Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Comments Requested, 81270-81273 [2010-32472]
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information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918, or via
Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, and/
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 OMB control number of this
ICR and then click on the ICR Reference
Number. A copy of the FCC submission
to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Numbers: 3060–0906.
Title: 47 CFR Section 73.624(g), FCC
Form 317.
Form Number: FCC Form 317.
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:
9,351 respondents; 18,702 responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 2–4
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Annual
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 56,106 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,402,650.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in Sections 154(i), 301, 303,
336 and 403 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 September 30,
2004, 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 Digital Low Power Television
Translator, Television Booster Stations,
and to Amend Rules for Digital Class A
Television Stations, MB Docket No. 03–
185, FCC 04–220 (released September
30, 2004). In this Report and Order, the
Commission establishes rules and
policies for digital low power television
(‘‘LPTV’’) and television translator (‘‘TV
translator’’) stations and modifies certain
rules applicable to digital Class A TV
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stations (‘‘Class A’’). The Commission
addresses important issues such as: (1)
The digital low power television
transition; (2) channel assignments; (3)
authorization of digital service; (4)
permissible service; (5) mutually
exclusive applications; (6) protected
service area; and (7) equipment and
other technical and operational
requirements. Furthermore, the Report
and Order adopts the following
information collection requirement:
47 CFR 73.624(g) adds a new group of
respondents to this collection (namely,
‘‘low power television, TV translator,
and Class A television station DTV
licensees’’). The Commission has also
revised FCC Form 317 and its
instructions to indicate that low power
television, TV translator, and Class A
television station DTV licensees are
required to file FCC Form 317 and to
report their ancillary and
supplementary services, make the
required payment to the Commission,
and retain the appropriate records.
OMB Control Numbers: 3060–0386.
Title: Special Temporary
Authorization (STA) Requests;
Notifications; and Informal Filings;
Sections 1.5, 73.1615, 73.1635, 73.1740,
and 73.3598; CDBS Informal Forms;
Section 73.788; FCC Form 337.
Form Number: FCC Form 337.
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:
4,070 respondents; 4,070 responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5 to
4 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 4,105 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,059,410.
Obligation to Respond: 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.
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 September 30,
2004, 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 Digital Low Power Television
Translator, Television Booster Stations,
and to Amend Rules for Digital Class A
Television Stations, MB Docket No. 03–
185, FCC 04–220 (released September
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30, 2004). In this Report and Order, the
Commission establishes rules and
policies for digital low power television
(‘‘LPTV’’) and television translator (‘‘TV
translator’’) stations and modifies certain
rules applicable to digital Class A TV
stations (‘‘Class A’’). The Commission
addresses important issues such as: (1)
The digital low power television
transition; (2) channel assignments; (3)
authorization of digital service; (4)
permissible service; (5) mutually
exclusive applications; (6) protected
service area; and (7) equipment and
other technical and operational
requirements. Furthermore, the Report
and Order adopts a new information
collection requirement, which provides
that new digital low power television,
television translator, and Class A
permittees may submit FCC Form 337,
Application for Extension of Time to
Construct a Digital Television Broadcast
Station, should an acceptable reason for
failing to construct, as set forth in 47
CFR 74.788(c)(1)–(2), apply.
Also, the other information collection
requirements contained under OMB
control number 3060–0386, Special
Temporary Authorization (STA)
Requests; Notifications; and Informal
Filings; §§ 1.5, 73.1615, 73.1635,
73.1740, and 73.3598 of the Commission
rules; CDBS Informal Forms, have
already been approved by OMB and
remain unchanged.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review and Approval to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Comments Requested
December 15, 2010.
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
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.
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
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the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (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; and (e) ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC 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 (PRA) that
does not display a valid OMB control
number.
Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before January 26, 2011.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202–
395–5167 or the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
to the Federal Communications
Commission’s PRA mailbox (e-mail
address: PRA@fcc.gov). Include in the email the OMB control number of the
collection as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below, or if there is no OMB control
number, include the Title as shown in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
If you are unable to submit your
comments by e-mail, contact he person
listed below to make alternate
arrangements.
