302–DTV to
get a license to cover the construction
permit that authorized DTS.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0029.
Title: Application for TV Broadcast
Station License; Application for
Construction Permit for Reserved
Channel Noncommercial Education
(NCE) Broadcast Station; Application for
Authority to Construct or Make Changes
in an FM Translator or FM Booster
Station.
Form Number: FCC Form 302–TV,
FCC Form 340 and FCC Form 349.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
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institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,665.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–4
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Recordkeeping
requirement; One-time reporting
requirement; Third party disclosure
requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 8,130 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $17,892,625.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 302–TV is
used by licensees and permittees of TV
broadcast stations to obtain a new or
modified station license and/or to notify
the Commission of certain changes in
the licensed facilities of these stations.
FCC staff use the data to confirm that
the station has been built to terms
specified in the outstanding
construction permit.
FCC Form 340 is used to apply for
authority to construct a new
noncommercial educational (NCE) FM
and TV stations or to make changes in
the existing facilities of such a station.
The FCC Form 340 is to be used for
channels that are reserved exclusively
for noncommercial educational use and
on non-reserved channels if the
applicant proposes to build and operate
a NCE station.
Existing authorized noncommercial
educational analog stations seeking to
receive authorization for
commencement of Digital TV (DTV)
operation must file FCC Form 340 for a
construction permit. This application
may be filed anytime after receiving the
initial DTV channel allotment, but must
be filed before the mid-point in a
particular applicant’s required
construction period. The Commission
will consider these applications as
minor changes in facilities. Applicants
do not have to supply full legal or
financial qualification information. In
addition, applicants for a newly allotted
DTV channel reserved for
noncommercial educational use(s) must
also file the FCC Form 340.
FCC Form 349 is used to apply for
authority to construct a new FM
translator or FM booster broadcast
station, or to make changes in the
existing facilities of such stations. This
form also includes the third party
disclosure requirement of 47 CFR
Section 73.3580. Section 73.3580
requires local public notice in a
newspaper of general circulation of all
application filings for new or major
change in facilities. This notice must be
completed within 30 days of the
tendering of the application. This notice
must be published at least twice a week
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for two consecutive weeks in a threeweek period. A copy of this notice must
be placed in the public inspection file
along with the application.
On November 4, 2005, the
Commission released the Notice of
Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), In the
Matter of Digital Television Distributed
Transmission System Technologies, MB
Docket No. 05–312; FCC 05–192. With
this NPRM, the Commission proposes to
revise FCC Form 340 to accommodate
the use of a distributed transmission
system (‘‘DTS’’) network. Applicants
seeking to create a DTS network or add
transmitters to an existing DTS network
must file a minor change application
using FCC Form 301.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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Public Information Collections
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January 24, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has received Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for the following public
information collections pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor and a person is not
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Laurenzano, Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington DC, 20554, (202) 418–1359
or via the Internet at plaurenz@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060–0147.
OMB Approval Date: January 19,
2006.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2009.
Title: Section 64.804—Extension of
Unsecured Credit for Interstate and
Foreign Communication Services to
Candidates for Federal Office.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 13
responses; 104 total annual burden
hours; 8 hours per respondent.
Needs and Uses: Communications
common carriers with operating
revenues exceeding $1 million who
extend unsecured credit to a candidate
or person on behalf of such candidates
for Federal office must file with the FCC
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a report including due and outstanding
balances. The information is used tor
monitoring purposes.
OMB Control No.: 3060–0704.
OMB Approval Date: January 13,
2006.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2009.
Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the
Interstate, Interexchange Marketplace;
Implementation of section 254(g) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, CC Docket No. 96–61.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 519
responses; 84,337 total annual burden
hours; approximately .5–120 hours
average per respondent.
