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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 104 / Tuesday, June 2, 2009 / Rules and Regulations
will be available electronically in ASCII,
Word 97, and/or Adobe Acrobat.) This
document may be purchased from the
Commission’s duplicating contractor,
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th
Street, SW., Room CY–B402,
Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1–
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www.BCPIWEB.com. To request this
document in accessible formats
(computer diskettes, large print, audio
recording, and Braille), send an e-mail
to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the
Commission’s Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432
(TTY). This document does not contain
information collection requirements
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition,
therefore, it does not contain any
information collection burden ‘‘for
small business concerns with fewer than
25 employees,’’ pursuant to the Small
Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002,
Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to
this proceeding.
The Commission will send a copy of
this Report and Order in a report to be
sent to Congress and the Government
Accountability Office pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television, Television broadcasting.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as
follows:
■
PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICES
1. The authority citation for part 73
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.
§ 73.622
[Amended]
2. Section 73.622(i), the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments
under New York, is amended by adding
DTV channel 49 and removing DTV
channel 34 at Buffalo.
■
Federal Communications Commission.
Clay C. Pendarvis,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media
Bureau.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[DA 09–1099; MB Docket No. 08–102; RM–
11439]
Television Broadcasting Services;
South Bend, IN
AGENCY: Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: The Commission grants a
petition for rulemaking filed by LeSEA
Broadcasting of South Bend, Inc., the
licensee of WHME–DT, to substitute
DTV channel 46 for its assigned posttransition DTV channel 48 at South
Bend, Indiana.
DATES: This rule is effective June 2,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, (202)
418–1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
synopsis of the Commission’s Report
and Order, MB Docket No. 08–102,
adopted May 18, 2009, and released
May 20, 2009. The full text of this
document is available for public
inspection and copying during normal
business hours in the FCC’s Reference
Information Center at Portals II, CY–
A257, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554. This document
will also be available via ECFS (https://
www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/). (Documents
will be available electronically in ASCII,
Word 97, and/or Adobe Acrobat.) This
document may be purchased from the
Commission’s duplicating contractor,
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th
Street, SW., Room CY–B402,
Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1–
800–478–3160 or via e-mail https://
www.BCPIWEB.com. To request this
document in accessible formats
(computer diskettes, large print, audio
recording, and Braille), send an e-mail
to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the
Commission’s Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432
(TTY). This document does not contain
information collection requirements
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition,
therefore, it does not contain any
information collection burden ‘‘for
small business concerns with fewer than
25 employees,’’ pursuant to the Small
Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002,
Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to
this proceeding.
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The Commission will send a copy of
this Report and Order in a report to be
sent to Congress and the Government
Accountability Office pursuant to the
Congressional review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television, Television broadcasting.
■ For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR Part 73 as
follows:
PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICES
1. The authority citation for part 73
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.
§ 73.622
[Amended]
2. Section 73.622(i), the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments
under Indiana, is amended by adding
DTV channel 46 and removing DTV
channel 48 at South Bend.
■
Federal Communications Commission.
Clay C. Pendarvis,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media
Bureau.
[FR Doc. E9–12838 Filed 6–1–09; 8:45 am]
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COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 74
[MB Docket No. 08–253; FCC 09–36]
Replacement Digital Television
Translator Service
AGENCY: Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
SUMMARY: In this document, the
Commission announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of six months,
the information collection requirement
associated with a previously published
rule document, and that this rule will
take effect on June 19, 2009. On May 20,
2009, the Commission published the
summary document of the Report and
Order, In the Matter of Amendment of
Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission’s
Rules to Establish Rules for
Replacement Digital Low Power
Television Translator Stations, MB
Docket No. 08–253, FCC 09–36. The
Ordering Clause of the Report and Order
stated that the Commission would
publish notification in the Federal
Register announcing when OMB
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approval for this rule section which
contains an information collection
requirement has been received and
when the revised rule will take effect.
This notice is consistent with the
statement in the Report and Order.
