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1.427(b). The grant of forbearance
applies only to those seeking
conditional ETC designation for areas
eligible for Mobility Fund Phase I
support in order to participate in the
Mobility Fund Phase I auction, and,
given the short time remaining before
the July 11, 2012, deadline for filing an
auction application, may promote wider
participation and generate more
competitive bids. In turn, this increases
the chances that the Mobility Fund
Phase I budget will provide greater
benefits in the form of expanded
coverage of mobile voice and broadband
service. The Commission finds there is
good cause to make the changes it
implements with the CAF/ICC Second
Report and Order effective upon
Federal Register publication, without
the usual 30-day period.
V. Ordering Clause
27. Accordingly, it is ordered that,
pursuant to the authority contained in
47 U.S.C. 4(i), 4(j), 10, 214, and 254 as
well as 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 160, 214,
254, the Commission forbears from
applying the conformance requirement
of 47 U.S.C. 214(e)(5) and 47 CFR
54.207(b) to petitions for conditional
designation as an eligible
telecommunications carrier in areas
eligible for Mobility Fund Phase I
support in order to participate in the
Mobility Fund Phase I auction and
receive such support to the extent
discussed herein.
28. It is further ordered that, pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 553(d) and 47 CFR 1.103(a)
and 1.427(b) the order shall be effective
upon publication in the Federal
Register.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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47 CFR Part 73
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[MM Docket Nos. 00–168 and 00–44; FCC
12–44]
Standardized and Enhanced
Disclosure Requirements for
Television Broadcast Licensee Public
Interest Obligations; Extension of the
Filing Requirement for Children’s
Television Programming Report (FCC
Form 398)
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
ACTION:
In this document, the
Commission announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, the
information collection associated with
the Commission’s Enhanced Disclosure
Requirements, Second Report and Order
(‘‘Order’’), FCC 12–44. This notice is
consistent with the Order, which stated
that the Commission would publish a
document in the Federal Register
announcing the effective date of those
rules.
SUMMARY:
The amendments to 47 CFR
73.1212, 73.1943, 73.3526, 73.3527 and
73.3580, published at 77 FR 27631, May
11, 2012, are effective August 2, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathy Williams on (202) 418–2918, or
email: cathy.williams@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that, on June 21,
2012, OMB approved, for a period of
three years, the information collection
requirements relating to the enhanced
disclosure requirement rules contained
in the Commission’s Order, FCC 12–44,
published at 77 FR 27631, May 11,
2012. The OMB Control Numbers are
3060–0174 and 3060–0214. The
Commission publishes this notice as an
announcement of the effective date of
the rules.
DATES:
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the FCC is notifying the public that it
received final OMB approval on June
21, 2012, for the information collection
requirements contained in the
modifications to the Commission’s rules
in 47 CFR part 73.
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 current, valid OMB Control
Number. The OMB Control Numbers are
3060–0174 and 3060–0214.
The foregoing notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995,
and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0214.
OMB Approval Date: June 21, 2012.
OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2015.
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39439
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527,
Local Public Inspection Files; Sections
76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
Respondents/Affected Parties:
Business or other for-profit entities; not
for-profit institutions; individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 24,558 respondents; 59,056
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour
to 104 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Recordkeeping
requirement; Third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in 47 U.S.C.
151, 152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308.
Total Annual Burden: 2,158,080
hours.
Total Annual Costs: $882,236.00.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The
FCC is preparing a PIA.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The FCC is preparing a system of
records, FCC/MB–2, ‘‘Broadcast Station
Public Inspection Files,’’ to cover the
personally identifiable information (PII)
that may be included in the broadcast
station public inspection files.
Respondents may request materials or
information submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public
inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
received final approval of the
information collection requirements that
were adopted in FCC 12–44 and
contained in collection 3060–0214 from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). On April 27, 2012, the
Commission released a Second Report
and Order, MB Docket Nos. 00–168 and
00–44; FCC 12–44. This Order adopted
information collection requirements that
support the Commission’s public file
rules that are codified at 47 CFR 73.3526
and 73.3527. 47 CFR 73.3526 and
73.3527 require that licensees and
permittees of commercial and
noncommercial AM, FM and TV
stations maintain a file for public
inspection at its main studio or at
another accessible location in its
community of license. The contents of
the file vary according to type of service
and status. The contents include, but are
not limited to, copies of certain
applications tendered for filing, a
statement concerning petitions to deny
filed against such applications, copies of
ownership reports, statements certifying
compliance with filing announcements
in connection with renewal
applications, a list of donors supporting
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specific programs, and a list of
community issues addressed by the
station’s programming.
These rules also specify the length of
time, which varies by document type,
that each record must be retained in the
public file. The public and FCC use the
data to evaluate information about the
licensee’s performance and to ensure
that station is addressing issues
concerning the community to which it
is licensed to serve.
