Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

Published date29 January 2020
Citation85 FR 5207
Record Number2020-01488
SectionNotices
CourtFederal Communications Commission
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 5207-5208]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-01488]
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                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                [OMB 3060-0016; FRS 16439]
                Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
                Communications Commission
                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,
                and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
                Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the
                general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
                comment on the following information collections. Comments are
                requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
                enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
                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; and ways to further reduce the
                information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
                than 25 employees.
                 The FCC 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.
                DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before March 30,
                2020. 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 contacts below as soon as possible.
                ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email:
                [email protected] and to [email protected].
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
                information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
                paperwork burdens, and as required by the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, the
                FCC invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
                opportunity to comment on the following information collections.
                Comments are requested concerning: 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;
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                the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the
                quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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; and ways to further reduce the
                information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
                than 25 employees.
                 OMB Control No.: 3060-0016.
                 Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video
                Service Authorization, Schedule C (Former FCC Form 346); Sections
                74.793(d) and 74.787, Low Power Television (LPTV) Out-of-Core Digital
                Displacement Application; Section 73.3700(g)(1)-(3), Post-Incentive
                Auction Licensing and Operations; Section 74.799, Low Power Television
                and TV Translator Channel Sharing.
                 Form No.: FCC Form 2100, Schedule C.
                 Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
                collection.
                 Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit
                institutions; State, local or Tribal government.
                 Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,460 respondents and 4,460
                responses.
                 Estimated Time per Response: 2.5-7 hours (total of 9.5 hours).
                 Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement; on occasion
                reporting requirement; third party disclosure requirement.
                 Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
                statutory authority for this collection is contained in Section 154(i),
                303, 307, 308 and 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
                 Total Annual Burden: 42,370 hours.
                 Annual Cost Burden: $24,744,080.
                 Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
                 Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
                confidentiality with this collection of information.
                 Needs and Uses: FCC Form 2100, Schedule C is used by licensees/
                permittees/applicants when applying for authority to construct or make
                changes in a Low Power Television, TV Translator or DTV Transition.
                 47 CFR 74.799 (previously 74.800) permits LPTV and TV translator
                stations to seek approval to share a single television channel with
                other LPTV and TV translator stations and with full power and Class A
                stations. Stations interested in terminating operations and sharing
                another station's channel must submit FCC Form 2100 Schedule C in order
                to have the channel sharing arrangement approved. If the sharing
                station is proposing to make changes to its facility to accommodate the
                channel sharing, it must also file FCC Form 2100 Schedule C.
                 47 CFR 74.793(d) require that certain digital low power and TV
                translator stations submit information as to vertical radiation
                patterns as part of their applications (FCC Form 2100, Schedule C) for
                new or modified construction permits.
                 Applicants are also subject to the third-party disclosure
                requirement of 47 CFR 73.3580. This section requires local public
                notice in a newspaper of general circulation of the filing of all
                applications for new or major changes in facilities. This notice must
                be completed within 30 days of the tendering of the application. This
                notice must be published at least twice a week for two consecutive
                weeks in a three-week period. A copy of this notice must be locally
                maintained along with the application.
                 47 CFR 73.3700(g)(1)-(3) permits licensees of operating low power
                TV and TV translator stations that are displaced by a broadcast
                television station or a wireless service provider or whose channel is
                reserved as a guard band as a result of the broadcast television
                spectrum incentive auction conducted under section 6403 of the Spectrum
                Act to submit an application for displacement relief in a restricted
                filing window to be announced by the Media Bureau by public notice.
                Except as otherwise indicated in this section, such applications will
                be subject to the rules governing displacement applications set forth
                in Sec. Sec. 73.3572(a)(4) and 74.787(a)(4) of this chapter. In
                addition to other interference protection requirements set forth in the
                rules, when requesting a new channel in a displacement application,
                licensees of operating low power TV and TV translator stations will be
                required to demonstrate that the station would not cause interference
                to the predicted service of broadcast television stations on: (i) Pre-
                auction channels; (ii) Channels assigned in the Channel Reassignment
                Public Notice; or (iii) Alternative channels or expanded facilities
                broadcast television station licensees have applied for pursuant to
                paragraph (b)(2) of this section. Licensees of low power TV and TV
                translator stations that file mutually exclusive displacement
                applications will be permitted to resolve the mutual exclusivity
                through an engineering solution or settlement agreement. If no
                resolution of mutually exclusive displacement applications occurs, a
                selection priority will be granted to the licensee of a displaced
                digital replacement translator.
                 47 CFR 74.787 permits full power television stations to obtain a
                digital-to-digital replacement translator to replace service areas lost
                as a result of the incentive auction and repacking processes. Stations
                submit FCC Form 2100 Schedule C to obtain a construction permit for the
                new replacement translator.
                Federal Communications Commission.
                Marlene Dortch,
                Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
                [FR Doc. 2020-01488 Filed 1-28-20; 8:45 am]
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