81 FR 58928 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 166 (August 26, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 166 (August 26, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-20516 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 58928-58929] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-20516] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [OMB 3060-1035] Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before October 25, 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 [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: OMB Control No.: 3060-1035. Title: Part 73, Subpart F International Broadcast Stations. [[Page 58929]] Form No.: FCC Forms 309, 310 and 311. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities. Number of Respondents/Responses: 225 respondents; 225 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 2-720 hours. Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion, semi-annual, weekly and annual reporting requirements. Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 307, 334, 336 and 554. Total Annual Burden: 20,096 hours. Annual Cost Burden: $97,025. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information. Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission (``Commission'') is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a three year extension of the information collection titled ``Part 73, Subpart F International Broadcast Stations'' under OMB Control No. 3060-1035. This information collection is used by the Commission to assign frequencies for use by international broadcast stations, to grant authority to operate such stations and to determine if interference or adverse propagation conditions exist that may impact the operation of such stations. The Commission collects this information pursuant to 47 CFR part 73, subpart F. If the Commission did not collect this information, it would not be in a position to effectively coordinate spectrum for international broadcasters or to act for entities in times of frequency interference or adverse propagation conditions. Therefore, the information collection requirements are as follows: FCC Form 309--Application for Authority To Construct or Make Changes in an International, Experimental Television, Experimental Facsimile, or a Developmental Broadcast Station--The FCC Form 309 is filed on occasion when the applicant is requesting authority to construct or make modifications to the international broadcast station. FCC Form 310--Application for an International, Experimental Television, Experimental Facsimile, or a Developmental Broadcast Station License--The FCC Form 310 is filed on occasion when the applicant is submitting an application for a new international broadcast station. FCC Form 311--Application for Renewal of an International or Experimental Broadcast Station License--The FCC Form 311 is filed by applicants who are requesting renewal of their international broadcast station licenses. 47 CFR 73.702(a) states that six months prior to the start of each season, licensees and permittees shall by informal written request, submitted to the Commission in triplicate, indicate for the season the frequency or frequencies desired for transmission to each zone or area of reception specified in the license or permit, the specific hours during which it desires to transmit to such zones or areas on each frequency, and the power, antenna gain, and antenna bearing it desires to use. Requests will be honored to the extent that interference and propagation conditions permit and that they are otherwise in accordance with the provisions of section 47 CFR 73.702(a). 47 CFR 73.702(b) states that two months before the start of each season, the licensee or permittee must inform the Commission in writing as to whether it plans to operate in accordance with the Commission's authorization or operate in another manner. 47 CFR 73.702(c) permits entities to file requests for changes to their original request for assignment and use of frequencies if they are able to show good cause. Because international broadcasters are assigned frequencies on a seasonal basis, as opposed to the full term of their eight-year license authorization, requests for changes need to be filed by entities on occasion. 47 CFR 73.702 (note) states that permittees who during the process of construction wish to engage in equipment tests shall by informal written request, submitted to the Commission in triplicate not less than 30 days before they desire to begin such testing, indicate the frequencies they desire to use for testing and the hours they desire to use those frequencies. 47 CFR 73.702(e) states within 14 days after the end of each season, each licensee or permittee must file a report with the Commission stating whether the licensee or permittee has operated the number of frequency hours authorized by the seasonal schedule to each of the zones or areas of reception specified in the schedule. 47 CFR 73.782 requires that licensees retain logs of international broadcast stations for two years. If it involves communications incident to a disaster, logs should be retained as long as required by the Commission. 47 CFR 73.759(d) states that the licensee or permittee must keep records of the time and results of each auxiliary transmitter test performed at least weekly. 47 CFR 73.762(b) requires that licensees notify the Commission in writing of any limitation or discontinuance of operation of not more than 10 days. 47 CFR 73.762(c) states that the licensee or permittee must request and receive specific authority from the Commission to discontinue operations for more than 10 days under extenuating circumstances. 47 CFR 1.1301-1.1319 cover certifications of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and how the public will be protected from radio frequency radiation hazards. Federal Communications Commission. Gloria J. Miles, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-20516 Filed 8-25-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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of Justice determines that consent to the B. How and to whom do I submit FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
agreement should be withdrawn, the comments? COMMISSION
terms of the agreement will be affirmed.
You may submit comments as [OMB 3060–1035]
II. Additional Information About provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Commenting on the Proposed Information Collection Being Reviewed
Please ensure that your comments are
Settlement Agreement by the Federal Communications
submitted within the specified comment
Commission
A. How can I get a copy of the proposed period. Comments received after the
close of the comment period will be AGENCY: Federal Communications
settlement agreement?
marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to Commission.
