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national advisory committees or 

national professional organizations. 

Persons having questions about the 

nomination procedures, or who are 

unable to submit nominations through 

the SAB website, should contact the 

DFO at the contact information noted 

above. The names and biosketches of 

qualified nominees identified by 

respondents to this Federal Register 

Notice, and additional experts identified 

by the SAB Staff Office, will be posted 

in a List of Candidates for the panel on 

the SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. 

Public comments on the List of 

Candidates will be accepted for 21 days. 

The public will be requested to provide 

relevant information or other 

documentation on nominees that the 

SAB Staff Office should consider in 

evaluating candidates. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a 

balanced review panel includes 

candidates who possess the necessary 

domains of knowledge, the relevant 

scientific perspectives (which, among 

other factors, can be influenced by work 

history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

forming the expert panel, the SAB Staff 

Office will consider public comments 

on the Lists of Candidates, information 

provided by the candidates themselves, 

and background information 

independently gathered by the SAB 

Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used 

for panel membership include: (a) 

scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) availability and willingness 

to serve; (c) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an 

appearance of a loss of impartiality; (e) 

skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; and 

(f) for the panel as a whole, diversity of 

expertise and scientific points of view. 

The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of 

an absence of financial conflicts of 

interest will include a review of the 

‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Environmental Protection 

Agency Special Government 

Employees’’ (EPA Form 3110–48). This 

confidential form is required and allows 

government officials to determine 

whether there is a statutory conflict 

between a person’s public 

responsibilities (which include 

membership on an EPA federal advisory 

committee) and private interests and 

activities, or the appearance of a loss of 

impartiality, as defined by federal 

regulation. The form may be viewed and 

downloaded through the ‘‘Ethics 

Requirements for Advisors’’ link on the 

SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. This 

form should not be submitted as part of 

a nomination. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects members for 

subcommittees and review panels is 

described in the following document: 

Overview of the Panel Formation 

Process at the Environmental Protection 

Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA– 

SAB–EC–02–010), which is posted on 

the SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12703 Filed 6–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0506 and OMB 3060–0938; FR 

ID 90817] 

Information Collections 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 of 1995 (PRA), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

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 

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 August 12, 

2022. 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: 3060–0506. 

Title: FCC Form 2100, Schedule 302– 

FM—FM Station License Application. 

Form Number: FCC Form 2100, 

Schedule 302–FM. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 925 respondents; 925 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1–2 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 3,135 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: $801,500. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i), 303 and 308 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

adopted the FM Broadcast Directional 

Antenna Performance Verification 

Order, FCC 22–38, adopted May 19, 

2022, and released on May 19, 2022, 

where the Commission revised its 

broadcast radio rules and procedures to 

allow for FM antenna directional 

pattern verification by computer 

modeling. This represents an update 

from the previous requirement that an 

FM or LPFM directional antenna’s 

performance be verified by the 

‘‘measured relative field pattern’’ and 

brings our rules for those services into 

regulatory conformity with our rules 

governing AM and DTV directional 

antennas. The Commission expects that 

this change in how the antenna 

manufacturer may validate its FM 

directional antenna studies would 

provide an FM license applicant with 

greater flexibility in antenna siting and 

reduce the overall costs of designing 

and building an FM directional antenna, 

and station construction. 


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Specifically, pertaining to this 

Information Collection and full-service 

FM stations, the Commission is revising 

the relevant rules, 47 CFR 73.316 and 47 

CFR 73.1690, and corresponding 

instructions, as follows: 

Gives an FM license applicant that 

employs a directional antenna the 

option of submitting computergenerated proofs of the FM directional 

antenna pattern prepared by the 

antenna’s manufacturer, in lieu of 

measured pattern plots and tabulations 

derived from physical full-size or scale 

model antenna mockups. 

In Section 73.316, specifies the 

information required in a license 

application filed for a station using an 

FM directional antenna, which opts to 

use computer modeling pattern 

verification. For example, the license 

application must include a statement 

from the engineer responsible for 

designing the antenna, performing the 

modeling, and preparing the antenna 

manufacturer’s instructions for 

installation of the antenna, that 

identifies and describes the software 

used to create the computer model, the 

software tool(s) used in the modeling 

and the procedures applied in using the 

software. The statement should describe 

all radiating structures included in the 

model. It must also include a 

certification that the software executed 

normally without generating error 

messages or warnings. 

