Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 54689-54693 [2022-19223]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54689-54693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19223]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0316, OMB 3060-0360, OMB 3060-0653, OMB 3060-0750 and OMB 
3060-0754; FR ID 103153]


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

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

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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 October 7, 
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: 3060-0316.
    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: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,000 respondents; 3,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 14 hours.
    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.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval for the extension of a currently approved 
collection. The information collection requirements for this 
information collection are as follows: 47 CFR 76.1700 requires cable 
system operators to place the public inspection file materials required 
to be retained by the following rules in the online public file hosted 
by the Commission, with the exception of existing political file 
material which cable systems may continue to retain in their local 
public file until the end of the retention period: Sections 76.1701 
(political file), 76.1702 (EEO), 76.1703 (commercial records for 
children's programming), 76.1705 (performance tests--channels 
delivered); 76.1707 (leased access); and 76.1709 (availability of 
signals), 76.1710 (operator interests in video programming), 76.1715 
(sponsorship identification), and 76.630 (compatibility with consumer 
electronics equipment. Cable systems with fewer than 5,000 subscribers 
may continue to retain their political file locally and are not 
required to upload new political file material to the online public 
file until March 1, 2018. In addition, cable systems may elect to 
retain the material required by Section 76.1708 (principal headend) 
locally rather than placing this material in the online public file.
    47 CFR 76.1700(b) requires cable system operators to make the 
records required to be retained by the following rules available to 
local franchising authorities: Sections 76.1704 (proof-of-performance 
test data) and 76.1713 (complaint resolution).
    47 CFR 76.1700(c) requires cable system operators to make the 
records required to be retained by the following rules available to the 
Commission: Sections 76.1704 (proof-of-performance test data), 76.1706 
(signal leakage logs and repair records), 76.1711 (emergency alert 
system and activations), 76.1713 (complaint resolution), and 76.1716 
(subscriber records).
    47 CFR 76.1700(d) exempts cable television systems having fewer 
than 1,000 subscribers from the online public file and the public 
inspection requirements contained in 47 CFR 76.1701 (political file); 
76.1702 (equal employment opportunity); 76.1703 (commercial records for 
children's programming); 76.1704 (proof-of-performance test data); 
76.1706 (signal leakage logs and repair records); and 76.1715 
(sponsorship identifications).
    47 CFR 76.1700(e) requires that public file material that continues 
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retained at the system be retained in a public inspection file 
maintained at the office which the system operator maintains for the 
ordinary collection of subscriber charges, resolution of subscriber 
complaints, and other business or at any accessible place in the 
community served by the system unit(s) (such as a public registry for 
documents or an attorney's office). Public files must be available for 
public inspection during regular business hours.
    47 CFR 76.1700(f) requires cable systems to provide a link to the 
public inspection file hosted on the Commission's website from the home 
page of its own website, if the system has a website, and provide 
contact information on its website for a system representative who can 
assist any person with disabilities with issues related to the content 
of the public files. A system also is required to include in the online 
public file the address of the system's local public file, if the 
system retains documents in the local file that are not available in 
the Commission's online file, and the name, phone number, and email 
address of the system's designated contact for questions about the 
public file. In addition, a system must provide on the online public 
file a list of the five digit ZIP codes served by the system.
    47 CFR 76.1700(g) requires that cable operators make any material 
in the public inspection file that is not also available in the 
Commission's online file available for machine reproduction upon 
request made in person, provided the requesting party shall pay the 
reasonable cost of reproduction. Requests for machine copies must be 
fulfilled at a location specified by the system operator, within a 
reasonable period of time, which in no event shall be longer than seven 
days. The system operator is not required to honor requests made by 
mail but may do so if it chooses.
    47 CFR 76.1702(a) requires that every employment unit with six or 
more full-time employees shall maintain for public inspection a file 
containing copies of all EEO program annual reports filed with the 
Commission and the equal employment opportunity program information 
described in 47 CFR 76.1702(b). These materials shall be placed in the 
Commission's online public inspection file for each cable system 
associated with the employment unit. These materials must be placed in 
the Commission's online public inspection file annually by the date 
that the unit's EEO program annual report is due to be filed and shall 
be retained for a period of five years. A headquarters employment unit 
file and a file containing a consolidated set of all documents 
pertaining to the other employment units of a multichannel video 
programming distributor that operates multiple units shall be 
maintained in the Commission's online public file for every cable 
system associated with the headquarters employment unit.
    47 CFR 76.1702(b) requires that the following equal employment 
opportunity program information shall be included annually in the 
unit's public file, and on the unit's website, if it has one, at the 
time of the filing of its FCC Form 396-C: (1) A list of all full-time 
vacancies filled by the multichannel video programming distributor 
employment unit during the preceding year, identified by job title; (2) 
For each such vacancy, the recruitment source(s) utilized to fill the 
vacancy (including, if applicable, organizations entitled to 
notification, which should be separately identified), identified by 
name, address, contact person and telephone number; (3) The recruitment 
source that referred the hiree for each full-time vacancy during the 
preceding year; (4) Data reflecting the total number of persons 
interviewed for full-time vacancies during the preceding year and the 
total number of interviewees referred by each recruitment source 
utilized in connection with such vacancies; and (5) A list and brief 
description of the initiatives undertaken during the preceding year, if 
applicable.
    47 CFR 76.1703 requires that cable operations airing 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 
limitation period specified in 47 U.S.C. 503(b)(6)(B). Cable television 
operators must file their certifications of compliance with the 
commercial limits in children's programming annually within 30 days 
after the end of the calendar year.
    47 CFR 76.1707 requires that if a cable operator adopts and 
enforces a written policy regarding indecent leased access programming 
pursuant to Sec.  76.701, such a policy will be considered published 
pursuant to that rule by inclusion of the written policy in the 
operator's public inspection file.
    47 CFR 76.1711 requires that records be kept of each test and 
activation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) procedures pursuant to 
the requirement of 47 CFR part 11 and the EAS Operating Handbook. These 
records shall be kept for three years.
    47 CFR 76.5 describes certain terms covered in the cable industry.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0360.
    Title: Section 80.409, Station Logs (Maritime Services).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local and tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 19,919 respondents; 19,919 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 27.3-95 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151-
155, 301-609.
    Total Annual Burden: 559,901 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this extension (no 
change in the recordkeeping requirement) to the OMB after this 60-day 
comment period to obtain the full three-year clearance from them. The 
information collection requirements are as follows:
    Section 80.409(c), Public Coast Station Logs: This requirement is 
necessary to document the operation and public correspondence of public 
coast radio telegraph, public coast radiotelephone stations, and Alaska 
public-fixed stations, including the logging of distress and safety 
calls where applicable. Entries must be made giving details of all work 
performed which may affect the proper operation of the station. Logs 
must be retained by the licensee for a period of two years from the 
date of entry, and, where applicable, for such additional periods such 
as logs relating to a distress situation or disaster must be retained 
for three years from the date of entry in the log. If the Commission 
has notified the licensee of an investigation, the related logs must be 
retained until the licensee is specifically authorized in writing to 
destroy them. Logs relating to any claim or complaint of which the 
station licensee has notice must be retained until the claim or 
complaint has been satisfied or barred by statute limiting the time for 
filing suits upon such claims.
    Section 80.409(d), Ship Radiotelegraph Logs: Logs of ship stations 
which are compulsorily equipped for radiotelegraphy and operating in 
the band 90 to 535 kHz must contain specific information in log entries 
according to this subsection.
    Section 80.409(e), Ship Radiotelephone Logs: Logs of ship stations 
which are compulsorily equipped for radiotelephony must

