83 FR 63640 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 237 (December 11, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-26788 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 63640-63642] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-26788] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [OMB 3060-1207] Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act 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. DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before February 11, 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: [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: 3060-1207. Title: Sections 25.701, Other DBS Public Interest Obligations, and 25.702, Other SDARS Public Interest Obligations. Form Number: None. Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection. Respondents: Business or other for profit entities. Number of Respondents and Responses: 3 respondents and 3 responses. Estimated Hours per Response: 18 hrs. Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, Recordkeeping requirement, Third party disclosure requirement. Total Annual Burden: 54 hours. Total Annual Cost: $592. Obligation to Respond: Required to be obtained or retained for benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is contained in sections 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 319, 332, 605, and 721 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: The Commission prepared a system of records notice (SORN), FCC/MB-2, ``Broadcast Station Public Inspection Files,'' that covers the PII contained in the broadcast station public inspection files located on the Commission's website. The Commission will revise appropriate privacy requirements as necessary to include any entities and information added to the online public file in this proceeding. Needs and Uses: In 2012, the Commission replaced the decades-old requirement that commercial and noncommercial television stations maintain public files at their main studios with a requirement to post most of the documents in those files to a central, online public file hosted by the Commission. On January 28, 2016, the Commission adopted a Report and Order (``R&O'') in MB Docket No. 14-127, FCC 16-4, In the Matter of Expansion of Online Public File Obligations to Cable and Satellite TV Operators and Broadcast and Satellite Radio Licensees, expanding the requirement that public inspection files be posted to the FCC-hosted online public file database to satellite TV (also referred to as ``Direct Broadcast Satellite'' or ``DBS'') providers and to satellite radio (also referred to as ``satellite Digital Audio Radio Services'' or ``SDARS'') licensees, among other entities. The Commission stated that its goal is to make information that these entities are already required to make publicly available more accessible while also reducing costs both for the government and the public sector. The Commission took the same general approach to transitioning these entities to the online file that it took with television broadcasters in 2012, tailoring the requirements as necessary to the different services. The Commission also took similar measures to minimize the effort and cost entities must undertake to move their public files online. Specifically, the Commission required entities to upload to the online public file only documents that are not already on file with the Commission or that the Commission maintains in its own database. The Commission also exempted existing political file material from the online file requirement and required that political file documents be uploaded only on a going-forward basis. The Commission first adopted a public inspection file requirement for broadcasters more than 40 years ago. The public file requirement grew out of Congress' 1960 amendment of Sections 309 and 311 of the Communications Act of 1934. Finding that Congress, in enacting these provisions, was guarding [[Page 63641]] ``the right of the general public to be informed, not merely the rights of those who have special interests,'' the Commission adopted the public inspection file requirement to ``make information to which the public already has a right more readily available, so that the public will be encouraged to play a more active part in dialogue with broadcast licensees.'' The information provided in the public file enables citizens to engage in an informed dialog with their local video provider or to file complaints regarding provider operations. Satellite TV (also known as ``Direct Broadcast Satellite'' or ``DBS'') providers and satellite radio (also referred to as ``Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services'' or ``SDARS'') licensees have public and political file requirements modeled, in large part, on the longstanding broadcast requirements. With respect to DBS providers, the Commission adopted public and political inspection file requirements in 1998 in conjunction with the imposition of certain public interest obligations, including political broadcasting requirements, on those entities. DBS providers were required to ``abide by political file obligations similar to those requirements placed on terrestrial broadcasters and cable systems'' and were also required to maintain a public file with records relating to other DBS public interest obligations. The Commission imposed equal employment opportunity and political broadcast requirements on SDARS licensees in 1997, noting that the rationale behind imposing these requirements on broadcasters also applies to satellite radio. The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 25.701(d) require each DBS provider to keep and permit public inspection of a complete and orderly record (political file) of all requests for DBS origination time made by or on behalf of candidates for public office, together with an appropriate notation showing the disposition made by the provider of such requests, and the charges made, if any, if the request is granted. The disposition includes the schedule of time purchased, when the spots actually aired, the rates charged, and the classes of time purchased. Also, when free time is provided for use by or on behalf of candidates, a record of the free time provided is to be placed in the political file. All records required to be retained by this section must be placed in the political file as soon as possible and retained for a period of two years. DBS providers must make available, by fax, email, or by mail upon telephone request, copies of documents in their political files and assist callers by answering questions about the contents of their political files. If a requester prefers access by mail, the DBS provider must pay for postage but may require individuals requesting documents to pay for photocopying. If a DBS provider places its political file on its website, it may refer the public to the website in lieu of mailing copies. Any material required to be maintained in the political file must be made available to the public by either mailing or website access or both. The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 25.701(d) require DBS providers to place all new political file material required to be retained by this section in the online file hosted by the Commission. 