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funding year 2026 and subsequently,
after every five funding years. Each
school, school district, library, or library
system shall be eligible for the total
available budget less the pre-discount
amount of any support received for
category two services in the prior
funding years of that fixed five-year
funding cycle.
(2) School and school district
multipliers. Each eligible school district
and schools operating independently of
a school district shall be eligible for
support for category two services up to
a pre-discount price of $167 per student
over a five-year funding cycle. The
amount of support will be calculated at
the time that the discount is calculated
in the first funding year of the five-year
cycle in which the applicant requests
category two support, unless the school
or school district elects to seek
additional program support using
updated enrollment numbers in
subsequent funding years in the fiveyear cycle. School districts shall provide
the total number of students within the
school district. Independent charter
schools, private schools, and other
eligible educational facilities that
operate under the control of a central
administrative agency shall provide the
total number of students under the
control of that agency. Schools that are
not affiliated financially or
operationally with a school district or
central administrative agency shall
provide the total number of students in
the school.
(3) Library and library system
multipliers. Library systems and
libraries operating independently of a
system shall be eligible for support for
category two services, up to a prediscount price of $4.50 per square foot
over a five-year funding cycle. The
amount of support will be calculated at
the time that the discount is calculated
in the first funding year of the five-year
cycle in which the applicant requests
category two support, unless the library
or library system elects to seek
additional program support using
updated square footage in subsequent
funding years in the five-year cycle.
Library systems shall provide the total
area for all floors, in square feet, of all
of its library outlets, including all areas
enclosed by the outer walls of the
library outlet and occupied by the
library, including those areas off-limits
to the public. Independent libraries
shall provide the total area for all floors,
in square feet, of all areas enclosed by
the outer walls of the library outlet and
occupied by the library, including those
areas off-limits to the public.
(4) Funding floor. Each eligible school
and library shall be eligible for support
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for category two services of at least a
pre-discount price of $25,000 over five
funding years.
(5) Calculation increase. Before
funding year 2026 and every subsequent
five-year funding cycle, the Wireline
Competition Bureau shall announce the
multipliers and funding floor as
adjusted for inflation at least 60 days
before the start of the filing window for
the next five-year funding cycle. The
Bureau shall use the last four quarters
of data on the Gross Domestic Product
Chain-type Price Index (GDP–CPI)
compared with the equivalent quarters
from the beginning of the five-year
funding cycle. The increase shall be
rounded to the nearest 0.1 percent and
shall be used to calculate the category
two budget multipliers and funding
floor for that five-year funding cycle.
The multipliers and funding floor shall
be rounded to the nearest cent.
(6) Non-instructional buildings.
Support is not available for category two
services provided to or within noninstructional school buildings or
separate library administrative buildings
unless those category two services are
essential for the effective transport of
information to or within one or more
instructional buildings of a school or
non-administrative library buildings, or
the Commission has found that the use
of those services meets the definition of
educational purpose, as defined in
§ 54.500. When applying for category
two support for eligible services to a
non-instructional school building or
library administrative building, the
applicant shall deduct the cost of the
non-instructional building’s use of the
category two services or equipment.
(e) Eligible services list process. The
Administrator shall submit by March 30
of each year a draft list of services
eligible for support, based on the
Commission’s rules for the following
funding year. The Wireline Competition
Bureau will issue a Public Notice
seeking comment on the Administrator’s
proposed eligible services list. The final
list of services eligible for support will
be released at least 60 days prior to the
opening of the application filing
window for the following funding year.
■ 3. Amend § 54.513 by revising
paragraph (d) to read as follows:
§ 54.513
Resale and transfer of services.
