[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 141 (Monday, July 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37899-37901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18485]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

July 16, 1996.
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
Pub. L. 96-511. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid control number. Not 
withstanding any other provisions of law, 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. Questions concerning the OMB control numbers and 
expiration dates should be directed to Dorothy Conway, Federal 
Communications Commission, (202) 418-0217.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060-0702.
    Expiration Date: 5/31/99.
    Title: Amendment to Part 20 and 24 of the Commission's Rules, 
Broadband PCS Competitive Bidding and the Commerical Radio Service 
Spectrum Cap.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 77,817 annual hour; average 13 hours es 
per respondent; 6,000 respondents.
    Description: The auction rules require broadband PCS applicants for 
the D, E, and F blocks to submit (1) ownership information, (2) terms 
of joint bidding agreements, (3) net asset (F Block only) and gross 
revenues calculations, and (4) evidence of environmental impact. 
Furthermore in case a licensee defaults or loses its license, the 
Commission retains the discretion to re-auction such license. If re-
auctioned the new license winner will be required at the close of the 
re-auction to comply with these requirements. The information will be 
used by the Commission to determine whether the applicant is legally, 
technically, and financially qualified to bid in the broadband PCS 
auction and hold a broadband PCS license.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0392.
    Expiration Date: 5/31/99.
    Title: Pole Attachment Complaint Procedures (Sections 1.1401-
1.1415).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 44 total annual hours; average .25 - 3 
hour per respondent; 14 respondents.
    Description: Congress mandated pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 224 
that the FCC ensures that the rates, terms and conditions under which 
cable television operators attach their hardware to utility poles are 
just and reasonable. Section 224 also mandates establishment of an 
appropriate mechanism to hear and resolve complaints concerning the 
rates, terms and conditions for pole attachments. Sections 1.1401-
1.1415 contained in Subpart J of Part 1 were promulgated to implement 
Section 224. See 47 CFR Sections 1.1401-1.1415. The information is 
submitted primarily by cable television operators in regards to 
complaints concerning the rates, terms and conditions for pole 
attachments. The information will be used to either determine the 
merits of the complaint including calculating the maximum rate under 
the Commission's formula. The respondents affected are cable television 
operators and utility companies.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0686.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Streamlining the International Section 214 Authorization 
Process and Tariff Requirements.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 7,469 total annual hours; 1.4 - 30 average 
hours per respondent; 560 respondents.
    Description: This collection consolidates two existing collections 
and is necessary to determine the qualifications of applicants to 
provide common carrier international telecommunications service, 
including applicants that are affiliated with foreign carriers and to 
determine whether and under what conditions the authorizations are in 
the public interest, convenience and necessity.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0387.
    Expiration Date: 5/31/99.
    Title: On-Site Verification of Field Distribution Sensors Section 
15.201(d).
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,600 total annual hours; average 18 hour 
per respondent; 200 respondents.
    Description: To monitor non-licensed field disturbance sensors 
operating in the low VHF television bands, equipment testing is 
required at each installation. Data is retained by the holder of the 
equipment authorization issued by the Commission, and made available 
only upon Commission request.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0546.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.

