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compliance with 40 CFR part 63,
subpart MMM.
Form numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Owners and operators of pesticides
active ingredient production operations.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart
MMM).
Estimated number of respondents: 18.
Frequency of response: Initially,
quarterly, and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 12,100 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,350,000 (per
year), which includes $26,500 in
annualized capital/startup and/or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a
decrease in the total capital/startup cost
and O&M cost due to a correction. This
ICR corrects an error in the capital/
startup cost calculation in the previous
ICR, as existing sources are not expected
to incur capital/startup costs associated
with purchasing PRD electronic
indicators. There is also a small
adjustment increase in the estimated
labor hours due to a change in
assumption. This ICR assumes all
existing sources will take some time to
re-familiarize with the regulations each
year.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1207]
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
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
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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 comments should be
submitted on or before February 11,
2019. 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 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: 3060–1207.
Title: Sections 25.701, Other DBS
Public Interest Obligations, and 25.702,
Other SDARS Public Interest
Obligations.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of an
existing collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3 respondents and 3
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 18
hrs.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, Recordkeeping
requirement, Third party disclosure
requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 54 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $592.
Obligation to Respond: Required to be
obtained or retained for benefits. The
statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in sections 154,
301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 319, 332, 605,
and 721 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
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Privacy Act Assessment: The
Commission prepared a system of
records notice (SORN), FCC/MB–2,
‘‘Broadcast Station Public Inspection
Files,’’ that covers the PII contained in
the broadcast station public inspection
files located on the Commission’s
website. The Commission will revise
appropriate privacy requirements as
necessary to include any entities and
information added to the online public
file in this proceeding.
Needs and Uses: In 2012, the
Commission replaced the decades-old
requirement that commercial and
noncommercial television stations
maintain public files at their main
studios with a requirement to post most
of the documents in those files to a
central, online public file hosted by the
Commission. On January 28, 2016, the
Commission adopted a Report and
Order (‘‘R&O’’) in MB Docket No. 14–
127, FCC 16–4, In the Matter of
Expansion of Online Public File
Obligations to Cable and Satellite TV
Operators and Broadcast and Satellite
Radio Licensees, expanding the
requirement that public inspection files
be posted to the FCC-hosted online
public file database to satellite TV (also
referred to as ‘‘Direct Broadcast
Satellite’’ or ‘‘DBS’’) providers and to
satellite radio (also referred to as
‘‘satellite Digital Audio Radio Services’’
or ‘‘SDARS’’) licensees, among other
entities. The Commission stated that its
goal is to make information that these
entities are already required to make
publicly available more accessible while
also reducing costs both for the
government and the public sector. The
Commission took the same general
approach to transitioning these entities
to the online file that it took with
television broadcasters in 2012, tailoring
the requirements as necessary to the
different services. The Commission also
took similar measures to minimize the
effort and cost entities must undertake
to move their public files online.
Specifically, the Commission required
entities to upload to the online public
file only documents that are not already
on file with the Commission or that the
Commission maintains in its own
database. The Commission also
exempted existing political file material
from the online file requirement and
required that political file documents be
uploaded only on a going-forward basis.
The Commission first adopted a
public inspection file requirement for
broadcasters more than 40 years ago.
The public file requirement grew out of
Congress’ 1960 amendment of Sections
309 and 311 of the Communications Act
of 1934. Finding that Congress, in
enacting these provisions, was guarding
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‘‘the right of the general public to be
informed, not merely the rights of those
who have special interests,’’ the
Commission adopted the public
inspection file requirement to ‘‘make
information to which the public already
has a right more readily available, so
that the public will be encouraged to
play a more active part in dialogue with
broadcast licensees.’’ The information
provided in the public file enables
citizens to engage in an informed dialog
with their local video provider or to file
complaints regarding provider
operations. Satellite TV (also known as
‘‘Direct Broadcast Satellite’’ or ‘‘DBS’’)
providers and satellite radio (also
referred to as ‘‘Satellite Digital Audio
Radio Services’’ or ‘‘SDARS’’) licensees
have public and political file
requirements modeled, in large part, on
the longstanding broadcast
requirements. With respect to DBS
providers, the Commission adopted
public and political inspection file
requirements in 1998 in conjunction
with the imposition of certain public
interest obligations, including political
broadcasting requirements, on those
entities. DBS providers were required to
‘‘abide by political file obligations
similar to those requirements placed on
terrestrial broadcasters and cable
systems’’ and were also required to
maintain a public file with records
relating to other DBS public interest
obligations. The Commission imposed
equal employment opportunity and
political broadcast requirements on
SDARS licensees in 1997, noting that
the rationale behind imposing these
requirements on broadcasters also
applies to satellite radio.
