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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 146 / Tuesday, August 3, 2021 / Notices
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA, the Federal Communications Commission FCC or Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commissions burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget OMB control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.

SUMMARY:

Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before October 4, 2021. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

DATES:

Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.

ADDRESSES:

For additional information about the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at 202 4182918.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 30601086.
Title: Section 74.787, Digital Licensing; Section 74.790, Permissible Service of Digital TV Translator and LPTV Stations; Section 74.794, Digital Emissions, Section 74.796, Modification of Digital Transmission Systems and Analog Transmission Systems for Digital Operation; Section 74.798, LPTV
Digital Transition Consumer Education Information; Protection of Analog LPTV.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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Respondents: Business or other for profit entities; not for profit institutions;
State, local or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents/Responses:
8,445 respondents; 27,386 responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50
4 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; One-time reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 56,386 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $69,033,000.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is contained in section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Act Assessment: No impacts.
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements approved under this collection are as follows:
a. 47 CFR 74.787a2iii provides that mutually exclusive LPTV and TV
translator applicants for companion digital stations will be afforded an opportunity to submit in writing to the Commission, settlements and engineering solutions to resolve their situation.
b. 47 CFR 74.787a3 provides that mutually exclusive applicants applying for construction permits for new digital stations and for major changes to existing stations in the LPTV service will similarly be allowed to submit in writing to the Commission, settlements and engineering solutions to rectify the problem.
c. 47 CFR 74.787a4 provides that mutually exclusive displacement relief applicants filing applications for digital LPTV and TV translator stations may be resolved by submitting settlements and engineering solutions in writing to the Commission.
d. 47 CFR 74.787a5v states that a license for a digital-to-digital replacement television translator will be issued only to a full-power television broadcast station licensee that demonstrates in its application a loss in the stations pre-auction digital service area as a result of the broadcast television spectrum incentive auction, including the repacking process, conducted under section 6403 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Pub. L. 11296.
Pre-auction digital service area is defined as the geographic area within the full power stations noise-limited contour as set forth in Public Notice, DA 151296, released November 12, 2015. The service area of the digital-to-

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digital replacement translator shall be limited to only the demonstrated loss area within the full power stations preauction digital service area, provided that an applicant for a digital-to-digital replacement television translator may propose a de minimis expansion of its full power pre-auction digital service area upon demonstrating that the expansion is necessary to replace a loss in its pre-auction digital service area.
e. 47 CFR 74.790f permits digital TV
translator stations to originate emergency warnings over the air deemed necessary to protect and safeguard life and property, and to originate local public service announcements PSAs or messages seeking or acknowledging financial support necessary for its continued operation. These announcements or messages shall not exceed 30 seconds each, and be broadcast no more than once per hour.
f. 47 CFR 74.790e requires that a digital TV translator station shall not retransmit the programs and signal of any TV broadcast or DTV broadcast stations without prior written consent of such stations. A digital TV
translator operator electing to multiplex signals must negotiate arrangements and obtain written consent of involved DTV
station licensees.
g. 47 CFR 74.790g requires a digital LPTV station who transmits the programming of a TV broadcast or DTV
broadcast station received prior written consent of the station whose signal is being transmitted.
h. 47 CFR 74.794 mandates that digital LPTV and TV translator stations operating on TV channels 2224, 3236
and 38 with a digital transmitter not specifically FCC-certificated for the channel purchase and utilize a low pass filter or equivalent device rated by its manufacturer to have an attenuation of at least 85 dB in the GPS band. The licensees must retain with their station license a description of the low pass filter or equivalent device with the manufacturers rating or a report of measurements by a qualified individual.
i. 47 CFR 74.796b5 requires digital LPTV or TV translator station licensees that modify their existing transmitter by use of a manufacturer-provided modification kit would need to purchase the kit and must notify the Commission upon completion of the transmitter modifications. In addition, a digital LPTV or TV translator station licensees that modify their existing transmitter and do not use a manufacturer-provided modification kit, but instead perform custom modification those not related to installation of manufacturer-supplied
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