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Type of Review: Extension.

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

Number of Respondents: 676 AM/FM/

TV stations.

Estimated time per response: 30

minutes.

Total annual burden: 338 hours.

Needs and Uses: During the

presentation of views on a controversial

issue of public importance, an attack

may be made upon the honesty,

character, integrity, or like personal

qualities of an identified person or

group. Section 73.1920 requires that a

licensee of a broadcast station must

transmit to the person or group attacked

a notification of the date, time and

identification of the broadcast of a

personal attack, a script or tape of the

attack, and an offer of a reasonable

opportunity to respond to the attack

over the licensee’s facilities. This data is

used to notify a person or group that a

personal attack has been made and to

afford that person or group attacked an

opportunity to respond to the attack

over the licensee’s facilities.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0435.

Title: Section 80.361 Frequencies for

Narrow-Band Direct-Printing (NB-DP)

and data transmissions.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of existing

collection.

Respondents: Individuals, business or

other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 2.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 4 hours.

Total Annual Cost: 0.

Needs and Uses: The reporting

requirement contained in Section

80.361 is necessary to require applicants

to submit a showing of need to obtain

new or additional narrow-band directprinting (NB-DP) frequencies.

Applicants for new or additional NB-DP

frequencies are required to show the

schedule of service of each currently

licensed or proposed series of NB-DP

frequencies and to show a need for

additional frequencies based on at least

a 40% usage of existing NB-DP

frequencies. The information is used to

determine whether an application for a

NB-DP frequency should be granted. If

the collection of this information was

not conducted, the FCC would have no

information available regarding the use

of NP-DP frequencies by public coast

stations, and, therefore would be

handicapped in determining whether

the frequencies were being hoarded and

not put into use by public coast stations.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16517 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

Notice of Public Information

Collections being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission;

Comments Requested

June 21, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications,

as part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork burden invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on the

following proposed and/or continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. An agency 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 Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) that does not

display a valid control number.

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 Commissions

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.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before August 27, 1996.

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.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to

Dorothy Conway, Federal

Communications, Room 234, 1919 M

St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to dconway@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Number: 3060–0212.

Title: Section 73.2080 Equal

Employment Opportunity Program.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, non-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 15,290

broadcast licensees.

Estimated time per response: 52 hours

per year.

Total annual burden: 654,680.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.2080

provides that equal opportunity in

employment shall be afforded by all

broadcast stations to all qualified

persons and no person shall be

discriminated against in employment by

such stations because of race, color,

religion, national origin or sex. Section

73.2080 requires that each broadcast

station shall establish, maintain and

carry out a program to assure equal

opportunity in every aspect of a

broadcast station’s policy and practice.

This section incorporates specific EEO

program requirements and general

guidelines for meeting those

requirements. These guidelines are not

intended to be either exclusive or

inclusive but simply to provide

guidance. This program will provide an

appropriate and effective means of

informing broadcasters, individuals

employed or seeking employment by

broadcast stations of its EEO

requirements. The data is used by

broadcast licensees in the preparation of

the station’s EEO Program (FCC Form

396) submitted with the license renewal

application. The data is also used by

FCC staff in field investigations

involving equal employment

opportunity to assess a broadcast

station’s EEO program. If this program

was not maintained there could be no

assurance that efforts are being made to

afford equal opportunity in

employment.

OMB Number: 3060–0215.

Title: Section 73.3527 Local Public

Inspection File of Noncommercial

Educational Stations.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 2,168

noncommecial radio/television

licensees recordkeepers.

Estimated time per response: 104

hours per year for recordkeeping.

Total annual burden: 225,472.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.3527

requires that each licensee/permittee of

a noncommercial broadcast station

maintain a file for public inspection at

its main studio or at another accessible

location in its community of license.

The contents of the file vary according

to type of service and status. The
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contents include, but are not limited to,

copies of certain applications tendered

for filing, a statement concerning

petitions to deny filed against such

applications, copies of ownership

reports and annual employment reports,

statements certifying compliance with

filing announcements in connection

with renewal applications, a list of

donors supporting specific programs,

etc.

In addition, Section 73.3527(a)(7)

requires that each broadcast licensee of

a noncommercial educational station

place in a public inspection file a list of

community issues addressed by the

station’s programming. This list is kept

on a quarterly basis and contains a brief

description of how each issue was

treated. This rule also specifies the

length of time, which varies by

document type, that each record must

be retained in the public file. The data

is used by the public and FCC to

evaluate information about the

licensee’s performance and to ensure

that station is addressing issues

concerning the community to which it

is licensed to serve.

OMB Number: 3060–0249.

Title: Section 74.781 Station Records.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, state,

local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 6,556 low

power television, TV translator and TV

booster stations.

Estimated time per response: 45

minutes - 1 hour per station.

Total annual burden: 5,081.

Needs and Uses: Section 74.781

requires licensees of low power

television, TV translator and TV booster

stations to maintain adequate station

records. These records shall include the

current instrument of authorization,

official correspondence with the FCC,

maintenance records, contracts,

permission for rebroadcasts, and other

pertinent documents. They should also

include any observed or otherwise

known extinguishment or improper

functioning of a tower light. The records

are used by FCC staff in field

investigations to assure that reasonable

measures are taken to maintain proper

station operation and to ensure

compliance with the Commission’s

rules. These records are also available

for public inspection.

OMB Number: 3060–0161.

Title: Section 73.61 AM Directional

Antenna Field Strength Measurements.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 1,877 AM

Licensees.

Estimated time per response: 4 - 50

hours.

Total annual burden: 36,082.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.61

requires that each AM station using

directional antennas make field strength

measurement as often as necessary to

insure proper directional antenna

system operation. Stations not having

approved sampling systems make field

strength measurements every three

months. Stations with approved

sampling systems must make field

strength measurements as often as

necessary. Also, all AM stations using

directional antennas must make partial

proofs of performance as often as

necessary. The data is used by FCC staff

in field inspections/investigations and

by AM licensees with directional

antennas to ensure that adequate

interference protection is maintained

between stations and to ensure proper

operation of antennas.

OMB Number: 3060–0709.

Title: Revison of Part 22 and 90 to

Facilitate Future Development of Paging

Systems and Implementation of Section

309(j) of the Communications Act.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions; State or Local

Governments.

Number of Respondents: 4,500.

Estimated time per response: .08

hours.

Total annual burden: 360 hours.

Needs and Uses: This proceeding

partially lifts the freeze on paging

applications and allows applications to

be filed by current licensees for

additional shared licenses. To insure

that the applicants are incumbent

licensees, they are required to file a

certification stating that they have an

operating system and that the

application is for an addition or

modification of a current system. The

information will be used to determine if

the applicant is an incumbent licensee.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16519 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

Notice of Public Information

Collections Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

June 21, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications,

as part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork burden invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on the

following proposed and/or continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. An agency 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 Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) that does not

display a valid control number.

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 Commissions

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.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before July 29, 1996. 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.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to

Dorothy Conway, Federal

Communications, Room 234, 1919 M

St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to dconway@fcc.gov and

Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236

NEOB 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503 or

fain_t@a1.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No.: 3060-0666.

Title: Section 64.703(a) - Consumer

Information—Branding by Operator

Service Providers.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Revised Collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other for

profit, including small businesses.

Number of Responses: 436.

Estimated Hour Per Response: 1,529

hours per response.

Total Annual Burden: 666,666.

Needs and Uses: As required by 47

U.S.C. Section 226(b)(1), 47 CFR Section

64.703(a) provides that operator service