83_FR_50282 83 FR 50089 - Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

83 FR 50089 - Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 193 (October 4, 2018)

Page Range50089-50091
FR Document2018-21595

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 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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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 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before December 
3, 2018. 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to 
[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 Number: 3060-0844.
    Title: Carriage of the Transmissions of Television Broadcast 
Stations: Section 76.56(a), Carriage of qualified noncommercial 
educational stations; Section 76.57, Channel positioning; Section 
76.61(a)(1)-(2), Disputes concerning carriage; Section 76.64, 
Retransmission consent.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 835 respondents and 14,040 
responses.

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    Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 5 hours.
    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 information collection is contained in 
Sections 1, 4(i) and (j), 325, 336, 614 and 615 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 14,840 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Under Section 614 of the Communications Act and the 
implementing rules adopted by the Commission, commercial TV broadcast 
stations are entitled to assert mandatory carriage rights on cable 
systems located within the station's television market. Under Section 
325(b) of the Communications Act, commercial TV broadcast stations are 
entitled to negotiate with local cable systems for carriage of their 
signal pursuant to retransmission consent agreements in lieu of 
asserting must carry rights. This system is therefore referred to as 
``Must- Carry and Retransmission Consent.'' Under Section 615 of the 
Communications Act, noncommercial educational (NCE) stations are also 
entitled to assert mandatory carriage rights on cable systems located 
within the station's market; however, noncommercial TV broadcast 
stations are not entitled to retransmission consent. The information 
collection requirements for this collection are contained in 47 CFR 
Sections 76.56(a), 76.57, 76.61(a)(1)-(2) and 76.64.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1086.
    Title: Section 74.787, Digital Licensing; Section 74.790, 
Permissible Service of Digital TV Translator and LPTV Stations; Section 
74.794, Digital Emissions, Section 74.796, Modification of Digital 
Transmission Systems and Analog Transmission Systems for Digital 
Operation; Section 74.798, LPTV Digital Transition Consumer Education 
Information; Protection of Analog LPTV.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities; not for profit 
institutions; State, local or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 8,445 respondents; 27,386 
responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50-4 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; One-time 
reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 56,386 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $69,033,000.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Privacy Act Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements approved 
under this collection are as follows:
    a. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(2)(iii) provides that mutually exclusive LPTV 
and TV translator applicants for companion digital stations will be 
afforded an opportunity to submit in writing to the Commission, 
settlements and engineering solutions to resolve their situation.
    b. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(3) provides that mutually exclusive applicants 
applying for construction permits for new digital stations and for 
major changes to existing stations in the LPTV service will similarly 
be allowed to submit in writing to the Commission, settlements and 
engineering solutions to rectify the problem.
    c. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(4) provides that mutually exclusive 
displacement relief applicants filing applications for digital LPTV and 
TV translator stations may be resolved by submitting settlements and 
engineering solutions in writing to the Commission.
    d. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(5)(v) states that a license for a digital-to-
digital replacement television translator will be issued only to a 
full-power television broadcast station licensee that demonstrates in 
its application a loss in the station's pre-auction digital service 
area as a result of the broadcast television spectrum incentive 
auction, including the repacking process, conducted under section 6403 
of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 
112-96). ``Pre-auction digital service area'' is defined as the 
geographic area within the full power station's noise-limited contour 
(as set forth in Public Notice, DA 15-1296, released November 12, 
2015). The service area of the digital-to-digital replacement 
translator shall be limited to only the demonstrated loss area within 
the full power station's pre-auction digital service area, provided 
that an applicant for a digital-to-digital replacement television 
translator may propose a de minimis expansion of its full power pre-
auction digital service area upon demonstrating that the expansion is 
necessary to replace a loss in its pre-auction digital service area.
    e. 47 CFR 74.790(f) permits digital TV translator stations to 
originate emergency warnings over the air deemed necessary to protect 
and safeguard life and property, and to originate local public service 
announcements (PSAs) or messages seeking or acknowledging financial 
support necessary for its continued operation. These announcements or 
messages shall not exceed 30 seconds each, and be broadcast no more 
than once per hour.
    f. 47 CFR 74.790(e) requires that a digital TV translator station 
shall not retransmit the programs and signal of any TV broadcast or DTV 
broadcast station(s) without prior written consent of such station(s). 
