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Estimated Time per Response: 2 to 20
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time and
occasional reporting requirements;
annual recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154 and
254.
Total Annual Burden: 1,834 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost(s).
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Information collected in FCC Form 5620
will be confidential. Information
reported in the November interim
progress report and the build-out
milestone certifications will be made
publicly available.
Needs and Uses: On January 31, 2014,
the Commission released the Tech
Transitions et al., GN Docket No. 13–5
et al., 29 FCC Rcd 1433 (2014) (Tech
Transitions Order), that adopted
targeted experiments to explore the
impact of technology transitions on
rural Americans, including those living
on Tribal lands. On July 14, 2014, the
Commission released Connect America
Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10–90 et al.,
Report and Order and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 14–98 (rel.
July 14, 2014) (Rural Broadband
Experiments Order), which established
certain parameters and requirements for
the rural broadband experiments
adopted by the Commission in the Tech
Transitions Order.
This information collection addresses
requirements to carry out the rural
broadband experiments the Commission
adopted in the Tech Transitions Order
and the Rural Broadband Experiments
Order. The Commission has received
OMB approval for most of the
information collections required by the
orders. At a later date, the Commission
plans to submit additional revisions to
a separate information collection for
OMB’s review to address other reporting
requirements adopted in the Rural
Broadband Experiments Order. For this
revision, subject to OMB approval, the
Commission proposes to incorporate the
November interim progress report,
build-out milestone certifications, and
recordkeeping requirements that the
Commission adopted in the Rural
Broadband Experiments Order. If
approved, recipients of the rural
broadband experiments will be required
to submit a one-time report on
November 1st after they begin receiving
support. This report must describe the
status of the recipient’s experiment as of
September 30th immediately preceding
the report (i.e., whether vendors have
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been hired, permits have been obtained,
and construction has begun), and
include evidence demonstrating which
locations if any the recipient has built
out to in its project areas and evidence
demonstrating that the recipient is
meeting the public service obligations
for the relevant experiment category,
including a certification that
demonstrates the service the recipient
offers complies with the Commission’s
latency requirements. Rural broadband
experiment recipients will also be
required to certify that they have met
the build-out milestones adopted in the
Rural Broadband Experiments Order.
These certifications will be due for all
recipients by the end of the third year
and fifth year of support. Recipients that
have chosen to receive 30 percent of
their support upfront will also be
required to submit a build-out milestone
certification within 15 months of their
first disbursement. Recipients that are
determined to not be in compliance
with the terms and conditions of the
rural broadband experiments during
their support term will also be required
to submit a certification to demonstrate
that they have come into compliance.
All of these certifications must be
accompanied by the same types of
evidence required for the November
interim progress report. This report and
certifications will enable the
Commission to monitor the progress of
the rural broadband experiments and
ensure that the support is being used for
its intended purposes. Finally, rural
broadband experiment recipients will be
subject to a 10-year record retention
requirement and must make those
documents and records available to the
Commission, any of its Bureaus or
Offices, the Universal Service
Administrative Company, and their
respective auditors to aid these entities
in overseeing the recipients’ compliance
with the terms and conditions of rural
broadband experiment support. The
Commission also proposes to eliminate
FCC Form 5610 that is a part of this
information collection. The deadline to
file FCC Form 5610 with the
Commission was November 7, 2014.
Because the Commission does not
anticipate holding another round of
bidding, no additional entities will be
required to file FCC Form 5610. There
are no proposed changes to the
currently approved FCC Form 5620
which is also a part of this information
collection. However, the Commission
proposes to increase the number of
respondents involved in the postselection review because more winning
bidders were provisionally selected than
the Commission anticipated.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–16854 Filed 7–9–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-xxxx, 3060–0349, 3060–0214,
3060–0113, 3060–0922, 3060–1065]
Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB 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 OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before September 8,
2015. 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: Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
SUMMARY:
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For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-xxxx.
Title: SDARS Political Broadcasting
Requirements.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1 respondent; 1 response.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; On
occasion reporting requirements; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority which covers this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
309(a) and 307(a) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 20 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Although the Commission does not
believe that any confidential
information will need to be disclosed in
order to comply with the information
collection requirements, applicants are
free to request that materials or
information submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public
inspection. (See 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s Rules).
