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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0031, OMB 3060–0110; FR ID
150161]
Information Collections Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 can
further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted on or before July 28, 2023.
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 PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
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
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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: 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.
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) 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: 3060–0110.
Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for
Renewal of Broadcast Station License,
LMS Schedule 303–S.
Form Number: FCC 2100, LMS
Schedule 303–S.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for profit institutions;
State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondent and
Responses: 5,126 respondents, 5,126
responses.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections
154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 204 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
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Estimated Time per Response: 0.5
hours-12 hours.
Frequency of Response: Every eightyear reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 14,868 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $3,994,164.
Obligation of Response: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for the collection is contained
Sections 154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 204 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Needs and Uses: On May 12, 2020,
the Commission adopted Amendment of
Section 73.3580 of the Commission’s
Rules Regarding Public Notice of the
Filing of Applications; Modernization of
Media Regulation Initiative; Revision of
the Public Notice Requirements of
Section 73.3580, Second Report and
Order, MB Docket Nos. 17–254, 17–105,
& 05–6, FCC 20–65 (rel. May 13, 2020).
The Commission adopted new,
streamlined procedures for stations to
provide public notice of the filing of
certain applications. Some stations that
were previously required to post public
notice in a local newspaper, must now
post notice online, either on the station
website or a website affiliated with the
station, its licensee, or its parent entity,
or else must post notice on a publicly
accessible, locally targeted website, for
30 continuous days following
acceptance of the application for filing.
Stations that are required to make on-air
announcements of the filing of certain
applications, including applications for
the renewal of broadcast licenses, must
continue to do so, but the
announcements are shorter and direct
viewers and listeners to the application
as filed and displayed in either the
station’s Online Public Inspection File
or another Commission database. A total
of six on-air announcements are
required, at least one per week and no
more than one per day or two per week,
to be broadcast between 7:00 a.m. and
11:00 p.m. local time, Monday through
Friday, beginning after the application
is accepted for filing. The Commission
also clarified low-power FM (LPFM)
stations’ obligations to provide local
public notice, and amended section
73.801 of the rules (47 CFR 73.801,
listing FCC rules that apply to the LPFM
service) to include the local public
notice rule, 47 CFR 73.3580.
Upon Adoption of the 2020 Public
Notice Second Report and Order, this
submission was sent to OMB for
approval of the modified third-party
disclosure requirements for this
Information Collection. The changes
pertaining to this Information Collection
and to 47 CFR 73.3580 adopted in the
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2020 Public Notice Second Report and
Order, did not necessitate changes to
Schedules 314 or 315, nor did they
affect the substance, burden hours, or
costs of completing the forms. The rule
changes did, however, reduce burdens
and costs associated with filing the
application.
Control Number: 3060–0031.
Title: Form 2100, Schedule 314—
Application for Consent to Assignment
of Broadcast Station Construction
Permit or License; Form 2100, Schedule
315—Application for Consent to
Transfer Control of Entity Holding
Broadcast Station Construction Permit
or License.
Form Number: FCC Form 2100,
Schedules 314 and 315.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, local or Tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 4,920 respondents and
13,160 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.075
to 7 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections
154(i), 303(b) and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 17,159 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $51,493,759.
Needs and Uses: Upon adoption,
submission was made to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the
approval of information collection
requirements contained in the
Commission’s Reexamination of the
Comparative Standards and Procedures
for Licensing Noncommercial
Educational Broadcast Stations and Low
Power FM Stations, Report and Order,
FCC 19–127, 34 FCC Rcd 12519 (2019)
(NCE LPFM Report and Order), adopted
December 10, 2019, and released on
December 11, 2019. In the NCE LPFM
Report and Order the Commission
revised its rules and procedures for
considering competing applications for
new and major modifications to
noncommercial educational full-service
FM and full-power television (NCE),
and low power FM (LPFM) broadcast
stations. The changes were designed to
improve the comparative selection and
licensing procedures, expedite the
initiation of new service to the public,
eliminate unnecessary applicant
burdens, and reduce the number of
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appeals of NCE comparative licensing
decisions.
