[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52698-52699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26231]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management
and Budget
September 24, 1998.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public
information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Pub. L. 96-511. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid control number. Not
withstanding any other provisions of law, 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. Questions concerning the OMB control numbers and
expiration dates should be directed to Judy Boley, Federal
Communications Commission, (202) 418-0214.
Federal Communications Commission
OMB Control No.: 3060-0820.
Expiration Date: 9/30/2001.
Title: Transfer of Control Involving Telecommunications Carriers.
Form No.: FCC 490, FCC 702, FCC 704.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,6000 annual hours; 1 hours per response;
1,600 responses.
Description: This information collection streamlines Commission
procedures by allowing licensees, in certain circumstances, to complete
pro forma assignments and transfers of control of licenses by selecting
the less burdensome procedure of filing a letter after the transaction
is complete.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0128.
Expiration Date: 8/31/2001.
Title: Application for General Mobile Radio Service and Interactive
Video Data Service.
Form No.: FCC 574.
Estimated Annual Burden: 913 annual hours; 30 minutes per response;
1,826 responses.
Description: This form is filed by applicants in the General Mobile
Radio Service and Interactive Video Data Service to request an
authorization or to modify an existing authorization. This data is used
to determine eligibility, for rulemaking proceedings, enforcement
purposes and for resolving treaty obligations.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0360.
Expiration Date: 8/31/2001.
Title: Public Coast Station Logs 80.409(c).
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 30,020 annual hours; 316 respondents @95
hours per respondent annually.
Description: This requirement is necessary to document the
operation and public correspondence service of public coast radio
telegraph, public coast radio telephone stations and Alaska-public
fixed stations, including the logging of distress and safety calls
where applicable. A retention period of more then one year is required
where a log involves communications relating to a disaster, an
investigation, or any complaint.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0192.
Expiration Date: 1/31/2001.
Title: Posting Station License Section 87.103.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 11,950 annual hours; .250 hour per
response; 47,800 responses.
Description: This requirement is necessary to demonstrate that all
transmitters in the Aviation Service are properly licensed in
accordance with all the appropriate rules, statutes and treaties. It
facilitates quick resolution of harmful interference problems.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0364.
Expiration Date: 8/31/2000.
Title: Ship Radiotelegraph Logs, Ship Radiotelephone Logs--Section
80.409 (d) and (e).
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 517,935 annual hours; 47.3 hours per
recordkeeper; 10,950 recordkeepers.
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Description: The recordkeeping requirement contained in these rule
sections is necessary to document that compulsory radio equipped
vessels and high seas vessels maintain listening watches and logs as
required by statutes and treaties.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0639.
Expiration Date: 9/30/2001.
Title: Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act,
Competitive Bidding--PP Docket No. 93-253 First Report and Order.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 400 annual hours; one hour per response;
400 responses.
Description: Section 3002 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
amended Section 309(j) to in effect reduce the situations in which the
use of random selection is appropriate. The Commission will use the
information to determine whether the public interest would be served by
granting a transfer of control or an assignment of a license awarded
through lottery procedures.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0228.
Expiration Date: 8/31/2001.
Title: 80.59 Compulsory Ship Inspection.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 400 annual hours; 2 hours per response;
200 responses.
Description: This rule is necessary to permit vessels to operate
for up to 30 days beyond the expiration of safety certification when an
annual inspection required by treaty or statute cannot be performed in
a timely manner.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0265.
Expiration Date: 8/31/2001.
Title: 80.898 Card of Instructions.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 300 annual hours; 6 minutes per response;
3,000 responses.
Description: This requirement is necessary to insure that
radiotelephone distress procedures are readily available to the radio
operator on board certain vessels.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0626.
Expiration Date: 12/31/2000.
Title: Regulatory Treatment of Mobile Services.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 6,673 annual hours; 30 minutes to 10.9
hours per response; 1,074 responses, including 100 recordkeepers.
Description: This information collection provides the Commission
with technical, operational and licensing data for common carriers and
private mobile radio services.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0508.
Expiration Date: 1/31/2001.
Title: Rewrite and Update of Part 22.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 266,555 annual hours; 15 minutes to 600
hours per response; 107,872 responses.
Description: The information collected is used by the Commission to
determine the technical legal and other qualifications of applicants to
operate a station in the Public Mobile Services.
Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26231 Filed 9-30-98; 8:45 am]
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