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: In 1997, the
Commission imposed political
broadcasting requirements on Satellite
Digital Audio Broadcasting Service
(‘‘SDARS’’) licensees. See Establishment
of Rules and Policies for the Digital
Audio Radio Satellite Service in the
2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band, 12
FCC Rcd 5754, 5792, para. 92 (1997)
(‘‘1997 SDARS Order’’), FCC 97–70. The
Commission stated that SDARS
licensees should comply with the same
substantive political debate provisions
as broadcasters: the federal candidate
access provision (47 U.S.C. Section
312(a)(7)) and the equal opportunities
provision (47 U.S.C. Section 315). The
1997 SDARS Order imposes the
following requirements on SDARS
licensees:
Lowest unit charge: Similar to
broadcasters, SDARS licensees must
disclose any practices offered to
commercial advertisers that enhance the
value of advertising spots and different
classes of time. SDARS licensees must
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also calculate the lowest unit charge and
are required to review their advertising
records throughout the election period
to determine whether compliance with
this rule section requires that candidates
receive rebates or credits. See 47 CFR
Section 73.1942.
Political file: Similar to broadcasters,
SDARS licensees must also keep and
permit public inspection of a complete
record (political file) of all requests for
SDARS origination time made by or on
behalf of candidates for public office,
together with an appropriate notation
showing the disposition made by the
system of such requests, and the charges
made, if any, if the request is granted.
The disposition includes the schedule
of time purchased, when the spots
actually aired, the rates charged, and the
classes of time purchased. Also, when
free time is provided for use by or on
behalf of candidates, a record of the free
time provided is to be placed in the
political file as soon as possible and
maintained for a period of two years.
See 47 CFR 73.1943.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0349.
Title: Equal Employment Opportunity
(‘‘EEO’’) Policy, 47 CFR Sections
73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79 and
76.1702.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not for profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 14,179 respondents; 14,179
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 42
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; annual
reporting requirement; five year
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority which covers this information
collection is contained in Section 154(i)
and 303 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, and Section 634 of
the Cable Communications Policy Act of
1984.
Total Annual Burden: 595,518 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR Section
73.2080 provides that equal opportunity
in employment shall be afforded by all
broadcast stations to all qualified
persons and no person shall be
discriminated against in employment by
such stations because of race, color,
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religion, national origin or sex. Section
73.2080 requires that each broadcast
station employment unit with 5 or more
full-time employees shall establish,
maintain and carry out a program to
assure equal opportunity in every aspect
of a broadcast station’s policy and
practice. These same requirements also
apply to Satellite Digital Audio Radio
Service (‘‘SDARS’’) licensees.
Revised Information Collection
Requirement:
In 1997, the Commission determined
that SDARS licensees must comply with
the Commission’s EEO requirements.
See Establishment of Rules and Policies
for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite
Service in the 2310–2360 MHz
Frequency Band, 12 FCC Rcd 5754,
5791, ¶ 91 (1997) (‘‘1997 SDARS
Order’’), FCC 97–70. In 2008, the
Commission clarified that SDARS
licensees must comply with the
Commission’s EEO broadcast rules and
policies, including the same
recruitment, outreach, public file, Web
site posting, record-keeping, reporting,
and self-assessment obligations required
of broadcast licensees, consistent with
47 CFR 73.2080, as well as any other
Commission EEO policies. See
Applications for Consent to the Transfer
of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite
Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee,
23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426, ¶ 174, and
note 551 (2008) (‘‘XM-Sirius Merger
Order’’).
The Commission is making this
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget for approval to add SDARS
licensees to this information collection.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0214.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527,
Local Public Inspection Files; Sections
76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not for profit institutions;
individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 24,559 respondents; 63,235
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1—104
hours
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; on
occasion reporting requirements; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority which covers this information
collection is contained in Sections 151,
152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
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Total Annual Burden: 2,375,337
hours.
Total Annual Cost: $882,631.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Most of the documents comprising the
public file consist of materials that are
not of a confidential nature.
Respondents complying with the
information collection requirements
may request that the information they
submit be withheld from disclosure. If
confidentiality is requested, such
requests will be processed in
accordance with the Commission’s
rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Should
respondents submit any PII as part of
the information collection requirements,
the FCC has an existing system of
records, FCC/MB–1, ‘‘Ownership of
Commercial Broadcast Stations,’’ that
may partially cover this PII. In addition,
the Commission has prepared a second
system of records notice, FCC/MB–2,
‘‘Broadcast Station Public Inspection
Files,’’ that will cover the PII contained
in the broadcast station public
inspection files to be located on the
Commission’s Web site. The
Commission is also drafting a PIA for
the records covered by this SORN.