DATES:
For
additional information, contact Judith B.
Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the
Internet at Judith-b.herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1000.
Title: Section 87.147, Authorization
for Equipment.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 25
respondents; 25 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and one time reporting requirements
and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
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authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 154,
303, and 307(e).
Total Annual Burden: 25 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection (IC) to the OMB during this
comment period. The Commission is
reporting no change in its burden
estimates. The Commission is seeking
OMB approval for an extension (there
are no changes to the reporting and/or
third party disclosure requirements).
Section 87.147 is needed to require
applicants for aviation equipment
certification to submit a Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA)
determination of the equipment’s
compatibility with the National
Airspace System (NAS). This will
ensure that radio equipment operating
in certain frequencies is compatible
with the NAS, which shares system
components with the military. The
notification must describe the
equipment, give the manufacturer’s
identification, antenna characteristics,
rated output power, emission type and
characteristics, the frequency or
frequencies of operation, and essential
receiver characteristics if protection is
required.
This information collected is used by
FCC engineers to determine the
interference potential of the proposed
operation.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0484.
Title: Section 4.1 and 4.2, and Part 4
of the Commission’s Rules Concerning
Disruptions to the Communications
(NORS).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and
state, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 71
respondents; 139 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, recordkeeping
requirement and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151,
154, 218, 219, 230, 256, 301, 302, 303,
and 403, and 621.
Total Annual Burden: 19,738 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In accordance with 47 CFR section 4.2,
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of the Commission’s rules, reports under
part 4 are presumed confidential.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection (IC) to the OMB during this
comment period. The Commission is
requesting OMB approval for an
extension (no change in the reporting,
recordkeeping and/or third party
disclosure requirements). The
Commission is reporting a 10,100 total
annual burden hour increase. This
increased adjustment is due to a
recalculation of the number of responses
and therefore the total annual burden
hours have increased since the last time
this collection was submitted to the
OMB. The information collection is
used in connection with the reporting of
significant outages of voice and/or
paging communications provided by
wireline, wireless, cable circuitswitched telephony, and satellite
communications providers.
This information collection is
necessary for the following reasons:
(1) Collecting information on
significant outages as defined in its
rules enables the Federal
Communications Commission (‘‘FCC or
Commission’’) to analyze significant
disruptions to telecommunications
networks, and thereby fulfill its
statutory obligations under the
Communication Act by ensuring the
reliability and security of the nation’s
telecommunications networks for the
benefit of all Americans. Furthermore,
these measures are necessary to support
the efforts of public safety, national
defense, and homeland security entities
that rely upon the integrity of our
Nation’s telecommunications
infrastructure to accomplish their own
missions. In the absence of—or less
frequent—reporting of significant
outages as required by the Commission’s
rules, valuable information regarding
telecommunications failures would
escape timely FCC analysis, and thus
impede the ability to identify potential
threats and vulnerabilities involving the
Nation’s telecommunications
infrastructure—particularly those
having an adverse impact on public
safety, homeland security and national
defense priorities.
(1) In addition, the information
collected—particularly in cases
involving major outage incidents—can
be of a nature that constitutes ‘‘Critical
Infrastructure Information’’ as defined in
6 U.S.C. section 131, which may be
shared with the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) in
furtherance of its missions to protect the
United States from terrorist activity and
to otherwise protect domestic security.
Consequently, the collection and timely
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reporting of data relating to significant
outages as required by these rules is
necessary in order for the Commission
and DHS to successfully accomplish
these critical missions for the benefit of
the American people.
(2) In addition, the mandatory
reporting procedures requires three
submissions to be transmitted
electronically to the Commission’s
database by each affected provider for
each reportable outage as follows:
(a) a bare-bones Notification
(‘‘Notification’’) not later than 120
minutes after discovering a reportable
outage;
(b) a more detailed Initial
Communications Outage Report (‘‘Initial
Report’’) not later than 72 hours after
discovering a reportable outage; and
(c) a comprehensive Final
Communications Outage Report (‘‘Final
Report’’) not later than thirty (30) days
after discovering a reportable outage.