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(d) Eligible services and equipment
components of eligible services
purchased at a discount under this
subpart shall not be transferred, with or
without consideration of money or any
other thing of value, for a period of three
years after purchase, except that eligible
services and equipment components of
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eligible services may be transferred to
another eligible school or library in the
event that the particular location where
the service originally was received is
permanently or temporarily closed, or is
part of the same eligible school district
or library system as the location
receiving the eligible services or
equipment components of eligible
services. If an eligible service or
equipment component of a service is
transferred pursuant to this paragraph,
both the transferor and recipient must
maintain detailed records documenting
the transfer and the reason for the
transfer for a period of five years.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket Nos. 17–105, 18–202, FCC 19–
67; FRS 16308]
Children’s Television Programming
Rules
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, the
information collections associated with
the rules adopted in the 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 stated that
the Commission would publish a
document in the Federal Register
announcing the effective date of those
rules.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR
73.671(c)(5) and (7) and (e)(1) and (2)
(amendatory instruction 3), 73.673
(amendatory instruction 4), and
73.3526(e)(11)(ii) and (iii) (amendatory
instruction 5) published at 84 FR 41917,
August 16, 2019, are effective January
21, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Berthot, Kathy.Berthot@fcc.gov,
Media Bureau, Policy Division, at (202)
418–7454, or email: kathy.berthot@
fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that OMB
approved the information collection
requirements in §§ 73.671(c)(5) and (7)
and (e)(1) and (2), 73.673, and
SUMMARY:
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73.3526(e)(11)(ii) and (iii) on December
3, 2019 and December 5, 2019. These
rules were modified in the 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, published 84 FR
41917, August 16, 2019. The
Commission publishes this document as
an announcement of the compliance
date of the rules. The other rule
amendments adopted in the Report and
Order, which did not require OMB
approval, became effective on
September 16, 2019.
If you have any comments on the
burden estimates listed below, or how
the Commission can improve the
collections and reduce any burdens
caused thereby, please contact Cathy
Williams, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20554,
regarding OMB Control Numbers 3060–
0214, 3060–0316, 3060–0750, and 3060–
1065. Please include the applicable
OMB Control Number(s) in your
correspondence. The Commission will
also accept your comments via email at
PRA@fcc.gov.
To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files,
audio format), send an email to fcc504@
fcc.gov or call the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432
(TTY).
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Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the FCC is notifying the public that it
received final OMB approval on
December 3, 2019 and December 5,
2019, for the information collection
requirements contained in
§§ 73.671(c)(5) and (7) and (e)(1) and (2),
73.673, and 73.3526(e)(11)(ii) and (iii).
Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may
not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a current,
valid OMB Control Number.
No person shall be subject to any
penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
display a current, valid OMB Control
Number. The OMB Control Numbers for
the information collection requirements
in these rules are 3060–0214, 3060–
0316, 3060–0750, and 3060–1065.
The foregoing notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995,
and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
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The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0214.
OMB Approval Date: December 3,
2019.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31,
2022.
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 forprofit entities; Not for profit institutions;
State, Local or Tribal government;
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 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
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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.
OMB Approval Date: December 3,
2019.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31,
2022.
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
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: 3,000
respondents/3,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 14
hours.
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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.
OMB Approval Date: December 5,
2019.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31,
2022.
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.
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Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 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
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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.
OMB Approval Date: December 3,
2019.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31,
2022.
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: 2
respondents; 2 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–10
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; on
occasion reporting requirement; onetime 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.
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
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Parts 216 and 300
[Docket No. 191203–0099]
RIN 0648–BH48
International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna
Fisheries; Procedures for the Active
and Inactive Vessel Register
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
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AGENCY:
NMFS is issuing regulations
under the Tuna Conventions Act of
SUMMARY:
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1950 (TCA), as amended, and Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as
amended, to implement International
Maritime Organization (IMO)
requirements in Inter-American
Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
Resolution C–18–06 (Resolution
(Amended) on a Regional Vessel
Register) and amendments to existing
regulations governing inclusion on the
IATTC Regional Vessel Register (Vessel
Register) by purse seine vessels fishing
in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). This
final rule would expand the IMO
number requirements to include certain
categories of smaller U.S. vessels fishing
for tuna and tuna-like species in the
EPO. This final rule would also relax
the restrictions on retention of
incidental catch by purse seine vessels.
These revisions would provide more
clarity and make U.S. regulations more
consistent with the IATTC management
framework, while allowing controlled
operational flexibility for the U.S.
industry.
DATES: The final rule is effective January
21, 2020, except for amendatory
instructions 2 and 6, which are delayed.
NMFS will publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing the
effective date.
ADDRESSES: Copies of supporting
documents are available via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov, docket NOAA–
NMFS–2018–0030, or by contacting
Daniel Studt, NMFS West Coast Region,
501 W Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long
Beach, CA 90802, or emailing
WCR.HMS@noaa.gov.
Written comments regarding the
burden-hour estimates or other aspects
of the collection-of-information
requirements contained in this rule may
be submitted to the NMFS West Coast
Region Long Beach Office at the address
listed above, by email to OIRA_
Submission@omb.eop.gov, or by fax to
(202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Studt, NMFS, West Coast Region,
562–980–4073.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 16, 2019, NMFS published
a proposed rule in the Federal Register
(84 FR 15556) to implement IMO
requirements in IATTC Resolution C–
18–06, amendments to existing
regulations related to the Vessel
Register, and prohibition and incidental
catch provisions for purse seine vessels
fishing in the EPO. The 30-day public
comment period for the proposed rule
closed on May 16, 2019. Two comments
were received and are addressed below.
