[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14463-14464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7706]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collection(s) Approved By Office of Management
and Budget
March 19, 1998.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public
information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, 44 USC 3501-3520. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control
number. Notwithstanding 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 that does not
display a valid control number. Questions concerning the OMB control
numbers and expiration dates should be directed to Jerry Cowden,
Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-0447.
Federal Communications Commission
OMB Control No.: 3060-0314.
Expiration Date: 3/31/2001.
Title: Section 76.209--Fairness doctrine; personal attacks;
political editorials.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Estimated annual burden: 3,411 hours; 2-3 hours per response; 1,312
respondents.
Description: Section 76.209 sets forth notification requirements
for cable system operators when personal attacks are made on persons or
groups during origination cablecasting. Section 76.209 also requires
that when a cable system operator in an editorial endorses or opposes a
legally qualified candidate, the operator shall, within 24 hours of the
editorial, transmit to the other qualified candidate(s) for the same
office or the candidate opposed, notification of the date, time and
channel of the editorial; a script or tape of the editorial; and an
offer of a reasonable opportunity to respond over the system's
facilities.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0346.
Expiration Date: 3/31/2001.
Title: Section 78.27--License conditions.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Estimated Annual Burden: 76 hours; 0.167 hour per respondent; 455
respondents.
Description: Section 78.27 requires licensees of cable television
relay service (CARS) stations to notify the Commission in writing when
the station commences operation. It also requires a CARS licensee
needing additional time to complete construction of the station to
request an extension of time 30 days before the expiration of the one-
year construction period.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0439.
Expiration Date: 3/31/2001.
Title: Regulations Concerning Indecent Communications by Telephone.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,632 hours; 0.13 hour (average) per
respondent; 10,200 respondents.
Description: The rules and regulations are designed to establish
defenses to prosecution and to restrict access to adult message
services by minors as required by Section 223 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended. Section 64.201 contains several information
collection requirements: (1) A requirement that certain common carriers
block access to indecent messages unless the subscriber seeks access
from the common carrier (telephone company) in writing; (2) a
requirement that adult message service providers notify their carriers
of the nature of their programming; and (3) a requirement that a
provider of adult message services request that its carriers identify
it as such in bills to its subscribers. Affected respondents are
subscribers, common carriers, and providers of adult message services.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0491.
Expiration Date: 3/31/2001.
Title: Section 74.991--Wireless cable application procedures.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Estimated Annual Burden: 50 hours; 4.5 hours per respondent (0.5
hours respondent/4 hours attorney); 100 respondents.
Description: Section 74.991 requires that a wireless cable operator
application be filed on FCC Forms 330/304. The applicant must also give
local public notice in a daily newspaper of general circulation
published in the community in which the proposed station will be
located. The data is used by FCC staff to ensure that proposals to
operate a wireless cable system on ITFS channels do not impair or
restrict any reasonably foreseeable ITFS use.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0490.
Expiration Date: 3/31/2001.
Title: Section 74.902--Frequency assignments.
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Form Number: Not applicable.
Estimated annual burden: 3 hours; 0.5 hour per response; 5
respondents.
Description: Section 74.902 requires that if an MDS applicant
involuntarily displaces a point-to-point ITFS station operating on MDS
Channels E and F to suitable spectrum, then the initiating MDS party
must prepare and file the appropriate application. Additionally,
Section 74.902(i) requires that a copy of this application be served on
the ITFS licensee to be moved. The data will be used by the ITFS
licensee to oppose the involuntary migration if the proposal would not
provide comparable ITFS service and to ensure that the public continues
to be served.
Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-7706 Filed 3-24-98; 8:45 am]
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