Needs and Uses: Satellite Radio (also
referred to as ‘‘Satellite Digital Audio
Radio Services’’ or ‘‘SDARS’’) licensees
are required to comply with the
Commission’s EEO broadcast rules and
policies, including public file
obligations and periodic submissions to
the Commission. See Applications for
Consent to the Transfer of Control of
Licenses, XM Satellite Radio Holdings
Inc., Transferor, to Sirius Satellite Radio
Inc., Transferee, 23 FCC Rcd 12348,
12426, ¶ 174, and note 551 (2008) (‘‘XMSirius Merger Order’’). See also
Establishment of Rules and Policies for
the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service
in the 2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band,
12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791–92, ¶¶ 91–92
(1997) (‘‘SDARS Order’’), FCC 97–70.
This collection is being revised to reflect
the burden associated with the EEO
public file requirements.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0113.
Title: Broadcast EEO Program Report,
FCC Form 396.
Form Number: FCC Form 396.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not for profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,001 respondents; 2,001
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: On renewal
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Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority which covers this information
collection is contained in Section 154(i)
and 303 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 3,002 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $300,300.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Broadcast Equal
Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Program Report, FCC Form 396, is a
device that is used to evaluate a
broadcaster’s EEO program to ensure
that satisfactory efforts are being made
to comply with FCC’s EEO
requirements. FCC Form 396 is required
to be filed at the time of renewal of
license by all AM, FM, TV, Low Power
TV and International stations. Licensees
in the Satellite Digital Audio Radio
Service (‘‘SDARS’’) also must file FCC
Form 396.
The recordkeeping requirements for
FCC Form 396 are covered under OMB
control number 3060–0214.
Revised Collection Requirement:
In 1997, the Commission determined
that SDARS licensees must comply with
the Commission’s EEO requirements.
See Establishment of Rules and Policies
for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite
Service in the 2310–2360 MHz
Frequency Band, 12 FCC Rcd 5754,
5791, ¶ 91 (1997) (‘‘1997 SDARS
Order’’), FCC 97–70. In 2008, the
Commission clarified that SDARS
licensees must comply with the
Commission’s EEO broadcast rules and
policies, including the same
recruitment, outreach, public file, Web
site posting, record-keeping, reporting,
and self-assessment obligations required
of broadcast licensees, consistent with
47 CFR 73.2080, as well as any other
Commission EEO policies. See
Applications for Consent to the Transfer
of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite
Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee,
23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426, ¶ 174, and
note 551 (2008) (‘‘XM-Sirius Merger
Order’’).
The Commission is making this
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget for approval to add SDARS
licensees to this information collection.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0922.
Title: Broadcast Mid-Term Report,
FCC Form 397.
Form Number: FCC Form 397.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not-profit institutions.
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Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,181 respondents; 1,181
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: Mid-point
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority which covers this information
collection is contained in Sections
154(i) and 303 of the Communications
Act, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 591 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Broadcast MidTerm Report (FCC Form 397) is required
to be filed by each broadcast television
station that is part of an employment
unit with five or more full-time
employees and each broadcast radio
station that is part of an employment
unit with more than ten full-time
employees. It is a data collection device
used to assess broadcast compliance
with EEO outreach requirements in the
middle of license terms that are eight
years in duration. FCC Form 397 must
also be filed by Satellite Digital Audio
Radio Services (SDARS) licensees to
assess compliance with EEO outreach
requirements.
Revised Information Collection
Requirements Which Require Approval
and Review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB):
Satellite Radio (also referred to as
‘‘Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services’’
or ‘‘SDARS’’) licensees are required to
comply with the Commission’s EEO
broadcast rules and policies. They must
engage in the same recruitment,
outreach, public file, Web site posting,
record-keeping, reporting, and selfassessment obligations required of
broadcast licensees, consistent with 47
CFR 73.2080, and are subject to the
same EEO policies. See Applications for
Consent to the Transfer of Control of
Licenses, XM Satellite Radio Holdings
Inc., Transferor, to Sirius Satellite Radio
Inc., Transferee, 23 FCC Rcd 12348,
12426, ¶ 174, and note 551 (2008) (‘‘XMSirius Merger Order’’). See also
Establishment of Rules and Policies for
the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service
in the 2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band,
12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791–92, ¶¶ 91–92
(1997) (‘‘SDARS Order’’), FCC 97–70.
This collection is being revised to reflect
the burden associated with filing FCC
Form 397 by SDARS licensees.
Therefore, these respondents are being
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added as respondents to this collection.
The form is not being revised.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1065.
Title: Section 25.701 of the
Commission’s Rules, Direct Broadcast
Satellite Public Interest Obligations.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2 respondents; 2 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–10
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; on
occasion reporting requirement; one
time reporting requirement; annual
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority which covers this information
collection is contained in Section 335 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 50 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Although the Commission does not
believe that any confidential
information will need to be disclosed in
order to comply with the information
collection requirements, applicants are
free to request that materials or
information submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public
inspection. (See 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s Rules).
