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example, without additional
information, there is no apparent reason
that a corporate affiliate not within the
control of an applicant or an applicant’s
direct owner should be presumed to
share information with the applicant.
Nevertheless, the corporate affiliate,
much like a third party, must take care
not to become a conduit for a prohibited
communication.
48. Compliance Education. All
eligible broadcast television licensees
are subject to the reverse auction rule
and all forward auction applicants are
subject to the forward auction rule.
Accordingly, all these parties should
become familiar with the relevant rule
in advance of the auction application
process. The Bureau reiterates that the
rules apply only with respect to
communications regarding bids and
bidding strategies of incentive auction
applicants. The rules should not impose
any significant burden on full power
and Class A television broadcasters that
neither participate in the auction nor
have information regarding bids or
bidding strategies of any applicants. The
main burden of the reverse auction rule
will fall on broadcasters that apply to
participate in the auction, or that may
possess information regarding the bids
and bidding strategies of others that do.
These broadcasters and forward auction
applicants also should become familiar
with the Commission precedent
regarding application of the prohibition
of communications regarding bids and
bidding strategies. These precedents
apply slightly different rules in the
context of past Commission auctions,
and the details of the rules applied have
changed over time. Nevertheless, the
purpose underlying the prohibition
reflected in all versions of the rule has
remained consistent, making the
precedents a potentially helpful
resource for parties with respect to
particular circumstances.
49. Parties also should educate
employees and agents regarding
compliance, particularly those
employees and agents with access to
bids and bidding strategy information.
Limiting such access to persons with a
definite need will both strengthen and
simplify compliance.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gary D. Michaels,
Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access
Division, WTB.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0405 and 3060–0009]
Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under
Delegated Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or the Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
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 PRA comments should
be submitted on or before December 18,
2015. 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
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to 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: 3060–0405.
SUMMARY:
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Title: Application for Authority to
Construct or Make Changes in an FM
Translator or FM Booster Station, FCC
Form 349.
Form Number: FCC Form 349.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit; State, Local or Tribal
Government; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,200 respondents; 2,400
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–1.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in Sections 154(i), 303 and
308 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 4,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $4,598,100.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this information collection.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 349 is
used to apply for authority to construct
a new FM translator or FM booster
broadcast station, or to make changes in
the existing facilities of such stations.
Form 349 also contains a third party
disclosure requirement, pursuant to
Section 73.3580. This rule requires
stations applying for a new broadcast
station, or to make major changes to an
existing station, to give local public
notice of this filing in a newspaper of
general circulation in the community in
which the station is located. This local
public notice must be completed within
30 days of the tendering of the
application. This notice must be
published at least twice a week for two
consecutive weeks in a three-week
period. In addition, a copy of this notice
must be placed in the station’s public
inspection file along with the
application, pursuant to Section
73.3527. This recordkeeping
information collection requirement is
contained in OMB Control No. 3060–
0214, which covers Section 73.3527.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0009.
Title: Application for Consent to
Assignment of Broadcast Station
Construction Permit or License or
Transfer of Control of Corporation
Holding Broadcast Station Construction
Permit or License, FCC Form 316.
Form Number: FCC Form 316.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
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institutions; State, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 750 respondents, 750
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5–4.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain benefits. Statutory authority for
this collection of information is
contained in Sections 154(i) and 310(d)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 1,231 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $711,150.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Confidentiality is not required with this
collection of information.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 316 is
required when applying for authority for
assignment of a broadcast station
construction permit or license, or for
consent to transfer control of a
corporation holding a broadcast station
construction permit or license where
there is little change in the relative
interest or disposition of its interests;
where transfer of interest is not a
controlling one; there is no substantial
change in the beneficial ownership of
the corporation; where the assignment is
less than a controlling interest in a
partnership; where there is an
appointment of an entity qualified to
succeed to the interest of a deceased or
legally incapacitated individual
permittee, licensee or controlling
stockholder; and, in the case of LPFM
stations, where there is a voluntary
transfer of a controlling interest in the
licensee or permittee entity. In addition,
the applicant must notify the
Commission when an approved transfer
of control of a broadcast station
construction permit or license has been
consummated.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0316, 3060–0419 and 3060–
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Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or the Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
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 PRA comments should
be submitted on or before December 18,
2015. 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
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to 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: 3060–0316.
