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The FCC 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 OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on 

this information collection should 

submit comments on or before April 12, 

2010. 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 PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), via fax 

at (202) 395–5167, or via the Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith B. Herman, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC). To 

submit your PRA comments by e–mail 

send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202–418–0214. 

For additional information about the 

information collection(s) send an e–mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Judith B. 

Herman, 202–418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control No: 3060–1134. 

Title: Schools and Libraries Universal 

Service Support Program (‘‘E–Rate’’) 

Broadband Survey. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Not–for–profit 

institutions and state, local or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 25,000 

respondents; 25,000 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: .25 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One–time and 

on occasion reporting requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

sections 151–154, 201–205, 218–220, 

254, 303(r), and 403. 

Total Annual Burden: 12,500 hours. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Although it is unlikely that the survey 

will solicit any confidential 

information, pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 

of the Commission’s rules, a respondent 

may request that information submitted 

to the Commission not be put in the 

public record. The respondent must 

state the reasons, and the facts on which 

those reasons are based, for withholding 

the information from the public record. 

The appropriate Bureau or Office Chief 

of the Commission may grant a 

confidentiality request that presents, by 

a preponderance of the evidence, a case 

for non–disclosure consistent with the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 

U.S.C. section 552. If a confidentiality 

request is denied, the respondent has 

five days to appeal the decision before 

the Commission. If the appeal before the 

Commission is denied, the respondent 

has five days to seek a judicial stay. 

Need and Uses: The Commission will 

submit this information collection as an 

extension to the OMB after this 60 day 

comment period in order to obtain the 

full three year clearance from them. The 

Commission sought and received 

emergency OMB approval in January 

2010 for this information collection. The 

Commission has not changed any of the 

reporting requirements. There is no 

change in the Commission’s burden 

estimates. 

The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorized 

the FCC to create the national 

Broadband Plan that shall seek to ensure 

that all people of the United States have 

access to broadband capability and shall 

establish benchmarks for meeting that 

goal. Consistent with this effort, the 

Commission seeks to conduct a survey 

of all applicants under the Schools and 

Libraries Universal Service Program, 

also known as the E–Rate Program, to 

determine the current state of 

broadband usage and access within 

schools and libraries in the United 

States in order to determine how to best 

address their educational and 

technological needs as part of the 

National Broadband Plan. The National 

Broadband Plan is now due to congress 

by March 17, 2010. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, 

Office of the Secretary, 

Office of Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2963 Filed 2–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–S 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information Collection 

Being submitted for Review and 

Approval to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), Comments 

Requested 

February 4, 2010. 

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, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

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; (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; and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC 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 OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on 

this information collection should 

submit comments on or before March 

12, 2010. 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 PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), via fax 

at (202) 395–5167, or via the Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith B. Herman, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC). To 

submit your PRA comments by e–mail 

send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to web page: http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the web page called 

’’Currently Under Review’’, (3) click on 

the downward–pointing arrow in the 

’’Select Agency’’ box below the 

’’Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ’’Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ’’Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ’’Submit’’ button to the right 

of the ’’Select Agency’’ box, and (6) 

when the FCC list appears, look for the 

title of this ICR (or its OMB Control 

Number, if there is one) and then click 

on the ICR. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202–418–0214. 

For additional information about the 

information collection(s) send an e–mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Judith B. 

Herman, 202–418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control No: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: Sections 1.49 and 1.54, 

Forbearance Petition Filing 

Requirements. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for– 

profit. 

Number of Respondents: 10 

respondents; 10 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 640 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement, recordkeeping 

requirement and third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

sections 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155(c), 160, 

201 and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 6,400 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

respondents submit confidential 

information to the Commission. 

Respondents may, however, request 

confidential treatment for information 

they believe to be confidential under 47 

CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules. 

Need and Uses: The Commission will 

submit this information collection 

during this comment period in order to 

obtain the full three year clearance from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). This is a new information 

collection in which the Commission 

estimates a 6,400 hour increase in the 

agency’s total annual burden. 

Under section 10 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, telecommunications carriers 

may petition the Commission to forbear 

from applying to a telecommunications 

carrier any statutory provision or 

Commission regulation. When a carrier 

petitions the Commission for 

forbearance, section 10 requires the 

Commission to make three 

determinations with regard to the need 

for the challenged provision or 

regulation. If the Commission fails to act 

within one year (extended by three 

additional months, if necessary), the 

petition is ‘‘deemed granted’’ by 

operation of law. These determinations 

will promote competitive market 

conditions. 

Under the new filing procedures, the 

Commission requires that petitions for 

forbearance must ‘‘complete as filed’’ 

and explain in detail what must be 

included in the forbearance petition. 

The Commission also incorporates by 

reference it rule, 47 CFR 1.49, which 

states the Commission’s standard 

‘‘specifications as to pleadings and 

documents.’’ Precise filing requirements 

are necessary because of section 10’s 

strict time limit for Commission action. 

Also, commenters must be able to 

understand clearly the scope of the 

petition in order to comment on it. 

Finally, standard filing procedures 

inform petitioners precisely what the 

Commission expects from them in order 

to make the statutory determinations 

that the statute requires. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, 

Office of the Secretary, 

Office of Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2907 Filed 2–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–S 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collections Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

02/04/2010. 

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, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 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; (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 and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information burden 

for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees. 

The FCC 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. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this information collection should 

submit comments by April 12, 2010. 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 PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), via fax 

at (202) 395–5167, or via e–mail at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Cathy Williams, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC), via 

e–mail at PRA@fcc.gov and to 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s) send an e–mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy 

Williams on (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0837. 

Title: Application for DTV Broadcast 

Station License. 

Form Number: FCC Form 302–DTV. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement 

without change of a previously 

approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for– 

profit entities; Not–for–profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 300 respondents and 300 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i), 303 and 308 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 600 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: $133,800. 

Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No 

impacts. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality and 

respondents are not being asked to 


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