Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to Office of Management and Budget for Review

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to Office of

Management and Budget for Review

October 27, 1994.

The Federal Communications Commission has submitted the following

information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3507).

Copies of this submission may be purchased from the Commission's

copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M

Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800. For

further information on this submission contact Judy Boley, Federal

Communications Commission, (202) 418-0214. Persons wishing to comment

on this information collection should contact Timothy Fain, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10214 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202)

395-3561.

OMB Number: 3060-0050

Title: Application for Ship Radio Inspection or Survey

Form Number: FCC Form 801

Action: Revision of a currently approved collection

Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit (including small

businesses)

Frequency of Response: Annually and once every five years

Estimated Annual Burden: 4,000 responses; .25 hours average burden per

response; 1,000 hours total annual burden

Needs and Uses: The FCC rules require the periodic inspection of the

radio installations aboard United States vessels that are required to

carry radio installations for safety purposes. The FCC Form 801 is used

to apply for these required inspections. It is also used to advise the

FCC local office staff to plan necessary travel and allocate resources

to accomplish the task. The information is provided by ship radio

station licensees to request an inspection of the radio installation

aboard their vessels by FCC field office personnel. The information

enables FCC personnel to identify the particular vessel to be

inspected, determine the vessel's location, the date and time it will

be available for inspection, and the particular regulatory requirements

applicable to that particular vessel. If the information were not

collected, FCC personnel would be unable to perform the required

inspection due to lack of information about the vessel including ports

of call, sailing schedule, and ports where the inspection could be

performed. The form is being revised to provide for new payment options

available to applicants (payments by credit card, electronic funds

transfer, and by Western Union) and to make the form compatible with

the new FCC Form 159, Fee Remittance Advice. We are also removing four

questions requesting information which is no longer needed in advance

of the inspection. The instructions for completing the form have been

revised to conform to the revised format mandated by the new FCC Form

159.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 94-27266 Filed 11-2-94; 8:45 am]

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