Notice2022-27299
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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December 16, 2022
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it can further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77107-77108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27299]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0863, OMB 3060-1203; FR ID 118403]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to 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,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it
can further reduce the information collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before January 17,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> also send a copy of your
comment on the proposed information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC,
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d5d5f4c4d6b6e6e236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e1e1c0f0e282d2d60292138">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e7d5f4a56471069575252575f534d7e585d5d10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4003213428396e17292c2c29212d33002623236e272f36">[email protected]</span></a>. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, (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 Title of this ICR and
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to
OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission 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.
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the FCC invited the general public and other Federal Agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the following information
collection. Comments are requested concerning: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks
specific comment on how it might ``further reduce the information
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.''
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 47 U.S.C. 339.
Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 125,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained
in 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 noise-limited service 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.
The information collection requirements contained in 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 measurements and signature of the person making the
measurements).
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The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR
73.686(e) describes the procedures for measuring the field strength of
television signals. These procedures are used to determine whether a
household is eligible to receive a distant digital network signal from
a satellite television provider, relying on existing, proven methods.
The signal measurement procedures include provisions for the location
of the measurement antenna, antenna height, signal measurement method,
antenna orientation and polarization, and data recording.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.686(e)(3), 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.
OMB Control No.: 3060-1203.
Title: Section 79.107 User Interfaces Provided by Digital
Apparatus; Section 79.108 Video Programming Guides and Menus Provided
by Navigation Devices; Section 79.110 Complaint Procedures for User
Interfaces, Menus and Guides, and Activating Accessibility Features on
Digital Apparatus and Navigation Devices.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit entities; Not for profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,599 respondents and 546,277
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.0167 hours to 10 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement; Recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. The statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in the Twenty-First Century
Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), Public Law
111-260, 124 Stat. 2751, and sections 4(i), 4(j), 303(r), 303(u),
303(aa), 303(bb), and 716(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 303(r), 303(u), 303(aa), 303(bb),
and 617(g).
Total Annual Burden: 39,350 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $74,100.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will use the information submitted
by a digital apparatus manufacturer or other party to determine whether
it is achievable for digital apparatus to be fabricated so that control
of appropriate built-in apparatus functions are accessible to and
usable by individuals who are blind or visually impaired or whether it
is achievable to comply with the information, documentation, and
training requirements. The Commission will use the information
submitted by an Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) or
navigation device manufacturer or other party to determine whether it
is achievable for on-screen text menus and guides provided by
navigation devices for the display or selection of multichannel video
programming to be audibly accessible in real time upon request by
individuals who are blind or visually impaired or whether it is
achievable to comply with the information, documentation, and training
requirements. Consumers will use the information provided by
manufacturers of digital apparatus on the full functionalities of
digital apparatus, such as instructions and product information, as
well as information provided by manufacturers and MVPDs in accordance
with the information, documentation, and training requirements, in
order to have accessible information and support on how to use the
device. Consumers will use the information provided by manufacturers
and MVPDs notifying consumers of the availability of accessible digital
apparatus and navigation devices to determine which devices accessible
and whether they wish to request an accessible device. MVPDs and
manufacturers of navigation devices will use the information provided
by consumers who are blind or visually impaired consumers when
requesting accessible navigation devices to fulfill such requests.
MVPDs will use information provided by customers who are blind or
visually impaired as reasonable proof of disability as a condition to
providing equipment and/or services at a price that is lower than that
offered to the general public. Consumers will use the contact
information of covered entities to file written complaints regarding
the accessibility requirements for digital apparatus and navigation
devices. Finally, the Commission will use information received pursuant
to the complaint procedures for violations of sections 79.107-79.109 to
enforce the Commission's digital apparatus and navigation device
accessibility requirements. The Commission will forward complaints, as
appropriate, to the named manufacturer or provider for its response, as
well as to any other entity that the Commission determines may be
involved, and it may request additional information from relevant
parties.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-27299 Filed 12-15-22; 8:45 am]
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