On May 12, 2020, the Commission
adopted Amendment of Section 73.3580 of the Commission’s Rules
Regarding Public Notice of the Filing of Applications;
Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative; Revision of the
Public Notice Requirements of Section 73.3580, Second Report and
Order, MB Docket Nos. 17-254, 17-105, & 05-6, FCC 20-65 (rel.
May 13, 2020). The Commission adopted new, streamlined procedures
for stations to provide public notice of the filing of certain
applications. Some stations that were previously required to post
public notice in a local newspaper, must now post notice online,
either on the station website or a website affiliated with the
station, its licensee, or its parent entity, or else must post
notice on a publicly accessible, locally targeted website, for 30
continuous days following acceptance of the application for filing.
Stations that are required to make on-air announcements of the
filing of certain applications, including applications for the
renewal of broadcast licenses, must continue to do so, but the
announcements are shorter and direct viewers and listeners to the
application as filed and displayed in either the station’s Online
Public Inspection File or another Commission database. A total of
six on-air announcements are required, at least one per week and no
more than one per day or two per week, to be broadcast between 7:00
a.m. and 11:00 p.m. local time, Monday through Friday, beginning
after the application is accepted for filing. The Commission also
clarified low-power FM (LPFM) stations’ obligations to provide
local public notice, and amended section 73.801 of the rules (47
CFR § 73.801, listing FCC rules that apply to the LPFM service) to
include the local public notice rule, 47 CFR § 73.3580. This
submission is being made to OMB for approval of the modified
third-party disclosure requirements for this Information
Collection, as adopted in the 2020 Public Notice Second Report and
Order. The changes pertaining to this Information Collection and to
47 CFR § 73.3580 adopted in the 2020 Public Notice Second Report
and Order, which are listed below, do not necessitate changes to
Schedule 303-S, nor do they affect the substance, burden hours, or
costs of completing the forms. The rule changes do, however, reduce
burdens and costs associated with filing the application.
US Code:
47
USC 307 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code: 47
USC 154(i) 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
There are program changes to
this collection which are due to the information collection
requirements adopted FCC 20-65. They are as follows: +1,314 to the
annual burden hours and -$1,792,104 to the annual cost. There are
no adjustments to this collection.
$210,401
No
No
No
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Lisa Scanlan 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.