Justification for Non-substantial Change Request

JUSTIFICATION

The Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a non-substantial change of the information collection titled, “Part 25 of the Commission’s Rules Governing the Licensing of, and Spectrum Usage by, Satellite Network Earth Stations and Space Stations” under OMB Control No. 3060-0678.

In March 2009, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) reviewed the Paperwork Reduction Act requirements associated with FCC Form 312. The Commission found that it had grossly overestimated those burden hours and costs. Accordingly, this submission to OMB is for a non-substantial change to correct those burden hours and cost estimates.

Therefore, adjustments of -33,237 annual burden hours and -764,607,606 annual costs have occurred to the information collection. These adjustments are attributed to updated data and corrections to calculations made in determining previous information collection annual burden hours and annual cost estimates. Again, the Commission grossly overestimated the annual burden hours and costs in its previous submission to OMB. The updated supporting statement reflects more accurate and true burden hours and costs associated with information collection 3060-0678.