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■ 2. Subpart E is added to part 46 to 

read as follows: 

Subpart E—Registration of 

Institutional Review Boards 

Sec. 

46.501 What IRBs must be registered? 

46.502 What information must be provided 

when registering an IRB? 

46.503 When must an IRB be registered? 

46.504 How must an IRB be registered? 

46.505 When must IRB registration 

information be renewed or updated? 

§ 46.501 What IRBs must be registered? 

Each IRB that is designated by an 

institution under an assurance of 

compliance approved for federalwide 

use by the Office for Human Research 

Protections (OHRP) under § 46.103(a) 

and that reviews research involving 

human subjects conducted or supported 

by the Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) must be registered with 

HHS. An individual authorized to act on 

behalf of the institution or organization 

operating the IRB must submit the 

registration information. 

§ 46.502 What information must be 

provided when registering an IRB? 

The following information must be 

provided to HHS when registering an 

IRB: 

(a) The name, mailing address, and 

street address (if different from the 

mailing address) of the institution or 

organization operating the IRB(s); and 

the name, mailing address, phone 

number, facsimile number, and 

electronic mail address of the senior 

officer or head official of that institution 

or organization who is responsible for 

overseeing activities performed by the 

IRB. 

(b) The name, mailing address, phone 

number, facsimile number, and 

electronic mail address of the contact 

person providing the registration 

information. 

(c) The name, if any, assigned to the 

IRB by the institution or organization, 

and the IRB’s mailing address, street 

address (if different from the mailing 

address), phone number, facsimile 

number, and electronic mail address. 

(d) The name, phone number, and 

electronic mail address of the IRB 

chairperson. 

(e)(1) The approximate numbers of: 

(i) All active protocols; and 

(ii) Active protocols conducted or 

supported by HHS. 

(2) For purpose of this regulation, an 

‘‘active protocol’’ is any protocol for 

which the IRB conducted an initial 

review or a continuing review at a 

convened meeting or under an 

expedited review procedure during the 

preceding twelve months. 

(f) The approximate number of fulltime equivalent positions devoted to the 

IRB’s administrative activities. 

§ 46.503 When must an IRB be registered? 

An IRB must be registered before it 

can be designated under an assurance 

approved for federalwide use by OHRP 

under § 46.103(a). IRB registration 

becomes effective when reviewed and 

accepted by OHRP. The registration will 

be effective for 3 years. 

§ 46.504 How must an IRB be registered? 

Each IRB must be registered 

electronically through http:// 

ohrp.cit.nih.gov/efile unless an 

institution or organization lacks the 

ability to register its IRB(s) 

electronically. If an institution or 

organization lacks the ability to register 

an IRB electronically, it must send its 

IRB registration information in writing 

to OHRP. 

§ 46.505 When must IRB registration 

information be renewed or updated? 

(a) Each IRB must renew its 

registration every 3 years. 

(b) The registration information for an 

IRB must be updated within 90 days 

after changes occur regarding the 

contact person who provided the IRB 

registration information or the IRB 

chairperson. The updated registration 

information must be submitted in 

accordance with § 46.504. 

(c) Any renewal or update that is 

submitted to, and accepted by, OHRP 

begins a new 3-year effective period. 

(d) An institution’s or organization’s 

decision to disband a registered IRB 

which it is operating also must be 

reported to OHRP in writing within 30 

days after permanent cessation of the 

IRB’s review of HHS-conducted or 

-supported research. 

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47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 05–312; FCC 08–256] 

Digital Television Distributed 

Transmission System Technologies 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of six months, 

the information collection(s) associated 

with section 73.626(f) of the rules, and 

that this rule will take effect as of the 

date of this notice. On December 5, 

2008, the Commission published the 

summary document of the Report and 

Order, In the Matter of the Digital 

Television Distributed Transmission 

System Technologies, MB Docket No. 

05–312, FCC 08–256, at 73 FR 74047. 

The Ordering Clause of the Report and 

Order stated that the Commission would 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

announcing when OMB approval for 

this rule section which contains 

information collection requirements has 

been received and when the revised rule 

will take effect. This notice is consistent 

with the statement in the Report and 

Order. 

DATES: Effective January 15, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, please contact 

Evan Baranoff, Evan.Baranoff@fcc.gov, 

of the Media Bureau, Policy Division, 

(202) 418–2120. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on December 

29, 2008, OMB approved, for a period of 

six months, the information collection 

requirement(s) contained in Section 

73.626(f) of the rules. The Commission 

publishes this notice to announce the 

effective date of this rule. If you have 

any comments on the burden estimates 

listed below, or how the Commission 

can improve the collections and reduce 

any burdens caused thereby, please 

contact Cathy Williams, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1– 

C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20554. Please include OMB Control 

Numbers 3060–0027 and 3060–0029, in 

your correspondence. The Commission 

will also accept your comments via the 

Internet if you send them to 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an e-mail to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the Commission is notifying the public 

that it received OMB approval on 

December 29, 2008, for the information 

collection requirement(s) contained in 

the Commission’s rules at 47 CFR 

73.626(f). 

Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

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information unless it displays a current, 

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. 

The OMB Control Numbers are 3060– 

0027 and 3060–0029 and the total 

annual reporting burdens for 

respondents for these information 

collections are as follows: 

OMB Control Numbers: 3060–0027. 

OMB Approval Date: December 29, 

2008. 

Expiration Date: June 30, 2009. 

Title: Application for Construction 

Permit for Commercial Broadcast 

Station, FCC Form 301. 

Form Number: FCC Form 301. 

Type of Review: Revision to a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit entities; Not for profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents/Responses: 

4,378 respondents; 7,814 responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 1–5 

hours per response. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 14,808 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $52,580,197. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in Sections 154(i), 303 and 

308 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Act Assessment: No impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On November 3, 

2008, the Commission adopted a Report 

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 

February 17, 2009, full-power television 

broadcast stations must transmit only in 

digital signals, and may no longer 

transmit analog signals. Emergency 

OMB approval is necessary for this 

collection to allow full-power DTV 

stations to use DTS technologies to meet 

their statutory responsibilities and begin 

operations on their final, post-transition 

(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 301 is being revised to 

accommodate the filing of DTS 

applications. 

OMB Control Numbers: 3060–0029. 

OMB Approval Date: December 29, 

2008. 

Expiration Date: June 30, 2009. 

Title: Application for TV Broadcast 

Station License, Form FCC 302–TV; 

Application for DTV Broadcast Station 

License, FCC Form 302–DTV; 

Application for Construction Permit for 

Reserved Channel Noncommercial 

Educational Broadcast Station, FCC 

Form 340; Application for Authority to 

Construct or Make Changes in an FM 

Translator or FM Booster Station, FCC 

Form 349. 

Form Number: FCC Forms 302–TV, 

302–DTV, 340 and 349. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit entities; Not for profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents/Responses: 

4,425 respondents; 6,425 responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 1–4 

hours per response. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion reporting requirement; Third 

party disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 14,450 hours. 

Annual Burden Cost: $21,869,625. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in Sections 154(i), 303 and 

308 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Act Assessment: No impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On November 3, 

2008, the Commission adopted a Report 

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 

February 17, 2009, full-power television 

broadcast stations must transmit only in 

digital signals, and may no longer 

transmit analog signals. Emergency 

OMB approval is necessary for this 

collection to allow full-power DTV 

stations to use DTS technologies to meet 

their statutory responsibilities and begin 

operations on their final, post-transition 

(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. 

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