The information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR
25.701(d) require each DBS provider to
keep and permit public inspection of a
complete and orderly record (political
file) of all requests for DBS origination
time made by or on behalf of candidates
for public office, together with an
appropriate notation showing the
disposition made by the provider 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. All records required to be retained
by this section must be placed in the
political file as soon as possible and
retained for a period of two years. DBS
providers must make available, by fax,
email, or by mail upon telephone
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request, copies of documents in their
political files and assist callers by
answering questions about the contents
of their political files. If a requester
prefers access by mail, the DBS provider
must pay for postage but may require
individuals requesting documents to
pay for photocopying. If a DBS provider
places its political file on its website, it
may refer the public to the website in
lieu of mailing copies.
Any material required to be
maintained in the political file must be
made available to the public by either
mailing or website access or both.
The information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR
25.701(d) require DBS providers to
place all new political file material
required to be retained by this section
in the online file hosted by the
Commission.
47 CFR 25.701(f)(6) information
collection requirements require each
DBS provider to maintain a public file
containing a complete and orderly
record of quarterly measurements of:
Channel capacity and yearly average
calculations on which it bases its four
percent reservation, as well as its
responses to any capacity changes; 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; and a record of entities that have
requested capacity, disposition of those
requests and reasons for the disposition.
All records required by this provision
must be placed in a file available to the
public as soon as possible and be
retained for a period of two years.
47 CFR 25.701(f)(6) to require DBS
providers to place all public file
material required to be retained by this
section in the online file hosted by the
Commission. Each DBS provider must
place in the online file the records
required to be placed in the public
inspection file by 47 CFR
25.701(e)(commercial limits in
children’s programs) and by 47 CFR
25.601 and Part 76, Subpart E (equal
employment opportunity requirements)
and retain those records for the period
required by those rules. In addition,
each DBS provider is required to
provide a link to the public inspection
file hosted on the Commission’s website
from the home page of its own website,
if the provider has a website, and
provide on its website contact
information for a representative who
can assist any person with disabilities
with issues related to the content of the
public files. Each DBS provider is also
required to include in the online public
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file the name, phone number, and email
address of the licensee’s designated
contact for questions about the public
file. In addition, each DBS provider
must place the address of the provider’s
local public file in the Commission’s
online file unless the provider has fully
transitioned to the FCC’s online public
file (e.g., posts to the FCC’s online file
database all public and political file
material required to be maintained in
the public inspection file) and also
provides online access via the
provider’s own website to back-up
political file material in the event the
online file becomes temporarily
unavailable.
47 CFR 25.702(b) requires each
SDARS licensee to maintain a complete
and orderly record (political file) of all
requests for SDARS origination time
made by or on behalf of candidates for
public office, together with the
disposition made by the provider of
such requests, and the charges made, if
any, if the request is granted. The
disposition must include 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. SDARS licensees are
required to place all records required by
this section in the political file as soon
as possible and retain the record for a
period of two years.
The information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR
25.702(c) require each SDARS applicant
or licensee to place in the online file
hosted by the Commission the records
required to be placed in the public
inspection file by 47 CFR 25.601 and
73.2080 (equal employment
opportunities) and to retain those
records for the period required by those
rules. Each SDARS licensee must
provide a link to the public inspection
file hosted on the Commission’s website
from the home page of its own website,
if the licensee has a website, and
provide on its website contact
information for a representative who
can assist any person with disabilities
with issues related to the content of the
public files. Each SDARS licensee is
also required to include in the online
public file the name, phone number,
and email address of the licensee’s
designated contact for questions about
the public file. In addition, each SDARS
licensee must place the address of the
provider’s local public file in the
Commission’s online file unless the
provider has fully transitioned to the
FCC’s online public file (i.e., posts to the
Commission’s online public file all
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public and political file material
required to be maintained in the public
inspection file) and also provides online
access via the licensee’s own website to
back-up political file material in the
event the online file becomes
temporarily unavailable.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–26788 Filed 12–10–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0265]
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
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 comments should be
submitted on or before February 11,
2019. If you anticipate that you will be
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submitting comments but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contacts below as soon as
possible.
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: 3060–0265.
Title: Section 80.868, Card of
Instructions.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions
and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 4,506
respondents; 4,506 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes (0.167 hours).
Frequency of Response: Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 303,
307(e), 309 and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 753 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: The third party
disclosure requirement contained in 47
CFR 80.868 of the Commission’s rules is
necessary to ensure that radiotelephone
distress procedures must be securely
mounted and displayed in full view of
the principal operating position on
board certain vessels (300 gross tons)
required by the Communications Act or
the International Convention for Safety
of Life at Sea to be equipped with a
radiotelephone station.
