[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18596-18597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10299]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by FCC 
For Extension Under Delegated Authority 5 CFR 1320 Authority, Comments 
Requested

April 17, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, 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. The FCC is reviewing the following information 
collection requirements for possible 3-year extension under delegated 
authority 5 CFR 1320, authority delegated to the Commission by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before June 25, 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].

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 Number: 3060-0546.
    Title: 76.59 Modification of Television Market.
    Type of Review: Extension of approval of existing collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1-20 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,575 hours. The Commission estimates the 
average

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burden to file a request for modification of a television market is 20 
hours per request. We estimate that 75 (50% of entities) will use in-
house legal staff to file requests; while 75 (50% of entities) will 
contract out the use of legal assistance at an average burden of 1 hour 
per filing to coordinate information with contracted out legal 
assistance. The burden for this collection is therefore: (75 x 20 
hours) + (75 x 1 hour) = 1,575 hours.
    Total Costs to Respondents: $226,500. Respondents that use 
contracted out legal assistance will pay $150 per hour for this 
assistance. 75 x 20 hours @ $150 = $225,000. Also, all respondents will 
incur postage and stationery costs of $10 per filing. 150 filings x $10 
= $1,500.
    Needs and Uses: On 3/11/93, the Commission adopted a Report and 
Order in MM Docket Nos. 92-259, 90-4 and 92-295, Implementation of the 
Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, 
Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues. Among other things, this Report and 
Order, pursuant to Section 614(h)(1)(C) of the Cable Act of 1992, 
created procedures to enable the Commission to add communities to or 
subtract communities from a station's television market to better 
reflect marketplace conditions following a written request. Section 
76.59 requires a television station or cable operator to file a written 
request to modify a television station's must-carry market. Television 
stations and cable operators are to follow the process specified in 
Section 76.7 Petitions for Special Relief. The information derived from 
this collection has been used by the Commission to determine whether a 
television station's must-carry market should be modified.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-10299 Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]
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