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PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before May 12, 2023.
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: 3060–0565.
Title: Section 76.944, Commission
Review of Franchising Authority
Decisions on Rates for the Basic Service
Tier and Associated Equipment.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; State, local or Tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 32 respondents; 32
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2–30
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain benefits. The statutory authority
for this collection of information is
contained in Sections 4(i) and 623 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 816 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $4,800.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirements contained in 47
CFR 76.944(b) provide that any
participant at the franchising authority
level in a ratemaking proceeding may
file an appeal of the franchising
authority’s decision with the
Commission within 30 days of release of
the text of the franchising authority’s
decision as computed under § 1.4(b) of
this chapter. Appeals shall be served on
the franchising authority or other
authority that issued the rate decision.
Where the state is the appropriate
decision-making authority, the state
shall forward a copy of the appeal to the
appropriate local official(s). Oppositions
may be filed within 15 days after the
appeal is filed, and must be served on
the parties appealing the rate decision.
Replies may be filed seven (7) days after
the last day for oppositions and shall be
served on the parties to the proceeding.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–05026 Filed 3–10–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1240; FR ID 130384]
Information Collection 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 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 May 12, 2023.
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.
SUMMARY:
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For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1240.
Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for
Media Bureau Video Service
Authorization, Schedule 387 (Transition
Progress Report).
Form Number: FCC Form 2100,
Schedule 387 (Transition Progress
Report Form).
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,000 respondents; 3,333
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours
(1 hour to complete the form, 1 hour to
respond to technical questions).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 6,666 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No costs.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in 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).
Needs and Uses: By Public Notice
released January 10, 2017, The Incentive
Auction Task Force and Media Bureau
Release Transition Progress Report Form
and Filing Requirements for Stations
Eligible for Reimbursement from the TV
Broadcast Relocation Fund and Seek
Comment on the Filing of the Report by
Non-Reimbursable Stations, MB Docket
No. 16–306, Public Notice, 32 FCC Rcd
256 (IATF/Med. Bur. 2017). The
Incentive Auction Task Force and
Media Bureau described the information
that must be provided in the adopted
FCC Form 2100, Schedule 387
(Transition Progress Report Form) to be
filed by Reimbursable Stations and
when and how the Transition Progress
Reports must be filed. We also proposed
to require broadcast television stations
that are not eligible to receive
reimbursement of associated expenses
from the Reimbursement Fund (NonReimbursable Stations), but must
transition to new channels as part of the
Commission’s channel reassignment
plan, to file progress reports in the same
manner and on the same schedule as
Reimbursable Stations, and sought
comment on that proposal. By Public
Notice released May 18, 2017. The
Incentive Auction Task Force and
Media Bureau Adopt Filing
Requirements for the Transition
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Progress Report Form by Stations That
Are Not Eligible for Reimbursement
from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund,
MB Docket No. 16–306, Public Notice,
DA 17–484 (rel. May 18, 2017) (referred
to collectively with Public Notice cited
above as Transition Progress Report
Public Notices). We concluded that
Non-Reimbursable Stations will be
required to file Transition Progress
Reports following the filing procedures
adopted for Reimbursable Stations.
The Commission is seeking a threeyear extension for this information
collection from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for FCC Form 2100, Schedule
387 (Transition Progress Report).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–05046 Filed 3–10–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0906; FR ID 130257]
Information Collection 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 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
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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 May 12, 2023.
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: 3060–0906.
Title: Annual DTV Ancillary/
Supplemental Services Report for DTV
Stations, FCC Form 2100, Schedule G;
47 CFR 73.624(g).
Form Number: FCC Form 2100,
Schedule G (formerly FCC Form 317).
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 7,175 respondents, 14,350
responses.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement, annual
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain benefits—Statutory authority for
this collection of information is
contained in sections 154(i), 303, 336
and 403 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Estimated Time per Response: 2–4
hours.
Total Annual Burden: 43,050 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,076,100.
Needs and Uses: Each licensee/
permittee of a digital television (DTV)
station that provides feeable ancillary or
supplementary services during the
relevant reporting period must file on an
annual basis FCC Form 2100, Schedule
G. Specifically, required filers include
the following (but we generally refer to
all such entities herein as a ‘‘DTV
licensee/permittee’’): A licensee of a
digital commercial or noncommercial
educational (NCE) full power television
(TV) station, low power television
(LPTV) station, TV translator or Class A
TV station. A permittee operating
pursuant to digital special temporary
authority (STA) of a commercial or NCE
full power TV station, LPTV station, TV
translator or Class A TV station.
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Each DTV licensee/permittee must
report the feeable ancillary or
supplementary services provided at any
time during the reporting cycle.
Specifically, a DTV licensee/permittee
must include the following in its annual
report: a brief description of the feeable
ancillary or supplementary services
provided; the gross revenues received
from such services during the applicable
period and the amount of bitstream used
to provide such services during the
applicable period.
Concurrent with the submission of
FCC Form 2100, Schedule G, each DTV
licensee/permittee is required to remit a
payment to the Commission, via FCC
Form 159 (see OMB Control No. 3060–
0589), in the amount of five percent of
the gross revenues derived from the
provision of its ancillary or
supplementary services.
Each DTV licensee/permittee is
required to retain the records supporting
the calculation of the fees due for three
years from the date of remittance of fees.
Each NCE licensee/permittee must also
retain for eight years documentation
sufficient to show that its entire
bitstream was used ‘‘primarily’’ for NCE
broadcast services on a weekly basis.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–05027 Filed 3–10–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0548; FR ID 130398]
Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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
SUMMARY:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1240; FR ID 130384]
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 May 12,
2023. 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 Number: 3060-1240.
Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for Media Bureau Video Service
Authorization, Schedule 387 (Transition Progress Report).
Form Number: FCC Form 2100, Schedule 387 (Transition Progress
Report Form).
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: 1,000 respondents; 3,333
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours (1 hour to complete the form,
1 hour to respond to technical questions).
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 6,666 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No costs.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in 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).
Needs and Uses: By Public Notice released January 10, 2017, The
Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau Release Transition
Progress Report Form and Filing Requirements for Stations Eligible for
Reimbursement from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund and Seek Comment on
the Filing of the Report by Non-Reimbursable Stations, MB Docket No.
16-306, Public Notice, 32 FCC Rcd 256 (IATF/Med. Bur. 2017). The
Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau described the information
that must be provided in the adopted FCC Form 2100, Schedule 387
(Transition Progress Report Form) to be filed by Reimbursable Stations
and when and how the Transition Progress Reports must be filed. We also
proposed to require broadcast television stations that are not eligible
to receive reimbursement of associated expenses from the Reimbursement
Fund (Non-Reimbursable Stations), but must transition to new channels
as part of the Commission's channel reassignment plan, to file progress
reports in the same manner and on the same schedule as Reimbursable
Stations, and sought comment on that proposal. By Public Notice
released May 18, 2017. The Incentive Auction Task Force and Media
Bureau Adopt Filing Requirements for the Transition
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Progress Report Form by Stations That Are Not Eligible for
Reimbursement from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund, MB Docket No. 16-
306, Public Notice, DA 17-484 (rel. May 18, 2017) (referred to
collectively with Public Notice cited above as Transition Progress
Report Public Notices). We concluded that Non-Reimbursable Stations
will be required to file Transition Progress Reports following the
filing procedures adopted for Reimbursable Stations.
The Commission is seeking a three-year extension for this
information collection from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for FCC Form 2100, Schedule 387 (Transition Progress Report).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-05046 Filed 3-10-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