A digital TV translator operator electing to multiplex signals must 
negotiate arrangements and obtain written consent of involved DTV 
station licensee(s).
    g. 47 CFR 74.790(g) requires a digital LPTV station who transmits 
the programming of a TV broadcast or DTV broadcast station received 
prior written consent of the station whose signal is being transmitted.
    h. 47 CFR 74.794 mandates that digital LPTV and TV translator 
stations operating on TV channels 22-24, 32-36 and 38 with a digital 
transmitter not specifically FCC-certificated for the channel purchase 
and utilize a low pass filter or equivalent device rated by its 
manufacturer to have an attenuation of at least 85 dB in the GPS band. 
The licensees must retain with their station license a description of 
the low pass filter or equivalent device with the manufacturer's rating 
or a report of measurements by a qualified individual.
    i. 47 CFR 74.796(b)(5) requires digital LPTV or TV translator 
station licensees that modify their existing transmitter by use of a 
manufacturer-provided modification kit would need to purchase the kit 
and must notify the Commission upon completion of the transmitter 
modifications. In addition, a digital LPTV or TV translator station 
licensees that modify their existing transmitter and do not use a 
manufacturer-provided modification kit, but instead perform custom 
modification (those not related to installation of manufacturer-
supplied and FCC-certified equipment) must notify the Commission upon 
completion of the transmitter modifications and shall certify 
compliance with all applicable transmission system requirements.
    j. 47 CFR 74.796(b)(6) provides that operators who modify their 
existing transmitter by use of a manufacturer-

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provided modification kit must maintain with the station's records for 
a period of not less than two years, and will make available to the 
Commission upon request, a description of the nature of the 
modifications, installation and test instructions, and other material 
provided by the manufacturer, the results of performance-tests and 
measurements on the modified transmitter, and copies of related 
correspondence with the Commission. In addition, digital LPTV and TV 
translator operators who custom modify their transmitter must maintain 
with the station's records for a period of not less than two years, and 
will make available to the Commission upon request, a description of 
the modifications performed and performance tests, the results of 
performance-tests and measurements on the modified transmitter, and 
copies of related correspondence with the Commission.
    k. Protection of Analog LPTV. In situations where protection of an 
existing analog LPTV or translator station without a frequency offset 
prevents acceptance of a proposed new or modified LPTV, TV translator, 
or Class A station, the Commission requires that the existing non-
offset station install at its expense offset equipment and notify the 
Commission that it has done so, or, alternatively, negotiate an 
interference agreement with the new station and notify the Commission 
of that agreement.
    l. 47 CFR 74.798 requires all stations in the low power television 
services to provide notice of their upcoming digital transition to 
their viewers.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1183.
    Title: Establishment of a Public Safety Answering Point Do-Not-Call 
Registry, CG Docket No. 12-129.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Federal 
Government; Not-for-profit institutions; State, local or Tribal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 106,500 respondents; 1,446,333 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes (.50 hours) to 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Annually, 
monthly, on occasion and one-time reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for the information collection requirements is 
found in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, 
Public Law 112-96, February 22, 2012.
    Total Annual Burden: 792,667 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of 
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does 
not require the collection of personally identifiable information from 
individuals.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The rules adopted herein establish recordkeeping 
requirements for a large variety of entities, including small business 
entities. First, each Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) may 
designate a representative who shall be required to file a 
certification with the administrator of the PSAP registry that they are 
authorized to place numbers onto that registry. The designated PSAP 
representative shall provide contact information including the PSAP 
represented, name, title, address, telephone number and email address. 
