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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 estimate; (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before December 12,
2005. 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: You may submit all your
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail.
To submit your comments by e-mail
send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them
to the attention of Cathy Williams,
Federal Communications Commission,
Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s) send an e-mail
to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0473.
Title: Section 74.1251, Technical and
Equipment Modifications.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; On
occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 50 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 74.1251
requires licensees to certify compliance
with technical requirements upon
replacement of a transmitter that can be
completed without FCC approval. The
certification provides to prospective
users information of the modified
equipment. If no such information
exists, any future problems could prove
difficult to solve and could result in
electronic frequency interference for
long periods of time. The notification of
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changes in the primary FM station is
used by FCC staff to keep records up-todate and to ensure compliance with FCC
rules and regulations.
Federal Communications Commission
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
October 6, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law No. 104–
13. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
that does not display a valid control
number. 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 estimate; (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before December 12,
2005. 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: You may submit your all
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail.
To submit your comments by e-mail
send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them
to the attention of Cathy Williams,
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Federal Communications Commission,
Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s) send an e-mail
to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0214.
Title: Section 73.3526, Local Public
Inspection Files for Commercial
Stations; Section 73.3527, Local Public
Inspection File of Noncommercial
Educational Stations; Section 76.1701,
Political File; Section 73.1943, Political
File.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 37,126.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5
hours—160 hours per year.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,779,333
hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.3526 and
47 CFR 73.3527 require that licensees
and permittees of commercial and
noncommercial AM, FM and TV
stations maintain a file for public
inspection at its main studio or at
another accessible location in its
community of license. The contents of
the file vary according to type of service
and status. The contents include, but are
not limited to, copies of certain
applications tendered for filing, a
statement concerning petitions to deny
filed against such applications, copies of
ownership reports, statements certifying
compliance with filing announcements
in connection with renewal
applications, and a list of community
issues addressed by the station’s
programming.
These rules also specify the length of
time, which varies by document type,
that each record must be retained in the
public file. The public and FCC use the
data to evaluate information about the
licensee’s performance and to ensure
that station is addressing issues
concerning the community to which it
is licensed to serve.
47 CFR 73.1943 and 47 CFR 76.1701
require licensees of broadcast stations
and cable television systems,
respectively, to keep and permit public
inspection of a complete record
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(political file) of all requests for
broadcast time made by or on behalf of
candidates for public office, together
with an appropriate notation showing
the disposition made by the licensee of
such requests. The data is used by the
public to assess money expended and
time allotted to a political candidate and
to ensure that equal access was afforded
to other legally qualified candidates. 47
CFR 76.1701 also requires that, when an
entity sponsors origination cable casting
material that concerns a political matter
or a discussion of a controversial issue
of public importance, a list must be
maintained in the public file of the
system that includes the sponsoring
entity’s chief executive officers, or
members of its executive committee or
of its board of directors.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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[CG Docket No. 03–123; DA 05–2417]
Reminder That Video Relay Service
(VRS) Provides Access to the
Telephone System Only and Cannot Be
Used as a Substitute for ‘‘In-Person’’
Interpreting Services or Video Remote
Interpreting (VRI)
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Synopsis
In this document, the
Commission reminds Video Relay
Service (VRS) providers, consumers,
and businesses that VRS cannot be used
as a substitute for ‘‘in-person’’
interpreting services or for Video
Remote Interpreting (VRI). The
Commission will continue to carefully
scrutinize the provision and use of VRS
to ensure that it is being used only as
a means of accessing the telephone
system, not as a substitute for VRI or as
a means to gain free ‘‘in-person’’
interpreting services. Also, in this
document, the Commission encourages
persons requiring interpreting services
and providing interpreting services, as
well as VRS providers, to report any
improper use of VRS to the Commission
so that it may ensure that the Interstate
Telecommunications Relay Service
(TRS) Fund is compensating only
legitimate VRS calls. The Commission
continues to closely monitor alleged
instances of the wrongful use of VRS,
and will take whatever enforcement
SUMMARY:
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action is necessary and appropriate
against such misuse.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Chandler, Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–1475 (voice), (202) 418–0597 (TTY)
or e-mail Thomas.Chandler@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s
document DA 05–2417, released
September 7, 2005 in CG Docket No. 03–
123. The complete text of document DA
05–2417 and copies of any subsequently
filed documents relating to this matter
will be available for public inspection
and copying during regular business
hours at the FCC Reference Information
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW.,
Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554.
Document DA 05–2417 and copies of
subsequently filed documents in this
matter may also be purchased from the
Commission’s duplicating contractor at
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room
CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554.
Customers may contact the
Commission’s duplicating contractor at
its Web site: https://www.bcpiweb.com or
call 1–800–378–3160. To request
materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (Braille, large
print, electronic files, audio format),
send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call
the Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
418–0432 (TTY). Document DA 05–2417
can also be downloaded in Word and
Portable Document Format (PDF) at:
https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro.
