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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 Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before October 22, 

2018. 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 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0295. 

Title: Section 90.607, Supplemental 

Information to be Furnished by 

Applicants for Facilities Under Subpart 

S. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions 

and state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 478 respondents; 478 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .25 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One time 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 308(b). 

Total Annual Burden: 120 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements contained in 

Section 90.607 require the affected 

applicants to submit a list of any radio 

facilities they hold within 40 miles of 

the base station transmitter site being 

applied for. 

This information is used to determine 

if an applicant’s proposed system is 

necessary in light of communications 

facilities it already owns. Such a 

determination helps the Commission to 

equitably distribute limited spectrum 

and prevents spectrum warehousing. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Cecilia Sigmund, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. Office of the 

Secretary. 

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[OMB 3060–0180, OMB 3060–0286, OMB 

3060–1194] 

Information Collections Being 

Reviewed by the Federal 

Communications Commission Under 

Delegated Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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 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 Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before October 22, 

2018. 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 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0180. 

Title: Section 73.1610, Equipment 

Tests. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 500 respondents; 500 

responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 250 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in Section 154(i) of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements contained in 47 

CFR 73.1610 require the permittee of a 

new broadcast station to notify the FCC 

of its plans to conduct equipment tests 

for the purpose of making adjustments 

and measurements as may be necessary 

to assure compliance with the terms of 

the construction permit and applicable 

engineering standards. FCC staff use the 

data to assure compliance with the 

terms of the construction permit and 

applicable engineering standards. 

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. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit, not-for-profit institutions, and 

State, local, or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 50 respondents and 50 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: Third party 

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Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection 47 U.S.C. 

154, 303, 307(e), 309 and 332, unless 

noted. 

Total Annual Burden: 50 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: No cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: The reporting 

requirement contained in section 80.302 

is necessary to ensure that the U.S. 

Coast Guard is timely notified when a 

coast station, which is responsible for 

maintaining a listening watch on a 

designated marine distress and safety 

frequency discontinues, reduces or 

impairs its communications services. 

This notification allows the Coast Guard 

to seek an alternate means of providing 

radio coverage to protect the safety of 

life and property at sea or object to the 

planned diminution of service. 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 Number: 3060–1194. 

Title: AM Station Modulation 

Dependent Carrier Level (MDCL) 

Notification Form; FCC Form 338. 

Form Number: FCC Form 338. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 100 respondents and 100 

responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 1 

hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 100 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: None. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in Sections 154(i), 303, 310 

and 533 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality 

required with this collection of 

information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On October 23, 2015, 

the Commission released the First 

Report and Order, Further Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, and Notice of 

Inquiry, Revitalization of the AM Radio 

Service (First R&O), FCC 15–142, MB 

Docket 13–249. In the First R&O, the 

Commission adopted its proposal for 

wider implementation of Modulation 

Dependent Carrier Level (MDCL) control 

technologies by amending Section 

73.1560(a) of the rules, to provide that 

an AM station may commence operation 

using MDCL control technology without 

prior Commission authority, provided 

that the AM station licensee notifies the 

Commission of the station’s MDCL 

control operation within 10 days after 

commencement of such operation using 

the Bureau’s Consolidated Database 

System (CDBS). 

In September 2011, the Commission’s 

Media Bureau (Bureau) had released an 

MDCL Public Notice, in which it stated 

that it would permit AM stations, by 

rule waiver or experimental 

authorization, to use MDCL control 

technologies, which are transmitter 

control techniques that vary either the 

carrier power level or both the carrier 

and sideband power levels as a function 

of the modulation level. This allows AM 

licensees to reduce power consumption 

while maintaining audio quality and 

their licensed station coverage areas. 

There are two basic types of MDCL 

control technologies. In one type, the 

carrier power is reduced at low 

modulation levels and increased at 

higher modulation levels. In the other 

type, there is full carrier power at low 

modulation levels and reduced carrier 

power and sideband powers at higher 

modulation levels. Use of any of these 

MDCL control technologies reduces the 

station’s antenna input power to levels 

not permitted by Section 73.1560(a) of 

the Commission’s rules. 

The MDCL Public Notice permitted 

AM station licensees wanting to use 

MDCL control technologies to seek 

either a permanent waiver of Section 

73.1560(a) for those licensees already 

certain of the particular MDCL control 

technology to be used, or an 

experimental authorization pursuant to 

Section 73.1510 of the Rules for those 

licensees wishing to determine which of 

the MDCL control technologies would 

result in maximum cost savings and 

minimum effects on the station’s 

coverage area and audio quality. 

Between release of the MDCL Public 

Notice and release of the Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making in MB Docket 

No. 13–249, FCC 13–139 (NPRM), 33 

permanent waiver requests and 20 

experimental requests authorizing use of 

MDCL control technologies had been 

granted by the Bureau. 

AM station licensees using MDCL 

control technologies have reported 

significant savings on electrical power 

costs and few, if any, perceptible effects 

on station coverage area and audio 

quality. Accordingly, the NPRM 

tentatively concluded that use of MDCL 

control technologies reduces AM 

broadcasters’ operating costs while 

maintaining a station’s current level of 

service to the public, without 

interference to other stations. The 

Commission therefore, proposed to 

allow an AM station to commence 

operation using MDCL control 

technology by notification to the 

Commission, without prior Commission 

authority. 

Consistent with the Commission’s 

new rule allowing AM broadcasters to 

implement MDCL technologies without 

prior authorization, by electronic 

notification within 10 days of 

commencing MDCL operations, the 

Commission created FCC Form 338, AM 

Station Modulation Dependent Carrier 

Level (MDCL) Notification. In addition 

to the standard general contact 

information, FCC Form 338 solicits 

minimal technical data, as well as the 

date that MDCL control operation 

commenced. This information 

collection regarding FCC Form 338 

needs OMB review and approval. 

The following rule section is covered 

by this information collection: 47 CFR 

73.1560(a)(1) specifies the limits on 

antenna input power for AM stations. 

AM stations using MDCL control 

technologies are not required to adhere 

to these operating power parameters. 

AM stations may, without prior 

Commission authority, commence 

MDCL control technology use, provided 

that within ten days after commencing 

such operation, the licensee submits an 

electronic notification of 

commencement of MDCL operation 

using FCC Form 338. 

The Commission is now requesting a 

three year extension for this collection 

from the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Cecilia Sigmund, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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