# 2026-22574: FCC Invites Small Businesses to Comment on Its Paperwork Burden

2026-22574, Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, is a Federal Register notice from Federal Communications Commission published 2026-11-05, effective Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted on or before December 7, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-06).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22574
- As of: 2026-11-06
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22574
- Title: Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Federal Communications Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 69845
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Effective: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted on or before December 7, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-12-07
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-06

## In one line

FCC Invites Small Businesses to Comment on Its Paperwork Burden

## Summary

The FCC is asking for public feedback on its paperwork rules to make things easier, especially for small businesses with fewer than 25 employees. They want to reduce the hassle of filling out forms and are open to ideas until December 7, 2026. If you’re affected, now’s the time to speak up and help shape simpler rules without extra costs or delays.

## Abstract

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it can further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.

## Effects PRIA read

- FCC Solicits Paperwork Relief for Very Small Businesses: benefit, low. The FCC is asking for public comments on reducing paperwork burdens and specifically requests ideas to further reduce information-collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. Comments are due on or before December 7, 2026 and must be submitted at www.reginfo.gov; comm…
- AM Stations’ Engineering Data Burden and Cost: cost, high. AM Measurement Data (OMB Control Number 3060-0991) requires business respondents to record and provide engineering measurements. The FCC reports 1,800 respondents, 3,135 responses, estimated 0.50–25 hours per response, a total annual burden of 20,200 hours, and total annual cost of $1,131,500. Resp…
- CALM Act Compliance Paperwork Burden: cost, low. The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act information collection (OMB Control Number 3060-1171) applies to commercial TV stations and cable/MVPDs to demonstrate compliance with the ATSC A/85 Recommended Practice. The FCC reports 2,937 respondents, 4,868 responses, estimated 0.25–8…

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## Sources
- [2026-22574 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/05/2026-22574/information-collections-being-submitted-for-review-and-approval-to-office-of-management-and-budget)
- [2026-22574 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-05/pdf/2026-22574.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22574 (as of 2026-11-06).