[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16912-16913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9530]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collections Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval

April 12, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed 
and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control 
number. Comments are requested concerning (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commissions 
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information collected and (d) 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.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before May 20, 1996. 
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.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to Dorothy Conway, Federal Communications, 
Room 234, 1919 M St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via internet to 
[email protected] and Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236 NEOB 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503 or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217 
or via internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No.: 3060-0139.
    Title: Application for Antenna Structure Registration.
    Form No.: FCC 854/854R.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; state or local 
governments.
    Number of Responses: 43,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden: 21,500 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 303(q) of the Communications Act authorizes 
the Commission to require the painting and/or illumination of radio 
towers if and when in its judgement such towers constitute, or there is 
a reasonable possibility that they may constitute, a hazard to air 
navigation. This FCC form is to be used for the purpose of registering 
structures used for wire or radio communication services within the 
United States, or to make changes to an existing registered structure, 
or to notify the Commission of the dismantlement of a structure. The 
Commission staff will evaluate the antenna data submitted by the tower 
owner and determine if Part 17 rule requirements are met and if any 
obstruction painting and/or lighting will be necessary. The tower owner 
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receive notification that the Commission has registered the structure, 
modification or dismantlement on FCC Form 854R, Antenna Structure 
Registration. Owners of new and modified towers must notify the 
Commission within 24 hours of construction completion and/or 
disposition of structure, using a portion of the FCC Form 854R which is 
detachable. The data collected is required by the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended; FCC Rules Section 1.61(a), 17.4, 21.11(g),25.113(c), 
73.3533(c), 74.551(c), 74.651(d), 74.1251(d), 78.109(c), 95.83(a)(3), 
97.15(d).

OMB Approval Number: 3060-0544.
    Title: 47 CFR 76.701 Leased access channels.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, individuals or 
households.
    Number of Respondents: 535,600 determined as follows: 6,270 cable 
companies are subject to the Commission's leased access provisions with 
approximately 1,000 carrying active leased access channels. We estimate 
approximately 50 systems will add leased access channels to their 
channel line-up for the first time and they will choose to adopt a 
written and published policy prohibiting indecent programming. The 
average burden is 2 hours per system for a total 100 hours. We also 
estimate that much leased access programming contains no indecent 
material. Therefore no more than 10% of the subscribers to a system 
with leased access channels are in a position to request indecent 
access programming or request termination of such programming. We 
estimate that cable systems have an average of 5,300 subscribers and 
the average burden to complete the written request is approximately 1 
minute since many systems provide a pre-printed area on their monthly 
billing statement for subscribers to make these requests. The total 
burden for this is 9,010 hours.
    Additionally the Commission estimates that for the 1,000 systems 
with leased access channels there will be an average 5 occurrences 
annually where program providers must identify indecent programming in 
writing to the cable operators. The estimated burden is 10 minutes per 
respondent for a total of 835 hours.
    A cable operator may also request a program provider to certify 
that the programming intended for leased access does not have obscene 
or indecent content and may request that programming of ``live 
programming'' certify that reasonable efforts will be made to ensure 
that live programming is not indecent. The average burden for each 
certification is 10 minutes per respondent for a total burden of 835 
hours. Section 76.701(h) requires retention of records verifying 
compliance with these requirements. The estimated burden is 4 hours per 
respondent for a total of 4,000 hours.
    This collection was revised to incorporate the third party 
disclosure requirements contained in sections 76.701(c), 76.701(d), and 
76.702(e) which were not previously reported. Also the number of 
respondents has been adjusted from 497 to 1,000.
    Total Annual Burden: 14,780 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 10(a) of the Cable Television Consumer 
Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Pub.L. No. 102-385, permits 
cable operators to enforce voluntarily a written and published policy 
of prohibiting indecent programming on commercial leased access 
channels on their cable systems. Section 10(b) of the Act requires the 
Commission to adopt regulations that are designed to restrict access of 
children to indecent programming on leased access channels (that is not 
voluntarily prohibited under section 10(a) by requiring cable operators 
to place indecent leased access programming, as identified by program 
providers, on a ``blocked'' leased access channel. The various 
information collection, disclosure and recordkeeping requirements set 
forth in 47 CFR 76.701 protect cable operators against involuntarily 
transmitting indecent programming on leased access channels; and 
unknowingly transmitting indecent programming on leased access channels 
to children or adult subscribers without adult subscribers' consent.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting. Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-9530 Filed 4-17-96; 8:45 am]
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