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and Order in the Matter of Digital 

Television Distributed Transmission 

System Technologies; MB Docket No. 

05–312, FCC 08–256 (released Nov. 7, 

2008). In this Report and Order, the 

Commission adopts rules for the use of 

distributed transmission system 

(‘‘DTS’’) technologies in the digital 

television (‘‘DTV’’) service. See 47 CFR 

73.626. DTS technology allows stations 

to employ multiple synchronized 

transmitters spread around a station’s 

service area, rather than the current 

single-transmitter approach. Each 

transmitter would broadcast the 

station’s DTV signal on the same 

channel, similar to analog TV booster 

stations but more efficiently. Due to the 

synchronization of the transmitted 

signals, DTV receivers should be able to 

treat the multiple signals as reflections 

or ‘‘ghosts’’ and use ‘‘adaptive 

equalizer’’ circuitry to cancel or 

combine them to produce a single 

signal. 

Congress has mandated that after June 

12, 2009, full-power television 

broadcast stations must transmit only in 

digital signals, and may no longer 

transmit analog signals. Full power DTV 

stations will use DTS technologies to 

meet their statutory responsibilities and 

begin operations on their final, posttransition (digital) channels by their 

construction deadlines. DTS will 

provide DTV broadcasters with an 

important tool for providing optimum 

signal coverage for their viewers. For 

some broadcasters that are changing 

channels or transmitting locations for 

their digital service, DTS may offer the 

best option for continuing to provide 

over-the-air service to current analog 

viewers, as well as for reaching viewers 

that have historically been unable to 

receive a good signal due to terrain or 

other interference. 

FCC Form 340 is being revised to 

accommodate the filing of DTS 

applications. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5243 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

March 6, 2009. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to comment 

on the following information 

collection(s). 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; (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; 

and (e) ways to further reduce the 

information collection burden for small 

business concerns with fewer than 25 

employees. An agency may not conduct 

or sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

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 

that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before May 11, 2009. 

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: Submit your comments by 

e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. Include in the 

e-mail the OMB control number of the 

collection or, if there is no OMB control 

number, the Title shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. If you are unable to submit your 

comments by e-mail, contact the person 

listed below to make alternate 

arrangements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s) or to obtain a 

copy of the collection, send an e-mail to 

PRA@fcc.gov and include the 

collection’s OMB control number as 

shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below (or the title 

of the collection if there is no OMB 

control number), or call or contact 

Judith B.Herman at (202) 418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0398. 

Title: Sections 2.948 and 

15.117(g)(2)—Equipment Authorization 

Measurement Standards. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 320. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 to 30 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement and every 

one and three years and on occasion 

reporting requirements. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is Sections 4(i), 302, 303(c), 303(f), 

303(g) and 303(r), and 309(a) of the 

Communications Act of 1934. 

Total Annual Burden: 9,100 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy 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 the reporting requirements) after this 

60-day comment period to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) in order 

to obtain the full three-year clearance. 

There is no change to the number of 

respondents/responses and estimated 

burden hours. 

The Commission established uniform 

technical standards for various nonlicensed equipment operating under the 

guidelines established in 47 CFR parts 

15 and 19 of the Commission’s Rules, 

which include personal computers, 

garage door openers, baby monitors, 

microwave ovens, etc. In order to ensure 

that technical standards are applied 

uniformly to non-licensed equipment, 

the Commission requires standardized 

measurement procedures and practices 

be followed: 

(1) 47 CFR Part 2 of the Commission’s 

rules require Electro-Magnetic 

Compatibility (EMC) testing facility that 

performs equipment testing in support 

of any request for equipment 

authorization to file a test site 

description, either with the Commission 

or with a Commission approved 

accrediting body; 

(2) The test site description and the 

supporting information documents that 

the EMC testing facility complies with 

the testing standards used to make the 

measurements that support any request 

for equipment authorization; and 

(3) In addition, the referenced 47 CFR 

part 15 rules require that equipment 

manufacturers file information 

concerning the testing of TV receivers, 

which tune to UHF channels, to show 

that the UHF channels provide 

approximately the same degree of 

tuning accuracy with approximately the 

same expenditure of time and effort. 


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The Commission or the accrediting 

body, e.g., EMC testing facility uses this 

information to ensure that data 

accompanying all requests for 

equipment authorization are valid, and 

that proper testing procedures are used. 

Testing ensures that potential 

interference to radio communications is 

controlled, and if necessary, the data 

may be used for investigating 

complaints of harmful interference, or 

for verifying the manufacturer’s 

compliance with FCC rules. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5400 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Comments Requested 

March 6, 2009. 

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 (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

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 Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before April 13, 2009. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, (202) 395– 

5887, or via fax at 202–395–5167 or via 

Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission, or an email to PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of 

this information collection request (ICR) 

submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web 

page http://reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the 

web page called ‘‘Currently Under 

Review’’, (3) click on the downwardpointing 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, and (6) when the list of 

FCC ICRs currently under review 

appears, look for the title of this ICR (or 

its OMB Control Number, if there is one) 

and then click on the ICR Reference 

Number to view detailed information 

about this ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Judith 

B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0848. 

Title: Deployment of Wireline 

Services Offering Advanced 

Telecommunications Capability, CC 

Docket No. 98–147. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

existing collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,400 respondents; 17,340 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .50–26 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement, third party 

disclosure requirement and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 201 and 251 

of the Communications Act of 1934. 

Total Annual Burden: 61,490 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting 

respondents to submit confidential 

information. Any respondent who 

submits information to the Commission 

that they believe is confidential, may 

request confidential treatment of such 

information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The reporting, 

recordkeeping and third party 

disclosure requirements implement 

sections 201 and 251 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, to provide for physical 

collocation on rates, terms and 

conditions that are just, reasonable and 

nondiscriminatory, and to promote 

deployment of advanced services 

without significantly degrading the 

performance of other services. All the 

requirements will be used by the 

Commission and competitive local 

exchange carriers (LECs) to facilitate the 

deployment of telecommunications 

services, including advanced 

telecommunications services. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0645. 

Title: Section 17.4, Antenna Structure 

Registration. 

Form No.: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 25,600 

respondents; 40,565 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .1–.05 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement, recordkeeping 

requirement and third party disclosure 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, and 

309 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 40,329 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $3,200,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

requesting an extension (no change in 

reporting, recordkeeping and/or third 

party disclosure requirements) in order 

to obtain the full three year clearance 

from the OMB. 

There is no change in respondents/ 

responses, burden hours and/or annual 

costs. 

The requirements in Part 17 are 

necessary to implement a uniform 

registration process for owners of 

antenna structures. The following are 

the information collection requirements: 

• Antenna structure owners are 

required to provide tenant licensees 

with a copy of the antenna registration; 


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