Verified PSAPs shall be permitted to upload to the registry any PSAP 
telephone associated with the provision of emergency services or 
communications with other public safety agencies. On an annual basis 
designated PSAP representatives shall access the registry, review their 
numbers and remove any ineligible numbers from the registry. Second, an 
operator of automatic dialing equipment (OADE) is prohibited from 
contacting any number on the PSAP registry. Each OADE must register for 
access to the PSAP registry by providing contact information which 
includes name, business address, contact person, telephone number, 
email, and all outbound telephone numbers used to place autodialed 
calls. All such contact information must be updated within 30 days of 
any change. In addition, the OADE must certify that it is accessing the 
registry solely to prevent autodialed calls to numbers on the registry. 
An OADE must access and employ a version of the PSAP registry obtained 
from the registry administrator no more than 31 days prior to the date 
any call is made, and maintain record documenting this process. No 
person or entity may sell, rent, lease, purchase, share, or use the 
PSAP registry for any purpose expect to comply with our rules 
prohibiting contact with numbers on the registry.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1216.
    Title: Media Bureau Incentive Auction Implementation, Sections 
73.3700(b)(4)(i)-(ii), (c), (d), (h)(5)-(6) and (g)(4).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,950 respondents and 174,219 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .004-15 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement; on occasion 
reporting requirement; recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in 47 U.S.C. 
151, 154, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 325(b), 332, 336(f), 
338, 339, 340, 399b, 403, 534, 535, 1404, 1452, and 1454.
    Total Annual Burden: 24,932 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $1,214,400.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection.
    Needs and Uses: The information gathered in this collection will be 
used to require broadcasters transitioning to a new station following 
the Incentive Auction, or going off the air as a result of a winning 
bid in the Incentive Auction, to notify their viewers of the date the 
station will terminate operations on its pre-Auction channel by running 
public service announcements, and allow these broadcasters to inform 
MVPDs of their relinquishment or change in channel. It requires channel 
sharing agreements enter into by television broadcast licensees to 
contain certain provisions regarding access to facilities, financial 
obligations and to define each party's rights and responsibilities; the 
Commission will review each channel sharing agreement to ensure it 
comports with general rules and policies regarding license agreements. 
The provisions contained in this collection also require wireless 
licensees to notify low-power television and TV translator stations 
commence wireless operations and the likelihood of receiving harmful 
interference from the low power TV or TV translator station to such 
operations within the wireless licensee's licensed geographic service 
area. Finally, it requires license relinquishment stations and channel 
sharing stations to comply with notification and cancellation 
procedures as they terminate operations on their pre-Auction channel.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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                                               Communications Commission (FCC or                       is contained in 47 U.S.C. 160, 161,                   SUMMARY:    As part of its continuing effort
                                               the Commission) invites the general                     209(b) and 220 as amended by the                      to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
                                               public and other Federal agencies to                    Communications Act of 1934, as                        required by the Paperwork Reduction
                                               take this opportunity to comment on the                 amended.                                              Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
                                               following information collection.                          Total Annual Burden: 1,400 hours.                  Communications Commission (FCC or
                                               Comments are requested concerning:                         Total Annual Cost: No cost.                        Commission) invites the general public
                                               Whether the proposed collection of                         Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No                  and other Federal agencies to take this
                                               information is necessary for the proper                 impact(s).                                            opportunity to comment on the
                                               performance of the functions of the                        Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:              following information collections.
