Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 70526 [2019-27621]

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 70526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27621]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0548; FRS 16336]


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 of 1995 (PRA), the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collections. Comments are 
requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Commission, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the 
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject 
to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before February 
21, 2020. 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, (202) 418-2918.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0548.
    Title: Sections 76.1709 and 76.1620, Availability of Signals; 
Section 76.56, Signal Carriage Obligations; Section 76.1614, 
Identification of Must-Carry Signals.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,103 respondents; 49,236 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5--1.0 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, Third party 
disclosure requirement, On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 4(i), 
614 and 615 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 24,618 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection information.
    Needs and Uses: On January 31, 2017, the Commission adopted a 
Report and Order (Public Inspection File R&O) in MB Docket No. 16-161, 
FCC 17-3, In the Matter of Revisions to Public Inspection File 
Requirements--Broadcaster Correspondence File and Cable Principal 
Headend Location which eliminated the requirement in former 47 CFR 
76.1708 that cable operators maintain for public inspection the 
designation and location of the cable system's principal headend. The 
Public Inspection File R&O removed and reserved 47 CFR.76.1708.
    This collection is being revised to reflect the removal of 47 CFR 
76.1708 made in the Public Inspection File R&O.
    The other information collection requirements contained under this 
collection and have not changed are as follows:
    47 CFR 76.56 requires cable television systems to carry signals of 
all qualified local commercial and Noncommercial Educational (NCE) 
stations requesting carriage. As a result of this requirement, the 
following information collection requirements are needed for this 
collection:
    47 CFR 76.1709(a) states that the operator of every cable 
television system shall maintain for public inspection a file 
containing a list of all broadcast television stations carried by its 
system in fulfillment of the must-carry requirements pursuant to 47 CFR 
76.56. Such list shall include the call sign; community of license, 
broadcast channel number, cable channel number, and in the case of a 
noncommercial educational broadcast station, whether that station was 
carried by the cable system on March 29, 1990.
    47 CFR 76.1709(c) states that a cable operator shall respond in 
writing within 30 days to any written request by any person for the 
identification of the signals carried on its system in fulfillment of 
the requirements of 47 CFR 76.56.
    47 CFR 76.1614 states that a cable operator shall respond in 
writing within 30 days to any written request by any person for the 
identification of the signals carried on its system in fulfillment of 
the requirements of 47 CFR 76.56. The required written response may be 
delivered by email, if the consumer used email to make the request or 
complaint directly to the cable operator, or if the consumer specifies 
email as the preferred delivery method in the request or complaint.
    Additionally, 47 CFR 76.1620 states that if a cable operator 
authorizes subscribers to install additional receiver connections, but 
does not provide the subscriber with such connections, or with the 
equipment and materials for such connections, the operator shall notify 
such subscribers of all broadcast stations carried on the cable system 
which cannot be viewed via cable without a converter box and shall 
offer to sell or lease such a converter box to such subscribers. Such 
notification must be provided by June 2, 1993, and annually thereafter 
and to each new subscriber upon initial installation. The notice, which 
may be included in routine billing statements, shall identify the 
signals that are unavailable without an additional connection, the 
manner for obtaining such additional connection and instructions for 
installation.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-27621 Filed 12-20-19; 8:45 am]
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