The information is used by a vessel
radio operator during an emergency
situation, and is designed to assist the
radio operator to utilize proper distress
procedures during a time when he or
she may be subject to considerable
stress or confusion.
ADDRESSES:
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
Thursday, December 13,
2018 at 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: 1050 First Street NE,
Washington, DC (12th floor).
STATUS: This meeting will be open to the
public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Correction and Approval of Minutes for
December 6, 2018
Draft Advisory Opinion 2018–15:
Wyden
Draft Advisory Opinion 2018–12:
Defending Digital Campaigns, Inc.
Draft Advisory Opinion 2018–13:
OsiaNetwork LLC
Draft Final Rule and Explanation and
Justification for REG 2014–02
(Multistate IEs)
Draft Legislative Recommendations
2018
Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Amendment
Request
2019 Meeting Dates
Election of Officers
Management and Administrative
Matters
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone:
(202) 694–1220.
Individuals who plan to attend and
require special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, should
contact Dayna C. Brown, Secretary and
Clerk, at (202) 694–1040, at least 72
hours prior to the meeting date.
TIME AND DATE:
Dayna C. Brown,
Secretary and Clerk of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018–26839 Filed 12–7–18; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 6715–01–P
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
Thursday, December 13,
2018 following the open meeting.
PLACE: 1050 First Street NE,
Washington, DC.
STATUS: This meeting will be closed to
the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Compliance
matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109.
Matters relating to internal personnel
decisions, or internal rules and
practices.
Information the premature disclosure
of which would be likely to have a
considerable adverse effect on the
implementation of a proposed
Commission action.
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*
TIME AND DATE:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1207]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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 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 comments should be submitted on or before February 11,
2019. 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 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: 3060-1207.
Title: Sections 25.701, Other DBS Public Interest Obligations, and
25.702, Other SDARS Public Interest Obligations.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3 respondents and 3 responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 18 hrs.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
Recordkeeping requirement, Third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 54 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $592.
Obligation to Respond: Required to be obtained or retained for
benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is
contained in sections 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 319, 332, 605, and
721 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 Act Assessment: The Commission prepared a system of records
notice (SORN), FCC/MB-2, ``Broadcast Station Public Inspection Files,''
that covers the PII contained in the broadcast station public
inspection files located on the Commission's website. The Commission
will revise appropriate privacy requirements as necessary to include
any entities and information added to the online public file in this
proceeding.
Needs and Uses: In 2012, the Commission replaced the decades-old
requirement that commercial and noncommercial television stations
maintain public files at their main studios with a requirement to post
most of the documents in those files to a central, online public file
hosted by the Commission. On January 28, 2016, the Commission adopted a
Report and Order (``R&O'') in MB Docket No. 14-127, FCC 16-4, In the
Matter of Expansion of Online Public File Obligations to Cable and
Satellite TV Operators and Broadcast and Satellite Radio Licensees,
expanding the requirement that public inspection files be posted to the
FCC-hosted online public file database to satellite TV (also referred
to as ``Direct Broadcast Satellite'' or ``DBS'') providers and to
satellite radio (also referred to as ``satellite Digital Audio Radio
Services'' or ``SDARS'') licensees, among other entities. The
Commission stated that its goal is to make information that these
entities are already required to make publicly available more
accessible while also reducing costs both for the government and the
public sector. The Commission took the same general approach to
transitioning these entities to the online file that it took with
television broadcasters in 2012, tailoring the requirements as
necessary to the different services. The Commission also took similar
measures to minimize the effort and cost entities must undertake to
move their public files online. Specifically, the Commission required
entities to upload to the online public file only documents that are
not already on file with the Commission or that the Commission
maintains in its own database. The Commission also exempted existing
political file material from the online file requirement and required
that political file documents be uploaded only on a going-forward
basis.
