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OMB Control No: 3060-1216	ICR Reference No: 201601-3060-017
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: Media Bureau Incentive Auction Implementation, Sections 73.3700(b)(4)(i)-(ii), (c), (d), (h)(5)-(6), (g)(4)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/17/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/20/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2019	36 Months From Approved
Responses	174,219	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	24,932	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,214,400	0	0

Abstract: This submission is being made to the Office of Management (OMB) for the approval of information collection requirements contained in the Commission’s Incentive Auction Order and its Order on Reconsideration , Channel Sharing Order on Reconsideration, Channel Sharing Second Order on Reconsideration, which all adopted rules for holding an Incentive Auction, as required by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act). The Spectrum Act directs the Commission to hold a “reverse auction” in which broadcasters can voluntarily return some or all of their broadcast spectrum usage rights in exchange for incentive payments. The Spectrum Act also requires the Commission to reorganize the broadcast television band, which will be accomplished by repacking stations, or moving broadcast stations to different channels. The Spectrum Act directs the Commission to hold a forward auction of the ultra-high frequency (UHF) spectrum obtained as a result of the reverse auction and channel repacking. This UHF spectrum will be auctioned as flexible-use licenses suitable for providing mobile broadband service. Broadcast stations that participate in the forward auction can relinquish their spectrum rights, agree to share a channel with another broadcaster or move from the UHF to VHF band or from a high VHF channel to a low VHF channel. For non-participating broadcast stations, the Spectrum Act establishes a TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund (Fund) to reimburse reassigned broadcasters and multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) that incur expenses associated with continuing to carry relocated stations, for their reasonable expenses resulting from the post-auction channel reassignment.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 151, 154, 301, 303, 307, Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 325(b),332, 336(f), 338, 339, Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 340, 399b, 403, 534, 535, Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 1404, 1452, 1454. 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 70209	11/13/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 3131	01/20/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Media Bureau Incentive Auction Implementation, Sections 73.3700(b)(4)(i)-(ii), (c), (d), (h)(5)-(6), (g)(4)

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	174,219	174,219
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	24,932	24,932
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,214,400	1,214,400

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: This is a new information collection. It will add the following numbers/program changes to OMB’s inventory once approved: 1,950 to the number of respondents, 174,219 to the annual number of responses, 24,932 to the annual burden hours and $1,214,400 to the annual cost.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $40,212

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: Pamela Gallant 202 418-0614

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