First, to improve the NCE comparative
process, the NCE LPFM Report and
Order: (1) Eliminated the governing
document requirements for established
local applicants and applicants claiming
diversity points; (2) established a
uniform divestiture pledge policy; (3)
expanded the tie-breaker criteria and
revises the procedures for allocating
time in mandatory time-sharing
situations; and (4) clarified and
modified the ‘‘holding period’’ rule.
Second, the NCE LPFM Report and
Order adopted the following changes to
the LPFM comparative process: (1)
Prohibited amendments that attempt to
cure past unauthorized station
violations; (2) authorized time-sharing
discussions prior to tentative selectee
designations; and (3) established
procedures for remaining tentative
selectees following dismissal of point
aggregation time-share agreements.
Third, the NCE LPFM Report and
Order adopted the following general
changes: (1) Defined which applicant
board changes are major changes; (2)
clarified the reasonable site assurance
requirements; (3) streamlined
construction deadline tolling
procedures and notification
requirements; (4) lengthened the LPFM
construction period; and (5) eliminated
restrictions on the assignment and
transfer of LPFM authorizations.
Specifically, pertaining to this
Information Collection and NCE and
LPFM stations, the Commission
removed the restrictive LPFM station
three-year ‘‘holding period’’ certification
from CDBS Forms 314 and 315, and
revised the relevant rules, 47 CFR
73.865 and 73.7005, the forms, and
corresponding instructions, as follows:
(1) Changed all references to ‘‘holding
period’’ to ‘‘maintenance of comparative
qualifications,’’ and requiring NCE
stations awarded by the point system to
certify satisfying the four-year
‘‘maintenance of comparative
qualifications’’ period;
(2) required LPFM applicants to
certify that it has been at least 18
months since the station’s initial
construction permit was granted in
accordance with 47 CFR 73.865(c);
(3) required LPFM applicants to
certify that the assignment/transfer of
the LPFM authorization satisfies the
consideration restrictions of 47 CFR
73.865(a)(1);
(4) required LPFM authorizations
awarded by the LPFM comparative
point system, to indicate whether the
LPFM station has operated on-air for at
least four years since grant;
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(5) required NCE applicants to certify
that the proposed acquisition comports
with 47 CFR 73.7005(c) diversity
requirements, based on any ‘‘diversity of
ownership’’ points awarded in an NCE
points system analysis.
Moreover, the NCE LPFM Report and
Order will increase the number of
applicants eligible to file Schedules 314
and 315 by eliminating both the
absolute prohibition on the assignment/
transfer of LPFM construction permits
and the three-year holding period
restriction on assigning LPFM licenses.
The elimination of these restrictions
will benefit the LPFM service by
increasing the likelihood that LPFM
permits will be constructed, provide
new service to communities, and help
make the LPFM stations more viable.
Upon adoption, the Commission,
submitted to OMB for the approval of
information collection requirements
contained in the Amendment of Section
73.3580 of the Commission’s Rules
Regarding Public Notice of the Filing of
Applications; Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative; Revision of the
Public Notice Requirements of Section
73.3580, Second Report and Order, MB
Docket Nos. 17–254, 17–105, & 05–6,
FCC 20–65 (adopted May 12, 2020, rel.
May 13, 2020) (2020 Public Notice
Second Report and Order). The
Commission adopted new, streamlined
procedures for stations to provide
public notice of the filing of certain
applications. Stations, including
commercial stations filing assignment
and transfer applications, that were
previously required to post public
notice in a local newspaper, must now
post notice online either on the station
website or a website affiliated with the
station, its licensee, or its parent entity,
or else must post notice on a publicly
accessible, locally targeted website, for
30 continuous days following
acceptance of the application for filing.
Stations, including those filing
assignment and transfer applications,
that are required to make on-air
announcements of the filing of certain
applications, must continue to do so,
but the announcements are shorter and
direct viewers and listeners to the
application as filed and displayed in
either the station’s Online Public
Inspection File or another Commission
database. A total of six on-air
announcements are required, at least
one per week and no more than one per
day or two per week, to be broadcast
between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. local
time, Monday through Friday, beginning
after the application is accepted for
filing.
