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cost data, including cost and revenue 

data is filed on FCC Form 508. And, the 

actual data, including cost and revenue 

data is reported on FCC Form 509. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32472 Filed 12–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Public Information Collection 

Requirement Submitted to OMB for 

Review and Approval, Comments 

Requested 

December 15, 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 (PRA) 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 on 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: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before January 26, 2011. 

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 via fax at 202– 

395–5167 or via e-mail to 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to PRA@fcc.gov and 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in the 

e-mail the OMB control number of the 

collection. If you are unable to submit 

your comments by e-mail contact the 

person listed below to make alternate 

arrangements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918, or via 

Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, and/ 

or PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this 

information collection request (ICR) 

submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the 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, (6) when the list of FCC 

ICRs currently under review appears, 

look for the OMB control number of this 

ICR and then click on the ICR Reference 

Number. A copy of the FCC submission 

to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0110. 

Title: Application for Renewal of 

Broadcast Station License, FCC Form 

303–S; Section 73.3555(d), Daily 

Newspaper Cross-Ownership. 

Form Number: FCC Form 303–S. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit entities; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 3,821 respondents and 3,821 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.25– 

12 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Eight year 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,403 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: 3,886,358. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

Sections 154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, and Section 204 of the 

Telecommunications Act of 1996. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this information collection. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On December 18, 

2007, the Commission adopted a Report 

and Order and Third Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (the ‘‘Order’’) in 

MB Docket Nos. 07–294; 06–121; 02– 

277; 04–228; MM Docket Nos. 01–235; 

01–317; 00–244; FCC 07–217. The Order 

adopted rule changes designed to 

expand opportunities for participation 

in the broadcasting industry by new 

entrants and small businesses, including 

minority- and women-owned 

businesses. Consistent with actions 

taken by the Commission in the Order, 

the following changes are made to Form 

303–S: The instructions have been 

revised to incorporate a definition of 

‘‘eligible entity,’’ which will apply to the 

Commission’s existing Equity Debt Plus 

(‘‘EDP’’) standard, one of the standards 

used to determine whether interests are 

attributable. Section II includes a new 

certification for licensees to certify that 

their advertising sales agreements do 

not discriminate on the basis of race or 

ethnicity and that all such agreements 

held by the licensee contain 

nondiscrimination clauses. The 

instructions for Section II have been 

revised to include a new description of 

the certification. 

Second, Section III includes a new 

question, Item 4, requiring licensees to 

certify that, during the preceding license 

term, the station has not been silent (or 

operating for less than its prescribed 

minimum operating hours) for any 

period of more than 30 days, consistent 

with the Commission’s rules. If a 

licensee cannot so certify, it must 

submit an exhibit specifying the exact 

dates in the preceding license term on 

which the station was silent or 

operating for less than its prescribed 

minimum hours. See 47 CFR 73.1740 

(Commercial Broadcast Stations); 47 

CFR 73.561 (Noncommercial 

Educational FM Stations); 47 CFR 

73.850 (Low-power FM Stations); and 

47 CFR 73.1745(b); 47 CFR 73.1740(b) 

(Noncommercial Educational AM 

Stations). See also 47 U.S.C. 309(k) 

(Statutory Standards for Broadcast 

Renewal Procedures); Birach 

Broadcasting Corp., 16 FCC Rcd 5015, 

5020 (2001) (holding that a station’s 

failure to provide any service during the 

license term is material to whether it 

served the public interest, convenience, 

and necessity pursuant to Section 

309(k)). Consistent with the holding in 

Birach, the Commission’s rules for 

minimum operating schedules, and the 

renewal standards set forth in Section 

309(k), Section III includes the new 

certification and the instructions to 

include a new description of the 

certification. 


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Section III, Item 7 (previously Item 6), 

has been revised to eliminate the 

requirement that full power AM and FM 

licensees submit an exhibit to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

Commission’s maximum permissible 

radio frequency (‘‘RF’’) electromagnetic 

exposure limits, in the event that they 

are unable or not eligible to use the RF 

worksheets contained in the 

instructions of the Form. All applicants 

continue to be required to certify that 

their facilities comply with the 

Commission’s maximum permissible RF 

limits. The elimination of the exhibit 

requirement for radio broadcasters, 

conforms the question so it is now 

consistent with the requirements for 

licensees of broadcast television 

stations, translator (FM and TV 

stations), and low-power FM stations, 

who are not required to submit an 

exhibit. The instructions for Section III, 

Item 7 and Worksheet #1 Environmental 

have been revised accordingly. 

