[Federal Register: December 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 245)]
[Notices]               
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB 
for Review and Approval

December 15, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commissions, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control 
number. Comments are requested concerning (a)

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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; (b) the accuracy 
of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 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.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before January 23, 
2006. 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.

ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments by email or U.S. mail. To 
submit your comments by email send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your 
comments by U.S. mail send them to Cathy Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554 and Kristy L. LaLonde, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-3087 or 
via the Internet at Kristy_L._LaLonde@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection(s) send an email to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy 
Williams at (202) 418-2918. If you would like to obtain a copy of this 
revised information collection, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA 
Web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.


SUPPLMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
    Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files; 
Sections 76.1701and 73.1943, Political Files.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 52,217.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.5 hours--104 hours per year.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,818,003 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.3526 and 47 CFR Section 73.3527 require 
that licensees and permittees of commercial and noncommercial AM, FM 
and TV stations maintain a file for public inspection at its main 
studio or at another accessible location in its community of license. 
The contents of the file vary according to type of service and status. 
The contents include, but are not limited to, copies of certain 
applications tendered for filing, a statement concerning petitions to 
deny filed against such applications, copies of ownership reports, 
statements certifying compliance with filing announcements in 
connection with renewal applications, and a list of community issues 
addressed by the station's programming. These rules also specify the 
length of time, which varies by document type, that each record must be 
retained in the public file. The public and FCC use the data to 
evaluate information about the licensee's performance and to ensure 
that station is addressing issues concerning the community to which it 
is licensed to serve.
    47 CFR 73.1943 and 47 CFR 76.1701 require licensees of broadcast 
stations and cable television systems, respectively, to keep and permit 
public inspection of a complete record (political file) of all requests 
for broadcast time made by or on behalf of candidates for public 
office, together with an appropriate notation showing the disposition 
made by the licensee of such requests. The data is used by the public 
to assess money expended and time allotted to a political candidate and 
to ensure that equal access was afforded to other legally qualified 
candidates. 47 CFR 76.1701 also requires that, when an entity sponsors 
origination cable casting material that concerns a political matter or 
a discussion of a controversial issue of public importance, a list must 
be maintained in the public file of the system that includes the 
sponsoring entity's chief executive officers, or members of its 
executive committee or of its board of directors.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-7713 Filed 12-21-05; 8:45 am]

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