[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23827-23828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09019]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0906; FRS 16696]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 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
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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 techniques or other forms of information
technology; and ways to further reduce the information 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 Office of Management and Budget
(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 comments should be submitted on or before June 29, 2020.
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 contacts 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: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the FCC 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 techniques or other forms of information technology; and
ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0906.
Title: Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplemental Services Report for DTV
Stations, FCC Form 2100, Schedule G; 47 CFR 73.624(g).
Form Number: FCC Form 2100, Schedule G (formerly FCC Form 317).
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 7,652 respondents, 15,304
responses.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, annual reporting
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits--Statutory
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections
154(i), 303, 336 and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Estimated Time per Response: 2-4 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 45,912 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,147,800.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality required with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: In 2018, the Commission revised section 73.624(g)
of its rules to require only those DTV stations that provided
``feeable'' ancillary or supplementary services during the relevant
reporting period to submit Form 2100, Schedule G to the Commission. See
Amendment of Section 73.624(g) of the Commission's Rules Regarding
Submission of FCC Form 2100, Schedule G, Used to Report TV Stations'
Ancillary or Supplementary Services, MB Docket Nos. 17-264, 17-105, FCC
18-41, Report and Order.
Each licensee/permittee of a digital television (DTV) station that
provides feeable ancillary or supplementary services during the
relevant reporting period must file on an annual basis FCC Form 2100,
Schedule G. Specifically, required filers include the following (but we
generally refer to all such entities herein as a ``DTV licensee/
permittee''):
A licensee of a digital commercial or noncommercial educational
(NCE) full power television (TV) station, low power television (LPTV)
station, TV translator or Class A TV station.
A permittee operating pursuant to digital special temporary
authority (STA) of a commercial or NCE full power TV station, LPTV
station, TV translator or Class A TV station.
Each DTV licensee/permittee must report the feeable ancillary or
supplementary services that were provided during the reporting cycle.
Each DTV licensee/permittee is required to retain the records
supporting the calculation of the fees due for three years from the
date of remittance of fees. Each NCE licensee/permittee must also
retain for eight years documentation sufficient to show that its entire
bitstream was used ``primarily'' for NCE broadcast services on a weekly
basis.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-09019 Filed 4-28-20; 8:45 am]
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