[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76405-76406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31311]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

November 27, 2002.
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 January 13, 
2003. 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: 3060-1002.
    Title: Cable Horizontal and Vertical Ownership Information 
Collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision 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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0863.
    Title: Satellite Delivery of Network Signals to Unserved Households 
for Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer Act (SHVA).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 848.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes (0.5 hrs.).
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; On occasion reporting 
requirements; Third party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 125,000 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: In February 1999, the FCC released a Report and 
Order (R&O), FCC 99-14, that described a method for measuring the Grade 
B signal strength at a household so that the satellite and broadcast 
industries and consumers would have a uniform method for calibrating 
actual household signal strength and thereby determine which consumers 
are ``unserved'' by over-the-air network signals. The written records 
of test results are made after testing and predicting the strength of a 
television station's signal. The R&O also endorsed a computer model to 
predict whether a household is likely to be able to receive a signal of 
the required strength. In May 2000, the FCC released a First Report and 
Order (First R&O), FCC 00-185, that prescribed an improved point-to-
point predictive model (Individual Location Longley-Rice (ILLR)), which 
provides a reliable and presumptive means for determining whether the 
over-the-air signal of a network affiliated television station can be 
received at an individual location. The model can be refined when

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additional data become available. Furthermore, the ILLR model 
significantly reduces the number of measurements conducted at 
individual households, thereby slowly negating the need for the rules 
mentioned in OMB's Terms of Clearance. In prescribing the ILLR model, 
the Commission is complying with new statutory requirements set forth 
in the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 (SHVIA).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-31311 Filed 12-11-02; 8:45 am]
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