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission
vacated an Order on Reconsideration, In
the Matter of Implementation Of Section
25 Of The Cable Television Consumer
Protection And Competition Act Of
1992, Direct Broadcast Satellite Public
Interest Obligations, MM No. Docket
93–25 FCC 03–78, adopted April 9, 2003
and adopted in its place, in the same
proceeding, a Second Order on
Reconsideration of the First Report and
Order, Sua Sponte Order on
Reconsideration (‘‘Second Order’’) and
accompanying rules FCC 04–44,
released March 25, 2004. The Second
Order differs from the Order on
Reconsideration with respect to two
issues: (1) The political broadcasting
requirements, and (2) the guidelines
concerning commercialization of
children’s programming.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(C) states DBS
providers may establish and define their
own reasonable classes of immediately
preemptible time so long as the
differences between such classes are
based on one or more demonstrable
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benefits associated with each class and
are not based solely upon price or
identity of the advertiser. Such
demonstrable benefits include, but are
not limited to, varying levels of
preemption protection, scheduling
flexibility, or associated privileges, such
as guaranteed time sensitive make
goods. DBS providers may not use class
distinctions to defeat the purpose of the
lowest unit charge requirement. All
classes must be fully disclosed and
made available to candidates.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(D) states DBS
providers may establish reasonable
classes of preemptible with notice time
so long as they clearly define all such
classes, fully disclose them and make
them available to candidates.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(E) states DBS
providers may treat non preemptible
and fixed position as distinct classes of
time provided that they articulate
clearly the differences between such
classes, fully disclose them, and make
them available to candidates.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(I) states DBS
providers shall review their advertising
records periodically throughout the
election period to determine whether
compliance with this section requires
that candidates receive rebates or
credits. Where necessary, DBS providers
shall issue such rebates or credits
promptly.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(M) states DBS
providers must disclose and make
available to candidates any make good
policies provided to commercial
advertisers. If a DBS provider places a
make good for any commercial
advertiser or other candidate in a more
valuable program or daypart, the value
of such make good must be included in
the calculation of the lowest unit charge
for that program or daypart.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(ii) states at any
time other than the respective periods
set forth in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this
section, DBS providers may charge
legally qualified candidates for public
office no more than the charges made
for comparable use of the facility by
commercial advertisers. The rates, if
any, charged all such candidates for the
same office shall be uniform and shall
not be rebated by any means, direct or
indirect. A candidate shall be charged
no more than the rate the DBS provider
would charge for comparable
commercial advertising. All discount
privileges otherwise offered by a DBS
provider to commercial advertisers must
be disclosed and made available upon
equal terms to all candidates for public
office.
47 CFR 25.701(d) states each DBS
provider shall keep and permit public
inspection of a complete and orderly
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political file and shall prominently
disclose the physical location of the file,
and the telephonic and electronic means
to access the file.
(1) The political file shall contain, at
a minimum:
(i) A record of all requests for DBS
origination time, the disposition of
those requests, and the charges made, if
any, if the request is granted. The
‘‘disposition’’ includes the schedule of
time purchased, when spots actually
aired, the rates charged, and the classes
of time purchased; and
(ii) A record of the free time provided
if free time is provided for use by or on
behalf of candidates.
(2) DBS providers shall place all
records required by this section in a file
available to the public as soon as
possible and shall be retained for a
period of four years until December 31,
2006, and thereafter for a period of two
years.
47 CFR 25.701(e)(3) requires DBS
providers airing children’s programming
must maintain records sufficient to
verify compliance with this rule and
make such records available to the
public. Such records must be
maintained for a period sufficient to
cover the limitations period specified in
47 U.S.C. 503(b)(6)(B).
47 CFR 25.701(f)(6) states that each
DBS provider shall keep and permit
public inspection of a complete and
orderly record of:
(A) Quarterly measurements of
channel capacity and yearly average
calculations on which it bases its four
percent reservation, as well as its
response to any capacity changes;
(B) A record of entities to whom
noncommercial capacity is being
provided, the amount of capacity being
provided to each entity, the conditions
under which it is being provided and
the rates, if any, being paid by the
entity;
(C) A record of entities that have
requested capacity, disposition of those
requests and reasons for the disposition.
(ii) All records required by this
paragraph shall be placed in a file
available to the public as soon as
possible and shall be retained for a
period of two years.
