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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0214, 3060–0316, 3060–0750,
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, 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 October 7,
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 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
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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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0214.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527,
Local Public Inspection Files; Sections
73.1212, 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;
State, Local or Tribal government;
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 23,984 respondents; 62,839
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–52
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, Recordkeeping
requirement, Third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for these collections is
contained in Sections 151, 152, 154(i),
303, 307 and 308 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 2,043,805
hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact 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.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Most of the documents comprising the
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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.
In addition, the Commission has
adopted provisions that permit
respondents subject to the information
collection requirement for Shared
Service Agreements to redact
confidential or proprietary information
from their disclosures.
Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the
Commission adopted a Report and
Order in MB Docket Nos. 18–202 and
17–105, FCC 19–67, In the Matter of
Children’s Television Programming
Rules; Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes
the children’s television programming
rules in light of changes to the media
landscape that have occurred since the
rules were first adopted. The Report and
Order revises the following information
collection requirements:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.3526(e)(11)(ii),
commercial TV and Class A TV
broadcast stations must maintain
records sufficient to permit
substantiation of the station’s
certification, in its license renewal
application, of compliance with the
commercial limits on children’s
programming established in 47 U.S.C.
Section 303a and 47 CFR 73.670. In the
Report and Order, the Commission
revises this rule to permit these stations
to place such records in their public
files annually rather than quarterly and
to permit the filing of these records
within 30 days after the end of the
calendar year. The Commission also
revises 47 CFR 73.3526(e)(11)(iii) to
require commercial television stations
to place in their public files the
Children’s Television Programming
Report (Report) (FCC Form 2100
Schedule H) on an annual rather than
quarterly basis, within 30 days after the
end of the calendar year and to
eliminate the requirement to publicize
the existence and location of the Report.
All other information collection
requirements contained under 47 CFR
73.1212, 73.3526, 73.3527, 73.1943, and
76.1701 are still a part of the
information collection and remain
unchanged since last approved by OMB.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0316.
Title: 47 CFR 76.5, Definitions,
76.1700, Records to Be Maintained
Locally by Cable System Operators;
76.1702, Equal Employment
Opportunity; 76.1703, Commercial
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Records on Children’s Programs;
76.1707, Leased Access; 76.1711,
Emergency Alert System (EAS) Tests
and Activation.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3,000 respondents; 3,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 14
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in sections 151, 152, 153,
154, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308,
309, 312, 315, 317, 325, 339, 340, 341,
503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536,
537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552,
554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 571, 572, 573
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 42,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the
Commission adopted a Report and
Order in MB Docket Nos. 18–202 and
17–105, FCC 19–67, In the Matter of
Children’s Television Programming
Rules; Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes
the children’s television programming
rules in light of changes to the media
landscape that have occurred since the
rules were first adopted. The Report and
Order revises the following information
collection requirements:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 76.1703, cable
operators that air children’s
programming must maintain records
sufficient to verify compliance with 47
CFR 76.225 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. Section
503(b)(6)(B). In the Report and Order,
the Commission revises the rules to
permit cable television operators to file
their certifications of compliance with
the commercial limits in children’s
programming annually rather than
quarterly and to permit the filing of
these certifications within 30 days after
the end of the calendar year.
All other information collection
requirements contained under 47 CFR
76.5, 76.1700, 76.1702, 76.1703,
76.1707, and 76.1711 are still a part of
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the information collection and remain
unchanged since last approved by OMB.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0750.
Title: 47 CFR 73.671, Educational and
Informational Programming for
Children; 47 CFR 73.673, Public
Information Initiatives Regarding
Educational and informational
Programming for Children.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,770 respondents;
1,125,720 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.017–
0.084 hours.
Frequency of Response: Third-party
disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in Sections 154(i), 303, and 336 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 57,560 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the
Commission adopted a Report and
Order in MB Docket Nos. 18–202 and
17–105, FCC 19–67, In the Matter of
Children’s Television Programming
Rules; Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes
the children’s television programming
rules in light of changes to the media
landscape that have occurred since the
rules were first adopted. The Report and
Order revises the following information
collection requirements:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.671(c)(5), each
commercial television broadcast station
must identify programming as
specifically designed to educate and
inform children by the display on the
television screen throughout the
program of the symbol E/I. This
requirement is intended to assist parents
in identifying educational and
informational programming for their
children. Noncommercial television
broadcast stations are no longer be
required to identify Core Programming
by displaying the E/I symbol throughout
the program.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.671(e), each
television broadcast station that
preempts an episode of a regularly
scheduled weekly Core Program on its
primary stream will be permitted to
count the episode toward the Core
Programming processing guidelines if it
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reschedules the episode on its primary
stream in accordance with the
requirements of 47 CFR 73.671(e).
