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agency’s comments must also be sent to
the Applicant’s representatives.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–7419 Filed 4–8–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. OR08–9–000]
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP;
Notice of Petition For Declaratory
Order
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April 2, 2008.
Take notice that, on March 28, 2008,
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P.
(Keystone), pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2007),
tendered for filing to the Commission a
petition to issue a declaratory order
approving the rate structure agreed to by
Keystone and shippers which have
made long-term commitments and the
methodology by which Keystone plans
to design its uncommitted rate.
Keystone also requests approval to offer
and provide firm transportation, or
unapportioned access, for committed
shippers. Keystone respectfully requests
that the Commission act on this petition
in an expedited fashion.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Protests will be considered by
the Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
date as indicated below. Anyone filing
an intervention or protest must serve a
copy of that document on the Applicant.
Anyone filing an intervention or protest
on or before the intervention or protest
date need not serve motions to intervene
or protests on persons other than the
Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
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888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive e-mail notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). for assistance with any FERC
Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on April 17, 2008.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–7418 Filed 4–8–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0091; FRL–8359–3]
Issuance of an Experimental Use
Permit
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA has granted an
experimental use permit (EUP) to the
following pesticide applicant. An EUP
permits use of a pesticide for
experimental or research purposes only
in accordance with the limitations in
the permit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Pfeifer, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P),
Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 308–0031; e-mail address:
pfeifer.chris@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
B. How Can I Get Copies of this
Document and Other Related
Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a
docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–
OPP–2008–0091. Publicly available
docket materials are available either in
the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the Office of
Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory
Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of
operation of this Docket Facility are
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
2. Electronic access. You may access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at
https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. EUP
EPA has issued the following EUP:
73049–EUP–4. Issuance. Valent
BioSciences Corporation, 870
Technology Way, Libertyville, IL 60048.
This EUP allows the use of 10,006
pounds of the plant regulator S-abscisic
acid (3335.33 pounds per year) on 5,000
acres of grapes (per year) to evaluate the
effects of S-abscisic acid on grape
maturation and coloration. The program
is authorized only in the States of
California, Michigan, New York,
Oregon, Texas, and Washington. The
EUP is effective from March 20, 2008 to
October 1, 2010.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136c.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Experimental use permits.
Dated: April 2, 2008.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution
Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. E8–7459 Filed 4–8–08; 8:45 am]
I. General Information
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general. Although this action may be
of particular interest to those persons
who conduct or sponsor research on
pesticides, the Agency has not
attempted to describe all the specific
entities that may be affected by this
action. If you have any questions
regarding the information in this action,
consult the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection
Requirements Being Submitted to
OMB for Emergency Review and
Approval, Comments Requested
April 4, 2008.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
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required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment
on the following information
collection(s). 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.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
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
Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before April 28,
2008. 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: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov or via
fax at (202) 395–5167 and to Cathy
Williams, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th
Street, SW., Washington, DC or via
Internet at PRA@fcc.gov.
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 title
of this ICR (or its OMB control number,
if there is one) and then click on the ICR
Reference Number to view detailed
information about this ICR.
You may submit all PRA comments
by e-mail or U.S. post mail. To submit
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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), contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918 or send an
e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission is requesting emergency
OMB processing of the information
collection requirements contained in
this notice and has requested OMB
approval by May 7, 2008.
OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX.
Title: Viewer Notification
Requirements in Third DTV Periodic
Report and Order, FCC 07–228.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents/Responses:
1,000; 120,000.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.01
¥0.33 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Third Party
disclosure requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Section
154(i) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 8,380 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $200,000.
Confidentiality: No need for
confidentiality required.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Congress has
mandated that after February 17, 2009,
full-power television broadcast stations
must transmit only in digital signals,
and may no longer transmit analog
signals. On December 22, 2007, the
Commission adopted a Report and
Order, In the Matter of the Third
Periodic Review of the Commission’s
Rules and Policies Affecting the
Conversion to Digital Television, MB
Docket No. 07–91, FCC 07–228 (‘‘Third
DTV Periodic Report and Order’’) to
establish the rules, policies and
procedures necessary to complete the
nation’s transition to DTV. In the Report
and Order, the Commission adopted
rules to ensure that, by the February 17,
2009 transition date, all full-power
television broadcast stations (1) cease
analog broadcasting and (2) complete
construction of, and begin operations
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on, their final, full-authorized posttransition (DTV) facility. The
Commission recognized that
broadcasters may need regulatory
flexibility in order to achieve these
goals. Accordingly, the Commission
affords broadcasters the opportunity for
regulatory flexibility, if necessary, to
meet their DTV construction deadlines.
