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the Federal Register announcing when 

OMB approval for these rule sections 

which contains information collection 

requirements has been received and 

when the revised rules will take effect. 

This notice is consistent with the 

statement in the Second Report and 

Order. 

DATES: The effective date for the 

amendments to §§ 73.61, 73.68, 73.151 

and 73.155 published October 30, 2008 

(73 FR 64558) is February 5, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, please contact 

Peter Doyle, Peter.Doyle@fcc.gov, of the 

Media Bureau, Audio Division, (202) 

418–2700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on January 

26, 2009, OMB approved, for a period of 

three years, the information collection 

requirements contained in Sections 

73.61, 73.68, 73.151 and 73.155 of the 

rules. The Commission publishes this 

notice to announce the effective date of 

these rules. If you have any comments 

on the burden estimates listed below, or 

how the Commission can improve the 

collections and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Cathy 

Williams, Federal Communications 

Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

Please include OMB Control Number 

3060–0991 in your correspondence. The 

Commission will also accept your 

comments via the Internet if you send 

them to PRA@fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an e-mail to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the Commission is notifying the public 

that it received OMB approval on 

January 26, 2009, for the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Commission’s rules at 47 CFR 73.61, 

73.68, 73.151 and 73.155. 

Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

current, valid OMB 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 that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

The OMB Control Number is 3060– 

0991 and the total annual reporting 

burdens for respondents for these 

information collections are as follows: 

OMB Control Numbers: 3060–0991. 

OMB Approval Date: January 26, 

2009. 

Expiration Date: January 31, 2012. 

Title: AM Measurement Data. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit entities. I removed not for profit 

institutions since we did not include 

those respondents with our OMB 

submission. 

Number of Respondents/Responses: 

1,900 respondents; 4,568 responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5–25 

hours per response. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion reporting requirement; Third 

party disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 30,795 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $826,500. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain benefits. The statutory authority 

for this information collection is 

contained in Section 154(i) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. I removed the other rule 

sections since they were not included in 

our submission to OMB. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Act Assessment: No impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On September 24, 

2008, the Commission adopted the 

Second Report and Order and Second 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

in the matter of An Inquiry Into the 

Commission’s Policies and Rules 

Regarding AM Radio Service Directional 

Antenna Performance Verification, MM 

Docket No. 93–177, FCC 08–228. The 

Second Report and Order permits AM 

stations using directional antennas to 

use computer modeling techniques to 

verify AM directional antenna 

performance, thereby reducing the 

regulatory burden on these stations. 

Directional AM stations use antennas 

which suppress radiated field in some 

directions and enhance it in others. 

Under our current rules, an AM licensee 

operating with a directional antenna 

must perform a proof of performance to 

demonstrate that the antenna pattern 

conforms to the station’s authorization. 

An AM station must perform a full proof 

to verify the pattern shape when a new 

directional antenna system is 

authorized. Partial proofs, which require 

fewer measurements, are occasionally 

necessary to show that an array 

continues to operate properly. 

Typically, a full proof requires 

measurement of the AM station’s field 

strength on six to 12 critical bearings, 

ranging to distances of 15 kilometers or 

more from the antenna. Subsequent 

graphical analysis of proof 

measurements also requires substantial 

time and expense. In contrast, the 

computer modeling techniques 

authorized in the Second Report and 

Order are based on internal 

measurements, making the proof 

process less time-consuming and 

expensive for AM licensees. 

In order to control interference 

between stations and assure adequate 

community coverage, AM stations must 

conduct various engineering 

measurements to demonstrate that the 

antenna system operates as authorized. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–2409 Filed 2–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 09–42; MB Docket No. 08–43; RM– 

11420] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; Basin, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: At the request of White Park 

Broadcasting, Inc., this document allots 

Channel 300C3 at Basin, Wyoming, as 

the community’s second local aural 

transmission service. Channel 300C3 

can be allotted at Basin, Wyoming 

without a site restriction at coordinates 

44–22–48 NL, and 108–02–18 WL. 

DATES: Effective March 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 

Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victoria McCauley, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Report 

and Order, MB Docket No. 08–43, 

adopted January 14, 2009, and released 

January 16, 2009. This matter was 

initiated by a Notice of Proposed Rule 

Making, 73 FR 20005 (April 14, 2008). 

