83 FR 58564 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 224 (November 20, 2018)

Page Range		58564-58565
FR Document		2018-25322

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 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.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0937]


Information Collection 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 of 1995 (PRA), 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.

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DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before January 22, 
2019. 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: 
PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0937.
    Title: Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM Docket No. 
00-10.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement; On occasion and quarterly reporting 
requirements.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 380 respondents; 9,850 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.017 hours-52 hours.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i), 307, 308, 309 and 319 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 172,087 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,851,000.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: On November 29, 1999, the Community Broadcasters 
Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA), Public Law 106-113, 113 Stat. Appendix I 
at pp. 1501A-594-1501A-598 (1999), codified at 47 U.S.C. 336(f), was 
enacted. That legislation provided that a low power television (LPTV) 
licensee should be permitted to convert the secondary status of its 
station to the new Class A status, provided it can satisfy certain 
statutorily-established criteria by January 28, 2000. The CBPA directs 
that Class A licensees be subject to the same license terms and renewal 
standards as full-power television licenses and that Class A licensees 
be accorded primary status as television broadcasters as long as they 
continue to meet the requirements set forth in the statute for a 
qualifying low power station.
    For those stations that met the certification deadline, the CBPA 
sets out certain certification procedures, prescribes the criteria to 
maintain a Class A license, and outlines the interference protection 
Class A stations must provide to analog, digital, LPTV and TV 
translator stations.
    The CBPA directs that Class A stations must comply with the 
operating requirements for full-service television broadcast stations 
in order to maintain Class A status. Therefore, beginning on the date 
of its application for a Class A license and thereafter, a station must 
be ``in compliance'' with the Commission's operating rules for full-
service television stations, contained in 47 CFR part 73.

Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-25322 Filed 11-19-18; 8:45 am]
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of the protest or intervention to the The FCC may not conduct or sponsor system must give notice that it is
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a collection of information unless it offering HD programming to all
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC displays a currently valid Office of broadcast stations in its market that are
20426. Management and Budget (OMB) control carried on its system. Cable operators
This filing is accessible on-line at number. No person shall be subject to also must keep records of such
http://www.ferc.gov, using the any penalty for failing to comply with notification. This information collection
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for a collection of information subject to the requirement allows affected broadcast
review in the Commission’s Public PRA that does not display a valid OMB stations to monitor compliance with the
Reference Room in Washington, DC. control number. requirement that cable operators
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the DATES: Written comments should be transmit high definition broadcast
website that enables subscribers to submitted on or before January 22, 2019. signals in HD.
receive email notification when a If you anticipate that you will be Federal Communications Commission.
document is added to a subscribed submitting comments but find it Cecilia Sigmund,
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC difficult to do so within the period of Federal Register Liaison Officer.
Online service, please email time allowed by this notice, you should
[FR Doc. 2018–25321 Filed 11–19–18; 8:45 am]
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call advise the contacts below as soon as
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
possible.
(202) 502–8659.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Comments: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email: PRA@ FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
December 4, 2018.
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. COMMISSION
Dated: November 14, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Kimberly D. Bose, additional information about the [OMB 3060–0937]
Secretary. information collection, contact Cathy
[FR Doc. 2018–25289 Filed 11–19–18; 8:45 am] Williams at (202) 418–2918. Information Collection Being Reviewed
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: by the Federal Communications
OMB Control No.: 3060–1218. Commission
Title: Carriage of Digital Television
AGENCY: Federal Communications
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Broadcast Signals: Amendment to Part
Commission.
COMMISSION 76 of the Commission’s Rules.
Form No.: N/A. ACTION: Notice and request for
[OMB 3060–1218] Type of Review: Extension of a comments.
currently approved collection.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
Information Collections Being Respondents: Business or other for-
profit entities. to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
Reviewed by the Federal
Number of Respondents and required by the Paperwork Reduction
Communications Commission
Responses: 11 respondents and 11 Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
AGENCY: Federal Communications responses. Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission. Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 Commission) invites the general public
ACTION: Notice and request for hours (15 minutes). and other Federal agencies to take this
comments. Frequency of Response: Third party opportunity to comment on the
disclosure requirement and following information collections.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort recordkeeping requirement. Comments are requested concerning:
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as Total Annual Burden: 3 hours. Whether the proposed collection of
required by the Paperwork Reduction Total Annual Cost Burden: None. information is necessary for the proper
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Obligation to Respond: Required in performance of the functions of the
Communications Commission (FCC or order to monitor regulatory compliance. Commission, including whether the
Commission) invites the general public The statutory authority for this information shall have practical utility;
and other Federal agencies to take this information collection is contained in the accuracy of the Commission’s
opportunity to comment on the sections 4, 303, 614, and 615 of the burden estimate; ways to enhance the
following information collections. Communications Act of 1934, as quality, utility, and clarity of the
Comments are requested concerning: amended. information collected; ways to minimize
Whether the proposed collection of Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: the burden of the collection of
information is necessary for the proper There is no need for confidentiality with information on the respondents,
performance of the functions of the this collection of information. including the use of automated
Commission, including whether the Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No collection techniques or other forms of
information shall have practical utility; impact(s). information technology; and ways to
the accuracy of the Commission’s Needs and Uses: The information further reduce the information
burden estimate; ways to enhance the collection imposes a notification collection burden on small business
quality, utility, and clarity of the requirement on certain small cable concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
information collected; ways to minimize systems that become ineligible for The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
the burden of the collection of exemption from the requirement to a collection of information unless it
information on the respondents, carry high definition broadcast signals displays a currently valid Office of
including the use of automated in HD (adopted in FCC 15–65). In Management and Budget (OMB) control
collection techniques or other forms of particular, the information collection number. No person shall be subject to
information technology; and ways to requires that, beginning December 12, any penalty for failing to comply with
further reduce the information 2016, at the time a small cable system a collection of information subject to the
collection burden on small business utilizing the HD carriage exemption PRA that does not display a valid OMB
concerns with fewer than 25 employees. offers any programming in HD, the control number.

