Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 20882-20883 [2017-08967]

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 85 (Thursday, May 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20882-20883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08967]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1174]


Information Collection 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, 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 July 3, 
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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 
PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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

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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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1174.
    Title: Section 73.503, Licensing requirements and service; Section 
73.621, Noncommercial educational TV stations; Section 73.3527, Local 
public inspection file of noncommercial educational stations.
    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: 2,200 respondents; 33,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority which covers these information collections is 
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 303, and 399B.
    Total Annual Burden: 16,500 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: On April 20, 2017, the Commission adopted a Report 
and Order in MB Docket No. 12-106, FCC 17-41, In the Matter of 
Noncommercial Educational Station Fundraising for Third-Party Non-
Profit Organizations. Under the Commission's existing rules, a 
noncommercial educational (NCE) broadcast station may not conduct 
fundraising activities to benefit any entity besides the station itself 
if the activities would substantially alter or suspend regular 
programming. The Report and Order relaxes the rules to allow NCE 
stations to spend up to one percent of their total annual airtime 
conducting on-air fundraising activities that interrupt regular 
programming for the benefit of third-party non-profit organizations. 
The Report and Order imposes the following information collection 
requirements on NCE stations:
    Audience disclosure: The information collection requirements 
contained in 47 CFR 73.503(e)(1) requires that a noncommercial 
educational FM broadcast station that interrupts regular programming to 
conduct fundraising activities on behalf of third-party non-profit 
organizations must air a disclosure during such activities clearly 
stating that the fundraiser is not for the benefit of the station 
itself and identifying the entity for which it is fundraising. The 
information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.621(f)(1) 
requires that a noncommercial educational TV broadcast station that 
interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising activities on 
behalf of third-party non-profit organizations must air a disclosure 
during such activities clearly stating that the fundraiser is not for 
the benefit of the station itself and identifying the entity for which 
it is fundraising. The audience disclosure must be aired at the 
beginning and the end of each fundraising program and at least once 
during each hour in which the program is on the air.
    Retention of information on fundraising activities in local public 
inspection file: The information collection requirements contained in 
47 CFR 73.3527(e)(14) requires that each noncommercial educational FM 
broadcast station and noncommercial educational TV broadcast station 
that interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising activities 
on behalf of a third-party non-profit organization must place in its 
local public inspection file, on a quarterly basis, the following 
information for each third-party fundraising program or activity: The 
date, time, and duration of the fundraiser; the type of fundraising 
activity; the name of the non-profit organization benefitted by the 
fundraiser; a brief description of the specific cause or project, if 
any, supported by the fundraiser; and, to the extent that the station 
participated in tallying or receiving any funds for the non-profit 
group, an approximation, to the nearest $10,000, of the total funds 
raised. The information for each calendar quarter is to be filed by the 
tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., January 10 for the 
quarter October-December, April 10 for the quarter January-March, 
etc.).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-08967 Filed 5-3-17; 8:45 am]
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