[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19082-19083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07627]
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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: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communication 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 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 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 May 7, 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 contacts 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 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: 3060-0863.
Title: Satellite Delivery of Network Signals to Unserved Households
for Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer Act.
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: 848 respondents; 250,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection action is contained
in the Satellite Home Viewer Act, 17 U.S.C. 119. The Satellite Home
Viewer Act is an amendment of the Copyright Act; and Satellite
Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010, Title V of the
``American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010,'' Public
Law 111-175, 124 Stat. 1218 (2010) (STELA), see footnote 3.
Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 125,000 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.686 describes a method for measuring
signal strength at a household so that the satellite and broadcast
industries would have a uniform method for making an actual
determination of the signal strength that a household received. The
information gathered as part of the Grade B contour signal strength
tests will be used to indicate whether a household is ``unserved'' by
over-the-air network signals.
Satellite and broadcast industries making field strength
measurements for formal submission to the Commission in rulemaking
proceedings, or making such measurements upon the request of the
Commission, shall follow the procedure for making and reporting such
measurements which shall be included in a report to the Commission and
submitted in affidavit form, in triplicate. The report shall contain
the following information:
(a) Tables of field strength measurements, which for each measuring
location; (b) U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps; (c) All
information necessary to determine the pertinent characteristics of the
transmitting installation; (d) A list of calibrated equipment used in
the field strength survey; (e) A detailed description of the
calibration of the measuring equipment, and (f) Terrain profiles in
each direction in which measurements were made.
47 CFR 73.686 also requires satellite and broadcast companies to
maintain a written record describing, for each location, factors which
may affect the recorded field (i.e., the approximate time or
measurement, weather, topography, overhead wiring, heights and types of
vegetation, buildings and other structures, the orientation of the
measuring location, objects of such shape and size that cause shadows
or reflections, signals received that arrived from a direction other
than that of the transmitter, survey, list of the measured value field
strength, time and date of the
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measurements and signature of the person making the measurements).
47 CFR 73.686(e) describes the procedures for measuring the field
strength of digital television signals. These procedures will be used
to determine whether a household is eligible to receive a distant
digital network signal from a satellite television provider, largely
rely on existing, proven methods the Commission has already established
for measuring analog television signal strength at any individual
location, as set forth in Section 73.686(d) of the existing rules, but
include modifications as necessary to accommodate the inherent
differences between analog and digital TV signals. The new digital
signal measurement procedures include provisions for the location of
the measurement antenna, antenna height, signal measurement method,
antenna orientation and polarization, and data recording.
Therefore, satellite and broadcast industries making field strength
measurements shall maintain written records and include the following
information: (a) A list of calibrated equipment used in the field
strength survey, which for each instrument specifies the manufacturer,
type, serial number and rated accuracy, and the date of the most recent
calibration by the manufacturer or by a laboratory. Include complete
details of any instrument not of standard manufacture; (b) A detailed
description of the calibration of the measuring equipment, including
field strength meters, measuring antenna, and connecting cable; (c) For
each spot at the measuring site, all factors which may affect the
recorded field, such as topography, height and types of vegetation,
buildings, obstacles, weather, and other local features; (d) A
description of where the cluster measurements were made; (e) Time and
date of the measurements and signature of the person making the
measurements; (f) For each channel being measured, a list of the
measured value of field strength (in units of dB[mu] after adjustment
for line loss and antenna factor) of the five readings made during the
cluster measurement process, with the median value highlighted.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-07627 Filed 4-4-14; 8:45 am]
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