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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
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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 February 14,
2022. 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 to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0179.
Title: Section 73.1590, Equipment
Performance Measurements.
Form Number: N/A.
SUMMARY:
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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 13,049 respondents and
13,049 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–18
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 12,335 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in Section 154(i) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirements contained in 47
CFR 73.1590(d) require licensees of AM,
FM and TV stations to make audio and
video equipment performance
measurements for each main
transmitter. These measurements and a
description of the equipment and
procedures used in making the
measurements must be kept on file at
the transmitter or remote control point
for two years. In addition, this
information must be made available to
the FCC upon request.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0700; OMB 3060–0937; OMB
3060–1209; FR ID 61531]
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;
SUMMARY:
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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 February 14,
2022. 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 to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control: 3060–0700.
Title: Open Video Systems Provisions,
FCC Form 1275.
Form Number: FCC Form 1275.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; and State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 280 respondents; 4,672
respondents.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to
20 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 9,855 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in Section 302 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Needs and Uses: Section 302 of the
1996 Telecommunications Act provides
for specific entry options for telephone
companies wishing to enter the video
programming marketplace, one option
being to provide cable service over an
‘‘open video system’’ (‘‘OVS’’). The rule
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sections that are covered by this
collection relate to OVS.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0937.
Title: Establishment of a Class A
Television Service, MM Docket No. 00–
10.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion
and quarterly reporting requirements.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 385 respondents; 9,850
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.017
hours-52 hours.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections
154(i), 307, 308, 309 and 319 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 172,087 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,851,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: On November 29,
1999, the Community Broadcasters
Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA), Public
Law 106–113, 113 Stat. Appendix I at
pp. 1501A–594–1501A–598 (1999),
codified at 47 U.S.C. 336(f), was
enacted. That legislation provided that a
low power television (LPTV) licensee
should be permitted to convert the
secondary status of its station to the new
Class A status, provided it can satisfy
certain statutorily-established criteria by
January 28, 2000. The CBPA directs that
Class A licensees be subject to the same
license terms and renewal standards as
full-power television licenses and that
Class A licensees be accorded primary
status as television broadcasters as long
as they continue to meet the
requirements set forth in the statute for
a qualifying low power station.
For those stations that met the
certification deadline, the CBPA sets out
certain certification procedures,
prescribes the criteria to maintain a
Class A license, and outlines the
interference protection Class A stations
must provide to analog, digital, LPTV
and TV translator stations.
The CBPA directs that Class A
stations must comply with the operating
requirements for full-service television
broadcast stations in order to maintain
Class A status. Therefore, beginning on
the date of its application for a Class A
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license and thereafter, a station must be
‘‘in compliance’’ with the Commission’s
operating rules for full-service television
stations, contained in 47 CFR part 73.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1209.
Title: Section 73.1216, LicenseeConducted Contests.
Form Number: None. (Complaints
alleging violations of the Contest Rule
generally are filed on via the
Commission’s Consumer Complaint
Portal entitled General Complaints,
Obscenity or Indecency Complaints,
Complaints under the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act, Slamming
Complaints, Requests for Dispute
Assistance and Communications
Accessibility Complaints which is
approved under OMB control number
3060–0874).
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 21,530 respondents; 21,530
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.1–9
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement: Third party
disclosure requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 127,569 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $6,457,500.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections 1,
4 and 303 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
adopted the Contest Rule in 1976 to
address concerns about the manner in
which broadcast stations were
conducting contests over the air. The
Contest Rule generally requires stations
to broadcast material contest terms fully
and accurately the first time the
audience is told how to participate in a
contest, and periodically thereafter. In
addition, stations must conduct contests
substantially as announced. These
information collection requirements are
necessary to ensure that broadcast
licensees conduct contests with due
regard for the public interest.
The Contest Rule permit broadcasters
to meet their obligation to disclose
contest material terms on an internet
website in lieu of making broadcast
announcements. Under the amended
Contest Rule, broadcasters are required
to (i) announce the relevant internet
website address on air the first time the
audience is told about the contest and
periodically thereafter; (ii) disclose the
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material contest terms fully and
accurately on a publicly accessible
internet website, establishing a link or
tab to such terms through a link or tab
on the announced website’s home page,
and ensure that any material terms
disclosed on such a website conform in
all substantive respects to those
mentioned over the air; (iii) maintain
contest material terms online for at least
thirty days after the contest has ended;
and (v) announce on air that the
material terms of a contest have changed
(where that is the case) within 24 hours
of the change in terms on a website, and
periodically thereafter, and to direct
consumers to the website to review the
changes.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0386; OMB 3060–1260; FR ID
61530]
Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under
Delegated Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (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.
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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 February 14,
2022. 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 to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060–0386.
Title: Special Temporary
Authorization (STA) Requests;
Notifications; and Informal Filings;
Sections 1.5, 73.1615, 73.1635, 73.1740
and 73.3598; CDBS Informal Forms;
Section 74.788; Low Power Television,
TV Translator and Class A Television
Digital Transition Notifications; Section
73.3700(b)(5), Post Auction Licensing;
Section 73.3700(f).
Form No.: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently information collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for profit institutions;
State, local or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 5,509 respondents and 5,509
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .50–4.0
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement and on occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 157 and 309(j)
as amended; Middle Class Tax Relief
and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public
Law 112–96, § 6402 (codified at 47
U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(G)), 6403 (codified at 47
U.S.C. 1452), 126 Stat. 156 (2012)
(Spectrum Act); and Sections 1, 4(i) and
(j), 7, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 312,
316, 318, 319, 324, 325, 336, and 337 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 4,325 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $1,826,510.
