OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Resubmit when proposed rule is finalized.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2015
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2015
400
0
400
800
0
800
108,000
0
108,000
On October 2, 2012, the Commission released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Expanding the Economic and Innovative Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, Docket No. 12-268, FCC 12-118 ("IA NPRM"). The IA NPRM contains rules and policies for the incentive auction mandated by Congress in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-96, 125 Stat. 156 (2012). Following the completion of the incentive auction process, all channel sharing Class A television stations will need to file FCC Form 302-CA for a new license for their shared channel facility. This new requirement is provided in 47 C.F.R. § 73.3700.
US Code:
47 USC 308
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 309
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 307
Name of Law: Comminications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 154(i)
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 319
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
If the proposed requirements contained in FCC 12-118 are adopted in a final rulemaking by the Commission 121 respondents, 121 responses, 242 burden hours and $40,485 in annual cost will be added to OMB's inventory.
$70,906
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Shaun Maher 202 418-2324 smaher@fcc.gov
No
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(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
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