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###### Federal Communications Commission

# 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; (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:

Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should submit comments April 23, 2007. 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 Allison E. Zaleski, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-6466, or via fax at 202-395-5167, or via the Internet at                         *Allison_E._Zaleski@omb.eop.gov*                         and to                         *Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov,*                         Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. To submit your comments by email send them to:                         *PRA@fcc.gov.*                         If you would like to obtain or view a copy of this information collection after the 60 day comment period, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at:                         *http://www.fcc.gov/​omd/​pra.*

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        For additional information about the information collection(s) send an e-mail to                         *PRA@fcc.gov*                         or contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214.                     

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*OMB Control No.:*                     3060-0286.                 

*Title:*                     Section 80.302, Notice of Discontinuance, Reduction, or Impairment of Service Involving a Distress Watch.                 

*Form No.:*                     N/A.                 

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                           ( print page 7988)    

*Respondents:*                     Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, and state, local or tribal government.                 

*Number of Respondents:*                     160 respondents; 160 responses.                 

*Estimated Time per Response:*                     1 hour.                 

*Frequency of Response:*                     Third party disclosure requirement.                 

*Obligation to Respond:*                     Required to obtain or retain benefits.                 

*Total Annual Burden:*                     160 hours.                 

*Annual Cost Burden:*                     N/A.                 

*Privacy Act Impact Assessment:*                     N/A.                 

*Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:*                     There is no need for confidentiality.                 

*Needs and Uses:*                     This collection will be submitted as an extension (no change in reporting requirements) after this 60-day comment period to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full three year clearance. There is no change in the number of respondents or burden hours.                 

Section 80.302 is necessary when changes occur in the operation of a public coast station which include discontinuance, reduction or suspension of a watch required to be maintained on 2182 kHz or 156.800 MHz, notification must be made by the licensee to the nearest district office of the U.S. Coast Guard as soon as practicable. This notification must include the estimated or known resumption time of the watch. 

The information is used by the U.S. Coast Guard district office nearest to the coast station. Once the Coast Guard is aware that such a situation exists, it is able to inform the maritime community that radio coverage has or will be affected and/or seek to provide coverage of the safety watch via alternate means. 

*OMB Control No.:*                     3060-0308.                 

*Title:*                     Section 90.505, Developmental Operation, Showing Required.                 

*Form No.:*                     N/A.                 

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                 

*Respondents:*                     Business or other for-profit and state, local or tribal government.                 

*Number of Respondents:*                     100 respondents; 100 responses.                 

*Estimated Time per Response:*                     2 hours.                 

*Frequency of Response:*                     On occasion reporting requirement.                 

*Obligation to Respond:*                     Required to obtain or retain benefits.                 

*Total Annual Burden:*                     200 hours.                 

*Annual Cost Burden:*                     N/A.                 

*Privacy Act Impact Assessment:*                     N/A.                 

*Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:*                     There is no need for confidentiality.                 

*Needs and Uses:*                     This collection will be submitted as an extension (no change in reporting requirements) after this 60-day comment period to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance. There is no change in the number of respondents or burden hours.                 

Section 90.505 requires applicants proposing developmental operations to submit supplemental information showing why the authorization is necessary and what its use will be. This reporting requirement will be used by the Commission staff in evaluating the applicant's need for such frequencies and the interference potential to other stations operating on the proposed frequencies. 

*OMB Control No.:*                     3060-0807.                 

*Title:*                     Section 51.803, Procedures for Commission Notification of a State Commission's Failure to Act; and Supplemental Procedures for Petitions to Section 252(e)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.                 

*Form No.:*                     N/A.                 

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                 

*Respondents:*                     Business or other for-profit.                 

*Number of Respondents:*                     60 respondents; 60 responses.                 

*Estimated Time per Response:*                     20-40 hours.                 

*Frequency of Response:*                     On occasion reporting requirement and third party disclosure requirement.                 

*Obligation to Respond:*                     Mandatory.                 

*Total Annual Burden:*                     1,600 hours.                 

*Annual Cost Burden:*                     N/A.                 

*Privacy Act Impact Assessment:*                     N/A.                 

*Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:*                     There is no need for confidentiality.                 

*Needs and Uses:*                     This collection will be submitted as an extension (no change in reporting requirements) after this 60-day comment period to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance. The Commission has adjusted the burden hours for this information collection due to an increase in the number of respondents.                 

Any interested party seeking preemption of a state commission's jurisdiction based on the state commission's failure to act shall notify the Commission as follows: (1) File with the Secretary of the Commission a detailed petition, supported by an affidavit, that states with specificity the basis for any claim that it has failed to act; and (2) serve the state commission and other parties to the proceeding on the same day that the party serves the petition on the Commission. Within 15 days of the filing of the petition, the state commission and parties to the proceeding may file a response to the petition. All of the requirements are used to ensure that petitioners have complied with their obligations under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. 

*OMB Control No.:*                     3060-0894.                 

*Title:*                     Certification Letter Accounting for Receipt of Federal Support—CC Docket Nos. 96-45, and 96-262.                 

*Form No.:*                     N/A.                 

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                 

*Respondents:*                     State, local or tribal government.                 

*Number of Respondents:*                     52 respondents; 52 responses.                 

*Estimated Time per Response:*                     3-5 hours.                 

*Frequency of Response:*                     On occasion and annual reporting requirements.                 

*Obligation to Respond:*                     Required to obtain or retain benefits.                 

*Total Annual Burden:*                     162 hours.                 

*Annual Cost Burden:*                     N/A.                 

*Privacy Act Impact Assessment:*                     N/A.                 

*Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:*                     There is no need for confidentiality.                 

*Needs and Uses:*                     This collection will be submitted as an extension (no change in reporting requirements) after this 60-day comment period to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance. There is no change in respondents or burden hours.  Each state is required to provide information to the Commission regarding the comparability of local rates in rural areas served by non-rural carriers within the state to urban rates nationwide. The certification process requirements address rate comparability. Pursuant to the certification process, each state is required to inform whether its rates in rural areas served by non-rural carriers are reasonably comparable to urban rates nationwide and explain the basis for its conclusion as well as its proposed remedies, if necessary.                 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7-2995 Filed 2-21-07; 8:45 am] 

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