                                               Commission, including whether the                       In most cases, the rate-of-return reports             Comments are requested concerning:
                                               information shall have practical utility;               do not require submission of any                      Whether the proposed collection of
                                               the accuracy of the Commission’s                        confidential or commercially-sensitive                information is necessary for the proper
                                               burden estimate; ways to enhance the                    data. The areas in which detailed                     performance of the functions of the
                                               quality, utility, and clarity of the                    information is required are fully subject             Commission, including whether the
                                               information collected; ways to minimize                 to regulation. If a respondent finds it               information shall have practical utility;
                                               the burden of the collection of                         necessary to submit confidential or                   the accuracy of the Commission’s
                                               information on the respondents,                         commercially-sensitive data, they may                 burden estimate; ways to enhance the
                                               including the use of automated                          do so under 47 CFR 0.459 of the                       quality, utility, and clarity of the
                                               collection techniques or other forms of                 Commission’s rules.                                   information collected; ways to minimize
                                               information technology; and ways to                        Needs and Uses: The filing of FCC                  the burden of the collection of
                                               further reduce the information                          Forms 492 and 492–A is required by 47                 information on the respondents,
                                               collection burden on small business                     CFR 65.600 of the Commission’s rules.                 including the use of automated
                                               concerns with fewer than 25 employees.                  FCC Form 492 is filed by each local                   collection techniques or other forms of
                                               The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a                    exchange carrier (LEC) or groups of                   information technology; and ways to
                                               collection of information unless it                     carriers who file individual access                   further reduce the information
                                               displays a currently valid control                      tariffs or who are not subject to sections            collection burden on small business
                                               number. No person shall be subject to                   61.41 through 61.49 of the                            concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
                                               any penalty for failing to comply with                  Commission’s rules. Each LEC, or group                  The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
                                               a collection of information subject to the              of affiliated carriers, subject to the                a collection of information unless it
                                               PRA that does not display a valid Office                previously stated sections, file FCC                  displays a currently valid OMB control
                                               of Management and Budget (OMB)                          Form 492–A. These data provide the                    number. No person shall be subject to
                                               control number.                                         necessary detail to enable the                        any penalty for failing to comply with
                                               DATES: Written PRA comments should                      Commission to fulfill its regulatory                  a collection of information subject to the
                                               be submitted on or before December 3,                   responsibilities. The Commission has                  PRA that does not display a valid OMB
                                               2018. If you anticipate that you will be                granted AT&T, Verizon, legacy Qwest,                  control number.
                                               submitting comments, but find it                        and other similarly-situated carriers                 DATES: Written PRA comments should
                                               difficult to do so within the period of                 forbearance from FCC Form 492–A. See                  be submitted on or before December 3,
                                               time allowed by this notice, you should                 Petition of AT&T Inc. for Forbearance                 2018. If you anticipate that you will be
                                               advise the contact listed below as soon                 under 47 U.S.C. 160 from Enforcement                  submitting comments, but find it
                                               as possible.                                            of Certain of the Commission’s Cost                   difficult to do so within the period of
                                               ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to                   Assignment Rules, WC Docket Nos. 07–                  time allowed by this notice, you should
                                               Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@                      21, 05–342, Memorandum Opinion and                    advise the contact listed below as soon
                                               fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.                   Order, 23 FCC Rcd 7302 (2008) (AT&T                   as possible.
                                                                                                       Cost Assignment Forbearance Order).                   ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                                                                                       However, one submission included 56                   Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
                                               additional information about the
                                                                                                       new entities that had not previously                  fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
                                               information collection, contact Nicole
                                                                                                       filed Form 492.                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                               Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              Federal Communications Commission.                    additional information about the
                                                 OMB Control Number: 3060–0355.                        Marlene Dortch,                                       information collection, contact Cathy
                                                 Title: Rate-of-Return Monitoring                      Secretary, Office of the Secretary.                   Williams at (202) 418–2918.
                                               Reports.                                                [FR Doc. 2018–21598 Filed 10–3–18; 8:45 am]           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                 Form Numbers: FCC Forms 492 and                       BILLING CODE 6712–01–P                                  OMB Control Number: 3060–0844.