The full text of this Commission 

decision is available for inspection and 

copying during normal business hours 

in the FCC’s Reference Information 

Center at Portals II, CY–A257, 445 

Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 


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20554. This document may also be 

purchased from the Commission’s copy 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 

Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 

CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, 

telephone 1–800–378–3160 or http:// 

www.BCPIWEB.com. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Radio, Radio broadcasting. 

■ As stated in the preamble, the Federal 

Communications Commission amends 

47 CFR part 73 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336. 

§ 73.202 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Wyoming is amended 

by adding Basin, Channel 300C3. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division Media 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E9–2378 Filed 2–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 09–52; MB Docket No. 04–318; RM– 

11040] 

Radio Broadcasting Service; Culebra 

and Vieques, PR 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; denial of petition for 

reconsideration. 

SUMMARY: The Audio Division, Media 

Bureau, has issued a Memorandum 

Opinion and Order that denies a 

Petition for Reconsideration filed by 

Western New Life, Inc. (‘‘Petitioner’’), 

permittee and operator by Special 

Temporary Authority (‘‘STA’’) of Station 

WJZG(FM), Channel 293A, Culebra, 

Puerto Rico, directed against the Report 

and Order in MB Docket No. 04–318. 

The Memorandum Opinion and Order 

denies Petitioner’s request to substitute 

Channel 291A for Channel 254A at 

Culebra, Puerto Rico, in an attempt to 

obtain a permanent authorization for 

Station WJZG(FM). It also denies 

Petitioner’s request to accommodate the 

foregoing allotment by deleting vacant 

Channel 291B at Vieques, Puerto Rico. 

Petitioner’s alternative proposal to 

substitute Channel 254A for Channel 

291B at Vieques so that Station 

WJZG(FM) could obtain a permanent 

authorization on Channel 291A at 

Culebra is also denied. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 

Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. 

Barthen Gorman, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s 

Memorandum Opinion and Order, MB 

Docket No. 04–318, adopted January 14, 

2009, and released January 16, 2009. 

The full text of this Commission 

decision is available for inspection and 

copying during regular business hours 

at the FCC’s Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 Twelfth Street, 

SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 

20554. The complete text of this 

decision may also be purchased from 

the Commission’s duplicating 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 

445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554, telephone 

1–800–378–3160 or http:// 

www.BCPIWEB.com. The Commission 

will not send a copy of this 

Memorandum Opinion and Order in a 

report to be sent to Congress and the 

Government Accountability Office 

pursuant to the Congressional Review 

Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because 

the petition for reconsideration was 

denied. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Radio, Radio broadcasting. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E9–2395 Filed 2–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[FWS–R2–ES–2008–0131; MO 9221050083– 

B2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Partial 90-Day Finding on 

a Petition To List 206 Species in the 

Midwest and Western United States as 

Threatened or Endangered With 

Critical Habitat 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition 

finding. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 

90-day finding on 165 species from a 

petition to list 206 species in the 

mountain-prairie region of the United 

States as threatened or endangered 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (Act). We find that, 

for these 165 species, the petition does 

not present substantial scientific or 

commercial information indicating that 

listing may be warranted. Therefore, for 

these 165 species, we will not initiate a 

further status review in response to this 

petition; however, we are making no 

determination at this time on whether 

substantial information has been 

presented on the remaining 39 species 

included in the petition. A finding (or 

findings) will be made on the remaining 

39 species at a later date. We ask the 

public to submit to us any new 

information that becomes available 

concerning the status of these 165 

species, or threats to them or their 

habitat, at any time. This information 

will help us monitor and encourage the 

conservation of these species. An 

additional 2 species of the 206 were 

reviewed in a concurrent 90-day finding 

and, therefore, were not considered in 

this finding (see Petition). 

DATES: The finding announced in this 

document was made on February 5, 

2009. You may submit new information 

concerning this species for our 

consideration at any time. 

ADDRESSES: This finding is available on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Supporting 

information we used in preparing this 

finding is available for public 

inspection, by appointment, during 

normal business hours, at the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Mountain-Prairie 

Regional Ecological Services Office, P.O. 

Box 25486, Denver Federal Center, 

Denver, Colorado 80255. Please submit 

any new information, materials, 

comments, or questions concerning 

these species or this finding to the above 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Carlson, Listing Coordinator, MountainPrairie Regional Ecological Services 

Office (see ADDRESSES); telephone 303– 

236–4264. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), please call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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