Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 23023-23024 [2020-08722]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 80 (Friday, April 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23023-23024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08722]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1174; FRS 16675]


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

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, 
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 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. Pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it 
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small 
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' The Commission may 
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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 OMB control number.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted on or before May 26, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into 
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In 
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your 
comment on the proposed information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC, 
via email to [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION 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 Title of this ICR and 
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to 
OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and 
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity 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 estimates; (c)

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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected; and (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. 
Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 
107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on 
how it might ``further reduce the information collection burden for 
small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.''
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1174.
    Title: Section 73.503, Licensing requirements and service; Section 
73.621, Noncommercial educational TV stations; Section 73.3527, Local 
public inspection file of noncommercial educational stations.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,200 respondents; 33,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority which covers these information collections is 
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 303, and 399B.
    Total Annual Burden: 16,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Although the Commission does 
not believe that any confidential information will need to be disclosed 
in order to comply with the information collection requirements, 
applicants are free to request that materials or information submitted 
to the Commission be withheld from public inspection. (See 47 CFR 0.459 
of the Commission's Rules).
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The information collection which are approved under 
this collection are as follows: Audience disclosure: The information 
collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.503(e)(1) require that a 
noncommercial educational FM broadcast station that interrupts regular 
programming to conduct fundraising activities on behalf of third-party 
non-profit organizations must air a disclosure during such activities 
clearly stating that the fundraiser is not for the benefit of the 
station itself and identifying the entity for which it is fundraising.
    The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 
73.621(f)(1) require that a noncommercial educational TV broadcast 
station that interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising 
activities on behalf of third-party non-profit organizations must air a 
disclosure during such activities clearly stating that the fundraiser 
is not for the benefit of the station itself and identifying the entity 
for which it is fundraising. The audience disclosure must be aired at 
the beginning and the end of each fundraising program and at least once 
during each hour in which the program is on the air.
    Retention of information on fundraising activities in local public 
inspection file: The information collection requirements contained in 
47 CFR 73.3527(e)(14) require that each noncommercial educational FM 
broadcast station and noncommercial educational TV broadcast station 
that interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising activities 
on behalf of a third-party non-profit organization must place in its 
local public inspection file, on a quarterly basis, the following 
information for each third-party fundraising program or activity: The 
date, time, and duration of the fundraiser; the type of fundraising 
activity; the name of the non-profit organization benefitted by the 
fundraiser; a brief description of the specific cause or project, if 
any, supported by the fundraiser; and, to the extent that the station 
participated in tallying or receiving any funds for the non-profit 
group, an approximation, to the nearest $10,000, of the total funds 
raised. The information for each calendar quarter is to be filed by the 
tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., January 10 for the 
quarter October-December, April 10 for the quarter January-March, 
etc.).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08722 Filed 4-23-20; 8:45 am]
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