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OMB Control No: 3060-0995	ICR Reference No: 201511-3060-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201311-3060-004
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: WTB
Title: Section 1.2105(c), Bidding Application and Certification Procedures; Section 1.2105(c) and 1.2205, Prohibition of Certain Communications
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 12/07/2015
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/10/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/10/2015
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2016	6 Months From Approved	11/30/2016
Responses	10	0	10
Time Burden (Hours)	50	0	50
Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,000	0	9,000

Abstract: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a revision to a currently approved collection, with no change in burden estimates. The currently approved collection requires a minor revision to implement new collection requirements resulting from the Commission’s adoption of new and modified rules prohibiting certain communications for full power and Class A television broadcast licensees and for applicants seeking to participate in the forward auction component of the broadcast incentive auction (BIA), and requiring such covered parties to file a report with the Commission within a specified period of time if they make or receive a prohibited communication. The Commission also requests that the title of this information collection be changed to “Section 1.2105(c), Bidding Application and Certification Procedures; Sections 1.2105(c) and Section 1.2205, Prohibition of Certain Communications” to reflect the revised information collection.

Emergency Justfication: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to submit the revised information collection described herein under the “emergency processing” provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (5 C.F.R. § 1320.13). The Commission is requesting clearance for a revision to a currently approved information collection to implement new collection requirements resulting from the Commission’s adoption of new and modified rules prohibiting certain communications for full power and Class A television broadcast licensees and for applicants seeking to participate in the forward auction component of the broadcast incentive auction (BIA), and requiring such covered parties to file a report with the Commission within a specified period of time if they make or receive a prohibited communication. We respectfully request OMB approval for this revised information collection no later than 26 days after it is received at OMB. The Commission seeks emergency approval for a revision to its previously approved collection of information under OMB Control Number 3060-0995 to permit the collection of reports concerning prohibited communications required by new sections 1.2205(c) and 1.2205(d), redesignated section 1.2105(c)(4), and new and redesignated section 1.2105(c)(6), of the Commission’s rules. If the Commission were to wait 120 days to formally notify the public and potential interested parties of its intent to collect this information, the Commission’s ability to begin collecting reports of any prohibited communications at the start of the prohibited communications period would be substantially delayed, and would in turn substantially delay both the start of the reverse auction and the Commission’s ability to meet its statutory directive to conduct the BIA. Further, due to the emergency nature of this request, the Commission is requesting a waiver of the requirement to publish a 60-day notice in the Federal Register. However, on November 10, 2015, the Commission published a 21-day notice in the Federal Register concerning the new information collection under the emergency processing procedures to give the public an opportunity to comment on this emergency submission. The Commission will conduct all the necessary regular submission requirements under the PRA after approval of this emergency request.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 4(i) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 309(j)(5) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 1452(a)(3) 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-AJ82	Final or interim final rulemaking	79 FR 48442	08/15/2014

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 69663	11/10/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 69663	11/10/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	10	10
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	50	50
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,000	9,000

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:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,742

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: Valerie Barrish 202 418-0354

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