Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval, Comments Requested, 20048-20049 [E8-7884]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 72 (Monday, April 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20048-20049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7884]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval, Comments Requested

April 8, 2008.

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, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 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 (PRA) 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 May 14, 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 contacts 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 Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov or 
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.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), 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: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 4,278.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; One time 
reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.

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    Estimated Time per Response: 2 to 4 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 10,513 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $51,350,347.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority is contained in Sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: 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, 
to establish the rules, policies and procedures necessary to complete 
the nation's transition to DTV. With the DTV transition deadline less 
than 14 months away, the Commission must ensure that broadcasters meet 
their statutory responsibilities and complete construction of, and 
begin operations on, the facility on their final, post-transition 
(digital) channel that will reach viewers in their authorized service 
areas by the statutory transition deadline, when they must cease 
broadcasting in analog. The Commission wants to ensure that no 
consumers are left behind in the DTV transition. Specifically, the 
Report and Order requires full-power commercial television stations to 
use revised FCC Form 301 to obtain the necessary Commission approvals 
(i.e., construction permits and licenses) in time to build their post-
transition facility.
     Applications for post-transition facilities. Full-power 
commercial television stations without a construction permit for their 
final, post-transition (DTV) facility must file an application to 
construct or modify that facility using FCC Forms 301.
     Requests to transition early to post-transition channel. 
Full-power commercial television stations may request authority to 
transition early to their post-transition channel using FCC Forms 301.
     Revisions to FCC Form 301. FCC Form 301 was revised to 
accommodate the filing of post-transition applications.
    The FCC received approval under the ``emergency processing 
provisions'' of the PRA on January 7, 2008. The requirements for this 
collection have not changed since we received approval.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0029.
    Title: Application for TV Broadcast Station License, FCC Form 302 
TV; Application for DTV Broadcast Station License, FCC Form 302-DTV; 
Application for Construction Permit for Reserved Channel Noncommercial 
Educational Broadcast Station, FCC Form 340; Application for Authority 
to Construct or Make Changes in an FM Translator or FM Booster Station, 
FCC Form 349.
    Form Number(s): FCC Form 302-TV; FCC Form 302-DTV; FCC Form 340; 
FCC Form 349.
    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: 4,325.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
Recordkeeping requirement; One time reporting requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 4 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 12,150 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $21,091,625.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: 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, 
to establish the rules, policies and procedures necessary to complete 
the nation's transition to DTV. With the DTV transition deadline less 
than 14 months away, the Commission must ensure that broadcasters meet 
their statutory responsibilities and complete construction of, and 
begin operations on, the facility on their final, post-transition 
(digital) channel that will reach viewers in their authorized service 
areas by the statutory transition deadline, when they must cease 
broadcasting in analog. The Commission wants to ensure that no 
consumers are left behind in the DTV transition. Specifically, the 
Report and Order requires Noncommercial Educational (``NCE'') 
television stations to use revised FCC Form 340 to obtain the necessary 
Commission approvals (i.e., construction permits and licenses) in time 
to build their post-transition facility.
     Applications for post-transition facilities. NCE 
television stations without a construction permit for their final, 
post-transition (DTV) facility must file an application to construct or 
modify that facility using FCC Forms 340.
     Requests to transition early to post-transition channel. 
NCE television stations may request authority to transition early to 
their post-transition channel using FCC Form 340.
     Revisions to FCC Form 340. FCC Form 340 was revised to 
accommodate the filing of post-transition applications.
    In addition, the Report and Order requires that stations that have 
applied to construct or modify post-transition facilities must use the 
Form 302-DTV to obtain a new or modified station license to cover those 
post-transition facilities.
    The FCC received approval under the ``emergency processing 
provisions'' of the PRA on January 7, 2008. The requirements for this 
collection have not changed since we received approval.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-7884 Filed 4-11-08; 8:45 am]
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