[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28386-28387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11595]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 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 control number. 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.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid 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 Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before June 13, 2012.
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 Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via fax
202-395-5167, or 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 section 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 OMB control number of
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0761.
Title: Section 79.1, Closed Captioning of Video Programming, CG
Docket No. 05-231.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; individuals or
households; and not-for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 12,609 respondents; 78,633
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to 10 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual and on occasion reporting
requirements; third party disclosure requirement; recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this obligation is found at section 713 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 613, and implemented
at 47 CFR 79.1.
Total Annual Burden: 198,049 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $35,505,816.00.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is an issue
to the extent that individuals and households provide personally
identifiable information, which is covered under the FCC's system of
records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-1, ``Informal Complaints and
Inquiries.'' As required by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the
Commission also published a SORN, FCC/CGB-1 ``Informal Complaints and
Inquiries,'' in the Federal Register on December 15, 2009 (74 FR 66356)
which became effective on January 25, 2010.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. The Privacy Impact Assessment for
Informal Complaints and Inquiries was completed on June 28, 2007. It
may be reviewed at http://www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy-Impact-Assessment.html. The Commission is in the process of updating the PIA
to incorporate various revisions made to the SORN.
Needs and Uses: The Commission seeks to extend existing information
collection requirements in its closed captioning rules (47 CFR 79.1),
which require that, with some exceptions, all new video programming,
and 75 percent of ``pre-rule'' programming, be closed captioned. The
existing collections include petitions by video programming owners,
producers and distributors for exemptions from the closed captioning
rules, responses by viewers, and replies; complaints by viewers
alleging violations of the closed captioning rules, responses by video
programming distributors, and recordkeeping in support of complaint
responses; and making video programming distributor contact information
available to viewers
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in phone directories, on the Commission's Web site and the Web sites of
video programming distributors (if they have them), and in billing
statements (to the extent video programming distributors issue them).
In addition, the Commission seeks to extend proposed information
collection requirements. Specifically, on July 21, 2005, the Commission
released Closed Captioning of Video Programming; Telecommunications for
the Deaf, Inc. Petition for Rulemaking, CG Docket No. 05-231, Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 05-142, published at 70 FR 56150 on September
26, 2005 (Closed Captioning Notice of Proposed Rulemaking), which
sought comment on several issues pertaining to these closed captioning
rules (47 CFR 79.1). The Closed Captioning Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking sought comment, inter alia, on whether petitions for
exemption from the closed captioning rules should be permitted (or
required) to be filed electronically through the Commission's
Electronic Comment Filing System, and whether video programming
distributors should be required to submit compliance reports to the
Commission in cases where the final required amount of captioning post
phase-in (e.g., pre-rule programming) is not 100 percent. These
proposed information collection requirements remain pending.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-11595 Filed 5-11-12; 8:45 am]
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