[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42166-42167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15869]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

June 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 August 13, 
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) 395-3087 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: 3060-0980.
    Title: Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act 
of 1999: Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues, Retransmission Consent 
Issues, CS Docket Nos. 00-96 and 99-363.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 2,600.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 5 hours (multiple responses).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and three year reporting 
requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 7,800 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $260,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On November 29, 2000, the FCC released a Report and 
Order, In the Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement 
Act (SHVIA): Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues, Retransmission Consent 
Issues, CS Docket Nos. 99-363 and 00-96, FCC 00-417. In this Report and 
Order, the Commission required satellite television providers to 
provide local-into-local signals of broadcast television stations, 
while electing for compulsory must-carry or retransmission consent 
status. On September 5, 2001, the Commission released an Order on 
Reconsideration, CS Docket No. 00-96, FCC 01-249, which denied 
petitions for reconsideration. In addition, the Commission, on its own 
motion, clarified some of the requirements in the earlier Report and 
Order and amended the satellite broadcast signal carriage rules, 47 CFR 
section 76.66.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0981.
    Title: Part 76, Multichannel Video and Cable Television Service 
Public File and Notice Rules.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities; and State, 
local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 10,800.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes to 3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping and third party disclosure 
requirements; on occasion, semi-annual and annual reporting 
requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 43,200 hours.

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    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Section 631 of the Communications Act, as amended, 
provides that at the time of entering into an agreement to provide any 
cable service or other service to a subscriber and at least once a year 
thereafter, a cable operator shall provide notice in the form of a 
separate, written statement to such subscriber which clearly and 
conspicuously informs the subscriber of (a) the nature of personally 
identifiable information collected or to be collected with respect to 
the subscriber and the nature of the use of such information; (b) the 
nature, frequency, and purpose of any disclosure which may be made of 
such information, including an identification of the types of persons 
to whom the disclosure may be made; (c) the period during which such 
information will be maintained by the cable operator; (d) the times and 
place at which the subscriber may have access to such information in 
accordance with section 631 (d); and (e) the limitations provided by 
section 631 with respect to the collection and disclosure of 
information by a cable operator and the right of the subscriber under 
sections 631 (f) and (h) to enforce such limitations. This notice 
requirement appears in the Communications Act but not in the FCC cable 
television rules. The Report and Order, 1998 Biennial Review-
Multichannel Video and Cable Television Service, CS Docket No. 98-132, 
FCC 99-12, which was released on September 5, 2000, amended the 
Commission's cable television rules so that the notice requirement is 
now referenced in notes at the end of various rule sections. In 
addition, the Copyright Act requires that cable operators file, on a 
semi-annual basis, a statement of account with the Licensing Division 
of the Copyright Office, Library of Congress. The Report and Order 
amended the Commission's cable television rules so that this filing is 
now referenced in a note at the end of 47 CFR 76.1800.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-15869 Filed 7-13-04; 8:45 am]
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