The statutory authority which covers
this information collection is contained
in 47 U.S.C. 335 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Revised Information Collection
Requirements:
The Commission is reinstating this
collection into the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB’s)
inventory because after further
evaluation the Commission has
determined that this collection is still
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needed by the Commission because DBS
providers make up the majority of their
universe of respondents. Since this is
the case, OMB approval is still need for
this collection.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection
Renewals; Comment Request (3064–
0090, 3064–0111, 3064–0136, 3064–
0138 & 3064–0171)
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
The FDIC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the renewal of existing
information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Currently, the FDIC is soliciting
comment on the renewal of the
information collections described
below.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted on
or before September 8, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments to
the FDIC by any of the following
methods:
• https://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/
laws/federal/.
• Email: comments@fdic.gov. Include
the name and number of the collection
in the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Gary A. Kuiper
(202.898.3877), Counsel, John W. Popeo
(202.898.6923), Counsel MB–3007,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20429.
• Hand Delivery: Comments may be
hand-delivered to the guard station at
the rear of the 17th Street Building
(located on F Street), on business days
between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
All comments should refer to the
relevant OMB control number. A copy
of the comments may also be submitted
to the OMB desk officer for the FDIC:
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503.
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A. Kuiper or John W. Popeo, at the FDIC
address above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal
to renew the following currentlyapproved collections of information:
1. Title: Public Disclosure by Banks.
OMB Number: 3064–0090.
Affected Public: Insured state
nonmember banks.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,084.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5
Total Annual Burden: 2,042 hours.
General Description: 12 CFR part 350
requires a bank to notify the general
public, and in some instances
shareholders, that financial disclosure
statements are available by request.
Required disclosures consist of financial
reports for the current and preceding
year, which can be photocopied directly
from the year-end call reports. The FDIC
may also require, on a case-by-case
basis, that descriptions of enforcement
actions be included in disclosure
statements. This regulation allows, but
does not require, the inclusion of
management discussion and analysis.
2. Title: Activities and Investments of
Insured State Banks.
OMB Number: 3064–0111.
Form Numbers: None.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Insured state
nonmember banks.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
110.
Estimated Time per Response: 8
hours.
Total Annual Burden: 880 hours.
General Description: Section 24 of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act),
12 U.S.C. 1831a, limits investments and
other activities in which state banks
may engage as principal to those
permissible for national banks and those
approved by the FDIC under procedures
set forth in Part 362 of the FDIC’s Rules
and Regulations, 12 CFR part 362. With
certain exceptions, section 24 of the FDI
Act limits the direct equity investments
of state chartered banks to equity
investments that are permissible for
national banks. In addition, the statute
prohibits an insured state bank from
directly engaging, as a principal, in any
activity that is not permissible for a
national bank, or indirectly through a
subsidiary in an activity that is not
permissible for a subsidiary of a
national bank, unless such bank meets
its minimum capital requirements and
the FDIC determines that the activity
does not pose significant risk to the
Deposit Insurance Fund. The FDIC can
make such a determination for
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exception by regulation or by order. The
FDIC’s implementing regulation for
section 24 is 12 CFR part 362. This
regulation details the activities that
insured state nonmember banks or their
subsidiaries may engage in, under
certain criteria and conditions, and
identifies the information that banks
must furnish to the FDIC in order to
obtain the FDIC’s approval or
nonobjection.
3. Title: Privacy of Consumer
Financial Information.
OMB Number: 3064–0136.
Form Numbers: None.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Insured state
nonmember banks and consumers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Initial notice, 208; annual notice and
change in terms 4,084; opt-out notice,
866; consumer opt-out/status update,
212,432.
Estimated Number of Responses:
217,590.
Total Annual Burden: 162,456 hours.
General Description: The elements of
this collection are required under
section 504 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act, Public Law 106–102. Thecollection
mandates notice requirements and
restrictions on a financial institution’s
ability to disclose nonpublic personal
information about consumers to
nonaffiliated third parties.
4. Title: Applicant Background
Questionnaire.
OMB Number: 3064–0138.
Form Number: FDIC 2100/14.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: FDIC job applicants
who are not current FDIC employees.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
minutes.
Total Annual Burden: 1,500 hours.
General Description: The FDIC
Applicant Background Questionnaire is
voluntarily completed by prospective
FDIC job applicants who are not current
employees. Responses to survey
questions provide information regarding
gender, age, disability, race, and
national origin. Additional survey
questions address the applicant’s source
of vacancy announcement information.
Data is used by the FDIC Office of
Minority and Women Inclusion and the
FDIC Human Resources Branch to
evaluate the efficacy of various FDIC
recruitment methods used to ensure that
the agency meets workforce diversity
objectives.
5. Title: Registration of Mortgage Loan
Originators.