Direct your comments to the official consider these late comments. ACTION: Notice and request for
public docket for this action under If you submit an electronic comment, comments.
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2016– EPA recommends that you include your SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
0498 which contains a copy of the name, mailing address, and an email to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
proposed settlement agreement. The address or other contact information in required by the Paperwork Reduction
official public docket is available for the body of your comment and with any Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
public viewing at the Office of disk or CD ROM you submit. This 3520), the Federal Communications
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket ensures that you can be identified as the Commission (FCC or Commission)
in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, submitter of the comment and allows invites the general public and other
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot Federal agencies to take this
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket read your comment due to technical opportunity to comment on the
Center Public Reading Room is open difficulties or needs further information following information collections.
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday on the substance of your comment. Any Comments are requested concerning:
through Friday, excluding legal identifying or contact information Whether the proposed collection of
holidays. The telephone number for the provided in the body of a comment will information is necessary for the proper
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, be included as part of the comment that performance of the functions of the
and the telephone number for the OEI is placed in the official public docket, Commission, including whether the
Docket is (202) 566–1752. and made available in EPA’s electronic information shall have practical utility;
An electronic version of the public public docket. If EPA cannot read your the accuracy of the Commission’s
docket is available through comment due to technical difficulties burden estimate; ways to enhance the
www.regulations.gov. You may use the and cannot contact you for clarification, quality, utility, and clarity of the
EPA may not be able to consider your information collected; ways to minimize
www.regulations.gov to submit or view
the burden of the collection of
public comments, access the index comment.
information on the respondents,
listing of the contents of the official Use of the www.regulations.gov Web including the use of automated
public docket, and to access those site to submit comments to EPA collection techniques or other forms of
documents in the public docket that are electronically is EPA’s preferred method information technology; and ways to
available electronically. Once in the for receiving comments. The electronic further reduce the information
system, key in the appropriate docket public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous collection burden on small business
identification number then select access’’ system, which means EPA will concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
‘‘search’’. not know your identity, email address, The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
It is important to note that EPA’s or other contact information unless you a collection of information unless it
policy is that public comments, whether provide it in the body of your comment. displays a currently valid OMB control
submitted electronically or in paper, In contrast to EPA’s electronic public number. No person shall be subject to
will be made available for public docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) any penalty for failing to comply with
viewing online at www.regulations.gov system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ a collection of information subject to the
without change, unless the comment system. If you send an email comment PRA that does not display a valid OMB
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or directly to the Docket without going control number.
other information whose disclosure is through www.regulations.gov, your DATES: Written PRA comments should
restricted by statute. Information email address is automatically captured be submitted on or before October 25,
claimed as CBI and other information and included as part of the comment 2016. If you anticipate that you will be
whose disclosure is restricted by statute that is placed in the official public submitting comments, but find it
docket, and made available in EPA’s difficult to do so within the period of
is not included in the official public
time allowed by this notice, you should
docket or in the electronic public electronic public docket.
advise the contact listed below as soon
docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted Dated: August 18, 2016. as possible.
material, including copyrighted material Lorie J. Schmidt, ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
contained in a public comment, will not
Associate General Counsel. Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
be placed in EPA’s electronic public
[FR Doc. 2016–20403 Filed 8–25–16; 8:45 am] fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
docket but will be available only in
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
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printed, paper form in the official public BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
additional information about the
docket. Although not all docket
information collection, contact Cathy
materials may be available
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
electronically, you may still access any
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
of the publicly available docket
OMB Control No.: 3060–1035.
materials through the EPA Docket Title: Part 73, Subpart F International
Center. Broadcast Stations.
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Form No.: FCC Forms 309, 310 and occasion when the applicant is logs should be retained as long as
311. submitting an application for a new required by the Commission.
Type of Review: Extension of a international broadcast station. 47 CFR 73.759(d) states that the
currently approved collection. FCC Form 311—Application for licensee or permittee must keep records
Respondents: Business or other for- Renewal of an International or of the time and results of each auxiliary
profit entities. Experimental Broadcast Station transmitter test performed at least
Number of Respondents/Responses: License—The FCC Form 311 is filed by weekly.