As noted above, the information
provided in the data collected by
providers (collectively ‘‘Outage
Reports’’) is essential in enabling the
Commission to monitor developments
affecting telecommunications reliability
and security; to facilitate improvements
in telecommunications reliability and
security; and to serve as a source of
information for the public.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0971.
Title: Section 52.15, Request for ‘‘For
Cause’’ Audits and State Commission’s
Access to Numbering Resource
Application Information.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and state, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 2,105
respondents; 63,005 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .166
hours to 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement and third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 153,
154, 201–205, 207–209, 218, 225–227,
251–252, 271 and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 10,473 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Carrier numbering resource applications
and audits of carrier compliance will be
treated as confidential and will be
exempt from public disclosure under 5
U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
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collection (IC) to the OMB during this
comment period. The Commission is
reporting a 42 total hourly burden
reduction adjustment. The adjustment is
due to a recalculation of the previous
estimates submitted to OMB in 2008.
The Commission is now seeking OMB
approval for an extension (there are no
changes to the reporting and/or third
party disclosure requirements) to keep
this collection from lapsing OMB
approval.
There are two Paperwork Reduction
Act related obligations under this OMB
Control Number 3060–0971.
1. The North American Numbering
Plan Administrator (NANPA), the
Pooling Administrator, or a state
commission may draft a request to the
auditor stating the reason for the
request, such as misleading or
inaccurate data, and attach supporting
documentation.
2. Requests for copies of carriers’
applications for numbering resources
may be made directly to carriers.
The information collected will be
used by the FCC, state commissions, the
NANPA and the Pooling Administrator
to verify the validity and accuracy of
such data and to assist state
commissions in carrying out their
numbering responsibilities, such as area
code relief.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0972.
Title: Multi-Association Group (MAG)
Plan Order, Parts 54 and 69 Filing
Requirements for Regulation of
Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
(LECs) and Interexchange Carriers
(IXCs).
Form Nos.: FCC Forms 507, 508 and
509.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1,258
respondents; 10,849 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .166
hours to 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
annual, quarterly, one time and every
three years reporting requirements and
third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 1–4,
10, 154(i), 154(j), 201–205, 254, and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 46,885 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $48,900.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission does not require that
respondents submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
Commission does request applicants to
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submit information that the respondents
believe is confidential, respondents may
do so under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection (IC) to the OMB during this
comment period The Commission is
now seeking OMB approval for an
extension (there are no changes to the
reporting and/or third party disclosure
requirements) to keep this collection
from lapsing OMB approval. The
Commission is reporting the following
changes in burden since this was last
submitted to the OMB. There is a 6,434
increase in the hourly burden which is
due to an increase in the number of
respondents/responses and a $3,705
increase in annual costs. This increase
adjustment in annual costs is due to an
increase in filing fees.
The 60 day notice that was published
on September 9, 2010 (75 FR 54878)
cited an incorrect total annual burden
estimate. It has been corrected in this
30-day notice. There are 14 Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) related
information collection requirements
under this OMB Control Number 3060–
0972.
Following the passage of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, the
Commission adopted interstate access
charge and universal service support
reforms. The reforms were designed to
establish a ‘‘pro-competitive,
deregulatory national policy framework’’
for the United States
telecommunications industry, and to
carry out the universal service policies
embodied in the 1996 Act. Specifically,
the Commission aligned the interstate
access rate structure more closely with
the manner in which costs are incurred,
and created a universal service support
mechanism for rate-of-return carriers
(Interstate Common Line Support
(ICLS)) to replace implicit support in
interstate access charges with explicit
support that is portable to all eligible
telecommunications carriers.
The Commission’s actions were also
tailored to the needs of small and midsized local telephone companies serving
rural and high-cost areas, and help to
provide certainty and stability for rateof-return carriers, encourage investment
in rural America, and provide important
consumer benefits.