OMB Number: 3064–0171.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
608,867, which is comprised of:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-xxxx, 3060-0349, 3060-0214, 3060-0113, 3060-0922, 3060-1065]
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
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; and ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 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 OMB control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before September
8, 2015. 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: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to
PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-xxxx.
Title: SDARS Political Broadcasting Requirements.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1 respondent; 1 response.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion
reporting requirements; Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority which covers this information collection is
contained in 47 U.S.C. 309(a) and 307(a) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 20 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Although the Commission does
not believe that any confidential information will need to be disclosed
in order to comply with the information collection requirements,
applicants are free to request that materials or information submitted
to the Commission be withheld from public inspection. (See 47 CFR 0.459
of the Commission's Rules).
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: In 1997, the Commission imposed political
broadcasting requirements on Satellite Digital Audio Broadcasting
Service (``SDARS'') licensees. See Establishment of Rules and Policies
for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in the 2310-2360 MHz
Frequency Band, 12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5792, para. 92 (1997) (``1997 SDARS
Order''), FCC 97-70. The Commission stated that SDARS licensees should
comply with the same substantive political debate provisions as
broadcasters: the federal candidate access provision (47 U.S.C. Section
312(a)(7)) and the equal opportunities provision (47 U.S.C. Section
315). The 1997 SDARS Order imposes the following requirements on SDARS
licensees:
Lowest unit charge: Similar to broadcasters, SDARS licensees must
disclose any practices offered to commercial advertisers that enhance
the value of advertising spots and different classes of time. SDARS
licensees must also calculate the lowest unit charge and are required
to review their advertising records throughout the election period to
determine whether compliance with this rule section requires that
candidates receive rebates or credits. See 47 CFR Section 73.1942.
Political file: Similar to broadcasters, SDARS licensees must also
keep and permit public inspection of a complete record (political file)
of all requests for SDARS origination time made by or on behalf of
candidates for public office, together with an appropriate notation
showing the disposition made by the system of such requests, and the
charges made, if any, if the request is granted. The disposition
includes the schedule of time purchased, when the spots actually aired,
the rates charged, and the classes of time purchased. Also, when free
time is provided for use by or on behalf of candidates, a record of the
free time provided is to be placed in the political file as soon as
possible and maintained for a period of two years. See 47 CFR 73.1943.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0349.
Title: Equal Employment Opportunity (``EEO'') Policy, 47 CFR
Sections 73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79 and 76.1702.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 14,179 respondents; 14,179
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 42 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; annual reporting
requirement; five year reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority which covers this information collection is
contained in Section 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, and Section 634 of the Cable Communications Policy Act of
1984.
Total Annual Burden: 595,518 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR Section 73.2080 provides that equal
opportunity in employment shall be afforded by all broadcast stations
to all qualified persons and no person shall be discriminated against
in employment by such stations because of race, color, religion,
national origin or sex. Section 73.2080 requires that each broadcast
station employment unit with 5 or more full-time employees shall
establish, maintain and carry out a program to assure equal opportunity
in every aspect of a broadcast station's policy and practice. These
same requirements also apply to Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service
(``SDARS'') licensees.
Revised Information Collection Requirement:
In 1997, the Commission determined that SDARS licensees must comply
with the Commission's EEO requirements. See Establishment of Rules and
Policies for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in the 2310-2360
MHz Frequency Band, 12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791, ] 91 (1997) (``1997 SDARS
Order''), FCC 97-70. In 2008, the Commission clarified that SDARS
licensees must comply with the Commission's EEO broadcast rules and
policies, including the same recruitment, outreach, public file, Web
site posting, record-keeping, reporting, and self-assessment
obligations required of broadcast licensees, consistent with 47 CFR
73.2080, as well as any other Commission EEO policies. See Applications
for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite Radio
Holdings Inc., Transferor, to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee,
23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426, ] 174, and note 551 (2008) (``XM-Sirius Merger
Order'').
The Commission is making this submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for approval to add SDARS licensees to this
information collection.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files;
Sections 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not for profit
institutions; individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 24,559 respondents; 63,235
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1--104 hours
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion
reporting requirements; Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority which covers this information collection is
contained in Sections 151, 152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
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Total Annual Burden: 2,375,337 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $882,631.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Most of the documents
comprising the public file consist of materials that are not of a
confidential nature. Respondents complying with the information
collection requirements may request that the information they submit be
withheld from disclosure. If confidentiality is requested, such
requests will be processed in accordance with the Commission's rules,
47 CFR 0.459.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Should respondents submit any PII as
part of the information collection requirements, the FCC has an
existing system of records, FCC/MB-1, ``Ownership of Commercial
Broadcast Stations,'' that may partially cover this PII. In addition,
the Commission has prepared a second system of records notice, FCC/MB-
2, ``Broadcast Station Public Inspection Files,'' that will cover the
PII contained in the broadcast station public inspection files to be
located on the Commission's Web site. The Commission is also drafting a
PIA for the records covered by this SORN.