Similarly, each television broadcast
station that preempts an episode of a
regularly scheduled weekly Core
Program on a multicast stream will be
permitted to count the episode toward
the Core Programming processing
guidelines if it reschedules the episode
on the multicast stream in accordance
with the requirements of 47 CFR
73.671(e). Among other requirements,
the station must make an on-air
notification of the schedule change
during the same time slot as the
preempted episode. The on-air
notification must include the alternate
date and time when the program will
air. This requirement will help to ensure
that parents and children are able to
locate the rescheduled program.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.673, each
commercial television broadcast station
licensee must provide information
identifying programming specifically
designed to educate and inform children
to publishers of program guides. This
requirement is intended to improve the
information available to parents
regarding programming specifically
designed for children’s educational and
informational needs. Commercial
television broadcast station licensees are
no longer be required to provide
program guide publishers an indication
of the age group for which the
programming is intended. The Report
and Order finds that very few program
guides include this information.
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: Revision of a
currently 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: 48 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impacts.
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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).
Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the
Commission adopted a Report and
Order in MB Docket Nos. 18–202 and
17–105, FCC 19–67, In the Matter of
Children’s Television Programming
Rules; Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes
the children’s television programming
rules in light of changes to the media
landscape that have occurred since the
rules were first adopted. The Report and
Order revises the following information
collection requirements:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 25.701(e)(3), DBS
providers that air 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. Section 503(b)(6)(B). In the
Report and Order, the Commission
revises the rules to permit DBS
operators to file their certifications of
compliance with the commercial limits
in children’s programming annually
rather than quarterly and to permit the
filing of these certifications within 30
days after the end of the calendar year.
All other information collection
requirements contained under 47 CFR
25.701 are still a part of the information
collection and remain unchanged since
last approved by OMB.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
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Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
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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 October 7,
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 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
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
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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 No.: 3060–0626.
Title: Section 90.483, Permissible
Methods and Requirements of
Interconnecting Private and Public
Systems of Communications.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business of other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 100 respondents; 100
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirements; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections
4(i), 11, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 303(g),
303(r), 332(c)(7).
Total Annual Burden: 100 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection.
Needs and Uses: When a frequency is
shared by more than one system,
automatic monitoring equipment must
be installed at the base station to
prevent activation of the transmitter
when signals of co-channel stations are
present and activation would interfere
with communications in progress.
Licensees may operate without the
monitoring equipment if they have
obtained the consent of all co-channel
licensees located within a 120 kilometer
(75 mile) radius of the interconnected
base station transmitter. A statement
must be submitted to the Commission
indicating that all co-channel licensees
have consented to operate without the
monitoring equipment. This information
is necessary to ensure that licensees
comply with the Commission’s
technical and operational rules, and to
prevent activation of the transmitter
when signals of co-channel stations are
present and could possibly interfere
with communications in process.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0214, 3060-0316, 3060-0750, 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, 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 October 7,
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 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: 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files;
Sections 73.1212, 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; State, Local or Tribal government; Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 23,984 respondents; 62,839
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-52 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
Recordkeeping requirement, Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these collections is contained in Sections 151,
152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 2,043,805 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact 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.
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.
In addition, the Commission has adopted provisions that permit
respondents subject to the information collection requirement for
Shared Service Agreements to redact confidential or proprietary
information from their disclosures.
Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order in MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, In the Matter
of Children's Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes the children's television
programming rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have
occurred since the rules were first adopted. The Report and Order
revises the following information collection requirements:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.3526(e)(11)(ii), commercial TV and Class A TV
broadcast stations must maintain records sufficient to permit
substantiation of the station's certification, in its license renewal
application, of compliance with the commercial limits on children's
programming established in 47 U.S.C. Section 303a and 47 CFR 73.670. In
the Report and Order, the Commission revises this rule to permit these
stations to place such records in their public files annually rather
than quarterly and to permit the filing of these records within 30 days
after the end of the calendar year. The Commission also revises 47 CFR
73.3526(e)(11)(iii) to require commercial television stations to place
in their public files the Children's Television Programming Report
(Report) (FCC Form 2100 Schedule H) on an annual rather than quarterly
basis, within 30 days after the end of the calendar year and to
eliminate the requirement to publicize the existence and location of
the Report.