The information collection
requirements consist of:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.1943(d),
television station licensees or applicants
must place the contents of its political
file on the Commission’s Web site on a
going-forward basis. Pursuant to 47 CFR
73.3526(b), commercial television
station licensees or applicants must
place the contents of their public
inspection file as required by
47 CFR 73.3526(e) on the Commission’s
Web site, with the exception of letters
and emails from the public as required
by 47 CFR 73.3526(e)(9), which will be
retained at the station. A station must
also link to the public inspection file
hosted on the Commission’s Web site
from the home page of its own Web site,
if the station has a Web site. The
Commission will automatically link the
following items to the electronic version
of all licensee and applicant public
inspection files, to the extent that the
Commission has these items
electronically: Authorizations,
applications, contour maps; ownership
reports and related materials; portions
of the Equal Employment Opportunity
file held by the Commission; the public
and broadcasting; Children’s television
programming reports; and DTV
transition education reports.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.3527(b) noncommercial educational television
station licensees or applicants must
place the contents of their public
inspection file as required by 47 CFR
73.3527(e) on the Commission’s Web
site. A station must also link to the
public inspection file hosted on the
Commission’s Web site from the home
page of its own Web site, if the station
has a Web site. The Commission will
automatically link the following items
to the electronic version of all licensee
and applicant public inspection files, to
the extent that the Commission has
these items electronically: Contour
maps; ownership reports and related
materials; portions of the Equal
Employment Opportunity file held by
the Commission; and the public and
broadcasting.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0174.
OMB Approval Date: June 21, 2012.
OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2015.
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Title: Sections 73.1212, 76.1615 and
76.1715, Sponsorship Identification.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Parties:
Business or other for profit entities;
individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 22,761 respondents and
1,831,610 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .0011
to .2011 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; third party
disclosure; on occasion reporting
requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 242,633 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $33,828.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in sections 4(i), 317 and 507 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The FCC is preparing a system of
records, FCC/MB–2, ‘‘Broadcast Station
Public Inspection Files,’’ to cover the
personally identifiable information (PII)
that may be included in the broadcast
station public inspection files.
Respondents may request materials or
information submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public
inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): The
FCC is preparing a PIA.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
received final approval of the
information collection requirements that
were adopted in FCC 12–44 and
contained in collection 3060–0174 from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). On April 27, 2012, the
Commission released a Second Report
and Order, MB Docket Nos. 00–168 and
00–44; FCC 12–44. This Second Report
and Order adopted information
collection requirements that will change
the availability of record disclosures
under 47 CFR 73.1212. 47 CFR
73.1212(e) states that, when an entity
rather than an individual sponsors the
broadcast of matter that is of a political
or controversial nature, the licensee is
required to retain a list of the executive
officers, or board of directors, or
executive committee, etc., of the
organization paying for such matter in
its public file.
The information collection
requirements consist of:
Pursuant to the changes contained in
47 CFR 73.1212(e), this list, which
could contain personally identifiable
information, would be located in a
public file to be located on the
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Commission’s Web site instead of being
maintained in the public file at the
station. Burden estimates for this change
are included in OMB Control Number
3060–0214.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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RIN 0648–XC085
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch
in the Central Aleutian District of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the
Central Aleutian District of the Bering
Sea and Aleutian Islands management
area (BSAI) by vessels participating in
the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.
This action is necessary to prevent
exceeding the 2012 allocation of Pacific
ocean perch in this area allocated to
vessels participating in the BSAI trawl
limited access fishery.
DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local
time (A.l.t.), June 28, 2012, through
2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Whitney, 907–586–7269.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI exclusive economic zone
according to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Management Area
(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council under
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act. Regulations governing fishing by
U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMP
appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600
and 50 CFR part 679.
The allocation of Pacific ocean perch,
in the Central Aleutian District,
allocated as a directed fishing allowance
SUMMARY:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MM Docket Nos. 00-168 and 00-44; FCC 12-44]
Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television
Broadcast Licensee Public Interest Obligations; Extension of the Filing
Requirement for Children's Television Programming Report (FCC Form 398)
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 three years,
the information collection associated with the Commission's Enhanced
Disclosure Requirements, Second Report and Order (``Order''), FCC 12-
44. This notice is consistent with the Order, which stated that the
Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing
the effective date of those rules.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 73.1212, 73.1943, 73.3526, 73.3527 and
73.3580, published at 77 FR 27631, May 11, 2012, are effective August
2, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams on (202) 418-2918, or
email: cathy.williams@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on June 21,
2012, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information
collection requirements relating to the enhanced disclosure requirement
rules contained in the Commission's Order, FCC 12-44, published at 77
FR 27631, May 11, 2012. The OMB Control Numbers are 3060-0174 and 3060-
0214. The Commission publishes this notice as an announcement of the
effective date of the rules.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB
approval on June 21, 2012, for the information collection requirements
contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules in 47 CFR part
73.
