Notice2021-26947
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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December 14, 2021
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71063-71065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26947]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0700; OMB 3060-0937; OMB 3060-1209; FR ID 61531]
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
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, the
Federal Communications 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;
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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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before February
14, 2022. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bcbc9dadbfdf8f8b5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="32626073725451511c555d44">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#521133263a2b7c053b3e3e3b333f21123431317c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cc8fadb8a4b5e29ba5a0a0a5ada1bf8caaafafe2aba3ba">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control: 3060-0700.
Title: Open Video Systems Provisions, FCC Form 1275.
Form Number: FCC Form 1275.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; and State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 280 respondents; 4,672
respondents.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to 20 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 9,855 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Section 302 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Needs and Uses: Section 302 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act
provides for specific entry options for telephone companies wishing to
enter the video programming marketplace, one option being to provide
cable service over an ``open video system'' (``OVS''). The rule
sections that are covered by this collection relate to OVS.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0937.
Title: Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM Docket No.
00-10.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion and quarterly reporting
requirements.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 385 respondents; 9,850
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.017 hours-52 hours.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 154(i), 307, 308, 309 and 319 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 172,087 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,851,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: On November 29, 1999, the Community Broadcasters
Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA), Public Law 106-113, 113 Stat. Appendix I
at pp. 1501A-594-1501A-598 (1999), codified at 47 U.S.C. 336(f), was
enacted. That legislation provided that a low power television (LPTV)
licensee should be permitted to convert the secondary status of its
station to the new Class A status, provided it can satisfy certain
statutorily-established criteria by January 28, 2000. The CBPA directs
that Class A licensees be subject to the same license terms and renewal
standards as full-power television licenses and that Class A licensees
be accorded primary status as television broadcasters as long as they
continue to meet the requirements set forth in the statute for a
qualifying low power station.
For those stations that met the certification deadline, the CBPA
sets out certain certification procedures, prescribes the criteria to
maintain a Class A license, and outlines the interference protection
Class A stations must provide to analog, digital, LPTV and TV
translator stations.
The CBPA directs that Class A stations must comply with the
operating requirements for full-service television broadcast stations
in order to maintain Class A status. Therefore, beginning on the date
of its application for a Class A license and thereafter, a station must
be ``in compliance'' with the Commission's operating rules for full-
service television stations, contained in 47 CFR part 73.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1209.
Title: Section 73.1216, Licensee-Conducted Contests.
Form Number: None. (Complaints alleging violations of the Contest
Rule generally are filed on via the Commission's Consumer Complaint
Portal entitled General Complaints, Obscenity or Indecency Complaints,
Complaints under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Slamming
Complaints, Requests for Dispute Assistance and Communications
Accessibility Complaints which is approved under OMB control number
3060-0874).
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: 21,530 respondents; 21,530
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.1-9 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement: Third
party disclosure requirement and recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 127,569 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $6,457,500.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 1, 4 and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted the Contest Rule in 1976 to
address concerns about the manner in which broadcast stations were
conducting contests over the air. The Contest Rule generally requires
stations to broadcast material contest terms fully and accurately the
first time the audience is told how to participate in a contest, and
periodically thereafter. In addition, stations must conduct contests
substantially as announced. These information collection requirements
are necessary to ensure that broadcast licensees conduct contests with
due regard for the public interest.
The Contest Rule permit broadcasters to meet their obligation to
disclose contest material terms on an internet website in lieu of
making broadcast announcements. Under the amended Contest Rule,
broadcasters are required to (i) announce the relevant internet website
address on air the first time the audience is told about the contest
and periodically thereafter; (ii) disclose the
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material contest terms fully and accurately on a publicly accessible
internet website, establishing a link or tab to such terms through a
link or tab on the announced website's home page, and ensure that any
material terms disclosed on such a website conform in all substantive
respects to those mentioned over the air; (iii) maintain contest
material terms online for at least thirty days after the contest has
ended; and (v) announce on air that the material terms of a contest
have changed (where that is the case) within 24 hours of the change in
terms on a website, and periodically thereafter, and to direct
consumers to the website to review the changes.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-26947 Filed 12-13-21; 8:45 am]
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