[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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] BILLING CODE 6712-01-F