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 current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Numbers are 3060-0174 and 3060-0214.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
OMB Approval Date: June 21, 2012.
OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2015.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files;
Sections 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
Respondents/Affected Parties: Business or other for-profit
entities; not for-profit institutions; individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 24,558 respondents; 59,056
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 104 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement;
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308.
Total Annual Burden: 2,158,080 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $882,236.00.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The FCC is preparing a PIA.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The FCC is preparing a system
of records, FCC/MB-2, ``Broadcast Station Public Inspection Files,'' to
cover the personally identifiable information (PII) that may be
included in the broadcast station public inspection files. Respondents
may request materials or information submitted to the Commission be
withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission received final approval of the
information collection requirements that were adopted in FCC 12-44 and
contained in collection 3060-0214 from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). On April 27, 2012, the Commission released a Second
Report and Order, MB Docket Nos. 00-168 and 00-44; FCC 12-44. This
Order adopted information collection requirements that support the
Commission's public file rules that are codified at 47 CFR 73.3526 and
73.3527. 47 CFR 73.3526 and 73.3527 require that licensees and
permittees of commercial and noncommercial AM, FM and TV stations
maintain a file for public inspection at its main studio or at another
accessible location in its community of license. The contents of the
file vary according to type of service and status. The contents
include, but are not limited to, copies of certain applications
tendered for filing, a statement concerning petitions to deny filed
against such applications, copies of ownership reports, statements
certifying compliance with filing announcements in connection with
renewal applications, a list of donors supporting
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specific programs, and a list of community issues addressed by the
station's programming.
These rules also specify the length of time, which varies by
document type, that each record must be retained in the public file.
The public and FCC use the data to evaluate information about the
licensee's performance and to ensure that station is addressing issues
concerning the community to which it is licensed to serve.
The information collection requirements consist of:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.1943(d), television station licensees or
applicants must place the contents of its political file on the
Commission's Web site on a going-forward basis. Pursuant to 47 CFR
73.3526(b), commercial television station licensees or applicants must
place the contents of their public inspection file as required by 47
CFR 73.3526(e) on the Commission's Web site, with the exception of
letters and emails from the public as required by 47 CFR 73.3526(e)(9),
which will be retained at the station. A station must also link to the
public inspection file hosted on the Commission's Web site from the
home page of its own Web site, if the station has a Web site. The
Commission will automatically link the following items to the
electronic version of all licensee and applicant public inspection
files, to the extent that the Commission has these items
electronically: Authorizations, applications, contour maps; ownership
reports and related materials; portions of the Equal Employment
Opportunity file held by the Commission; the public and broadcasting;
Children's television programming reports; and DTV transition education
reports.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.3527(b) non-commercial educational television
station licensees or applicants must place the contents of their public
inspection file as required by 47 CFR 73.3527(e) on the Commission's
Web site. A station must also link to the public inspection file hosted
on the Commission's Web site from the home page of its own Web site, if
the station has a Web site. The Commission will automatically link the
following items to the electronic version of all licensee and applicant
public inspection files, to the extent that the Commission has these
items electronically: Contour maps; ownership reports and related
materials; portions of the Equal Employment Opportunity file held by
the Commission; and the public and broadcasting.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0174.
OMB Approval Date: June 21, 2012.
OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2015.
Title: Sections 73.1212, 76.1615 and 76.1715, Sponsorship
Identification.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Parties: Business or other for profit
entities; individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 22,761 respondents and
1,831,610 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .0011 to .2011 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; third party
disclosure; on occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 242,633 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $33,828.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in sections 4(i),
317 and 507 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The FCC is preparing a system
of records, FCC/MB-2, ``Broadcast Station Public Inspection Files,'' to
cover the personally identifiable information (PII) that may be
included in the broadcast station public inspection files. Respondents
may request materials or information submitted to the Commission be
withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): The FCC is preparing a PIA.
Needs and Uses: The Commission received final approval of the
information collection requirements that were adopted in FCC 12-44 and
contained in collection 3060-0174 from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). On April 27, 2012, the Commission released a Second
Report and Order, MB Docket Nos. 00-168 and 00-44; FCC 12-44. This
Second Report and Order adopted information collection requirements
that will change the availability of record disclosures under 47 CFR
73.1212. 47 CFR 73.1212(e) states that, when an entity rather than an
individual sponsors the broadcast of matter that is of a political or
controversial nature, the licensee is required to retain a list of the
executive officers, or board of directors, or executive committee,
etc., of the organization paying for such matter in its public file.
The information collection requirements consist of:
Pursuant to the changes contained in 47 CFR 73.1212(e), this list,
which could contain personally identifiable information, would be
located in a public file to be located on the Commission's Web site
instead of being maintained in the public file at the station. Burden
estimates for this change are included in OMB Control Number 3060-0214.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-16246 Filed 7-2-12; 8:45 am]
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