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Needs and Uses: FCC Form 601 is a
consolidated, multi-part application
form that is used for market-based and
site-based licensing for wireless
telecommunications services, including
public safety licenses, which are filed
through the Commission’s Universal
Licensing System (ULS). FCC Form 601
is composed of a main form that
contains administrative information and
a series of schedules used for filing
technical and other information. This
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administrative update to an existing
license (such as mailing address
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Respondents are encouraged to submit
FCC Form 601 electronically and are
required to do so when submitting FCC
Form 601 to apply for an authorization
for which the applicant was the winning
bidder in a spectrum auction.
The data collected on FCC Form 601
includes the FCC Registration Number
(FRN), which serves as a ‘‘common
link’’ for all filings an entity has with
the FCC. The Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996 requires
entities filing with the Commission use
an FRN.
On June 2, 2014, the Commission
released a Second Report and Order
FCC 14–62, WT Docket Nos. 08–166 and
08–167 and ET Docket No. 10–24,
‘‘Revisions to Rules Authorizing the
Operation of Low Power Auxiliary
Stations in the 698–806 MHz Band.’’
This order expanded eligibility for low
power auxiliary station licenses under
Part 74 by adding two new categories of
eligible entities: ‘‘Large venue owner or
operator’’ and ‘‘professional sound
company.’’ To accommodate these
changes we are revising Schedule H of
Form 601 to add two new categories of
eligible entities: ‘‘Large venue owner or
operator’’ and ‘‘professional sound
company.’’ In order to be eligible for a
Part 74 license, a large venue owner or
operator and a professional sound
company must routinely use 50 or more
low power auxiliary station devices,
where the use of such devices is an
integral part of major events or
productions. We also increased the
number of respondents by 200
responses to include these new
applicants.
The Commission received approval
from OMB for a revision to its currently
approved information collection on FCC
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Form 601 to revise Schedule H
accordingly and increase the total
number of respondents by 200.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary Office of
the Managing Director.
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47 CFR Part 79
[CG Docket No. 05–231; FCC 14–12]
Closed Captioning of Video
Programming; Telecommunications for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Petition
for Rulemaking
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, the
information collection associated with
the Commission’s document Closed
Captioning of Video Programming;
Telecommunications for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing; Petition for
Rulemaking (Report and Order). This
document is consistent with the Report
and Order, which stated that the
Commission would publish a document
in the Federal Register announcing the
effective date of those rules.
DATES: 47 CFR 79.1(c)(3), (e)(11)(iii), (iv)
and (v), (j), and (k), published at 79 FR
17911, March 31, 2014, are effective
March 16, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliot
Greenwald, Disability Rights Office,
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau, at (202) 418–2235, or email
Eliot.Greenwald@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that, on December
18, 2014, OMB approved, for a period of
three years, the information collection
requirements contained in the
Commission’s Report and Order, FCC
14–12, published at 79 FR 17911, March
31, 2014. The OMB Control Number is
3060–0761. The Commission publishes
this document as an announcement of
the effective date of the rules. If you
have any comments on the burden
estimates listed below, or how the
Commission can improve the
collections and reduce any burdens
caused thereby, please contact Cathy
Williams, Federal Communications
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Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
Please include the OMB Control
Number, 3060–0761, in your
correspondence. The Commission will
also accept your comments via the
Internet if you send them to PRA@
fcc.gov.
To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files,
audio format), send an email to fcc504@
fcc.gov or call the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432
(TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the FCC is notifying the public that it
received OMB approval on December
18, 2014, for the information collection
requirements contained in the
Commission’s rules at 47 CFR 79.1(c)(3),
(e)(11)(iii), (iv) and (v), (j), and (k).
Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may
not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a current,
valid OMB 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 current, valid OMB Control
Number. The OMB Control Number is
3060–0761.
The foregoing notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Pub. L. 104–13, October 1, 1995, and 44
U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0761.
OMB Approval Date: December 18,
2014.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31,
2017.
Title: Section 79.1, Closed Captioning
of Video Programming, CG Docket No.
05–231.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Individuals or
households; and Not-for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 22,565 respondents;
1,149,437 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25
hours (15 minutes) to 120 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual, onetime and on-occasion reporting
requirements; Third party disclosure
requirement; Recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
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authority for this obligation is found at
section 713 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 613, and
implemented at 47 CFR 79.1.
Total Annual Burden: 1,254,358
hours.
