[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23355-23357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09537]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collections 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
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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 28, 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 to [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: 3060-0548.
Title: Section 76.1708, Principal Headend; 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: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,100 respondents; 61,200
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1 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 in Sections
4(i), 614 and 615 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 30,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.56 requires cable television systems to
carry signals of all qualified local Noncommercial Educational (NCE)
sting carriage. As a result of this requirement, the following
information collection requirements are needed for this collection:
47 CFR 76.1708 requires that the operator of every cable television
system shall maintain for public inspection the designation and
location of its principal headend. If an operator changes the
designation of its principal headend, that new designation must be
included in its public file.
47 CFR 76.1709(a) states effective June 17, 1993, 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 76.1614 and 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 76.1620 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0463.
Title: Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech
Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report
and Order and Declaratory Ruling, CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC 07-186.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local
and Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,733 respondents and 5,898
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-15 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual and on-occasion reporting
requirements; Recordkeeping requirement; Third Party Disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority can be found at section 225 of the Communications
Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. The law was enacted on July 26, 1990, as Title IV
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 101-336, 104
Stat. 327.
Total Annual Burden: 28,085 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does
not require the collection of personally identifiable information from
individuals.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this modified
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to
transfer burden hours and costs associated with regulations under
section 225 of the Communications Act (Act), as previously approved
under OMB control number 3060-1111, to this information collection. In
2007, the Commission released the Section 225/255 VoIP Report and
Order, published at 72 FR 43546, extending the disability access
requirements that apply to telecommunications service providers and
equipment manufacturers under sections 225 and 255 of the Act to
interconnected voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service providers
and
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equipment manufacturers. As a result, under rules implementing section
225 of the Act, interconnected VoIP service providers are required to
publicize information about telecommunications relay services (TRS) and
711 abbreviated dialing access to TRS (``public access to
information''). Specifically, the burden hours and costs associated
with this public access information rule are being transferred from OMB
control number 3060-1111 to this collection.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-09537 Filed 4-25-14; 8:45 am]
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