# Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
**AGENCY:**
Federal Communications Commission.
**ACTION:**
Notice and request for comments.
**SUMMARY:**
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 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 Commission's 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 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 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.
**DATES:**
Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before May 4, 2026. 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:**
Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email *[email protected]* and to *[email protected].*
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
For additional information about the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
*OMB Control Number:* 3060-0405.
*Title:* Form 2100, Schedule 349—FM Translator or FM Booster Station Construction Permit Application.
*Form Number:* FCC Form 2100, Schedule 349.
*Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection.
*Respondents:* Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or Tribal Government; Not-for-profit institutions.
*Number of Respondents and Responses:* 1,250 respondents; 3,750 responses.
*Estimated Time per Response:* 0.5 hours-1.5 hours.
*Frequency of Response:* On occasion reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
*Obligation to Respond:* Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is contained in Sections 154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
*Total Annual Burden:* 4,050 hours.
*Total Annual Cost:* $4,442,914.
*Needs and Uses:* The Commission is requesting an extension of this information collection in order to receive approval/clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for three years.
Form 2100, Schedule 349, FM Translator or FM Booster Station Construction Permit Application, is used to apply for authority to construct a new FM translator or FM booster broadcast station, or to make changes in the existing facilities of such stations.
Schedule 349's Online Notice (third party disclosure) Requirement; 47 CFR 73.3580. Schedule 349 also contains a third-party disclosure requirement, pursuant to 47 CFR 73.3580. Section 73.3580, as amended in the Commission's 2020 Public Notice Second Report and Order, discussed below, requires local public notice of the filing of all applications to construct a new broadcast station, including an FM translator or booster station. Notice is given by an applicant posting notice of the application filing on its station website, its licensee website, its parent entity website, or on a publicly accessible, locally targeted website, for 30 consecutive days beginning within five business days of acceptance of the application for filing. The online notice must link to a copy of the application as filed in the Commission's LMS licensing database.
*OMB Control Number:* 3060-1240.
*Title:* FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Video Service Authorization, Schedule 387 (Transition Progress Report).
*Form Number:* FCC Form 2100, Schedule 387 (Transition Progress Report Form).
*Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection.
*Respondents:* Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit institutions.
*Number of Respondents and Responses:* 4 respondents; 12 responses.
*Estimated Time per Response:* 2 hours (1 hour to complete the form, 1 hour to respond to technical questions).
*Frequency of Response:* On occasion reporting requirement.
*Total Annual Burden:* 24 hours.
*Total Annual Costs:* No costs.
*Obligation to Respond:* Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection is contained in Public Law 112-96, 6402 (codified at 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(G)), 6403 (codified at 47 U.S.C. 1452), 126 Stat. 156 (2012) (Spectrum Act).
*Needs and Uses:* By Public Notice released January 10, 2017, The Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau Release Transition Progress Report Form and Filing Requirements for Stations Eligible for Reimbursement from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund and Seek Comment on the Filing of the Report by Non-Reimbursable Stations, MB Docket No. 16-306, Public Notice, 32 FCC Rcd 256 (IATF/Med. Bur. 2017). The Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau described the information that must be provided in the adopted FCC Form 2100, Schedule 387 (Transition Progress Report Form) to be filed by Reimbursable Stations and when and how the Transition Progress Reports must be filed. We also proposed to require broadcast television stations that are not eligible to receive reimbursement of associated expenses from the Reimbursement Fund (Non-Reimbursable Stations), but must transition to new channels as part of the Commission's channel reassignment plan, to file progress reports in the same manner and on the same schedule as Reimbursable Stations, and sought comment on that proposal. By Public Notice released May 18, 2017. The Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau Adopt Filing Requirements for the Transition Progress Report Form by Stations That Are Not Eligible for Reimbursement from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund, MB Docket No. 16-306, Public Notice, DA 17-484 (rel. May 18, 2017) (referred to collectively with Public Notice cited above as Transition Progress Report Public Notices). We concluded that Non-Reimbursable Stations will be required to file Transition Progress Reports following the filing procedures adopted for Reimbursable Stations.
The Commission is seeking a three-year extension for this information collection from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for FCC Form 2100, Schedule 387 (Transition Progress Report).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.