Requires that, the first time the 

directional pattern of a particular model 

of antenna is verified using computer 

results, the broadcast station must 

submit to the Commission both the 

results of the computer modelling and 

the measurements of either a full-size or 

scale model of the antenna or elements 

thereof, demonstrating a reasonable 

correlation between the measurements 

achieved and the computer model 

results. Once a particular antenna model 

or series of elements has been verified, 

subsequent applicants using the same 

antenna model number or elements and 

the same modeling software may crossreference the original submission by 

providing the application file number. 

The revisions to the relevant rules and 

corresponding Schedule 302–FM 

instructions listed above may 

potentially affect the substance, burden 

hours, and costs of completing the 

Schedule 302–FM. Therefore, this 

submission is being made to OMB for 

approval of the revised Information 

Collection requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0938. 

Title: Form 2100, Schedule 319—Low 

Power FM Station License Application. 

Form Number: FCC Form 2100, 

Schedule 319. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions, State, local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 200 respondents and 200 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 200 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $27,500. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i), 303 and 308 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

adopted the FM Broadcast Directional 

Antenna Performance Verification 

Order, FCC 22–38, adopted May 19, 

2022, and released on May 19, 2022, 

where the Commission revised its 

broadcast radio rules and procedures to 

allow for LPFM antenna directional 

pattern verification by computer 

modeling. This represents an update 

from the previous requirement that an 

FM or LPFM directional antenna’s 

performance be verified by the 

‘‘measured relative field pattern’’ and 

brings our rules for those services into 

regulatory conformity with our rules 

governing AM and DTV directional 

antennas. The Commission expects that 

this change in how the antenna 

manufacturer may validate its LPFM 

directional antenna studies would 

provide an LPFM license applicant with 

greater flexibility in antenna siting and 

reduce the overall costs of designing 

and building an LPFM directional 

antenna, and station construction. 

Specifically, pertaining to this 

Information Collection and LPFM 

stations, the Commission is revising the 

relevant rules, 47 CFR 73.316 and 47 

CFR 73.1690, and corresponding 

instructions, as follows: 

Gives an LPFM license applicant that 

employs a directional antenna the 

option of submitting computergenerated proofs of the LPFM 

directional antenna pattern prepared by 

the antenna’s manufacturer, in lieu of 

measured pattern plots and tabulations 

derived from physical full-size or scale 

model antenna mockups. 

In Section 73.316, specifies the 

information required in a license 

application filed for a station using an 

LPFM directional antenna, which opts 

to use computer modeling pattern 

verification. For example, the license 

application must include a statement 

from the engineer responsible for 

designing the antenna, performing the 

modeling, and preparing the antenna 

manufacturer’s instructions for 

installation of the antenna, that 

identifies and describes the software 

used to create the computer model, the 

software tool(s) used in the modeling 

and the procedures applied in using the 

software. The statement should describe 

all radiating structures included in the 

model. It must also include a 

certification that the software executed 

normally without generating error 

messages or warnings. 

Requires that, the first time the 

directional pattern of a particular model 

of antenna is verified using computer 

results, the broadcast station must 

submit to the Commission both the 

results of the computer modelling and 

the measurements of either a full-size or 

scale model of the antenna or elements 

thereof, demonstrating a reasonable 

correlation between the measurements 

achieved and the computer model 

results. Once a particular antenna model 

or series of elements has been verified, 

subsequent applicants using the same 

antenna model number or elements and 

the same modeling software may crossreference the original submission by 

providing the application file number. 

The revisions to the relevant rules and 

corresponding Form 2100, Schedule 319 

(LPFM License Application) 

instructions listed above may 

potentially affect the substance, hours, 

and costs of completing the Schedule 

319 (LPFM License Application). 

Therefore, this submission is being 

made to OMB for approval of the 

revised Information Collection 

requirements. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12714 Filed 6–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[FR ID 90341] 

Open Commission Meeting 

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 

June 2, 2022. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission will hold an Open Meeting 

on the subjects listed below on 

Wednesday, June 8, 2022, which is 

scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. 

Due to the current COVID–19 

pandemic and related agency telework 

and headquarters access policies, this 

meeting will be in an electronic format 

and will be open to the public only on 


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