SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number:
3060-0139.
Title:
Application for Antenna Structure Registration.
Form Number:
FCC Form 854.
Type of Review:
Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents:
Individuals or households, business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit institutions, and State, local, or Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and Responses:
2,400 respondents; 57,100 responses.
Estimated Time per Response:.33 hours to 2.5 hours.
Frequency of Response:
On occasion reporting requirement, recordkeeping requirement and third-party disclosure reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond:
Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in sections 1, 2, 4(i), 303, and 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 303, and 309(j), section 102(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(C), and section 1506.6 of the regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality, 40 CFR 1506.6.
Total Annual Burden:
25,682 hours.
Total Annual Cost:
$1,176,813.
Needs and Uses:
The purpose of FCC Form 854 (Form 854) is to register antenna structures that are used for radio communication services which are regulated by the Commission; to make changes to existing antenna structure registrations or pending applications for registration; or to notify the Commission of the completion of construction or dismantlement of such structures, as required by Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1, Sections 1.923, 1.1307, 1.1311, 17.1, 17.2, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.7, 17.57 and 17.58.
Any person or entity proposing to construct or alter an antenna structure that is more than 60.96 meters (200 feet) in height, or that may interfere with the approach or departure space of a nearby airport runway, must notify the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of proposed construction. The FAA determines whether the antenna structure constitutes a potential hazard and may recommend appropriate painting and lighting for the structure. The Commission then uses the FAA's recommendation to impose specific painting and/or lighting requirements on radio tower owners and subject licensees. When an antenna structure owner for one reason or another does not register its structure, it then becomes the responsibility of the tenant licensees to ensure that the structure is registered with the Commission.
Section 303(q) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, gives the Commission authority to require painting and/or illumination of radio towers in cases where there is a reasonable possibility that an antenna structure may cause a hazard to air navigation. In 1992, Congress amended Sections 303(q) and 503(b)(5) of the Communications Act to make radio tower owners, as well as Commission licensees and permittees responsible for the painting and lighting of radio tower structures, and to provide that non-licensee radio tower owners may be subject to forfeiture for violations of painting or lighting requirements specified by the Commission.
OMB Control Number:
3060-0979.
Title:
License Audit Letter.
Form Number:
N/A.
Type of Review:
Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents:
Individuals or households, business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit institutions and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents:
25,000 respondents; 25,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response:.50 hours.
Frequency of Response:
One-time reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond:
Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 319, 324, 331, 332, 333, 336, 534 and 535.
Total Annual Burden:
12,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost:
No cost.
Needs and Uses:
The Commission is seeking OMB approval for an extension of this information collection in order to obtain their full three-year approval. There is no change to the reporting requirement. There is no change to the Commission's burden estimates. The Wireless Telecommunications (WTB) and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureaus (PSHSB) of the FCC periodically conduct audits of the construction and/or operational status of various Wireless radio stations in its licensing database that are subject to rule-based construction and operational requirements. The Commission's rules for these Wireless services require construction within a specified timeframe and require a station to remain operational in order for the license to remain valid. The information will be used by FCC personnel to assure that licensees' stations are constructed and currently operating in accordance with the parameters of the current FCC authorization and rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.