[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31111-31112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15474]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collections Submitted to OMB for
Review and Approval
May 6, 1996.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications, 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 proposed
and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 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 Commissions
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.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before [insert date
30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register]. 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.
ADDRESS: Direct all comments to Dorothy Conway, Federal Communications,
Room 234, 1919 M St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via internet to
dconway@fcc.gov and Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236 NEOB 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503 or fain_t@a1.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collections contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217
or via internet at dconway@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval Number: New Collection.
Title: Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 50 respodents performing 50 inspections per
year. The total annual responses is 2,500.
Estimated Time Per Response: 6 minutes per inspection.
Total Annual Burden: 250 hours.
Estimated Costs Per Response: Estimated to be $.50 per notification
for mailing.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is establishing a voluntary ABIP
where entities that conduct the ABIP inspection (usually state
broadcast associations) will notify the Commission of the stations that
have passed inspection. This information collection will require
entities to file a statement with their local FCC field office, by
regular or electronic mail, that a given station within the field
office's geographic district has passed an ABIP inspection. The
Commission will use the information to determine which stations are
exempted for a two or three year period from random inspections
conducted by the local FCC field office.
OMB Number: 3060-0214.
Title: Section 73.3526 Local Public Inspection File of Commercial
Stations.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 10,215 commecial radio licensees
recordkeepers; 1,181 commercial TV licensees recordkeepers; 1,181
commercial TV stations making must-carry/retransmission consent
elections.
Estimated time per response: 104 hours per year for radio
recordkeeping; 130 hours per year for TV recordkeeping; 5 hours per
election statement to 1 hour for 50 cable systems per TV market.
Total annual burden hours: 2,101,640 hours.
Needs and Uses: Section 73.3526 requires that each licensee/
permittee of a commercial broadcast station maintain a file for public
inspection. The contents of the file vary according to type of service
and status. The contents include, but are not limited to, copies of
certain applications tendered for filing, a statement concerning
petitions to deny filed against such applications, copies of ownership
reports and annual employment reports, statements certifying compliance
with filing announcements in connection with renewal applications,
letters received from members of the public, etc. The data are used by
the public and FCC to evaluate information about the broadcast
licensee's performance, to ensure that broadcast stations are
addressing issues concerning the community to which it is licensed to
serve and to ensure that radio stations entering into time brokerage
agreements comply with Commission policies pertaining to licensee
control and to the Communications Act and the antitrust laws.
Broadcasters are required to send each cable operator in the station's
market a copy of the election statement applicable to that particular
cable operator. Placing these retransmission consent/must-carry
elections in the public file provide public access to documentation of
station's elections which are used by cable operators in
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negotiations with television stations and by the public to ascertain
why some stations are/are not carried by the cable systems.
OMB Number: 3060-0543.
Title: Section 21.913 Signal booster stations.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Revision of an existing collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 600.
Estimated time per response: 2.5 hours per certification. This
includes 0.5 hours for the licensee to convey its desire to install a
low power booster station and 2 hours for a consulting engineer to
prepare the certification.
Total annual burden: 300.
Annual Cost Per Respondent: $250 per certification. This estimates
is the cost for the licensee consulting an engineer to prepare the
certification.
Needs and Uses: On 6/9/93, OMB approved the Amendment of Parts 1, 2
and 21 of the Commission's Rules Governing Use of the Frequencies in
the 2.1 amd 2.5 GHz Bands. That approval contained various rule parts
contained in Parts 21 and 74 of the Commission's Rules. Since that
time, all rule sections incorporated into that approval have been
reapproved under different OMB control numbers expect Section 21.913.
Section 21.913(g) permits an MDS or ITFS licensee to install and
commence operation of low power signal booster stations without a
formal application. Licensees seeking to install a low power signal
booster station must, however, submit a certification demonstrating
compliance with the various components of Sections 21.913(g). This
certification must be submitted within 48 hours of installation of the
booster station. The data are used by FCC staff to verify that the
licensee has complied with guidelines to use the certification process
and that the booster would not cause objectionable interference.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15474 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
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