Needs and Uses: These collections of
information are necessary to provide
consumers ready access to information
concerning the rates, terms, and
conditions governing the provision of
interstate, domestic and interexchange
services offered by nondominant
interexchange carriers (IXCs) in a
detariffed and increasingly competitive
environment. In the Second Order on
Reconsideration issued in CC Docket
No. 96–61, (March 1999), the
Commission reinstated the public
disclosure requirement and also
required that nondominant
interexchange carriers that have Internet
Web sites to pass this information online in a timely and easily accessible
manner. These carriers are also required
to file annual certifications pursuant to
section 254(g); maintain prices and
service information; and are forborne
from filing certain tariffs. The tariff
cancellation requirement has been
completed so the burden for that part of
this collection has been removed.
OMB Control No.: 3060–1009.
OMB Approval Date: January 19,
2006.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2009.
Title: Telecommunications Reporting
Worksheet, CC Docket No. 96–45.
Form No.: FCC 499 M.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1
response; 1 total annual burden hour; 1
hour per respondent.
Needs and Uses: In December 2002,
the Commission issued a Second
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
seeking comment on specific aspects of
three connection-based proposals to
further refine the record in its
proceeding to revisit its universal
service contribution methodology. First,
the Commission sought comment on a
contribution methodology that would
impose a minimum contribution
obligation on all interstate
telecommunications carriers, and a flat
charge for each end-user connection,
depending on the nature or capacity of
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the connection. Next, the Commission
sought comment on a proposal to assess
all connections based purely on
capacity. Finally, the Commission
sought comment on a proposal to assess
providers of switched connections
based on their working telephone
numbers. If adopted, the proposals may
entail altering the current reporting
requirements to which interstate
telecommunications carriers are subject
under Part 54 of the Commission’s rules.
OMB Control No.: 3060–1085.
OMB Approval date: January 13, 2006.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2009.
Title: Collection of Location
Information, Provision of Notice and
Reporting on Interconnected Voice Over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) E911
Compliance.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 14,238,254
responses; 435,894 total annual burden
hours; approximately .09–16 hours
average per respondent.
Needs and Uses: On June 3, 2005, the
Commission released a First Report and
Order in WC Docket No. 04–36 and a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WC
Docket No. 05–196, FCC 05–116 (Order)
in which the Commission established
rules requiring providers of
interconnected VoIP—meaning VoIP
service that allows a user generally to
receive calls originating from and to
terminate calls to the public switched
telephone network (PSTN)—to provide
enhanced 911 (E911) capabilities to
their customers as a standard feature of
service.
The Order requires collection of
information in six requirements:
A. Location Registration. The Order
requires providers of interconnected
VoIP services to obtain location
information from their customers for use
in the routing of 911 calls and the
provision of location information to
emergency answering points.
B. Provision of Automatic Location
Information (ALI). In order to meet the
obligations set forth in the Order,
interconnected VoIP service providers
will place the location information for
their customers into, or make that
information available through,
specialized databases maintained by
local exchange carriers (and, in at least
one case, a state government) across the
country.
C. Customer Notification. In order to
ensure that consumers of interconnected
VoIP services are aware of their
interconnected VoIP service’s actual
E911 capabilities, the Order requires
that all providers of interconnected
VoIP service specifically advise every
subscriber, both new and existing,
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested.
January 24, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law No. 104-13. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid control
number. 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 estimate; (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
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submitted on or before April 3, 2006. 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: You may submit all your Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by e-
mail send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your comments by U.S. mail,
mark them to the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection(s) send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact
Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0027.
Title: Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast
Station.
Form Number: FCC Form 301.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3,328.
Estimated Time per Response: 2-4 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 8,613 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $45,526,847.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: This FCC Form is to be used to apply for authority
to construct a new commercial AM, FM, or TV broadcast station or to
make changes in the existing facilities of such a station. In the case
of new station and major modification proposals, this application is
filed by either the successful bidder at a broadcast frequency auction
or by an applicant proposing facilities that are not mutually exclusive
with any other application filed during the same window and thus not
subject to the Commission's comparative bidding procedures. All
proposals for minor changes to authorized commercial stations are also
to be filed on this form.
