90 FR 84 pgs. 18853-18856 - Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 84Pages: 18853 - 18856
Pages: 18853, 18854, 18855, 18856Docket number: [OMB 3060-XXXX, OMB 3060-1078, OMB 3060-1084; FR ID 292311]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-07666 Filed 5-1-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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[OMB 3060-XXXX, OMB 3060-1078, OMB 3060-1084; FR ID 292311]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY:
Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION:
Notice and request for comments.
SUMMARY:
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees."
DATES:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted on or before June 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function. Your comment must be submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your comment on the proposed information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in the comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[top] For additional information or copies of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918. 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,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. 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 estimates; (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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees."
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: FM Booster Program Origination Notification; Form 2100, Schedule 336; 47 CFR 74.1206.
Form Number: Form 2100, Schedule 336.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,260 respondents; 1,260 responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 1 hour-10 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,350 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $568,500.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 154(i), 303, 310, and 553 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Needs and Uses: On November 21, 2024, the Commission adopted the Second Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, MB Docket Nos. 20-401, 17-105, FCC 24-121 (Second Report and Order), which allows FM and low power FM (LPFM) broadcasters to use FM booster stations to originate program content, for up to three minutes of each hour. This option allows FM and LPFM broadcasters to air programming on booster stations different from their primary station to better meet the needs and interests of local listeners.
FM boosters are low power, secondary stations that operate in the FM broadcast band. They must be licensed to the same broadcaster and on the same frequency as the primary station, and rebroadcast that primary station's signal within its protected contour. Until this proceeding, FM boosters were traditionally used only as a means to enhance weak signals of a primary FM station and could not originate programming. With advances in technology it is now possible for FM broadcasters to customize the content delivered to different parts of their service areas by using boosters to air programming different from their primary FM station. Since the April 2024 adoption of the First Report and Order in this proceeding, MB Docket Nos. 20-401, FCC 17-105, the Commission has allowed the use of program originating FM boosters on a temporary, experimental basis. The Second Report and Order now establishes specific processing, licensing, and service rules and permanently authorizes broadcasters to originate programming on FM boosters without the need for an experimental authorization.
Program Origination Notification Form. In the Second Report and Order, the Commission establishes that FM licensees can apply for boosters on a first come/first served basis. Before commencing program origination the licensee will file a notification (FM Booster Program Origination Notification) using an electronic form that will be available in the Media Bureau's Licensing and Management System (LMS) database. The notification will enable the Commission and interested parties to identify which FM boosters are originating programming. Program originating FM booster licensees will be required to file the notification form in LMS 15 days prior to commencing origination, and 30 days after permanently terminating origination. Per 47 CFR 74.1232(g), no more than 25 program originating booster stations may be licensed to a single full service FM broadcast station. A separate form is required for each FM booster station.
To facilitate the rollout of this service, the Commission directed the Media Bureau to create a notification form and consistent with this directive, the Media Bureau created the FM Booster Program Origination Notification, FCC Form 2100, Schedule 336. The information requested in the FM Booster Program Origination Notification should assist interested parties in raising any program-origination-related concerns as complaints (at any time) or as objections during the license renewal process, and the Bureau will best be able to respond to any complaints that may arise.
Accordingly, as directed by Commission in the Second Report and Order, the Bureau is creating the FM Booster Program Origination Notification, which, in addition to the standard general contact information, includes the following elements:
(1) The call sign and facility identification number of the program originating FM booster station;
(2) If applicable, the date on which the program originating FM booster station will commence (or has terminated) originating content;
(3) The name and telephone number of a technical representative the Commission or the public can contact in the event of interference;
(4) A certification that the program originating FM booster station complies with all Emergency Alert System (EAS) requirements contained in part 11 of our rules;
(5) A certification that the program originating FM booster station will originate programming for no more than three minutes of each broadcast hour; and
(6) A certification that the program originating FM booster minimizes interference to the primary station through synchronization or terrain shielding.
To implement this new information requirement contained in the Second Report and Order, the Commission added new section 74.1206 to the rules. This new information collection regarding the FM Booster Program Origination Notification and 47 CFR 74.1206 needs OMB review and approval.