The changes pertaining to this
Information Collection and to 47 CFR
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73.3580 adopted in the 2020 Public
Notice Second Report and Order, did
not necessitate changes to Schedules
314 or 315, nor did they affect the
substance, burden hours, or costs of
completing the forms. The rule changes
did, however, reduce burdens and costs
associated with filing the application.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Meeting for Software Developers on
the Common Formats for Patient
Safety Data Collection
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Savings
and Loan Holding Company
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Quality
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Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (‘‘Act’’) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j))
and of the Board’s Regulation LL (12
CFR 238.31) to acquire shares of a
savings and loan holding company. The
factors that are considered in acting on
the notices are set forth in paragraph 7
of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The public portions of the
applications listed below, as well as
other related filings required by the
Board, if any, are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
This information may also be obtained
on an expedited basis, upon request, by
contacting the appropriate Federal
Reserve Bank and from the Board’s
Freedom of Information Office at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/
request.htm. Interested persons may
express their views in writing on the
standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of
the Act.
Comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the
Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of
the Board of Governors, Ann E.
Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later
than July 13, 2023.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414.
Comments can also be sent
electronically to
Comments.applications@chi.frb.org:
1. PyraMax Bank, FSB Employee
Stock Ownership Plan Trust, Greenfield,
Wisconsin; the Principal Trust
Company, as trustee, Wilmington,
Delaware; to acquire voting shares of
1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc., and
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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of PyraMax Bank, F.S.B., both of
Greenfield, Wisconsin.
AHRQ coordinates the
development of sets of standardized
definitions and formats (Common
Formats) that make it possible to collect,
aggregate, and analyze uniformly
structured information about health care
quality and patient safety for local,
regional, and national learning. The
Common Formats include technical
specifications to facilitate the collection
of electronically comparable data by
Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) and
other entities. Additional information
about the Common Formats can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO website
at https://pso.ahrq.gov/common-formats
and the PSO Privacy Protection Center’s
website at https://www.psoppc.org/
psoppc_web/publicpages/
commonFormatsOverview. The purpose
of this notice is to announce a meeting
to discuss implementation of the
Common Formats with software
developers and other interested parties.
This meeting is designed as an
interactive forum where software
developers can provide input on use of
the formats. AHRQ especially requests
participation by and input from those
entities which have used AHRQ’s
technical specifications and
implemented, or plan to implement, the
Common Formats electronically.
DATES: The meeting will be held from
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern on Thursday,
July 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
virtually.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Hamid Jalal, Medical Officer, Center for
Quality Improvement and Patient
Safety, AHRQ, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857; Telephone (toll
free): (866) 403–3697; Telephone (local):
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(301) 427–1111; TTY (toll free): (866)
438–7231; TTY (local): (301) 427–1130;
Email: pso@ahrq.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C.
299b–21 to 299b–26 (Patient Safety Act),
and the related Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Final Rule, 42
CFR part 3 (Patient Safety Rule),
published in the Federal Register on
November 21, 2008, 73 FR 70731–
70814, provide for the Federal listing of
Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs),
which collect, aggregate, and analyze
confidential information (patient safety
work product) regarding the quality and
safety of health care delivery.
The Patient Safety Act requires PSOs,
to the extent practical and appropriate,
to collect patient safety work product
from providers in a standardized
manner that permits valid comparisons
of similar cases among similar
providers. (42 U.S.C. 299b–24(b)(1)(F)).
The Patient Safety Act also authorizes
the development of data standards,
known as the Common Formats, to
facilitate the aggregation and analysis of
non-identifiable patient safety data
collected by PSOs and reported to the
network of patient safety databases
(NPSD). (42 U.S.C. 299b–23(b)). The
Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety
Rule can be accessed at: https://
www.pso.ahrq.gov/legislation/.
AHRQ has issued Common Formats
for Event Reporting (CFER) for three
settings of care—hospitals, nursing
homes, and community pharmacies.
AHRQ has also issued Common Formats
for Event Reporting—Diagnostic Safety
(CFER–DS) designed for use in all
healthcare settings.
Federally listed PSOs can meet the
requirement to collect patient safety
work product in a standardized manner
to the extent practical and appropriate
by using AHRQ’s Common Formats. The
Common Formats are also available in
the public domain to encourage their
widespread adoption. An entity does
not need to be listed as a PSO or
working with one to use the Common
Formats. However, the Federal privilege
and confidentiality protections only
apply to information developed as
patient safety work product by
providers and PSOs working under the
Patient Safety Act.
