Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority, 67912-67914 [2022-24600]

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 217 (Thursday, November 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67912-67914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24600]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0928, OMB 3060-0795, OMB 3060-0881 and OMB 3060-0627; FR ID 
113339]


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 of 1995 (PRA), the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collections. 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 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 shall be submitted on or before January 9, 
2023. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email: 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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    OMB Control No.: 3060-0928.
    Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video 
Service Authorization, Schedule F (Formerly FCC 302-CA); 47 CFR 
73.6028; Section 73.3700(b)(3); Section 73.3700(h)(2) and Section 
73.3572(h).
    Form No.: FCC Form 2100, Schedule F.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions; State, local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 115 respondents and 115 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement and on 
occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 230 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $69,225.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC Form 2100, Schedule F is used by Low Power 
TV (LPTV) stations that seek to convert to Class A status; existing 
Class A stations seeking a license to cover their authorized 
construction permit facilities; and Class A stations entering into a 
channel sharing agreement. The FCC Form 2100, Schedule F requires a 
series of certifications by the Class A applicant as prescribed by the 
Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA). Licensees will be 
required to provide weekly announcements to their listeners: (1) 
Informing them that the applicant has applied for a Class A license and 
(2) announcing the public's opportunity to comment on the application 
prior to Commission action.

Information Collection Requirements

    Section 73.6028 permits Class A stations to seek approval to share 
a single television channel with LPTV, TV translator, full power and 
Class A television stations. Class A stations interested in terminating 
operations and sharing another station's channel must submit FCC Form 
2100 Schedule F in order to complete the licensing of their channel 
sharing arrangement.
    Section 73.3700(b)(3) requires the licensee of each channel sharee 
station and channel sharer station to file an application for a license 
for the shared channel using FCC Form 2100 Schedule B (for a full power 
station) or F (for a Class A station) within six months of the date 
that the channel sharee station licensee receives its incentive payment 
pursuant to section 6403(a)(1) of the Spectrum Act.
    Section 73.3700(h)(2) states that, upon termination of the license 
of a party to a channel sharing assignees (CSA), the spectrum usage 
rights covered by that license may revert to the remaining parties to 
the CSA. Such reversion shall be governed by the terms of the CSA in 
accordance with 47 CFR 73.3700(h)(4)(E). If upon termination of the 
license of a party to a CSA only one party to the CSA remains, the 
remaining licensee may file an application to change its license to 
non-shared status using FCC Form 2100, Schedule B (for a full power 
licensee) or F (for a Class A licensee).
    Section 73.3572(h)--Class A TV station licensees shall file a 
license application for either the flash cut channel or the digital 
companion channel they choose to retain for post-transition digital 
operations. Class A TV stations will retain primary, protected 
regulatory status on their desired post-transition digital channel. 
Class A TV applicants must certify that their proposed post-transition 
digital facilities meet all Class A TV interference protection 
requirements.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0795.
    Title: Associate WTB & PSHSB Call Sign & Antenna Registration 
Number With Licensee's FRN.
    Form No.: FCC Form 606.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit entities; not-for-profit institutions; state, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000 respondents; 5,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: (15 minutes) 0.25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,250 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need 
for confidentiality. On a case-by-case basis, the Commission may be 
required to withhold from disclosure certain information about the 
location, character, or ownership of a historic property, including 
traditional religious sites.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to the OMB after this 60-day comment period as an extension 
(no change in reporting and/or third-party disclosure requirements) to 
obtain the full three- year clearance from them.
    Licensees use FCC Form 606 to associate their FCC Registration 
Number (FRN) with their Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Public 
Safety Homeland Security Bureau call signs and antenna structure 
registration numbers. The form must be submitted before filing any 
subsequent applications associated with the existing license or antenna 
structure registration that is not associated with an FRN. The 
information collected in the FCC Form 606 is used to populate the 
Universal Licensing System (ULS) with the FRNs of licensees and antenna 
structure registration owners who interact with ULS.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0881.
    Title: Section 95.1961, Interference.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 30 respondents; 30 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party 
disclosure requirement, and on occasion reporting 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, 154(i) and 157, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 30 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $7.500.
    Needs and Uses: On May 19, 2017, the Commission reformed its Part 
95 rules. See Review of the Commission's Part 95 Personal Radio Service 
Rules, Report and Order, WT Docket 10-119, 32 FCC Rcd 4292 (2017). In 
that proceeding, the Commission renumbered certain Part 95 rules 
subject to this information collection without making substantive rule 
changes. For example, former rule Sec.  95.861 is currently Sec.  
95.1961. With this submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), we renumbered the rule sections accordingly.
    Section 95.1961(c) requires that licensees in the 218-219 MHz 
service must provide a copy of its plan to every TV Channel 13 station 
whose Grade B predicted contour overlaps the licensed service area as 
required by Sec.  95.1915(a) of the Commission's rules. This plan must 
include an analysis of the co- and adjacent channel interference 
potential of proposed systems in the 218-219 MHz service, identify 
methods being used to minimize interference, and show how the proposed 
systems will meet the service requirements set forth in Sec.  95.1931 
of the Commission's rules. This plan must be sent to the TV Channel 13 
licensee(s) within 10 days from the date the 218-219 MHz service

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licensee submits the plan to the Commission. Updates to this plan must 
be sent to the TV Channel 13 licensee(s) within 10 days from the date 
that such updates are filed with the Commission pursuant to Sec.  
95.1915.
    Section 95.1961(e) requires that each 218-219 MHz service licensee 
investigate and eliminate harmful interference to television 
broadcasting and reception, from its component cell transmitter 
stations (CTSs) and response transmitter units (RTUs) within 30 days of 
the time it is notified in writing, by either an affected television 
station, an affected viewer, or the Commission, of an interference 
complaint.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0627.
    Title: FCC Form 302-AM, Application for AM Broadcast Station 
License.
    Form Number: FCC Form 302-AM.
    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: 380 respondents and 380 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4-20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,800 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $5,684,350.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority is contained in Sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Needs and Uses: Licenses and permittees of AM broadcast stations 
are required to file FCC Form 302-AM to obtain a new or modified 
station license, and/or to notify the Commission of certain changes in 
the licensed facilities of these stations. Additionally, when changes 
are made to an AM station that alter the resistance of the antenna 
system, a licensee must initiate a determination of the operating power 
by the direct method. The results of this are reported to the 
Commission using the FCC 302-AM.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-24600 Filed 11-9-22; 8:45 am]
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