[Federal Register: November 8, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 216)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for
Review and Approval, Comments Requested
October 30, 2007.
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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before December 10, 2007. 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 contacts
listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov
or via fax at (202) 395-5167 and to Cathy Williams, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC or via Internet at
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov or PRA@fcc.gov.
To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4)
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or
its OMB control number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR
Reference Number to view detailed information about this ICR.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-0466.
Title: Station Identification Sections 73.1201, 74.783 and 74.1283.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local and Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 4,200.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 6,566 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On May 31, 2007, the Commission released the Second
Report and Order, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Systems and Their
Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service (``Second Order''),
FCC 07-33, MM Docket 99-325. Provisions of the Second Order require
station identification requirements for Digital Audio Broadcasting
(DAB) stations to facilitate public participation in the regulatory
process. Both AM and FM stations with DAB operations will be required
to make station identification announcements at the beginning and end
of each time of operation, as well as hourly, for each programming
stream.
47 CFR 73.1201(a) requires television broadcast licensees to make
broadcast station identification announcements at the beginning and
ending of each time of operation, and hourly, as close to the hour as
feasible, at a natural break in program offerings. Television and Class
A television broadcast stations may make these announcements visually
or aurally.
47 CFR 73.1201(b)(1) requires that official station identification
shall consist of the station's call letters immediately followed by the
community or communities specified in its license as the station's
location; Provided that the name of the licensee, the station's
frequency, the station's channel number, as stated on the station's
license, and/or the station's network affiliation may be inserted
between the call letters and station location. DTV stations, or DAB
Stations, choosing to include the station's channel number in the
station identification must use the station's major channel number and
may distinguish multicast program streams. For example, a DTV station
with major channel number 26 may use 26.1 to identify an HDTV program
service and 26.2 to identify an SDTV program service. A radio station
operating in DAB hybrid mode or extended hybrid mode shall identify its
digital signal, including any free multicast audio programming streams,
in a manner that appropriately alerts its audience to the fact that it
is listening to a digital audio broadcast. No other insertion between
the station's call letters and the community or communities specified
in its license is permissible.
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47 CFR 74.783(e) permits any low power television (LPTV) station to
request a four-letter call sign after receiving its construction
permit. All initial LPTV construction permits will continue to be
issued with a five-character LPTV call sign. LPTV respondents are
required to use the on-line electronic system. To enable these
respondents to use this on-line system, the Commission eliminated the
requirement that holders of LPTV construction permits submit with their
call sign requests a certification that the station has been
constructed, that physical construction is underway at the transmitter
site, or that a firm equipment order has been placed.
47 CFR 74.783(b) requires licensees of television translators whose
station identification is made by the television station whose signals
are being rebroadcast by the translator, must secure agreement with
this television licensee to keep in its file, and available to FCC
personnel, the translator's call letters and location, giving the name,
address and telephone number of the licensee or service representative
to be contacted in the event of malfunction of the translator.
47 CFR 74.1283(c)(1) requires FM translator stations whose station
identification is made by the primary station to furnish current
information on the translator's call letters and location. This
information is kept in the primary station's files. This information is
used to contact the translator licensee in the event of malfunction of
the translator.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1034.
Title: Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service Broadcast Station Annual Employment
Report.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 710.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.0 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Total annual burden: 1,420 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On May 31, 2007, the Commission released the Second
Report and Order, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Systems and Their
Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service (``Second Order''),
FCC 07-33, MM Docket 99-325. Provisions of the Second Order require
radio station licensees to provide information necessary for the
implementation of interim hybrid digital operations. Implementation of
hybrid digital operations is entirely voluntary.
47 CFR 73.404(b) states in situations where interference to other
stations is anticipated or actually occurs, AM licensees may, upon
notification to the Commission, reduce the power of the primary DAB
sidebands by up to 6 dB. Any greater reduction of sideband power
requires prior authority from the Commission via the filing of a
request for special temporary authority or an informal letter request
for modification of license.
47 CFR 73.404(e) states licensees which include commercial and
noncommercial AM and FM radio stations must provide notification to the
Commission in Washington, DC, within 10 days of commencing IBOC digital
operation. The notification must include the following information:
(1) Call sign and facility identification number of the station;
(2) Date on which in-band, on channel (IBOC) operation commenced;
(3) Certification that the IBOC DAB facilities conform to
permissible hybrid specifications;
(4) Name and telephone number of a technical representative the
Commission can call in the event of interference;
(5) Certification that the analog effective radiated power remains
as authorized;
(6) Transmitter power output; if separate analog and digital
transmitters are used, the power output for each transmitter;
(7) If applicable, any reduction in an AM station's primary digital
carriers;
(8) If applicable, the geographic coordinates, elevation data, and
license file number of the auxiliary antenna employed by an FM station
as a separate digital antenna;
(9) If applicable, for FM systems employing interleaved antenna
bays, a certification that adequate filtering and/or isolation
equipment has been installed to prevent spurious emissions in excess of
the limits specified in Sec. 73.317;
(10) A certification that the operation will not cause human
exposure to levels of radio frequency radiation in excess of the limits
specified in Sec. 1.1310 of the Commission's rules and is therefore
categorically excluded from environmental processing pursuant to Sec.
1.1306(b). Any station that cannot certify compliance must submit an
environmental assessment (``EA'') pursuant to Sec. 1.1311 and may not
commence IBOC operation until such EA is ruled upon by the Commission.
Implementation of the notification will eliminate both the need for
the FCC staff to issue a Special Temporary Authority (STA) to the
broadcaster and for the broadcaster to file and pay the initial and any
subsequent filing fees.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-21775 Filed 11-7-07; 8:45 am]
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