                                               492–A.                                                                                                          Title: Carriage of the Transmissions of
                                                 Type of Review: Extension of a                                                                              Television Broadcast Stations: Section
                                               currently approved collection.                          FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS                                76.56(a), Carriage of qualified
                                                 Respondents: Business or other for-                   COMMISSION                                            noncommercial educational stations;
                                               profit entities.                                                                                              Section 76.57, Channel positioning;
                                                 Number of Respondents and                             [OMB 3060–0844, OMB 3060–1086, OMB                    Section 76.61(a)(1)–(2), Disputes
                                               Responses: 175 respondents; 175                         3060–1183, OMB 3060–1216]                             concerning carriage; Section 76.64,
                                               responses.                                                                                                    Retransmission consent.
                                                 Estimated Time per Response: 8                        Information Collections Being
                                                                                                                                                               Form Number: N/A.
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                                               hours.                                                  Reviewed by the Federal                                 Type of Review: Extension of a
                                                 Frequency of Response: Annual                         Communications Commission                             currently approved collection.
                                               reporting requirement and                               AGENCY: Federal Communications                          Respondents: Business or other for-
                                               recordkeeping requirement.                              Commission.                                           profit entities.
                                                 Obligation to Respond: Required to                                                                            Number of Respondents and
                                                                                                       ACTION: Notice and request for
                                               obtain or retain benefits. Statutory                                                                          Responses: 835 respondents and 14,040
                                                                                                       comments.
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                                                  Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 5                  reporting requirement; Third party                    expansion is necessary to replace a loss
                                               hours.                                                  disclosure requirement.                               in its pre-auction digital service area.
                                                  Frequency of Response: On occasion                      Total Annual Burden: 56,386 hours.                    e. 47 CFR 74.790(f) permits digital TV
                                               reporting requirement; Third party                         Total Annual Cost: $69,033,000.                    translator stations to originate
                                               disclosure requirement.                                    Obligation to Respond: Required to                 emergency warnings over the air
                                                  Obligation to Respond: Required to                   obtain or retain benefits. The statutory              deemed necessary to protect and
                                               obtain or retain benefits. The statutory                authority for this information collection             safeguard life and property, and to
                                               authority for this information collection               is contained in section 301 of the                    originate local public service
                                               is contained in Sections 1, 4(i) and (j),               Communications Act of 1934, as                        announcements (PSAs) or messages
                                               325, 336, 614 and 615 of the                            amended.                                              seeking or acknowledging financial
                                               Communications Act of 1934, as                             Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:              support necessary for its continued
                                               amended.                                                There is no need for confidentiality with             operation. These announcements or
                                                  Total Annual Burden: 14,840 hours.                   this collection of information.                       messages shall not exceed 30 seconds
                                                  Total Annual Cost: No cost.                             Privacy Act Assessment: No impact(s).              each, and be broadcast no more than
                                                                                                          Needs and Uses: The information                    once per hour.
                                                  Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
                                                                                                       collection requirements approved under                   f. 47 CFR 74.790(e) requires that a
                                               There is no need for confidentiality with
                                                                                                       this collection are as follows:                       digital TV translator station shall not
                                               this collection of information.                            a. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(2)(iii) provides
                                                  Privacy Impact Assessment: No                                                                              retransmit the programs and signal of
                                                                                                       that mutually exclusive LPTV and TV                   any TV broadcast or DTV broadcast
                                               impact(s).                                              translator applicants for companion
                                                  Needs and Uses: Under Section 614 of                                                                       station(s) without prior written consent
                                                                                                       digital stations will be afforded an                  of such station(s). A digital TV
                                               the Communications Act and the                          opportunity to submit in writing to the
                                               implementing rules adopted by the                                                                             translator operator electing to multiplex
                                                                                                       Commission, settlements and                           signals must negotiate arrangements and
                                               Commission, commercial TV broadcast                     engineering solutions to resolve their
                                               stations are entitled to assert mandatory                                                                     obtain written consent of involved DTV
                                                                                                       situation.                                            station licensee(s).