The Commission, however, must also
ensure that no consumers are left
behind in the DTV transition. Therefore,
the Commission requires broadcasters
that choose to reduce or terminate TV
service to comply with viewer
notification requirements
Specifically, as a result of the Third
DTV Periodic Report and Order, stations
must comply with a viewer notification
requirement (i.e., stations must notify
viewers about their planned service
reduction or termination) if:
(1) The station will permanently
reduce or terminate analog or pretransition digital service before the
transition date; or
(2) The station will not serve at least
the same population that receives their
current analog TV and DTV service after
the transition date.
Viewer notifications must occur every
day on-air at least four times a day
including at least once in primetime for
the 30-days prior to the station’s
termination of full, authorized analog
service. These notifications must
include: (1) The station’s call sign and
community of license; (2) the fact that
the station must delay the construction
and operation of its post-transition
(DTV) service or the fact that the station
is planning to or has reduced or
terminated its analog or digital
operations before the transition date; (3)
information about the nature, scope, and
anticipated duration of the station’s
post-transition service limitations; (4)
what viewers can do to continue to
receive the station, i.e., how and when
the station’s digital signal can be
received; (5) information about the
availability of digital-to-analog
converter boxes in their service area;
and (6) the street address, e-mail
address (if available), and phone
number of the station where viewers
may register comments or request
information.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0386.
Title: Special Temporary
Authorization (STA) Requests, 47 CFR
73.1635; Notifications, 47 CFR 73.1615;
and Informal Filings (47 CFR part 73).
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not-for-profit institutions.
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Number of Respondents/Responses:
3,710.
Estimated Hours per Response: 30
minutes to 4 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections 1,
4(i) and (j), 7, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308,
309, 312, 316, 318, 319, 324, 325, 336
and 337 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Confidentiality: No need for
confidentiality required.
Total Annual Burden: 4,020 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $3,921,890.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Congress has
mandated that after February 17, 2009,
full-power television broadcast stations
must transmit only in digital signals,
and may no longer transmit analog
signals. On December 31, 2007, the
Commission released a Report and
Order, In the Matter of the Third
Periodic Review of the Commission’s
Rules and Policies Affecting the
Conversion to Digital Television, MB
Docket No. 07–91, FCC 07–228. In the
Report and Order, the Commission
adopted rules to ensure that, by the
February 17, 2009 transition date, all
full-power television broadcast stations
(1) cease analog broadcasting and (2)
complete construction of, and begin
operations on, their final, fullauthorized post-transition (DTV)
facility. The Commission recognized
that broadcasters may need regulatory
flexibility in order to achieve these
goals. Accordingly, the Commission
authorized the following ‘‘DTV
Transition-related’’ filings, which must
be made electronically via the FCC’s
Consolidated Database System
(‘‘CDBS’’), to permit broadcasters to
request and obtain regulatory flexibility
from the Commission, if necessary, to
meet their DTV construction deadlines:
• STA for Phased Transition and
Continued Interim Operations. Stations
may file a request for Special Temporary
Authorization (STA) approval to
temporarily remain on their in-core, pretransition DTV channel after the
transition date through the CDBS using
the Informal Application Filing Form.
• STA for Phased Transition/BuildOut. Stations may file a request for STA
approval to build less than full,
authorized post-transition facilities by
the transition date through the CDBS
using the Informal Application Filing
Form.
• STA for Permanent Service
Reduction or Termination. Stations may
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file a request for STA approval to
permanently reduce or terminate analog
or pre-transition DTV service where
necessary to facilitate construction of
final, post-transition facilities through
the CDBS using the Informal
Application Filing Form.
• Notification/Informal Letter of
Temporary Service Disruption. Stations
may file a notification or informal letter
pursuant to Section 73.1615 to
temporarily reduce or cease existing
analog or pre-transition DTV service
where necessary to facilitate
construction of final, post-transition
facilities through the CDBS using the
Informal Application Filing Form.
• Notification of Service Reduction or
Termination. Stations may file a
notification to permanently reduce or
terminate analog or pre-transition DTV
service within 90 days of the transition
date through the CDBS using the
Informal Application Filing Form.
• Informal Filings. Stations claiming
a ‘‘unique technical challenge’’
warranting a February 17, 2009
construction deadline may file a
notification to document their status
through the CDBS using the Informal
Application Filing Form.
