Notice2025-07304
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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April 29, 2025
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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 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 90, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17819-17820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07304]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0316; FR ID 291461]
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 (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 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 June 30,
2025. 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#b5e5e7f4f5d3d6d69bd2dac3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5f5f7e4e5c3c6c68bc2cad3">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1053716478693e47797c7c79717d63507673733e777f66"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8ab899c8091c6bf8184848189859ba88e8b8bc68f879e">[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 47
U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309,
312, 315, 317, 325, 338, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 534,
535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560,
561, 562, 571, 572, 573.
Total Annual Burden: 42,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
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: Sections 76.1701 (political file); 76.1702 (EEO);
76.1703 (commercial records for children's programming); 76.1707
(leased access); 76.1709 (availability of signals); 76.1715
(sponsorship identification); and 76.630 (compatibility with consumer
electronics equipment.
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 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, for cable systems exempt from the
online public file requirement, 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
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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 requirements of 47 CFR part 11 and the EAS Operating Handbook.
These records shall be kept for three years.
47 CFR 76.5 defines certain terms covered in the cable industry.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-07304 Filed 4-28-25; 8:45 am]
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