97-14161. Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 29346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14161]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

May 27, 1997.
    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, 
Public Law 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, [phone].

Federal Communications Commission

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0709.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2000.
    Title: Revision of Part 22 and Part 90 to Facilitate Development of 
Pageing Systems and Implementation of Section 309(j) of the 
Communications Act.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 360 annual hour; average .08 hour per 
respondent; 4,500 respondents.
    Description: This interim proceeding partially lifed the freeze on 
paging application and allows applications to be filed by current 
licensees for additional shared licenses. To insure that the applicants 
are incumbent licensees, they are required to fill out a certification 
stating that they currently have an operating system and that the 
application is for an addition or modification of a current system.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0754.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/99.
    Title: Children's Television Programming Report.
    Form No.: FCC 398.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 18,000 annual hours; 3.5--4.5 hours per 
respondent 4 times a year; 1,200 respondents.
    Description: The FCC 398 requests information to identify the 
individual stations and the children's educational and informational 
programs it airs to meet its obligations under the Children's 
Television Act of 1990. The form will also request information on 
educational and informational programs that the station plans to air in 
the next quarter. The standardized form will facilitation canosistency 
of reporting among all licensees and assist in efforts by the public 
and the Commission to monitor compliance with the Children's Television 
Act.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0750.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/99.
    Title: Public Information Initiatives Regarding Educational and 
Informational Programming for Children--Section 73.673.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 37,440 total annual hours; average 5--25 
hours per respondent; 1,200 responses.
    Description: Section 73.673 requires commercial TV broadcasters to 
identify programs specifically designed to educate and inform children 
at the beginning of those programs and to provide information 
identifying such programs and the age groups for which they are 
intended to publishers of program guides. These rquirements will 
provide better information to the public about the shows broadcasters 
air to satisfy their obligations to air education and informational 
programming under the Children's Television Act of 1990.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0466.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2000.
    Title: Section 74.1283 Station Identification.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 66 total annual hours; average .166 hours 
per respondent; 400 responses.
    Description: Section 74.1283(c)(1) requires FM Translator stations 
whose identification is made by the primary station to furnish current 
information on the translator's call letters and location. This 
information is dept in the primary station's files. This information is 
used to contact the translator licesee in the event of malfunction of 
the translator.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0339.
    Expiration Date: 3/21/2000.
    Title: Permissible Services--Section 78.11.
    Form: N/A
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,150 total annual hours; average .5-1 
hour per respondent; 2,200 responses.
    Description: Section 78.11 sets forth recordkeeping requirements 
for CARS licensees to verify that program material was provided to 
cable systems either without charge or on a nonprofit cost-sharing 
basis. 78.11 also states that CARs licensees, prior to, and after, 
operating outside their license areas must notify the Commission and 
relevant engineers in charge of the district in which the operations 
occur.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0404.
    Expiration Date: 2/28/2000.
    Title: Application for an FM Translator or FM Booster Station.
    Form No.: FCC 350.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 875 annual hour; average 3.5 hours per 
respondent; 250 responses
    Description: FCC 350 is required to be filed when applying for an 
FM Translator or FM Booster station license. The data is used by FCC 
staff to confirm that station has been built to the terms specified in 
the outstanding construction permit and for issuance of the license to 
operate the station.

Federal Communications Commission.
Shirley S. Suggs,
Chief, Publications Branch.
[FR Doc. 97-14161 Filed 5-29-97; 8:45 am]
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