80 FR 76983 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 238 (December 11, 2015)

Page Range		76983-76984
FR Document		2015-31295

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0010]


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 (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the 
Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to 
take this opportunity to comment on the following information 
collection. 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 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 Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before February 
9, 2016. 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 PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 
PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0010.
    Title: Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations, FCC Form 
323.
    Form Number: FCC Form 323.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 9,250 respondents; 9,250 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.5 hours to 4.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion 
reporting requirement; biennially reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 38,125 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $26,940,000.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i), 303, 310 and 533 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Form 323 collects two types 
of information from respondents: Personal information in the form of 
names, addresses, job titles and demographic information; and FCC 
Registration Numbers (FRNs).
    The system of records notice (SORN), FCC/MB-1, ``Ownership Report 
for Commercial Broadcast Stations,'' which was approved on December 21, 
2009 (74 FR 59978) covers the collection, purposes(s), storage, 
safeguards, and disposal of the PII that individual respondents may 
submit on FCC Form 323. FCC Form 323 is drafting a privacy statement to 
inform applicants (respondents) of the Commission's need to obtain the 
information and the protections that the FCC has in place to protect 
the PII.
    FRNs are assigned to applicants who complete FCC Form 160 (OMB 
Control No. 3060-0917). Form 160 requires applicants for FRNs to 
provide their Taxpayer Information Number (TIN) and/or Social Security 
Number (SSN). The FCC's electronic CORES Registration System then 
provides each registrant with a FCC Registration Number (FRN), which 
identifies the registrant in his/her subsequent dealings with the FCC. 
This is done to protect the individual's privacy. The Commission 
maintains a SORN, FCC/OMD-9, ``Commission Registration System (CORES)'' 
to cover the collection, purpose(s), storage, safeguards, and disposal 
of the PII that individual respondents may submit on FCC Form 160. FCC 
Form 160 includes a privacy statement to inform applicants 
(respondents) of the Commission's need

