Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station, FCC Form 301; FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video Service Authorization, Schedule A
ICR 201409-3060-012
OMB: 3060-0027
Federal Form Document
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Application for Construction
Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station, FCC Form 301; FCC Form
2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video Service
Authorization, Schedule A
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material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
This non-substantive change request
submission serves as an amendment to the February 2014 Supporting
Statement, a non-substantive change request submitted to the Office
of Budget and Management for approval of minor non-substantive
changes made to FCC Form 301, OMB Control No. 3060-0027. The first
footnote in the February 2014 Supporting Statement that was
submitted to OMB stated: "With this non-substantive change, FCC
Form 301 is being renamed and encompassed by FCC Form 2100 and the
electronic "Licensing Modernization" system. The former FCC Form
301 no longer exists, and its contents are fully contained within
FCC Form 2100 and the "Licensing Modernization" system. Herein
after former FCC Form 301 is renamed as FCC Form 2100, Schedule A."
On February 20, 2014, OMB approved the new FCC Form 2100, OMB
Control No. 3060-0027. This change request submission provides
clarification regarding the status of the new Form 2100 and the
existing Form 301, and the scope of the new Form 2100's
implementation. While it is true that the Media Bureau ultimately
intends to wholly replace the Form 301 with the Form 2100 for all
full power broadcast services, the Commission is not yet totally
discontinuing the use of the Form 301. The new Form 2100 will be
used once the particular broadcast service (DTV, FM, AM) becomes
operational in the new electronic on-line licensing system known as
"Licensing Modernization." However, until the particular broadcast
service transitions to the new "Licensing Modernization" system,
applicants in that broadcast service will continue to use the
existing Form 301, filing the form through the current Media Bureau
licensing system, the Consolidated Database System ("CDBS").
Therefore, for now, in the initial phase of the "Licensing
Modernization" roll-out, the new Form 2100 is replacing the Form
301 only for the filing of full-service digital television
construction permits. The Form 301 is still being used, under the
name Form 301, to apply for authority to construct a new commercial
AM or FM radio station and to make changes to the existing
facilities of such an AM or FM station. The Commission is
implementing a new on-line (electronic) licensing system called
"Licensing Modernization" in which all FCC licensing forms,
including FCC Form 301, will be combined into a single common form
- FCC Form 2100. FCC Form 301 will be encompassed by the "Licensing
Modernization" system and the new common form - FCC Form 2100. See
the change request justification for the detail non-substantive
changes to this collection.
US Code:
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USC 308 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code: 47
USC 303 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code: 47
USC 154(i) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as
amended
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.