82 FR 4877 - Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 10 (January 17, 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 Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4877-4879]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00884]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1203 and 3060-0874]


Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collections. Comments are 
requested concerning: Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Commission, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the 
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees.
    The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA 
that does not display a valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before March 20, 
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 below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1203.
    Title: Section 79.107 User Interfaces Provided by Digital 
Apparatus; Section

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79.108 Video Programming Guides and Menus Provided by Navigation 
Devices; Section 79.110 Complaint Procedures for User Interfaces, Menus 
and Guides, and Activating Accessibility Features on Digital Apparatus 
and Navigation Devices.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit entities; Not for profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,175 respondents and 516,982 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.0167 hours to 10 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure requirement; Recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. The statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in the Twenty-First Century 
Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), Public Law 
111-260, 124 Stat. 2751, and sections 4(i), 4(j), 303(r), 303(u), 
303(aa), 303(bb), and 716(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 303(r), 303(u), 303(aa), 303(bb), 
and 617(g).
    Total Annual Burden: 24,043 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $70,500.
    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.'' As required by the 
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission also published a SORN, FCC/
CGB-1 ``Informal Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute 
Assistance,'' in the Federal Register on August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152) 
which became effective on September 24, 2014.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The FCC completed a Privacy Impact 
Assessment (PIA) 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.
    Needs and Uses:
    On October 29, 2013, in document FCC 13-138, Report and Order and 
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the User Interfaces 
Accessibility Order), MB Docket Nos. 12-108, 12-107, published at 78 FR 
77210, December 20, 2013, the Commission adopted rules implementing 
sections 204 and 205 of the CVAA related to making accessible the user 
interfaces, text menus and guides of digital apparatus designed to 
receive or play back video programming and navigation devices for the 
display or selection of multichannel video programming. On November 20, 
2015, in document FCC 15-156, the Commission released a Second Report 
and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Second Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (the Second User Interfaces Accessibility Order), 
MB Docket No. 12-108, published at 81 FR 5921, February 14, 2016, 
adopting additional rules to ensure that consumers are able to find out 
about what accessible devices and features are available from covered 
manufacturers and multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) 
and how to use such devices and features. Collectively, these rules are 
codified at 47 CFR 79.107-79.110.
    Covered entities are required to comply with the rules and 
information collection requirements contained in the User Interfaces 
Accessibility Order and in the Second User Interfaces Accessibility 
Order beginning December 20, 2016.
    The Commission is submitting this revised information collection to 
transfer certain information collection burdens associated with this 
OMB Control Number 3060-1203 to OMB Control Number 3060-0874. This 
transfer is being made because the Commission's online consumer 
complaint portal, which is part of the information collection contained 
in OMB Control Number 3060-0874, is being revised to enable consumers 
to file complaints related to the Commission's user interfaces 
accessibility requirements through the Commission's online complaint 
portal.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0874.
    Title: Consumer Complaint Portal: General Complaints, Obscenity or 
Indecency Complaints, Complaints under the Telephone Consumer 
Protection Act, Slamming Complaints, RDAs and Communications 
Accessibility Complaints.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit entities; Not for profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 335,979 respondents; 335,979 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes (.25 hours) to 30 minutes 
(.50 hours).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. The statutory authority for this 
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 208 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended (the Act).
    Total Annual Burden: 84,006 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    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.'' As required by the 
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission also published a SORN, FCC/
CGB-1 ``Informal Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute 
Assistance,'' in the Federal Register on August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152) 
which became effective on September 24, 2014.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: The FCC completed a Privacy Impact 
Assessment (PIA) 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.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission consolidated all of the FCC informal 
consumer complaint intake into an online consumer complaint portal, 
which allows the Commission to better manage the collection of informal 
consumer complaints. Informal consumer complaints consist of informal 
consumer complaints, inquiries and comments. This revised information 
collection requests OMB approval for the addition of a layer of 
consumer reported complaint information related to the FCC's disability 
accessibility requirements for video programming digital apparatus and 
navigation device user interfaces (e.g., TV and set-top box controls, 
menus, and program guides). The information collection burdens 
associated with these complaints is being transferred from OMB Control 
Number 3060-1203 to OMB Control Number 3060-0874 to enable consumers to 
file complaints related to the Commission's user interfaces 
accessibility requirements through the Commission's online complaint 
portal.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-00884 Filed 1-13-17; 8:45 am]
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