[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28223-28224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12968]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISION


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

May 15, 2003.
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 104-13. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current 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 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 
and 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 July 22, 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

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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 202-418-0217 or 
via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0581.
    Title: Section 76.503, National Subscriber Limits.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements.
    Total annual burden: 20 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $1,000.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.503 requires certain filings and 
certifications. The FCC uses the certification filings to ensure that 
cable operators do not violate the 30 percent share rule in their 
acquisitions of additional multi-channel programming providers. Section 
76.503, Note 1, certification filings are used by the Commission to 
verify that limited partners who so certify are not involved in 
management or operations of the media-related activities of the 
partnership.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0569.
    Title: Section 76.975, Commercial Leased Access Dispute Resolution.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 to 10 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion filing requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,320 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $69,000.
    Needs and Uses: The information will be used by leased access 
programmers and will be reviewed by the Commission to resolve leased 
access disputes.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0611.
    Title: Section 74.783, Station Identification.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 400.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.166 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 66 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $0.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 74.783(e) permits any low power television 
(LPTV) station to request a four-letter call sign after receiving its 
construction permit. All initial LPTV construction permits will 
continue to be issued with a five-character LPTV call sign. LPTV 
respondents are required to use the on-line electronic system. To 
enable these respondents to use this on-line system, the Commission 
eliminated the requirement that holders of LPTV construction permits 
submit with their call sign requests a certification that the station 
has been constructed, that physical construction is underway at the 
transmitter site, or that a firm equipment order has been placed. (All 
burden associated with call sign requests for the on-line reservation 
and authorization system are included in information collection 3060-
0188.) 47 CFR 74.783(b) requires licensees of television translators 
whose station identification is made by the television station whose 
signals are being rebroadcast by the translator, must secure agreement 
with this television licensee to keep in its file, and available to FCC 
personnel, the translator's call letters and location, giving the name, 
address and telephone number of the licensee or service representative 
to be contacted in the event of malfunction of the translator.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0945
    Title: Section 79.2, Accessibility of Programming Providing 
Emergency Information.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or 
households; Not-for-profit institutions; and State, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 275 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $5,000.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 79.2 requires any broadcast station or 
multiple video programming distributor (MVPD) that provides local 
emergency information as part of a regularly scheduled newscast, or as 
part of a newscast that interrupts regularly scheduled programming, to 
make the critical details of the information accessible to persons with 
visual disabilities in the affected local area. In addition, any 
broadcast station or MVPD that provides emergency information through a 
crawl or scroll must accompany that information with an aural tone to 
alert persons with visual disabilities that the station or MVPD is 
providing this information. Under 47 CFR 79.2(c), a complaint alleging 
a violation of this section may be transmitted to the FCC by any 
reasonable means that would best accommodate the complainant's 
disability. The complaint should include the name of the video 
programming distributor against whom the complaint is alleged, the date 
and time of the omission of emergency information, and the type of 
emergency. The Commission will notify the video programming distributor 
of the complaint, and the distributor will reply to the complaint 
within 30 days.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-12968 Filed 5-22-03; 8:45 am]
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