DATES: The effective date for
§ 74.787(a)(5)(i), added at 74 FR 23650,
May 20, 2009, is June 19, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, please contact
Shaun Maher, Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov, of
the Media Bureau, Video Division, (202)
418–1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that, on May 21,
2009, OMB approved, for a period of six
months, the information collection
requirement contained in
§ 74.787(a)(5)(i) of the rules. The
Commission publishes this notice to
announce the effective date of this rule.
If you have any comments on the
burden estimates listed below, or how
the Commission can improve the
collections and reduce any burdens
caused thereby, please contact Cathy
Williams, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
Please include OMB Control Numbers,
3060–0027 and 3060–0029, in your
correspondence. The Commission will
also accept your comments via the
Internet if you send them to
PRA@fcc.gov. To request materials in
accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print,
electronic files, audio format), send an
e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
418–0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the Commission is notifying the public
that it received OMB approval on May
21, 2009, for the information collection
requirement contained in the
Commission’s rules at 47 CFR
73.787(a)(5)(i).
Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
current, 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.
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The OMB Control Number is 3060–
1086 and the total annual reporting
burdens and costs for respondents for
this information collection are as
follows:
OMB Control Numbers: 3060–1086.
OMB Approval Date: May 21, 2009.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2009.
Title: Section 74.786, Digital Channel
Assignments; Section 74.787, Digital
Licensing; Section 74.790, Permissible
Service of Digital TV Translator and
LPTV Stations; Section 74.794, Digital
Emissions, and Section 74.796,
Modification of Digital Transmission
Systems and Analog Transmission
Systems for Digital Operation.
Form Number: Not applicable.
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/Responses:
8,533 respondents; 34,790 responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50–
4 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; One-time
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 55,542 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $95,767,200.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in Section 301 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: On May 8, 2009, the
Commission adopted the Report and
Order, In the Matter of Amendments of
Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission’s
Rules to Establish Rules for
Replacement Digital Low Power
Television Translator Stations; MB
Docket No. 08–253, FCC 09–36 (released
May 8, 2009). In this Report and Order,
the Commission created a new
‘‘replacement’’ digital television
translator service to permit full-service
television stations to continue to
provide service to viewers within their
analog coverage areas who have lost
service as a result of those stations’
digital transition. Replacement digital
translators can be licensed solely on
digital television channels 2 through 51
and with secondary frequency status.
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Unlike other television translator
licenses, the replacement digital
television translator license will be
associated with the full-service station’s
main license and will have the same
four letter call sign as its associated
main station. As a result, a replacement
digital television translator license may
not be separately assigned or transferred
and will be renewed or assigned along
with the full-service station’s main
license. Almost all other rules
associated with television translator
stations are applied to replacement
digital television translators.
Moreover, the Report and Order
adopts an information collection
requirement contained in 47 CFR
74.787(a)(5)(i). 47 CFR 74.787(a)(5)(i)
states that an application for a
replacement digital television translator
may be filed by a full-service television
station that can demonstrate that a
portion of its analog service area will
not be served by its full, post-transition
digital facilities. The service area of the
replacement digital television
translators shall be limited to only a
demonstrated loss area. However, an
applicant for a replacement digital
television translator may propose a de
minimis expansion of its full-service
pre-transition analog service area upon
demonstrating that it is necessary to
replace its post-transition analog loss
area.
Congress has mandated that after June
12, 2009, full-power television
broadcast stations must transmit only in
digital signals, and may no longer
transmit analog signals. Therefore, this
collection of information will allow fullpower DTV stations to use replacement
digital television translators to meet
their statutory responsibilities and begin
operations on their final, post-transition
(digital) channels by their construction
deadlines. Replacement digital
television translators will provide DTV
broadcasters with an important tool for
providing optimum signal coverage to
their pre-transition analog viewers. For
some broadcasters, replacement digital
television translators may offer the only
option for continuing to provide overthe-air service to pre-transition analog
viewers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 74
[MB Docket No. 08-253; FCC 09-36]
Replacement Digital Television Translator Service
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of six months,
the information collection requirement associated with a previously
published rule document, and that this rule will take effect on June
19, 2009. On May 20, 2009, the Commission published the summary
document of the Report and Order, In the Matter of Amendment of Parts
73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Replacement
Digital Low Power Television Translator Stations, MB Docket No. 08-253,
FCC 09-36. The Ordering Clause of the Report and Order stated that the
Commission would publish notification in the Federal Register
announcing when OMB
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approval for this rule section which contains an information collection
requirement has been received and when the revised rule will take
effect. This notice is consistent with the statement in the Report and
Order.
