[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1022-1023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-327]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for
Review and Approval
December 30, 1998.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. An agency 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
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control
number. 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 estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of
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information on the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before February 8,
1999. 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 comments to Les Smith, Federal Communications
Commissions, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554 or via the
Internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collections contact Les Smith at (202) 418-0217 or
via the Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval Number: 3060-0170.
Title: Section 73.1030, Notification Concerning Interference to
Radio Astronomy, Research, and Receiving Installations.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 57.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; Third
party disclosure.
Total Annual Burden: 29 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $8,550.
Needs and Uses: Section 73.1030 requires licensees to provide
simultaneous written notification to the Interference Office at Green
Bank, WV when an application is filed with the FCC proposing to operate
a short-term broadcast auxiliary station; an applicant seeks authority
to construct a new broadcast station; or an applicant seeks authority
to make changes in the frequency, power, antenna height, or antenna
directivity of an existing station within the geographical coordinates
of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory site in Green Bank, WV, or
the Naval Radio Research Observatory site at Sugar Grove, WV.
On September 26, 1997, the Commission adopted a Report and Order in
ET Docket No. 96-2 which established a coordination zone that covers
the islands of Puerto Rico, Desecho, Mona, Vieques, and Culebra within
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The coordination zone requires
applicants for new and modified radio facilities in various
communications services within the coordination zone to provide
notification of the technical parameters of proposed operations to the
Arecibo Radio Astronomy Observatory at the time their applications are
submitted to the Commission. Statutory authority for this collection of
information is contained in Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
The data are used by the Interference Office to enable them to file
comments or objections with the FCC in response to the notification in
order to minimize potential harmful interference to the National Radio
Astronomy Observatory site located in Green Bank, WV and the Naval
Radio Research Observatory in Sugar Grove, WV. The notification to the
Arecibo Radio Astronomy Observatory in Puerto Rico will enable the
Observatory to receive information needed to assess whether an
application's proposed operations will cause harmful interference to
the Observatory's operations and will promote efficient resolution of
problems through coordination between applicants and the Observatory.
Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-327 Filed 1-6-99; 8:45 am]
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