The Commission first adopted a public inspection file requirement
for broadcasters more than 40 years ago. The public file requirement
grew out of Congress' 1960 amendment of Sections 309 and 311 of the
Communications Act of 1934. Finding that Congress, in enacting these
provisions, was guarding
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``the right of the general public to be informed, not merely the rights
of those who have special interests,'' the Commission adopted the
public inspection file requirement to ``make information to which the
public already has a right more readily available, so that the public
will be encouraged to play a more active part in dialogue with
broadcast licensees.'' The information provided in the public file
enables citizens to engage in an informed dialog with their local video
provider or to file complaints regarding provider operations. Satellite
TV (also known as ``Direct Broadcast Satellite'' or ``DBS'') providers
and satellite radio (also referred to as ``Satellite Digital Audio
Radio Services'' or ``SDARS'') licensees have public and political file
requirements modeled, in large part, on the longstanding broadcast
requirements. With respect to DBS providers, the Commission adopted
public and political inspection file requirements in 1998 in
conjunction with the imposition of certain public interest obligations,
including political broadcasting requirements, on those entities. DBS
providers were required to ``abide by political file obligations
similar to those requirements placed on terrestrial broadcasters and
cable systems'' and were also required to maintain a public file with
records relating to other DBS public interest obligations. The
Commission imposed equal employment opportunity and political broadcast
requirements on SDARS licensees in 1997, noting that the rationale
behind imposing these requirements on broadcasters also applies to
satellite radio.
The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR
25.701(d) require each DBS provider to keep and permit public
inspection of a complete and orderly record (political file) of all
requests for DBS origination time made by or on behalf of candidates
for public office, together with an appropriate notation showing the
disposition made by the provider 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. All records
required to be retained by this section must be placed in the political
file as soon as possible and retained for a period of two years. DBS
providers must make available, by fax, email, or by mail upon telephone
request, copies of documents in their political files and assist
callers by answering questions about the contents of their political
files. If a requester prefers access by mail, the DBS provider must pay
for postage but may require individuals requesting documents to pay for
photocopying. If a DBS provider places its political file on its
website, it may refer the public to the website in lieu of mailing
copies.
Any material required to be maintained in the political file must
be made available to the public by either mailing or website access or
both.
The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR
25.701(d) require DBS providers to place all new political file
material required to be retained by this section in the online file
hosted by the Commission.
47 CFR 25.701(f)(6) information collection requirements require
each DBS provider to maintain a public file containing a complete and
orderly record of quarterly measurements of: Channel capacity and
yearly average calculations on which it bases its four percent
reservation, as well as its responses to any capacity changes; 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; and a record of entities that have requested capacity,
disposition of those requests and reasons for the disposition. All
records required by this provision must be placed in a file available
to the public as soon as possible and be retained for a period of two
years.
47 CFR 25.701(f)(6) to require DBS providers to place all public
file material required to be retained by this section in the online
file hosted by the Commission. Each DBS provider must place in the
online file the records required to be placed in the public inspection
file by 47 CFR 25.701(e)(commercial limits in children's programs) and
by 47 CFR 25.601 and Part 76, Subpart E (equal employment opportunity
requirements) and retain those records for the period required by those
rules. In addition, each DBS provider is required to provide a link to
the public inspection file hosted on the Commission's website from the
home page of its own website, if the provider has a website, and
provide on its website contact information for a representative who can
assist any person with disabilities with issues related to the content
of the public files. Each DBS provider is also required to include in
the online public file the name, phone number, and email address of the
licensee's designated contact for questions about the public file. In
addition, each DBS provider must place the address of the provider's
local public file in the Commission's online file unless the provider
has fully transitioned to the FCC's online public file (e.g., posts to
the FCC's online file database all public and political file material
required to be maintained in the public inspection file) and also
provides online access via the provider's own website to back-up
political file material in the event the online file becomes
temporarily unavailable.
47 CFR 25.702(b) requires each SDARS licensee to maintain a
complete and orderly record (political file) of all requests for SDARS
origination time made by or on behalf of candidates for public office,
together with the disposition made by the provider of such requests,
and the charges made, if any, if the request is granted. The
disposition must include 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. SDARS licensees are required to place all records required by
this section in the political file as soon as possible and retain the
record for a period of two years.
The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR
25.702(c) require each SDARS applicant or licensee to place in the
online file hosted by the Commission the records required to be placed
in the public inspection file by 47 CFR 25.601 and 73.2080 (equal
employment opportunities) and to retain those records for the period
required by those rules. Each SDARS licensee must provide a link to the
public inspection file hosted on the Commission's website from the home
page of its own website, if the licensee has a website, and provide on
its website contact information for a representative who can assist any
person with disabilities with issues related to the content of the
public files. Each SDARS licensee is also required to include in the
online public file the name, phone number, and email address of the
licensee's designated contact for questions about the public file. In
addition, each SDARS licensee must place the address of the provider's
local public file in the Commission's online file unless the provider
has fully transitioned to the FCC's online public file (i.e., posts to
the Commission's online public file all
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public and political file material required to be maintained in the
public inspection file) and also provides online access via the
licensee's own website to back-up political file material in the event
the online file becomes temporarily unavailable.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-26788 Filed 12-10-18; 8:45 am]
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