                                               carriage rights on cable systems located                   b. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(3) provides that                  g. 47 CFR 74.790(g) requires a digital
                                               within the station’s television market.                 mutually exclusive applicants applying                LPTV station who transmits the
                                               Under Section 325(b) of the                             for construction permits for new digital              programming of a TV broadcast or DTV
                                               Communications Act, commercial TV                       stations and for major changes to                     broadcast station received prior written
                                               broadcast stations are entitled to                      existing stations in the LPTV service                 consent of the station whose signal is
                                               negotiate with local cable systems for                  will similarly be allowed to submit in                being transmitted.
                                               carriage of their signal pursuant to                    writing to the Commission, settlements                   h. 47 CFR 74.794 mandates that
                                               retransmission consent agreements in                    and engineering solutions to rectify the              digital LPTV and TV translator stations
                                               lieu of asserting must carry rights. This               problem.                                              operating on TV channels 22–24, 32–36
                                               system is therefore referred to as ‘‘Must-                 c. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(4) provides that               and 38 with a digital transmitter not
                                               Carry and Retransmission Consent.’’                     mutually exclusive displacement relief                specifically FCC-certificated for the
                                               Under Section 615 of the                                applicants filing applications for digital            channel purchase and utilize a low pass
                                               Communications Act, noncommercial                       LPTV and TV translator stations may be                filter or equivalent device rated by its
                                               educational (NCE) stations are also                     resolved by submitting settlements and                manufacturer to have an attenuation of
                                               entitled to assert mandatory carriage                   engineering solutions in writing to the               at least 85 dB in the GPS band. The
                                               rights on cable systems located within                  Commission.                                           licensees must retain with their station
                                               the station’s market; however,                             d. 47 CFR 74.787(a)(5)(v) states that a            license a description of the low pass
                                               noncommercial TV broadcast stations                     license for a digital-to-digital                      filter or equivalent device with the
                                               are not entitled to retransmission                      replacement television translator will be             manufacturer’s rating or a report of
                                               consent. The information collection                     issued only to a full-power television                measurements by a qualified individual.
                                               requirements for this collection are                    broadcast station licensee that                          i. 47 CFR 74.796(b)(5) requires digital
                                               contained in 47 CFR Sections 76.56(a),                  demonstrates in its application a loss in             LPTV or TV translator station licensees
                                               76.57, 76.61(a)(1)–(2) and 76.64.                       the station’s pre-auction digital service             that modify their existing transmitter by
                                                  OMB Control Number: 3060–1086.                       area as a result of the broadcast                     use of a manufacturer-provided
                                                  Title: Section 74.787, Digital                       television spectrum incentive auction,                modification kit would need to
                                               Licensing; Section 74.790, Permissible                  including the repacking process,                      purchase the kit and must notify the
                                               Service of Digital TV Translator and                    conducted under section 6403 of the                   Commission upon completion of the
                                               LPTV Stations; Section 74.794, Digital                  Middle Class Tax Relief and Job                       transmitter modifications. In addition, a
                                               Emissions, Section 74.796, Modification                 Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–96).                digital LPTV or TV translator station
                                               of Digital Transmission Systems and                     ‘‘Pre-auction digital service area’’ is               licensees that modify their existing
                                               Analog Transmission Systems for                         defined as the geographic area within                 transmitter and do not use a
                                               Digital Operation; Section 74.798, LPTV                 the full power station’s noise-limited                manufacturer-provided modification kit,
                                               Digital Transition Consumer Education                   contour (as set forth in Public Notice,               but instead perform custom
                                               Information; Protection of Analog LPTV.                 DA 15–1296, released November 12,                     modification (those not related to
                                                  Form Number: Not applicable.                         2015). The service area of the digital-to-            installation of manufacturer-supplied
                                                  Respondents: Business or other for                   digital replacement translator shall be               and FCC-certified equipment) must
                                               profit entities; not for profit institutions;           limited to only the demonstrated loss                 notify the Commission upon completion
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                                               State, local or Tribal government.                      area within the full power station’s pre-             of the transmitter modifications and
                                                  Number of Respondents/Responses:                     auction digital service area, provided                shall certify compliance with all
                                               8,445 respondents; 27,386 responses.                    that an applicant for a digital-to-digital            applicable transmission system
                                                  Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50–                  replacement television translator may                 requirements.
