Notice2026-03749
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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February 25, 2026
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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 91, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9257-9260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03749]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0548, OMB 3060-0652, OMB 3060-0896 and 3060-1174; FR ID
331340]
Information Collections 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
information collection should be submitted on or before March 27, 2026.
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#75252734351316165b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="31616370715752521f565e47">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#efac8e9b8796c1b8868383868e829caf898c8cc1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3f0d2c7dbca9de4dadfdfdad2dec0f3d5d0d09dd4dcc5">[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.
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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.
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, Third party disclosure, 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0652.
Title: Section 76.309, Customer Service Obligations; Section
76.1600, Electronic Delivery of Notices; Section 76.1602, Customer
Service--General Information, Section 76.1603, Customer Service--Rate
and Service Changes and 76.1619, Information and Subscriber Bills.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 540 respondents; 1,102,100
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .0167-1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, Third
Party Disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 34,650 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.309(a) states that a cable franchise
authority may enforce the customer service standards set forth in
paragraph (c) of this section against cable operators. The franchise
authority must provide affected cable operators ninety (90) days
written notice of its intent to enforce the standards.
47 CFR 76.1600(e) requires that, after July 31, 2020, written
information provided by cable operators to broadcast stations pursuant
to 47 CFR 76.64(k), 76.1601, 76.1607, 76.1608, 76.1609, and 76.1617
must be delivered electronically to full-power and Class A television
stations via email to the email address for carriage-related questions
that the station lists in its public file in accordance with 47 CFR
73.3526 and 73.3527, or in the case of low-power television stations
and noncommercial educational translator stations that are entitled to
such notices, to the license's email address (not a contact
representative's email address, if different from the licensee's email
address) as displayed publicly in the Licensing and Management System
(LMS) or the primary station's carriage-related email address if the
noncommercial educational translator station does not have its own
email address listed in LMS.
47 CFR 76.1602(a) states that a cable franchise authority may
enforce the customer service standards set forth in paragraph (b) of
this section against cable operators. The franchise authority must
provide affected cable operators 90 days written notice of its intent
to enforce standards.
47 CFR 76.1602(b) states that effective July 1, 1993, the cable
operator shall provide written information on each of the following
areas at the time of installation of service, at least annually to all
subscribers, and at any time upon request: (1) Products and services
offered; (2) Prices and options for programming services and conditions
of subscription to programming and other services; (3) Installation and
service maintenance policies; (4) Instructions on how to use the cable
service; (5) Channel positions of programming
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carried on the system; and (6) Billing and complaint procedures,
including the address and telephone number of the local franchise
authority's cable office. (7) Effective May 1, 2011, any assessed fees
for rental of navigation devices and single and additional CableCARDs;
and, (8) Effective May 1, 2011, if such provider includes equipment in
the price of a bundled offer of one or more services, the fees
reasonably allocable to (i) the rental of single and additional
CableCARDs and (ii) the rental of operator-supplied navigation devices.
47 CFR 76.1602(c) states that subscribers shall be advised of the
procedures for resolution of complaints about the quality of the
television signal delivered by the cable system operator, including the
address of the responsible officer of the local franchising authority.
47 CFR 76.1603(a) states that a cable franchise authority may
enforce the customer service standards set forth in paragraph (b) of
this section against cable operators. The franchise authority must
provide affected cable operators 90 days written notice of its intent
to enforce standards.
47 CFR 76.1603(b) states that cable operators shall provide written
notice to subscribers of any changes in rates or services. The rule
requires cable operators to provide the information to subscribers at
least 30 days in advance of the change, unless the change results from
circumstances outside of the cable operator's control (including failed
retransmission consent or program carriage negotiations during the last
30 days of a contract), in which case notice shall be provided as soon
as possible using any reasonable written means at the operator's sole
discretion, including channel slates. Notice of rate changes shall
include the precise amount of the rate change and explain the reason
for the change in readily understandable terms. Notice of changes
involving the addition or deletion of channels shall individually
identify each channel affected.
47 CFR 76.1603(c) states that a cable operator not subject to
effective competition shall provide 30 days' advance notice to its
local franchising authority of any increase proposed in the price to be
charged for the basic service tier.
47 CFR 76.1619(b) states in case of a billing dispute, the cable
operator must respond to a written complaint from a subscriber within
30 days. The required 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 76.1619(c) states a cable franchise authority may enforce
the customer service standards set forth in this section against cable
operators. The franchise authority must provide affected cable
operators 90 days written notice of its intent to enforce standards.
