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OMB Control No: 3060-0110	ICR Reference No: 201012-3060-007
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200909-3060-003
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: Application for Renewal of Broadcast Station License, FCC Form 303-S; Section 73.3555(d), Daily Newspaper Cross Ownership
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: 02/02/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/27/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2014	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2012
Responses	3,821	0	3,884
Time Burden (Hours)	10,403	0	7,727
Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,886,358	0	2,148,549

Abstract: On December 18, 2007, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the 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. The Order adopts rule changes designed to expand opportunities for participation in the broadcasting industry by new entrants and small businesses, including minority- and women-owned businesses.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 308 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 307 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 303 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   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-AH97	Final or interim final rulemaking	73 FR 28361	05/16/2008

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 62816	10/13/2010
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 81273	12/27/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	3,821	3,884	-63
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	10,403	7,727	2,676
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,886,358	2,148,549	1,737,809

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: Changing Forms

Short Statement: The Commission has program changes to the annual burden hours of +2,676 and cost burden +1,737,809 due to the Commissions adoption of the Diversity Order and its other changes to the form. Form 303-S has been revised (1) to include a new certification concerning a commercial licensees compliance with the Commissions rule against discrimination in advertising sales agreements, (2) to include a new certification concerning a stations adherence to its minimum operating schedule during the preceding license term, and (3) to eliminate the requirement that certain full power AM and FM licensees submit an RF emissions exhibit. We also made modifications to the general Instructions for Form 303-S that do not add burdens because they are editorial in nature. The Commission notes that the burden hours and burden costs published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2010 (75 FR 62816) have been reduced to reflect that only applicants for renewal of commercial broadcast stations are required to complete the new certification in Section II, Item 7 that their advertising sales agreements do not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity and that all such agreements contain nondiscrimination clauses. Noncommercial stations, by their own nature, do not enter into commercial sales agreements.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $208,098

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]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Amy Brett 202 418-2703

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