Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 6559-6560 [2018-03001]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 14, 2018 / Notices
license applications for Interoperability
channels in the 769–775 MHz and 799–
805 MHz frequency bands by state-level
agency or organization responsible for
administering emergency
communications. Section 90.529 of the
Commission’s rules provides that each
state license will be granted subject to
the condition that the state certifies on
or before each applicable benchmark
date that it is providing or prepared to
provide ‘‘substantial service.’’ Section
90.531 of the Commission’s rules sets
forth the band plan for the 769–775
MHz and 799–805 MHz public safety
bands. This section covers channel
designations for base and mobile use,
narrowband segments, combined
channels, channel pairing, internal
guard band, and broadband.
Narrowband general use channels,
including the former narrowband
reserve channels, and low power
channels require regional planning
committee concurrence and narrowband
air-ground channels require state or
regional planning committee
concurrence.
Commission staff will use the
information to assign licenses for
interoperability and General Use
channels, as well as renewal of State
licenses. The information will also be
used to determine whether prospective
licensees operate in compliance with
the Commission’s rules. Without such
information, the Commission could not
accommodate State interoperability or
regional planning requirements or
provide for the efficient use of State
frequencies. This information collection
includes rules to govern the operation
and licensing of 700 MHz band systems
to ensure that licensees continue to
fulfill their statutory responsibilities in
accordance with the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended. Such
information will continue to be used to
verify that applicants are legally and
technically qualified to hold licenses,
and to determine compliance with
Commission rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–02999 Filed 2–13–18; 8:45 am]
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
VerDate Sep<11>2014
22:07 Feb 13, 2018
Jkt 244001
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0174 and 3060–0580]
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 of 1995 (PRA), 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 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 PRA comments should
be submitted on or before April 16,
2018. 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:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0174.
Title: Sections 73.1212, 76.1615 and
76.1715, Sponsorship Identification.
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00053
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
6559
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit entities; Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 22,900 respondents and
1,877,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .0011
to .2011 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 249,043 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $34,623.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in sections 4(i), 317 and 507 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The FCC is preparing a system of
records, FCC/MB–2, ‘‘Broadcast Station
Public Inspection Files,’’ to cover the
personally identifiable information (PII)
that may be included in the broadcast
station public inspection files.
Respondents may request materials or
information submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public
inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): The
FCC is preparing a PIA.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirements that are
approved under this collection are as
follows:
47 CFR 73.1212 requires a broadcast
station to identify at the time of
broadcast the sponsor of any matter for
which consideration is provided. For
advertising commercial products or
services, generally the mention of the
name of the product or service
constitutes sponsorship identification.
In the case of television political
advertisements concerning candidates
for public office, the sponsor shall be
identified with letters equal to or greater
than four (4) percent of the vertical
height of the television screen that airs
for no less than four (4) seconds. In
addition, when an entity rather than an
individual sponsors the broadcast of
matter that is of a political or
controversial nature, licensee is
required to retain a list of the executive
officers, or board of directors, or
executive committee, etc., of the
organization paying for such matter.
Sponsorship announcements are waived
with respect to the broadcast of ‘‘want
ads’’ sponsored by an individual but the
licensee shall maintain a list showing
the name, address and telephone
E:\FR\FM\14FEN1.SGM
14FEN1
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
6560
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 14, 2018 / Notices
number of each such advertiser. These
lists shall be made available for public
inspection.
47 CFR 73.1212(e) states that, when
an entity rather than an individual
sponsors the broadcast of matter that is
of a political or controversial nature, the
licensee is required to retain a list of the
executive officers, or board of directors,
or executive committee, etc., of the
organization paying for such matter in
its public file. Pursuant to the changes
contained in 47 CFR 73.1212(e) and 47
CFR 73.3526(e)(19), this list, which
could contain personally identifiable
information, would be located in a
public inspection file to be located on
the Commission’s website instead of
being maintained in the public file at
the station. Burden estimates for this
change are included in OMB Control
Number 3060–0214.
47 CFR 76.1615 states that, when a
cable operator engaged in origination
cablecasting presents any matter for
which money, service or other valuable
consideration is provided to such cable
television system operator, the cable
television system operator, at the time of
the telecast, shall identify the sponsor.
Under this rule section, when
advertising commercial products or
services, an announcement stating the
sponsor’s corporate or trade name, or
the name of the sponsor’s product is
sufficient when it is clear that the
mention of the name of the product
constitutes a sponsorship identification.
In the case of television political
advertisements concerning candidates
for public office, the sponsor shall be
identified with letters equal to or greater
than four (4) percent of the vertical
height of the television screen that airs
for no less than four (4) seconds.
