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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 July 10, 2009. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via fax at 202– 

395–5167 or via Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission, or an email to PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of 

this information collection request (ICR) 

submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web 

page http://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, and (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 Judith 

B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0931. 

Title: Sections 0.131 and 80.103, 

Digital Selective Calling (DSC) 

Operating Procedures—Maritime Mobile 

Identity (MMSI). 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of an 

existing collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households, businesses or other forprofit and Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 40,000 respondents; 40,000 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .25 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. There is no 

statutory authority for this information 

collection. The reporting requirement is 

in international agreements and ITU–R 

M.541–9. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is a need for confidentiality with 

respect to all owners of Marine VHF 

radios with Digital Selective Calling 

(DSC) capability in this information 

collection. Pursuant to section 208(b) of 

the E-Government Act of 2002, 44 

U.S.C. 3501, in conformance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552(a), the 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

instructs licensees to use the FCC 

Universal Licensing System (ULS), 

Antenna Structure Registration (ASR), 

Commission Registration System 

(CORES) and related systems and 

subsystems to submit information. 

CORES is used to receive an FCC 

Registration Number (FRN) and 

password, after which one must register 

all current call signs and ASR numbers 

associated with a FRN within the 

bureau’s system of records (ULS 

database). Although ULS stores all 

information pertaining to the individual 

license via the FRN, confidential 

information is accessible only by 

persons or entities that hold the 

password for each account, and the 

bureau’s Licensing Division staff. Upon 

the request of FRN, the individual 

licensee is consenting to make publicly 

available, via the ULS database, all 

information that is not confidential in 

nature. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the OMB for review and approval in 

order to obtain the full three-year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting approval of an extension 

(no change in the reporting and/or third 

party disclosure requirements). There is 

a significant increase in the estimated 

burden hours, which is due to an 

adjusted increase in the number of 

respondents/responses, which was 

2,000 in 2006 and 40,000 at this time of 

submission to the OMB. Therefore, the 

hourly burden has increased from 1,000 

hours in 2006 to 10,000 hours at this 

time. 

This information collection is 

necessary to require owners of marine 

VHF radios with Digital Selective 

Calling (DSC) capability to register 

information such as name, address, and 

type of vessel, with a private entity 

issuing marine mobile service identities 

(MMSI). The Commission collects this 

information and assigns MMSIs through 

the ship station licensing process; 

however, those ship stations operating 

domestically are not required to obtain 

an individual license and are licensed 

by rule. The Commission developed 

procedures to privatize the issuance of 

MMSIs by providing blocks of MMSI 

numbers to qualified entities for 

distribution to ship vessel operators that 

are not required by law to carry a radio 

and do not make international voyages 

or communications. 

The Commission has a Memorandum 

of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. 

Coast Guard and the private entities to 

collect the data that is on Attachment A. 

The information would be used by 

search and rescue personnel to identify 

vessels in distress and to select the 

proper rescue units and search methods. 

The requirement to collect this 

information is not contained in a formal 

FCC order, but in the agreements the 

FCC executes with private sector 

entities that issue MMSIs and 47 CFR 

80.103, which requires ship owners 

using VHF radios with DSC to have an 

MMSI. 

The information is used by private 

entities to maintain a database used to 

provide information about the vessel 

owner in distress using marine VHF 

radios with DSC capability. If the 

collection were not conducted, the U.S. 

Coast Guard would not have access to 

this information, which would increase 

the time needed to complete a search 

and rescue operation. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13645 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

June 3, 2009. 

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(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 


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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 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 August 10, 2009. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via fax at 202– 

395–5167 or via Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission, and an email to PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact Judith B. 

Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0810. 

Title: Procedures for Designation of 

Eligible Telecommunications Carriers 

(ETCs) Pursuant to Section 214(e)(6) of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 100 

respondents; 100 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2–60 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Total Annual Burden: 9,200 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

respondents submit confidential 

information to the FCC. However, 

respondents may request confidential 

treatment of information they believe to 

be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60-day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three-year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the on reporting and/or third party 

disclosure requirements). There is a 

change in the estimated total annual 

burden. During the conduct of the 

Commission’s review of this 

information collection, it was 

discovered that a typographical error 

was made in the calculation of the 

burden hours for the 2005 extension. 

The total estimated number of burden 

hours should have been reported as 

9,200 hours rather than 6,200 hours 

reported to OMB. With this submission 

to the OMB, we are reporting more 

accurate estimates. 

Section 214(e)(6) states that a 

telecommunications carrier that is not 

subject to the jurisdiction of a state may 

request that the Commission determine 

whether it is eligible to receive 

universal service support. The 

Commission must evaluate whether 

such telecommunications carriers meet 

the eligibility criteria set forth in the 

Act. The Commission concluded that 

petitions for designation filed under 

Section 214(e)(6) relating to ‘‘near 

reservation’’ areas will not be 

considered as petitions relating to tribal 

lands and as a result, petitioners seeking 

eligible telecommunications carrier 

(ETC) designation in such areas must 

follow the procedures outlined in CC 

Docket No. 96–45, Twelfth Report and 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, FCC 00–208 (rel. June 8, 

2000), (Tribal Lands Order), for nontribal lands prior to submitting a request 

for designation to this Commission 

under Section 214(e)(6). 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0824. 

