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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
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov (mailto:PRA@fcc.gov) and to
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov (mailto:Cathy.
Williams@fcc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0250.
Title: Sections 73.1207, 74.784 and
74.1284, Rebroadcasts.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change a previously approved
collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 6,462 respondents; 11,012
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; on
occasion reporting requirement; semiannual reporting requirement; third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 5,506 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in Sections 154(i) and
325(a) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this information collection.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.1207
requires that licensees of broadcast
stations obtain written permission from
an originating station prior to
retransmitting any program or any part
thereof. A copy of the written consent
must be kept in the station’s files and
made available to the FCC upon request.
Section 73.1207 also specifies
procedures that broadcast stations must
follow when rebroadcasting time
signals, weather bulletins, or other
material from non-broadcast services.
47 CFR 74.784(b) states that a licensee
of a low power television or TV
translator station shall not rebroadcast
the programs of any other TV broadcast
station without obtaining prior consent
of the station whose signals or programs
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are proposed to be retransmitted.
Section 74.784(b) requires licensees of
low power television and TV translator
stations to notify the Commission when
rebroadcasting programs or signals of
another station. This notification shall
include the call letters of each station
rebroadcast. The licensee of the low
power television or TV translator station
shall certify that written consent has
been obtained from the licensee of the
station whose programs are
retransmitted.
47 CFR 74.1284 requires that the
licensee of a FM translator station
obtain prior consent to rebroadcast
programs of any broadcast station or
other FM translator. The licensee of the
FM translator station must notify the
Commission of the call letters of each
station rebroadcast and must certify that
written consent has been received from
the licensee of that station. Also, AM
stations are allowed to use FM translator
stations to rebroadcast the AM signal.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
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
SUMMARY:
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further reduce the information 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 February 18,
2014. 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: Submit your PRA comments
to Benish Shah, Federal
Communications Commission, via the
Internet at Benish.Shah@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email
send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benish Shah, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418–7866.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0057.
Title: Application for Equipment
Authorization, FCC Form 731.
Form Number: FCC 731.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit.
Number of Respondents: 3,740
respondents; 22,250 responses.
Time per Response: 35 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 the 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301,
302, 303(e), 303(f) and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 778,750 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $ 34,465,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Minimal exemption from the Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) under 5
U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and FCC rules under 47
CFR 0.457(d) is granted for trade secrets
which may be submitted as attachments
to the application FCC Form 731. No
other assurances of confidentiality are
provided to respondents.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection (IC) to the OMB during this
comment period. There is an increase in
respondents/burden estimates in this
information collection.
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Commission rules require that
manufacturers of certain radio
frequency (RF) equipment file FCC
Form 731 to obtain approval prior to
marketing their equipment.
Manufacturers may then market their RF
equipment based on a showing of
compliance with technical standards
established in the FCC Rules for each
type of equipment or device operated
under the applicable FCC Rule part. The
following types of equipment are
regulated (a) the RF equipment is
regulated under certain rule sections of
47 CFR Part 15 and Part 18, and (b) in
addition, rules governing certain RF
equipment operating in the licensed
services also require equipment
authorization as established in the
procedural rules in 47 CFR Part 2. The
RF equipment manufacturers comply
with the information collection
requirements by (a) Filing FCC Form
731 electronically with the Commission,
or (b) Submitting the information to a
Telecommunications Certification Body
(TCB), which acts on behalf of the FCC
to issue grants of certification and may
issue grants more expeditiously than the
FCC. The TCBs have flexibility in the
format in which they require the
collection of information (i) TCBs may
require applicants to submit the
required information in FCC Form 731
format or in another format selected by
the TCB, but (ii) whatever the
information collection method, the
information required is governed by the
procedural rules in 47 CFR Part 2 and
a showing of compliance with the FCC
technical standards for the specific type
of equipment. RF manufacturer
applicants for equipment certification
may also request ‘‘expedited
authorization’’ to market their
equipment by: (a) Choosing to pay the
fee levied by a TCB, and (b) submitting
their request to a TCB in order for
expedited authorization to market. The
TCB processes the RF equipment
manufacturer’s application as follows:
(i) the TCB receives and reviews the RF
manufacturer’s information submission/
application; and (ii) the TCB enters the
information into the FCC Equipment
Authorization System database using an
interface that provides the TCB with the
tools to issue a standardized Grant of
Equipment Authorization. Whichever
method the RF manufacturers choose to
submit their information-via either the
FCC on FCC Form 731 or the TCB, FCC
Rules require that applicants supply the
following data: (a) demographic
information including Grantee name
and address, contact information, etc;
(b) information specific to the
equipment including FCC Identifier,
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equipment class, technical
specifications, etc; and (c) attachments
that demonstrate compliance with FCC
Rules that may include any combination
of the following based on the applicable
Rule parts for the equipment for which
authorization is requested: (1)
Identification of equipment (47 CFR
2.925); (2) attestation statements that
may be required for specific
equipments; (3) external photos of the
equipment for which authorization is
requested; (4) block diagram of the
device; (5) schematics; (6) test report; (7)
test setup photos; (8) Users Manual; (9)
Internal Photos; (10) Parts List/Tune Up
Information; (11) RF Exposure
Information; (12) Operational
Description; (13) Cover Letters; and, (14)
Software Defined Radio/Cognitive Radio
Files.
