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OMB Control No: 3060-0113	ICR Reference No: 202312-3060-010
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202107-3060-015
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: EB
Title: Form 2100, Schedule 396 – Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Program Report
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: 02/14/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/19/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2027	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2024
Responses	2,960	0	2,960
Time Burden (Hours)	4,336	0	4,336
Cost Burden (Dollars)	666,000	0	666,000

Abstract: The Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program Report, FCC Form 2100, Schedule 396, is a device that is used to evaluate a licensee's EEO program to ensure that satisfactory efforts are being made to comply with FCC's EEO requirements. FCC Form 2100, Schedule 396 is required to be filed at the time of renewal of license by all AM, FM, TV, Class A and Low Power TV and International stations as well as Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) licensees. The Commission adopted on September 18, 2023, the Report and Order (R&O), Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission’s Rules to Update Television and Class A Television Broadcast Station Rules, and Rules Applicable to All Broadcast Stations, MB Docket No. 22-227, FCC 23-72. The R&O adopted a number of revisions to the Commission’s rules to reorganize and clarify the Commission’s technical licensing, operating, and interference rules for full power and Class A television, including a revision to 47 CFR Section 73.2080. No other changes to OMB Control Number 3060-0113, approved August 2021, and restated below, have been made, with the exception of an added description regarding the revision to Section 73.2080. That description is for illustrative purposes only, and also does not create any new or modified paperwork obligations. The Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program Report, FCC Form 2100, Schedule 396 is a device that is used to evaluate a licensee’s EEO program to ensure that satisfactory efforts are being made to comply with the FCC's EEO requirements. FCC Form 2100, Schedule 396 is required to be filed at the time of renewal of license by all AM, FM, TV, Class A and Low Power TV and International stations as well as Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) licensees. If a licensee owns more than one station in the same market that shares employees, it is required to file one Schedule 396 for those stations collectively as a “station employment unit” (SEU). SEUs with five or more full-time employees must complete the identification, certification and discrimination complaint portions of the form as well as attach its two most recent EEO Public File Reports—an annual report summarizing various recruitment activities of the licensee—and a narrative statement describing its employment outreach generally. If a SEU has four or fewer full time employees, it must file only the identification, certification and discrimination complaints portions of the form. The recordkeeping requirements for FCC Form 2100, Schedule 396 are covered under OMB control number 3060-0214.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 303 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code: 47 USC 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-AL50	Final or interim final rulemaking	88 FR 70980	10/13/2023

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 70980	10/13/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 87767	12/19/2023
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
Form 2100, Schedule 396 – Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Program Report	FCC Form 396

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	2,960	2,960
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,336	4,336
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	666,000	666,000

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: $221,786

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? No

Agency Contact: Emily Harrison 202 418-1665

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