Creation of a Low Power Radio Service and Amendment of Service and Eligibility Rules for FM Broadcast Translator Stations, Fourth Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration...Application Caps

ICR 201205-3060-014

OMB: 3060-1173

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2012-05-23
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
202425 New
202424 New
ICR Details
3060-1173 201205-3060-014
Historical Active
FCC MB
Creation of a Low Power Radio Service and Amendment of Service and Eligibility Rules for FM Broadcast Translator Stations, Fourth Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration...Application Caps
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Approved without change 07/24/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 05/30/2012
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
07/31/2015 36 Months From Approved
300 0 0
600 0 0
0 0 0

On July 12, 2011, the Commission released a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making ("Third Further Notice") in this proceeding, seeking comment on the impact of the enactment of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010 ("LCRA") on the procedures previously adopted to process the approximately 6,500 applications that remain pending from the 2003 Auction No. 83 FM translator window. There, the Commission tentatively concluded that the previously adopted translator licensing procedures, which would limit each applicant to ten pending applications, would be inconsistent with the LCRA's goals. It proposed to modify those procedures and instead adopt a market-specific translator application dismissal process, dismissing pending translator applications in identified spectrum-limited markets in order to preserve adequate low power FM ("LPFM") licensing opportunities. It further proposed a national cap of 50 applications and a market-based cap of one application per applicant per market for the top markets to minimize the potential for speculative licensing conduct. On March 19, 2012, the Commission adopted a Fourth Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration ("Fourth Report and Order"). In the Fourth Report and Order, the Commission adopts the national and market-specific caps proposed in the Third Further Notice, and requires parties with more than 50 pending applications and/or more than one pending application in the markets identified in Appendix A of the Fourth Report and Order (the top 150 Arbitron markets plus markets with more than 4 pending translator applications) to request the dismissal of applications to comply with these limits. Applicants may request such dismissal by filing a letter with the Commission ("Dismissal Letter") identifying the applications they wish to be dismissed. In the event that an applicant does not timely comply with these dismissal procedures, the Commission staff will first apply the national cap, retaining on file the first 50 filed applications and dismissing those that were subsequently filed. The staff will then dismiss all but the first filed application in each of the markets identified in Appendix A.

US Code: 47 USC 154(i) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  
None

3060-AJ07 Final or interim final rulemaking 77 FR 21002 04/09/2012

  77 FR 17476 03/26/2012
77 FR 31849 05/30/2012
No

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Application Caps
Application Caps

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 300 0 0 300 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 600 0 0 600 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
This is a new information collection. Once the collection is approved by OMB, 300 respondents, 300 responses and 600 burden hours will be added to OMB's inventory.

$5,657
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Kelly Donohue 2024188192

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
05/30/2012


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