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to obtain the information and the protections that the FCC has in place 
to protect the PII.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The Commission is drafting a Privacy 
Impact Assessment for the PII that is covered by FCC/MB-1 SORN. Upon 
completion of the PIA, it will be posted on the FCC Web page, as 
required by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum, M-03-
22 (September 22, 2003).
    Needs and Uses: Licensees of commercial AM, FM, and full power 
television broadcast stations, as well as licensees of Class A and Low 
Power Television stations must file FCC Form 323 every two years. 
Ownership Reports shall provide information accurate as of October 1 of 
the year in which the Report is filed. Thereafter, the Form shall be 
filed biennially beginning November 1, 2011, and every two years 
thereafter.
    Also, Licensees and Permittees of commercial AM, FM, or full power 
television stations must file Form 323 following the consummation of a 
transfer of control or an assignment of a commercial AM, FM, or full 
power television station license or construction permit; a Permittee of 
a new commercial AM, FM or full power television broadcast station must 
file Form 323 within 30 days after the grant of the construction 
permit; and a Permittee of a new commercial AM, FM, or full power 
television broadcast station must file Form 323 to update the initial 
report or to certify the continuing accuracy and completeness of the 
previously filed report on the date that the Permittee applies for a 
license to cover the construction permit.
    In the case of organizational structures that include holding 
companies or other forms of indirect ownership, a separate FCC Form 323 
must be filed for each entity in the organizational structure that has 
an attributable interest in the Licensee if the filing is a nonbiennial 
filing or a reportable interest in the Licensee if the filing is a 
biennial filing.
    We are requesting the three year extension of this information 
collection.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer. Office of the Secretary.
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to obtain the information and the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS OMB Control Number: 3060–0170.
protections that the FCC has in place to COMMISSION Title: Section 73.1030, Notifications
protect the PII. Concerning Interference to Radio
[OMB 3060–0170, 3060–0171 and 3060– Astronomy, Research and Receiving
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The 0688]
Installations.
Commission is drafting a Privacy Impact Form Number: N/A.
Assessment for the PII that is covered by Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal Type of Review: Extension of a
FCC/MB–1 SORN. Upon completion of currently approved collection.
the PIA, it will be posted on the FCC Communications Commission Under
Respondents: Businesses or other for-
Web page, as required by the Office of Delegated Authority
profit entities.
Management and Budget (OMB) AGENCY: Federal Communications Number of Respondents and
Memorandum, M–03–22 (September 22, Commission. Responses: 57 respondents; 57
2003). ACTION: Notice and request for responses.
Needs and Uses: Licensees of comments. Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5
hours.
commercial AM, FM, and full power
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort Frequency of Response: On occasion
television broadcast stations, as well as reporting requirement; Third party
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
licensees of Class A and Low Power required by the Paperwork Reduction disclosure requirement.
Television stations must file FCC Form Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– Total Annual Cost: $14,250.
323 every two years. Ownership Reports 3520), the Federal Communications Total Annual Burden: 29 hours.
shall provide information accurate as of Commission (FCC or the Commission) Obligation to Respond: Required to
October 1 of the year in which the invites the general public and other obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
Report is filed. Thereafter, the Form Federal agencies to take this authority for this collection is contained
shall be filed biennially beginning opportunity to comment on the in Section 154(i) of the Communications
November 1, 2011, and every two years following information collection. Act of 1934, as amended.
thereafter. Comments are requested concerning: Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
whether the proposed collection of There is need for confidentiality
Also, Licensees and Permittees of
information is necessary for the proper required with this collection of
commercial AM, FM, or full power
performance of the functions of the information.
television stations must file Form 323 Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No
following the consummation of a Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; impact(s).
transfer of control or an assignment of Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.1030
a commercial AM, FM, or full power the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the states in order to minimize harmful
television station license or construction interference at the National Radio
quality, utility, and clarity of the
permit; a Permittee of a new commercial Astronomy Observatory site located at
information collected; ways to minimize
AM, FM or full power television Green, Pocahontas County, West
the burden of the collection of
broadcast station must file Form 323 information on the respondents, Virginia, and at the Naval Radio
within 30 days after the grant of the including the use of automated Research Observatory at Sugar Grove,
construction permit; and a Permittee of collection techniques or other forms of Pendleton County, West Virginia, a
a new commercial AM, FM, or full information technology; and ways to licensee proposing to operate a short-
power television broadcast station must further reduce the information term broadcast auxiliary station
file Form 323 to update the initial report collection burden on small business pursuant to § 74.24, and any applicant
or to certify the continuing accuracy and concerns with fewer than 25 employees. for authority to construct a new
completeness of the previously filed The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a broadcast station, or for authority to
report on the date that the Permittee collection of information unless it make changes in the frequency, power,
applies for a license to cover the displays a currently valid control antenna height, or antenna directivity of
construction permit. number. No person shall be subject to an existing station within the area
any penalty for failing to comply with bounded by 39°15′ N. on the north,
In the case of organizational 78°30′ W. on the east, 37°30′ N. on the
structures that include holding a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid Office south, and 80°30′ W. on the west, shall
companies or other forms of indirect notify the Interference Office, National
ownership, a separate FCC Form 323 of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number. Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box
must be filed for each entity in the 2, Green Bank, West Virginia 24944.
organizational structure that has an DATES: Written PRA comments should
Telephone: (304) 456–2011. The
attributable interest in the Licensee if be submitted on or before February 9, notification shall be in writing and set
the filing is a nonbiennial filing or a 2016. If you anticipate that you will be forth the particulars of the proposed
submitting comments, but find it station, including the geographical
reportable interest in the Licensee if the
difficult to do so within the period of coordinates of the antenna, antenna
filing is a biennial filing.
time allowed by this notice, you should height, antenna directivity if any,
We are requesting the three year advise the contact listed below as soon
extension of this information collection. proposed frequency, type of emission
as possible. and power. The notification shall be
Federal Communications Commission. ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to made prior to, or simultaneously with,
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Gloria J. Miles, Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@ the filing of the application with the
Federal Register Liaison Officer. Office of the
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Commission. After receipt of such
Secretary. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For applications, the FCC will allow a
[FR Doc. 2015–31295 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am] additional information about the period of 20 days for comments or
information collection, contact Cathy objections in response to the
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Williams at (202) 418–2918. notifications indicated. If an objection to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the proposed operation is received

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before February 9, 2016. 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.
Contact		For additional information about the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
FR Citation		80 FR 76983