225 respondents; 225 responses. applicants who are requesting renewal 47 CFR 73.762(b) requires that
Estimated Time per Response: 2–720 of their international broadcast station licensees notify the Commission in
hours. licenses. writing of any limitation or
Frequency of Response: 47 CFR 73.702(a) states that six discontinuance of operation of not more
Recordkeeping requirement; On months prior to the start of each season, than 10 days.
occasion, semi-annual, weekly and licensees and permittees shall by 47 CFR 73.762(c) states that the
annual reporting requirements. informal written request, submitted to licensee or permittee must request and
Obligation To Respond: Required to the Commission in triplicate, indicate receive specific authority from the
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory for the season the frequency or Commission to discontinue operations
authority for this information collection frequencies desired for transmission to for more than 10 days under extenuating
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 307, each zone or area of reception specified circumstances.
334, 336 and 554. in the license or permit, the specific 47 CFR 1.1301–1.1319 cover
Total Annual Burden: 20,096 hours. hours during which it desires to certifications of compliance with the
Annual Cost Burden: $97,025. transmit to such zones or areas on each National Environmental Policy Act and
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No frequency, and the power, antenna gain, how the public will be protected from
impact(s). and antenna bearing it desires to use.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: radio frequency radiation hazards.
Requests will be honored to the extent
In general, there is no need for that interference and propagation Federal Communications Commission.
confidentiality with this collection of conditions permit and that they are Gloria J. Miles,
information. otherwise in accordance with the Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Needs and Uses: The Federal provisions of section 47 CFR 73.702(a). Secretary.
Communications Commission 47 CFR 73.702(b) states that two [FR Doc. 2016–20516 Filed 8–25–16; 8:45 am]
(‘‘Commission’’) is requesting that the months before the start of each season, BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
Office of Management and Budget the licensee or permittee must inform
(OMB) approve a three year extension of the Commission in writing as to
the information collection titled ‘‘Part whether it plans to operate in FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
73, Subpart F International Broadcast accordance with the Commission’s COMMISSION
Stations’’ under OMB Control No. 3060– authorization or operate in another [OMB 3060–1092]
1035. This information collection is manner.
used by the Commission to assign 47 CFR 73.702(c) permits entities to Information Collection Being Reviewed
frequencies for use by international file requests for changes to their original by the Federal Communications
broadcast stations, to grant authority to request for assignment and use of Commission
operate such stations and to determine frequencies if they are able to show
if interference or adverse propagation good cause. Because international AGENCY: Federal Communications
conditions exist that may impact the broadcasters are assigned frequencies on Commission.
operation of such stations. The a seasonal basis, as opposed to the full ACTION: Notice and request for
Commission collects this information term of their eight-year license comments.
pursuant to 47 CFR part 73, subpart F. authorization, requests for changes need
If the Commission did not collect this to be filed by entities on occasion. SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
information, it would not be in a 47 CFR 73.702 (note) states that to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
position to effectively coordinate permittees who during the process of required by the Paperwork Reduction
spectrum for international broadcasters construction wish to engage in Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
or to act for entities in times of equipment tests shall by informal 3520), the Federal Communications
frequency interference or adverse written request, submitted to the Commission (FCC or Commission)
propagation conditions. Therefore, the Commission in triplicate not less than invites the general public and other
information collection requirements are 30 days before they desire to begin such Federal agencies to take this
as follows: testing, indicate the frequencies they opportunity to comment on the
FCC Form 309—Application for desire to use for testing and the hours following information collections.
Authority To Construct or Make they desire to use those frequencies. Comments are requested concerning:
Changes in an International, 47 CFR 73.702(e) states within 14 Whether the proposed collection of
Experimental Television, Experimental days after the end of each season, each information is necessary for the proper
Facsimile, or a Developmental licensee or permittee must file a report performance of the functions of the
Broadcast Station—The FCC Form 309 with the Commission stating whether Commission, including whether the
is filed on occasion when the applicant the licensee or permittee has operated information shall have practical utility;
is requesting authority to construct or the number of frequency hours the accuracy of the Commission’s
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make modifications to the international authorized by the seasonal schedule to burden estimate; ways to enhance the
broadcast station. each of the zones or areas of reception quality, utility, and clarity of the
FCC Form 310—Application for an specified in the schedule. information collected; ways to minimize
International, Experimental Television, 47 CFR 73.782 requires that licensees the burden of the collection of
Experimental Facsimile, or a retain logs of international broadcast information on the respondents,
Developmental Broadcast Station stations for two years. If it involves including the use of automated
License—The FCC Form 310 is filed on communications incident to a disaster, collection techniques or other forms of
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| Dates | Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before October 25, 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 | 81 FR 58928 |
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