On September 7, 2005, the
Commission issued a Public Notice to
remind VRS providers, consumers, and
businesses that VRS cannot be used as
a substitute for ‘‘in-person’’ interpreting
services or for Video Remote
Interpreting (VRI). VRS, as a form of
telecommunications relay service (TRS),
is a means of giving persons with
hearing disabilities access to the
telephone system. The obligation of
telephone companies to offer TRS is
required by Congress under Title IV of
the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 (ADA). VRS allows people with
hearing disabilities whose primary
language is American Sign Language
(ASL) to use the Internet or another
broadband connection to contact a
communications assistant (CA) via
video equipment. The CA then makes
an outbound telephone call to a hearing
person and relays the call between the
two parties. Currently, the costs for VRS
calls are reimbursed from the Interstate
TRS Fund, which is overseen by the
Commission, making VRS calls free for
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consumers. By contrast, sign language
interpreters facilitate communication
between individuals who use sign
language to communicate and those
who do not. An interpreter may be used
in many situations—e.g., in classrooms,
during medical appointments, at staff
meetings, or for business transactions—
when the parties are together at the
same location. Generally, interpreters
are contracted and paid for on a fee-forservice basis. Video Remote Interpreting
(VRI) is a service that is used when an
interpreter cannot be physically present
to interpret for two or more persons who
are together at the same location. This
service uses a video connection to
provide access to an interpreter who is
at a remote location. As with ‘‘inperson’’ interpreters, VRI services are
generally contracted and paid for on a
fee-for-service basis. VRS is to be used
only when a person with a hearing
disability, who absent such disability
would make a voice telephone call,
desires to make a call through the
telephone system (or when, in the
reverse situation, the hearing person
desires to make such a call to a person
with a hearing disability). See 47 CFR
64.601(17) of the Commission’s rules.
VRS may not be used as a substitute for
an ‘‘in-person’’ interpreter or a VRI
service.
Although the Commission has
previously cautioned about the misuse
of VRS as a substitute for ‘‘in-person’’
sign language interpreting services or
VRI, it continues to receive reports that
this is occurring. See, e.g.,
Telecommunications Relay Services and
Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech
Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98–67, Order
on Reconsideration, FCC 00–200, 16
FCC Rcd 4054–4058, paragraph 10 (June
5, 2000); See Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
for Individuals with Hearing and Speech
Disabilities, CC Docket Nos. 90–571 and
98–67, CG Docket No. 03–123, Report
and Order, Order on Reconsideration,
and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, FCC 04–137, 19 FCC Rcd
12475–12537, note 466 (June 30, 2004),
published at 69 FR 53346 (September 1,
2004), 69 FR 53382 (September 1, 2004);
Federal Communications Commission
Clarifies That Certain
Telecommunications Relay Services
(TRS) Marketing and Call Handling
Practices Are Improper and Reminds
That Video Relay Service (VRS) May
Not Be Used as a Video Remote
Interpreting Service, CC Docket No. 98–
67, CG Docket No. 03–123, Public
Notice, DA 05–141, 20 FCC Rcd 1471
(January 26, 2005), published at 70 FR
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
October 6, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law No. 104-13. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid control
number. 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 estimate; (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before December 12, 2005. 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: You may submit your all Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by e-
mail send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your comments by U.S. mail,
mark them to the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection(s) send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact
Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
Title: Section 73.3526, Local Public Inspection Files for
Commercial Stations; Section 73.3527, Local Public Inspection File of
Noncommercial Educational Stations; Section 76.1701, Political File;
Section 73.1943, Political File.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 37,126.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5 hours--160 hours per year.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,779,333 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.3526 and 47 CFR 73.3527 require that
licensees and permittees of commercial and noncommercial AM, FM and TV
stations maintain a file for public inspection at its main studio or at
another accessible location in its community of license. The contents
of the file vary according to type of service and status. The contents
include, but are not limited to, copies of certain applications
tendered for filing, a statement concerning petitions to deny filed
against such applications, copies of ownership reports, statements
certifying compliance with filing announcements in connection with
renewal applications, and a list of community issues addressed by the
station's programming.
These rules also specify the length of time, which varies by
document type, that each record must be retained in the public file.
The public and FCC use the data to evaluate information about the
licensee's performance and to ensure that station is addressing issues
concerning the community to which it is licensed to serve.
47 CFR 73.1943 and 47 CFR 76.1701 require licensees of broadcast
stations and cable television systems, respectively, to keep and permit
public inspection of a complete record
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(political file) of all requests for broadcast time made by or on
behalf of candidates for public office, together with an appropriate
notation showing the disposition made by the licensee of such requests.
The data is used by the public to assess money expended and time
allotted to a political candidate and to ensure that equal access was
afforded to other legally qualified candidates. 47 CFR 76.1701 also
requires that, when an entity sponsors origination cable casting
material that concerns a political matter or a discussion of a
controversial issue of public importance, a list must be maintained in
the public file of the system that includes the sponsoring entity's
chief executive officers, or members of its executive committee or of
its board of directors.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-20526 Filed 10-11-05; 8:45 am]
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