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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 January 21, 

2025. 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 to 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: 3060–0010. 

Title: Ownership Report for 

Commercial Broadcast Stations, FCC 

Form 323; Section 73.3615, Ownership 

Reports; Section 74.797, Biennial 

Ownership Reports. 

Form Number: FCC Form 323. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

State, Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 4,340 

respondents; 4,340 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 to 

2.5 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; biennial 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for these collections are 

contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a), 

154(i), 257, 303(r), 307, 309, and 310. 

Total Annual Burden: 9,620 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $10,220,980. 

Needs and Uses: On January 20, 2016, 

the Commission released a Report and 

Order, Second Report and Order, and 

Order on Reconsideration in MB Docket 

Nos. 07–294, 10–103, and MD Docket 

No. 10–234 (Second Report and Order). 

The Second Report and Order refines 

the collection of data reported on FCC 

Form 323, Ownership Report for 

Commercial Broadcast Stations, and 

FCC Form 323–E, Ownership Report for 

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations. 

Specifically, the Second Report and 

Order implements a Restricted Use FRN 

(RUFRN) within the Commission’s 

Registration System (CORES) that 

individuals may use solely for the 

purpose of broadcast ownership report 

filings; eliminates the availability of the 

Special Use FRN (SUFRN) for broadcast 

station ownership reports, except in 

very limited circumstances; prescribes 

revisions to Form 323–E that conform 

the reporting requirements for 

noncommercial educational (NCE) 

broadcast stations more closely to those 

for commercial stations; and makes a 

number of significant changes to the 

Commission’s reporting requirements 

that reduce the filing burdens on 

broadcasters, streamline the process, 

and improve data quality. These 

enhancements enable the Commission 

to obtain data reflecting a useful, 

accurate, and thorough assessment of 

minority and female broadcast station 

ownership in the United States while 

reducing certain filing burdens. 

Currently, Form 323, Section II–A/II– 

B, Question 2.c asks ‘‘Does the 

Respondent or any interest holder 

reported in response to Question 2(a) 

hold an attributable interest in any 

newspaper entities in the same market 

as any station for which this report is 

filed, as defined in 47 CFR 73.3555?’’ 

This question was relevant to the 

Commission’s Newspaper/Broadcast 

Cross-Ownership Rule, which 

prohibited common ownership of a fullpower broadcast station and a daily 

newspaper if the station’s contour 

(defined separately by type of station) 

completely encompassed the 

newspaper’s city of publication and the 

station and newspaper were in the same 

relevant Nielsen market. On November 

20, 2017, the Commission released an 

Order on Reconsideration and Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking in MB Docket 

Nos, 04–256, 07–294, 09–182, 14–50, 

and 17–289 (Order on Reconsideration). 

Among other things, the Order on 

Reconsideration repealed the 

Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership 

Rule. Accordingly, Section II–A/II–B, 

Question 2.c will be eliminated from 

Form 323. 

Licensees of commercial AM, FM, and 

full power television broadcast stations, 

as well as licensees of Class A and Low 

Power Television stations, must file FCC 

Form 323 every two years. Biennial 

Ownership Reports shall provide 

information accurate as of October 1 of 

the year in which the Report is filed. 

Form 323 shall be filed by December 1 

in all odd-numbered years. 

In addition, Licensees and Permittees 

of commercial AM, FM, and full power 

television stations must file Form 323 

following the consummation of a 

transfer of control or an assignment of 

a commercial AM, FM, or full power 

television station license or construction 

permit; a Permittee of a new commercial 

AM, FM, or full power television station 

must file Form 323 within 30 days after 

the grant of the construction permit; and 

a Permittee of a new commercial AM, 

FM, or full power television broadcast 

station must file Form 323 to update the 

initial report or to certify the continuing 

accuracy and completeness of the 

previously filed report on the date that 

the Permittee applies for a license to 

cover the construction permit. 

In the case of organizational 

structures that include holding 

companies or other forms of indirect 

ownership, a separate Form 323 must be 

filed for each entity in the 

organizational structure that has an 

attributable interest in the Licensee or 

Permittee. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27079 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0292; FR ID 262391] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

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 (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. 

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 


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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. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before January 21, 

2025. 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 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to nicole.ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele, (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC 

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 PRA that 

does not display a valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0292. 

Title: Section 69.605, Reporting and 

Distribution of Pool Access Revenues, 

Part 69—Access Charges. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 803 respondents; 9,625 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.75 

hours–1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: Annual and 

monthly reporting requirements and 

third party disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 

203, 205, 218 and 403 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 7,219 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: Section 69.605 

requires that access revenues and cost 

data shall be reported by participants in 

association tariffs to the association for 

computation of monthly pool revenues 

distributions. The association shall 

submit a report on or before February 1 

of each calendar year describing the 

associations’ cost study review process 

for the preceding calendar year as well 

as the results of that process. For any 

revisions to the cost study results made 

or recommended by the association that 

would change the respective carrier’s 

calculated annual common line or 

traffic sensitive revenue requirement by 

ten percent or more, the report shall 

include the following information: 

(1) Name of the carrier; 

(2) A detailed description of the 

revisions; 

(3) The amount of the revisions; 

(4) The impact of the revisions on the 

carrier’s calculated common line and 

traffic sensitive revenue requirements; 

and 

(5) The carrier’s total annual common 

line and traffic sensitive revenue 

requirement. The information is used to 

compute charges in tariffs for access 

service (or origination and termination) 

and to compute revenue pool 

distributions. Neither process could be 

implemented without the information. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27083 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1162; FR ID 262390] 

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 December 20, 

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 


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