Total Annual Cost: $40,220,496.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Confidentiality is an issue to the extent
that individuals and households
provide personally identifiable
information, which is covered under the
FCC’s system of records notice (SORN),
FCC/CGB–1, ‘‘Informal Complaints,
Inquiries and Request for Dispute
Assistance.’’ As required by the Privacy
Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission also
published a SORN, FCC/CGB–1
‘‘Informal Complaints, Inquiries and
Request for Dispute Assistance,’’ in the
Federal Register on August 15, 2014 (79
FR 48152) which became effective on
September 24, 2014.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
seeks to extend existing information
collection requirements in its closed
captioning rules (47 CFR 79.1), which
require that, with some exceptions, all
new video programming, and 75 percent
of ‘‘pre-rule’’ programming, be closed
captioned. The existing collections
include petitions by video programming
providers, producers, and owners for
exemptions from the closed captioning
rules, responses by commenters, and
replies; complaints by viewers alleging
violations of the closed captioning rules,
responses by video programming
distributors, and recordkeeping in
support of complaint responses; and
making video programming distributor
contact information available to viewers
in phone directories, on the
Commission’s Web site and the Web
sites of video programming distributors
(if they have them), and in billing
statements (to the extent video
programming distributors issue them).
In addition, the Commission seeks to
extend proposed information collection
requirements. Specifically, on February
20, 2014, the Commission adopted rules
governing the quality of closed
captioning on television. Closed
Captioning of Video Programming;
Telecommunications for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing, Inc. Petition for
Rulemaking, CG Docket No. 05–231,
Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling,
and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 2221 (2014),
published at 79 FR 17911 (March 31,
2014). The Commission took the
following actions, among others:
(a) Required video programming
distributors to make best efforts to
obtain certification from video
programmers that their programming (i)
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complies with the captioning quality
standards established in the Report and
Order; (ii) adheres to the Best Practices
for video programmers set out in the
Report and Order; or (iii) is exempt from
the closed captioning rules under one or
more properly attained and specified
exemptions.
(b) Adopted additional requirements
and a ‘‘compliance ladder’’ for
broadcasters that use electronic
newsroom technique.
(c) Required video programming
distributors to keep records of their
activities related to the maintenance,
monitoring, and technical checks of
their captioning equipment.
(d) Required that petitions requesting
an exemption based on the
economically burdensome standard and
all subsequent pleadings, as well as
comments, oppositions, or replies to
comments, be filed electronically in
accordance with 47 CFR 0.401(a)(1)(iii)
instead of as a paper filing.
Comments, oppositions, or replies to
comments must be served on the other
party, by delivering or mailing a copy to
the last known address in accordance
with 47 CFR 1.47 or by sending a copy
to the email address last provided by the
party, its attorney, or other duly
constituted agent, and must include a
certification that the other party was
served with a copy.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sheryl D. Todd,
Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary,
Office of the Managing Director.
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47 CFR Parts 80, 87 and 95
[DA 14–1286]
Update Mailing Addresses Pertaining
to Satellite Emergency Radiobeacons
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
revises certain mailing addresses
pertaining to satellite emergency
radiobeacons which are used to
facilitate search and rescue of persons in
distress. We update the rules to include
the correct mailing addresses for the
National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)
National Beacon Registration Database,
the Radio Technical Commission for
Maritime Services (RTCM), the Radio
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Technical Commission for Aeronautics
(RTCA), and the United States Coast
Guard (Coast Guard). This Order
updates the mailing addresses provided
in our rules for NOAA, RTCM, RTCA
and the Coast Guard.
DATES: Effective December 29, 2014. The
incorporation by reference of certain
publications listed in the rule was
previously approved by the Director of
the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Shaffer, Mobility Division,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
at (202) 418–0687.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s Order
(‘‘Order’’) in DA 14–1286 adopted on
September 5, 2014, and released on
September 5, 2014. The full text of this
document is available for inspection
and copying during normal business
hours in the FCC Reference Center, 445
12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
The complete text may be purchased
from the Commission’s copy contractor,
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th
Street SW., Room CY–B402,
Washington, DC 20554. The full text
may also be downloaded at:
www.fcc.gov. Alternative formats are
available to persons with disabilities by
sending an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or
by calling the Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202–
418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (tty).
In this Order, the FCC revised 47 CFR
80.7, 80.1061, 87.199 and 95.1402 to
update NOAA’s address for its National
Beacon Registration Database used by
beacon owners to register emergency
information used during emergencies.
We also update RTCM and RTCA
addresses used for obtaining technical
standards for beacons that part 80 and
87 incorporate by reference. Finally, we
update the rules to reflect Coast Guard’s
new mailing and Internet addresses
used for submitting findings by a test
facility accepted by the Coast Guard for
assuring beacons meet the relevant
RTCM technical standard. Updating
these mailing addresses will reduce
confusion and delay in registering
emergency information with NOAA,
assure NOAA receives important
information from beacon users, reduce
confusion and delay in obtaining copies
of needed technical standards and
reduce confusion and delay in filing test
results with the Coast Guard.
