[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18472-18473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8567]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

April 2, 2001.
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 June 8, 2001. 
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.

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ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Les Smith, Federal Communications 
Commissions, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 1-A804, 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: 3060-0629.
    Title: Section 76.987 New Product Tiers.
    Form Number: n/a.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden to Respondents: The Commission estimates that 
approximately 500 NPT filings will be received each year. The average 
burden to cable operators to comply with this filing requirement is 
estimated to be .5 hours per filing. 500 filings  x  .5 hours = 250 
burden hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $ 0.00.
    Needs and Uses: Section 76.987(g) states that within 30 days of the 
offering of a new product tier (``NPT''), operators shall file with the 
Commission, a copy of the new rate card that contains the following 
information on their basic service tiers (``BSTs''), cable programming 
services tiers (CPSTs'') and NPTs: (1) The names of the programming 
services contained on each tier, and (2) the price of each tier. 
Operators also must file with the Commission, copies of notifications 
that were sent to subscribers regarding the initial offering of NPTs. 
After this initial filing, cable operators must file updated rate cards 
and copies of customer notifications with the Commission within 30 days 
of rate or service changes affecting the NPT. The information 
collections are used by the Commission to verify compliance and to 
ensure that subscribers are given due notice of NPT offerings.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-8567 Filed 4-6-01; 8:45 am]
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