47 CFR 76.1715 state that, with
respect to sponsorship announcements
that are waived when the broadcast/
origination cablecast of ‘‘want ads’’
sponsored by an individual, the
licensee/operator shall maintain a list
showing the name, address and
telephone number of each such
advertiser. These lists shall be made
available for public inspection.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0580.
Title: Section 76.1710, Operator
Interests in Video Programming.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,500 respondents; 1,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
hours.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
22:07 Feb 13, 2018
Jkt 244001
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 Section 154(i) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 22,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality and
respondents are not being asked to
submit confidential information to the
Commission.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirements contained in 47
CFR 76.1710 require cable operators to
maintain records in their public file for
a period of three years regarding the
nature and extent of their attributable
interests in all video programming
services. The records must be made
available to members of the public, local
franchising authorities and the
Commission on reasonable notice and
during regular business hours. The
records will be reviewed by local
franchising authorities and the
Commission to monitor compliance
with channel occupancy limits in
respective local franchise areas.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–03001 Filed 2–13–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1210]
Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
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, 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
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00054
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
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 March 16, 2018.
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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@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 Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 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: 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
E:\FR\FM\14FEN1.SGM
14FEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6559-6560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03001]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0174 and 3060-0580]
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 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 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 16,
2018. 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
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0174.
Title: Sections 73.1212, 76.1615 and 76.1715, Sponsorship
Identification.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit entities; Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 22,900 respondents and
1,877,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .0011 to .2011 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 249,043 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $34,623.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in sections 4(i),
317 and 507 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The FCC is preparing a system
of records, FCC/MB-2, ``Broadcast Station Public Inspection Files,'' to
cover the personally identifiable information (PII) that may be
included in the broadcast station public inspection files. Respondents
may request materials or information submitted to the Commission be
withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): The FCC is preparing a PIA.
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements that are
approved under this collection are as follows:
47 CFR 73.1212 requires a broadcast station to identify at the time
of broadcast the sponsor of any matter for which consideration is
provided. For advertising commercial products or services, generally
the mention of the name of the product or service constitutes
sponsorship identification. In the case of television political
advertisements concerning candidates for public office, the sponsor
shall be identified with letters equal to or greater than four (4)
percent of the vertical height of the television screen that airs for
no less than four (4) seconds. In addition, when an entity rather than
an individual sponsors the broadcast of matter that is of a political
or controversial nature, licensee is required to retain a list of the
executive officers, or board of directors, or executive committee,
etc., of the organization paying for such matter. Sponsorship
announcements are waived with respect to the broadcast of ``want ads''
sponsored by an individual but the licensee shall maintain a list
showing the name, address and telephone
[[Page 6560]]
number of each such advertiser. These lists shall be made available for
public inspection.
47 CFR 73.1212(e) states that, when an entity rather than an
individual sponsors the broadcast of matter that is of a political or
controversial nature, the licensee is required to retain a list of the
executive officers, or board of directors, or executive committee,
etc., of the organization paying for such matter in its public file.
Pursuant to the changes contained in 47 CFR 73.1212(e) and 47 CFR
73.3526(e)(19), this list, which could contain personally identifiable
information, would be located in a public inspection file to be located
on the Commission's website instead of being maintained in the public
file at the station. Burden estimates for this change are included in
OMB Control Number 3060-0214.
47 CFR 76.1615 states that, when a cable operator engaged in
origination cablecasting presents any matter for which money, service
or other valuable consideration is provided to such cable television
system operator, the cable television system operator, at the time of
the telecast, shall identify the sponsor. Under this rule section, when
advertising commercial products or services, an announcement stating
the sponsor's corporate or trade name, or the name of the sponsor's
product is sufficient when it is clear that the mention of the name of
the product constitutes a sponsorship identification. In the case of
television political advertisements concerning candidates for public
office, the sponsor shall be identified with letters equal to or
greater than four (4) percent of the vertical height of the television
screen that airs for no less than four (4) seconds.
47 CFR 76.1715 state that, with respect to sponsorship
announcements that are waived when the broadcast/origination cablecast
of ``want ads'' sponsored by an individual, the licensee/operator shall
maintain a list showing the name, address and telephone number of each
such advertiser. These lists shall be made available for public
inspection.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0580.
Title: Section 76.1710, Operator Interests in Video Programming.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,500 respondents; 1,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 22,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality and respondents are not being asked to submit
confidential information to the Commission.
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained
in 47 CFR 76.1710 require cable operators to maintain records in their
public file for a period of three years regarding the nature and extent
of their attributable interests in all video programming services. The
records must be made available to members of the public, local
franchising authorities and the Commission on reasonable notice and
during regular business hours. The records will be reviewed by local
franchising authorities and the Commission to monitor compliance with
channel occupancy limits in respective local franchise areas.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-03001 Filed 2-13-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
