[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39939-39940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16986]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Comments Requested
July 8, 2010.
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(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 - 3520. 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; (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; and (e)
ways to further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC 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 currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before August 12, 2010. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via the Internet at
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications
Commission via email to [email protected]. To view a copy of this information
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page
http://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the
web page called ``Currently Under Review'', (3)
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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, and (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: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214. For additional information or copies of the
information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214
or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1135.
Title: Revisions to Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power
Auxiliary Stations (Including Wireless Microphones).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,100 responses; 127,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours (15 minutes).
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirements
(disclosure and labeling requirements).
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 152,
154(i),154(j), 301, 302(a), 303, 304, 307, 308, 309, 316, 332, 336 and
337.
Total Annual Burden: 31,875 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,625,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality since these are third party disclosure and labeling
requirements.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection during this comment period to obtain the full
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The Commission is reporting a revision which is due to elimination of
the early clearing requirement burden as it will be unnecessary after
June 12, 2010 while keeping the disclosure and labeling requirements
that would allow the Commission to clear the 700 MHz band of wireless
microphones and provide them a home in the core TV spectrum, where many
wireless microphones are already operating. Therefore, the Commission
is reporting a 1,049 hour program change reduction in burden.
The point-of-sale disclosure requirement is necessary for a
successful transition of wireless microphones out of the 700 MHz band.
The Commission anticipates that many wireless microphone users
currently operating in the 700 MHz band will have to purchase or lease
new equipment capable of operating in the core TV spectrum. The point-
of-sale disclosure requirement will help these consumers make an
educated decision as they obtain new microphones, and it will help them
operate in the core TV spectrum without causing harmful interference to
other services in the spectrum. Further, a label on 700 MHz band
wireless microphones bound for export will help to ensure that these
wireless microphones do not continue to be made available for use in
the United States, in contravention of our efforts to remove them from
the 700 MHz band.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-16986 Filed 7-12-10; 8:45 am]
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