[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66704-66706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26595]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
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. 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before January 6,
2014. 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to the Federal Communications
Commission via email to [email protected] and [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0311.
Title: 47 CFR 76.54, Significantly Viewed Signals; Method to be
followed for Special Showings.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 500 respondents, 1,274
responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting and third party
disclosure requirements.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-15 hours (average).
Total Annual Burden: 20,610 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $200,000.
Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
Section 4(i) and 340 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.54(b) states significant viewing in a
cable television or satellite community for signals not shown as
significantly viewed under 47 CFR 76.54(a) or (d) may be demonstrated
by an independent professional audience survey of over-the-air
television homes that covers at least two weekly periods separated by
at least thirty days but no more than one of which shall be a week
between the months of April and September. If two surveys are taken,
they shall include samples sufficient to assure that the combined
surveys result in an average figure at least one standard error above
the required viewing level.
47 CFR 76.54(c) is used to notify interested parties, including
licensees or permittees of television broadcast stations, about
audience surveys that are being conducted by an organization to
demonstrate that a particular broadcast station is eligible for
significantly viewed status under the Commission's rules. The
notifications provide interested parties with an opportunity to review
survey methodologies and file objections.
47 CFR 76.54(e) and (f), are used to notify television broadcast
stations
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about the retransmission of significantly viewed signals by a satellite
carrier into these stations' local market.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0016.
Title: Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in a
Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Station, FCC Form 346; 47 CFR
74.787(c) and 74.793(d); LPTV Out-of-Core Digital Displacement
Application.
Form Number: FCC Form 346.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities; Not-for-
profit institutions; and State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 3,500 respondents and 3,500 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5-7 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 33,250 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $19,418,000.
Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Section 154(i), 303, 307, 308 and 309 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 346 is used by licensees/permittees/
applicants when applying for authority to construct or make changes in
a Low Power Television, TV Translator or TV Booster broadcast station.
47 CFR 74.793(d) require that certain digital low power and TV
translator stations submit information as to vertical radiation
patterns as part of their applications (FCC Forms 346 and 301-CA) for
new or modified construction permits.
47 CFR 74.787(c) require that all low power station with facilities
on out-of-core channels (channels 52-59) submit a digital displacement
(FCC Form 346) application proposing an in-core channel (channels 2-51,
excluding channel 37) not later than September 1, 2011.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1104.
Title: Section 73.682(d), DTV Transmission and Program System and
Information Protocol (``PSIP'') Standards.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,812 respondents and 1,812
respondents.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement; weekly
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 47,112 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 309
and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is not
required with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Section 73.682(d) of the Commission's rules
incorporates by reference the Advanced Television Systems Committee,
Inc. (``ATSC'') Program System and Information Protocol (``PSIP'')
standard ``A/65C.'' PSIP data is transmitted along with a TV broadcast
station's digital signal and provides viewers (via their DTV receivers)
with information about the station and what is being broadcast, such as
program information. The Commission has recognized the utility that the
ATSC PSIP standard offers for both broadcasters and consumers (or
viewers) of digital television (``DTV'').
ATSC PSIP standard A/65C requires broadcasters to provide detailed
programming information when transmitting their broadcast signal. This
standard enhances consumers' viewing experience by providing detailed
information about digital channels and programs, such as how to find a
program's closed captions, multiple streams and V-chip information.
This standard requires broadcasters to populate the Event Information
Tables (``EITs'') (or program guide) with accurate information about
each event (or program) and to update the EIT if more accurate
information becomes available. The previous ATSC PSIP standard A/65-B
did not require broadcasters to provide such detailed programming
information but only general information.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0960.
Title: 47 CFR 76.122, Satellite Network Non-duplication Protection
Rules; 47 CFR 76.123, Satellite Syndicated Program Exclusivity Rules;
47 CFR 76.124, Requirements for Invocation of Non-duplication and
Syndicated Exclusivity Protection; 47 CFR 76.127, Satellite Sports
Blackout Rules.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,428 respondents and 12,686
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 12,402 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 4(i),
4(j), 303(r), 339 and 340 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.122, 76.123, 76.124 and 76.127 are used
to protect exclusive contract rights negotiated between broadcasters,
distributors, and rights holders for the transmission of network,
syndicated, and sports programming in the broadcasters' recognized
market areas. Rule sections 76.122 and 76.123 implement statutory
requirements to provide rights for in-market stations to assert non-
duplication and exclusivity rights.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0653.
Title: Sections 64.703(b) and (c), Consumer Information--Posting by
Aggregators.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 56,075 respondents; 5,339,038 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .017 to 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is found at section
226 [47 U.S.C. 226] Telephone Operator Services codified at 47 CFR
64.703 (b) Consumer Information.
Total Annual Burden: 174,401 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,688,168.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: An assurance of confidentiality is
not offered because this information collection does not require the
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collection of personally identifiable information (PII) from
individuals.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements included
under this OMB Control Number 3060-0653, requires aggregators
(providers of telephones to the public or to transient users of their
premises) under 47 U.S.C. 226(c)(1)(A), 47 CFR 64.703(b) of the
Commission's rules, to post in writing, on or near such phones,
information about the pre-subscribed operator services, rates, carrier
access, and the FCC address to which consumers may direct complaints.
Section 64.703(c) of the Commission's rules requires the posted
consumer information to be added when an aggregator has changed the
pre-subscribed operator service provider (OSP) no later than 30 days
following such change. Consumers will use this information to determine
whether they wish to use the services of the identified OSP.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1094.
Title: Licensing, Operation, and Transition of the 2500-2690 MHz
Band.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local, or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 42 respondents, 282 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5-2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and one time reporting
requirements, third-party disclosure requirement and recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 301, 303(f),
303(g), 303(r), 307, 308, 316.
Total Annual Burden: 147 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $11,550.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality. Respondents or applicants may request materials or
information submitted to the Commission be withheld from public
inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The information relating to substantial service is
used by the Commission staff to satisfy requirements for licensees to
demonstrate substantial service. Without this information, the
Commission would not be able to carry out its statutory
responsibilities. The third party disclosure coordination requirements
are necessary to ensure that licensees do not cause interference to
each other and that licensees who undertake to transition to the new
band plan receive reimbursement for eligible costs.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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