[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6992-6993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3057]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

January 29, 2004.
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 March 15, 
2004. 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] or Kim A. Johnson, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, 
(202) 395-3562 or via the Internet at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copy of 
the information collection(s) contact Les Smith at (202) 418-0217 or 
via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0095.
    Title: Cable Television Annual Employment Report, FCC Form 395-A.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: FCC 395-A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 1,950.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.166 to 2.417 hrs.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; Annual and five year 
reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,302 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Needs and Uses: Following the D.C. Circuit's decision in MD/DC/DE 
Broadcasters Association v. FCC (``Association'') in January 2001, 
vacating the FCC's broadcast EEO rules for recruitment, on January 31, 
2001, the Commission suspended its EEO program requirements for both 
broadcasters and Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPD's), 
including the requirement to file FCC Forms 395-A, and 395-M. The FCC 
is now revising Form 395-A, Annual Employment Report, to incorporate 
FCC Form 395-M. The new FCC Form 395-A is a data collection device used 
to report industry trends. The report identifies employees by gender, 
race, and ethnicity in fifteen job categories. The FCC Form 395-A 
contains a grid which collects data on full and part-time employees and 
requests a list of employees by job title, indicating the job category 
and full or part-time status of the position. However, Form 395-A omits 
the old EEO program report section, which is now in the new FCC Form 
396-C, OMB Control No. 3060-1033.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0390.
    Title: Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report, FCC Form 395-B.
    Form Number: FCC Form 395-B.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 14,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.88 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total annual burden: 12,320 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 395-B is used to compile statistics on the 
workforce employed by broadcast licensees/permittees. It is filed by 
all AM, FM, TV, international and low power TV broadcast licensees/
permittees that employ five or more full-time employees. The FCC staff 
use the data to compile a report showing the five-year employment 
trends of the broadcast industry.


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    OMB Control Number: 3060-0692.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Home Wiring Provisions.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or 
households.
    Number of Respondents: 30,500.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 mins (0.083 hrs) to 20 hrs.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; Annual and on occasion 
reporting requirements; Third party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 46,114 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Needs and Uses: On January 29, 2003, the Commission issued a First 
Order on Reconsideration and Second Report and Order, FCC 03-9, which 
grants in part and denies in part the petitions for reconsideration 
filed in response to the Report and Order. The Commission's home run 
wiring rules were modified in the First Order on Reconsideration to 
provide that in the event of sale, the home run wiring be made 
available to the MDU owner or alternative provider during the 24-hour 
period prior to actual service termination by the incumbent and that 
home run wiring located behind sheet rock is physically inaccessible 
for purposes of determining the demarcation point between home wiring 
and home run wiring. In the Second Report and Order, the Commission 
adopted a limited exemption for small non-cable MVPDs from the signal 
leakage reporting requirements and concluded that the cable and home 
run wiring rules should apply to all MVPDs in the same manner that they 
apply to cable operators. The Commission declined to restrict exclusive 
contracts or ban perpetual contracts. The Commission also declined to 
allow MDU owners to require sharing of incumbent-owned cable wiring.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1034.
    Title: Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the 
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.0 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One time reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 400 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: In October 2002, the Commission released the First 
Report and Order (``Order''), Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and 
Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service, FCC 02-286, MM 
Docket 99-325, (67 FR 78193). Pursuant to this Order, the Commission 
selected in-band, on-channel (IBOC) as the technology that permits AM 
and FM radio broadcasters to introduce digital operations efficiently 
and rapidly. In addition, provisions of the Order required radio 
station licensees to provide information relative to implementation of 
interim hybrid digital operations. Implementation of hybrid digital 
operations is entirely voluntary. Commercial and noncommercial AM and 
FM radio stations that choose to begin hybrid digital transmissions 
shall notify the Commission within 10 days of the commencement of 
digital operations. The ``notification letter'' shall certify that the 
digital operations conform to applicable rules and standards. 
Furthermore, implementation of the notification letter eliminates both 
the need for the FCC staff to issue an STA to the broadcaster and for 
the broadcaster to file and pay the initial and any subsequent filing 
fees.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-3057 Filed 2-11-04; 8:45 am]
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