                                               4 hours.                                                propose a de minimis expansion of its                    j. 47 CFR 74.796(b)(6) provides that
                                                  Frequency of Response:                               full power pre-auction digital service                operators who modify their existing
                                               Recordkeeping requirement; One-time                     area upon demonstrating that the                      transmitter by use of a manufacturer-


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                                               provided modification kit must                             Total Annual Burden: 792,667 hours.                   Respondents: Business or other for-
                                               maintain with the station’s records for a                  Total Annual Cost: None.                           profit entities; Not for profit institutions.
                                               period of not less than two years, and                     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:                 Number of Respondents and
                                               will make available to the Commission                   An assurance of confidentiality is not                Responses: 1,950 respondents and
                                               upon request, a description of the nature               offered because this information                      174,219 responses.
                                               of the modifications, installation and                  collection does not require the                          Estimated Time per Response: .004–
                                               test instructions, and other material                   collection of personally identifiable                 15 hours.
                                               provided by the manufacturer, the                       information from individuals.                            Frequency of Response: One-time
                                               results of performance-tests and                           Privacy Impact Assessment: No
                                                                                                                                                             reporting requirement; on occasion
                                               measurements on the modified                            impact(s).
                                                                                                          Needs and Uses: The rules adopted                  reporting requirement; recordkeeping
                                               transmitter, and copies of related                                                                            requirement.
                                               correspondence with the Commission.                     herein establish recordkeeping
                                                                                                       requirements for a large variety of                      Obligation to Respond: Required to
                                               In addition, digital LPTV and TV                                                                              obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
                                               translator operators who custom modify                  entities, including small business
                                                                                                       entities. First, each Public Safety                   authority for these collections are
                                               their transmitter must maintain with the                                                                      contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 301,
                                               station’s records for a period of not less              Answering Point (PSAP) may designate
                                                                                                       a representative who shall be required                303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319,
                                               than two years, and will make available                                                                       325(b), 332, 336(f), 338, 339, 340, 399b,
                                               to the Commission upon request, a                       to file a certification with the
                                                                                                       administrator of the PSAP registry that               403, 534, 535, 1404, 1452, and 1454.
                                               description of the modifications                                                                                 Total Annual Burden: 24,932 hours.
                                               performed and performance tests, the                    they are authorized to place numbers
                                                                                                       onto that registry. The designated PSAP                  Annual Cost Burden: $1,214,400.
                                               results of performance-tests and
                                                                                                       representative shall provide contact                     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
                                               measurements on the modified
                                                                                                       information including the PSAP                        impact(s).
                                               transmitter, and copies of related
                                               correspondence with the Commission.                     represented, name, title, address,                       Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
                                                  k. Protection of Analog LPTV. In                     telephone number and email address.                   There is no need for confidentiality with
                                               situations where protection of an                       Verified PSAPs shall be permitted to                  this collection.
                                               existing analog LPTV or translator                      upload to the registry any PSAP                          Needs and Uses: The information
                                               station without a frequency offset                      telephone associated with the provision               gathered in this collection will be used
                                               prevents acceptance of a proposed new                   of emergency services or                              to require broadcasters transitioning to a
                                               or modified LPTV, TV translator, or                     communications with other public                      new station following the Incentive
                                               Class A station, the Commission                         safety agencies. On an annual basis                   Auction, or going off the air as a result
                                               requires that the existing non-offset                   designated PSAP representatives shall                 of a winning bid in the Incentive
                                               station install at its expense offset                   access the registry, review their                     Auction, to notify their viewers of the
                                               equipment and notify the Commission                     numbers and remove any ineligible                     date the station will terminate
                                               that it has done so, or, alternatively,                 numbers from the registry. Second, an                 operations on its pre-Auction channel
                                               negotiate an interference agreement                     operator of automatic dialing equipment               by running public service
                                               with the new station and notify the                     (OADE) is prohibited from contacting                  announcements, and allow these
                                                                                                       any number on the PSAP registry. Each                 broadcasters to inform MVPDs of their
                                               Commission of that agreement.
