Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission; Comments Requested, 16855-16857 [E8-6555]
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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
a. To provide information to a
congressional office from the record of
an individual in response to an inquiry
from the congressional office made at
the request of the individual.
b. Except as noted on Standard Forms
85, 85P, and 86, to disclose pertinent
information to the appropriate federal,
state, or local agency responsible for
investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or
implementing a statute, rule, regulation,
or order, where EEOC becomes aware of
an indication of a violation or potential
violation of civil or criminal law or
regulation.
c. To disclose information to another
federal agency, to a court, or to a party
in litigation before a court or in an
administrative proceeding being
conducted by a federal agency when the
government is a party to the judicial or
administrative proceeding.
d. To disclose information to any
source or potential source from which
information is requested in the course of
an investigation concerning the
retention of an employee or other
personnel action (other than hiring), to
the extent necessary to identify the
individual, inform the source of the
nature and purpose of the investigation,
and to identify the type of information
requested.
e. To disclose information to
employees of contractors who have been
engaged by EEOC to perform an activity
related to suitability, eligibility, and
fitness for service of EEOC applicants
and employees.
POLICIES AND PRACTICE FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
These records are maintained in paper
files and in electronic media.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Background investigation files are
retrieved by name, social security
number, or fingerprint.
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
Office of Human Resources, EEOC,
1801 L Street, NW., Washington, DC
20507.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Inquiries concerning this system of
records should be addressed to the
system manager. It is necessary to
provide the following information: (1)
Name; (2) date of birth; (3) social
security number; and (4) mailing
address to which response is to be sent.
RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Same as above.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
Same as above.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information is obtained from a variety
of sources, including the employee,
contractor or applicant via use of the
SF–85, SF–85P, or SF–86 and personal
interviews; employers’ and former
employers’ records; FBI criminal history
records and other databases; financial
institutions and credit reports;
interviews of witnesses, such as
neighbors, friends, co-workers, business
associates, teachers, landlords, or family
members; tax records; and other public
records. Security violation information
is obtained from a variety of sources,
such as guard reports, security
inspections, witnesses, supervisor’s
reports, audit reports.
SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE PRIVACY ACT:
Upon publication of a final rule in the
Federal Register, this system of records
will be exempt in accordance with 5
U.S.C. 552a(k)(5) from subsection (c)(3)
and (d)(1) of the Privacy Act, but only
to the extent that the information
identifies witnesses promised
confidentiality as a condition of
providing information during the course
of the background investigation.
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Records are maintained and stored in
file cabinets in a secured area to which
only authorized personnel have access.
Access to electronic records is limited
through use of passwords, access codes
and entry logs to those whose official
duties require access.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
March 25, 2008.
These records are destroyed upon
notification of death or not later than
five years after separation or transfer of
employee to another agency or
department.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
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opportunity to comment on the
following information collections, 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 PRA 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 PRA comments should
be submitted on or before May 30, 2008.
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 PRA
comments by e-mail or U.S. Postal mail.
To submit your comments by e-mail,
send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To send
your comments by U.S. Postal 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 collections, send an e-mail
to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy
Williams at 202–418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0419.
Title: Sections 76.94, Notification;
76.95, Exceptions; 76.105, Notification;
76.106, Exceptions; 76.107, Exclusivity
Contracts; and 76.1609, NonDuplication and Syndicated Exclusivity.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 5,555 respondents; 199,304
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–2.0
hours.
Frequency of Response: Third party
disclosure requirement; One time
reporting requirement.
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Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 183,856 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.94(a) and
76.105(a) require television stations and
program distributors to notify cable
television system operators of nonduplication protection and exclusivity
rights being sought. The notification
shall include (1) the name and address
of the party requesting non-duplication
protection/exclusivity rights and the
television broadcast station holding the
non-duplication right; (2) the name of
the program or series for which
protection is sought; and (3) the dates
on which protection is to begin and end.
47 CFR 76.94(b) requires broadcasters
entering into contracts providing for
network non-duplication protection to
notify cable systems within 60 days of
the signing of such a contract. If they are
unable to provide notices as provided
for in Section 74.94(a), they must
provide modified notices that contain
the name of the network which has
extended non-duplication protection,
the time periods by time of day and by
network for each day of the week that
the broadcaster will be broadcasting
programs from that network, and the
duration and extent of the protection.
