[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45317-45318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17243]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

July 21, 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 30, 
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,

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(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: 3060-0754.
    Title: Children's Television Programming Report, FCC Form 398.
    Form Number: FCC 398.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,950 respondents (multiple responses).
    Estimated Hour per Response: 6 hours per quarter.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; quarterly reporting 
requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 46,800 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,560,000.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On May 1, 2001, the FCC released a Memorandum 
Opinion and Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket No. 00-10, FCC 01-123, 
which explicitly made applicable to Class A licensees the children's 
programming and reporting requirements governing commercial television 
broadcasters, including the filing of the quarterly FCC Form 398. 
Nothing in either the Class A Report and Order or the Order on 
Reconsideration modified FCC Form 398 itself. FCC Form 398 is used to 
identify the individual station and children's educational and 
informational programs, which the station broadcasts on both the 
regularly scheduled and preempted core programming, to meet the 
station's obligation under the Children's Television Act of 1990. This 
standardized form provides a consistent format for reporting by all 
licensees, which facilitates efforts by the public and the FCC to 
monitor compliance with the Children's Television Act.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-17243 Filed 7-28-04; 8:45 am]
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