Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget, 31849-31850 [2012-12966]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31849-31850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12966]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to the Office of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 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 (PRA) of 1995. 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 PRA that does not 
display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning 
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; the accuracy of 
the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information collected; 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 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 PRA that does not display a valid Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before June 29, 2012. 
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 below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via fax 
202-395-5167, or via email Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to 
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@fcc.gov PRA@fcc.gov> and to 
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in the comments the OMB control number 
as shown in the ``Supplementary Information'' section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. 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-xxxx.
    Title: Creation of a Low Power Radio Service and Amendment of 
Service and Eligibility Rules for FM Broadcast Translator Stations, 
Fourth Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration (``Fourth 
Report and Order''), MM Docket 99-25, MB Docket No. 07-172, RM-11338; 
Implementation of Application Caps.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 300 respondents; 300 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.

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    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 600 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 154(i) 
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 Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On March 19, 2012, the Commission adopted a Fourth 
Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration (``Fourth Report 
and Order''), FCC 12-29. In the Fourth Report and Order, the Commission 
adopts the national and market-specific caps proposed in the Third 
Further Notice, FCC 11-105, and requires parties with more than 50 
pending applications and/or more than one pending application in the 
markets identified in Appendix A of the Fourth Report and Order (the 
top 150 Arbitron markets plus markets with more than 4 pending 
translator applications) to request the dismissal of applications to 
comply with these limits. Applicants may request such dismissal by 
filing a letter with the Commission (``Dismissal Letter'') identifying 
the applications they wish to be dismissed. In the event that an 
applicant does not timely comply with these dismissal procedures, the 
Commission staff will first apply the national cap, retaining on file 
the first 50 filed applications and dismissing those that were 
subsequently filed. The staff will then dismiss all but the first filed 
application in each of the markets identified in Appendix A.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-xxxx.
    Title: Creation of a Low Power Radio Service and Amendment of 
Service and Eligibility Rules for FM Broadcast Translator Stations, 
Fourth Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration (``Fourth 
Report and Order''), MM Docket 99-25, MB Docket No. 07-172, RM-11338; 
Translator Amendments and Top 50 Market Preclusion Showings.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 500 respondents; 1,300 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One time reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,600 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 154(i) 
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 Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On March 19, 2012, the Commission adopted a Fourth 
Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration (``Fourth Report 
and Order''), FCC 12-29. It adopts the market-based dismissal policy 
proposed in the Third Further Notice, FCC 11-105, with certain 
modifications. Among other things, it gives all translator applicants a 
limited opportunity to amend their proposals. It holds that translator 
applicants in ``spectrum available'' markets may modify their proposals 
so long as they do not preclude any LPFM channel/point combination 
identified in the Bureau's study (``Spectrum Available Amendments''). 
It further holds that translator applicants with proposals in 
``spectrum limited'' markets will be allowed to modify their proposals 
to eliminate their preclusive impact on any of the LPFM point/channel 
combinations that would be available within the grid if all translator 
window applications in that market were dismissed (``Spectrum Limited 
Amendments'') (``Spectrum Available Amendments'' and ``Spectrum Limited 
Amendments'' are collectively referred to herein as, ``Amendments''). 
In addition, any translator applicant in any top 50 spectrum limited 
market must demonstrate that its out-of-grid proposal would not 
preclude the only LPFM station licensing opportunity at that location 
(``Top 50 Market Preclusion Showing''). Specifically, it needs to 
demonstrate either that no LPFM station could be licensed at the 
proposed transmitter site or, if an LPFM station could be licensed at 
the site, that an additional channel remains available for a future 
LPFM station at the same site.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-12966 Filed 5-29-12; 8:45 am]
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