47 CFR 25.701(f)(6) information collection requirements require each DBS provider to maintain a public file containing a complete and orderly record of quarterly measurements of: Channel capacity and yearly average calculations on which it bases its four percent reservation, as well as its responses to any capacity changes; a record of entities to whom noncommercial capacity is being provided, the amount of capacity being provided to each entity, the conditions under which it is being provided and the rates, if any, being paid by the entity; and a record of entities that have requested capacity, disposition of those requests and reasons for the disposition. All records required by this provision must be placed in a file available to the public as soon as possible and be retained for a period of two years. 47 CFR 25.701(f)(6) to require DBS providers to place all public file material required to be retained by this section in the online file hosted by the Commission. Each DBS provider must place in the online file the records required to be placed in the public inspection file by 47 CFR 25.701(e)(commercial limits in children's programs) and by 47 CFR 25.601 and Part 76, Subpart E (equal employment opportunity requirements) and retain those records for the period required by those rules. In addition, each DBS provider is required to provide a link to the public inspection file hosted on the Commission's website from the home page of its own website, if the provider has a website, and provide on its website contact information for a representative who can assist any person with disabilities with issues related to the content of the public files. Each DBS provider is also required to include in the online public file the name, phone number, and email address of the licensee's designated contact for questions about the public file. In addition, each DBS provider must place the address of the provider's local public file in the Commission's online file unless the provider has fully transitioned to the FCC's online public file (e.g., posts to the FCC's online file database all public and political file material required to be maintained in the public inspection file) and also provides online access via the provider's own website to back-up political file material in the event the online file becomes temporarily unavailable. 47 CFR 25.702(b) requires each SDARS licensee to maintain a complete and orderly record (political file) of all requests for SDARS origination time made by or on behalf of candidates for public office, together with the disposition made by the provider of such requests, and the charges made, if any, if the request is granted. The disposition must include the schedule of time purchased, when the spots actually aired, the rates charged, and the classes of time purchased. Also, when free time is provided for use by or on behalf of candidates, a record of the free time provided is to be placed in the political file. SDARS licensees are required to place all records required by this section in the political file as soon as possible and retain the record for a period of two years. The information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 25.702(c) require each SDARS applicant or licensee to place in the online file hosted by the Commission the records required to be placed in the public inspection file by 47 CFR 25.601 and 73.2080 (equal employment opportunities) and to retain those records for the period required by those rules. Each SDARS licensee must provide a link to the public inspection file hosted on the Commission's website from the home page of its own website, if the licensee has a website, and provide on its website contact information for a representative who can assist any person with disabilities with issues related to the content of the public files. Each SDARS licensee is also required to include in the online public file the name, phone number, and email address of the licensee's designated contact for questions about the public file. In addition, each SDARS licensee must place the address of the provider's local public file in the Commission's online file unless the provider has fully transitioned to the FCC's online public file (i.e., posts to the Commission's online public file all [[Page 63642]] public and political file material required to be maintained in the public inspection file) and also provides online access via the licensee's own website to back-up political file material in the event the online file becomes temporarily unavailable. Federal Communications Commission. Cecilia Sigmund, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-26788 Filed 12-10-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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compliance with 40 CFR part 63, information shall have practical utility; Privacy Act Assessment: The
subpart MMM. the accuracy of the Commission’s Commission prepared a system of
Form numbers: None. burden estimate; ways to enhance the records notice (SORN), FCC/MB–2,
Respondents/affected entities: quality, utility, and clarity of the ‘‘Broadcast Station Public Inspection
Owners and operators of pesticides information collected; ways to minimize Files,’’ that covers the PII contained in
active ingredient production operations. the burden of the collection of the broadcast station public inspection
Respondent’s obligation to respond: information on the respondents, files located on the Commission’s
Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart including the use of automated website. The Commission will revise
MMM). collection techniques or other forms of appropriate privacy requirements as
Estimated number of respondents: 18. information technology; and ways to necessary to include any entities and
Frequency of response: Initially, further reduce the information information added to the online public
quarterly, and semiannually. collection burden on small business file in this proceeding.