Needs and Uses: Satellite Radio (also referred to as ``Satellite
Digital Audio Radio Services'' or ``SDARS'') licensees are required to
comply with the Commission's EEO broadcast rules and policies,
including public file obligations and periodic submissions to the
Commission. See Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of
Licenses, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to Sirius
Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee, 23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426, ] 174, and
note 551 (2008) (``XM-Sirius Merger Order''). See also Establishment of
Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in the
2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band, 12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791-92, ]] 91-92 (1997)
(``SDARS Order''), FCC 97-70. This collection is being revised to
reflect the burden associated with the EEO public file requirements.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0113.
Title: Broadcast EEO Program Report, FCC Form 396.
Form Number: FCC Form 396.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,001 respondents; 2,001
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On renewal reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority which covers this information collection is
contained in Section 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 3,002 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $300,300.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Program Report, FCC Form 396, is a device that is used to evaluate a
broadcaster's EEO program to ensure that satisfactory efforts are being
made to comply with FCC's EEO requirements. FCC Form 396 is required to
be filed at the time of renewal of license by all AM, FM, TV, Low Power
TV and International stations. Licensees in the Satellite Digital Audio
Radio Service (``SDARS'') also must file FCC Form 396.
The recordkeeping requirements for FCC Form 396 are covered under
OMB control number 3060-0214.
Revised Collection Requirement:
In 1997, the Commission determined that SDARS licensees must comply
with the Commission's EEO requirements. See Establishment of Rules and
Policies for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in the 2310-2360
MHz Frequency Band, 12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791, ] 91 (1997) (``1997 SDARS
Order''), FCC 97-70. In 2008, the Commission clarified that SDARS
licensees must comply with the Commission's EEO broadcast rules and
policies, including the same recruitment, outreach, public file, Web
site posting, record-keeping, reporting, and self-assessment
obligations required of broadcast licensees, consistent with 47 CFR
73.2080, as well as any other Commission EEO policies. See Applications
for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite Radio
Holdings Inc., Transferor, to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee,
23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426, ] 174, and note 551 (2008) (``XM-Sirius Merger
Order'').
The Commission is making this submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for approval to add SDARS licensees to this
information collection.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0922.
Title: Broadcast Mid-Term Report, FCC Form 397.
Form Number: FCC Form 397.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,181 respondents; 1,181
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Mid-point reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority which covers this information collection is
contained in Sections 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 591 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Broadcast Mid-Term Report (FCC Form 397) is
required to be filed by each broadcast television station that is part
of an employment unit with five or more full-time employees and each
broadcast radio station that is part of an employment unit with more
than ten full-time employees. It is a data collection device used to
assess broadcast compliance with EEO outreach requirements in the
middle of license terms that are eight years in duration. FCC Form 397
must also be filed by Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services (SDARS)
licensees to assess compliance with EEO outreach requirements.
Revised Information Collection Requirements Which Require Approval
and Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):
Satellite Radio (also referred to as ``Satellite Digital Audio
Radio Services'' or ``SDARS'') licensees are required to comply with
the Commission's EEO broadcast rules and policies. They must engage in
the same recruitment, outreach, public file, Web site posting, record-
keeping, reporting, and self-assessment obligations required of
broadcast licensees, consistent with 47 CFR 73.2080, and are subject to
the same EEO policies. See Applications for Consent to the Transfer of
Control of Licenses, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee, 23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426, ]
174, and note 551 (2008) (``XM-Sirius Merger Order''). See also
Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio
Satellite Service in the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band, 12 FCC Rcd 5754,
5791-92, ]] 91-92 (1997) (``SDARS Order''), FCC 97-70. This collection
is being revised to reflect the burden associated with filing FCC Form
397 by SDARS licensees. Therefore, these respondents are being
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added as respondents to this collection. The form is not being revised.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1065.
Title: Section 25.701 of the Commission's Rules, Direct Broadcast
Satellite Public Interest Obligations.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2 respondents; 2 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-10 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion
reporting requirement; one time reporting requirement; annual reporting
requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority which covers this information collection is
contained in Section 335 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 50 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Although the Commission does
not believe that any confidential information will need to be disclosed
in order to comply with the information collection requirements,
applicants are free to request that materials or information submitted
to the Commission be withheld from public inspection. (See 47 CFR 0.459
of the Commission's Rules).
