[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2776]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

January 27, 1999.
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 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 March 8, 1999. 
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 Les Smith, Federal Communications 
Commissions, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via the 
Internet to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Les Smith at (202) 418-0217 or 
via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Direct Broadcast Satellite Public Interest Obligations.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities; Individuals 
or households.
    Number of Respondents: 8.
    Estimated Time per Response: 12 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping.
    Total Annual Burden: 96 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $1,440.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission imposes public interest obligations 
upon providers of Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Services, to grant 
access for political candidate advertising and to reserve four per cent 
of channel capacity for educational and informational programming. Once 
the Report and Order comes into effect, every DBS licensee will be 
required to maintain a public file at its headquarters that contains: 
(i) annual measurements of channel capacity and average calculations on 
which it bases its four percent reservation; (ii) a record of entities 
to which educational and informational programming capacity is 
provided, the amount of capacity provided to each entity, the 
conditions under which it is being provided, and the rates, if any, 
being paid by each entity; (iii) a record of the entities that have 
requested capacity and the disposition of those requests; and (iv) a 
record of all requests for channel time made by political candidates 
and the disposition of those requests.
    Statutory authority for collection of this information is contained 
in 47 U.S.C. Sections 335, 315, and 312 (a)(7).
    The information will be used by the FCC and interested members of 
the public to monitor DBS providers' compliance with public interest 
obligations. Without such information, the FCC could not determine 
whether DBS providers have compiled with their obligations.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-2776 Filed 2-4-99; 8:45 am]
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