Notice2025-07309
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]
[Page 17818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07309]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0750; FR ID 291118]
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 April 29,
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#80d0d2c1c0e6e3e3aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="58080a19183e3b3b763f372e">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a290b1e0213443d030606030b07192a0c0909440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2063415448590e77494c4c49414d53604643430e474f56">[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: 3060-0750.
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: 1,767 respondents; 1,123,812
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 4(i),
303, and 336 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 57,463 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order in MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, In the Matter
of Children's Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes the children's television
programming rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have
occurred since the rules were first adopted. The Report and Order
revises the following information collection requirements:
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 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. This requirement will help to
ensure that parents and children are able to locate the rescheduled
program.
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 be required to provide
program guide publishers an indication of the age group for which the
programming is intended. The Report and Order finds that very few
program guides include this information.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-07309 Filed 4-28-25; 8:45 am]
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