[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11014-11015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5270]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

February 23, 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, Pub. L. 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 April 8, 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 Kristy L. LaLonde, Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB), Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, 
(202) 395-3562 or via Internet at [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: 3060-1040.
    Title: Broadcast Ownership Rules, MB Docket No. 02-277 and MM 
Docket Nos. 02-235, 02-327, and 00-244.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 12.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2-10 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 12 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Needs and Uses: On June 2, 2003, the Commission adopted a Report 
and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (R&O), In the Matter of 
2002 Biennial Regulatory Review--

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Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules 
Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 
MM Docket No. 02-277, Cross Ownership of Broadcast Stations and 
Newspapers, MM Docket No. 01-235, Rules and Policies Concerning 
Multiple Ownership of Radio Broadcast Stations in Local Markets, MM 
Docket No. 01-317, Definition of Radio Markets, MM Docket No. 00-244, 
and Definition of Radio Markets for Areas Not Located in an Arbitron 
Survey Areas Not Located in an Arbitron Survey Area, MB Docket No. 03-
130, FCC 03-127. That R&O contained several one-time reporting 
requirements which were outside of form collections, affecting 
licensees with: temporary waivers, conditional waivers, pending waiver 
requests, extensions of waiver, or requests for permanent waivers of 
the broadcast ownership rules. These reporting requirements were 
adopted to ensure compliance with the new broadcast ownership rules and 
to ensure the rules' effectiveness.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1032.
    Title: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices and 
Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment, 
CS Docket No. 97-80 and PP Docket No. 00-67.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 587.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 seconds to 40 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; On occasion reporting 
requirements; Third party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 72,402 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: On October 9, 2003, the FCC released the Second 
Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2nd 
R&O), In the Matter of Implementation of Section 304 of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, Commercial Availability of Navigation 
Devices, Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics 
Equipment, CS Docket No. 97-80, PP Docket No. 00-67, FCC 03-225, the 
Commission adopted final rules that set technical and other criteria 
that manufacturers would have to meet in order to label or market 
unidirectional digital cable televisions and other unidirectional 
digital cable products as ``digital cable ready.'' This regime includes 
testing and self-certification standards, certification recordkeeping 
requirements, and consumer information disclosures in appropriate post-
sale materials that describe the functionality of these devices and the 
need to obtain a security module from their cable operator. To the 
extent manufacturers have complaints regarding the certification 
process, they may file formal complaints with the Commission. In 
addition, should manufacturers have complaints regarding administration 
of the Dynamic Feedback Arrangement Scrambling Technique or DFAST 
license which governs the scrambling technology needed to build 
unidirectional digital cable products, they may also file complaints 
with the FCC. The 2nd R&O also prohibits MVPDs from encoding content to 
activate selectable output controls on unidirectional digital cable 
products, or the down-resolution of unencrypted broadcast television 
programming. MVPDs are also limited in the levels of copy protection 
that could be applied to various categories of programming. As a part 
of these encoding rules is a petition process for new services within 
existing business models, a PR Newswire Notice relating to initial 
classification of new business models, and a complaints process for 
disputes regarding new business models.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-5270 Filed 3-8-04; 8:45 am]
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