Notice2022-13953
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 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 collection. 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 Office of Management and Budget (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 87, Number 125 (Thursday, June 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39093-39095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13953]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-00316, OMB 3060-0750 and OMB 3060-0754; FR ID 93496]
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 of 1995 (PRA), 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 collection. 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 Office of Management
and Budget (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 August 29,
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#4a1a180b0a2c2929642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8f8fae9e8cecbcb86cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#783b190c1001562f1114141119150b381e1b1b561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="337052475b4a1d645a5f5f5a525e40735550501d545c45">[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 Number: 3060-0316.
Title: 47 CFR 76.5, Definitions, 76.1700, Records to Be Maintained
Locally by Cable System Operators; 76.1702, Equal Employment
Opportunity; 76.1703, Commercial Records on Children's Programs;
76.1707, Leased Access; 76.1711, Emergency Alert System (EAS) Tests and
Activation.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,000 respondents; 3,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 14 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
sections 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309,
312, 315, 317, 325, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 534, 535,
536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561,
571, 572, 573 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 42,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the extension of a currently approved
collection. The information collection requirements for this
information collection are as follows: 47 CFR 76.1700 requires cable
system operators to place the public inspection file materials required
to be retained by the following rules in the online public file hosted
by the Commission, with the exception of existing political file
material which cable systems may continue to retain in their local
public file until the end of the retention period: Sections 76.1701
(political file), 76.1702 (EEO), 76.1703 (commercial records for
children's programming), 76.1705 (performance tests--channels
delivered); 76.1707 (leased access); and 76.1709 (availability of
signals), 76.1710 (operator interests in video programming), 76.1715
(sponsorship identification), and 76.630 (compatibility with consumer
electronics equipment. Cable systems with fewer than 5,000 subscribers
may continue to retain their political file locally and are not
required to upload new political file material to the online public
file until March 1, 2018. In addition, cable systems may elect to
retain the material required by Section 76.1708 (principal headend)
locally rather than placing this material in the online public file.
47 CFR 76.1700(b) requires cable system operators to make the
records required to be retained by the following rules available to
local franchising authorities: Sections 76.1704 (proof-of-performance
test data) and 76.1713 (complaint resolution).
47 CFR 76.1700(c) requires cable system operators to make the
records required to be retained by the following rules available to the
Commission: Sections 76.1704 (proof-of-performance test data), 76.1706
(signal leakage logs and repair records), 76.1711 (emergency alert
system and activations), 76.1713 (complaint resolution), and 76.1716
(subscriber records).
47 CFR 76.1700(d) exempts cable television systems having fewer
than
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1,000 subscribers from the online public file and the public inspection
requirements contained in 47 CFR 76.1701 (political file); 76.1702
(equal employment opportunity); 76.1703 (commercial records for
children's programming); 76.1704 (proof-of-performance test data);
76.1706 (signal leakage logs and repair records); and 76.1715
(sponsorship identifications).
47 CFR 76.1700(e) requires that public file material that continues
to be retained at the system be retained in a public inspection file
maintained at the office which the system operator maintains for the
ordinary collection of subscriber charges, resolution of subscriber
complaints, and other business or at any accessible place in the
community served by the system unit(s) (such as a public registry for
documents or an attorney's office). Public files must be available for
public inspection during regular business hours.
47 CFR 76.1700(f) requires cable systems to provide a link to the
public inspection file hosted on the Commission's website from the home
page of its own website, if the system has a website, and provide
contact information on its website for a system representative who can
assist any person with disabilities with issues related to the content
of the public files. A system also is required to include in the online
public file the address of the system's local public file, if the
system retains documents in the local file that are not available in
the Commission's online file, and the name, phone number, and email
address of the system's designated contact for questions about the
public file. In addition, a system must provide on the online public
file a list of the five digit ZIP codes served by the system.
47 CFR 76.1700(g) requires that cable operators make any material
in the public inspection file that is not also available in the
Commission's online file available for machine reproduction upon
request made in person, provided the requesting party shall pay the
reasonable cost of reproduction. Requests for machine copies must be
fulfilled at a location specified by the system operator, within a
reasonable period of time, which in no event shall be longer than seven
days. The system operator is not required to honor requests made by
mail but may do so if it chooses.
47 CFR 76.1702(a) requires that every employment unit with six or
more full-time employees shall maintain for public inspection a file
containing copies of all EEO program annual reports filed with the
Commission and the equal employment opportunity program information
described in 47 CFR 76.1702(b). These materials shall be placed in the
Commission's online public inspection file for each cable system
associated with the employment unit. These materials must be placed in
the Commission's online public inspection file annually by the date
that the unit's EEO program annual report is due to be filed and shall
be retained for a period of five years. A headquarters employment unit
file and a file containing a consolidated set of all documents
pertaining to the other employment units of a multichannel video
programming distributor that operates multiple units shall be
maintained in the Commission's online public file for every cable
system associated with the headquarters employment unit.