[top] EAS-specific Notification. In response to public safety concerns about the potential impact on the Emergency Alert System (EAS), the Commission will also require primary station broadcasters
OPIF Public Interest Certification by Licensees of Program Originating FM Boosters. To ensure that program originating booster stations are used appropriately and equitably, the Commission adopted a public interest self-certification requirement. Specifically, every licensee of a full service FM primary station using a program originating FM booster station, as defined in 47 CFR 74.1201(f)(2), shall concurrently with its quarterly issues programs lists for the primary station, place a booster public interest certification in the online public file of its FM primary station. The certification must contain the call sign(s) of the relevant booster(s) and certify that in originating programming over the booster(s), the licensee has considered the characteristics and needs of the coverage area of the booster station and has not used the booster to exclude or diminish service to other populations within that area or any other area served by the booster's primary station. This requirement has been codified in rule sections 73.3526(a)(3) and (e)(20), and 73.3527(a)(3) and (e)(16), the online public inspection file rule for commercial stations and noncommercial educational stations, respectively. This information collection regarding the OPIF public interest certification by licensees of program originating FM boosters, and the modifications to 47 CFR 73.3526 and 73.3527, need OMB review and approval.
Interference Regarding FM Booster Applications. In the Second Report and Order the Commission adopted the proposed amendment to section 74.1204(f) of the rules to provide a mechanism for complaints of predicted interference against a pending FM booster construction permit application. By amending section 74.1204(f) to allow complaints of predicted interference against pending FM booster construction permit applications, we are establishing a process that will provide the earliest indication that a developing booster station may cause interference that must be resolved under 74.1203 once the booster station commences broadcasts. This early warning is best received prior to investing in the development of a booster station. This information collection regarding the predicted interference complaint process at the construction permit application stage, and the modification to 47 CFR 74.1204(f), need OMB review and approval.
The following rule sections are covered by this information collection and require OMB approval:
§?74.1206 Program Originating FM Booster Station Notifications
(a) A program originating FM booster station must electronically file an FM Booster Program Origination Notification with the Commission in LMS using the form provided for this purpose, before commencing or after terminating the broadcast of booster-originated content subject to the provisions of §?74.1201(f)(2) of this part. Such a notification must be filed within 15 days before commencing origination, or within 30 days after terminating origination.
(b) A primary FM station that is designated in a state emergency communications plan as an Emergency Alert Service Local Primary (LP), State Primary (SP), State Relay (SR), or otherwise monitored as an over-the-air source of EAS messages must notify the proper State Emergency Communications Committee(s) of its intent to transmit unique local programing on one or more program originating FM boosters at least 30 days prior to employing a program originating booster, or implementing changes to booster status. The notification should disclose whether the booster(s) will simulcast the primary station or remain off-air during periods when not originating programming and advise continued monitoring of the primary station and not of a booster.
(c) Stations employing program originating boosters must report to the Commission's Operations Center, at FCCOPS@fcc.gov, any problems of which they become aware concerning EAS-related interference.
§?73.3526 Online Public Inspection File of Commercial Stations
(a)(3) Every permittee or licensee of a program originating FM booster station, as defined in §?74.1201(f)(2) of this chapter, shall maintain in the political file of its FM primary station the records required in §?73.1943 of this part for each such program originating FM booster station.
(e)(20) Certification by Licensees of Program Originating FM Boosters. Every licensee of an FM primary station using a program originating FM booster station, as defined in §?74.1201(f)(2) of this chapter, shall concurrently with its quarterly issues programs lists for the primary station, place a booster public interest certification in the online public file of its FM primary station. The certification must contain the call sign(s) of the relevant booster(s) and certify that in originating programming over the booster(s) the licensee has considered the characteristics and needs of the coverage area of the booster station and has not used the booster to exclude or diminish service to other populations within that area or any other area served by the booster's primary station.
§?73.3527 Online Public Inspection File of Noncommercial Educational Stations
(a)(3) Every permittee or licensee of a program originating FM booster station, as defined in §?74.1201(f)(2) of this chapter, in the noncommercial educational broadcast service shall maintain in the political file of its FM primary station the records required in §?73.1943 of this part for each such program originating FM booster station.