Needs and Uses: The data contained
in this collection is used by FCC staff to
determine whether to grant and/or
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accept the requested special temporary
authority (or other request for FCC
action), waiver request, required
notification, informal filing, application
filings or other non-form submission.
FCC staff will review for compliance
with legal and technical regulations,
including but not limited to ensuring
that impermissible interference will not
be caused to other stations.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1260.
Title: Broadcast Incubator Program.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not-for-profit institutions;
Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 20 respondents; 123
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 to 16
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; annual reporting
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority that covers this information
collection is 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a),
154(i), 257, 303, 307–310, and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 1,179 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $326,700.
Needs and Uses: On August 3, 2018,
the Commission released a Report and
Order (Order), Rules and Policies to
Promote New Entry and Ownership
Diversity in the Broadcasting Services,
FCC 18–114, in MB Docket No. 17–289,
establishing the requirements that will
govern the incubator program that the
Commission previously decided to
adopt to support the entry of new and
diverse voices into the radio broadcast
industry. The incubator program is
designed for small businesses,
struggling station owners, and new
entrants that do not have any other
means to access the financial assistance
and operational support necessary for
success in the broadcast industry. The
goal is the pairing of these small
aspiring, or struggling, broadcast station
owners with established broadcasters.
These incubation relationships will
provide new entrants and struggling
small broadcasters access to the
financing, mentoring, and industry
connections that are necessary for
success in the industry, but to date have
been unavailable to many. In return for
successfully incubating a small aspiring,
or struggling, broadcast station owner as
part of the Commission’s incubator
program, an incumbent broadcaster will
be eligible to receive a waiver (a reward
waiver) of the Commission’s Local
Radio Ownership Rule following the
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[OMB 3060-0700; OMB 3060-0937; OMB 3060-1209; FR ID 61531]
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;
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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 February
14, 2022. 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 to
[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: 3060-0700.
Title: Open Video Systems Provisions, FCC Form 1275.
Form Number: FCC Form 1275.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; and State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 280 respondents; 4,672
respondents.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to 20 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 9,855 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Section 302 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Needs and Uses: Section 302 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act
provides for specific entry options for telephone companies wishing to
enter the video programming marketplace, one option being to provide
cable service over an ``open video system'' (``OVS''). The rule
sections that are covered by this collection relate to OVS.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0937.
Title: Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM Docket No.
00-10.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion and quarterly reporting
requirements.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 385 respondents; 9,850
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.017 hours-52 hours.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 154(i), 307, 308, 309 and 319 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 172,087 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,851,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: On November 29, 1999, the Community Broadcasters
Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA), Public Law 106-113, 113 Stat. Appendix I
at pp. 1501A-594-1501A-598 (1999), codified at 47 U.S.C. 336(f), was
enacted. That legislation provided that a low power television (LPTV)
licensee should be permitted to convert the secondary status of its
station to the new Class A status, provided it can satisfy certain
statutorily-established criteria by January 28, 2000. The CBPA directs
that Class A licensees be subject to the same license terms and renewal
standards as full-power television licenses and that Class A licensees
be accorded primary status as television broadcasters as long as they
continue to meet the requirements set forth in the statute for a
qualifying low power station.
For those stations that met the certification deadline, the CBPA
sets out certain certification procedures, prescribes the criteria to
maintain a Class A license, and outlines the interference protection
Class A stations must provide to analog, digital, LPTV and TV
translator stations.
The CBPA directs that Class A stations must comply with the
operating requirements for full-service television broadcast stations
in order to maintain Class A status. Therefore, beginning on the date
of its application for a Class A license and thereafter, a station must
be ``in compliance'' with the Commission's operating rules for full-
service television stations, contained in 47 CFR part 73.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1209.
Title: Section 73.1216, Licensee-Conducted Contests.
Form Number: None. (Complaints alleging violations of the Contest
Rule generally are filed on via the Commission's Consumer Complaint
Portal entitled General Complaints, Obscenity or Indecency Complaints,
Complaints under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Slamming
Complaints, Requests for Dispute Assistance and Communications
Accessibility Complaints which is approved under OMB control number
3060-0874).
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 21,530 respondents; 21,530
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.1-9 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement: Third
party disclosure requirement and recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 127,569 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $6,457,500.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 1, 4 and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted the Contest Rule in 1976 to
address concerns about the manner in which broadcast stations were
conducting contests over the air. The Contest Rule generally requires
stations to broadcast material contest terms fully and accurately the
first time the audience is told how to participate in a contest, and
periodically thereafter. In addition, stations must conduct contests
substantially as announced. These information collection requirements
are necessary to ensure that broadcast licensees conduct contests with
due regard for the public interest.
The Contest Rule permit broadcasters to meet their obligation to
disclose contest material terms on an internet website in lieu of
making broadcast announcements. Under the amended Contest Rule,
broadcasters are required to (i) announce the relevant internet website
address on air the first time the audience is told about the contest
and periodically thereafter; (ii) disclose the
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material contest terms fully and accurately on a publicly accessible
internet website, establishing a link or tab to such terms through a
link or tab on the announced website's home page, and ensure that any
material terms disclosed on such a website conform in all substantive
respects to those mentioned over the air; (iii) maintain contest
material terms online for at least thirty days after the contest has
ended; and (v) announce on air that the material terms of a contest
have changed (where that is the case) within 24 hours of the change in
terms on a website, and periodically thereafter, and to direct
consumers to the website to review the changes.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-26947 Filed 12-13-21; 8:45 am]
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