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OMB Control No: 3060-0031	ICR Reference No: 200805-3060-012
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200506-3060-007
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License, FCC Form 314; Application for consent to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Pe
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: 06/23/2008
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/22/2008
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2011	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2008
Responses	12,210	0	12,210
Time Burden (Hours)	18,790	0	15,890
Cost Burden (Dollars)	33,989,570	0	33,349,000

Abstract: LPFM: The Instructions to FCC Forms 314 and 315 have been revised to reflect the new ownership limits adopted in the Third Report and Order and Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Creation of a Low Power Radio Service, FCC 07-204, MM Docket No. 99-25 (released Dec. 11, 2007), namely, that an entity may own only one LPFM station. By amending the Rules to permanently limit LPFM eligibility, the Commission is protecting the public interest in localism and fostering greater diversity of programming from community sources. Forms 314 and 315 have also been revised to reflect the three-year holding period of an LPFM license, as adopted in the Third Report and Order, during which a licensee cannot transfer or assign a license, and must operate the station. That restriction will prevent entities from using the LPFM assignment and transfer process to undermine the Commissions LPFM policies and will ensure that the benefits to the public which were the basis for the license grant will be realized. Media Ownership: On December 18, 2007, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review of the Commissions Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, FCC 07-216, MB Docket Nos. 06-121, 02-277, 04-228, MM Docket Nos. 01-235, 01-317, 00-244 and 99-360. Section 202 requires the Commission to review its broadcast ownership rules every four years and determine whether any of such rules are necessary in the public interest. Further, Section 202 requires the Commission to repeal or modify any regulation it determines to be no longer in the public interest. Consistent with actions taken by the Commission in the 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review, the following changes are made to Forms 314 and 315: The instructions to Forms 314 and 315 have been revised to include a reference to the 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review as a source of information regarding the Commission's multiple ownership attribution policies and standards. The language in Section A, IV of Worksheet #3 in Forms 314 and 315 is revised. This worksheet is used in connection with Section III, Item 6b of Form 314 and Section IV, Item 8b of Form 315 to determine the applicant's compliance with the Commission's multiple ownership rules and cross-ownership rules set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555. The revisions to the worksheet account for changes made by the Commission in the 2006 Quadrennial Review to 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555(d), the Daily Newspaper Cross-Ownership Rule. The revised rule changes the circumstances under which an entity may own a daily newspaper and a radio station or television station in the same designated market area. In Section B of Worksheet # 3 of Form 314, the description of a Daily Newspaper is changed to comport to the definition of Newspaper contained in 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555(c)(3)(iii) that the Commission revised in the 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review. In Section B of Worksheet # 3 of Form 315, language from 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555(d) is added to assist applicants in their determination of compliance with the Daily Newspaper Cross-Ownership Rule.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 154(i), 303 and 308 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-AJ07	Final or interim final rulemaking	73 FR 3202	01/17/2008

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	73 FR 15157	03/21/2008
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	73 FR 29755	05/22/2008
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	12,210	12,210	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	18,790	15,890	2,900
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	33,989,570	33,349,000	640,570

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: We have a decrease in the annual burden hours and annual costs as a result of the Commissions action in the Second Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Creation of a Low Power Radio Service, MB Docket No. 99-25, FCC. The Commission decreased the amount of time required for LPFM transactions due to revisions to the form which now makes it easier understood by the public. The Commission made this a main focus point when revising the Forms for LPFM transitions. There was a increase in the total annual burden hours and annual cost for this information due to form revisions and information collection requirements contained in FCC 07-216, 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review of the Commissions Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,698,408

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: Thomas Horan 202 418-2486 thoran@fcc.gov

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