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ensure that only ETCs directly serving 

low-income customers receive 

reimbursement under the Lifeline 

program; and require ETCs to use a 

uniform snapshot date to request 

reimbursement from USAC for the 

provision of Lifeline support. 

On April 27, 2016, the Commission 

adopted the Lifeline and Link Up 

Reform and Modernization et al., WC 

Docket Nos. 11–42, 09–197, 10–90, 

Third Report and Order, Further Report 

and Order, and Order on 

Reconsideration, FCC 16–38 (2016) 

(2016 Lifeline Order) The 2016 Lifeline 

Order changes included requiring ETCs 

to certify compliance with the new 

minimum service requirements, moving 

to rolling annual subscriber 

recertification, streamlining the firstyear ETC audit requirements, and 

eliminating the temporary address 

requirements. 

The Commission’s decision to 

transition to a centralized National 

Verifier was outlined in detail in the 

2016 Lifeline Order. The National 

Verifier was established to make 

eligibility determinations and perform a 

variety of other functions necessary to 

enroll subscribers into the Lifeline 

program. The National Verifier verifies 

Lifeline subscriber eligibility, checks for 

duplicate Lifeline subscribers, conducts 

recertification of subscribers, and 

calculates support payments to ETCs. 

ETCs maintain ultimate responsibility 

for the accuracy of information 

submitted to the National Verifier and 

complying with the Lifeline program’s 

rules. The National Verifier was 

launched over a period of several years 

from late 2017 through December 2020, 

serving all states, territories, and the 

District of Columbia. 

On October 30, 2019, the Commission 

adopted the Bridging the Digital Divide 

for Low-Income Consumers, WC Docket 

Nos. 17–287, 11–42, 09–197, Fifth 

Report and Order, Memorandum 

Opinion and Order and Order on 

Reconsideration, and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 19–111 

(2019) (2019 Lifeline Order). The 2019 

Lifeline Order restored the states’ lawful 

role in designating eligible 

telecommunications carriers and 

eliminated the Lifeline Broadband 

Provider designation category and its 

associated designation procedures. The 

Order also implemented a number of 

administrative changes to improve the 

integrity of the Lifeline eligibility 

verification, enrollment, and 

recertification processes. 

On October 20, 2023, the Commission 

adopted the Connect America Fund et 

al., WC Docket No. 10–90 et al. WT 

Docket No. 10–208, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking and Report and Order, FCC 

23–87 (Oct. 20, 2023) (Administrative 

Order). In the Administrative Order, the 

Commission modified, in relevant part, 

section 205 of the Commission’s rules, 

to require an ETC that intends to 

relinquish its ETC designation to 

provide: (1) advance notice to the state 

commission and to the Commission of 

such intention to relinquish, and (2) 

notice to the Commission of the state 

authority’s decision to permit or deny 

such relinquishment, within 10 days of 

its decision. These filings must be 

submitted regardless of whether the ETC 

is currently receiving federal support. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22716 Filed 10–1–24; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1086; FR ID 248413] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal Agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it might 

‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before November 1, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Cathy 

Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

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

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 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 Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission 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. 

As part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork burdens, as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC 

invited the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

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 estimates; (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. Pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific 

comment on how it might ‘‘further 


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reduce the information collection 

burden for small business concerns with 

fewer than 25 employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1086. 

Title: Section 74.787, Digital 

Licensing; Section 74.790, Permissible 

Service of Digital TV Translator and 

LPTV Stations; Section 74.794, Digital 

Emissions, Section 74.796, Modification 

of Digital Transmission Systems and 

Analog Transmission Systems for 

Digital Operation. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit entities; not for profit institutions; 

State, local or Tribal government. 

Number of Respondents/Responses: 

8,445 respondents; 19,586 responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50 

hours–3 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; One-time 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 27,711 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $61,728,000. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in section 301 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements approved under 

this collection are as follows: 

a. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(3) provides that 

mutually exclusive applicants applying 

for construction permits for new digital 

stations and for major changes to 

existing stations in the LPTV service 

will similarly be allowed to submit in 

writing to the Commission, settlements 

and engineering solutions to rectify the 

problem. 

b. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(4) provides that 

mutually exclusive displacement relief 

applicants filing applications for digital 

LPTV and TV translator stations may be 

resolved by submitting settlements and 

engineering solutions in writing to the 

Commission. 

c. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(5)(v) states that a 

license for a digital-to-digital 

replacement television translator will be 

issued only to a full-power television 

broadcast station licensee that 

demonstrates in its application a loss in 

the station’s pre-auction digital service 

area as a result of the broadcast 

television spectrum incentive auction, 

including the repacking process, 

conducted under section 6403 of the 

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 

Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–96). 

