Notice2025-10486
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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June 10, 2025
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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 might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees." 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24405-24406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10486]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0349; FR ID 297566]
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
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' 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.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before July 10, 2025.
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 Nicole Ongele, FCC,
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c6c6e7d7c5a5f5f125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="25757764654346460b424a53">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82ccebe1edeee7accdece5e7eee7c2e4e1e1ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="034d6a606c6f662d4c6d64666f66436560602d646c75">[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 Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
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: 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: 3060-0349.
Title: Equal Employment Opportunity (``EEO'') Policy, 47 CFR
73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79 and 76.1702.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 21,034 respondents, 21,034
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 42 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; annual reporting;
five and eight year reporting requirements and third-party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority which covers this information collection is
contained in sections 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, and Section 634 of the Cable Communications Policy Act of
1984.
Total Annual Burden: 883,428 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements approved
under
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this collection are as follows: 47 CFR 73.2080 provides that equal
opportunity in employment shall be afforded by all broadcast stations
to all qualified persons and no person shall be discriminated against
in employment by such stations because of race, color, religion,
national origin or sex. Section 73.2080 requires that each broadcast
station employment unit with 5 or more full-time employees shall
establish, maintain and carry out a program to assure equal opportunity
in every aspect of a broadcast station's policy and practice. These
same requirements also apply to Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service
(``SDARS'') licensees. In 1997, the Commission determined that SDARS
licensees must comply with the Commission's EEO requirements. See
Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio
Satellite Service in the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band, 12 FCC Rcd 5754,
5791, ] 91 (1997) (``1997 SDARS Order''), FCC 97-70. In 2008, the
Commission clarified that SDARS licensees must comply with the
Commission's EEO broadcast rules and policies, including the same
recruitment, outreach, public file, website posting, record-keeping,
reporting, and self-assessment obligations required of broadcast
licensees, consistent with 47 CFR 73.2080, as well as any other
Commission EEO policies. See Applications for Consent to the Transfer
of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor,
to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee, 23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426, ]
174, and note 551 (2008).
47 CFR 76.73 provides that equal opportunity in employment shall be
afforded by all multichannel video program distributors (``MVPD'') to
all qualified persons and no person shall be discriminated against in
employment by such entities because of race, color, religion, national
origin, age or sex.
Section 76.75 requires that each MVPD employment unit employing six
or more full-time employees shall establish, maintain and carry out a
program to assure equal opportunity in every aspect of a cable entity's
policy and practice.
Section 76.79 requires that every MVPD employment unit employing
six or more full-time employees maintain, for public inspection, a file
containing copies of all annual employment reports and related
documents.
Section 76.1702 requires that every MVPD employment unit employing
six or more full-time employees place certain information concerning
its EEO program in its public inspection file.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-10486 Filed 6-9-25; 8:45 am]
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