Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 19142-19143 [2023-06560]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19142-19143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06560]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0652 and OMB 3060-1174; FR ID 133289]


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 May 1, 2023.

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: 3060-0652.
    Title: Section 76.309, Customer Service Obligations; Section 
76.1600, Electronic Delivery of Notices; Section 76.1602, Customer 
Service--General Information, Section 76.1603, Customer Service--Rate 
and Service Changes and 76.1619, Information and Subscriber Bills.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,210 respondents; 1,109,440 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.0166 to 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 4(i) and 632 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 41,990 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission requires that the various disclosure 
and notifications contained in this collection as a means of consumer 
protection to ensure that subscribers and franchising authorities are 
aware of cable operators' business practices, current rates, rate 
changes for programming, service and equipment, and channel line-up 
changes. Permitting the use of email modernizes the Commission's rules 
regarding notices required to be provided by MVPDs.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1174.
    Title: Section 73.503, Licensing requirements and service; Section 
73.621, Noncommercial educational TV

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stations; Section 73.3527, Local public inspection file of 
noncommercial educational stations.
    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: 2,200 respondents; 33,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority which covers these information collections is 
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 303, and 399B.
    Total Annual Burden: 16,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection which are approved under 
this collection are as follows: Audience disclosure: The information 
collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.503(e)(1) require that a 
noncommercial educational FM broadcast station that interrupts regular 
programming to conduct fundraising activities on behalf of third-party 
non-profit organizations must air a disclosure during such activities 
clearly stating that the fundraiser is not for the benefit of the 
station itself and identifying the entity for which it is fundraising.
    The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 
73.621(f)(1) require that a noncommercial educational TV broadcast 
station that interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising 
activities on behalf of third-party non-profit organizations must air a 
disclosure during such activities clearly stating that the fundraiser 
is not for the benefit of the station itself and identifying the entity 
for which it is fundraising. The audience disclosure must be aired at 
the beginning and the end of each fundraising program and at least once 
during each hour in which the program is on the air.
    Retention of information on fundraising activities in local public 
inspection file: The information collection requirements contained in 
47 CFR 73.3527(e)(14) require that each noncommercial educational FM 
broadcast station and noncommercial educational TV broadcast station 
that interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising activities 
on behalf of a third-party non-profit organization must place in its 
local public inspection file, on a quarterly basis, the following 
information for each third-party fundraising program or activity: The 
date, time, and duration of the fundraiser; the type of fundraising 
activity; the name of the non-profit organization benefitted by the 
fundraiser; a brief description of the specific cause or project, if 
any, supported by the fundraiser; and, to the extent that the station 
participated in tallying or receiving any funds for the non-profit 
group, an approximation, to the nearest $10,000, of the total funds 
raised. The information for each calendar quarter is to be filed by the 
tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., January 10 for the 
quarter October-December, April 10 for the quarter January-March, 
etc.).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-06560 Filed 3-29-23; 8:45 am]
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