# Reexamination of Comparative Standards for Noncommercial Educational Applicants
**AGENCY:**
Federal Communications Commission.
**ACTION:**
Final rule; announcement of effective date.
**SUMMARY:**
The Commission adopted new rules for selecting among mutually exclusive applicants for noncommercial educational broadcast stations. Certain rules contained new and modified information collection requirements and were published in the *Federal Register* on June 8, 2000. This document announces the effective date of these published rules.
**DATES:**
Effective August 1, 2000 with respect to the amendments to §§ 73.202, 73.3527, and 77.3572 published at 65 FR 36375 (June 8, 2000).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Irene Bleiweiss, Mass Media Bureau, Audio Services Division, (202) 418-2700.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On August 1, 2000, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the information collection requirements contained in Sections 73.202; 73.3527; and 73.3572 pursuant to OMB Control Nos. 3060-0948. Accordingly, the information collection requirements contained in these rules became effective on August 1, 2000.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.