To administer the ICLS mechanism,
the Administrator must collect certain
data. Specifically, the Administrator
must collect from each rate-of-return
carrier projected cost and revenue data
for the July 1—June 30 funding year to
accurately distribute prospective ICLS
to those carriers. Line count data is
reported on FCC Form 507. Projected
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cost data, including cost and revenue
data is filed on FCC Form 508. And, the
actual data, including cost and revenue
data is reported on FCC Form 509.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Public Information Collection
Requirement Submitted to OMB for
Review and Approval, Comments
Requested
December 15, 2010.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
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; (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, and (e) ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC 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 OMB control
number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before January 26, 2011.
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 fax at 202–
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395–5167 or via e-mail to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to PRA@fcc.gov and
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in the
e-mail the OMB control number of the
collection. If you are unable to submit
your comments by e-mail contact the
person listed below to make alternate
arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918, or via
Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, and/
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 OMB control number of this
ICR and then click on the ICR Reference
Number. A copy of the FCC submission
to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0110.
Title: Application for Renewal of
Broadcast Station License, FCC Form
303–S; Section 73.3555(d), Daily
Newspaper Cross-Ownership.
Form Number: FCC Form 303–S.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3,821 respondents and 3,821
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.25–
12 hours.
Frequency of Response: Eight year
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 10,403 hours.
Total Annual Costs: 3,886,358.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
Sections 154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 204 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this information collection.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
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Needs and Uses: On December 18,
2007, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order and Third Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (the ‘‘Order’’) in
MB Docket Nos. 07–294; 06–121; 02–
277; 04–228; MM Docket Nos. 01–235;
01–317; 00–244; FCC 07–217. The Order
adopted rule changes designed to
expand opportunities for participation
in the broadcasting industry by new
entrants and small businesses, including
minority- and women-owned
businesses. Consistent with actions
taken by the Commission in the Order,
the following changes are made to Form
303–S: The instructions have been
revised to incorporate a definition of
‘‘eligible entity,’’ which will apply to the
Commission’s existing Equity Debt Plus
(‘‘EDP’’) standard, one of the standards
used to determine whether interests are
attributable. Section II includes a new
certification for licensees to certify that
their advertising sales agreements do
not discriminate on the basis of race or
ethnicity and that all such agreements
held by the licensee contain
nondiscrimination clauses. The
instructions for Section II have been
revised to include a new description of
the certification.
Second, Section III includes a new
question, Item 4, requiring licensees to
certify that, during the preceding license
term, the station has not been silent (or
operating for less than its prescribed
minimum operating hours) for any
period of more than 30 days, consistent
with the Commission’s rules. If a
licensee cannot so certify, it must
submit an exhibit specifying the exact
dates in the preceding license term on
which the station was silent or
operating for less than its prescribed
minimum hours. See 47 CFR 73.1740
(Commercial Broadcast Stations); 47
CFR 73.561 (Noncommercial
Educational FM Stations); 47 CFR
73.850 (Low-power FM Stations); and
47 CFR 73.1745(b); 47 CFR 73.1740(b)
(Noncommercial Educational AM
Stations). See also 47 U.S.C. 309(k)
(Statutory Standards for Broadcast
Renewal Procedures); Birach
Broadcasting Corp., 16 FCC Rcd 5015,
5020 (2001) (holding that a station’s
failure to provide any service during the
license term is material to whether it
served the public interest, convenience,
and necessity pursuant to Section
309(k)). Consistent with the holding in
Birach, the Commission’s rules for
minimum operating schedules, and the
renewal standards set forth in Section
309(k), Section III includes the new
certification and the instructions to
include a new description of the
certification.
