Notice2023-05048
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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Published
March 13, 2023
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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 88, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15397-15398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05048]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0548; FR ID 130398]
Information Collection 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
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information collection should be submitted on or before April 12, 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#61313320210702024f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="23737162634540400d444c55">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e5a684918d9ccbb28c89898c848896a5838686cb828a93"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5f6d4c1ddcc9be2dcd9d9dcd4d8c6f5d3d6d69bd2dac3">[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: 3060-0548.
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 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.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-05048 Filed 3-10-23; 8:45 am]
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