Non-substantive Change Request

NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REQUEST JUSTIFICATION

OMB CONTROL NUMBER 3060-0405

Form 2100, Schedule 349 – FM Translator or FM Booster Station Construction Permit Application¹

The Commission is submitting this non-substantive change request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of minor non-substantive changes made to “Consolidated Data Base System” (CDBS) based FCC Form 349. FCC Form 349, Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in an FM Translator or FM Booster Station, is used to apply for authority to construct a new FM translator or FM booster broadcast station, or to make changes in the existing facilities of such stations in CDBS.

The Media Bureau is transitioning to a new on-line, electronic licensing database system called the “Licensing Management System” (LMS) in which all Media Bureau broadcast applications and reporting forms will eventually be filed. In effect, the database transition requires a corresponding design conversion of all existing CDBS forms. The Media Bureau is currently developing electronic, LMS-compatible versions of various broadcast station application and reporting forms, such as this Form 2100, Schedule 349 – FM Translator or FM Booster Station Construction Permit Application (LMS FM Translator or FM Booster Construction Permit Application) as part of the database transition.

In general, the new LMS FM Translator or FM Booster Construction Permit Application will replicate the CDBS-based FCC Form 349. The form sections and substance of the individual questions essentially remain the same. As with the CDBS-based FCC Form 349, the LMS FM Translator or FM Booster Construction Permit Application requires applicants to certify compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. The application is presented primarily in a “Yes/No” certification format and contains places for submitting explanatory exhibits where appropriate.

The respondents, burden hours and costs of this Information Collection are not impacted by the minor non-substantive changes to FCC Form 349, which will now be a part of the LMS FM Translator or FM Booster Construction Permit Application. The minor non-substantive change is highlighted below:

Change #1 – To accommodate the Media Bureau’s database transition from CDBS to LMS, Form 349 will be replaced with LMS compatible LMS FM Translator or FM Booster Construction Permit Application. The certification-based questions and explanatory exhibit format remains the same. The substance, respondents, burden hours, and costs of Information Collection OMB Control No. 3060-0405 are not impacted.

Also, the Supporting Statement for OMB Control No. 3060-0405 has been updated accordingly.

1 Pursuant to this non-substantive change, CDBS-based FCC Form 349 will be renamed “Form 2100, Schedule 349 – FM Translator or FM Booster Station Construction Permit Application” and will be encompassed within the new on-line licensing database system called Licensing Modernization System. Accordingly, the title of this Information Collection is also being changed.

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