47 CFR 76.1600 permits written information provided by cable
operators to subscribers or customers pursuant to Sections 76.1601,
76.1602, 76.1603, 76.1604, 76.1618, and 76.1620, as well as subscriber
privacy notifications required by cable operators, satellite providers,
and open video systems pursuant to Sections 631, 338(i), and 653 of the
Communications Act, to be delivered by email if certain consumer
safeguards are met, as set forth in Section 76.1600(a) and Section
76.1600(b).
Section 76.1600(c) permits cable operators to provide certain
portions of the Section 76.1602 annual notices electronically to
subscribers who have not opted out of electronic delivery under Section
76.1600(a)(3) or 76.1600(c)(3) if they prominently display the
following on the front or first page of the printed annual notice:
(1) A weblink in a form that is short, simple, and easy to
remember, leading to written information required to be provided
pursuant to Section 76.1602(b)(2), (7), and (8);
(2) A weblink in a form that is short, simple, and easy to
remember, leading to written information required to be provided
pursuant to Section 76.1602(b)(5); and
(3) A telephone number that is readily identifiable as an opt-out
mechanism that will allow subscribers to continue to receive paper
copies of the entire annual notice.
47 CFR 76.1600(d) provides that, if the conditions for electronic
delivery in subsections 76.1600(a) and 76.1600(b) are not met, or if a
subscriber opts out of electronic delivery, the written material must
be delivered by paper copy to the subscriber's physical address.
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-0896.
Title: Broadcast Auction Form Exhibits.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other-for profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions, State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,000 respondents and 5,350
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5 hours-2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of Information is contained in
Sections 154(i) and 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Annual Hour Burden: 6,663 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $12,332,500.
Needs and Uses: The Commission's rules require that broadcast
auction participants submit exhibits disclosing ownership, bidding
agreements, bidding credit eligibility and engineering data. These data
are used by Commission staff to ensure that applicants are qualified to
participate in Commission auctions and to ensure that license winners
are entitled to receive the new entrant bidding credit, if applicable.
Exhibits regarding joint bidding agreements are designed to prevent
collusion. Submission of engineering exhibits for non-table services
enables the Commission to determine which applications are mutually
exclusive.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1174.
Title: Section 73.503, Licensing requirements and service; Section
73.621, Noncommercial educational TV stations; Section 73.3527, Local
public inspection file of noncommercial educational stations.
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: 2,200 respondents; 33,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority which covers these information collections is
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 303, and 399B.
Total Annual Burden: 16,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: On April 20, 2017, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order in MB Docket No. 12-106, FCC 17-41, In the Matter of
Noncommercial Educational Station Fundraising for Third-Party Non-
Profit Organizations, which relaxed the rules to allow NCE stations to
spend up to one percent of
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their total annual airtime conducting on-air fundraising activities
that interrupt regular programming for the benefit of third-party non-
profit organizations. The Report and Order imposed the following
information collection requirements on NCE stations:
Audience disclosure: The information collection requirements
contained in 47 CFR 73.503(e)(1) require that a noncommercial
educational FM broadcast station that interrupts regular programming to
conduct fundraising activities on behalf of third-party non-profit
organizations must air a disclosure during such activities clearly
stating that the fundraiser is not for the benefit of the station
itself and identifying the entity for which it is fundraising. The
information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.621(f)(1)
require that a noncommercial educational TV broadcast station that
interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising activities on
behalf of third-party non-profit organizations must air a disclosure
during such activities clearly stating that the fundraiser is not for
the benefit of the station itself and identifying the entity for which
it is fundraising. The audience disclosure must be aired at the
beginning and the end of each fundraising program and at least once
during each hour in which the program is on the air.
Retention of information on fundraising activities in local public
inspection file: The information collection requirements contained in
47 CFR 73.3527(e)(14) require that each noncommercial educational FM
broadcast station and noncommercial educational TV broadcast station
that interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising activities
on behalf of a third-party non-profit organization must place in its
local public inspection file, on a quarterly basis, the following
information for each third-party fundraising program or activity: The
date, time, and duration of the fundraiser; the type of fundraising
activity; the name of the non-profit organization benefitted by the
fundraiser; a brief description of the specific cause or project, if
any, supported by the fundraiser; and, to the extent that the station
participated in tallying or receiving any funds for the non-profit
group, an approximation, to the nearest $10,000, of the total funds
raised. The information for each calendar quarter is to be filed by the
tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., January 10 for the
quarter October-December, April 10 for the quarter January-March,
etc.).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-03749 Filed 2-24-26; 8:45 am]
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