OMB Control Number: 3060‑0633 August 2007
Title: Sections 73.1230, 74.165, 74.432, 74.564, 74.664, 74.765, 74.832, 74.1265, Posting or Filing of Station Licenses
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
A. Justification:
1. 47 CFR 73.1230 requires that the station license and any other instrument of station authorization for an AM, FM or TV station be posted in a conspicuous place at the place the licensee considers to be the principal control point of the transmitter.
47 CFR 74.165 requires that the instrument of authorization for an experimental broadcast station be available at the transmitter site.
47 CFR 74.432(j) (remote pickup broadcast station) and 47 CFR 74.832(j) (low power auxiliary station) requires that the license of a remote pickup broadcast/low power auxiliary station shall be retained in the licensee's files, posted at the transmitter, or posted at the control point of the station. These sections also require the licensee to forward the station license to the FCC in the case of permanent discontinuance of the station.
47 CFR 74.564 (aural broadcast auxiliary stations) requires that the station license and any other instrument of authorization be posted in the room where the transmitter is located, or if operated by remote control, at the operating position.
47 CFR 74.664 (television broadcast auxiliary stations) requires that the station license and any other instrument of authorization be posted in the room where the transmitter is located.
47 CFR Sections 74.765 (low power TV, TV translator and TV booster) and 47 CFR 74.1265 (FM translator stations and FM booster stations), require that the station license and any other instrument of authorization be retained in the station's files. In addition, the call sign of the station, together with the name, address and telephone number of the licensee or the local representative of the licensee, and the name and address of the person and place where the station records are maintained, shall be displayed at the transmitter site on the structure supporting the transmitting antenna.
REVISED INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENT:
The Commission is revising this information collection to remove 47 CFR 74.965 from this information collection. When OMB approved the information collection on November 29, 2004 Section 74.965 was included in the collection. The rule section had since been removed from the CFR. It is no longer in existence; therefore, it is being deleted from this information collection.
As noted on the OMB Form 83-I, this information collection does not affect individuals or households; thus, there are no impacts under the Privacy Act.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
2. The data is used by FCC staff in field investigations to ensure that a station is licensed and operating in the manner specified in the license. The information filed or posted would be used by the public and FCC staff to know to whom the transmitter is licensed.
3. This is a recordkeeping requirement. The use of information technology is feasible in this situation.
4. The agency does not impose a similar information collection on the respondents. There is no similar data available.
5. In conformance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commission is making an effort to minimize the burden on all respondents.
6. The frequency for this collection of information is determined by the grant of a license application and the renewal of a license.
7. This collection of information is consistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.5(d)(2).
8. The Commission published a Notice (72 FR 32661) in the Federal Register on June 13, 2007. No comments were generated as a result of the Notice.
9. No payment or gift was provided to the respondents.
10. There is no need for confidentiality.
11. This collection of information does not address any private matters of a sensitive nature.
12. We estimate that the Commission will grant and/or renew 2,584 licenses. These licenses will either be filed or posted at the stations involved and sometimes sent to the Commission. The average burden on a licensee is 0.083 hours per posting/filing/forwarding of the license.
Total Number of Annual Respondents: 2,584 licensees
Total Number of Annual Responses: 2,584 filings/postings
2,584 licenses x 1 filing/posting/licensee x 0.083 hours/respondent/license = 214 hours
Total Annual “In-House” Cost: We assume that the posting, filing or forwarding of the station license would be done by clerical personnel at $14.99 per hour with an average of 0.083 hours per respondent.
2,584 licenses x 0.083 hours/respondent/license x $14.99/hour = $3,214.94
This estimate is based on FCC staff's knowledge and familiarity with the availability of the data required.
13. Annual Cost Burden: 1,2431 low power TV, TV translator/booster and FM translator/booster stations will post the supporting structure of the transmitting antenna. We assume that the additional requirement of Sections 74.765 and 74.1265 would be met by the posting of a sign on the supporting structure of the transmitting antenna. We estimate that this sign would cost approximately $20 annually. We assume updates to this sign would occur on an annual basis.
$20.00/sign x 1,243 licenses/annually = $24,860
14. There is no cost to the Federal Government.
15. We have adjusted the total annual burden hours and total annual cost burden due to a decrease in the total annual number of licensees. The Commission also had a program change to this information collection due to the removal of 47 CFR 74.965 from this information collection.
16. The data will not be published.
17. OMB approval of the expiration of the information collection will be displayed at 47 C.F.R. Section 0.408.
18. The Commission published in its 60 day Federal Register Notice (72 FR 32661) the total number of respondents as 5,875. We correct this number to read 2,584. Also, the total annual burden hours were reported in the Notice as “488 hours.” This number is corrected to read “214
hours.” Lastly, the total annual cost burden was reported in the Notice as “$84,140” instead of “$24,860.” There are no other exceptions to the Certification Statement in Item 19.
B. Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods:
No statistical methods are employed.
1 There are only 399 licensees subject to 47 CFR 74.765 and 844 licensees subject to 47 CFR 74.1265 of the total 2,584 licensees.
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | SUPPORTING STATEMENT |
| Author | JSWANK |
| Last Modified By | Cathy.Williams |
| File Modified | 2007-08-29 |
| File Created | 2007-08-08 |