73 FR 135 pgs. 40343-40344 - Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office of Management and Budget
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 135Pages: 40343 - 40344
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-15843 Filed 7-11-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office of Management and Budget
July 8, 2008.
SUMMARY:
The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimate(s) and any suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For additional information contact Cathy Williams, Performance and Evaluation Records Management Division, Office of the Managing Director, at (202) 418-2918 or at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0009.
OMB Approval Date: June 23, 2008.
Expiration Date: June 30, 2011.
Title: Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or Transfer of Control of Corporation Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License.
Form Number: FCC Form 316.
Estimated Annual Burden: 750 responses; 1-4 hours per response; 855 hours total per year.
Annual Cost Burden: $425,150.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 154(i) and 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: On March 17, 2005, the Commission released a Second Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Creation of a Low Power Radio Service, MB Docket No. 99-25 (FCC 05-75). The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("FNPRM") proposed to permit the assignment or transfer of control of Low Power FM (LPFM) authorizations where there is a change in the governing board of the permittee or licensee or in other situations corresponding to the circumstances described above. This proposed rule was subsequently adopted in a Third Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 99-25 (FCC 07-204) (Third Report and Order), released on December 11, 2007.
FCC Form 316 has been revised to encompass the assignment and transfer of control of LPFM authorizations, as proposed in the FNPRM and subsequently adopted in the Third Report and Order, and to reflect the ownership and eligibility restrictions applicable to LPFM permittees and licensees. Filing of the FCC Form 316 is required when applying for authority for assignment of a broadcast station construction permit or license, or for consent to transfer control of a corporation holding a broadcast station construction permit or license where there is little change in the relative interest or disposition of its interests; where transfer of interest is not a controlling one; there is no substantial change in the beneficial ownership of the corporation; where the assignment is less than a controlling interest in a partnership; where there is an appointment of an entity qualified to succeed to the interest of a deceased or legally incapacitated individual permittee, licensee or controlling stockholder; and, in the case of LPFM stations, where there is a voluntary transfer of a controlling interest in the licensee or permittee entity. In addition, the applicant must notify the Commission when an approved transfer of control of a broadcast station construction permit or license has been consummated.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0920.
OMB Approval Date: June 23, 2008.
Expiration Date: June 30, 2011.
Title: Application for Construction Permit for a Low Power FM Broadcast Station.
Form Number: FCC Form 318.
Estimated Annual Burden: 23,377 responses; 0.0025-12 hours per response; 34,396 hours total per year.
Annual Cost Burden: $23,850.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 154(i), 303, 308 and 325(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: On December 11, 2007, the FCC released a Third Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Creation of a Low Power Radio Service, MM Docket No. 99-25, FCC 07-204. In the Third Report and Order, the FCC extended the local standards for rural markets. Under the old Rules, an LPFM applicant was deemed local if it was physically headquartered or had a campus within ten miles of the proposed LPFM transmitter site, or if 75 percent of its board members resided within ten miles of the proposed LPFM transmitter site. The Third Report and Order modified the ten-mile requirement to twenty miles for all LPFM applicants for proposed facilities in other than the top fifty urban markets, for both the distance from transmitter and residence of board member standards. We have revised the Form 318 to reflect this extension of local standards for rural markets. While the overall number of respondents increases because the Rule change expands the universe of eligible applicants, there are no new information collection requirements with respect to completion of the Form 318.
In the Third Report and Order, the Commission also delegated to the Media Bureau the authority to consider Section 73.807 waiver requests from certain LPFM stations. When implementation of a full-service station community of license modification would result in an increase in interference caused to the LPFM station or its displacement, the LPFM station may seek a second-adjacent channel short spacing waiver in connection with an application proposing operations on a new channel.
The Third Report and Order also allows LPFM stations to file waiver requests of Section 73.809 of the Rules if: (1) it is at risk of displacement by an encroaching full-service station modification application and no alternative channel is available, and (2) it can demonstrate that it has regularly provided at least eight hours per day of locally originated programming. LPFM stations that wish to make a showing under this waiver standard must file an informal objection to the "encroaching" community of license modification application.
FCC Form 318 is required: (1) To apply for a construction permit for a new Low Power FM (LPFM) station; (2) to make changes in the existing facilities of such a station; or (3) to amend a pending FCC Form 318 application.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-15843 Filed 7-11-08; 8:45 am]
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