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OMB Control No: 3060-0110	ICR Reference No: 201903-3060-012
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201805-3060-005
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: Title: Form 2100, Schedule 303-S – Renewal of Broadcast Station License
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/02/2019
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/27/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2020	08/31/2020	08/31/2020
Responses	5,126	0	4,023
Time Burden (Hours)	13,554	0	10,797
Cost Burden (Dollars)	5,786,268	0	5,073,271

Abstract: FCC Form 303 S is used in applying for renewal of license for commercial or noncommercial AM, FM, TV, FM translator, TV translator, Class A TV, or Low Power TV, and Low Power FM broadcast station licenses. Licensees of broadcast stations must apply for renewal of their licenses every eight years. The Commission is revising this collection to reflect the Commission’s adoption of a Report and Order (“R&O”) in MB Docket No. 16-161, FCC 17-3, In the Matter of Revisions to Public Inspection File Requirements – Broadcaster Correspondence Rile and Cable Principal Headend Location, adopted and released on January 31, 2017. The R&O eliminated the requirement that commercial TV stations retain in their public inspection file copies of letters and emails from the public. As the Commission noted in the R&O, because commercial TV licensees will no longer be required to maintain correspondence under our rules, under the terms of 47 USC Section 308(d) they also will not be required to file a summary of correspondence received regarding violent programming with their renewal application (FCC Form 303-S). Consistent with this decision, we are revising Form 303-S to remove the references in the form to this requirement. Please see the change request justification for the reason behind this change submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 307 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 154 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 308 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 303 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-AK50	Final or interim final rulemaking	82 FR 11406	02/23/2017

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 18147	04/17/2017
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 28315	06/21/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Form 2100, Schedule 303-S – Renewal of Broadcast Station License	FCC Form 303-S
Form 2100, Schedule 303-S – Renewal of Broadcast Station License

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	5,126	4,023	1,103
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	13,554	10,797	2,757
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	5,786,268	5,073,271	712,997

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: Except for the updates as noted in footnote 5 of the updated supporting statement, the respondents, burden hours and costs of this information collection are not impacted by the minor non-substantive changes to the FCC Form 303-S, which will now be part of the LMS Renewal Application, and the transition to the new LMS licensing database system. Therefore, the adjustments to this collection are due to current licenses broadcast station totals. These adjustments/increases are as follows: 1,103 to the number of respondents, 1,103 to the annual number of responses, 2,757 to the annual burden hours and $712,997.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $135,758

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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: Lisa Scalan 202 418-2700

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