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contain specific information in applicable log entries and the time of 
their occurrence.
    The recordkeeping requirements contained in section 80.409 is 
necessary to document the operation and public correspondence service 
of public coast radiotelegraph, public coast radiotelephone stations 
and Alaska-public fixed stations, ship radiotelegraph, ship 
radiotelephone and applicable radiotelephone including the logging of 
distress and safety calls where applicable.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0653.
    Title: Sections 64.703(b) and (c), Consumer Information--Posting by 
Aggregators.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 56,075 respondents; 5,339,038 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .017 hours (1 minute) to 3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; Third 
party disclosure.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is found at section 
226 [47 U.S.C. 226] Telephone Operator Services codified at 47 CFR 
64.703(b) Consumer Information.
    Total Annual Burden: 174,401 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,558,212.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements included 
under this OMB Control Number 3060-0653, requires aggregators 
(providers of telephones to the public or to transient users of their 
premises) under 47 U.S.C. 226(c)(1)(A), 47 CFR 64.703(b) of the 
Commission's rules, to post in writing, on or near such phones, 
information about the pre-subscribed operator services, rates, carrier 
access, and the FCC address to which consumers may direct complaints.
    Section 64.703(c) of the Commission's rules requires the posted 
consumer information to be added when an aggregator has changed the 
pre-subscribed operator service provider (OSP) no later than 30 days 
following such change. Consumers will use this information to determine 
whether they wish to use the services of the identified OSP.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0750.
    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: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,756 respondents; 1,116,816 
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: 57,105 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval for the extension of a currently approved 
collection. The information collection requirements for this 
information collection are as follows:
    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 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.
    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 required to provide program 
guide publishers an indication of the age group for which the 
programming is intended.
    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: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,756 respondents; 1,756 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: 17,560 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,053,600.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval for the extension of a currently approved 
collection. 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

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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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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