Agenda, Registration, and Other
Information About the Meeting
The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) will be hosting this
fully virtual meeting to discuss
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0031, OMB 3060-0110; FR ID 150161]
Information Collections 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
can further reduce the information collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before July 28, 2023.
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: 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.
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) 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: 3060-0110.
Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Renewal of Broadcast Station
License, LMS Schedule 303-S.
Form Number: FCC 2100, LMS Schedule 303-S.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondent and Responses: 5,126 respondents, 5,126
responses.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 204 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours-12 hours.
Frequency of Response: Every eight-year reporting requirement;
Third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 14,868 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $3,994,164.
Obligation of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for the collection is contained Sections 154(i),
303, 307 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and
Section 204 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Needs and Uses: On May 12, 2020, the Commission adopted Amendment
of Section 73.3580 of the Commission's Rules Regarding Public Notice of
the Filing of Applications; Modernization of Media Regulation
Initiative; Revision of the Public Notice Requirements of Section
73.3580, Second Report and Order, MB Docket Nos. 17-254, 17-105, & 05-
6, FCC 20-65 (rel. May 13, 2020). The Commission adopted new,
streamlined procedures for stations to provide public notice of the
filing of certain applications. Some stations that were previously
required to post public notice in a local newspaper, must now post
notice online, either on the station website or a website affiliated
with the station, its licensee, or its parent entity, or else must post
notice on a publicly accessible, locally targeted website, for 30
continuous days following acceptance of the application for filing.
Stations that are required to make on-air announcements of the filing
of certain applications, including applications for the renewal of
broadcast licenses, must continue to do so, but the announcements are
shorter and direct viewers and listeners to the application as filed
and displayed in either the station's Online Public Inspection File or
another Commission database. A total of six on-air announcements are
required, at least one per week and no more than one per day or two per
week, to be broadcast between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. local time,
Monday through Friday, beginning after the application is accepted for
filing. The Commission also clarified low-power FM (LPFM) stations'
obligations to provide local public notice, and amended section 73.801
of the rules (47 CFR 73.801, listing FCC rules that apply to the LPFM
service) to include the local public notice rule, 47 CFR 73.3580.
Upon Adoption of the 2020 Public Notice Second Report and Order,
this submission was sent to OMB for approval of the modified third-
party disclosure requirements for this Information Collection. The
changes pertaining to this Information Collection and to 47 CFR 73.3580
adopted in the
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2020 Public Notice Second Report and Order, did not necessitate changes
to Schedules 314 or 315, nor did they affect the substance, burden
hours, or costs of completing the forms. The rule changes did, however,
reduce burdens and costs associated with filing the application.
Control Number: 3060-0031.
Title: Form 2100, Schedule 314--Application for Consent to
Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License; Form
2100, Schedule 315--Application for Consent to Transfer Control of
Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License.
Form Number: FCC Form 2100, Schedules 314 and 315.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, local or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,920 respondents and 13,160
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.075 to 7 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 154(i), 303(b) and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 17,159 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $51,493,759.
Needs and Uses: Upon adoption, submission was made to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the approval of information collection
requirements contained in the Commission's Reexamination of the
Comparative Standards and Procedures for Licensing Noncommercial
Educational Broadcast Stations and Low Power FM Stations, Report and
Order, FCC 19-127, 34 FCC Rcd 12519 (2019) (NCE LPFM Report and Order),
adopted December 10, 2019, and released on December 11, 2019. In the
NCE LPFM Report and Order the Commission revised its rules and
procedures for considering competing applications for new and major
modifications to noncommercial educational full-service FM and full-
power television (NCE), and low power FM (LPFM) broadcast stations. The
changes were designed to improve the comparative selection and
licensing procedures, expedite the initiation of new service to the
public, eliminate unnecessary applicant burdens, and reduce the number
of appeals of NCE comparative licensing decisions.
