82 FR 20883 - Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 85 (May 4, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 85 (May 4, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-08968 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 85 (Thursday, May 4, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 20883-20888] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-08968] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [OMB 3060-0548, 3060-0652, 3060-0750, 3060-0849, 3060-0967 and 3060- 0994] Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and 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. 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 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. [[Page 20884]] DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before June 5, 2017. 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 contacts listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email [email protected]; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email [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 http://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 OMB control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), 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. 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. OMB Control Number: 3060-0548. Title: Section 76.1708, Principal Headend; Sections 76.1709 and 76.1620, Availability of Signals; Section 76.56, Signal Carriage Obligations; Section 76.1614, Identification of Must-Carry Signals. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,100 respondents; 61,200 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1 hour. Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection is contained in in Sections 4(i), 614 and 615 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Total Annual Burden: 30,600 hours. Total Annual Cost: None. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information. Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained in the collection are covered under the following rule sections: 47 CFR 76.56 requires cable television systems to carry signals of all qualified local Noncommercial Educational (NCE) sting carriage. As a result of this requirement, the following information collection requirements are needed for this collection: 47 CFR 76.1708 requires that the operator of every cable television system shall maintain for public inspection the designation and location of its principal headend. If an operator changes the designation of its principal headend, that new designation must be included in its public file. 47 CFR 76.1709(a) states effective June 17, 1993, the operator of every cable television system shall maintain for public inspection a file containing a list of all broadcast television stations carried by its system in fulfillment of the must-carry requirements pursuant to 47 CFR 76.56. Such list shall include the call sign; community of license, broadcast channel number, cable channel number, and in the case of a noncommercial educational broadcast station, whether that station was carried by the cable system on March 29, 1990. 47 CFR 76.1614 and 1709(c) states that a cable operator shall respond in writing within 30 days to any written request by any person for the identification of the signals carried on its system in fulfillment of the requirements of 47 CFR 76.56. 47 CFR 76.1620 states that if a cable operator authorizes subscribers to install additional receiver connections, but does not provide the subscriber with such connections, or with the equipment and materials for such connections, the operator shall notify such subscribers of all broadcast stations carried on the cable system which cannot be viewed via cable without a converter box and shall offer to sell or lease such a converter box to such subscribers. Such notification must be provided by June 2, 1993, and annually thereafter and to each new subscriber upon initial installation. The notice, which may be included in routine billing statements, shall identify the signals that are unavailable without an additional connection, the manner for obtaining such additional connection and instructions for installation. OMB Control Number: 3060-0652. Title: Section 76.309, Customer Service Obligations; Section 76.1602, Customer Service-General Information, Section 76.1603, Customer Service-Rate and Service Changes and Section 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: 8,260 respondents; 1,117,540 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 0.0167 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: 50,090 hours. Total Annual Cost: None. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information. Needs and Uses: The Commission released on October 14, 2010, a Third Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, FCC 10-181, CS Docket 97-80 and PP Docket 00-67, modifying the Commission's rules to [[Page 20885]] implement Section 629 of the Communications Act (Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996). Section 629 of the Communications Act directs the Commission to adopt rules to assure the commercial availability of ``navigation devices,'' such as cable set-top boxes. One rule modification in the Third Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration is intended to prohibit price discrimination against retail devices. This modification requires cable operators to disclose annually the fees for rental of navigation devices and single and additional CableCARDs as well as the fees reasonably allocable to the rental of single and additional CableCARDs and the rental of operator- supplied navigation devices if those devices are included in the price of a bundled offer. 