Section V, Item 4 has been revised to 

clarify that Low Power TV (‘‘LPTV’’) 

stations still need to file Form 396 with 

the renewal application, but that they 

may or may not need to file a public file 

report and post it to their Web site. The 

word ‘‘as’’ has been replaced with the 

word ‘‘if.’’ The old version stated that 

stations are required to certify that they 

have created a public file report and 

posted it to their Web sites ‘‘as’’ required 

by regulation. The instructions have 

been revised to explain that for Section 

V, Item 4, only LPTV stations that are 

part of a station employment unit with 

full-power stations, where the unit 

employs at least five or more full-time 

employees, needs to file a public file 

report and post it to the station Web 

site. Other LPTV stations do not have to 

create a public file report because they 

do not have a public file. 

Additionally, a small number of 

typographical errors have been 

corrected throughout the instructions 

and form. 

Finally, the burden hours and burden 

costs published in the Federal Register 

on October 13, 2010 (75 FR 62816) have 

been reduced to reflect that only 

applicants for renewal of commercial 

broadcast stations are required to 

complete the new certification in 

Section II, Item 7 that their advertising 

sales agreements do not discriminate on 

the basis of race or ethnicity and that all 

such agreements contain 

nondiscrimination clauses. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32468 Filed 12–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[GN Docket No. 10–244; DA 10–2259] 

Media and Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureaus Seek 

Comment on Recommendation of the 

Advisory Committee on Diversity for 

Communications in the Digital Age 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Media and Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureaus of the 

Federal Communications Commission 

seek comment on a recommendation of 

the Advisory Committee on Diversity for 

Communications in the Digital Age that 

the Commission consider a new 

preference program in its competitive 

bidding process to provide bidding 

credits to individuals and entities who 

have overcome substantial 

disadvantage. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

February 7, 2011; reply comments are 

due on or before February 25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by GN Docket No. 10–244, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web Site: http:// 

fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

four copies of each filing. Filings can be 

sent by hand or messenger delivery, by 

commercial overnight courier, or by 

first-class or overnight U.S. Postal 

Service mail. All filings must be 

addressed to the Commission’s 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, 

Federal Communications Commission. 

• All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary must be 

delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 

12th St., SW., Room TW–A325, 

Washington, DC 20554. All hand 

deliveries must be held together with 

rubber bands or fasteners. Any 

envelopes must be disposed of before 

entering the building. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 

East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, 

MD 20743. 

• U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact 

the FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or telephone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 

202–418–0432. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Media Bureau, Industry Analysis 

Division: Amy Brett at (202) 418–2330, 

or Wireless Telecommunications 

Bureau, Auctions and Spectrum Access 

Division: Sayuri Rajapakse at (202) 418– 

0660. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the public notice, released 

December 2, 2010, in GN Docket No. 

10–244, seeking comment on the 

Advisory Committee’s Recommendation 

released on October 14, 2010. The 

Advisory Committee’s 

Recommendation, which was released 

as an attachment to the public notice, is 

available at http://www.fcc.gov/ 

DiversityFAC/meeting101410.html. The 

complete texts of the public notice and 

Recommendation are available for 

public inspection and copying from 8 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through 

Thursday or from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

ET on Fridays in the FCC Reference 

Information Center, 445 12th Street, 

SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 

20554. The public notice may be 

purchased from the Commission’s 

duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 

Printing, Inc. (BCPI), 445 12th Street, 

SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 

20554, telephone 202–488–5300, fax 

202–488–5563, or you may contact BCPI 

at its Web site: http:// 

www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering 

documents from BCPI, please provide 

the appropriate FCC document number, 

for example, DA 10–2259. The public 

notice is also available on the Internet 

at the Commission’s Web site or by 

using the search function for GN Docket 

No. 10–244 on the ECFS Web page at 

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. 

On October 14, 2010, the Advisory 

Committee on Diversity for 

Communications in the Digital Age 

(‘‘Advisory Committee’’) formally 

recommended that the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) undertake a notice of 

proposed rulemaking to consider how 

the Commission could design, adopt, 

and implement an additional new 

preference program in its competitive 

bidding process. Under the proposed 

preference, persons or entities who have 

overcome substantial disadvantage 

would be eligible for a bidding credit. 

The Advisory Committee explains that 

the new preference ‘‘would expand the 

pool of designated entities to include 

those qualified applicants who have 

overcome substantial disadvantage,’’ 

noting that the proposed program is 


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