Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval, Comments Requested, 25702-25704 [E8-10113]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25702-25704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10113]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

May 2, 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

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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 June 6, 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: 3060-0407.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Application for Extension of Time to Construct a Digital 
Television Broadcast Station, FCC Form 337; Section 73.3598, Period of 
Construction.
    Form Number: FCC Form 337.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 160 respondents; 180 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours--3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
Recordkeeping requirement.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
154(i), 303, 308, 309, 319 and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 263 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $37,000.
    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 Digital TV (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 the following:
     Extension Requests. Stations with a construction deadline 
on or before February 17, 2009 may file a request for an extension of 
time to construct their final, post-transition (DTV) facility using FCC 
Form 337.
     Revisions to FCC Form 337. FCC Form 337 was revised to 
reflect the stricter standard of review.
     Tolling Requests. Stations with a construction deadline 
occurring February 18, 2009 or later may file a notification of an 
event that would toll their deadline to construct their final, post-
transition (DTV) facility using FCC Informal Application Form.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1105.
    Title: Digital TV Transition Status Report.
    Form Number: FCC Form 387.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 781 respondents; 1,953 responses.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,906 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $1,367,100.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection 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.
    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 Digital TV (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.
    This Report and Order requires all full-power television stations 
to file a DTV Transition Status Report using FCC

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Form 387 on or before February 19, 2008. In addition, stations must 
update these forms as events warrant and, by October 20, 2008, if they 
have not by that date reported the completion of their transition, 
i.e., that they have begun operating their full facility as authorized 
by the post-transition DTV Table Appendix B, stations must provide the 
specific details of their current transition status, any additional 
steps necessary for digital-only operation upon expiration of the 
February 17, 2009 transition deadline, and a timeline for making those 
steps.

Federal Communications Commission.
Jacqueline Coles,
Associate Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-10113 Filed 5-6-08; 8:45 am]
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