47 CFR 76.94(d) requires broadcasters
to provide the following information to
cable television systems under the
following circumstances: (1) In the
event the protection specified in the
notices described in 47 CFR 76.94(a) or
(b) has been limited or ended prior to
the time specified in the notice, or in
the event a time period, as identified to
the cable system in a notice pursuant to
Section 76.94(b) for which a broadcaster
has obtained protection is shifted to
another time of day or another day (but
not expanded), the broadcaster shall, as
soon as possible, inform each cable
television system operator that has
previously received the notice of all
changes from the original notice. Notice
to be furnished ‘‘as soon as possible’’
under this subsection shall be furnished
by telephone, telegraph, facsimile,
overnight mail or other similar
expedient means. (2) In the event the
protection specified in the modified
notices described in Section 76.94(b)
has been expanded, the broadcaster
shall, at least 60 calendar days prior to
broadcast of a protected program
entitled to such expanded protection,
notify each cable system operator that
has previously received notice of all
changes from the original notice.
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47 CFR 76.94(e)(2) and 76.105(c)(2)
state that if a cable television system
asks a television station for information
about its program schedule, the
television station shall answer the
request.
47 CFR 76.94(f) and 76.107 require a
distributor or broadcaster exercising
exclusivity to provide to the cable
system, upon request, an exact copy of
those portions of the contracts, such
portions to be signed by both the
network and the broadcaster, setting
forth in full the provisions pertinent to
the duration, nature, and extent of the
non-duplication terms concerning
broadcast signal exhibition to which the
parties have agreed. Providing copies of
relevant portions of the contracts is
assumed to be accomplished in the
notification process set forth in Sections
76.94 and 76.105.
47 CFR 76.95 states that the
provisions of Sections 76.92 through
76.94 (including the notification
provisions of Section 76.94) shall not
apply to a cable system serving fewer
than 1,000 subscribers. Within 60 days
following the provision of service to
1,000 subscribers, the operator of each
such system shall file a notice to that
effect with the Commission, and serve a
copy of that notice on every television
station that would be entitled to
exercise network non-duplication
protection against it.
47 CFR 76.105(d) requires that in the
event the exclusivity specified in
Section 76.94(a) has been limited or has
ended prior to the time specified in the
notice, the distributor or broadcaster
who has supplied the original notice
shall, as soon as possible, inform each
cable television system operator that has
previously received the notice of all
changes from the original notice. In the
event the original notice specified
contingent dates on which exclusivity is
to begin and/or end, the distributor or
broadcaster shall, as soon as possible,
notify the cable television system
operator of the occurrence of the
relevant contingency. Notice to be
furnished ‘‘as soon as possible’’ under
this subsection shall be furnished by
telephone, telegraph, facsimile,
overnight mail or other similar
expedient means.
47 CFR 76.106(b) states that the
provisions of Sections 76.101 through
76.105 (including the notification
provisions of Section 76.105) shall not
apply to a cable system serving fewer
than 1,000 subscribers. Within 60 days
following the provision of service to
1,000 subscribers, the operator of each
such system shall file a notice to effect
with the Commission, and serve a copy
of that notice on every television station
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that would be entitled to exercise
syndicated exclusivity protection
against it.
47 CFR 76.1609 states that network
non-duplication provisions of Sections
76.92 through 76.94 shall not apply to
cable systems serving fewer than 1,000
subscribers. Within 60 days following
the provision of service to 1,000
subscribers, the operator of each system
shall file a notice to that effect with the
Commission, and serve a copy of that
notice on every television station that
would be entitled to exercise network
non-duplication or syndicated
exclusivity protection against it.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0548.
Title: Section 76.1708, Principal
Headend; Sections 76.1709 and 76.1620,
Availability of Signals; Section 76.56,
Signal Carriage Obligations; Section
76.1614, Identification of Must-Carry
Signals.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 11,000 respondents; 935,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–1.0
hour.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 66,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.1708
requires that the operator of every cable
television system shall maintain for
public inspection the designation and
location of its principal headend. If an
operator changes the designation of its
principal headend, that new designation
must be included in its public file.
