[Federal Register: May 2, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 85)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
April 24, 2001.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, 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 information collection, 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 Commission's
burden estimate; (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 July 2, 2001.
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 comments to Les Smith, Federal Communications
Commissions, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 1-A804, Washington, DC 20554 or
via the Internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collections contact Les Smith at (202) 418-0217 or
via the Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval Number: 3060-xxx.
Title: Spectrum Audit Letter.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, state, local or tribal
government, not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 300,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: .5 hour per response.
Total Annual Burden: 150,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Needs and Uses: The information collected is required for an audit
of the construction and operational status of all of the Private Land
Mobile Radio (PLMR) and Fixed Microwave Radio (FMR) stations in the
Commission's licensing database that are subject to rule-based
construction and operational requirements. The Commission's Rules for
the PLMR and FMR services require construction within a specified time
frame and require a station to remain operational in order for the
license to remain valid.
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OMB Approval No.: 3060-0788.
Title: DTV Showings/Interference Agreements.
Form No.: FCC 301/FCC 340.
Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 350.
Estimated Hours Per Response: 55 hours (5 hours applicant; 40 hours
consulting engineer; 10 hours attorney).
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Cost to Respondents: $2,800,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,750 hours.
Needs and Uses: Section III-D of the FCC 301 and Section VII of the
FCC 340 begin with a ``Certification Checklist.'' This checklist
contains a series of questions by which applicants may certify
compliance with key processing requirements. The first certification
requires conformance with the DTV Table of Allotments. The Commission
allows flexibility for DTV facilities to be constructed at locations
within five kilometers of the reference allotment sites without
consideration of additional interference to analog or DTV service,
provided the DTV service does not exceed the allotment reference height
above average terrain or effective radiated power. In order for the
Commission to process applications that cannot certify affirmatively,
Section 73.623(c) requires applicants to submit a technical showing to
establish that their proposed facilities will not result in additional
interference to TV broadcast and DTV operations.
Additionally, the Commission permits broadcasters to agree to
proposed DTV facilities that do not conform to the initial allotment
parameters, even though they might be affected by potential new
interference. The Commission will consider granting applications on the
basis of interference agreements if it finds that such grants will
serve the public interest. These agreements must be signed by all
parties to the agreement. In addition, the Commission needs the
following information to enable such public interest determinations: a
list of parties predicted to receive additional interference from the
proposed facility, a showing as to why a grant based on the agreements
would serve the public interest, and technical studies depicting the
additional interference.
This collection has been revised to remove all references to
industry frequency coordination committees. These committees did not
evolve. Respondents have been using consulting engineers and attorneys
to prepare the technical showings and interference agreements.
The technical showings and interference agreements will be used by
FCC staff to determine if the public interest would be served by the
grant of the application and to ensure that the proposed facilities
will not result in additional interference.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0960.
Title: Application of Network Non-duplication Protection,
Syndicated Exclusivity and Sports Blackout Rules to Satellite
Retransmissions.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business of other for-profit entity.
Number of Respondents: 1,407.
Estimated Time Per Response: 0.50 hours per information request,
and 1 hour per notification.
Total Annual Burden: 29,867 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $716,808.
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements in this
Notice are used by the Commission to apply a satellite carrier's
retransmission of superstations, network non-duplication, syndicated
exclusivity and sports blackout rules as they currently apply to cable
operators.
Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
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