FCC Form 2100, Schedule B, is used by licensees and permittees of DTV broadcast stations to obtain a new or modified station license, and/or to notify the FCC of certain changes in the licensed facilities. The FCC uses the data to confirm that the station has been built to terms specified in the outstanding construction permit and to ensure that any changes to the station's authorized facilities, made without prior Commission approval, will not have any impact on other stations and the public.
The Commission is submitting this non-substantive change request to the Office of Budget and Management (OMB) for approval of minor non-substantive changes made to FCC Form 302-DTV. The Commission plans to implement a new on-line (electronic) licensing system called "Licensing Modernization" in which all FCC licensing forms, including former FCC Form 302-DTV, will be combined into a single common form - FCC Form 2100. Thus, FCC Form 302-DTV will be encompassed by the "Licensing Modernization" system and the new common form - FCC Form 2100. General questions, which were formally asked in all licensing applications, will compose the body of FCC Form 2100. The questions pertinent only to former FCC Form 302-DTV applicants will now be contained in Schedule B of FCC Form 2100. The substance of the former FCC Form 302-DTV remains the same in the new system. The wording of each question applicable to former FCC Form 302-DTV applicants in FCC Form 2100 is identical to that of FCC Form 302-DTV, with two exceptions – "Alien Ownership" and "Main Studio Location," which are discussed in the updated supporting statement as Change #2 and Change #3; but as stated, the substance remains the same. The burden hours and costs are not impacted by the minor non-substantive changes to former FCC Form 302-DTV, which will now be a part of the "Licensing Modernization" system and FCC Form 2100.
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.