Title: 47 CFR 76.1700, Records to be
maintained locally by Cable System
Operators; 76.1702, Equal Employment
Opportunity; 76.1703, Commercial
Records on Children’s Programs; 76.170,
Leased Access; 76.1711, Emergency
Alert System (EAS) Tests and
Activation.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
SUMMARY:
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Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3,000 respondents and 3,000
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 25
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 75,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections
4(i), 303 and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Confidentiality is not required with this
collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Section 76.1700
requires cable television systems having
1,000 or more subscribers to maintain a
public inspection file of certain records.
Section 76.1702 requires that EEO
program annual reports and equal
employment opportunity program
information be maintained in the public
files of employers; Section 1703 requires
that cable operators airing children’s
programming must maintain records
sufficient to verify compliance with
Section 76.225 and make records
available to the public. Section 76.1707
requires that if a cable operator adopts
and enforces a written policy regarding
indecent leased access programming
pursuant to Section 76.701, the policy
must be published in the operator’s
public inspection file; Section 76.1711,
requires records to be kept for each test
and activation of the Emergency Alert
System (EAS) procedures pursuant to
requirement of Part 11 and the EAS
Operating Handbook.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0419.
Title: Network Non-duplication
Protection and Syndication Exclusivity:
Sections 76.94, Notification; 76.95,
Exceptions; 76.105, Notifications;
76.106, Exceptions; 76.107, Exclusivity
Contracts; and 76.1609, NonDuplication and Syndicated Exclusivity.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 5,555 respondents; 199,304
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–2.0
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; One time
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0405 and 3060-0009]
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the
Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the following information
collection. 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before December
18, 2015. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email
PRA@fcc.gov and to 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: 3060-0405.
Title: Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in an
FM Translator or FM Booster Station, FCC Form 349.
Form Number: FCC Form 349.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal
Government; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,200 respondents; 2,400
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
Sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 4,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $4,598,100.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this information collection.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 349 is used to apply for authority to
construct a new FM translator or FM booster broadcast station, or to
make changes in the existing facilities of such stations.
Form 349 also contains a third party disclosure requirement,
pursuant to Section 73.3580. This rule requires stations applying for a
new broadcast station, or to make major changes to an existing station,
to give local public notice of this filing in a newspaper of general
circulation in the community in which the station is located. This
local public notice must be completed within 30 days of the tendering
of the application. This notice must be published at least twice a week
for two consecutive weeks in a three-week period. In addition, a copy
of this notice must be placed in the station's public inspection file
along with the application, pursuant to Section 73.3527. This
recordkeeping information collection requirement is contained in OMB
Control No. 3060-0214, which covers Section 73.3527.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0009.
Title: Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station
Construction Permit or License or Transfer of Control of Corporation
Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License, FCC Form 316.
Form Number: FCC Form 316.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
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institutions; State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 750 respondents, 750
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5-4.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain benefits. Statutory
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections
154(i) and 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 1,231 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $711,150.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is not
required with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 316 is required when applying for
authority for assignment of a broadcast station construction permit or
license, or for consent to transfer control of a corporation holding a
broadcast station construction permit or license where there is little
change in the relative interest or disposition of its interests; where
transfer of interest is not a controlling one; there is no substantial
change in the beneficial ownership of the corporation; where the
assignment is less than a controlling interest in a partnership; where
there is an appointment of an entity qualified to succeed to the
interest of a deceased or legally incapacitated individual permittee,
licensee or controlling stockholder; and, in the case of LPFM stations,
where there is a voluntary transfer of a controlling interest in the
licensee or permittee entity. In addition, the applicant must notify
the Commission when an approved transfer of control of a broadcast
station construction permit or license has been consummated.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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