47 CFR 73.1635 states that broadcast
stations (licensees or permittees) may
file a request for Special Temporary
Authority (STA) approval to permit a
station to operate a broadcast facility for
a limited period at a specified variance
from the terms of the station’s
authorization or requirements of the
FCC rules. Stations may file a request
for STA approval for a variety of
reasons. The request must describe the
operating modes and facilities to be
used.
The Commission is also consolidating
information collection OMB Control
Number 3060–0181 (47 CFR Section
73.1615 Operation During Modification
of Facilities) into this collection, OMB
Control Number 3060–0386 to avoid
duplication of rule section 47 CFR
73.1635.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
Notice of Agreements Filed
The Commission hereby gives notice
of the filing of the following agreements
under the Shipping Act of 1984.
Interested parties may submit comments
on agreements to the Secretary, Federal
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Maritime Commission, Washington, DC
20573, within ten days of the date this
notice appears in the Federal Register.
Copies of agreements are available
through the Commission’s Office of
Agreements (202–523–5793 or
tradeanalysis@fmc.gov).
Agreement No.: 011914–002.
Title: HLAG/CCNI Med-Gulf Space
Charter Agreement.
Parties: Hapag-Lloyd AG and
Compania Chilena de Navegacion
Interoceanica.
Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.;
Sher & Blackwell LLP; 1850 M Street,
NW.; Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036.
Synopsis: The agreement would
reduce the space being chartered to
CCNI, extend the period for notices of
withdrawal, and update Hapag-Lloyd’s
corporate name.
Agreement No.: 012036.
Title: Maersk Line/MSC TP5 Space
Charter Agreement.
Parties: A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S and
Mediterranean Shipping Company.
Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.;
Sher & Blackwell; 1850 M Street, NW.;
Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036.
Synopsis: The agreement authorizes
Maersk to charter space to MSC between
South Korea, Japan, and California
ports.
Agreement No.: 012037.
Title: Maersk Line/CMA CGM TA3
Space Charter Agreement.
Parties: A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S and
CMA CGM S.A.
Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.;
Sher & Blackwell; 1850 M Street, NW.;
Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036.
Synopsis: The agreement authorizes
Maersk to charter space to CMA in the
trade between U.S. Atlantic Coast ports
and ports in France, Germany,
Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
Agreement No.: 201180.
Title: SSA Terminal (Seattle)
Cooperative Working Agreement.
Parties: SSA Terminals (Seattle), LLC;
SSA Terminals, LLC; Matson Seattle,
LLC; SSA Containers, Inc.; SSA Seattle,
LLC; China Shipping Terminals (USA),
LLC.
Filing Party: Tara L. Leiter, Esq.;
Blank Rome LLP; 600 New Hampshire
Avenue, NW.; Washington, DC 20037.
Synopsis: The agreement would
authorize the parties to establish SSA
Terminals (Seattle) and to make and
implement agreements for marine
terminal operations, container
stevedoring, and any related services at
the Port of Seattle, Washington.
Dated: April 4, 2008.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection Requirements Being
Submitted to OMB for Emergency Review and Approval, Comments Requested
April 4, 2008.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as
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required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment on the following information
collection(s). 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. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it 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 Paperwork
Reduction Act that does not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 28,
2008. 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: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov
or via fax at (202) 395-5167 and to Cathy Williams, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC or via Internet at PRA@fcc.gov.
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 title of this ICR (or
its OMB control number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR
Reference Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
You may submit all PRA comments by e-mail or U.S. post 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), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918 or
send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is requesting emergency OMB
processing of the information collection requirements contained in this
notice and has requested OMB approval by May 7, 2008.
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Viewer Notification Requirements in Third DTV Periodic
Report and Order, FCC 07-228.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents/Responses: 1,000; 120,000.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.01 -0.33 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third Party
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 8,380 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $200,000.
Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009,
full-power television broadcast stations must transmit only in digital
signals, and may no longer transmit analog signals. On December 22,
2007, the Commission adopted a Report and Order, In the Matter of the
Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting
the Conversion to Digital Television, MB Docket No. 07-91, FCC 07-228
(``Third DTV Periodic Report and Order'') to establish the rules,
policies and procedures necessary to complete the nation's transition
to DTV. In the Report and Order, the Commission adopted rules to ensure
that, by the February 17, 2009 transition date, all full-power
television broadcast stations (1) cease analog broadcasting and (2)
complete construction of, and begin operations on, their final, full-
authorized post-transition (DTV) facility. The Commission recognized
that broadcasters may need regulatory flexibility in order to achieve
these goals. Accordingly, the Commission affords broadcasters the
opportunity for regulatory flexibility, if necessary, to meet their DTV
construction deadlines. The Commission, however, must also ensure that
no consumers are left behind in the DTV transition. Therefore, the
Commission requires broadcasters that choose to reduce or terminate TV
service to comply with viewer notification requirements
Specifically, as a result of the Third DTV Periodic Report and
Order, stations must comply with a viewer notification requirement
(i.e., stations must notify viewers about their planned service
reduction or termination) if:
(1) The station will permanently reduce or terminate analog or pre-
transition digital service before the transition date; or
(2) The station will not serve at least the same population that
receives their current analog TV and DTV service after the transition
date.