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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81270-81273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32472]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Comments Requested
December 15, 2010.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as 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. 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
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the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; (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; and (e) ways to further reduce
the information collection burden for small business concerns with
fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC 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 (PRA) that does
not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before January 26, 2011. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to the Federal Communications
Commission's PRA mailbox (e-mail address: PRA@fcc.gov). Include in the
e-mail the OMB control number of the collection as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below, or if there is no OMB control
number, include the Title as shown in the Supplementary Information
section. If you are unable to submit your comments by e-mail, contact
he person listed below to make alternate arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214 or via the Internet at Judith-b.herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1000.
Title: Section 87.147, Authorization for Equipment.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 25 respondents; 25 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and one time reporting
requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. sections 154, 303, and 307(e).
Total Annual Burden: 25 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection (IC) to the OMB during this comment period. The
Commission is reporting no change in its burden estimates. The
Commission is seeking OMB approval for an extension (there are no
changes to the reporting and/or third party disclosure requirements).
Section 87.147 is needed to require applicants for aviation
equipment certification to submit a Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) determination of the equipment's compatibility with the National
Airspace System (NAS). This will ensure that radio equipment operating
in certain frequencies is compatible with the NAS, which shares system
components with the military. The notification must describe the
equipment, give the manufacturer's identification, antenna
characteristics, rated output power, emission type and characteristics,
the frequency or frequencies of operation, and essential receiver
characteristics if protection is required.
This information collected is used by FCC engineers to determine
the interference potential of the proposed operation.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0484.
Title: Section 4.1 and 4.2, and Part 4 of the Commission's Rules
Concerning Disruptions to the Communications (NORS).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 71 respondents; 139 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. sections 151, 154, 218, 219, 230, 256, 301, 302, 303, and 403,
and 621.
Total Annual Burden: 19,738 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In accordance with 47 CFR
section 4.2, of the Commission's rules, reports under part 4 are
presumed confidential.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection (IC) to the OMB during this comment period. The
Commission is requesting OMB approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure
requirements). The Commission is reporting a 10,100 total annual burden
hour increase. This increased adjustment is due to a recalculation of
the number of responses and therefore the total annual burden hours
have increased since the last time this collection was submitted to the
OMB. The information collection is used in connection with the
reporting of significant outages of voice and/or paging communications
provided by wireline, wireless, cable circuit-switched telephony, and
satellite communications providers.
This information collection is necessary for the following reasons:
(1) Collecting information on significant outages as defined in its
rules enables the Federal Communications Commission (``FCC or
Commission'') to analyze significant disruptions to telecommunications
networks, and thereby fulfill its statutory obligations under the
Communication Act by ensuring the reliability and security of the
nation's telecommunications networks for the benefit of all Americans.
Furthermore, these measures are necessary to support the efforts of
public safety, national defense, and homeland security entities that
rely upon the integrity of our Nation's telecommunications
infrastructure to accomplish their own missions. In the absence of--or
less frequent--reporting of significant outages as required by the
Commission's rules, valuable information regarding telecommunications
failures would escape timely FCC analysis, and thus impede the ability
to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities involving the
Nation's telecommunications infrastructure--particularly those having
an adverse impact on public safety, homeland security and national
defense priorities.
(1) In addition, the information collected--particularly in cases
involving major outage incidents--can be of a nature that constitutes
``Critical Infrastructure Information'' as defined in 6 U.S.C. section
131, which may be shared with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
in furtherance of its missions to protect the United States from
terrorist activity and to otherwise protect domestic security.
Consequently, the collection and timely
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reporting of data relating to significant outages as required by these
rules is necessary in order for the Commission and DHS to successfully
accomplish these critical missions for the benefit of the American
people.
(2) In addition, the mandatory reporting procedures requires three
submissions to be transmitted electronically to the Commission's
database by each affected provider for each reportable outage as
follows:
(a) a bare-bones Notification (``Notification'') not later than 120
minutes after discovering a reportable outage;
(b) a more detailed Initial Communications Outage Report (``Initial
Report'') not later than 72 hours after discovering a reportable
outage; and
(c) a comprehensive Final Communications Outage Report (``Final
Report'') not later than thirty (30) days after discovering a
reportable outage.
