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cancelled due to conflicts in members’

schedules.

Barbara Ann Ferguson,

Assistant Director, Budget and

Administration, Office of Science and

Technology Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–30052 Filed 11–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3170–01–M

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

for Extension Under Delegated

Authority, Comments Requested

November 17, 2000.

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: Written comments should be

submitted on or before January 26, 2001.

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 comments to Les

Smith, Federal Communications

Commissions, Room 1 A–804, 445

Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC

20554 or via the Internet to

lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Les

Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the

Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0190.

Title: Section 73.3544—Application

to obtain a modified station license.

Form No.: n/a.

Type of Review: Revision of currently

approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 325.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 2

hours for informal applications (These

hours include the contracting hour cost

to the respondents and the respondents

hour burden)/0.25 hours for

notifications.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Cost to Respondents: $45,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 306

hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.3544(b)

sets forth the filing procedures for

broadcast licensees to obtain a modified

station license when prior authority is

not required to make changes to the

station. Licensees are required to notify

the FCC in writing when there is a

change in the name of the licensee

where there is no change in ownership

or control. An informal application

(written request) may be filed by

licensees: (1) Correcting the routing

instructions and description of an AM

station directional antenna system field

monitoring point, when that point is not

changed; (2) changing the type of AM

station directional antenna monitor; (3)

changing the location of the station

main studio; or (4) changing the location

of a remote control point of an AM or

FM station.

TV or FM licensees changing the type

of transmitting antenna or output power

of their transmitter must file the

appropriate license application form

(FCC Form 302–FM/302–TV, 3060–

0506/0029) with the FCC.

Section 73.3544(c) allows licensees to

provide written notification when a

change in the name of the licensee

occurs where no change in ownership or

control is involved.

The data is used by FCC staff to

ensure changes are in accordance with

FCC rules and regulations and to issue

a modified station license.

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0488.

Title: Section 73.30—Petition for

authorization of an allotment in the

1605–1705 kHz band.

Form No.: n/a.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 1.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 2

hours (1 hour respondent/1 hour

contracting attorney).

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Cost to Respondents: $200.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1

hour.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.30(a)

requires any party interested in

applying for an AM broadcast station to

be operated on one of the ten channels

in the 1605–1705 kHz band must first

file a petition for the establishment of an

allotment to its proposed community of

service. Each petition must include the

following information: (1) Name of

community for which allotment is

sought; (2) station call letters; (3)

frequency of its licensed operation; and

(4) whether operation with stereo is

proposed.

The data is used by FCC staff to

determine whether applicant meets

basic technical requirements to migrate

to the expanded band.

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0182.

Title: Section 73.1620—Program tests.

Form No.: n/a.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 1416.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 1

hour—5 hours (1 hour for Sections

73.1620(a)–(f); 5 hours for Section

73.1620(g)).

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Cost to Respondents: $0.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1480

hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.1620(a)(1)

requires permittees of a nondirectional

AM or FM station, or a nondirectional

or directional TV station to notify the

FCC upon beginning of program tests.

An application for license must be filed

within 10 days of this notification.

Section 73.1620(a)(2) requires a

permittee of an AM or FM station with

a directional antenna to file a request for

program test authority 10 days prior to

date on which it desires to begin

program tests. This is filed in

conjunction with an application for

license. Section 73.1620(f) requires

licensees of UHF TV stations, assigned

to the same allocated channel which a

1000 watt UHF translator station is

authorized to use, to notify the licensee

of the translator station at least 10 days

prior to commencing or resuming

operation and certify to the FCC that

such advance notice has been given.

Section 73.1620(g) requires permittees

to report any deviations from their

promises, if any, in their application for

license to cover their construction

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permit (FCC Form 302) and on the first

anniversary of their commencement of

program tests. The notification in

Section 73.1620(a) alerts the

Commission that construction of a

station has been completed and that the

station is broadcasting program

material. The notification in Section

73.1620(f) alerts the UHF translator

station that the potential of interference

exists. The report in Section 73.1620(g)

stating deviations are necessary to

eliminate possible abuses of the FCC’s

processes and to ensure that

comparative promises relating to service

to the public are not inflated.