                                                  l. 47 CFR 74.798 requires all stations               OADE must register for access to the                  relinquishment or change in channel. It
                                               in the low power television services to                 PSAP registry by providing contact                    requires channel sharing agreements
                                               provide notice of their upcoming digital                information which includes name,                      enter into by television broadcast
                                               transition to their viewers.                            business address, contact person,                     licensees to contain certain provisions
                                                                                                       telephone number, email, and all                      regarding access to facilities, financial
                                                  OMB Control Number: 3060–1183.
                                                  Title: Establishment of a Public Safety              outbound telephone numbers used to                    obligations and to define each party’s
                                               Answering Point Do-Not-Call Registry,                   place autodialed calls. All such contact              rights and responsibilities; the
                                               CG Docket No. 12–129.                                   information must be updated within 30                 Commission will review each channel
                                                  Form Number: N/A.                                    days of any change. In addition, the                  sharing agreement to ensure it comports
                                                  Type of Review: Extension of a                       OADE must certify that it is accessing                with general rules and policies
                                               currently approved collection.                          the registry solely to prevent autodialed             regarding license agreements. The
                                                  Respondents: Business or other for-                  calls to numbers on the registry. An                  provisions contained in this collection
                                               profit entities; Federal Government;                    OADE must access and employ a                         also require wireless licensees to notify
                                               Not-for-profit institutions; State, local or            version of the PSAP registry obtained                 low-power television and TV translator
                                               Tribal Government.                                      from the registry administrator no more               stations commence wireless operations
                                                  Number of Respondents and                            than 31 days prior to the date any call               and the likelihood of receiving harmful
                                               Responses: 106,500 respondents;                         is made, and maintain record                          interference from the low power TV or
                                               1,446,333 responses.                                    documenting this process. No person or                TV translator station to such operations
                                                  Estimated Time per Response: 30                      entity may sell, rent, lease, purchase,               within the wireless licensee’s licensed
                                               minutes (.50 hours) to 1 hour.                          share, or use the PSAP registry for any               geographic service area. Finally, it
                                                  Frequency of Response:                               purpose expect to comply with our rules               requires license relinquishment stations
                                               Recordkeeping requirement; Annually,                    prohibiting contact with numbers on the               and channel sharing stations to comply
                                               monthly, on occasion and one-time                       registry.                                             with notification and cancellation
                                               reporting requirement.                                     OMB Control No.: 3060–1216.                        procedures as they terminate operations
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                                                  Obligation to Respond: Required to                      Title: Media Bureau Incentive Auction              on their pre-Auction channel.
                                               obtain or retain benefits. The statutory                Implementation, Sections
                                               authority for the information collection                                                                      Federal Communications Commission.
                                                                                                       73.3700(b)(4)(i)–(ii), (c), (d), (h)(5)–(6)
                                               requirements is found in the Middle                                                                           Marlene Dortch,
                                                                                                       and (g)(4).
                                               Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of                   Form No.: N/A.                                     Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
                                               2012, Public Law 112–96, February 22,                      Type of Review: Extension of a                     [FR Doc. 2018–21595 Filed 10–3–18; 8:45 am]
                                               2012.                                                   currently approved collection.                        BILLING CODE 6712–01–P




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Document Created: 2018-10-04 02:02:58
Document Modified: 2018-10-04 02:02:58
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesWritten PRA comments should be submitted on or before December 3, 2018. 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
ContactFor additional information about the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
FR Citation83 FR 50089 

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