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OMB Control No: 3060-0139	ICR Reference No: 201509-3060-014
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201501-3060-028
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: WTB
Title: Application for Antenna Structure Registration, FCC Form 854
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: 11/09/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/24/2015
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2018	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2018
Responses	57,100	0	57,000
Time Burden (Hours)	25,682	0	25,647
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,176,813	0	1,176,375

Abstract: The purpose of FCC Form 854 (Form 854) is to register antenna structures that are used for radio communication services which are regulated by the Commission; to make changes to existing antenna structure registrations or pending applications for registration; or to notify the Commission of the completion of construction or dismantlement of such structures, as required by Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1, Sections 1.923, 1.1307, 1.1311, 17.1, 17.2, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.7, 17.57 and 17.58. Any person or entity proposing to construct or alter an antenna structure that is more than 60.96 meters (200 feet) in height, or that may interfere with the approach or departure space of a nearby airport runway, must notify the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of proposed construction. The FAA determines whether the antenna structure constitutes a potential hazard, and may recommend appropriate painting and lighting for the structure. The Commission then uses the FAA's recommendation to impose specific painting and/or lighting requirements on radio tower owners and subject licensees. When an antenna structure owner for one reason or another does not register its structure, it then becomes the responsibility of the tenant licensees to ensure that the structure is registered with the Commission. Section 303(q) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, gives the Commission authority to require painting and/or illumination of radio towers in cases where there is a reasonable possibility that an antenna structure may cause a hazard to air navigation. In 1992, Congress amended Sections 303(q) and 503(b)(5) of the Communications Act to make radio tower owners, as well as Commission licensees and permittees responsible for the painting and lighting of radio tower structures, and to provide that non-licensee radio tower owners may be subject to forfeiture for violations of painting or lighting requirements specified by the Commission. This current revision is in response to a Report and Order the Commission adopted on August 8, 2014, FCC 14-117, that streamlined and eliminated outdated provisions of the Commission's Part 17 rules governing the construction, marking, and lighting of antenna structures. The changes to this collection are necessary to implement two of the updates adopted in the Report and Order. The first, 17.4(j), requires owners of certain antenna structures to file FCC Form 854 with the Commission if there is any change or correction in the overall height of one foot or greater or coordinates of one second or greater in longitude or latitude of a registered antenna structure. This change will increase the responses for this collection approximately 100 per annum. The second change, found in 17.4(b), requires owners to note on FCC Form 854 that the registration is voluntary if the antenna structure is otherwise not required to be registered under section 17.4. For this, an additional checkbox will be added to Form 854, but this revision will not increase the collection's average burden per response. These changes will enable the Commission to further modernize its rules while adhering to its statutory responsibility to prevent antenna structures from being hazards to air navigation.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 303, 309(j) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 42 USC 4332(c) Name of Law: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
   US Code: 47 USC 151, 152,154(i) 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-AJ50	Final or interim final rulemaking	79 FR 56968	07/24/2014

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 44104	07/24/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 57610	09/24/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Application for Antenna Structure Registration	FCC Form 854
Application for Antenna Structure Registration
Application for Antenna Structure Registration

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	57,100	57,000	100
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	25,682	25,647	35
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,176,813	1,176,375	438

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: The Commission makes program changes to this collection and they are as follows: an increase of 100 to the annual number of responses (from 57,000 to 57,100), an increase of 35 in the annual burden hours (from 25,647 to 25,682) and an increase in the annual cost of $438 (from $1,176,375 to $1,176,813). These increases are due to an increase in the number of responses. The Commission does not estimate any increase in the average burden per response due to the revisions to Form 854. There are no adjustments to this collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $128,026

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: Michael Smith 202 418-0584

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