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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion
OMB Control No:
3060-0249
ICR Reference No:
200609-3060-002
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
200308-3060-008
Agency/Subagency:
FCC
Agency Tracking No:
Title:
Sections 74.781, 74.1281 and 78.69, Station Records
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved collection
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Approved without change
Conclusion Date:
10/20/2006
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
09/13/2006
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
10/31/2009
36 Months From Approved
10/31/2006
Responses
20,300
0
7,400
Time Burden (Hours)
10,126
0
5,735
Cost Burden (Dollars)
9,240,000
0
666,000
Abstract:
47 CFR Section 74.781 and 74.1281 require 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, contracts, permission for rebroadcasts, and other pertinent documents. Section 74.1281 requires maintenance records to be kept too. These rule sections require that records are kept on any observed or otherwise known extinguishment or improper functioning of a tower light. Section 78.69 requires that licensees of cable television relay stations maintain various reocrds, including but not limited to records pertaining to transmissions, unscheduled interruptions to transmissions, maintenance, observations, inspections, and repairs. All station records are required to be maintained for a period of not less than two years.
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
47 USC 154
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
3060-AD62
Final or interim final rulemaking
52 FR 7424
03/11/1987
Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
71 FR 38161
07/05/2006
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
71 FR 54071
09/13/2006
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
5
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Sectin 74.1281, Station Records
Section 74.1281, Station Records
Section 74.781, Station Records
Section 74.781, Station Records
Section 78.69, Station Records
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
20,300
7,400
0
0
12,900
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
10,126
5,735
0
0
4,391
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
9,240,000
666,000
0
0
8,574,000
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Increase Due to:
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement:
The Commission had an adjustment to the annual burden hours and annual cost burden. These adjustments made an increase to the annual burden hours and annual cost burden due to the consolidation of OMB control number 3060-0287 and 3060-0309 into this information collection 3060-0249. There are no program changes.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$0
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods?
No
Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002?
No
Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response?
Uncollected
Agency Contact:
Hossein Hashemzadeh 202 418-1600
Common Form ICR:
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date:
09/13/2006
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