Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office of Management and Budget, 18275-18276 [E8-6940]

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 65 (Thursday, April 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18275-18276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6940]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget

March 28, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact 
Cathy Williams via the internet at PRA@fcc.gov or by phone on (202) 
418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1115.
    OMB Approval Date: March 27, 2008.
    Expiration Date: September 30, 2008.
    Title: DTV Consumer Education Initiative, Sections 15.124, 27.20, 
54.418, 73.674 and 76.1630.
    Form No.: FCC Form 388.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 70,026 responses; 0.5 hours-85 hours per 
response; 156,069 hours total per year.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to retain or obtain benefits; 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
sections 4(i), 303(r), 335, and 336, of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 303(r), 335, and 336.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on February 19, 2008, a 
Report and Order, In the Matter DTV Consumer Education Initiative, MB 
Docket 07-148, FCC 08-56. As the Nation transitions from analog 
broadcast television service to digital broadcast television service, 
the Commission has been committed to working with representatives from 
industry, public interest groups, and Congress to make the significant 
benefits of digital broadcasting available to the public. The digital 
transition will make valuable spectrum available for both public safety 
uses and expanded wireless competition and innovation. By compressing 
television broadcasting into a smaller amount of the available 
spectrum, the digital transition has allowed the Commission to make 
valuable 700 MHz spectrum available for sale and use by wireless 
companies and public safety organizations. The transition will also 
provide consumers with better quality television picture and sound, and 
make new services available through multicasting. These innovations, 
however, are dependent upon widespread consumer understanding of the 
benefits and mechanics of the transition. The Congressional decision to 
establish a hard deadline of February 17, 2009, for the end of full-
power analog broadcasting has made consumer awareness even more 
critical.
    In this Order, the Commission imposes the following information and 
disclosure requirements:
    (a) Broadcaster Education and Reporting (47 CFR 73.674).
    (i) On-air Education. Broadcasters must provide on-air DTV 
Transition consumer education information (e.g., via Public Service 
Announcements (PSAs) or information crawls) to their viewers. 
Broadcasters must comply with one of three alternative sets of rules as 
provided in the Report and Order.
    (ii) DTV Consumer Education Quarterly Activity Report, FCC Form 
388. Broadcasters must electronically file a report about its DTV 
Transition consumer education efforts to the Commission on a quarterly 
basis. Broadcasters must begin filing these quarterly reports no later 
than April 10, 2008. In addition, if the broadcaster has a public Web 
site, they must post these reports on that Web site.
    (b) Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Customer Bill 
Notices (47 CFR 76.1630). MVPDs, which include, for example (and are 
not limited to), cable operators, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) 
carriers, open video system operators, and private cable operators, 
must provide monthly notices about the DTV transition in their customer 
billing statements.
    (c) Consumer Electronics Manufacturer Notices (47 CFR 15.124). 
Parties that manufacture, import, or ship interstate television 
receivers and devices designed to work with television receivers must 
provide notice to consumers of the transition's impact on that 
equipment. This information must be included with all devices shipped, 
beginning on the effective date of these rules, until March 31, 2009.
    (d) DTV.gov Partner Consumer Education Reporting. DTV.gov 
Transition Partners must report their consumer education efforts, as a 
condition of continuing Partner status. They must begin filing these 
quarterly reports no later than April 10, 2008.
    (e) Eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) Federal Universal 
Service Low-Income Program Participant Notices (47 CFR 54.418). ETCs 
that receive federal universal service funds must provide monthly 
notice of the transition to their low income customers and potential 
customers. This information must be provided beginning on the effective 
date of these rules, until March 31, 2009.
    (f) 700 MHz Auction Winner Consumer Education Reporting (47 CFR 
27.20). Winners of the 700 MHz spectrum auction must report their 
consumer education efforts to the Commission on a quarterly basis. 
These parties must file the first by the tenth day of the first 
calendar quarter following the initial grant of the license 
authorization that the entity holds.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
    OMB Approval Date: March 27, 2008.
    Expiration Date: September 30, 2008.
    Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files; 
sections 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
    Form No.: Not applicable.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 52,285 responses; 2.5 hours-109 hours per 
response; 1,831,706 hours total per year.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to retain or obtain benefits; 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
154(i), 303, and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on February 19, 2008, a 
Report and Order, In the Matter DTV Consumer Education Initiative, MB 
Docket 07-148, FCC 08-56. The Report and Order adds a new recordkeeping 
requirement for full-power commercial and noncommercial educational TV 
broadcast stations (both analog and digital) for the contents of their 
public inspection files. Specifically, the rule requires these stations 
to retain in their public inspection file a copy of their DTV Consumer 
Education Quarterly Activity Report, FCC Form 388, on a quarterly 
basis. The Report for each quarter is to be placed in the public 
inspection file by the tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter. 
These Reports shall be retained in the public

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inspection file for one year. Broadcasters shall publicize in an 
appropriate manner the existence and location of these Reports.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-6940 Filed 4-2-08; 8:45 am]
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