81 FR 7477 - Broadcast Licensee-Conducted Contests

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 29 (February 12, 2016)

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, information collection requirements adopted in the Commission's Report and Order relating to the Amendment of the Commission's Rules Related to Broadcast Licensee- Conducted Contests. This document is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the rule.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7477-7478]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02900]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 14-226; FCC 15-118]


Broadcast Licensee-Conducted Contests

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has approved, for a period of three years, information collection 
requirements adopted in the Commission's Report and Order relating to 
the Amendment of the Commission's Rules Related to Broadcast Licensee-
Conducted Contests. This document is consistent with the Report and 
Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the 
Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the 
rule.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 73.1216, published at 80 FR 64354, 
October 23, 2015, are effective on February 12, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams by email at 
[email protected] and telephone at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on February 3, 
2016, OMB approved information collection requirements contained in the 
Commission's Report and Order, FCC 15-118, published at 80 FR 64354. 
The OMB Control Number is 3060-1209. The Commission publishes this 
document as an announcement of the effective date of those information 
collection requirements.

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on 
February 3, 2016, for the information collection

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requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.1216, as amended in the 
Commission's Report and Order, FCC 15-118. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an 
agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it 
displays a current, valid OMB Control Number. No person shall be 
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of 
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not 
display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number is 
3060-1209.
    The foregoing notification is required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1209.
    OMB Approval Date: February 3, 2016.
    OMB Expiration Date: February 28, 2019.
    Title: Section 73.1216, Licensee-Conducted Contests.
    Form Number: None.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 20,732 respondents; 20,732 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.1-9 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, Third 
party disclosure requirement; Recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required in order to monitor regulatory 
compliance. The statutory authority for this collection of information 
is contained in Sections 1, 4 and 303 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 122,854 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $6,219,300.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The Commission's amendments to its ``Contest Rule'' 
permit broadcast licensees to comply with their obligation to disclose 
material contest terms either by broadcasting those terms or by making 
them available in writing on a publicly accessible Internet Web site. 
The Commission's rule amendments also define the disclosure obligation 
in cases where a licensee has chosen to meet that obligation through an 
Internet Web site. The information collection requirements afford 
broadcasters more flexibility in the manner of their compliance with 
the Contest Rule while giving consumers improved access to important 
contest information.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-02900 Filed 2-11-16; 8:45 am]
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