Procedural Matters
1. The Bureau adopts this Order
pursuant to its delegated authority to
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 79
[CG Docket No. 05-231; FCC 14-12]
Closed Captioning of Video Programming; Telecommunications for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Petition for Rulemaking
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years,
the information collection associated with the Commission's document
Closed Captioning of Video Programming; Telecommunications for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing; Petition for Rulemaking (Report and Order). This
document is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated that the
Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing
the effective date of those rules.
DATES: 47 CFR 79.1(c)(3), (e)(11)(iii), (iv) and (v), (j), and (k),
published at 79 FR 17911, March 31, 2014, are effective March 16, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliot Greenwald, Disability Rights
Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-2235, or
email Eliot.Greenwald@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on December
18, 2014, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information
collection requirements contained in the Commission's Report and Order,
FCC 14-12, published at 79 FR 17911, March 31, 2014. The OMB Control
Number is 3060-0761. The Commission publishes this document as an
announcement of the effective date of the rules. If you have any
comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the Commission
can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused thereby,
please contact Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room
1-C823, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. Please include the
OMB Control Number, 3060-0761, in your correspondence. The Commission
will also accept your comments via the Internet if you send them to
PRA@fcc.gov.
To request materials in accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on
December 18, 2014, for the information collection requirements
contained in the Commission's rules at 47 CFR 79.1(c)(3), (e)(11)(iii),
(iv) and (v), (j), and (k). Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
current, valid OMB 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 current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Number is 3060-0761.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Pub. L. 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0761.
OMB Approval Date: December 18, 2014.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2017.
Title: Section 79.1, Closed Captioning of Video Programming, CG
Docket No. 05-231.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or
households; and Not-for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 22,565 respondents; 1,149,437
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours (15 minutes) to 120 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual, one-time and on-occasion reporting
requirements; Third party disclosure requirement; Recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory
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authority for this obligation is found at section 713 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 613, and implemented
at 47 CFR 79.1.
Total Annual Burden: 1,254,358 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $40,220,496.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is an issue
to the extent that individuals and households provide personally
identifiable information, which is covered under the FCC's system of
records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-1, ``Informal Complaints, Inquiries and
Request for Dispute Assistance.'' As required by the Privacy Act, 5
U.S.C. 552a, the Commission also published a SORN, FCC/CGB-1 ``Informal
Complaints, Inquiries and Request for Dispute Assistance,'' in the
Federal Register on August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152) which became
effective on September 24, 2014.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
Needs and Uses: The Commission seeks to extend existing information
collection requirements in its closed captioning rules (47 CFR 79.1),
which require that, with some exceptions, all new video programming,
and 75 percent of ``pre-rule'' programming, be closed captioned. The
existing collections include petitions by video programming providers,
producers, and owners for exemptions from the closed captioning rules,
responses by commenters, and replies; complaints by viewers alleging
violations of the closed captioning rules, responses by video
programming distributors, and recordkeeping in support of complaint
responses; and making video programming distributor contact information
available to viewers in phone directories, on the Commission's Web site
and the Web sites of video programming distributors (if they have
them), and in billing statements (to the extent video programming
distributors issue them). In addition, the Commission seeks to extend
proposed information collection requirements. Specifically, on February
20, 2014, the Commission adopted rules governing the quality of closed
captioning on television. Closed Captioning of Video Programming;
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. Petition for
Rulemaking, CG Docket No. 05-231, Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling,
and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 2221 (2014),
published at 79 FR 17911 (March 31, 2014). The Commission took the
following actions, among others:
(a) Required video programming distributors to make best efforts to
obtain certification from video programmers that their programming (i)
complies with the captioning quality standards established in the
Report and Order; (ii) adheres to the Best Practices for video
programmers set out in the Report and Order; or (iii) is exempt from
the closed captioning rules under one or more properly attained and
specified exemptions.
(b) Adopted additional requirements and a ``compliance ladder'' for
broadcasters that use electronic newsroom technique.
(c) Required video programming distributors to keep records of
their activities related to the maintenance, monitoring, and technical
checks of their captioning equipment.
(d) Required that petitions requesting an exemption based on the
economically burdensome standard and all subsequent pleadings, as well
as comments, oppositions, or replies to comments, be filed
electronically in accordance with 47 CFR 0.401(a)(1)(iii) instead of as
a paper filing.
Comments, oppositions, or replies to comments must be served on the
other party, by delivering or mailing a copy to the last known address
in accordance with 47 CFR 1.47 or by sending a copy to the email
address last provided by the party, its attorney, or other duly
constituted agent, and must include a certification that the other
party was served with a copy.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sheryl D. Todd,
Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing
Director.
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