Notice of Exemption Dismissals and Obligation To Begin Providing Closed Captioning, 72348-72349 [2012-29358]

Download as PDF 72348 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 5, 2012 / Notices Submit your PRA comments to Benish Shah, Federal Communications Commission, via the Internet at Benish.Shah@fcc.gov. To submit your PRA comments by email send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benish Shah, Office of Managing Director, (202) 418–7866. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Approval Number: 3060–0059. Title: Statement Regarding the Importation of Radio Frequency Devices Capable of Harmful Interference. Form No.: FCC 740. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. Number of Respondents: 10,000 respondents, 2,000,000 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 30 sec (.0084 hours). Frequency of Response: One time reporting requirement and third party disclosure. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 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[FR Doc. 2012–29343 Filed 12–4–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [CG Docket No. 06–181; DA 12–1833] Notice of Exemption Dismissals and Obligation To Begin Providing Closed Captioning Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In this document, the Commission, via the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) identifies the petitions that were dismissed pursuant to the procedures described in the Bureau’s April 2012 Public Notice. Also, this document serves to remind these petitioners of their obligation to provide closed captioning, unless they have already filed a new petition for exemption with the Commission. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Traci Randolph, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418–0569 (voice), (202) 418–0537 (TTY); email: Traci.Randolph@fcc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission’s Public Notice, document DA 12–1833, released November 14, 2012, in CG Docket No. 06–181. The full text of this document and copies of any subsequently filed documents in 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 12–1833 and copies of subsequently filed documents in this matter may also be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copying and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), at Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554. Customers may contact BCPI at its Web site: https://www.bcpiweb.com, or by calling (202) 488–5300. Document DA 12–1833 and the Appendix listing the petitions dismissed on July 5, 2012, pursuant to DA 12–514 can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at: https:// www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/ economically-burdensome-exemptionclosed-captioning-requirements. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Synopsis The April 2012 Public Notice addressed unresolved petitions for exemption that were filed before passage of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) on October 8, 2010. Although some of these petitions were previously placed on public notice, no decision to grant or to deny was ever made regarding these petitions. Because considerable time had passed since many of these petitions were first filed, and various circumstances including, but not limited to, the financial status of the petitioners and the cost of captioning may have changed, the Bureau required each petitioner whose petition was listed in the April 2012 Public Notice to do one of the following by July 5, 2012: (1) File an affirmation with the Commission that its previously submitted petition and supporting information were accurate and up-to-date; (2) file updated information in accordance with the Commission’s rules to support its claim that captioning its program(s) would be economically burdensome; or (3) withdraw its previously submitted petition. The April 2012 Public Notice alerted petitioners that if they did not take one of the steps listed above by July 5, 2012, their petitions would be dismissed without prejudice on July 5, 2012. The Bureau sent a copy of the April 2012 Public Notice, along with instructions on filing updated information, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each petitioner at its last known address. The petitioners listed in the document DA 12–1833 Appendix did not take one of the above steps by July 5, 2012; therefore, their respective petitions were dismissed on July 5, 2012. Accordingly, these petitioners were required to begin captioning their programs on July 6, 2012. In this regard, the Bureau notes that if the programming that was the subject of a petition listed herein aired without captions after the dismissal date of July 5, 2012, the video programming distributor that aired such programming may be in violation of the Commission’s closed captioning rules from that date up until the time that a new petition is filed. If any petitioner listed in DA 12–1833 filed a new petition after July 6, 2012, such petition is considered pending as of the date it was received at the Commission. While a petition for exemption is pending, the video programming that is subject to the petition is exempt from the closed captioning requirements. E:\FR\FM\05DEN1.SGM 05DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 5, 2012 / Notices Federal Communications Commission. Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. [FR Doc. 2012–29358 Filed 12–4–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION Notice of Agreements Filed The Commission hereby gives notice of the filing of the following agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may submit comments on the agreements to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within ten days of the date this notice appears in the Federal Register. Copies of the agreements are available through the Commission’s Web site (www.fmc.gov) or by contacting the Office of Agreements at (202)–523–5793 or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. Agreement No.: 011707–009. Title: Gulf/South America Discussion Agreement. Parties: BBC Chartering & Logistic GMBH & Co. KG; Industrial Maritime Carriers LLC; Seaboard Marine, Ltd.; and West Coast Industrial Express, LLC. Filing Party: Wade S. Hooker, Esq.; 211 Central Park W; New York, NY 10024. Synopsis: The amendment removes BBC Chartering & Logistic GMBH & Co. KG as a party to the agreement. By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission. Dated: November 30, 2012. Rachel E. Dickon, Assistant Secretary. since May/June 2012 in the China port of Xingang,’’ and that ‘‘Cosco Container Lines America failed to actively participate’’ in an informal dispute resolution processes pursued by ‘‘shipper’’ through the Commission’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services. Therefore, Complainant alleges that ‘‘shipper remains unable to retrieve his cargo valued at USD$164,176.81,’’ and that Respondent is in violation of sections 10(b)(1), 10(b)(3), 10(b)(4), 10(b)(4)(D), 10(b)(4)(E), and 10(b)(10) of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1988. Complainant requests that the Commission order Respondent to ‘‘cease and desist from the aforesaid violations of said acts; to establish and put in force such practices as the Commission determines to be lawful and reasonable; to pay to said Complainant by way of reparations and damages for the unlawful conduct herein described the sum of $164,176.81 with interest and attorney’s fees (or time spent fees) or other such sum as the Commission may determine to be proper as an award of reparations; and that such other and further order or orders be made as the Commission determines to be just and proper in the premises.’’ The full text of the complaint can be found in the Commission’s Electronic Reading Room at www.fmc.gov. This proceeding has been assigned to the Office of Administrative Law Judges. The initial decision of the presiding officer in this proceeding shall be issued by November 29, 2013 and the final decision of the Commission shall be issued by March 31, 2014. [FR Doc. 2012–29421 Filed 12–4–12; 8:45 am] Karen V. Gregory, Secretary. BILLING CODE 6730–01–P [FR Doc. 2012–29399 Filed 12–4–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6730–01–P FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM SBI International, Inc. v. Mr. Howard Finkel c/o Cosco Container Lines; Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with [DOCKET NO. 12–10] Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:19 Dec 04, 2012 Jkt 229001 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 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Board-approved AGENCY: Notice is given that a complaint has been filed with the Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) by SBI International, Inc., a corporation registered in Florida, hereinafter ‘‘Complainant,’’ against Mr. Howard Finkel c/o Cosco Container Lines, hereinafter ‘‘Respondent.’’ Complainant alleges that ‘‘4 refrigerated containers originating from the USA port of Wilmington, NC consisting of USA frozen poultry belonging to the Shipper were detained PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72349 collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, supporting statements and approved collection of information instruments are placed into OMB’s public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 4, 2013. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 2230, by any of the following methods: • Agency Web Site: https:// www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments at https://www.federalreserve.gov/ generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Email: regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. Include OMB number in the subject line of the message. • Fax: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452– 3102. • Mail: Robert deV. Frierson, Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20551. 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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72348-72349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29358]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CG Docket No. 06-181; DA 12-1833]


