Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License, FCC Form 314; Application for consent to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Pe
ICR 201208-3060-012
OMB: 3060-0031
Federal Form Document
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Application for Consent to
Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License, FCC
Form 314; Application for consent to Transfer Control of Entity
Holding Broadcast Station Construction Pe
On January 28, 2010, the Commission
adopted a First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking ("Rural First R&O") in MB Docket No. 09-52, FCC
10-24, 25 FCC Rcd 1583 (2010). In the Rural First R&O, the
Commission adopted a Tribal Priority under Section 307(b) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to assist federally
recognized Native American Tribes and Alaska Native Villages
("Tribes") and entities primarily owned or controlled by Tribes in
obtaining broadcast radio construction permits designed primarily
to serve Tribal Lands (the "Tribal Priority"). Tribal affiliated
applicants that meet certain conditions regarding Tribal membership
and signal coverage qualify for the Tribal Priority, which in most
cases will enable the qualifying applicants to obtain radio
construction permits without proceeding to competitive bidding, in
the case of commercial stations, or to a point system evaluation,
in the case of noncommercial educational ("NCE") stations. On March
3, 2011, the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order ("Rural
Second R&O"), First Order on Reconsideration, and Second
Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making in MB Docket No. 09-52, FCC
11-28, 26 FCC Rcd 2556 (2011). On December 28, 2011, the Commission
adopted a Third Report and Order in MB Docket No. 09-52, FCC
11-190, 26 FCC Rcd 17642 (2011) ("Rural Third R&O"). In the
Rural Third R&O the Commission further refined the use of the
Tribal Priority in the commercial FM radio context, specifically
adopting a "Threshold Qualifications" approach to commercial FM
application processing.
The Commission has program
changes to the total number of respondents of +20, to the total
number of responses of +20, to the annual burden hours of +42, and
to the annual cost burden of +$108,000, due to the adoption of
information collection requirements contained in the Rural Third
R&O, FCC 11-190. In particular, the Tribal Priority Holding
Period requirements are now applied in the context of
authorizations obtained using the Tribal Priority Threshold
Qualifications procedures, which were set forth in the Rural Third
R&O, 26 FCC Rcd at 17645-50. While designed to facilitate
opportunities for participation in the broadcasting industry by
Tribes that use a Tribal Priority, the requirements accommodate
those Tribes that may need or desire to assign a station that had
been obtained using the Tribal Priority. There are also adjustments
to this collection of +340 to the total number of responses, +185
to the to annual burden hours and +$667,006 to the annual cost
burden. The Commission reevaluated some of its numbers from our
previous submission to OMB.
$8,852,725
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Lisa Scalan 202
418-2700
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.