Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 14 / Thursday, January 23, 2025 / Notices 8025 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01528 Filed 1–22–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1088 and OMB 3060–1209; FR 

ID 274842] 

Information Collections 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 February 24, 

2025. 

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 

reduce the information collection 

burden for small business concerns with 

fewer than 25 employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1088. 

Title: Rules and Regulations 

Implementing the Telephone Consumer 

Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991, Report 

and Order and Third Order on 

Reconsideration, CG Docket No. 05–338, 

FCC 06–42. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit 

institutions; and Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 5,341,080 respondents; 

6,050,735 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 

minutes (.05 hours) to 30 minutes (.50 

hours). 

Frequency of Response: Annual, 

monthly, and on occasion reporting 

requirements; Recordkeeping 

requirement; and Third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The 

authorizing statutes for this information 

collection are: Telephone Consumer 

Protection Act of 1991, Public Law 102– 

243. 105 Stat. 2394 (1991); Junk Fax 

Prevention Act, Public Law 109–21, 119 

Stat. 359 (2005). 

Total Annual Burden: 3,670,540 

hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $1,062,142. 

Needs and Uses: On April 5, 2006, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order and Third Order on 

Reconsideration, In the Matter of Rules 

and Regulations Implementing the 

Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 

1991; Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005, 

CG Docket Nos. 02–278 and 05–338, 

FCC 06–42, which modified the 

Commission’s facsimile advertising 

rules to implement the Junk Fax 

Prevention Act. The Report and Order 

and Third Order on Reconsideration 

contained information collection 

requirements pertaining to: (1) Opt-out 

Notice and Do-Not-Fax Requests 

Recordkeeping in which the rules 

require senders of unsolicited facsimile 

advertisements to include a notice on 

the first page of the facsimile that 

informs the recipient of the ability and 

means to request that they not receive 

future unsolicited facsimile 

advertisements from the sender; (2) 

Established Business Relationship 

Recordkeeping whereas the Junk Fax 

Prevention Act provides that the sender, 

e.g., a person, business, or a nonprofit/ 

institution, is prohibited from faxing an 

unsolicited advertisement to a facsimile 

machine unless the sender has an 

‘‘established business relationship’’ 

(EBR) with the recipient; (3) Facsimile 

Number Recordkeeping in which the 

Junk Fax Prevention Act provides that 

an EBR alone does not entitle a sender 

to fax an advertisement to an individual 

or business. The fax number must also 

be provided voluntarily by the recipient; 

and (4) Express Invitation or Permission 

Recordkeeping where in the absence of 

an EBR, the sender must obtain the prior 

express invitation or permission from 

the consumer before sending the 

facsimile advertisement. 

On October 14, 2008, the Commission 

released an Order on Reconsideration, 


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FCC 08–239, addressing certain issues 

raised in petitions for reconsideration 

and/or clarification filed in response to 

the Commission’s Report and Order and 

Third Order on Reconsideration (Junk 

Fax Order), FCC 06–42. In document 

FCC 08–239, the Commission clarified 

that: (1) Facsimile numbers compiled by 

third parties on behalf of the facsimile 

sender will be presumed to have been 

made voluntarily available for public 

distribution so long as they are obtained 

from the intended recipient’s own 

directory, advertisement, or internet 

site; (2) Reasonable steps to verify that 

a recipient has agreed to make available 

a facsimile number for public 

distribution may include methods other 

than direct contact with the recipient; 

and (3) a description of the facsimile 

sender’s opt-out mechanism on the first 

web page to which recipients are 

directed in the opt-out notice satisfies 

the requirement that such a description 

appear on the first page of the website. 

The Commission believes these 

clarifications will assist senders of 

facsimile advertisements in complying 

with the Commission’s rules in a 

manner that minimizes regulatory 

compliance costs while maintaining the 

protections afforded consumers under 

the Telephone Consumer Protection Act 

(TCPA). 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1209. 

Title: Section 73.1216, LicenseeConducted Contests. 

Form Number: None. (Complaints 

alleging violations of the Contest Rule 

generally are filed on via the 

Commission’s Consumer Complaint 

Portal entitled General Complaints, 

Obscenity or Indecency Complaints, 

Complaints under the Telephone 

Consumer Protection Act, Slamming 

Complaints, Requests for Dispute 

Assistance and Communications 

Accessibility Complaints which is 

approved under OMB control number 

3060–0874). 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 21,322 respondents; 21,322 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.1–9 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement: Third party 

disclosure requirement and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 126,335 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: $6,395,700. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 1, 

4 and 303 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

adopted the Contest Rule in 1976 to 

address concerns about the manner in 

which broadcast stations were 

conducting contests over the air. The 

Contest Rule generally requires stations 

to broadcast material contest terms fully 

and accurately the first time the 

audience is told how to participate in a 

contest, and periodically thereafter. In 

addition, stations must conduct contests 

substantially as announced. These 

information collection requirements are 

necessary to ensure that broadcast 

licensees conduct contests with due 

regard for the public interest. 

The Contest Rule permit broadcasters 

to meet their obligation to disclose 

contest material terms on an internet 

website in lieu of making broadcast 

announcements. Under the amended 

Contest Rule, broadcasters are required 

to (i) announce the relevant internet 

website address on air the first time the 

audience is told about the contest and 

periodically thereafter; (ii) disclose the 

material contest terms fully and 

accurately on a publicly accessible 

internet website, establishing a link or 

tab to such terms through a link or tab 

on the announced website’s home page, 

and ensure that any material terms 

disclosed on such a website conform in 

all substantive respects to those 

mentioned over the air; (iii) maintain 

contest material terms online for at least 

thirty days after the contest has ended; 

and (v) announce on air that the 

material terms of a contest have changed 

(where that is the case) within 24 hours 

of the change in terms on a website, and 

periodically thereafter, and to direct 

consumers to the website to review the 

changes. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01531 Filed 1–22–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0600; FR ID 275486] 

Information Collection Requirement 

Being Reviewed by the Federal 

Communications Commission Under 

Delegated Authority 

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 

(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 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 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 Commission 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. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before March 24, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

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

Include in the comments the Title 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0600. 

Title: Application to Participate in an 

FCC Auction, FCC Form 175. 

Form Number: FCC Form 175. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

and state, local or Tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

and Responses: 500 respondents and 

500 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 90 

minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 


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