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: Not applicable. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities. Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,195 respondents; 3,996 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 5 minutes. Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Total Annual Burden: 29,131 hours. Total Annual Cost: None. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information. Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.671(c)(5) states that a core educational television program must be identified as specifically designed to educate and inform children by the display on the television screen throughout the program of the symbol E/I. The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.673 states each commercial television broadcast station licensee must provide information identifying programming specifically designed to educate and inform children to publishers of program guides. Such information must include an indication of the age group for which the program is intended. These requirements are intended to provide greater clarity about broadcasters' obligations under the Children's Television Act (CTA) of 1990 to air programming ``specifically designed'' to serve the educational and informational needs of children and to improve public access to information about the availability of these programs. These requirements provide better information to the public about the shows broadcasters' air to satisfy their obligation to provide educational and informational programming under the CTA. OMB Control Number: 3060-0849. Title: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices. Form Number: Not applicable. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities. Number of Respondents and Responses: 962 respondents; 65,252 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 0.00278 hours-40 hours. Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement; Annual reporting requirement; Semi-annual reporting requirement. Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority is contained in Sections 4(i), 303(r) and 629 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Total Annual Burden: 15,921 hours. Total Annual Cost: $2,990. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information. Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained in the collection are as follows: 47 CFR 15.123(c)(3) states subsequent to the testing of its initial unidirectional digital cable product model, a manufacturer or importer is not required to have other models of unidirectional digital cable products tested at a qualified test facility for compliance with the procedures of Uni-Dir-PICS-I01-030903: ``Uni-Directional Receiving Device: Conformance Checklist: PICS Proforma'' (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 15.38) unless the first model tested was not a television, in which event the first television shall be tested as provided in Sec. 15.123(c)(1). The manufacturer or importer shall ensure that all subsequent models of unidirectional digital cable products comply with the procedures in the Uni-Dir-PICS-I01-030903: ``Uni-Directional Receiving Device: Conformance Checklist: PICS Proforma'' (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 15.38) and all other applicable rules and standards. The manufacturer or importer shall maintain records indicating such compliance in accordance with the verification procedure requirements in part 2, subpart J of this chapter. The manufacturer or importer shall further submit documentation verifying compliance with the procedures in the Uni-Dir- PICS-I01-030903: ``Uni-Directional Receiving Device: Conformance Checklist: PICS Proforma'' (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 15.38) to the testing laboratory representing cable television system operators serving a majority of the cable television subscribers in the United States. 47 CFR 15.123(c)(5)(iii) states subsequent to the successful testing of its initial M-UDCP, a manufacturer or importer is not required to have other M-UDCP models tested at a qualified test facility for compliance with M-Host UNI-DIR-PICS-IOI-061101 (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 15.38) unless the first model tested was not a television, in which event the first television shall be tested as provided in Sec. 15.123(c)(5)(i). The manufacturer or importer shall ensure that all subsequent models of M-UDCPs comply with M-Host UNI-DIR-PICS-IOI-061101 (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 15.38) and all other applicable rules and standards. The manufacturer or importer shall maintain records indicating such compliance in accordance with the verification procedure requirements in part 2, subpart J of this chapter. For each M-UDCP model, the manufacturer or importer shall further submit documentation verifying compliance with M-Host UNI-DIR-PICS-IOI-061101 to the testing laboratory representing cable television system operators serving a majority of the cable television subscribers in the United States. 47 CFR 76.1203 provides that a multichannel video programming distributor may restrict the attachment or use of navigation devices with its system in those circumstances where electronic or physical harm would be caused by the attachment or operation of such devices or such devices that assist or are intended or designed to assist in the unauthorized receipt of service. Such restrictions may be [[Page 20886]] accomplished by publishing and providing to subscribers standards and descriptions of devices that may not be used with or attached to its system. Such standards shall foreclose the attachment or use only of such devices as raise reasonable and legitimate concerns of electronic or physical harm or theft of service. 