‘‘Pre-auction digital service area’’ is 

defined as the geographic area within 

the full power station’s noise-limited 

contour (as set forth in Public Notice, 

DA 15–1296, released November 12, 

2015). The service area of the digital-todigital replacement translator shall be 

limited to only the demonstrated loss 

area within the full power station’s preauction digital service area, provided 

that an applicant for a digital-to-digital 

replacement television translator may 

propose a de minimis expansion of its 

full power pre-auction digital service 

area upon demonstrating that the 

expansion is necessary to replace a loss 

in its pre-auction digital service area. 

d. 47 CFR 74.790(f) permits digital TV 

translator stations to originate 

emergency warnings over the air 

deemed necessary to protect and 

safeguard life and property, and to 

originate local public service 

announcements (PSAs) or messages 

seeking or acknowledging financial 

support necessary for its continued 

operation. These announcements or 

messages shall not exceed 30 seconds 

each, and be broadcast no more than 

once per hour. 

e. 47 CFR 74.790(e) requires that a 

digital TV translator station shall not 

retransmit the programs and signal of 

any TV broadcast or DTV broadcast 

station(s) without prior written consent 

of such station(s). A digital TV 

translator operator electing to multiplex 

signals must negotiate arrangements and 

obtain written consent of involved DTV 

station licensee(s). 

f. 47 CFR 74.790(g) requires a digital 

LPTV station who transmits the 

programming of a TV broadcast or DTV 

broadcast station received prior written 

consent of the station whose signal is 

being transmitted. 

g. 47 CFR 74.794 mandates that digital 

LPTV and TV translator stations 

operating on TV channels 22–24, 32–36 

and 38 with a digital transmitter not 

specifically FCC-certificated for the 

channel purchase and utilize a low pass 

filter or equivalent device rated by its 

manufacturer to have an attenuation of 

at least 85 dB in the GPS band. The 

licensees must retain with their station 

license a description of the low pass 

filter or equivalent device with the 

manufacturer’s rating or a report of 

measurements by a qualified individual. 

h. 47 CFR 74.796(b)(5) requires digital 

LPTV or TV translator station licensees 

that modify their existing transmitter by 

use of a manufacturer-provided 

modification kit would need to 

purchase the kit and must notify the 

Commission upon completion of the 

transmitter modifications. In addition, a 

digital LPTV or TV translator station 

licensees that modify their existing 

transmitter and do not use a 

manufacturer-provided modification kit, 

but instead perform custom 

modification (those not related to 

installation of manufacturer-supplied 

and FCC-certified equipment) must 

notify the Commission upon completion 

of the transmitter modifications and 

shall certify compliance with all 

applicable transmission system 

requirements. 

i. 47 CFR 74.796(b)(6) provides that 

operators who modify their existing 

transmitter by use of a manufacturerprovided modification kit must 

maintain with the station’s records for a 

period of not less than two years, and 

will make available to the Commission 

upon request, a description of the nature 

of the modifications, installation and 

test instructions, and other material 

provided by the manufacturer, the 

results of performance-tests and 

measurements on the modified 

transmitter, and copies of related 

correspondence with the Commission. 

In addition, digital LPTV and TV 

translator operators who custom modify 

their transmitter must maintain with the 

station’s records for a period of not less 

than two years, and will make available 

to the Commission upon request, a 

description of the modifications 

performed and performance tests, the 

results of performance-tests and 

measurements on the modified 

transmitter, and copies of related 

correspondence with the Commission. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, October 8, 

2024 at 10:00 a.m. and its continuation 

at the conclusion of the open meeting 

on October 10, 2024. 

PLACE: 1050 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC, and virtual. (This 

meeting will be a hybrid meeting.) 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Compliance matters pursuant to 52 

U.S.C. 30109. 

Matters concerning participation in 

civil actions or proceedings or 

arbitration. 

* * * * * 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 


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