47 CFR 76.1709(a) states effective
June 17, 1993, 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 pursuant to
47 CFR Section 76.56. 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 1709(c) states
that a cable operator shall respond in
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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
requirements of 47 CFR 76.56.
47 CFR 76.1620 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 76.56 requires cable television
systems to carry signals of all qualified
local Noncommercial Educational (NCE)
sting carriage.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
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Notice of Public Information Collection
Approved by the Office of Management
and Budget
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March 24, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission (Commission) has received
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for the following public
information collection(s) pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501–3520). An agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number,
and no person is required to respond to
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Comments concerning the
accuracy of the burden estimate(s) and
any suggestions for reducing the burden
should be directed to the person listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT: section below.
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Sue
Gilgenbach, Sue.Gilgenbach@fcc.gov,
(202) 418–0639.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1003.
OMB Approval Date: July 21, 2007.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2010.
Title: Communications Disaster
Information Reporting Systems (DIRS).
Form No.: Not applicable.
Estimated Annual Burden: 5,300
responses; 0.7 hours (42 minutes) per
response; 3,710 hours total per year.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Because the information that
communications companies input to
DIRS is sensitive, for national security
and/or commercial reasons, DIRS filings
shall be treated as presumptively
confidential upon filing. The Federal
Communications Commission’s Public
Safety & Homeland Security Bureau
Launches Disaster Information
Reporting System, 72 FR 52879 (Sept.
17, 2007); The FCC’s Public Safety &
Homeland Security Bureau Launches
Disaster Information Reporting System
(DIRS), Public Notice, 22 FCC Rcd
16757 (PSHSB 2007). DIRS filings will,
however, be shared with the Department
of Homeland Security’s National
Communications System (NCS) on a
confidential basis.
Needs and Uses: This voluntary
information collection will better enable
the Commission to assist
communications companies with the
restoration of communications in times
of crisis, including in the aftermath of
terrorist attacks or natural disasters.
Through DIRS, wireless, wireline,
broadcast, and cable communications
providers can provide their emergency
contact information and report
communications infrastructure status
and situational awareness information
during times of crisis (e.g., status of
their communications equipment,
restoration efforts, and source and status
of their power supply). The Commission
will be able to use this information to
ensure that the public and public safety,
public health, and other emergency and
defense personnel have effective
communications services available to
them in the immediate aftermath of a
disaster.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
March 25, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to (PRA) of 1995 (PRA),
Public Law No. 104–13. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid control number. Subject
to the PRA, no person shall be subject
to any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information 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 PRA comments should
be submitted on or before May 30, 2008.
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 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), contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918 or send an
e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0175.
Title: Section 73.1250, Broadcasting
Emergency Information.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission; Comments Requested
March 25, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collections, 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 PRA 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before May 30,
2008. 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 PRA comments by e-mail or U.S. Postal
mail. To submit your comments by e-mail, send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To
send your comments by U.S. Postal 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 collections, send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy
Williams at 202-418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0419.
Title: Sections 76.94, Notification; 76.95, Exceptions; 76.105,
Notification; 76.106, Exceptions; 76.107, Exclusivity Contracts; and
76.1609, Non-Duplication and Syndicated Exclusivity.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,555 respondents; 199,304
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-2.0 hours.
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement; One time
reporting requirement.
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Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 183,856 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.94(a) and 76.105(a) require television
stations and program distributors to notify cable television system
operators of non-duplication protection and exclusivity rights being
sought. The notification shall include (1) the name and address of the
party requesting non-duplication protection/exclusivity rights and the
television broadcast station holding the non-duplication right; (2) the
name of the program or series for which protection is sought; and (3)
the dates on which protection is to begin and end.
47 CFR 76.94(b) requires broadcasters entering into contracts
providing for network non-duplication protection to notify cable
systems within 60 days of the signing of such a contract. If they are
unable to provide notices as provided for in Section 74.94(a), they
must provide modified notices that contain the name of the network
which has extended non-duplication protection, the time periods by time
of day and by network for each day of the week that the broadcaster
will be broadcasting programs from that network, and the duration and
extent of the protection.