As noted above, the information provided in the data collected by
providers (collectively ``Outage Reports'') is essential in enabling
the Commission to monitor developments affecting telecommunications
reliability and security; to facilitate improvements in
telecommunications reliability and security; and to serve as a source
of information for the public.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0971.
Title: Section 52.15, Request for ``For Cause'' Audits and State
Commission's Access to Numbering Resource Application Information.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and state, local or
tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 2,105 respondents; 63,005 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .166 hours to 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. sections 153, 154, 201-205, 207-209, 218, 225-227, 251-252, 271
and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 10,473 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Carrier numbering resource
applications and audits of carrier compliance will be treated as
confidential and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C.
552(b)(4).
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection (IC) to the OMB during this comment period. The
Commission is reporting a 42 total hourly burden reduction adjustment.
The adjustment is due to a recalculation of the previous estimates
submitted to OMB in 2008. The Commission is now seeking OMB approval
for an extension (there are no changes to the reporting and/or third
party disclosure requirements) to keep this collection from lapsing OMB
approval.
There are two Paperwork Reduction Act related obligations under
this OMB Control Number 3060-0971.
1. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), the
Pooling Administrator, or a state commission may draft a request to the
auditor stating the reason for the request, such as misleading or
inaccurate data, and attach supporting documentation.
2. Requests for copies of carriers' applications for numbering
resources may be made directly to carriers.
The information collected will be used by the FCC, state
commissions, the NANPA and the Pooling Administrator to verify the
validity and accuracy of such data and to assist state commissions in
carrying out their numbering responsibilities, such as area code
relief.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0972.
Title: Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan Order, Parts 54 and 69
Filing Requirements for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price
Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) and Interexchange Carriers
(IXCs).
Form Nos.: FCC Forms 507, 508 and 509.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1,258 respondents; 10,849 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .166 hours to 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, quarterly, one time and
every three years reporting requirements and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. sections 1-4, 10, 154(i), 154(j), 201-205, 254, and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 46,885 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $48,900.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission does not
require that respondents submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the Commission does request applicants to submit
information that the respondents believe is confidential, respondents
may do so under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection (IC) to the OMB during this comment period The
Commission is now seeking OMB approval for an extension (there are no
changes to the reporting and/or third party disclosure requirements) to
keep this collection from lapsing OMB approval. The Commission is
reporting the following changes in burden since this was last submitted
to the OMB. There is a 6,434 increase in the hourly burden which is due
to an increase in the number of respondents/responses and a $3,705
increase in annual costs. This increase adjustment in annual costs is
due to an increase in filing fees.
The 60 day notice that was published on September 9, 2010 (75 FR
54878) cited an incorrect total annual burden estimate. It has been
corrected in this 30-day notice. There are 14 Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA) related information collection requirements under this OMB
Control Number 3060-0972.
Following the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the
Commission adopted interstate access charge and universal service
support reforms. The reforms were designed to establish a ``pro-
competitive, deregulatory national policy framework'' for the United
States telecommunications industry, and to carry out the universal
service policies embodied in the 1996 Act. Specifically, the Commission
aligned the interstate access rate structure more closely with the
manner in which costs are incurred, and created a universal service
support mechanism for rate-of-return carriers (Interstate Common Line
Support (ICLS)) to replace implicit support in interstate access
charges with explicit support that is portable to all eligible
telecommunications carriers.
The Commission's actions were also tailored to the needs of small
and mid-sized local telephone companies serving rural and high-cost
areas, and help to provide certainty and stability for rate-of-return
carriers, encourage investment in rural America, and provide important
consumer benefits.
To administer the ICLS mechanism, the Administrator must collect
certain data. Specifically, the Administrator must collect from each
rate-of-return carrier projected cost and revenue data for the July 1--
June 30 funding year to accurately distribute prospective ICLS to those
carriers. Line count data is reported on FCC Form 507. Projected
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cost data, including cost and revenue data is filed on FCC Form 508.
And, the actual data, including cost and revenue data is reported on
FCC Form 509.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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