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NMFS is finalizing the rule as proposed,
except for minor revisions in response
to comments, as described below. The
preamble to the proposed rule contains
additional background information,
including information on the IATTC,
the international obligations of the
United States as an IATTC member, and
the need for regulations.
This final rule is implemented under
authority of the TCA (16 U.S.C. 951 et
seq.) and MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq).
The authority of the Secretary of
Commerce to promulgate such
regulations has been delegated to
NMFS. This rule implements IMO
requirements of IATTC Resolution C–
18–06 and amends several regulations
that govern listing of U.S. commercial
fishing vessels on the IATTC Vessel
Register for vessels that fish for tuna or
tuna-like species in the IATTC
Convention Area (Convention Area).
The Convention Area is defined as
waters of the EPO within the area
bounded by the west coast of the
Americas and by 50° N latitude, 150° W
longitude, and 50° S latitude. NMFS
notes that some of the requirements
described below that include new or
revised information collections (i.e.,
those contained in amendatory sections
2 and 6) will become effective upon
further publication of an effective date
in the Federal Register.
New Requirements
IMO Numbers
This final rule requires that the owner
of a fishing vessel of the United States
engaging in fishing activities for tuna or
tuna-like species in the Convention
Area, and for which a high seas fishing
permit under 50 CFR 300.333 is
required, shall ensure that an IMO
number has been issued for the vessel
if the vessel’s total internal volume is
less than 100 gross registered tons (GRT)
or less than 100 gross tons (GT) but
equal to or greater than 12 meters in
overall length. Vessel measurements are
based on the vessel’s Certificate of
Documentation issued under 46 CFR
part 67, or State documentation.
Currently, IMO numbers are issued on
behalf of the IMO by IHS Markit,
formerly known as IHS Maritime, at no
cost to the vessel owner (https://
imonumbers.lrfairplay.com/). The
instructions for requesting an exemption
at 50 CFR 300.22(b)(3)(iv) also apply to
the vessels subject to this requirement.
Purse Seine Well Volume Capacity
Correction
This final rule makes a technical
correction to the vessel capacity limit
for the U.S. tuna purse seine fishery
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket Nos. 17-105, 18-202, FCC 19-67; FRS 16308]
Children's Television Programming Rules
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years,
the information collections associated with the rules adopted in the
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 stated that the Commission would
publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective
date of those rules.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 73.671(c)(5) and (7) and (e)(1) and (2)
(amendatory instruction 3), 73.673 (amendatory instruction 4), and
73.3526(e)(11)(ii) and (iii) (amendatory instruction 5) published at 84
FR 41917, August 16, 2019, are effective January 21, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Berthot, [email protected],
Media Bureau, Policy Division, at (202) 418-7454, or email:
[email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that OMB approved
the information collection requirements in Sec. Sec. 73.671(c)(5) and
(7) and (e)(1) and (2), 73.673, and
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73.3526(e)(11)(ii) and (iii) on December 3, 2019 and December 5, 2019.
These rules were modified in the 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,
published 84 FR 41917, August 16, 2019. The Commission publishes this
document as an announcement of the compliance date of the rules. The
other rule amendments adopted in the Report and Order, which did not
require OMB approval, became effective on September 16, 2019.
If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or
how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens
caused thereby, please contact Cathy Williams, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554,
regarding OMB Control Numbers 3060-0214, 3060-0316, 3060-0750, and
3060-1065. Please include the applicable OMB Control Number(s) in your
correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email
at [email protected].
To request materials in accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB
approval on December 3, 2019 and December 5, 2019, for the information
collection requirements contained in Sec. Sec. 73.671(c)(5) and (7)
and (e)(1) and (2), 73.673, and 73.3526(e)(11)(ii) and (iii). Under 5
CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a current, valid OMB Control Number.
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Numbers for the information collection requirements in these
rules are 3060-0214, 3060-0316, 3060-0750, and 3060-1065.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
OMB Approval Date: December 3, 2019.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2022.
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: 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.
OMB Approval Date: December 3, 2019.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2022.
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 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: 3,000 respondents/3,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 14 hours.
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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.
OMB Approval Date: December 5, 2019.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2022.
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: 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.
OMB Approval Date: December 3, 2019.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2022.
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: 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.
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
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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.
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