[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-669]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission

January 3, 1997.
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 information collection, 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 Commission's 
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarify 
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: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should 
submit comments March 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Dorothy Conway, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St., N.W., 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: 3060-0580.
    Title: 47 CFR 76.504 Limits on carriage of vertically integrated 
programming.
    Type of Review: Extension of existing collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 15 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 22,500 hours.
    Cost to Respondents: $7,500. ($5 per respondent for photocopying 
and administrative expenses associated with recordkeeping.)
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.504 requires cable operators to maintain 
records regarding the nature and extent of their attributable interests 
in all video programming services as well as information regarding 
their carriage of such vertically integrated video programming services 
on cable systems in which they also have an attributable interest. 
These records must be maintained in operators' public files for a 
period of 3 years. The records are to be made available to members of 
the public, local franchising authorities and the Commission on 
reasonable notice and during regular business hours. The records will 
be reviewed by local franchising authorities and the Commission to 
monitor compliance with channel occupancy limits in respective local 
franchise areas.
    In 1993, the Commission's initial estimate of the burden of 
complying with this information collection requirement incorrectly 
based the number of respondents on the number of community units in the 
country, instead of the number of cable operators. The number of 
respondents was thus estimated to be 31,000. Recent publicly available 
information on hand in the Commission indicates that there are 
currently 1,468 existing cable operators. To adjust for prospective new 
market entries, we therefore have used the number 1,500 in our estimate 
of the number of respondents impacted by this collection.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-669 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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