[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22700]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval

August 19, 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(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 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 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 September 26, 
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 Judy Boley, 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 collection(s) contact Judy Boley at 202-418-0214 or 
via internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0544.
    Title: Section 76.701, Commercial Leased Access Channels.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 8 hours per response (avg.).
    Cost to Respondents: N/A.
    Total Annual Burden: 800 hours.
    Needs and Uses: On May 7, 1997, the Commission released Memorandum 
Opinion and Order (MO&O), FCC 97-156, in MM Docket No. 92-258, to 
conform the Commission's rules pertaining to indecency and obscenity on 
leased access and Public, Educational and Government (PEG) channels to 
the Supreme Court's decision in Denver Area Educational 
Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. FCC. In that decision, the 
Supreme Court found that the PEG access channel provision permitting 
the refusal to transmit indecency and the leased access channel 
provision requiring segregation and blocking were unconstitutional. The 
Commission's MO&O in this matter adopts rule changes responsive to the 
Supreme Court's decision.
    Particularly, the rule changes adopted in the MO&O modify Sections 
76.701 and 76.702 of the Commission's rules. The only information 
collection requirement remaining in these rule sections is contained in 
Section 76.701(a), which continues to state that a cable operator may 
adopt and enforce prospectively a written and published policy of 
prohibiting programming which, it reasonably believes, describes or 
depicts sexual or excretory activities or organs in a patently 
offensive manner as measured by contemporary community standards. 
Permitting cable operators to adopt policies regarding offensive 
programming gives operators alternatives to banning broadcasts; for 
example, by adopting policies to rearrange broadcast times so as to 
accommodate adult audiences while lessening the risks of harm to 
children.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-22700 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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