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whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

Commission’s burden estimate; (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. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently 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. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before October 27, 

2008. 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: Interested parties may 

submit all PRA comments by e-mail or 

U.S. mail. To submit your comments by 

e-mail, send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To 

submit your comments by U.S. mail, 

mark them to the attention of Cathy 

Williams, Federal Communications 

Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, send an e-mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy 

Williams at 202–418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0896. 

Title: Broadcast Auction Form 

Exhibits. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit entities; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, local or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 3,000 respondents; 7,605 

responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5 to 

2 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Annual Burden: 8,628 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $10,163,100. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 154(i) and 

309 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On December 18, 

2007, the Commission adopted a Report 

and Order and Third Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (‘‘the Diversity 

Order’’) in MB Docket Nos. 07–294; 06–

121; 02–277; 04–228, MM Docket Nos. 

01–235; 01–317; 00–244; FCC 07–217, 

which expands opportunities for 

participation in the broadcasting 

industry by new entrants and small 

businesses, including minority and 

women-owned businesses. 

Currently, the media interests held by 

an individual or company with an 

equity and/or debt interest in an auction 

applicant are attributed to that 

applicant, for purposes of determining 

its eligibility for the new entrant 

bidding credit, if the equity and debt 

interests exceed 33 percent of the total 

asset value of the applicant. In order to 

make it easier for small businesses and 

new entrants to acquire broadcast 

licenses, and acquire the capital to 

compete in the marketplace with better 

financed companies, in the Diversity 

Order the Commission relaxed the rule 

standard, so to allow for higher 

investment opportunities in entities 

meeting the definition of ‘‘eligible 

entities.’’ An ‘‘eligible entity’’ is defined 

as an entity that would qualify as a 

small business consistent with the 

Small Business Administration (‘‘SBA’’) 

standards for its industry grouping, 

based on revenue. 

Pursuant to the Diversity Order, the 

Commission will now allow the holder 

of an equity or debt interest in the 

applicant to exceed the above-noted 33 

percent threshold without triggering 

attribution provided: (1) the combined 

equity or debt in the ‘‘eligible entity’’ is 

less than 50 percent, or (2) the total debt 

in the ‘‘eligible entity’’ does not exceed 

80 percent and the interest holder does 

not hold any option to acquire an 

additional interest in the ‘‘eligible 

entity.’’

Consistent with actions taken by the 

Commission in the Diversity Order, a 

new question has been added to the new 

entrant bidding credit section of the 

broadcast auction application form. It 

simply requires applicants to make 

explicit any claim that they are ‘‘eligible 

entities,’’ as a basis for claiming a 

bidding credit. The question states: 

‘‘Does the applicant claim to be an 

‘eligible entity’ as defined in 47 CFR 

73.5008(c), for purposes of claiming 

eligibility for the new entrant bidding 

credit?’’ Additional information 

showing proof of compliance is not 

required at the pre-auction application 

stage. The Commission also foresees a 

new universe of respondents to the 

collection—those broadcast auction 

applicants claiming eligibility for the 

new entrant bidding credit based on 

their status as an ‘‘eligible entity.’’

The Commission auctions mutually 

exclusive applications for full power 

commercial AM and FM radio, 

television services, Instructional 

Television Fixed Services (ITFS), and 

all secondary commercial broadcast 

services (e.g. , Low Power TV (LPTV), 

FM translators and television 

translators). The Commission requires 

the use of the FCC Form 175 (OMB 

Control Number 3060–0600) to 

participate in all broadcast auctions. 

Broadcast applicants are also required to 

submit certain exhibits which are 

covered in this information collection as 

discussed below. 

To facilitate the identification of 

groups of mutually exclusive applicants 

for non-table services which include the 

AM radio, LPTV, and TV/FM translator 

services, the Commission requires 

applicants to submit the engineering 

portions of the pertinent long-form 

application (FCC Form 301 (OMB 

Control Number 3060–0027), FCC Form 

346 (OMB Control Number 3060–0016), 

or FCC Form 349 (OMB Control Number 

3060–0405) ) necessary to determine 

mutual exclusivity. In instances where 

analog television licensees file major 

modification applications, the 

Commission requires that such 

applicants also file the engineering data. 

