AM Station Modulation Dependent Carrier Level (MDCL) Notification Form; FCC Form 338

ICR 201601-3060-012

OMB: 3060-1194

Federal Form Document

IC Document Collections
ICR Details
3060-1194 201601-3060-012
Historical Active 201311-3060-007
FCC MB
AM Station Modulation Dependent Carrier Level (MDCL) Notification Form; FCC Form 338
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Approved without change 01/19/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 01/19/2016
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
01/31/2019 36 Months From Approved
100 0 0
100 0 0
0 0 0

On October 31, 2013, the Commission released the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Revitalization of the AM Radio Service ("NPRM"), FCC 13-139, MB Docket 13-249. In the NPRM, the Commission recognized that in September 2011, the Media Bureau ("Bureau") had released an MDCL Public Notice, in which it stated that it would permit AM stations, by rule waiver or experimental authorization, to use transmitter control techniques that vary either the carrier power level or both the carrier and sideband power levels as a function of the modulation level. This allows AM licensees to reduce power consumption while maintaining audio quality and their licensed station coverage areas. These techniques are known as Modulation Dependent Carrier Level ("MDCL") control technologies.

US Code: 47 USC 154(i), 303, 310 and 533 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  
None

3060-AK14 Final or interim final rulemaking 81 FR 2751 01/19/2016

  78 FR 69629 11/20/2013
78 FR 69629 11/20/2013
No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 100 0 0 100 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 100 0 0 100 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
If the proposed requirements are adopted by the Commission in a final rulemaking, the following will be added to the OMB's inventory: 100 respondents, 100 responses and 100 burden hours. The proposed requirements are related to the FCC Form 338 – AM Station MDCL Notification under Section 73.1560(a)(1).

$30,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Tom Nessinger 202 418-2709 [email protected]

  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.
11/20/2013


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