(e)(16) Certification by Licensees of Program Originating FM Boosters. Every licensee of an FM primary station using a program originating FM booster station, as defined in §?74.1201(f)(2) of this chapter, shall concurrently with its quarterly issues programs lists for the primary station, place a booster public interest certification in the online public file of its FM primary station. The certification must contain the call sign(s) of the relevant booster(s) and certify that in originating programming over the booster(s) the licensee has considered the characteristics and needs of the coverage area of the booster station and has not used the booster to exclude or diminish service to other populations within that area or any other area served by the booster's primary station.
§?74.1204(f) Protection of FM Broadcast, FM Translator and LP100 Stations
[top] (1) An application for an FM translator station will not be granted even though the proposed operation would not involve overlap of field strength contours with any other station, as set forth in paragraph (a) of this section, if grant of the authorization will result in interference to the reception of a regularly used, off-the-air signal of any authorized co-channel, first, second or third adjacent channel broadcast station,
(2) An application for an FM broadcast booster station will not be granted even though the proposed operation would not involve overlap of field strength contours with any other station, as set forth in paragraph (i) of this section, if grant of the authorization will result in interference to the reception of a regularly used, off-the-air signal of any authorized co-channel, first, second or third adjacent channel broadcast station, other than the booster's primary station, but including previously authorized secondary service stations within the 45 dBµ field strength contour of the desired station.
(3) Interference, with regard to either an FM translator station or an FM broadcast booster station application, is demonstrated by:
(iv) A statement that the complaining station licensee has used commercially reasonable efforts to inform the relevant translator or booster licensee of the claimed interference and attempted private resolution.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1078.
Title: Rules and Regulations Implementing the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, CG Docket No. 04-53.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit institutions; Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 441,100 respondents; 441,100 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-10 hours (average per response).
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion reporting requirements; Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, 15 U.S.C. 7701-7713, Public Law 108-187, 117 Stat. 2719.
Total Annual Burden: 220,550 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $112,817.
Needs and Uses: The reporting requirements included under this OMB Control Number 3060-1078 enable the Commission to collect information regarding violations of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act). This information is used to help wireless subscribers stop receiving unwanted commercial mobile services messages.
On August 12, 2004, the Commission released an Order, Rules and Regulations Implementing the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, CG Docket No. 04-53, FCC 04-194, published at 69 FR 55765, September 16, 2004, adopting rules to prohibit the sending of commercial messages to any address referencing an internet domain name associated with wireless subscribers' messaging services, unless the individual addressee has given the sender express prior authorization. The information collection requirements consist §?64.3100(a)(4), (d), (e) and (f) of the Commission's rules.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1084.
Title: Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers (CARE).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,989 respondents; 665,248 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 minute (.017 hours) to 20 minutes (.33 hours).
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping and annual reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for these information requirements are found in sections 1-4, 201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 54,900 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: In the 2005 Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers (2005 Report and Order), CG Docket No. 02-386, FCC 05-29, which was released on February 25, 2005, the Commission adopted rules governing the exchange of customer account information between local exchange carriers (LECs) and interexchange carriers (IXCs). The Commission concluded that mandatory, minimum standards are needed in light of record evidence demonstrating that information needed by carriers to execute customer requests and properly bill customers is not being consistently provided by all LECs and IXCs. Specifically, the 2005 Report and Order requires LECs to supply customer account information to IXCs when: (1) the LEC places an end user on, or removes an end user from, an IXC's network; (2) an end user presubscribed to an IXC makes certain changes to her account information via her LEC; (3) an IXC requests billing name and address information for an end user who has usage on an IXC's network but for whom the IXC does not have an existing account; and (4) a LEC rejects an IXC-initiated PIC order. The 2005 Report and Order required IXCs to notify LECs when an IXC customer informs an IXC directly of the customer's desire to change IXCs. In the accompanying Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission sought comment on whether to require the exchange of customer account information between LECs. In December 2007, the Commission declined to adopt mandatory LEC-to-LEC data exchange requirements.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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