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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

for Extension Under Delegated 

Authority, Comments Requested 

March 20, 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; 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. 

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 26, 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: You may submit all PRA 

comments by e-mail or U.S. post mail. 

To submit your comments by e-mail, 

send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit 

your comments by U.S. mail, mark them 

to the attention of Cathy Williams, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s), contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918 or send an 

e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0213. 

Title: Section 73.3525, Agreements for 

Removing Application Conflicts. 

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/Response: 38 

respondents; 40 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes to 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain benefits. The statutory authority 

for this collection of information is 

contained in sections 154(i) and 311 of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Confidentiality: No need for 

confidentiality required with this 

collection of information. 

Total Annual Burden: 39 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $61,453. 

Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.3525 

states (a) except as provided in 73.3523 

regarding dismissal of applications in 

comparative renewal proceedings, 

whenever applicants for a construction 

permit for a broadcast station enter into 

an agreement to procure the removal of 

a conflict between applications pending 

before the FCC by withdrawal or 

amendment of an application or by its 

dismissal pursuant to 73.3568, all 

parties thereto shall, within 5 days after 

entering into the agreement, file with 

the FCC a joint request for approval of 

such agreement. The joint request shall 

be accompanied by a copy of the 

agreement, including any ancillary 

agreements, and an affidavit of each 

party to the agreement setting forth: 

(1) The reasons why it is considered 

that such agreement is in the public 

interest; 

(2) A statement that its application 

was not filed for the purpose of reaching 

or carrying out such agreement; 

(3) A certification that neither the 

applicant nor its principals has received 

any money or other consideration in 

excess of the legitimate and prudent 

expenses of the applicant; Provided that 

this provision shall not apply to bona 

fide merger agreements; 

(4) The exact nature and amount of 

any consideration paid or promised; 

(5) An itemized accounting of the 

expenses for which it seeks 

reimbursement; and 

(6) The terms of any oral agreement 

relating to the dismissal or withdrawal 

of its application. 

(b) Whenever two or more conflicting 

applications for construction permits for 

broadcast stations pending before the 

FCC involve a determination of fair, 

efficient and equitable distribution of 

service pursuant to section 307(b) of the 

Communications Act, and an agreement 

is made to procure the withdrawal (by 

amendment to specify a different 

community or by dismissal pursuant to 

73.3568) of the only application or 

applications seeking the same facilities 

for one of the communities involved, all 

parties thereto shall file the joint request 

and affidavits specified in paragraph (a) 

of this section. 

(1) If upon examination of the 

proposed agreement the FCC finds that 

withdrawal of one of the applications 

would unduly impede achievement of a 

fair, efficient and equitable distribution 

of radio service among the several States 

and communities, then the FCC shall 

order that further opportunity be 

afforded for other persons to apply for 

the facilities specified in the application 

or applications to be withdrawn before 

acting upon the pending request for 

approval of the agreement. 

(2) Upon release of such order, any 

party proposing to withdraw its 

application shall cause to be published 

a notice of such proposed withdrawal at 

least twice a week for 2 consecutive 

weeks within the 3-week period 

immediately following release of the 

FCC’s order, in a daily newspaper of 

general circulation published in the 

community in which it was proposed to 

locate the station. However, if there is 

no such daily newspaper published in 

the community, the notice shall be 

published as follows: 

(i) If one or more weekly newspapers 

of general circulation are published in 

the community in which the station was 

proposed to be located, notice shall be 

published in such a weekly newspaper 

once a week for 3 consecutive weeks 

within the 4-week period immediately 

following the release of the FCC’s order. 

(ii) If no weekly newspaper of general 

circulation is published in the 

community in which the station was 

proposed to be located, notice shall be 

published at least twice a week for 2 

consecutive weeks within the 3-week 

period immediately following the 

release of the FCC’s order in the daily 

newspaper having the greatest general 

circulation in the community in which 

the station was proposed to be located. 

(3) The notice shall state the name of 

the applicant; the location, frequency 

and power of the facilities proposed in 

the application; the location of the 

station or stations proposed in the 

applications with which it is in conflict; 

the fact that the applicant proposes to 

withdraw the application; and the date 

upon which the last day of publication 

shall take place. 