First, to improve the NCE comparative process, the NCE LPFM Report
and Order: (1) Eliminated the governing document requirements for
established local applicants and applicants claiming diversity points;
(2) established a uniform divestiture pledge policy; (3) expanded the
tie-breaker criteria and revises the procedures for allocating time in
mandatory time-sharing situations; and (4) clarified and modified the
``holding period'' rule.
Second, the NCE LPFM Report and Order adopted the following changes
to the LPFM comparative process: (1) Prohibited amendments that attempt
to cure past unauthorized station violations; (2) authorized time-
sharing discussions prior to tentative selectee designations; and (3)
established procedures for remaining tentative selectees following
dismissal of point aggregation time-share agreements.
Third, the NCE LPFM Report and Order adopted the following general
changes: (1) Defined which applicant board changes are major changes;
(2) clarified the reasonable site assurance requirements; (3)
streamlined construction deadline tolling procedures and notification
requirements; (4) lengthened the LPFM construction period; and (5)
eliminated restrictions on the assignment and transfer of LPFM
authorizations.
Specifically, pertaining to this Information Collection and NCE and
LPFM stations, the Commission removed the restrictive LPFM station
three-year ``holding period'' certification from CDBS Forms 314 and
315, and revised the relevant rules, 47 CFR 73.865 and 73.7005, the
forms, and corresponding instructions, as follows:
(1) Changed all references to ``holding period'' to ``maintenance
of comparative qualifications,'' and requiring NCE stations awarded by
the point system to certify satisfying the four-year ``maintenance of
comparative qualifications'' period;
(2) required LPFM applicants to certify that it has been at least
18 months since the station's initial construction permit was granted
in accordance with 47 CFR 73.865(c);
(3) required LPFM applicants to certify that the assignment/
transfer of the LPFM authorization satisfies the consideration
restrictions of 47 CFR 73.865(a)(1);
(4) required LPFM authorizations awarded by the LPFM comparative
point system, to indicate whether the LPFM station has operated on-air
for at least four years since grant;
(5) required NCE applicants to certify that the proposed
acquisition comports with 47 CFR 73.7005(c) diversity requirements,
based on any ``diversity of ownership'' points awarded in an NCE points
system analysis.
Moreover, the NCE LPFM Report and Order will increase the number of
applicants eligible to file Schedules 314 and 315 by eliminating both
the absolute prohibition on the assignment/transfer of LPFM
construction permits and the three-year holding period restriction on
assigning LPFM licenses. The elimination of these restrictions will
benefit the LPFM service by increasing the likelihood that LPFM permits
will be constructed, provide new service to communities, and help make
the LPFM stations more viable.
Upon adoption, the Commission, submitted to OMB for the approval of
information collection requirements contained in the Amendment of
Section 73.3580 of the Commission's Rules Regarding Public Notice of
the Filing of Applications; Modernization of Media Regulation
Initiative; Revision of the Public Notice Requirements of Section
73.3580, Second Report and Order, MB Docket Nos. 17-254, 17-105, & 05-
6, FCC 20-65 (adopted May 12, 2020, rel. May 13, 2020) (2020 Public
Notice Second Report and Order). The Commission adopted new,
streamlined procedures for stations to provide public notice of the
filing of certain applications. Stations, including commercial stations
filing assignment and transfer applications, that were previously
required to post public notice in a local newspaper, must now post
notice online either on the station website or a website affiliated
with the station, its licensee, or its parent entity, or else must post
notice on a publicly accessible, locally targeted website, for 30
continuous days following acceptance of the application for filing.
Stations, including those filing assignment and transfer applications,
that are required to make on-air announcements of the filing of certain
applications, must continue to do so, but the announcements are shorter
and direct viewers and listeners to the application as filed and
displayed in either the station's Online Public Inspection File or
another Commission database. A total of six on-air announcements are
required, at least one per week and no more than one per day or two per
week, to be broadcast between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. local time,
Monday through Friday, beginning after the application is accepted for
filing.
The changes pertaining to this Information Collection and to 47 CFR
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73.3580 adopted in the 2020 Public Notice Second Report and Order, did
not necessitate changes to Schedules 314 or 315, nor did they affect
the substance, burden hours, or costs of completing the forms. The rule
changes did, however, reduce burdens and costs associated with filing
the application.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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