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Estimated Time per Response: 2 to 4 

hours. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,513 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $51,350,347. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority is contained in Sections 

154(i), 303 and 308 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Confidentiality: No need for 

confidentiality required. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 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. On December 22, 2007, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order in the matter of the Third Periodic 

Review of the Commission’s Rules and 

Policies Affecting the Conversion to 

Digital Television, MB Docket No. 07–

91, FCC 07–228, to establish the rules, 

policies and procedures necessary to 

complete the nation’s transition to DTV. 

With the DTV transition deadline less 

than 14 months away, the Commission 

must ensure that broadcasters meet their 

statutory responsibilities and complete 

construction of, and begin operations 

on, the facility on their final, posttransition (digital) channel that will 

reach viewers in their authorized 

service areas by the statutory transition 

deadline, when they must cease 

broadcasting in analog. The Commission 

wants to ensure that no consumers are 

left behind in the DTV transition. 

Specifically, the Report and Order 

requires full-power commercial 

television stations to use revised FCC 

Form 301 to obtain the necessary 

Commission approvals (i.e., 

construction permits and licenses) in 

time to build their post-transition 

facility. 

• Applications for post-transition 

facilities. Full-power commercial 

television stations without a 

construction permit for their final, posttransition (DTV) facility must file an 

application to construct or modify that 

facility using FCC Forms 301. 

• Requests to transition early to posttransition channel. Full-power 

commercial television stations may 

request authority to transition early to 

their post-transition channel using FCC 

Forms 301. 

• Revisions to FCC Form 301. FCC 

Form 301 was revised to accommodate 

the filing of post-transition applications. 

The FCC received approval under the 

‘‘emergency processing provisions’’ of 

the PRA on January 7, 2008. The 

requirements for this collection have not 

changed since we received approval. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0029. 

Title: Application for TV Broadcast 

Station License, FCC Form 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(s): FCC Form 302–TV; 

FCC Form 302–DTV; FCC Form 340; 

FCC Form 349. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

institutions; State, local or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents/Responses: 

4,325. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Recordkeeping 

requirement; One time reporting 

requirement; Third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 4 

hours. 

Total Annual Burden: 12,150 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: $21,091,625. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i), 303 and 308 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Confidentiality: No need for 

confidentiality required. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 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. On December 22, 2007, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order in the matter of the Third Periodic 

Review of the Commission’s Rules and 

Policies Affecting the Conversion to 

Digital Television, MB Docket No. 07–

91, FCC 07–228, to establish the rules, 

policies and procedures necessary to 

complete the nation’s transition to DTV. 

With the DTV transition deadline less 

than 14 months away, the Commission 

must ensure that broadcasters meet their 

statutory responsibilities and complete 

construction of, and begin operations 

on, the facility on their final, posttransition (digital) channel that will 

reach viewers in their authorized 

service areas by the statutory transition 

deadline, when they must cease 

broadcasting in analog. The Commission 

wants to ensure that no consumers are 

left behind in the DTV transition. 

Specifically, the Report and Order 

requires Noncommercial Educational 

(‘‘NCE’’) television stations to use 

revised FCC Form 340 to obtain the 

necessary Commission approvals (i.e., 

construction permits and licenses) in 

time to build their post-transition 

facility. 

• Applications for post-transition 

facilities. NCE television stations 

without a construction permit for their 

final, post-transition (DTV) facility must 

file an application to construct or 

modify that facility using FCC Forms 

340. 

• Requests to transition early to posttransition channel. NCE television 

stations may request authority to 

transition early to their post-transition 

channel using FCC Form 340. 

• Revisions to FCC Form 340. FCC 

Form 340 was revised to accommodate 

the filing of post-transition applications. 

In addition, the Report and Order 

requires that stations that have applied 

to construct or modify post-transition 

facilities must use the Form 302–DTV to 

obtain a new or modified station license 

to cover those post-transition facilities. 

The FCC received approval under the 

‘‘emergency processing provisions’’ of 

the PRA on January 7, 2008. The 

requirements for this collection have not 

changed since we received approval. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–7884 Filed 4–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Scheduled for 

Thursday, April 10, 2008, Cancelled 

April 10, 2008. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission has cancelled the Open 

Meeting on the subjects previously 

scheduled for Thursday, April 10, 2008, 

at 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 

DC. 

Additional information concerning 

this meeting may be obtained from 

Audrey Spivack or David Fiske, Office 

of Media Relations, (202) 418–0500; 

TTY 1–888–835–5322. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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