Total estimated burden: 12,100 hours concerns with fewer than 25 employees. Needs and Uses: In 2012, the
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR The FCC may not conduct or sponsor Commission replaced the decades-old
1320.3(b). a collection of information unless it requirement that commercial and
Total estimated cost: $1,350,000 (per displays a currently valid Office of noncommercial television stations
year), which includes $26,500 in Management and Budget (OMB) control maintain public files at their main
annualized capital/startup and/or number. No person shall be subject to studios with a requirement to post most
operation & maintenance costs. any penalty for failing to comply with of the documents in those files to a
Changes in the estimates: There is a a collection of information subject to the central, online public file hosted by the
decrease in the total capital/startup cost PRA that does not display a valid OMB Commission. On January 28, 2016, the
and O&M cost due to a correction. This control number. Commission adopted a Report and
ICR corrects an error in the capital/ DATES: Written comments should be Order (‘‘R&O’’) in MB Docket No. 14–
startup cost calculation in the previous submitted on or before February 11, 127, FCC 16–4, In the Matter of
ICR, as existing sources are not expected 2019. If you anticipate that you will be Expansion of Online Public File
to incur capital/startup costs associated submitting comments but find it Obligations to Cable and Satellite TV
with purchasing PRD electronic difficult to do so within the period of Operators and Broadcast and Satellite
indicators. There is also a small time allowed by this notice, you should Radio Licensees, expanding the
adjustment increase in the estimated advise the contacts below as soon as requirement that public inspection files
labor hours due to a change in possible. be posted to the FCC-hosted online
assumption. This ICR assumes all public file database to satellite TV (also
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
existing sources will take some time to referred to as ‘‘Direct Broadcast
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email: PRA@
re-familiarize with the regulations each Satellite’’ or ‘‘DBS’’) providers and to
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
year. satellite radio (also referred to as
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
‘‘satellite Digital Audio Radio Services’’
Courtney Kerwin, additional information about the or ‘‘SDARS’’) licensees, among other
Director, Regulatory Support Division. information collection, contact Cathy entities. The Commission stated that its
[FR Doc. 2018–26732 Filed 12–10–18; 8:45 am] Williams at (202) 418–2918. goal is to make information that these
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: entities are already required to make
OMB Control Number: 3060–1207. publicly available more accessible while
Title: Sections 25.701, Other DBS also reducing costs both for the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Public Interest Obligations, and 25.702, government and the public sector. The
Other SDARS Public Interest Commission took the same general
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Obligations. approach to transitioning these entities
[OMB 3060–1207] Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of an to the online file that it took with
Information Collection Being Reviewed existing collection. television broadcasters in 2012, tailoring
by the Federal Communications Respondents: Business or other for the requirements as necessary to the
Commission Under Delegated profit entities. different services. The Commission also
Authority Number of Respondents and took similar measures to minimize the
Responses: 3 respondents and 3 effort and cost entities must undertake
AGENCY: Federal Communications responses. to move their public files online.
Commission. Estimated Hours per Response: 18 Specifically, the Commission required
ACTION: Notice and request for hrs. entities to upload to the online public
comments. Frequency of Response: On occasion file only documents that are not already
reporting requirement, Recordkeeping on file with the Commission or that the
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort requirement, Third party disclosure Commission maintains in its own
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as requirement. database. The Commission also
required by the Paperwork Reduction Total Annual Burden: 54 hours. exempted existing political file material
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Total Annual Cost: $592. from the online file requirement and
Communications Commission (FCC or Obligation to Respond: Required to be required that political file documents be
Commission) invites the general public obtained or retained for benefits. The uploaded only on a going-forward basis.
and other Federal agencies to take this statutory authority for this information The Commission first adopted a
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opportunity to comment on the collection is contained in sections 154, public inspection file requirement for
following information collections. 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 319, 332, 605, broadcasters more than 40 years ago.
Comments are requested concerning: and 721 of the Communications Act of The public file requirement grew out of
Whether the proposed collection of 1934, as amended. Congress’ 1960 amendment of Sections
information is necessary for the proper Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 309 and 311 of the Communications Act
performance of the functions of the There is no need for confidentiality with of 1934. Finding that Congress, in
Commission, including whether the this collection of information. enacting these provisions, was guarding
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public and political file material submitting comments but find it FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
required to be maintained in the public difficult to do so within the period of
inspection file) and also provides online time allowed by this notice, you should Sunshine Act Meeting
access via the licensee’s own website to advise the contacts below as soon as
back-up political file material in the possible. TIME AND DATE: Thursday, December 13,
event the online file becomes 2018 at 10:00 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to PLACE: 1050 First Street NE,
temporarily unavailable.
