[Federal Register: March 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 49)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA).
    Title: Application for Low-Power Television and Translator Upgrade 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 1,250.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour and 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 1,563.
    Needs and Uses: The Digital Television Transition and Public Safety 
Act of 2005 (Act), as amended by the DTV Delay Act, Public Law 111-4, 
permits low-power television and translator stations to continue to 
broadcast in analog after June 12, 2009, the date on which full-power 
television facilities are required to convert to digital broadcasting. 
Most low-power television or translator stations extend the service 
area of a full-power television station by receiving the full-power 
station's off-air signal and then rebroadcasting the programming on 
another channel.
    The Act directs NTIA to administer a program through which an 
eligible low-power television or translator station may receive 
reimbursement for equipment to upgrade low-power television stations 
from analog to digital in eligible rural communities.
    The information collection will be used by NTIA to receive 
applications from low-power television and translator stations 
requesting Federal reimbursement toward the purchase of digital 
transmission equipment. The applications will be used by NTIA to 
determine the eligibility of applicant stations to receive funds from 
the Upgrade Program and to determine those stations eligible for 
priority compensation.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
dHynek@doc.gov).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5806, or 
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov.

    Dated: March 10, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-5542 Filed 3-13-09; 8:45 am]

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