All other information collection requirements contained under 47
CFR 73.1212, 73.3526, 73.3527, 73.1943, and 76.1701 are still a part of
the information collection and remain unchanged since last approved by
OMB.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0316.
Title: 47 CFR 76.5, Definitions, 76.1700, Records to Be Maintained
Locally by Cable System Operators; 76.1702, Equal Employment
Opportunity; 76.1703, Commercial
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Records on Children's Programs; 76.1707, Leased Access; 76.1711,
Emergency Alert System (EAS) Tests and Activation.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,000 respondents; 3,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 14 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
sections 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309,
312, 315, 317, 325, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 534, 535,
536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561,
571, 572, 573 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 42,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order in MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, In the Matter
of Children's Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes the children's television
programming rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have
occurred since the rules were first adopted. The Report and Order
revises the following information collection requirements:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 76.1703, cable operators that air children's
programming must maintain records sufficient to verify compliance with
47 CFR 76.225 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. Section 503(b)(6)(B). In the
Report and Order, the Commission revises the rules to permit cable
television operators to file their certifications of compliance with
the commercial limits in children's programming annually rather than
quarterly and to permit the filing of these certifications within 30
days after the end of the calendar year.
All other information collection requirements contained under 47
CFR 76.5, 76.1700, 76.1702, 76.1703, 76.1707, and 76.1711 are still a
part of the information collection and remain unchanged since last
approved by OMB.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0750.
Title: 47 CFR 73.671, Educational and Informational Programming for
Children; 47 CFR 73.673, Public Information Initiatives Regarding
Educational and informational Programming for Children.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,770 respondents; 1,125,720
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.017-0.084 hours.
Frequency of Response: Third-party disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections
154(i), 303, and 336 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 57,560 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order in MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, In the Matter
of Children's Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes the children's television
programming rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have
occurred since the rules were first adopted. The Report and Order
revises the following information collection requirements:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.671(c)(5), each commercial television
broadcast station must identify programming as specifically designed to
educate and inform children by the display on the television screen
throughout the program of the symbol E/I. This requirement is intended
to assist parents in identifying educational and informational
programming for their children. Noncommercial television broadcast
stations are no longer be required to identify Core Programming by
displaying the E/I symbol throughout the program.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.671(e), each television broadcast station
that preempts an episode of a regularly scheduled weekly Core Program
on its primary stream will be permitted to count the episode toward the
Core Programming processing guidelines if it reschedules the episode on
its primary stream in accordance with the requirements of 47 CFR
73.671(e). Similarly, each television broadcast station that preempts
an episode of a regularly scheduled weekly Core Program on a multicast
stream will be permitted to count the episode toward the Core
Programming processing guidelines if it reschedules the episode on the
multicast stream in accordance with the requirements of 47 CFR
73.671(e). Among other requirements, the station must make an on-air
notification of the schedule change during the same time slot as the
preempted episode. The on-air notification must include the alternate
date and time when the program will air. This requirement will help to
ensure that parents and children are able to locate the rescheduled
program.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.673, each commercial television broadcast
station licensee must provide information identifying programming
specifically designed to educate and inform children to publishers of
program guides. This requirement is intended to improve the information
available to parents regarding programming specifically designed for
children's educational and informational needs. Commercial television
broadcast station licensees are no longer be required to provide
program guide publishers an indication of the age group for which the
programming is intended. The Report and Order finds that very few
program guides include this information.
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: Revision of a currently 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: 48 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts.
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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).
Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order in MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, In the Matter
of Children's Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes the children's television
programming rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have
occurred since the rules were first adopted. The Report and Order
revises the following information collection requirements:
Pursuant to 47 CFR 25.701(e)(3), DBS providers that air 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. Section 503(b)(6)(B). In the Report and
Order, the Commission revises the rules to permit DBS operators to file
their certifications of compliance with the commercial limits in
children's programming annually rather than quarterly and to permit the
filing of these certifications within 30 days after the end of the
calendar year.
All other information collection requirements contained under 47
CFR 25.701 are still a part of the information collection and remain
unchanged since last approved by OMB.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-16893 Filed 8-6-19; 8:45 am]
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