Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 46524 [2019-19027]

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 46524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19027]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0754]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested 
concerning: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the 
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees.
    The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid 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 Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before November 
4, 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:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0754.
    Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Audio and Video 
Service Authorization, Schedule H.
    Form Number: FCC Form 2100, Schedule H.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,758 respondents; 1,758 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement: Annual reporting 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 17,580 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,054,800.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with respect to this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: Commercial full-power and Class A television 
broadcast stations are required to file FCC Form 2100, Schedule H 
(formerly FCC Form 398) (Children's Television Programming Report) 
within 30 days after the end of each calendar year. FCC Form 2100, 
Schedule H is a standardized form that: (a) Provides a consistent 
format for reporting the children's educational television programming 
aired by licensees to meet their obligation under the Children's 
Television Act of 1990 (CTA), and (b) facilitates efforts by the public 
and the FCC to monitor compliance with the CTA.
    Commercial full-power and Class A television stations are required 
to complete FCC Form 2100, Schedule H within 30 days after the end of 
each calendar year and file the form with the Commission. The 
Commission places the form in the station's online public inspection 
file maintained on the Commission's database (www.fcc.gov). Stations 
use FCC Form 2100, Schedule H to report, among other things, the Core 
Programming (i.e., children's educational and informational 
programming) the station aired the previous calendar year. FCC Form 
2100, Schedule H also includes a ``Preemption Report'' that must be 
completed for each Core Program that was preempted during the year. 
This ``Preemption Report'' requests information on the reason for the 
preemption, the date of each preemption, the reason for the preemption 
and, if the program was rescheduled, the date and time the program was 
re-aired.
    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. Among other revisions, the Report 
and Order revises the children's television programming rules to expand 
the Core Programming hours to 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; modify the safe 
harbor processing guidelines for determining compliance with the 
children's programming rules; require that broadcast stations air the 
substantial majority of their Core Programming on their primary program 
streams, but permit broadcast stations to air up to 13 hours per 
quarter of regularly scheduled weekly programming on a multicast 
stream; eliminate the additional processing guideline applicable to 
stations that multicast; and modify the rules governing preemption of 
Core Programming. In addition, the Report and Order revises the 
children's television programming reporting requirements by requiring 
that Children's Television Programming Reports (FCC Form 2100, Schedule 
H) be filed on an annual rather than quarterly basis, within 30 days 
after the end of the calendar year; eliminating the requirements that 
the reports include information describing the educational and 
informational purpose of each Core Program aired during the current 
reporting period and each Core Program that the licensee expects to air 
during the next reporting period; eliminating the requirement to 
identify the program guide publishers who were sent information 
regarding the licensee's Core Programs; and streamlining the form by 
eliminating certain fields. The Report and Order also eliminates the 
requirement to publicize the Children's Television Programming Reports. 
The Report and Order directs the Media Bureau to make modifications to 
FCC Form 2100, Schedule H as needed to conform the form with the 
revisions to the children's programming rules, including the changes to 
the processing guidelines and preemption policies.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-19027 Filed 9-3-19; 8:45 am]
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