Notice of Exemption Dismissals and Obligation To Begin Providing 
Closed Captioning

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission, via the Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) identifies the petitions that were 
dismissed pursuant to the procedures described in the Bureau's April 
2012 Public Notice. Also, this document serves to remind these 
petitioners of their obligation to provide closed captioning, unless 
they have already filed a new petition for exemption with the 
Commission.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Traci Randolph, Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-0569 (voice), (202) 418-0537 
(TTY); email: Traci.Randolph@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Public Notice, document DA 12-1833, released November 14, 2012, in CG 
Docket No. 06-181. The full text of this document and copies of any 
subsequently filed documents in 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 12-1833 and copies of 
subsequently filed documents in this matter may also be purchased from 
the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copying and Printing, 
Inc. (BCPI), at Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554. Customers may contact BCPI at its Web site: 
https://www.bcpiweb.com, or by calling (202) 488-5300. Document DA 12-
1833 and the Appendix listing the petitions dismissed on July 5, 2012, 
pursuant to DA 12-514 can also be downloaded in Word or Portable 
Document Format (PDF) at: https://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/economically-burdensome-exemption-closed-captioning-requirements.

Synopsis

    The April 2012 Public Notice addressed unresolved petitions for 
exemption that were filed before passage of the Twenty-First Century 
Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) on October 8, 2010. 
Although some of these petitions were previously placed on public 
notice, no decision to grant or to deny was ever made regarding these 
petitions. Because considerable time had passed since many of these 
petitions were first filed, and various circumstances including, but 
not limited to, the financial status of the petitioners and the cost of 
captioning may have changed, the Bureau required each petitioner whose 
petition was listed in the April 2012 Public Notice to do one of the 
following by July 5, 2012: (1) File an affirmation with the Commission 
that its previously submitted petition and supporting information were 
accurate and up-to-date; (2) file updated information in accordance 
with the Commission's rules to support its claim that captioning its 
program(s) would be economically burdensome; or (3) withdraw its 
previously submitted petition. The April 2012 Public Notice alerted 
petitioners that if they did not take one of the steps listed above by 
July 5, 2012, their petitions would be dismissed without prejudice on 
July 5, 2012. The Bureau sent a copy of the April 2012 Public Notice, 
along with instructions on filing updated information, by certified 
mail, return receipt requested, to each petitioner at its last known 
address.
    The petitioners listed in the document DA 12-1833 Appendix did not 
take one of the above steps by July 5, 2012; therefore, their 
respective petitions were dismissed on July 5, 2012. Accordingly, these 
petitioners were required to begin captioning their programs on July 6, 
2012. In this regard, the Bureau notes that if the programming that was 
the subject of a petition listed herein aired without captions after 
the dismissal date of July 5, 2012, the video programming distributor 
that aired such programming may be in violation of the Commission's 
closed captioning rules from that date up until the time that a new 
petition is filed.
    If any petitioner listed in DA 12-1833 filed a new petition after 
July 6, 2012, such petition is considered pending as of the date it was 
received at the Commission. While a petition for exemption is pending, 
the video programming that is subject to the petition is exempt from 
the closed captioning requirements.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Karen Peltz Strauss,
Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2012-29358 Filed 12-4-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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