Title: Service Provider Identification 

Number (SPIN) and Contact Form. 

Form No.: FCC Form 498. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 5,000 

respondents; 5,000 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Total Annual Burden: 7,500 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

respondents submit confidential 

information to the FCC. However, 

respondents may request confidential 

treatment of information they believe to 

be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60-day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three-year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting a revision of this 

information collection. There is no 

change in the estimated burden hours. 

As detailed in the Supporting Statement 

that will be submitted to the OMB for 

review and approval, the Commission 

proposes changes to certain parts of the 

FCC Form 498 to improve the efficiency 

of administering the universal service 

support mechanism. Specifically, the 

Commission proposes: 

(1) adding two options for service 

providers to indicate the reason for 

submitting the FCC Form 498; 

(2) clarifying the information for the 

general contact person, the program 

specific contact persons, and the officer 

certifying the form; 

(3) requiring the submission of the 

service provider’s Dunn and Bradstreet 

number; 

(4) eliminating the option to receive 

paper checks and requiring financial 

institution remittance information in 

order to make electronic disbursements 

in accordance with the requirements of 

the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 

1996; 

(5) requiring the submission of study 

area codes for service providers that 

receive High-Cost and Low-Income 

support; and 

(6) giving service providers the option 

of choosing more than one business 

description for their companies. 

The information collected on FCC 

Form 498 is used by the Universal 

Service Administrative Company 

(USAC) to disburse federal universal 

service support consistent with the 

specifications of carriers and service 

providers who participate and receive 

support from any of the four universal 

service support mechanisms (High-Cost, 

Low-Income, Rural Health Care and 

Schools and Libraries). FCC Form 498 

submissions also provide USAC with 


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updated contact information, enabling 

USAC to contact universal service fund 

participants when necessary. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0876. 

Title: Section 54.703, USAC Board of 

Directors Nomination Process and 

Sections 54.719 through 54.725, Review 

of Administrator’s Decision. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 1,312 

respondents; 1,312 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 20–32 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Total Annual Burden: 41,840 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

respondents submit confidential 

information to the FCC. However, 

respondents may request confidential 

treatment of information they believe to 

be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the on reporting and/or third party 

disclosure requirements). There is no 

change in the estimated burden hours. 

Section 54.703 states that industry 

and non-industry groups may submit to 

the Commission for approval 

nominations for individuals to be 

appointed to the Universal Service 

Administrative Company (USAC) Board 

of Directors. 

Sections 54.719 through 54.725 

describes the procedures for 

Commission review of USAC decisions 

including the general filing 

requirements pursuant to which parties 

must file requests for review. The 

information is used by the Commission 

to select USAC’s Board of Directors and 

to ensure that requests for review are 

filed properly with the Commission. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13659 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

June 2, 2009. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to comment 

on the following information 

collection(s). 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. 

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 PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before August 10, 

2009. 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: You may submit all PRA 

comments by email or U.S. post mail. 

To submit your comments by email, 

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(s), contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918 or send an 

email to PRA@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1115. 

Title: DTV Consumer Education 

Initiative; Section 73.674; FCC Form 

388. 

Form Number: FCC Form 388. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

State, local or tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 200 respondents; 1,800 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 

hour–85 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Quarterly 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain benefits. The statutory authority 

for this collection of information is 

contained in Sections 4(i), 303(r), 335, 

and 336 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 

303(r), 335, and 336. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,940 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Confidentiality: No need for 

confidentiality required with this 

collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: After the nationwide 

DTV transition date of June 12, 2009, 

full-power television broadcast stations 

must transmit only digital signals, and 

may no longer transmit analog signals, 

except for limited analog ‘‘nightlight’’ 

service. The DTV Delay Act directs the 

Commission to take any actions 

‘‘necessary or appropriate to implement 

the provisions, and carry out the 

purposes’’ of the DTV Delay Act, and to 

do so within 30 days. Congress 

extended the transition date in order to 

permit analog service to continue until 

consumers have had additional time to 

prepare. But Congress also directed the 

Commission to provide flexibility for 

stations wanting to transition prior to 

the new date. Stations may have made 

extensive preparations for a February 17 

digital transition and some may have 

difficulty altering their commitments at 

this time. The Commission’s challenge 

is to provide opportunities for some 

stations to end analog broadcasting early 

without sacrificing the goal of giving 

consumers additional time to prepare. 

Therefore, Commission is revising 

this information collection to eliminate 

most of the requirements after June 30, 

2009; however, broadcasters must 

continue to comply with the consumer 

education information collection 

requirements until they have completed, 

and are operating, their final, fullauthorized post-transition (DTV) 

facility. 

The information collection 

requirements that will remain in the 

collection are as follows: 


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