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(4) Such notice shall additionally 

include a statement that new 

applications for a broadcast station on 

the same frequency, in the same 

community, with substantially the same 

engineering characteristics and 

proposing to serve substantially the 

same service area as the application 

sought to be withdrawn, timely filed 

pursuant to the FCC’s rules, or filed, in 

any event, within 30 days from the last 

date of publication of the notice 

(notwithstanding any provisions 

normally requiring earlier filing of a 

competing application), will be entitled 

to comparative consideration with other 

pending mutually exclusive affidavits. 

(5) Within 7 days of the last day of 

publication of the notice, the applicant 

proposing to withdraw shall file a 

statement in triplicate with the FCC 

giving the dates on which the notice 

was published, the text of the notice and 

the name and location of the newspaper 

in which the notice was published. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–6640 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Federal Advisory Committee Act; 

Technological Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to reestablish. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

purpose of this notice is to announce 

that a Federal Advisory Committee, 

known as the ‘‘Technological Advisory 

Council’’ (hereinafter the ‘‘TAC’’) is 

being reestablished. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Attn: Jon M. Peha, Chief 

Technologist, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room 7–C324, Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon 

M. Peha, Chief Technologist, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7–C324, Washington, 

DC 20554. Telephone: (202) 418–2406, 

e-mail: jon.peha@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Chairman of the Federal 

Communications Commission has 

determined that the reestablishment of 

the Council is necessary and in the 

public interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

Federal Communications Commission 

(FCC) by law. The Committee 

Management Secretariat, General 

Services Administration concurs with 

the reestablishment of the Council. The 

purpose of the TAC is to provide 

technical advice to the Federal 

Communications Commission and to 

make recommendations on the issues 

and questions presented to it by the 

FCC. The TAC will address questions 

referred to it by the FCC Chairman, the 

FCC Chief Technologist, the Chief of the 

FCC Office of Engineering and 

Technology, or the TAC Designated 

Federal Officer. The questions referred 

to the TAC will be directed to 

technological and technical issues in the 

field of communications. The duties of 

the TAC will be to gather data and 

information, perform analyses, and 

prepare reports and presentations to 

respond to the questions referred to it. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–6463 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

[Notice 2009–08] 

Filing Dates for the California Special 

Election in the 32nd Congressional 

District 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of filing dates for special 

election. 

SUMMARY: California has scheduled a 

special general election on May 19, 

2009, to fill the U.S. House of 

Representatives seat in the ThirtySecond Congressional District vacated 

by Representative Hilda Solis. Under 

California law, a majority winner in a 

special election is declared elected. 

Should no candidate achieve a majority 

vote, a special runoff election will be 

held on July 14, 2009, among the top 

vote-getters of each qualified political 

party, including qualified independent 

candidates. 

Political committees participating in 

the California special elections are 

required to file pre- and post-election 

reports. Filing dates for these reports are 

affected by whether one or two elections 

are held. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Kevin R. Salley, Information Division, 

999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20463; Telephone: (202) 694–1100; Toll 

Free (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Principal Campaign Committees 

All principal campaign committees of 

candidates who participate in the 

California Special General and Special 

Runoff Elections shall file a 12-day PreGeneral Report on May 7, 2009; a PreRunoff Report on July 2, 2009; and a 

Post-Runoff Report on August 13, 2009. 

(See chart below for the closing date for 

each report). 

If only one election is held, all 

principal campaign committees of 

candidates in the Special General 

Election shall file a 12-day Pre-General 

Report on May 7, 2009; and a PostGeneral Report on June 18, 2009. (See 

chart below for the closing date for each 

report). 

Note that these reports are in addition 

to the campaign committee’s quarterly 

filings in July and October. 

Unauthorized Committees (PACs and 

Party Committees) 

Political committees filing on a semiannual basis in 2009 are subject to 

special election reporting if they make 

previously undisclosed contributions or 

expenditures in connection with the 

California Special General Election and/ 

or Special Runoff Election by the close 

of books for the applicable report(s). 

(See chart below for the closing date for 

each report). 

Political committees filing monthly 

that support candidates in the California 

Special General or Special Runoff 

Election should continue to file 

according to the monthly reporting 

schedule. 

Additional disclosure information in 

connection with the California Special 

Election may be found on the FEC Web 

site at http://www.fec.gov/info/ 

report_dates.shtml. 

CALENDAR OF REPORTING DATES FOR CALIFORNIA SPECIAL ELECTION

Report Close of books 1

Reg./cert. & 

overnight mailing 

deadline 

Filing deadline 

If Only the Special General is Held (05/19/09), Quarterly Filing Political Committees Involved Must File: