Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget, 8521 [2017-01726]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 8521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01726]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0311]


Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to 
the Office of Management and Budget

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 the 
Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to 
take this opportunity to comment on the following information 
collection. 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 Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management 
and Budget (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 comments should be submitted on or before February 27, 
2017. 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 contacts listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via 
email PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of 
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 
submission to OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0311.
    Title: 47 CFR 76.54, Significantly Viewed Signals; Method to be 
followed for Special Showings.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 500 respondents, 1,274 
responses.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting and third party 
disclosure requirements.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-15 hours (average).
    Total Annual Burden: 20,610 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $200,000.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
Section 4(i) and 340 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    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 information collection requirements contained 
in 47 CFR 76.54(b) states significant viewing in a cable television or 
satellite community for signals not shown as significantly viewed under 
47 CFR 76.54(a) or (d) may be demonstrated by an independent 
professional audience survey of over-the-air television homes that 
covers at least two weekly periods separated by at least thirty days 
but no more than one of which shall be a week between the months of 
April and September. If two surveys are taken, they shall include 
samples sufficient to assure that the combined surveys result in an 
average figure at least one standard error above the required viewing 
level.
    The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 
76.54(c) are used to notify interested parties, including licensees or 
permittees of television broadcast stations, about audience surveys 
that are being conducted by an organization to demonstrate that a 
particular broadcast station is eligible for significantly viewed 
status under the Commission's rules. The notifications provide 
interested parties with an opportunity to review survey methodologies 
and file objections.
    The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 
76.54(e) and (f), are used to notify television broadcast stations 
about the retransmission of significantly viewed signals by a satellite 
carrier into these stations' local market.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-01726 Filed 1-25-17; 8:45 am]
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