[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24111-24112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11443]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Submitted to OMB for 
Emergency Review and Approval

April 28, 1997.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has requested Office of 
Management and Budget (``OMB'') approval, under the emergency 
processing provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for the 
FCC Annual Survey of Cable Industry Prices (``1997 Price Survey''). OMB 
approval is requested to be effective no later than June 5, 1997. The 
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. 
Comments should address: (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 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 June 2, 1997. 
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.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Timothy Fain, Office of Management 
and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-3561 or via 
internet at [email protected], and to Dorothy Conway, Federal 
Communications, Room 234, 1919 M

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St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via internet to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For copies of the proposed 1997 Price 
Survey contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217 or via internet at 
[email protected]. Copies may also be obtained by contacting the 
Commission's Fax on Demand System. To obtain fax copies, call 202-418-
0177 from the handset on your fax machine, and enter the document 
retrieval number when prompted. The document retrieval number is 
000647. The proposed 1997 Price Survey is also posted on the 
Commission's internet site at: http//www.fcc.gov/formpage.html. The 
internet posting can be accessed by downloading the Adobe Reader and 
then the 1997 Price Survey PDF file. For additional information 
concerning this information collection requirement contact Dr. Kiran 
Duwadi at 202-418-7200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Cable Television Consumer Protection and 
Competition Act of 1992 (``Cable Act'') requires the Commission to 
publish an annual statistical report on average rates for basic cable 
service, cable programming service and equipment. The report must 
compare the prices charged by cable systems subject to effective 
competition and those that are not subject to effective competition. 
The 1997 Price Survey is intended to collect the data needed to prepare 
this report. For the 1997 Price Survey, the Commission will provide the 
survey and receive responses by means of the internet. We will also 
provide diskette copies of the survey to respondents so that cable 
operators without internet access will have automated copies of the 
survey to complete. We will also provide paper versions of the survey 
to all respondents in the event that some respondents do not have 
access to the internet or a computer.
    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0647.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 635.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 8 hours.
    Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 5,080 hours. The Commission 
estimates that the average burden to respondents for gathering the data 
and completing and filing the 1997 Price Survey will be 8 hours. The 
survey will be sent to a total of 635 respondents. 635 responsesx8 
hours=5,080 hours.
    Total Cost to Respondents: $2,000. We estimate that a significant 
portion of respondents (an estimated 400 out of 635) will opt for the 
purchase of computer diskettes to complete the 1997 Price Survey. 400 
respondents x $5 per diskette = $2,000.
    Needs and Uses: The 1997 Price Survey will be distributed to 
randomly selected groups of competitive and noncompetitive cable 
systems. The data collected will be used by the Commission to monitor 
cable prices and to determine whether the goal of the Cable Act is 
being met; that goal being to ensure that rates charged for basic and 
cable programming services by cable operators not subject to effective 
competition are reasonable in comparison with rates charged by 
operators subject to effective competition. The results of the survey 
will be published in an annual report on cable industry prices.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-11443 Filed 5-1-97; 8:45 am]
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