47 CFR 76.1205(a) states that technical information concerning interface parameters which are needed to permit navigation devices to operate with multichannel video programming systems shall be provided by the system operator upon request. 47 CFR 76.1205(b)(1) states a multichannel video programming provider that is subject to the requirements of Section 76.1204(a)(1) must provide the means to allow subscribers to self-install the CableCARD in a CableCARD-reliant device purchased at retail and inform a subscriber of this option when the subscriber requests a CableCARD. This requirement shall be effective August 1, 2011, if the MVPD allows its subscribers to self-install any cable modems or operator-leased set-top boxes and November 1, 2011 if the MVPD does not allow its subscribers to self-install any cable modems or operator-leased set-top boxes. 47 CFR 76.1205(b)(1)(A) states that this requirement shall not apply to cases in which neither the manufacturer nor the vendor of the CableCARD-reliant device furnishes to purchasers appropriate instructions for self-installation of a CableCARD, and a manned toll- free telephone number to answer consumer questions regarding CableCARD installation but only for so long as such instructions are not furnished and the call center is not offered. The requirements contained in Section 76.1205 are intended to ensure that consumers are able to install CableCARDs in the devices they purchase because we have determined this is essential to a functioning retail market. 47 CFR 76.1205(b)(2) states effective August 1, 2011, provide multi-stream CableCARDs to subscribers, unless the subscriber requests a single-stream CableCARD. This requirement will ensure that consumers have access to CableCARDs that are compatible with their retail devices, and can request such devices from their cable operators. 47 CFR 76.1205(b)(5) requires to separately disclose to consumers in a conspicuous manner with written information provided to customers in accordance with Section 76.1602, with written or oral information at consumer request, and on Web sites or billing inserts. This requirement is intended to ensure that consumers understand that retail options are available and that cable operators are not subsidizing their own devices with service fees in violation of Section 629 of the Act. 47 CFR 76.1207 states that the Commission may waive a regulation related to Subpart P (``Competitive Availability of Navigation Devices'') for a limited time, upon an appropriate showing by a provider of multichannel video programming and other services offered over multichannel video programming systems, or an equipment provider that such a waiver is necessary to assist the development or introduction of a new or improved multichannel video programming or other service offered over multichannel video programming systems, technology, or products. Such waiver requests are to be made pursuant to 47 CFR 76.7. 47 CFR 76.1208 states that any interested party may file a petition to the Commission for a determination to provide for a sunset of the navigation devices regulations on the basis that (1) the market for multichannel video distributors is fully competitive; (2) the market for converter boxes, and interactive communications equipment, used in conjunction with that service is fully competitive; and (3) elimination of the regulations would promote competition and the public interest. 47 CFR 15.118(a) and 47 CFR 15.19(d) (label and information disclosure)--The U.S. Bureau of the Census reports that, at the end of 2002, there were 571 U.S. establishments that manufacture audio and visual equipment. These manufacturers already have in place mechanisms for labeling equipment and including consumer disclosures in the form of owners' manuals and brochures in equipment packaging. The Commission estimate that manufacturers who voluntarily decide to label their equipment will need no more than 5 hours to develop a label or to develop wording for a consumer disclosure for owners' manuals/brochures to be included with the device. Once developed, we do not anticipate any ongoing burden associated with the revision/modification of the label, if used, or the disclosure. Status Reports--Periodic reports are required from large cable multiple system operators detailing CableCARD deployment/support for navigation devices. (This requirement is specified in FCC 05-76, CS Docket No. 97-80). OMB Control No.: 3060-0967. Title: Section 79.2, Accessibility of Programming Providing Emergency Information, and Emergency Information; Section 79.105, Video Description and Emergency Information Accessibility Requirements for All Apparatus; Section 79.106, Video Description and Emergency Information Accessibility Requirements for Recording Devices. Form No.: N/A. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for- profit; Not-for-profit institutions; and State, local, or tribal governments. Number of Respondents and Responses: 61 respondents; 161 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 5 hours. Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement. Obligation To Respond: Voluntary. The statutory authority for the collection is contained in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Public Law 111-260, 124 Stat. 2751, and sections 4(i), 4(j), 303, 330(b), 713, and 716 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 303, 330(b), 613, and 617. Total Annual Burden: 175 hours. Annual Cost Burden: $15,300. Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is an issue to the extent that individuals and households provide personally identifiable information, which is covered under the FCC's updated system of records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-1, ``Informal Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute Assistance,'' which became effective on September 24, 2014. The Commission believes that it provides sufficient safeguards to protect the privacy of individuals who file complaints alleging violations of the Commission's televised emergency information rules, 47 CFR 79.2, and complaints alleging violations of the apparatus emergency information and video description requirements, 47 CFR 79.105-79.106. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for Informal Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute Assistance was completed on June 28, 2007. It may be reviewed at http://www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy-Impact-Assessment.html. The Commission is in the process of updating the PIA to incorporate various revisions to it as a result of revisions to the SORN. [[Page 20887]] Needs and Uses: In 2000, the Commission adopted rules to require video programming distributors (VPDs) to make emergency information provided in the audio portion of the programming accessible to viewers who have hearing disabilities. Second Report and Order, MM Docket No. 95-176, FCC 00-136. Later that year, to ensure that televised emergency information is accessible to viewers who are blind or visually impaired, the Commission modified its rules to require VPDs to make emergency information audible when provided in the video portion of a regularly scheduled newscast or a newscast that interrupts regular programming, and to provide an aural tone when emergency information is provided visually during regular programming (e.g., through screen crawls or scrolls). Report and Order, MM Docket No. 99-339, FCC 00-258. In 2013, the Commission adopted rules related to accessible emergency information and apparatus requirements for emergency information and video description. Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket Nos. 12-107 and 11-43, FCC 13-45. Specifically, the Commission's rules require that VPDs and video programming providers (VPPs) (including program owners) make emergency information accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired by using a secondary audio stream to convey televised emergency information aurally, when such information is conveyed visually during programming other than newscasts. The Commission's rules also require certain apparatus that receive, play back, or record video programming to make available video description services and accessible emergency information. Finally, in 2015, the Commission adopted rules to require the following: (1) Apparatus manufacturers must provide a mechanism that is simple and easy to use for activating the secondary audio stream to access audible emergency information; and (2) starting no later than July 10, 2017, multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) must pass through the secondary audio stream containing audible emergency information when it is provided on linear programming accessed on second screen devices (e.g., tablets, smartphones, laptops and similar devices) over their networks as part of their MVPD services. Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 12-107, FCC 15-56. These rules are codified at 47 CFR 79.2, 79.105, and 79.106. Information Collection Requirements (a) Complaints alleging violations of the emergency information rules. Section 79.2(c) of the Commission's rules provides that a complaint alleging a violation of Sec. 79.2 of its rules, may be transmitted to the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau by any reasonable means, such as the Commission's online informal complaint filing system, letter, facsimile transmission, telephone (voice/TRS/TTY), Internet email, audio-cassette recording, Braille, or some other method that would best accommodate the complainant's disability. After the Commission receives the complaint, the Commission notifies the VPD or VPP of the complaint, and the VPD or VPP has 30 days to reply. (b) Complaints alleging violations of the apparatus emergency information and video description requirements. Complaints alleging violations of the rules containing apparatus emergency information and video description requirements, 47 CFR 79.105-79.106, may be transmitted to the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau by any reasonable means, such as the Commission's online informal complaint filing system, letter in writing or Braille, facsimile transmission, telephone (voice/TRS/TTY), email, or some other method that would best accommodate the complainant's disability. Given that the population intended to benefit from the rules adopted will be blind or visually impaired, if a complainant calls the Commission for assistance in preparing a complaint, Commission staff will document the complaint in writing for the consumer. The Commission will forward such complaints, as appropriate, to the named manufacturer or provider for its response, as well as to any other entity that Commission staff determines may be involved, and may request additional information from any relevant parties when, in the estimation of Commission staff, such information is needed to investigate the complaint or adjudicate potential violations of Commission rules. (c) Requests for Commission determination of technical feasibility of emergency information and video description apparatus requirements. The requirements pertaining to apparatus designed to receive or play back video programming apply only to the extent they are ``technically feasible.'' Parties may raise technical infeasibility as a defense when faced with a complaint alleging a violation of the apparatus requirements or they may file a request for a ruling under section1.41 of the Commission's rules as to technical infeasibility before manufacturing or importing the product. (d) Requests for Commission determination of achievability of emergency information and video description apparatus requirements. The requirements pertaining to certain apparatus designed to receive, play back, or record video programming apply only to the extent they are achievable. Manufacturers of apparatus that use a picture screen of less than 13 inches in size and of recording devices may petition the Commission, pursuant to 47 CFR 1.41, for a full or partial exemption from the video description and emergency information requirements before manufacturing or importing the apparatus. Alternatively, manufacturers may assert that a particular apparatus is fully or partially exempt as a response to a complaint, which the Commission may dismiss upon a finding that the requirements of this section are not achievable. A petition for exemption or a response to a complaint must be supported with sufficient evidence to demonstrate that compliance with the requirements is not achievable (meaning with reasonable effort or expense), and the Commission will consider four specific factors when making such a determination. (e) Petitions for purpose-based waivers of emergency information and video description apparatus requirements. The Commission may waive emergency information and video description apparatus requirements for any apparatus or class of apparatus that is (a) primarily designed for activities other than receiving or playing back video programming transmitted simultaneously with sound, or (b) designed for multiple purposes, capable of receiving or playing video programming transmitted simultaneously with sound but whose essential utility is derived from other purposes. The Commission will address any requests for a purpose-based waiver on a case-by-case basis, and waivers will be available prospectively for manufacturers seeking certainty prior to the sale of a device. (f) Submission and review of consumer eligibility information pertaining to DIRECTV, LLC's (DIRECTV's) waiver for provision of aural emergency information during The Weather Channel's programming. The Commission granted DIRECTV a waiver with respect to the set-top box models on which it is not able to implement audio functionality for emergency information, but conditioned such relief by requiring DIRECTV to [[Page 20888]] provide, upon request and at no additional cost to customers who are blind or visually impaired, a set-top box model that is capable of providing aural emergency information. DIRECTV may require customers who are blind or visually impaired to submit reasonable documentation of disability to DIRECTV as a condition to providing the box at no additional cost. OMB Control No.: 3060-0994. Title: Flexibility for Delivery of Communications by Mobile Satellite Service Providers in the 2 GHz Band, the L Band, and the 1.6/ 2.4 GHz Band. Form No.: Not Applicable. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information collection. Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities. Number of Respondents: 126 respondents; 126 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 0.50-50 hours per response. Frequency of Response: On occasion, one time and annual reporting requirements, third-party disclosure and recordkeeping requirements. Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 4(i), 7, 302, 303(c), 303(e), 303(f) and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 157, 302, 303(c), 303(e), 303(f) and 303(r). Total Annual Burden: 520 hours. Annual Cost Burden: $530,340. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information. Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as a revision following the 60-day comment period in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB. On December 23, 2016, the Commission released a Report and Order in IB Docket No. 13-213, FCC 16-181, titled ``Terrestrial Use of the 2473- 2495 MHz Band for Low-Power Mobile Broadband Networks; Amendments to Rules for the Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) of Mobile Satellite Service Systems.'' The revisions to 47 CFR part 25 adopted in the Report and Order remove a portion of the information collection requirements as it relates to a newly proposed low power broadband network, as described in document FCC 16-181. These revisions enable ATC licensees to operate low-power ATC using licensed spectrum in the 2483.5-2495 MHz band. Although the original low-power ATC proposal described the use of the adjacent 2473-2483.5 MHz band, low-power terrestrial operations at 2473-2483.5 MHz were not authorized by the Report and Order. The revisions provide an exception for low-power ATC from the requirements contained in section 25.149(b) of the Commission's rules, which require detailed showings concerning satellite system coverage and replacement satellites. The revisions also provide an exception from a rule requiring integrated service, which generally requires that service handsets be capable of communication with both satellites and terrestrial base stations. Accordingly, the provider of low-power ATC would be relieved from certain burdens that are currently in place in the existing information collection. To qualify for authority to deploy a low-power terrestrial network in the 2483.5-2495 MHz band, an ATC licensee would need to certify that it will utilize a Network Operating System to manage its terrestrial low-power network. Although the Report and Order also created new technical requirements for equipment designed to communicate with a low-power ATC network, satisfaction of these technical requirements relieves ATC licensees from meeting other technical requirements that apply to ATC systems generally. We also had a revision to this information collection to reflect the elimination of the elements of this information collection for 2 GHz MSS. See 78 FR 48621-22. The purposes of the existing information collection are to obtain information necessary for licensing operators of Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS) networks to provide ancillary services in the U.S. via terrestrial base stations (Ancillary Terrestrial Components, or ATCs); obtain the legal and technical information required to facilitate the integration of ATCs into MSS networks in the L-Band and the 1.6/2.4 GHz Bands; and to ensure that ATC licensees meet the Commission's legal and technical requirements to develop and maintain their MSS networks and operate their ATC systems without causing harmful interference to other radio systems. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-08968 Filed 5-3-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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Communications Commission (FCC or Third-Party Non-Profit Organizations. extent that the station participated in
Commission) invites the general public Under the Commission’s existing rules, tallying or receiving any funds for the
and other Federal agencies to take this a noncommercial educational (NCE) non-profit group, an approximation, to
opportunity to comment on the broadcast station may not conduct the nearest $10,000, of the total funds
following information collections. fundraising activities to benefit any raised. The information for each
Comments are requested concerning: entity besides the station itself if the calendar quarter is to be filed by the
whether the proposed collection of activities would substantially alter or tenth day of the succeeding calendar
information is necessary for the proper suspend regular programming. The quarter (e.g., January 10 for the quarter
performance of the functions of the Report and Order relaxes the rules to October–December, April 10 for the
Commission, including whether the allow NCE stations to spend up to one quarter January–March, etc.).
information shall have practical utility; percent of their total annual airtime Federal Communications Commission.
the accuracy of the Commission’s conducting on-air fundraising activities
Marlene H. Dortch,
burden estimate; ways to enhance the that interrupt regular programming for
the benefit of third-party non-profit Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
quality, utility, and clarity of the
organizations. The Report and Order [FR Doc. 2017–08967 Filed 5–3–17; 8:45 am]
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of imposes the following information BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
information on the respondents, collection requirements on NCE
including the use of automated stations:
Audience disclosure: The information FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
collection techniques or other forms of
collection requirements contained in 47 COMMISSION
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information CFR 73.503(e)(1) requires that a
collection burden on small business noncommercial educational FM [OMB 3060–0548, 3060–0652, 3060–0750,
concerns with fewer than 25 employees. broadcast station that interrupts regular 3060–0849, 3060–0967 and 3060–0994]
OMB Control Number: 3060–1174. programming to conduct fundraising
Title: Section 73.503, Licensing activities on behalf of third-party non- Information Collections Being
requirements and service; Section profit organizations must air a Submitted for Review and Approval to
73.621, Noncommercial educational TV disclosure during such activities clearly the Office of Management and Budget
stations; Section 73.3527, Local public stating that the fundraiser is not for the
AGENCY: Federal Communications
inspection file of noncommercial benefit of the station itself and
Commission.
educational stations. identifying the entity for which it is
fundraising. The information collection ACTION: Notice and request for
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a requirements contained in 47 CFR comments.
currently approved collection. 73.621(f)(1) requires that a
noncommercial educational TV SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
Respondents: Business or other for-
broadcast station that interrupts regular to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
profit entities; Not-for-profit
programming to conduct fundraising required by the Paperwork Reduction
institutions.
activities on behalf of third-party non- Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Number of Respondents and
profit organizations must air a Communications Commission (FCC or
Responses: 2,200 respondents; 33,000
disclosure during such activities clearly the Commission) invites the general
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 stating that the fundraiser is not for the public and other Federal agencies to
hours. benefit of the station itself and take this opportunity to comment on the
Frequency of Response: identifying the entity for which it is following information collection.
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party fundraising. The audience disclosure Comments are requested concerning:
disclosure requirement. must be aired at the beginning and the Whether the proposed collection of
Obligation to Respond: Required to end of each fundraising program and at information is necessary for the proper
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory least once during each hour in which performance of the functions of the
authority which covers these the program is on the air. Commission, including whether the
information collections is contained in Retention of information on information shall have practical utility;
47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 303, and 399B. fundraising activities in local public the accuracy of the Commission’s
Total Annual Burden: 16,500 hours. inspection file: The information burden estimate; ways to enhance the
Total Annual Cost: No cost. collection requirements contained in 47 quality, utility, and clarity of the
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: CFR 73.3527(e)(14) requires that each information collected; ways to minimize
Although the Commission does not noncommercial educational FM the burden of the collection of
believe that any confidential broadcast station and noncommercial information on the respondents,
information will need to be disclosed in educational TV broadcast station that including the use of automated
order to comply with the information interrupts regular programming to collection techniques or other forms of
collection requirements, applicants are conduct fundraising activities on behalf information technology; and ways to
free to request that materials or of a third-party non-profit organization further reduce the information
information submitted to the must place in its local public inspection collection burden on small business
Commission be withheld from public file, on a quarterly basis, the following concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
inspection. (See 47 CFR 0.459 of the information for each third-party The Commission may not conduct or
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Commission’s Rules). fundraising program or activity: The sponsor a collection of information
Privacy Impact Assessment: No date, time, and duration of the unless it displays a currently valid
impact(s). fundraiser; the type of fundraising Office of Management and Budget
Needs and Uses: On April 20, 2017, activity; the name of the non-profit (OMB) control number. No person shall
the Commission adopted a Report and organization benefitted by the be subject to any penalty for failing to
Order in MB Docket No. 12–106, FCC fundraiser; a brief description of the comply with a collection of information
17–41, In the Matter of Noncommercial specific cause or project, if any, subject to the PRA that does not display
Educational Station Fundraising for supported by the fundraiser; and, to the a valid OMB control number.
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provide, upon request and at no spectrum in the 2483.5–2495 MHz band. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
additional cost to customers who are Although the original low-power ATC CORPORATION
blind or visually impaired, a set-top box proposal described the use of the
model that is capable of providing aural adjacent 2473–2483.5 MHz band, low- FDIC Systemic Resolution Advisory
emergency information. DIRECTV may power terrestrial operations at 2473– Committee; Notice of Charter Renewal
require customers who are blind or 2483.5 MHz were not authorized by the AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance
visually impaired to submit reasonable Report and Order. The revisions provide Corporation (FDIC).
documentation of disability to DIRECTV an exception for low-power ATC from
as a condition to providing the box at ACTION: Notice of renewal of the FDIC
the requirements contained in section Systemic Resolution Advisory
no additional cost. 25.149(b) of the Commission’s rules, Committee.
OMB Control No.: 3060–0994. which require detailed showings
Title: Flexibility for Delivery of concerning satellite system coverage SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of
Communications by Mobile Satellite and replacement satellites. The the Federal Advisory Committee Act
Service Providers in the 2 GHz Band, revisions also provide an exception (‘‘FACA’’), and after consultation with
the L Band, and the 1.6/2.4 GHz Band. from a rule requiring integrated service, the General Services Administration,
Form No.: Not Applicable. which generally requires that service the Chairman of the Federal Deposit
Type of Review: Revision of a handsets be capable of communication Insurance Corporation has determined
currently approved information that renewal of the FDIC Systemic
with both satellites and terrestrial base
collection. Resolution Advisory Committee (‘‘the
stations. Accordingly, the provider of
Respondents: Business or other for- Committee’’) is in the public interest in
profit entities. low-power ATC would be relieved from
certain burdens that are currently in connection with the performance of
Number of Respondents: 126 duties imposed upon the FDIC by law.
respondents; 126 responses. place in the existing information
collection. To qualify for authority to The Committee has been a successful
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50– undertaking by the FDIC and has
50 hours per response. deploy a low-power terrestrial network
provided valuable feedback to the
Frequency of Response: On occasion, in the 2483.5–2495 MHz band, an ATC
agency on a broad range of issues
one time and annual reporting licensee would need to certify that it
regarding the resolution of systemically
requirements, third-party disclosure and will utilize a Network Operating System important financial companies pursuant
recordkeeping requirements. to manage its terrestrial low-power to Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Obligation To Respond: Required to network. Although the Report and Order Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory also created new technical requirements The Committee will continue to provide
authority for this collection is contained for equipment designed to communicate advice and recommendations on how
in Sections 4(i), 7, 302, 303(c), 303(e), with a low-power ATC network, the FDIC’s systemic resolution
303(f) and 303(r) of the Communications satisfaction of these technical authority, and its implementation, may
Act of 1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. requirements relieves ATC licensees impact regulated entities and other
154(i), 157, 302, 303(c), 303(e), 303(f) from meeting other technical stakeholders potentially affected by the
and 303(r). requirements that apply to ATC systems process. The structure and
Total Annual Burden: 520 hours. generally. We also had a revision to this responsibilities of the Committee are
Annual Cost Burden: $530,340. information collection to reflect the unchanged from when it was originally
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No elimination of the elements of this established in May 2011. The
impact(s). information collection for 2 GHz MSS. Committee will continue to operate in
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: See 78 FR 48621–22. accordance with the provisions of the
In general, there is no need for Federal Advisory Committee Act.
confidentiality with this collection of The purposes of the existing
information collection are to obtain FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
information.
information necessary for licensing Robert E. Feldman, Committee
Needs and Uses: This collection will
operators of Mobile-Satellite Service Management Officer of the FDIC, at
be submitted to the Office of
(MSS) networks to provide ancillary (202) 898–7043.
Management and Budget (OMB) as a
revision following the 60-day comment services in the U.S. via terrestrial base Dated: May 1, 2017.
period in order to obtain the full three- stations (Ancillary Terrestrial Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
year clearance from OMB. Components, or ATCs); obtain the legal Robert E. Feldman,
On December 23, 2016, the and technical information required to Committee Management Officer.
Commission released a Report and facilitate the integration of ATCs into [FR Doc. 2017–08985 Filed 5–3–17; 8:45 am]
Order in IB Docket No. 13–213, FCC 16– MSS networks in the L-Band and the BILLING CODE 6714–01–P
181, titled ‘‘Terrestrial Use of the 2473– 1.6/2.4 GHz Bands; and to ensure that
2495 MHz Band for Low-Power Mobile ATC licensees meet the Commission’s
Broadband Networks; Amendments to legal and technical requirements to
Rules for the Ancillary Terrestrial develop and maintain their MSS FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Component (ATC) of Mobile Satellite networks and operate their ATC systems
Service Systems.’’ The revisions to 47 without causing harmful interference to Sunshine Act Meeting
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CFR part 25 adopted in the Report and other radio systems.
Order remove a portion of the AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.
information collection requirements as Federal Communications Commission. DATE & TIME: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at
it relates to a newly proposed low Marlene H. Dortch, 10:00 a.m. and its continuation at the
power broadband network, as described Secretary, Office of the Secretary. conclusion of the open meeting on May
in document FCC 16–181. These 11, 2017.
[FR Doc. 2017–08968 Filed 5–3–17; 8:45 am]
revisions enable ATC licensees to BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington,
operate low-power ATC using licensed DC.
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| 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 http://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 OMB control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed. | |
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