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DATES: Written comments should be For those stations that met the Management and Budget (OMB) control
submitted on or before January 22, 2019. certification deadline, the CBPA sets out number. No person shall be subject to
If you anticipate that you will be certain certification procedures, any penalty for failing to comply with
submitting comments but find it prescribes the criteria to maintain a a collection of information subject to the
difficult to do so within the period of Class A license, and outlines the PRA that does not display a valid OMB
time allowed by this notice, you should interference protection Class A stations control number.
advise the contacts below as soon as must provide to analog, digital, LPTV DATES: Written PRA comments should
possible. and TV translator stations. be submitted on or before January 22,
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to The CBPA directs that Class A 2019. If you anticipate that you will be
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email: PRA@ stations must comply with the operating submitting comments, but find it
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. requirements for full-service television difficult to do so within the period of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For broadcast stations in order to maintain time allowed by this notice, you should
additional information about the Class A status. Therefore, beginning on advise the contact listed below as soon
information collection, contact Cathy the date of its application for a Class A as possible.
Williams at (202) 418–2918. license and thereafter, a station must be ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
‘‘in compliance’’ with the Commission’s Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0937. operating rules for full-service television fcc.gov and to Nicole.ongele@fcc.gov.
Title: Establishment of a Class A stations, contained in 47 CFR part 73.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Television Service, MM Docket No. 00– Federal Communications Commission. additional information about the
10. Cecilia Sigmund, information collection, contact Nicole
Form Number: Not applicable. Federal Register Liaison Officer. Ongele, (202) 418–2991.
Type of Review: Extension of a
[FR Doc. 2018–25322 Filed 11–19–18; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for- BILLING CODE 6712–01–P OMB Control Number: 3060–1044.
profit entities. Title: Review of the Section 251
Frequency of Response: Unbundling Obligations of Incumbent
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Local Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No.
disclosure requirement; On occasion COMMISSION 01–338 and WC Docket No. 04–313,
and quarterly reporting requirements. [OMB 3060–1044] Order on Remand.
Number of Respondents and Form Number: N/A.
Responses: 380 respondents; 9,850 Information Collection Being Reviewed Type of Review: Extension of a
responses. by the Federal Communications currently approved collection.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.017 Commission Respondents: Business or other for-
hours–52 hours. profit entities, Not-for-profit institutions
Obligation To Respond: Required to AGENCY: Federal Communications and State, Local or Tribal Government.
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory Commission. Number of Respondents and
authority for this collection of ACTION: Notice and request for Reponses: 645 respondents; 645
information is contained in Sections comments. responses.
154(i), 307, 308, 309 and 319 of the Estimated Time per Response: 8
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort hours.
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended. to reduce paperwork burdens, and as Frequency of Response:
Total Annual Burden: 172,087 hours. required by the Paperwork Reduction Recordkeeping requirement, third party
Total Annual Cost: $1,851,000. Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal disclosure requirement and on occasion
Privacy Impact Assessment: No Communications Commission (FCC or reporting requirement.
impact(s). Commission) invites the general public Obligation to Respond: Required to
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: and other Federal agencies to take this obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
There is no need for confidentiality with opportunity to comment on the authority for this information collection
this collection of information. following information collections. is contained in 47 U.S.C. 251 of the
Needs and Uses: On November 29, Comments are requested concerning: Communications Act of 1934, as
1999, the Community Broadcasters Whether the proposed collection of amended.
Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA), Public information is necessary for the proper Total Annual Burden: 5,160 hours.
Law 106–113, 113 Stat. Appendix I at performance of the functions of the Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
pp. 1501A–594–1501A–598 (1999), Commission, including whether the Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
codified at 47 U.S.C. 336(f), was information shall have practical utility; impact(s).
enacted. That legislation provided that a the accuracy of the Commission’s Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
low power television (LPTV) licensee burden estimate; ways to enhance the The Commission is not requesting
should be permitted to convert the quality, utility, and clarity of the respondents to submit or disclose
secondary status of its station to the new information collected; ways to minimize confidential information. However, in
Class A status, provided it can satisfy the burden of the collection of certain circumstances, respondents may
certain statutorily-established criteria by information on the respondents, voluntarily choose to submit
January 28, 2000. The CBPA directs that including the use of automated confidential information pursuant to
Class A licensees be subject to the same collection techniques or other forms of applicable confidentiality rules.
license terms and renewal standards as information technology; and ways to Needs and Uses: In the Order on
full-power television licenses and that further reduce the information Remand, the Commission imposed
Class A licensees be accorded primary collection burden on small business unbundling obligations in a more
status as television broadcasters as long concerns with fewer than 25 employees. targeted manner where requesting
as they continue to meet the The FCC may not conduct or sponsor carriers have undertaken their own
requirements set forth in the statute for a collection of information unless it facilities-based investments and will be
a qualifying low power station. displays a currently valid Office of using UNEs (unbundled network

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Written comments should be submitted on or before January 22, 2019. 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.
Contact		For additional information about the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
FR Citation		83 FR 58564