[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 44 (Thursday, March 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12923-12924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04498]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[3060-0548; FRS 16527]
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
Office of Management and Budget
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,
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
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.''
The Commission 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 April 6, 2020.
If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find it
difficult to do so with the period of time allowed by this notice, you
should advise the contacts listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via
email [email protected]; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4)
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to
OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection. Comments are requested concerning:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
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for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d)
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. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-0548.
Title: Sections 76.1709 and 76.1620, Availability of Signals;
Section 76.56, Signal Carriage Obligations; Section 76.1614,
Identification of Must-Carry Signals.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,103 respondents; 49,236
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1.0 hour.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, Third party
disclosure requirement, On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 4(i),
614 and 615 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 24,618 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection information.
Needs and Uses: On January 31, 2017, the Commission adopted a
Report and Order (Public Inspection File R&O) in MB Docket No. 16-161,
FCC 17-3, In the Matter of Revisions to Public Inspection File
Requirements--Broadcaster Correspondence File and Cable Principal
Headend Location which eliminated the requirement in former 47 CFR
76.1708 that cable operators maintain for public inspection the
designation and location of the cable system's principal headend. The
Public Inspection File R&O removed and reserved 47 CFR.76.1708.
This collection is being revised to reflect the removal of 47 CFR
76.1708 made in the Public Inspection File R&O.
The other information collection requirements contained under this
collection and have not changed are as follows:
47 CFR 76.56 requires cable television systems to carry signals of
all qualified local commercial and Noncommercial Educational (NCE)
stations requesting carriage. As a result of this requirement, the
following information collection requirements are needed for this
collection:
47 CFR 76.1709(a) states that the operator of every cable
television system shall maintain for public inspection a file
containing a list of all broadcast television stations carried by its
system in fulfillment of the must-carry requirements pursuant to 47 CFR
76.56. Such list shall include the call sign; community of license,
broadcast channel number, cable channel number, and in the case of a
noncommercial educational broadcast station, whether that station was
carried by the cable system on March 29, 1990.
47 CFR 76.1709(c) states that a cable operator shall respond in
writing within 30 days to any written request by any person for the
identification of the signals carried on its system in fulfillment of
the requirements of 47 CFR 76.56.
47 CFR 76.1614 states that a cable operator shall respond in
writing within 30 days to any written request by any person for the
identification of the signals carried on its system in fulfillment of
the requirements of 47 CFR 76.56. The required written response may be
delivered by email, if the consumer used email to make the request or
complaint directly to the cable operator, or if the consumer specifies
email as the preferred delivery method in the request or complaint.
Additionally, 47 CFR 76.1620 states that if a cable operator
authorizes subscribers to install additional receiver connections, but
does not provide the subscriber with such connections, or with the
equipment and materials for such connections, the operator shall notify
such subscribers of all broadcast stations carried on the cable system
which cannot be viewed via cable without a converter box and shall
offer to sell or lease such a converter box to such subscribers. Such
notification must be provided by June 2, 1993, and annually thereafter
and to each new subscriber upon initial installation. The notice, which
may be included in routine billing statements, shall identify the
signals that are unavailable without an additional connection, the
manner for obtaining such additional connection and instructions for
installation.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-04498 Filed 3-4-20; 8:45 am]
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