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0187.

Title: Section 73.3594—Local public

notice of designation for hearing.

Form No.: n/a.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 6.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 3

hours (These hours include the

contracting hour cost to the respondents

and the respondents hour burden).

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Cost to Respondents: $9,898.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 12

hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.3594

requires that applicants of any AM, FM

or TV broadcast station designated for

hearing must give notice of such

designation. Section 73.3594(a) requires

that this notice be given in a daily

newspaper of general circulation

published in the community in which

the station is or will be located. This

notice must be published twice a week

for two consecutive weeks. Section

73.3594(b) requires applicants for

modification, assignment, transfer or

renewal of an operating broadcast

station to give notice over the broadcast

station in addition to publishing the

notice in a daily newspaper. Section

73.3594(g) requires that applicant file a

statement with the FCC setting forth

information regarding the publication or

broadcast. This notice gives interested

parties an opportunity to respond.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0308.

Title: Section 90.505—Developmental

operation, showing required.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of existing

collection.

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

Local or Tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours

per response.

Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.

Total Annual Cost: No annual cost

burden on respondents from either

capital or start-up costs.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection requirement contained in

Section 90.505 is needed to gather data

on developmental programs for which a

developmental authorization is sought.

The information is used to evaluate the

desirability of issuing such an

authorization from spectrum use and

interference potential considerations. If

the information was not collected the

value of developmental programs would

be severely limited.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved By Office of Management

and Budget

November 17, 2000.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor and a person is not

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid control number. For

further information contact Shoko B.

Hair, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–1379.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0511.

Expiration Date: 11/30/2003.

Title: ARMIS Access Report.

Form No.: FCC Report 43–04.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 150

respondents; 621 hours per response

(avg.).; 93,150 total annual burden

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Description: Section 220 of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. 220, allows the

Commission, at its discretion, to

prescribe the forms of any and all

accounts, records, and memoranda to be

kept by carriers subject to this Act,

including the accounts, records, and

memoranda of the movement of traffic,

as well as the receipts and expenditures

of moneys. Section 219(b) of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. 219(b), authorizes

the Commission by a general or special

orders to require any carrier subject to

this Act to file monthly reports

concerning any matters with respect to

which the Commission is authorized or

required by law to act. ARMIS was

implemented to facilitate the timely and

efficient analysis of revenue

requirements, rates of return and price

caps; to provide an improved basis for

audits and other oversight functions;

and to enhance the Commission’s ability

to quantify the effects of alternative

policy. The ARMIS 43–04 Report

provides jurisdictional separations and

access charge data by Part 36 category

of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. The ARMIS 43–04 Report

monitors revenue requirements, joint

cost allocations, jurisdictional

separations and access charges. The

information contained in the ARMIS

43–04 Report provides the necessary

detail to enable the Commission to

fulfill its regulatory responsibilities.

Obligation to respond: Mandatory.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0512.

Expiration Date: 11/30/2003.

Title: ARMIS Annual Summary

Report.

Form No.: FCC Report 43–01.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 150

respondents; 135 hours per response

(avg.).; 20,250 total annual burden

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Description: Section 220 of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. 220, allows the

Commission, at its discretion, to

prescribe the forms of any and all

accounts, records, and memoranda to be

kept by carriers subject to this Act,

including the accounts, records, and

memoranda of the movement of traffic,

as well as of the receipts and

expenditures of moneys. Section 219(b)

of the Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. 219(b), authorizes

the Commission by a general or special

orders to require any carriers subject to

this Act to file annual reports

concerning any matters with respect to

which the Commission is authorized or

required by law to act. ARMIS was

implemented to facilitate the timely and

efficient analysis of revenue

requirements, rates of return and price

caps; to provide an improved basis for

audits and other oversight functions;

and to enhance the Commission’s ability

to quantify the effects of alternative