Notice2022-28491
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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Published
January 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
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 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 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 88, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74-75]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28491]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0548; FR ID 121020]
Information Collection 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 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 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 comments shall be submitted on or before March 6, 2023.
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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bcbc9dadbfdf8f8b5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f5f5d4e4f696c6c21686079">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d4e6c796574235a646161646c607e4d6b6e6e236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dd9ebca9b5a4f38ab4b1b1b4bcb0ae9dbbbebef3bab2ab">[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: 3060-0548.
Title: Sections 76.1709 and 76.1620, Availability of Signals;
Section 76.1614, Identification of Must-Carry Signals.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,103 respondents; 49,236
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1.0 hour.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, Third party
disclosure requirement, On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Total Annual Burden: 24,618 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.1709(a) states that 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. 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 47 CFR 76.1709(c) each state 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 must-carry requirements. In addition, 47
CFR 76.1614 states that the required written response may be delivered
by email, if the consumer used email to make the request or complaint
directly to the cable operator, or if the consumer specifies email as
the preferred delivery method in the request or complaint.
47 CFR 76.1620, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 614(b)(7), 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
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an additional connection, the manner for obtaining such additional
connection and instructions for installation. 47 CFR 76.1600(a)
provides that written information provided by cable operators to
subscribers or customers pursuant to Sec. 76.1620 may be delivered
electronically by email to any subscriber who has not opted out of
electronic delivery if the entity: (1) Sends the notice to the
subscriber's or customer's verified email address; (2) Provides either
the entirety of the written information or a weblink to the written
information in the notice; and (3) Includes, in the body of the notice,
a telephone number that is clearly and prominently presented to
subscribers so that it is readily identifiable as an opt-out mechanism
that will allow subscribers to continue to receive paper copies of the
written material.
Note: These recordkeeping and notification requirements ensure that
subscribers are aware of the broadcast stations carried in compliance
with the Commission's cable must-carry rules, see 47 CFR 76.56.
Federal Communications Commission.
Kimberly Stewart,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-28491 Filed 12-30-22; 8:45 am]
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