47 CFR 76.1702(b) requires that the following equal employment
opportunity program information shall be included annually in the
unit's public file, and on the unit's website, if it has one, at the
time of the filing of its FCC Form 396-C: (1) A list of all full-time
vacancies filled by the multichannel video programming distributor
employment unit during the preceding year, identified by job title; (2)
For each such vacancy, the recruitment source(s) utilized to fill the
vacancy (including, if applicable, organizations entitled to
notification, which should be separately identified), identified by
name, address, contact person and telephone number; (3) The recruitment
source that referred the hiree for each full-time vacancy during the
preceding year; (4) Data reflecting the total number of persons
interviewed for full-time vacancies during the preceding year and the
total number of interviewees referred by each recruitment source
utilized in connection with such vacancies; and (5) A list and brief
description of the initiatives undertaken during the preceding year, if
applicable.
47 CFR 76.1703 requires that cable operations airing children's
programming must maintain records sufficient to verify compliance with
47 CFR 76.225 and make such records available to the public. Such
records must be maintained for a period sufficient to cover the
limitation period specified in 47 U.S.C. 503(b)(6)(B). Cable television
operators must file their certifications of compliance with the
commercial limits in children's programming annually within 30 days
after the end of the calendar year.
47 CFR 76.1707 requires that if a cable operator adopts and
enforces a written policy regarding indecent leased access programming
pursuant to Sec. 76.701, such a policy will be considered published
pursuant to that rule by inclusion of the written policy in the
operator's public inspection file.
47 CFR 76.1711 requires that records be kept of each test and
activation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) procedures pursuant to
the requirement of 47 CFR part 11 and the EAS Operating Handbook. These
records shall be kept for three years.
47 CFR 76.5 describes certain terms covered in the cable industry.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0750.
Title: 47 CFR 73.671, Educational and Informational Programming for
Children; 47 CFR 73.673, Public Information Initiatives Regarding
Educational and informational Programming for Children.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,756 respondents; 1,116,816
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.017-0.084 hours.
Frequency of Response: Third-party disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections
154(i), 303, and 336 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 57,105 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the extension of a currently approved
collection. The information collection requirements for this
information collection are as follows:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.671(c)(5), each commercial television
broadcast station must identify programming as specifically designed to
educate and inform children by the display on the television screen
throughout the program of the symbol E/I. This requirement is intended
to assist parents in identifying educational and informational
programming for their children. Noncommercial television broadcast
stations are no longer required to identify Core Programming by
displaying the E/I symbol throughout the program.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.671(e), each television broadcast station
that preempts an episode of a regularly scheduled weekly Core Program
on its primary stream will be permitted to
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count the episode toward the Core Programming processing guidelines if
it reschedules the episode on its primary stream in accordance with the
requirements of 47 CFR 73.671(e). Similarly, each television broadcast
station that preempts an episode of a regularly scheduled weekly Core
Program on a multicast stream will be permitted to count the episode
toward the Core Programming processing guidelines if it reschedules the
episode on the multicast stream in accordance with the requirements of
47 CFR 73.671(e). Among other requirements, the station must make an
on-air notification of the schedule change during the same time slot as
the preempted episode. The on-air notification must include the
alternate date and time when the program will air.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.673, each commercial television broadcast
station licensee must provide information identifying programming
specifically designed to educate and inform children to publishers of
program guides. This requirement is intended to improve the information
available to parents regarding programming specifically designed for
children's educational and informational needs. Commercial television
broadcast station licensees are no longer required to provide program
guide publishers an indication of the age group for which the
programming is intended.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0754.
Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video
Service Authorization, Schedule H.
Form Number: FCC Form 2100, Schedule H.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 1,756 respondents; 1,756 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement: Annual reporting
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 17,560 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,053,600.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the extension of a currently approved
collection. Commercial full-power and Class A television broadcast
stations are required to file FCC Form 2100, Schedule H (formerly FCC
Form 398) (Children's Television Programming Report) within 30 days
after the end of each calendar year. FCC Form 2100, Schedule H is a
standardized form that: (a) Provides a consistent format for reporting
the children's educational television programming aired by licensees to
meet their obligation under the Children's Television Act of 1990
(CTA), and (b) facilitates efforts by the public and the FCC to monitor
compliance with the CTA.
Commercial full-power and Class A television stations are required
to complete FCC Form 2100, Schedule H within 30 days after the end of
each calendar year and file the form with the Commission. The
Commission places the form in the station's online public inspection
file maintained on the Commission's database (<a href="http://www.fcc.gov">www.fcc.gov</a>). Stations
use FCC Form 2100, Schedule H to report, among other things, the Core
Programming (i.e., children's educational and informational
programming) the station aired the previous calendar year. FCC Form
2100, Schedule H also includes a ``Preemption Report'' that must be
completed for each Core Program that was preempted during the year.
This ``Preemption Report'' requests information on the reason for the
preemption, the date of each preemption, the reason for the preemption
and, if the program was rescheduled, the date and time the program was
re-aired.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-13953 Filed 6-29-22; 8:45 am]
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