These applicants are required to file the 

electronic versions of FCC Forms 301, 

346 or 349. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20011 Filed 8–27–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Public Information Collection 

Requirement Submitted to OMB for 

Review and Approval, Comments 

Requested 

August 22, 2008. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, 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 information collection, 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 


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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 Commission’s 

burden estimate; (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 Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before September 29, 

2008. 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 contacts listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov or via 

fax at (202) 395–5167 and to Cathy 

Williams, Federal Communications 

Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC or via 

Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov or 

PRA@fcc.gov. 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 downwardpointing 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 (or its OMB 

control number, if there is one) and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number to 

view detailed information about this 

ICR.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0061. 

Title: Annual Report of Cable 

Television Systems. 

Form Number: FCC Form 325. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business and other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,200 respondents; 1,200 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2.166 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in sections 4(i), 601 and 

602 of the Commissions Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 2,599 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: None. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

made revisions/refinements to FCC 

Form 325 to accommodate systems 

using technologies other than coaxial 

cable (Section II,4). Previously, the 

number of these filers was very small. 

Now the portion of the sample is 

becoming significant. These revisions/ 

refinements to Form 325 will allow the 

form to be filed electronically by these 

filers, avoiding a significant cost. 

Refinements are also made to the form 

to eliminate instances where potential 

subscribers are double counted (Section 

II,2). This occurs where a competing 

system enters the market and reports as 

such. These refinements impose no 

significant new requirement and will 

reduce aggregate filing costs by 

simplifying filing for overbuilders and 

permitting electronic filing for the 

increasing number of competing service 

providers. 

The FCC uses Form 325 ‘‘Annual 

Report of Cable Television’’ to solicit 

basic operational information from a 

sample of cable systems nationwide, 

including: the operator’s name and 

address; system-wide capacity and 

frequency information; channel usage; 

and number of subscribers. Operators of 

every operational cable television 

system are required to complete the 

form to verify, correct and/or furnish the 

Commission with the most current 

information on their respective cable 

systems. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20015 Filed 8–27–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[CC Docket No. 91–281; DA 08–1924] 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau Seeks Comment on Liberty 

Public School District Petition for 

Waiver of 47 CFR 64.1601(b) Regarding 

the Transmission of Calling Party 

Number 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission seeks comment on a 

petition filed by the Liberty Public 

School District (LPS) for a limited 

waiver of the Commission’s caller 

identification rules which prohibit 

terminating carriers from passing calling 

party number (CPN) to the called party 

where a privacy indicator has been 

triggered. LPS asserts that the security 

and emergency response duties of its 

security offices have been severely 

hampered by carriers’ refusal to provide 

CPN, and requests that the Commission 

allow LPS to receive CPN, even where 

the calling party has activated a privacy 

indicator. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

September 12, 2008. Reply comments 

are due on or before September 22, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit comments and reply comments 

identified by [CC Docket No. 91–281], 

by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the Commission’s Electronic 

comment Filing System (ECFS), through 

the Commission’s Web site: http:// 

www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/, or the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• For electronic filers through ECFS 

or the Federal eRulemaking Portal, in 

completing the transmittal screen, filers 

should include their full name, U.S. 

Postal Service mailing address, and the 

applicable docket number, which in this 

instance is [CC Docket No. 91–281]. 

Parties may also submit an electronic 

comment by Internet e-mail. To get 

filing instructions, filers should send an 

e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and include the 

following words in the body of the 

message, ‘‘get form <your e-mail 

address>.’’ A sample form and 

directions will be sent in response. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

four copies of each filing. Filings can be 

sent by hand or messenger delivery, by 

commercial overnight courier, or by 


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