[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66525-66526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19041]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

November 3, 2006.
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 (PRA) 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 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,

[[Page 66526]]

including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before January 16, 2007. 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments to Cathy 
Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th 
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 Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    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: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 611.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 seconds-40 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion 
reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 97,928 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On March 17, 2005, the FCC released a Second Report 
and Order (2005 Deferral Order), In the Matter of Implementation of 
Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Commercial 
Availability of Navigation Devices, CS Docket No. 97-80, FCC 05-76, in 
which the Commission set forth reporting requirements for certain cable 
providers, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association 
(NCTA), and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The cable 
providers are responsible for filing status reports regarding 
deployment and support of point of deployment modules, more commonly 
known as CableCARDs. The NCTA and CEA are required to file status 
reports to keep the FCC abreast of negotiations over bidirectional 
support and software-based security solutions for digital cable 
products available at retail.
    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. E6-19041 Filed 11-14-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-10-P