Pre-approval
contingent upon no substantive changes to this collection after
adoption of the final rule. Otherwise this collection should be
re-submitted to OMB for review.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2018
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2016
500
0
400
4,050
0
3,300
2,879,200
0
3,199,200
FCC Form 2100, Schedule E is to be
used in all cases by a Class A television station licensees seeking
to make changes in the authorized facilities of such station. On
June 12, 2015, the Commission released a First Order on
Reconsideration and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, In the Matter of
Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum
Through Incentive Auctions, GN Docket No. 12-268 and MB Docket No.
15-137, FCC 15-67. This document contains proposed rules for
channel sharing by and between full power and Class A television
stations outside the context of the incentive auction. The proposed
rules would allow Class A television stations to share a single
channel with other full power or Class A stations. Class A stations
will use FCC Form 2100, Schedule E (formerly FCC Form 301-CA) to
apply for a construction permit for the technical facilities it
proposes to share with another station. The application for a
construction permit to channel share must include a copy of the
channel sharing agreement ("CSA") between the stations Each CSA
must include provisions governing certain key aspects of the
stations' operations including: access to facilities; allocation of
bandwidth within the shared channel; operation maintenance, repair,
and modification of facilities; and termination or
transfer/assignment of rights to the shared license. We propose to
treat applications to channel share outside the auction context as
minor change applications – that is, they would not be subject to
local public notice requirements or a 30-day petition to deny
filing window. The Commission's proposed rules would also require
stations participating in CSAs to provide notice to multichannel
video programming distributors (MVPDs) that: (1) no longer will be
required to carry the station because of the relocation of the
station; (2) currently carry and will continue to be obligated to
carry a station that will change channels; or (3) will become
obligated to carry the station due to a channel sharing relocation.
We propose that the notice contain the following information: (1)
date and time of any channel changes; (2) the channel occupied by
the station before and after implementation of the CSA; (3)
modification, if any, to antenna position, location, or power
levels; (4) stream identification information; and (5) engineering
staff contact information. The Commission propose that stations be
able to elect whether to provide notice via a letter notification
or provide notice electronically, if pre-arranged with the relevant
MVPD. We also propose to require that sharee stations provide
notice at least 30 days prior to terminating operations on the
sharee's channel and that both sharer and sharee stations provide
notice at least 30 days prior to initiation of operations on the
sharer channel. Should the anticipated date to either cease
operations or commence channel sharing operations change, the
Commission proposes to require that the station(s) send a further
notice to affected MVPDs informing them of the new anticipated
date(s). No changes to FCC Form 2100, Schedule E are required for
it to be used to file applications for channel sharing outside the
auction context; this collection is being changed to reflect the
proposed use of the form for a new purpose – to propose channel
sharing outside the context of the incentive auction. This
collection is also being changed to reflect the burden associated
with preparing a CSA in connection with channel sharing as well as
the burden associated with providing the required notification to
MVPDs.
If the proposed requirements in
FCC 15-67 are adopted in a final rulemaking by the Commission the
following program changes/increases will be added to the OMB
inventory: 50 to the number of respondents, 100 to the number of
responses, 750 to the annual burden hours, and $80,000 to the
annual cost burden. There are adjustments/decreases to the
Commission's cost estimate of $400,000. This is due to the
Commission reevaluating its cost estimate for the consulting
engineer.
$311,940
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Kim Matthews 202
418-2130
No
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.
Form FCC Form 2100, Sch FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video Service Authorization, Schedule E (Former FCC Form 301-CA); 47 CFR Section 74.793(d)
Supporting Statement OMB 3060-0932(Schedule E)(2100) (June 2015).docx
FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video Service Authorization, Schedule E (Former FCC Form 301-CA); 47 CFR Section 74.793(d)