Viewer notifications must occur every day on-air at least four
times a day including at least once in primetime for the 30-days prior
to the station's termination of full, authorized analog service. These
notifications must include: (1) The station's call sign and community
of license; (2) the fact that the station must delay the construction
and operation of its post-transition (DTV) service or the fact that the
station is planning to or has reduced or terminated its analog or
digital operations before the transition date; (3) information about
the nature, scope, and anticipated duration of the station's post-
transition service limitations; (4) what viewers can do to continue to
receive the station, i.e., how and when the station's digital signal
can be received; (5) information about the availability of digital-to-
analog converter boxes in their service area; and (6) the street
address, e-mail address (if available), and phone number of the station
where viewers may register comments or request information.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0386.
Title: Special Temporary Authorization (STA) Requests, 47 CFR
73.1635; Notifications, 47 CFR 73.1615; and Informal Filings (47 CFR
part 73).
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit
institutions.
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Number of Respondents/Responses: 3,710.
Estimated Hours per Response: 30 minutes to 4 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 1, 4(i) and (j), 7, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 312, 316,
318, 319, 324, 325, 336 and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
Total Annual Burden: 4,020 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $3,921,890.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009,
full-power television broadcast stations must transmit only in digital
signals, and may no longer transmit analog signals. On December 31,
2007, the Commission released a Report and Order, In the Matter of the
Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting
the Conversion to Digital Television, MB Docket No. 07-91, FCC 07-228.
In the Report and Order, the Commission adopted rules to ensure that,
by the February 17, 2009 transition date, all full-power television
broadcast stations (1) cease analog broadcasting and (2) complete
construction of, and begin operations on, their final, full-authorized
post-transition (DTV) facility. The Commission recognized that
broadcasters may need regulatory flexibility in order to achieve these
goals. Accordingly, the Commission authorized the following ``DTV
Transition-related'' filings, which must be made electronically via the
FCC's Consolidated Database System (``CDBS''), to permit broadcasters
to request and obtain regulatory flexibility from the Commission, if
necessary, to meet their DTV construction deadlines:
STA for Phased Transition and Continued Interim
Operations. Stations may file a request for Special Temporary
Authorization (STA) approval to temporarily remain on their in-core,
pre-transition DTV channel after the transition date through the CDBS
using the Informal Application Filing Form.
STA for Phased Transition/Build-Out. Stations may file a
request for STA approval to build less than full, authorized post-
transition facilities by the transition date through the CDBS using the
Informal Application Filing Form.
STA for Permanent Service Reduction or Termination.
Stations may file a request for STA approval to permanently reduce or
terminate analog or pre-transition DTV service where necessary to
facilitate construction of final, post-transition facilities through
the CDBS using the Informal Application Filing Form.
Notification/Informal Letter of Temporary Service
Disruption. Stations may file a notification or informal letter
pursuant to Section 73.1615 to temporarily reduce or cease existing
analog or pre-transition DTV service where necessary to facilitate
construction of final, post-transition facilities through the CDBS
using the Informal Application Filing Form.
Notification of Service Reduction or Termination. Stations
may file a notification to permanently reduce or terminate analog or
pre-transition DTV service within 90 days of the transition date
through the CDBS using the Informal Application Filing Form.
Informal Filings. Stations claiming a ``unique technical
challenge'' warranting a February 17, 2009 construction deadline may
file a notification to document their status through the CDBS using the
Informal Application Filing Form.
47 CFR 73.1635 states that broadcast stations (licensees or
permittees) may file a request for Special Temporary Authority (STA)
approval to permit a station to operate a broadcast facility for a
limited period at a specified variance from the terms of the station's
authorization or requirements of the FCC rules. Stations may file a
request for STA approval for a variety of reasons. The request must
describe the operating modes and facilities to be used.
The Commission is also consolidating information collection OMB
Control Number 3060-0181 (47 CFR Section 73.1615 Operation During
Modification of Facilities) into this collection, OMB Control Number
3060-0386 to avoid duplication of rule section 47 CFR 73.1635.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-7501 Filed 4-8-08; 8:45 am]
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