70144 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 231 / Thursday, December 2, 2004 / Notices 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB 

for Review and Approval 

November 22, 2004.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commissions, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before January 3, 2005. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to 

Cathy Williams, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1–

C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20554 or via the Internet to 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov or Kristy L. 

LaLonde, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), Room 10236 NEOB, 

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395–3087 

or via the Internet at 

Kristy_L._LaLonde@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copy of the 

information collection(s) contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918 or via the 

Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0188. 

Title: Call Sign Reservation and 

Authorization System, FCC Form 380. 

Form Number: FCC Form 380. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 1,600. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.166—

0.25 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 333 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $142,000. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.3550 

provides that all requests for new or 

modified call signs be made via the online call sign reservation and 

authorization. The FCC Form 380 is an 

on-line system for electronic 

preparation and submission of requests 

for the reservation and authorization of 

new and modified call signs. Access to 

the call sign reservation and 

authorization system is made by 

broadcast licensees and permittees, or 

by persons acting on their behalf, via the 

Internet’s World Wide Web. This online, electronic call sign system enables 

users to determine the availability and 

licensing status of call signs; to request 

an initial, or change an existing, call 

sign; and to determine and submit more 

easily the appropriate fee, if any. 47 CFR 

74.783 also permits any low power 

television (LPTV) station to request a 

four-letter call sign after receiving its 

construction permit. All initial LPTV 

construction permits will continue to be 

issued with a five-character alphanumeric LPTV call sign. LPTV 

licensees/permittees are also required to 

use the on-line call sign reservation and 

authorization system. The call sign 

reservation and authorization system is 

used by permittees, licensees or persons 

acting on their behalf to determine the 

availability of a call sign and to request 

an initial call sign or change an existing 

call sign.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0844. 

Title: Carriage of the Transmissions of 

Digital Television Broadcast Stations, 

Report & Order (R&O) and Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(FNPRM). 

Form Number: Not Applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 10,100. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes—40 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 81,296 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $2,359,681. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The FCC adopted a 

Report and Order (R&O) on January 23, 

2001, and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (FNPRM). The R&O

modified 47 CFR 76.64(f) to provide that 

stations that return their analog 

spectrum and broadcast only in digital 

format are entitled to elect must-carry or 

retransmission consent status following 

the procedures previously applicable to 

new television stations. The R&O also 

provided only carriage rights for a very 

limited number of digital-only 

television broadcast station (DTV) and 

may result in voluntary carriage for a 

subset of other DTV stations. 

Furthermore, the R&O established a 

framework for voluntary retransmission 

consent agreements between DTV 

station licensees and multi-channel 

video programming distributors and 

modified several sections of the rules 

accordingly. The FNPRM sought 

additional comments on carriage 

requirements relating to digital 

television stations generally, as 

proposed in the initial NPRM.

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

November 23, 2004.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility;