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)

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.

[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]


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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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    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

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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.
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