In general, an applicant’s submission
is as follows: (a) FCC Form 731 includes
approximately two pages covering the
demographic and equipment
identification information; and (b)
applicants must supply additional
documentation and other information,
as described above, demonstrating
conformance with FCC Rules, which
may range from 100–1000 pages. The
supplemental information is essential to
control potential interference to radio
communications, which the FCC may
use, as is necessary, to investigate
complaints of harmful interference. In
response to new technologies and in
allocating spectrum, the Commission
may establish new technical operating
standards: (a) RF equipment
manufacturers must meet the new
standards to receive an equipment
authorization, and (b) RF equipment
manufacturers must still comply with
the Commission’s requirements in FCC
Form 731 and demonstrate compliance
as required by 47 CFR Part 2 of FCC
Rules. Thus, this information collection
applies to a variety of RF equipment: (a)
that is currently manufactured, (b) that
may be manufactured in the future, and
(c) that operates under varying technical
standards. On July 8, 2004, the
Commission adopted a Report and
Order, Modification of Parts 2 and 15 of
the Commission’s Rules for Unlicensed
Devices and Equipment Approval, ET
Docket No. 03–201, FCC 04–165. The
change requires that all paper filings
required in 47 CFR Sections 2.913,
2.926(c), 2.929(c), and 2.929(d) of the
rules are outdated and now must be
filed electronically via the Internet on
FCC Form 731. The Commission
believes that electronic filing speeds up
application processing and supports the
Commission in further streamlining to
reduce cost and increase efficiency.
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Information on the procedures for
electronically filing equipment
authorization applications can be
obtained from the Commission’s rules,
and from the Internet at: <https://
transition.fcc.gov/oet/ea/ea_app_
info.html>.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke, Interagency Pain
Research Coordinating Committee;
Call for Committee Membership
Nominations
The Department of Health and Human
Services (Department) has created the
Interagency Pain Research Coordinating
Committee and is seeking nominations
for this committee. As specified in
Public Law 111–148 (‘‘Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act’’)
the Committee will: (a) Develop a
summary of advances in pain care
research supported or conducted by the
Federal agencies relevant to the
diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of
pain and diseases and disorders
associated with pain; (b) identify critical
gaps in basic and clinical research on
the symptoms and causes of pain; (c)
make recommendations to ensure that
the activities of the National Institutes
of Health and other Federal agencies are
free of unnecessary duplication of effort;
(d) make recommendations on how best
to disseminate information on pain care;
and (e) make recommendations on how
to expand partnerships between public
entities and private entities to expand
collaborative, cross-cutting research.
Membership on the committee will
include six (6) non-Federal members
from among scientists, physicians, and
other health professionals and six (6)
non-Federal members of the general
public who are representatives of
leading research, advocacy, and service
organizations for individuals with painrelated conditions. Members will serve
overlapping three year terms. It is
anticipated that the committee will meet
at least once a year.
The Department strives to ensure that
the membership of HHS Federal
advisory committees is fairly balanced
in terms of points of view represented
and the committee’s function. Every
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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 take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection(s). 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 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 February 18, 2014. 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: Submit your PRA comments to Benish Shah, Federal
Communications Commission, via the Internet at Benish.Shah@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benish Shah, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-7866.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0057.
Title: Application for Equipment Authorization, FCC Form 731.
Form Number: FCC 731.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 3,740 respondents; 22,250 responses.
Time per Response: 35 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 the
47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301, 302, 303(e), 303(f) and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 778,750 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $ 34,465,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Minimal exemption from the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and FCC
rules under 47 CFR 0.457(d) is granted for trade secrets which may be
submitted as attachments to the application FCC Form 731. No other
assurances of confidentiality are provided to respondents.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection (IC) to the OMB during this comment period.