DATES: The effective date for Sec. 74.787(a)(5)(i), added at 74 FR
23650, May 20, 2009, is June 19, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please
contact Shaun Maher, Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov, of the Media Bureau, Video
Division, (202) 418-1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on May 21,
2009, OMB approved, for a period of six months, the information
collection requirement contained in Sec. 74.787(a)(5)(i) of the rules.
The Commission publishes this notice to announce the effective date of
this rule. If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed
below, or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any
burdens caused thereby, please contact Cathy Williams, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554. Please include OMB Control Numbers, 3060-0027 and
3060-0029, in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your
comments via the Internet if you send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To request
materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille,
large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to
fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at
(202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB
approval on May 21, 2009, for the information collection requirement
contained in the Commission's rules at 47 CFR 73.787(a)(5)(i).
Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a current, 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.
The OMB Control Number is 3060-1086 and the total annual reporting
burdens and costs for respondents for this information collection are
as follows:
OMB Control Numbers: 3060-1086.
OMB Approval Date: May 21, 2009.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2009.
Title: Section 74.786, Digital Channel Assignments; Section 74.787,
Digital Licensing; Section 74.790, Permissible Service of Digital TV
Translator and LPTV Stations; Section 74.794, Digital Emissions, and
Section 74.796, Modification of Digital Transmission Systems and Analog
Transmission Systems for Digital Operation.
Form Number: Not applicable.
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/Responses: 8,533 respondents; 34,790
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50-4 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; One-time
reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 55,542 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $95,767,200.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
Section 301 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: On May 8, 2009, the Commission adopted the Report
and Order, In the Matter of Amendments of Parts 73 and 74 of the
Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Replacement Digital Low Power
Television Translator Stations; MB Docket No. 08-253, FCC 09-36
(released May 8, 2009). In this Report and Order, the Commission
created a new ``replacement'' digital television translator service to
permit full-service television stations to continue to provide service
to viewers within their analog coverage areas who have lost service as
a result of those stations' digital transition. Replacement digital
translators can be licensed solely on digital television channels 2
through 51 and with secondary frequency status. Unlike other television
translator licenses, the replacement digital television translator
license will be associated with the full-service station's main license
and will have the same four letter call sign as its associated main
station. As a result, a replacement digital television translator
license may not be separately assigned or transferred and will be
renewed or assigned along with the full-service station's main license.
Almost all other rules associated with television translator stations
are applied to replacement digital television translators.
Moreover, the Report and Order adopts an information collection
requirement contained in 47 CFR 74.787(a)(5)(i). 47 CFR 74.787(a)(5)(i)
states that an application for a replacement digital television
translator may be filed by a full-service television station that can
demonstrate that a portion of its analog service area will not be
served by its full, post-transition digital facilities. The service
area of the replacement digital television translators shall be limited
to only a demonstrated loss area. However, an applicant for a
replacement digital television translator may propose a de minimis
expansion of its full-service pre-transition analog service area upon
demonstrating that it is necessary to replace its post-transition
analog loss area.
Congress has mandated that after June 12, 2009, full-power
television broadcast stations must transmit only in digital signals,
and may no longer transmit analog signals. Therefore, this collection
of information will allow full-power DTV stations to use replacement
digital television translators to meet their statutory responsibilities
and begin operations on their final, post-transition (digital) channels
by their construction deadlines. Replacement digital television
translators will provide DTV broadcasters with an important tool for
providing optimum signal coverage to their pre-transition analog
viewers. For some broadcasters, replacement digital television
translators may offer the only option for continuing to provide over-
the-air service to pre-transition analog viewers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-12836 Filed 6-1-09; 8:45 am]
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