Non-substantive Change Request

NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REQUEST FOR

OMB CONTROL NUMBER 3060-0920

The Commission is submitting a non-substantive change request for collection 3060-0920 which was originally approved by the Office of Management and Budget on April 12, 2013 for the following reasons listed below:

The Commission released a Sixth Order on Reconsideration in the Low Power FM (LPFM) proceeding, FCC 13-134, in which a minor change to a rule was made. The change was made to 47 C.F.R. 73.827(a).

47 CFR 73.827(a) was addressed in the original supporting statement on page four. The relevant sentence begins at the bottom of page 4 - it is "In cases where an LPFM station proposed to locate its transmitter within the 'potential interference area," 47 CFR 73.827(a) permits the LPFM station to demonstrate that it will not cause interference to the input signal of the FM translator station at issue."

47 CFR 73.827(a)(1)-(3) provide various methods by which the LPFM station can demonstrate that it will not cause interference to the input signal.

We are making a slight change to 47 CFR 73.827(a)(1) - instead of demonstrating no interference at multiple locations, we are allowing the station to show no interference at one location.

This is not a substantive change because:

(1) This is a minor tweak in the rule where the information collection/methodology is not impacted, but we are reducing the burden of the information being collected. The modified methodology simplifies the (a)(1) "no interference" showing to the calculation of a single signal strength ratio at a defined location and by eliminating the requirement to make the calculation at locations which would be irrelevant for determining potential interference. Moreover, this tweak more fully and faithfully satisfies Congress' requirement in the Local Community Radio Act.

(2) this will not affect a new group of respondents (in fact, this rule only applies in certain situations - those situations where an LPFM application proposes to operate near an FM translator station and the slight change in the rule does not change that group of respondents).

(3) 73.827(a)(1) is only one of 3 methods that an LPFM application can demonstrate that no interference will occur. Thus, overall, there is not any major change in the burden reported in the supporting statement since the burden reported incorporates all 3 variables.

There are no changes to FCC Form 318 as a result of this change request submission.

There is a slight program change/decrease of 100 hours to the burden hours because of the adoption of FCC 13-134.

The supporting statement has been updated accordingly.