There is an increase in respondents/burden estimates in this
information collection.
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Commission rules require that manufacturers of certain radio
frequency (RF) equipment file FCC Form 731 to obtain approval prior to
marketing their equipment. Manufacturers may then market their RF
equipment based on a showing of compliance with technical standards
established in the FCC Rules for each type of equipment or device
operated under the applicable FCC Rule part. The following types of
equipment are regulated (a) the RF equipment is regulated under certain
rule sections of 47 CFR Part 15 and Part 18, and (b) in addition, rules
governing certain RF equipment operating in the licensed services also
require equipment authorization as established in the procedural rules
in 47 CFR Part 2. The RF equipment manufacturers comply with the
information collection requirements by (a) Filing FCC Form 731
electronically with the Commission, or (b) Submitting the information
to a Telecommunications Certification Body (TCB), which acts on behalf
of the FCC to issue grants of certification and may issue grants more
expeditiously than the FCC. The TCBs have flexibility in the format in
which they require the collection of information (i) TCBs may require
applicants to submit the required information in FCC Form 731 format or
in another format selected by the TCB, but (ii) whatever the
information collection method, the information required is governed by
the procedural rules in 47 CFR Part 2 and a showing of compliance with
the FCC technical standards for the specific type of equipment. RF
manufacturer applicants for equipment certification may also request
``expedited authorization'' to market their equipment by: (a) Choosing
to pay the fee levied by a TCB, and (b) submitting their request to a
TCB in order for expedited authorization to market. The TCB processes
the RF equipment manufacturer's application as follows: (i) the TCB
receives and reviews the RF manufacturer's information submission/
application; and (ii) the TCB enters the information into the FCC
Equipment Authorization System database using an interface that
provides the TCB with the tools to issue a standardized Grant of
Equipment Authorization. Whichever method the RF manufacturers choose
to submit their information-via either the FCC on FCC Form 731 or the
TCB, FCC Rules require that applicants supply the following data: (a)
demographic information including Grantee name and address, contact
information, etc; (b) information specific to the equipment including
FCC Identifier, equipment class, technical specifications, etc; and (c)
attachments that demonstrate compliance with FCC Rules that may include
any combination of the following based on the applicable Rule parts for
the equipment for which authorization is requested: (1) Identification
of equipment (47 CFR 2.925); (2) attestation statements that may be
required for specific equipments; (3) external photos of the equipment
for which authorization is requested; (4) block diagram of the device;
(5) schematics; (6) test report; (7) test setup photos; (8) Users
Manual; (9) Internal Photos; (10) Parts List/Tune Up Information; (11)
RF Exposure Information; (12) Operational Description; (13) Cover
Letters; and, (14) Software Defined Radio/Cognitive Radio Files.
In general, an applicant's submission is as follows: (a) FCC Form
731 includes approximately two pages covering the demographic and
equipment identification information; and (b) applicants must supply
additional documentation and other information, as described above,
demonstrating conformance with FCC Rules, which may range from 100-1000
pages. The supplemental information is essential to control potential
interference to radio communications, which the FCC may use, as is
necessary, to investigate complaints of harmful interference. In
response to new technologies and in allocating spectrum, the Commission
may establish new technical operating standards: (a) RF equipment
manufacturers must meet the new standards to receive an equipment
authorization, and (b) RF equipment manufacturers must still comply
with the Commission's requirements in FCC Form 731 and demonstrate
compliance as required by 47 CFR Part 2 of FCC Rules. Thus, this
information collection applies to a variety of RF equipment: (a) that
is currently manufactured, (b) that may be manufactured in the future,
and (c) that operates under varying technical standards. On July 8,
2004, the Commission adopted a Report and Order, Modification of Parts
2 and 15 of the Commission's Rules for Unlicensed Devices and Equipment
Approval, ET Docket No. 03-201, FCC 04-165. The change requires that
all paper filings required in 47 CFR Sections 2.913, 2.926(c),
2.929(c), and 2.929(d) of the rules are outdated and now must be filed
electronically via the Internet on FCC Form 731. The Commission
believes that electronic filing speeds up application processing and
supports the Commission in further streamlining to reduce cost and
increase efficiency. Information on the procedures for electronically
filing equipment authorization applications can be obtained from the
Commission's rules, and from the Internet at: <https://transition.fcc.gov/oet/ea/ea_app_info.html.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-29872 Filed 12-16-13; 8:45 am]
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