47 CFR 76.94(d) requires broadcasters to provide the following
information to cable television systems under the following
circumstances: (1) In the event the protection specified in the notices
described in 47 CFR 76.94(a) or (b) has been limited or ended prior to
the time specified in the notice, or in the event a time period, as
identified to the cable system in a notice pursuant to Section 76.94(b)
for which a broadcaster has obtained protection is shifted to another
time of day or another day (but not expanded), the broadcaster shall,
as soon as possible, inform each cable television system operator that
has previously received the notice of all changes from the original
notice. Notice to be furnished ``as soon as possible'' under this
subsection shall be furnished by telephone, telegraph, facsimile,
overnight mail or other similar expedient means. (2) In the event the
protection specified in the modified notices described in Section
76.94(b) has been expanded, the broadcaster shall, at least 60 calendar
days prior to broadcast of a protected program entitled to such
expanded protection, notify each cable system operator that has
previously received notice of all changes from the original notice.
47 CFR 76.94(e)(2) and 76.105(c)(2) state that if a cable
television system asks a television station for information about its
program schedule, the television station shall answer the request.
47 CFR 76.94(f) and 76.107 require a distributor or broadcaster
exercising exclusivity to provide to the cable system, upon request, an
exact copy of those portions of the contracts, such portions to be
signed by both the network and the broadcaster, setting forth in full
the provisions pertinent to the duration, nature, and extent of the
non-duplication terms concerning broadcast signal exhibition to which
the parties have agreed. Providing copies of relevant portions of the
contracts is assumed to be accomplished in the notification process set
forth in Sections 76.94 and 76.105.
47 CFR 76.95 states that the provisions of Sections 76.92 through
76.94 (including the notification provisions of Section 76.94) shall
not apply to a cable system serving fewer than 1,000 subscribers.
Within 60 days following the provision of service to 1,000 subscribers,
the operator of each such system shall file a notice to that effect
with the Commission, and serve a copy of that notice on every
television station that would be entitled to exercise network non-
duplication protection against it.
47 CFR 76.105(d) requires that in the event the exclusivity
specified in Section 76.94(a) has been limited or has ended prior to
the time specified in the notice, the distributor or broadcaster who
has supplied the original notice shall, as soon as possible, inform
each cable television system operator that has previously received the
notice of all changes from the original notice. In the event the
original notice specified contingent dates on which exclusivity is to
begin and/or end, the distributor or broadcaster shall, as soon as
possible, notify the cable television system operator of the occurrence
of the relevant contingency. Notice to be furnished ``as soon as
possible'' under this subsection shall be furnished by telephone,
telegraph, facsimile, overnight mail or other similar expedient means.
47 CFR 76.106(b) states that the provisions of Sections 76.101
through 76.105 (including the notification provisions of Section
76.105) shall not apply to a cable system serving fewer than 1,000
subscribers. Within 60 days following the provision of service to 1,000
subscribers, the operator of each such system shall file a notice to
effect with the Commission, and serve a copy of that notice on every
television station that would be entitled to exercise syndicated
exclusivity protection against it.
47 CFR 76.1609 states that network non-duplication provisions of
Sections 76.92 through 76.94 shall not apply to cable systems serving
fewer than 1,000 subscribers. Within 60 days following the provision of
service to 1,000 subscribers, the operator of each system shall file a
notice to that effect with the Commission, and serve a copy of that
notice on every television station that would be entitled to exercise
network non-duplication or syndicated exclusivity protection against
it.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0548.
Title: Section 76.1708, Principal Headend; Sections 76.1709 and
76.1620, Availability of Signals; Section 76.56, Signal Carriage
Obligations; Section 76.1614, Identification of Must-Carry Signals.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 11,000 respondents; 935,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1.0 hour.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 66,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.1708 requires that the operator of every
cable television system shall maintain for public inspection the
designation and location of its principal headend. If an operator
changes the designation of its principal headend, that new designation
must be included in its public file.
47 CFR 76.1709(a) states effective June 17, 1993, 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 pursuant to 47
CFR Section 76.56. 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 1709(c) states that a cable operator shall
respond in
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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 requirements of 47 CFR 76.56.
47 CFR 76.1620 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 76.56 requires cable television systems to carry signals of
all qualified local Noncommercial Educational (NCE) sting carriage.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-6555 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]
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