[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 42 (Thursday, March 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11315-11316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5031]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

February 23, 2000.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commissions, 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 April 3, 2000. 
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 
Commission, Room 1-A804, 445 12th Street, SW, 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: 3060-0095.
    Title: Annual Employment Report--Cable Television.
    Form Number: FCC 395-A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,950.
    Estimate Time Per Response: 0.116 to 2.417 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,301 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Employment Report, FCC Form 395-A, is 
used to assess industry trends. Every cable company with six or more 
full-time employees and all Satellite Master Antenna Television Systems 
serving 50 or more subscribers and having six or more full-time 
employees must complete FCC Form 395-A. It must be filed annually. Form 
395-A identifies employees by gender, race, color, and/or national 
origin in 15 job categories and lists data on each entity's employees 
by their full or part-time employment status, job title, and job 
category. Cable companies with five or fewer employees only need to 
complete and file Sections I, II, and VIII of this form, and 
thereafter, only need file again if their employment increases. In 
addition, cable companies with six or more full-time employees must 
file a Supplemental Investigation Sheet once every five years. On 
January 20, 2000, the FCC adopted a Report and Order in MM Docket 98-
204 and 96-16, Review of the Commission's Broadcast and Cable Equal 
Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies and Termination of the EEO 
Streamlining Proceeding. FCC Form 395-A has been revised to reflect the 
new rules and policies adopted in this Report and Order.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0113.
    Title: Broadcast EEO Program Report.
    Form Number: FCC 396.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities; Not-for-
profit Institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1.0 hours.

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    Frequency of Response: Reporting required upon license expiration.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $100,000.
    Needs and Uses: On January 20, 2000, the FCC adopted a Report and 
Order which modified the Commission's broadcast and EEO rules and 
policies consistent with the D.C. Circuit Court's decision in Lutheran 
Church--Missouri Synod v. FCC to ensure equal employment opportunity in 
the broadcast industry. The Commission is modifying FCC Form 396, the 
Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Program, to reflect the new 
rules and policies in this Report and Order. The FCC has reinstated the 
requirement that all AM, FM, TV, Low Power TV, and International 
stations broadcast licensees with five or more full-time employees, 
must file FCC Form 396 at the time of the renewal of their licensees. 
This form is used to evaluate a broadcaster's EEO program to ensure 
that satisfactory efforts are being made to comply with the FCC's EEO 
requirements.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0120.
    Title: Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Model Program Report.
    Form Number: FCC 396-A.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities; Not-for-
profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Needs and Uses: Applicants seeking authority to construct a new 
broadcast station, to obtain assignment of construction permit or 
license, and/or to seek authority to acquire control of an entity 
holding construction permit or license must file FCC Form 396-A. The 
form is designed to assist the applicant in establishing an effective 
EEO program for their station. On January 20, 2000, the FCC adopted a 
Report and Order in MM Docket 98-204 and 96-16, Review of the 
Commission's Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and 
Policies and Termination of the EEO Streamlining Proceeding. This form 
has been revised to reflect the new rules and policies in this Report 
and Order. The revisions include new instructions and questions in 
Section IV to clarify that recruitment measures should be broad and 
inclusive. Form 396-A will no longer ask applicants to list certain 
categories of proposed recruitment sources but will allow applicants to 
propose recruitment contacts which they believe will achieve wide 
dissemination and be productive in generating qualified applicants. 
Applicants will also be required to identify in Section V whether they 
elect to utilize the supplemental recruitment measures or to use the 
alternative recruitment program.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0574.
    Title: Annual Employment Report.
    Form Number: FCC 395-M.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 251.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 0.166 to 2.417 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 394 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 395-M, Multi-Channel Video Programming 
Distributor (MVPD) Annual Employment Report, is used to assess industry 
employment trends. The report identifies employees by gender, race, 
color, and/or national origin in 15 job categories and collects data on 
full and part-time employment status, job titles, and job categories. 
Every MVPD with six or more full-time employees must file FCC Form 395-
M annually, and a Supplemental Investigation sheet once every five 
years. An MVPD with five or fewer employees must file Sections I, II, 
and VIII only once, unless the MVPD's employment increases. On January 
20, 2000, the FCC adopted a Report and Order, Review of the 
Commission's Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and 
Policies and Termination of the EEO Streamlining Proceeding, which 
modified the Commission's broadcast, cable, and MVPD EEO rules and 
policies consistent with the D.C. Circuit Court's decision in Lutheran 
Church-Missouri Synod v. FCC. Form 395-M has been revised to reflect 
the new rules and policies adopted in this Report and Order.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-5031 Filed 3-1-00; 8:45 am]
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