Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 10212-10213 [2022-03828]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10212-10213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03828]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0179, OMB 3060-0700, OMB 3060-0937 and OMB 3060-1209; FR ID 
72688]


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to Office of Management and Budget

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, 
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. Pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it 
can further reduce the information collection burden for small business 
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted on or before March 25, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into 
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In 
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your 
comment on the proposed information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC, 
via email to [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and 
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to 
OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission 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.
    As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the FCC invited the general public and other Federal Agencies to 
take this opportunity to comment on the following information 
collection. Comments are requested concerning: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's 
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 
2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks 
specific comment on how it might ``further reduce the information 
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees.''
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0179.
    Title: Section 73.1590, Equipment Performance Measurements.
    Form Number: N/A.
    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: 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.
    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.

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    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.
    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 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. 2022-03828 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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