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission vacated an Order on Reconsideration,
In the Matter of Implementation Of Section 25 Of The Cable Television
Consumer Protection And Competition Act Of 1992, Direct Broadcast
Satellite Public Interest Obligations, MM No. Docket 93-25 FCC 03-78,
adopted April 9, 2003 and adopted in its place, in the same proceeding,
a Second Order on Reconsideration of the First Report and Order, Sua
Sponte Order on Reconsideration (``Second Order'') and accompanying
rules FCC 04-44, released March 25, 2004. The Second Order differs from
the Order on Reconsideration with respect to two issues: (1) The
political broadcasting requirements, and (2) the guidelines concerning
commercialization of children's programming.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(C) states DBS providers may establish and
define their own reasonable classes of immediately preemptible time so
long as the differences between such classes are based on one or more
demonstrable benefits associated with each class and are not based
solely upon price or identity of the advertiser. Such demonstrable
benefits include, but are not limited to, varying levels of preemption
protection, scheduling flexibility, or associated privileges, such as
guaranteed time sensitive make goods. DBS providers may not use class
distinctions to defeat the purpose of the lowest unit charge
requirement. All classes must be fully disclosed and made available to
candidates.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(D) states DBS providers may establish
reasonable classes of preemptible with notice time so long as they
clearly define all such classes, fully disclose them and make them
available to candidates.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(E) states DBS providers may treat non
preemptible and fixed position as distinct classes of time provided
that they articulate clearly the differences between such classes,
fully disclose them, and make them available to candidates.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(I) states DBS providers shall review their
advertising records periodically throughout the election period to
determine whether compliance with this section requires that candidates
receive rebates or credits. Where necessary, DBS providers shall issue
such rebates or credits promptly.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(M) states DBS providers must disclose and
make available to candidates any make good policies provided to
commercial advertisers. If a DBS provider places a make good for any
commercial advertiser or other candidate in a more valuable program or
daypart, the value of such make good must be included in the
calculation of the lowest unit charge for that program or daypart.
47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(ii) states at any time other than the
respective periods set forth in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section,
DBS providers may charge legally qualified candidates for public office
no more than the charges made for comparable use of the facility by
commercial advertisers. The rates, if any, charged all such candidates
for the same office shall be uniform and shall not be rebated by any
means, direct or indirect. A candidate shall be charged no more than
the rate the DBS provider would charge for comparable commercial
advertising. All discount privileges otherwise offered by a DBS
provider to commercial advertisers must be disclosed and made available
upon equal terms to all candidates for public office.
47 CFR 25.701(d) states each DBS provider shall keep and permit
public inspection of a complete and orderly political file and shall
prominently disclose the physical location of the file, and the
telephonic and electronic means to access the file.
(1) The political file shall contain, at a minimum:
(i) A record of all requests for DBS origination time, the
disposition of those requests, and the charges made, if any, if the
request is granted. The ``disposition'' includes the schedule of time
purchased, when spots actually aired, the rates charged, and the
classes of time purchased; and
(ii) A record of the free time provided if free time is provided
for use by or on behalf of candidates.
(2) DBS providers shall place all records required by this section
in a file available to the public as soon as possible and shall be
retained for a period of four years until December 31, 2006, and
thereafter for a period of two years.
47 CFR 25.701(e)(3) requires DBS providers airing children's
programming must maintain records sufficient to verify compliance with
this rule and make such records available to the public. Such records
must be maintained for a period sufficient to cover the limitations
period specified in 47 U.S.C. 503(b)(6)(B).
47 CFR 25.701(f)(6) states that each DBS provider shall keep and
permit public inspection of a complete and orderly record of:
(A) Quarterly measurements of channel capacity and yearly average
calculations on which it bases its four percent reservation, as well as
its response to any capacity changes;
(B) A record of entities to whom noncommercial capacity is being
provided, the amount of capacity being provided to each entity, the
conditions under which it is being provided and the rates, if any,
being paid by the entity;
(C) A record of entities that have requested capacity, disposition
of those requests and reasons for the disposition.
(ii) All records required by this paragraph shall be placed in a
file available to the public as soon as possible and shall be retained
for a period of two years.
The statutory authority which covers this information collection is
contained in 47 U.S.C. 335 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Revised Information Collection Requirements:
The Commission is reinstating this collection into the Office of
Management and Budget's (OMB's) inventory because after further
evaluation the Commission has determined that this collection is still
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needed by the Commission because DBS providers make up the majority of
their universe of respondents. Since this is the case, OMB approval is
still need for this collection.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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