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email: PRA@ Washington, DC (12th floor).
Federal Communications Commission. fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
Cecilia Sigmund, STATUS: This meeting will be open to the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For public.
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the additional information about the
Secretary. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
information collection, contact Cathy Correction and Approval of Minutes for
[FR Doc. 2018–26788 Filed 12–10–18; 8:45 am] Williams at (202) 418–2918.
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December 6, 2018
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Draft Advisory Opinion 2018–15:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0265. Wyden
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Title: Section 80.868, Card of Draft Advisory Opinion 2018–12:
COMMISSION Instructions. Defending Digital Campaigns, Inc.
Form Number: N/A. Draft Advisory Opinion 2018–13:
[OMB 3060–0265] OsiaNetwork LLC
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection. Draft Final Rule and Explanation and
Information Collection Being Reviewed
Justification for REG 2014–02
by the Federal Communications Respondents: Business or other for-
(Multistate IEs)
Commission Under Delegated profit entities, not-for-profit institutions
Draft Legislative Recommendations
Authority and state, local or tribal government.
2018
Number of Respondents: 4,506 Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Amendment
AGENCY: Federal Communications
respondents; 4,506 responses. Request
Commission.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 2019 Meeting Dates
ACTION: Notice and request for
minutes (0.167 hours). Election of Officers
comments.
Frequency of Response: Third party Management and Administrative
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort disclosure requirement. Matters
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as Obligation to Respond: Required to CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
required by the Paperwork Reduction obtain or retain benefits. Statutory Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone:
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal authority for this information collection (202) 694–1220.
Communications Commission (FCC or is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, Individuals who plan to attend and
Commission) invites the general public 307(e), 309 and 332. require special assistance, such as sign
and other Federal agencies to take this Total Annual Burden: 753 hours. language interpretation or other
opportunity to comment on the Total Annual Cost: No cost. reasonable accommodations, should
following information collections. Privacy Impact Assessment: No contact Dayna C. Brown, Secretary and
Comments are requested concerning: impact(s). Clerk, at (202) 694–1040, at least 72
Whether the proposed collection of Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: hours prior to the meeting date.
information is necessary for the proper There is no need for confidentiality with
performance of the functions of the Dayna C. Brown,
this collection of information. Secretary and Clerk of the Commission.
Commission, including whether the Needs and Uses: The third party
information shall have practical utility; disclosure requirement contained in 47
[FR Doc. 2018–26839 Filed 12–7–18; 11:15 am]
the accuracy of the Commission’s CFR 80.868 of the Commission’s rules is
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burden estimate; ways to enhance the necessary to ensure that radiotelephone
quality, utility, and clarity of the distress procedures must be securely
information collected; ways to minimize FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
mounted and displayed in full view of
the burden of the collection of the principal operating position on
information on the respondents, Sunshine Act Meeting
board certain vessels (300 gross tons)
including the use of automated required by the Communications Act or TIME AND DATE: Thursday, December 13,
collection techniques or other forms of the International Convention for Safety 2018 following the open meeting.
information technology; and ways to of Life at Sea to be equipped with a PLACE: 1050 First Street NE,
further reduce the information radiotelephone station.
collection burden on small business Washington, DC.
The information is used by a vessel STATUS: This meeting will be closed to
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor radio operator during an emergency the public.
a collection of information unless it situation, and is designed to assist the MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Compliance
displays a currently valid Office of radio operator to utilize proper distress matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109.
Management and Budget (OMB) control procedures during a time when he or Matters relating to internal personnel
number. No person shall be subject to she may be subject to considerable decisions, or internal rules and
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any penalty for failing to comply with stress or confusion. practices.
a collection of information subject to the Federal Communications Commission. Information the premature disclosure
PRA that does not display a valid OMB Cecilia Sigmund, of which would be likely to have a
control number. Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the considerable adverse effect on the
DATES: Written comments should be Secretary. implementation of a proposed
submitted on or before February 11, [FR Doc. 2018–26789 Filed 12–10–18; 8:45 am] Commission action.
2019. If you anticipate that you will be BILLING CODE 6712–01–P * * * * *
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| Contact | For additional information about the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918. | |
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