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    Title: Section 76.59 modification of television market.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1.575 total annual hours; average 1 - 20 
hours per respondent; 150 respondents.
    Description: Section 76.59 provides the procedures for a cable 
operator or television station to file a written request to modify a 
television station's must-carry market. The data are used by Commission 
staff to determine whether a television station's market should be 
modified.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0554.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Section 87.199 Special requirements for 406.025 MHz ELTs.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 42 total annual hours; average 1 hour per 
respondent; 42 respondents.
    Description: This requirement is necessary to assure that owners of 
406.025 MHz Emergency Locator Transmitters register necessary safety 
information with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0388.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Section 80.227 Special requirements for protection from RF 
radiation.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 260 total annual hours; average 10 hours 
per respondent; 35 respondents. This reflects the Commissions estimates 
that 25% of the respondents will hire a contractor to prepare their 
response.
    Description: This rule is necessary to assure that manufactures 
provide information to users regarding the prevention of human exposure 
to RF radiation in excess of the safety guidelines.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0574.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Annual Employment Report.
    Form: FCC 395-M.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 232 total annual hours; average .25 - 2.4 
hours per respondent; 155 responses.
    Description: The FCC 395-M is a data collection device used to 
assess a cable entity's equal employment opportunity policies and 
practices in accordance with public and federal objectives. Section 
22(e) of the Cable Television Consumer Protection Act of 1992 amends 
the definition of ``cable operator'' for EEO purposes to include 
program packages of multiple video program distributors (MVPD) using 
owned or leased multichannel, multipoint distribution service (MMDS), 
direct broadcast satelite (DBS), television receive only (TVRO) and 
video dialtone facilities to provide multiple channels of video 
programming. The MVPD Annual Employment Report is used to enforce the 
Commission EEO requirements.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0095.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Annual Employment Report - Cable Television.
    Form: FCC 395-A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4,683 total annual hours; average .25 - 
2.4 hours per respondent; 2,158 respondents.
    Description: The FCC 395-M is a data collection device used to 
assess a cable entity's equal employment opportunity policies and 
practices in accordance with public and federal objectives.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0707.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Restriction on Over-the-Air Reception Devices: Television 
Broadcast and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service, Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,290 total annual hours; average 1-10 
hours per respondent; 300 respondents.
    Description: Pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the 
Commission proposes rules prohibiting restrictions on viewers' ability 
to recieve over-the-air signals, by presumptively preempting state and 
local regulations that could impair viewers' ability to receive such 
signals. State and local governments may demonstrate the 
reasonabileness of their regulations by filing requests for declartory 
rulings or petitions for waivers with the Commission. These filings 
constitute the information collection foreseen by the Commission.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0685.
    Expiration Date: 7/31/99.
    Title: Annual Updating of Maximum Permitted Rates for Regulated 
Cable Services.
    Form: 1240.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 88,549 total annual hours; average 1-15 
hours per respondent; 8,475 respondents.
    Description: The FCC Form 1240 is used by cable operators to file 
for adjustiments to maximum permitted rates for regulated services to 
reflect external costs. The FCC Form 1240 implements a new optional 
rate methodology where cable operators will be permitted to make 
annual, as opposed to quarterly rate changes. It it an alternative to 
the FCC Form 1210.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0728.
    Expiration Date: 9/30/96.
    Title: Supplemental Information Requesting Taxpayer Identifying 
Number for Debt Collection.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 177,986 total annual hours; average .017 
hour per respondent; 10,469,716 respondents.
    Description: Public Law 104-134, Omnibus Consolidated Recissions 
and Appropriations Act of 1996 Chapter 10 requires each Federal agency 
to obtain for each person doing business with it their taxpayer 
identification number. In the case of an individual the number is the 
person's Social Security Number; in the case of a business it is the 
Employer Idenfication Number as assigned by the Internal Revenue 
Service, U.S. Department of Treasury. This information will by the U.S. 
Treasury for purposes of collecting and reporting on any delinquent 
amounts arising out of such person's relationship with the Government.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0691.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Amendments of Parts 2 and 90 of the Commission's Rules to 
Provide for the Use of 200 Channels outside the Designated Filing Areas 
in the 896-901 MHz Bands Alloted to the Pecialized Mobile Radio 
Service.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,139 total annual hours; average .5 - 4 
hours per respondent; 1,020 respondents.
    Description: The information will be used to determine if 
applicants are legally, technically and financially qualified to be 
licensees.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0544.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Commerical Leased Access Channels--Section 76.701
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 14,780 total annual hours; average .13 - 4 
hours per respondent; 536,000 respondents.
    Description: Section 10(a) of the Cable Television Consumer 
Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Pub. Law 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. The 
requirements in section 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 consent.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0174.
    Expiration Date: 8/31/96.

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    Title: Antenna Registeration Number Required as Supplement to 
Application Forms.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 43,344 total annual hours; average 5 
minutes per respondent; 516,000 respondents.
    Description: Effective July 1, 1996, the current antenna clearance 
proceudres are replaced with a uniform registration procedure that 
applies to antenna structure owners. Structure owners will receive an 
Antenna Registration Number which is a unique number that identifies an 
antenna structure. Once obtained, this number must be used on all 
filings related to the antenna structure.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0568.
    Expiration Date: 7/31/99.
    Title: Section 76.970 Commercial Leased Access Terms and 
Conditions.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 87,780 total annual hours; average 14 
hours per respondent; 6,270 respondents.
    Description: The information collected is used by the prospective 
leased access programmers and the Commission to verify rate 
calculations for leased access channels. The Commission's leased access 
requirements were designed to promote diversity of programming sources 
and competition in programming delivery as required by Section 612 of 
the Communications Act, and serve to eliminate uncertainty in 
negotiations for leased commercial access.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0584.
    Expiration Date: 07/31/99.
    Title: Adminstration of U.S. Certified Accounting Authorities in 
Maritime Mobile and Maritime Mobile-Satellite Radio Services.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 150 total annual hours; average 1.5 hours 
per respondent; 100 respondents.
    Description: The FCC has adopted standards for accounting 
authorities in the maritime mobile and maritime mobile-satilite radio 
services. Information will be used to determine eligibility of 
applicants for certification as an accounting authority, create 
internal studies and ensure compliance and to identify accounting 
authorities to the International Telecommunications Union. Respondents 
will be individuals/entities seeking certification or those already 
certified to be accounting authorities.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0325.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Section 80.605 U.S. Coast Guard Coordination.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 52 total annual hours; average 1 hour per 
respondent; 52 respondents.
    Description: Rule is needed to insure that applications for non-
selectable transponders and shore based radio navigation aids are 
coordinated with the U.S. Coast Guard for a determination that such 
stations do note pose a hazard to navigation.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0556.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Section 80.1061 Special requirement for 406.025 MHz EPIRBs.
    Form: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 798 total annual hours; average 1 hour per 
respondent; 798 respondents.
    Description: Rule is needed to assure that owners of 406.025 MHz 
Emergency Postiion Indicating Radio Beacons register necessary safety 
information with the National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0703.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/99.
    Title: Aggregation of Equipment Costs by Cable Operators--CS Docket 
No. 96-57.
    Form: FCC form 1205.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 151,900 total annual hours; average hours 
14 per respondent; 10,800 respondents.
    Description: This rulemaking implements certain Cable TV rate 
regulation changes called for in the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-18485 Filed 7-19-96; 8:45 am]
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