On November 4, 2005, the Commission released the Notice of Proposed
Rule Making (NPRM), In the Matter of Digital Television Distributed
Transmission System Technologies, MB Docket No. 05-312; FCC 05-192.
With this NPRM, the Commission proposes to revise FCC Form 301 to
accommodate the use of a distributed transmission system (``DTS'')
network. Applicants seeking to create a DTS network or add transmitters
to an existing DTS network must file a minor change application using a
FCC Form 301.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0837.
Title: Application for DTV Broadcast Station License.
Form Number: FCC Form 302-DTV.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 610.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 965 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $257,500.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Licensees and permittees of DTV broadcast stations
are required to file FCC Form 302-DTV to obtain a new or modified
station license, and/or to notify the Commission of certain changes in
the licensed facilities of these stations. The data is used by FCC
staff to confirm that the station has been built to terms specified in
the outstanding construction permit, and to update FCC station files.
Data is then extracted from FCC Form 302-DTV for inclusion in the
subsequent license to operate the station.
On November 4, 2005, the Commission released the Notice of Proposed
Rule Making (NPRM), In the Matter of Digital Television Distributed
Transmission System Technologies, MB Docket No. 05-312; FCC 05-192.
With this NPRM, the Commission proposes to revise FCC Form 302-DTV to
accommodate the use of a distributed transmission system (``DTS'').
Applicants will file Form 302-DTV to get a license to cover the
construction permit that authorized DTS.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0029.
Title: Application for TV Broadcast Station License; Application
for Construction Permit for Reserved Channel Noncommercial Education
(NCE) Broadcast Station; Application for Authority to Construct or Make
Changes in an FM Translator or FM Booster Station.
Form Number: FCC Form 302-TV, FCC Form 340 and FCC Form 349.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,665.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-4 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement;
Recordkeeping requirement; One-time reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 8,130 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $17,892,625.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 302-TV is used by licensees and permittees
of TV broadcast stations to obtain a new or modified station license
and/or to notify the Commission of certain changes in the licensed
facilities of these stations. FCC staff use the data to confirm that
the station has been built to terms specified in the outstanding
construction permit.
FCC Form 340 is used to apply for authority to construct a new
noncommercial educational (NCE) FM and TV stations or to make changes
in the existing facilities of such a station. The FCC Form 340 is to be
used for channels that are reserved exclusively for noncommercial
educational use and on non-reserved channels if the applicant proposes
to build and operate a NCE station.
Existing authorized noncommercial educational analog stations
seeking to receive authorization for commencement of Digital TV (DTV)
operation must file FCC Form 340 for a construction permit. This
application may be filed anytime after receiving the initial DTV
channel allotment, but must be filed before the mid-point in a
particular applicant's required construction period. The Commission
will consider these applications as minor changes in facilities.
Applicants do not have to supply full legal or financial qualification
information. In addition, applicants for a newly allotted DTV channel
reserved for noncommercial educational use(s) must also file the FCC
Form 340.
FCC Form 349 is used to apply for authority to construct a new FM
translator or FM booster broadcast station, or to make changes in the
existing facilities of such stations. This form also includes the third
party disclosure requirement of 47 CFR Section 73.3580. Section 73.3580
requires local public notice in a newspaper of general circulation of
all application filings for new or major change in facilities. This
notice must be completed within 30 days of the tendering of the
application. This notice must be published at least twice a week
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for two consecutive weeks in a three-week period. A copy of this notice
must be placed in the public inspection file along with the
application.
On November 4, 2005, the Commission released the Notice of Proposed
Rule Making (NPRM), In the Matter of Digital Television Distributed
Transmission System Technologies, MB Docket No. 05-312; FCC 05-192.
With this NPRM, the Commission proposes to revise FCC Form 340 to
accommodate the use of a distributed transmission system (``DTS'')
network. Applicants seeking to create a DTS network or add transmitters
to an existing DTS network must file a minor change application using
FCC Form 301.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-890 Filed 1-31-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-10-P
