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OMB Control No: 3060-0920	ICR Reference No: 200805-3060-013
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200506-3060-018
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: Application for Construction Permit for a Low Power FM Broadcast Station; Report and Order in MM Docket No. 99-25 Creation of Low Power Radio Service
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	23,377	0	23,012
Time Burden (Hours)	34,396	0	33,866
Cost Burden (Dollars)	23,850	0	24,000

Abstract: On December 11, 2007, the FCC released a Third Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Creation of a Low Power Radio Service, MM Docket No. 99-25, FCC 07-204. In the Third Report and Order, the FCC extended the local standards for rural markets. Under the old Rules, an LPFM applicant was deemed local if it was physically headquartered or had a campus within ten miles of the proposed LPFM transmitter site, or if 75 percent of its board members resided within ten miles of the proposed LPFM transmitter site. The Third Report and Order modified the ten-mile requirement to twenty miles for all LPFM applicants for proposed facilities in other than the top fifty urban markets, for both the distance from transmitter and residence of board member standards. We have revised the Form 318 to reflect this extension of local standards for rural markets. While the overall number of respondents increases because the Rule change expands the universe of eligible applicants, there are no new information collection requirements with respect to completion of the Form 318. In the Third Report and Order, the Commission also delegated to the Media Bureau the authority to consider Section 73.807 waiver requests from certain LPFM stations. The Third Report and Order also allows LPFM stations to file waiver requests of Section 73.809 of the Rules if: (1) it is at risk of displacement by an encroaching full-service station modification application and no alternative channel is available, and (2) it can demonstrate that it has regularly provided at least eight hours per day of locally originated programming. LPFM stations that wish to make a showing under this waiver standard must file an informal objection to the encroaching community of license modification application.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 154(i), 303, 308 and 325(a) 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 15156	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	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	23,377	23,012	365	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	34,396	33,866	530	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	23,850	24,000	0	-150

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: We have a program change to this information collection resulting in an increase of +530 to the total annual burden hours due to the adoption of the information collection requirements in FCC 07-204, MM Docket No. 99-25 and revised form changes. There was an adjustment to the total annual burden cost due to rounding issues in ROCIS. FCC 07-204 did not have an impact on the annual cost for this information collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $694,164

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: Kelly Donohue 2024188192

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