[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56563-56564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22509]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

August 27, 2002.
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, Public Law 10413. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current valid 
control number.

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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 November 4, 
2002. 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 1A804, 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 collection(s) contact Les Smith at 2024180217 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 30600419.
    Title: Syndicated Exclusivity and Network Non-Duplication Rights.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 5,555.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 2.0 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirements; Third party 
disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 182,552 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $192,000.
    Needs and Uses: Commission rules require television stations, 
broadcast television stations, and program distributors to notify cable 
television system operators of non-duplication protection and 
exclusivity rights being sought within prescribed limitations and terms 
of contractual agreements. These various notification and disclosure 
requirements are to protect broadcasters who purchase the exclusive 
rights to transmit syndicated programming in their recognized markets.

    OMB Control Number: 30600960.
    Title: Application of Network Non-Duplication, Syndicated 
Exclusivity, and Sports Blackout Rules to Satellite Retransmissions.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,407.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 1.0 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; Third 
party disclosure.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: On October 27, 2000, the Commission adopted rules 
to implement the network non-duplication, syndicated exclusivity, and 
sports blackout provisions of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act 
of 1999. The various notification and disclosure requirements are 
intended to protect exclusive rights negotiated between broadcasters, 
distributors, and rights holders for transmission of network, 
syndicated, and sports programming in the broadcaster's recognized 
market area.

    OMB Control Number: 30601002.
    Title: Cable Horizontal and Vertical Ownership Information 
Collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 146.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 mins. (0.5 hrs.).
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 162 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: Under Section 613(f) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and 
Competition Act of 1992, the FCC is directed to establish reasonable 
limits on the number of subscribers that may be reached through cable 
operators' owned or affiliated cable systems and on the number of 
channels that can be occupied by cable operators' owned or affiliated 
programming networks. This information collection will assist the 
Commission in its rulemaking proceeding revising these rules consistent 
with a court remand and reversal of previous rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
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