[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 206 (Thursday, October 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60668-60669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21019]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

October 16, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to (PRA) of 
1995 (PRA), Public Law No. 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor 
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 
control number. Subject to the PRA, no person shall be subject to any 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before December 
24, 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: You may submit all PRA comments by e-mail or U.S. post mail. 
To submit your comments by e-mail, send them to [email protected]. To submit 
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of Cathy 
Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918 or 
send an e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-0390.
    Title: Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report.
    Form Number: FCC Form 395-B.
    Type of Review: Extension of a 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.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 395-B, ``The Broadcast Station Annual 
Employment Report,'' is used to assess industry employment trends and 
provide reports to Congress. Licensees with five or more full-time 
employees are required to file Form 395-B on or before September 30th 
of each year. The form is a data collection device used to compile 
statistics on the workforce employed by broadcast licensees/permittees. 
The report identifies each staff member by gender and race/ethnicity in 
each of the nine major job categories. On June 4, 2004, the FCC 
released the Third Report and Order and Fourth Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (3rd R&O), In the Matter of Review of the Commission's 
Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies, MM 
Docket No. 98-204, FCC 04-103, in which it considers issues relating to 
the Annual Employment Report forms, including Form 395-B, ``The 
Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report.'' In the 3rd R&O, the 
Commission is adopting revised rules requiring broadcasters and 
multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) to file annual 
employment reports. Radio and television broadcasters will use Form 
395-B to file annual employment reports. The intent of this 3rd R&O is 
to reinstate and update requirements for broadcasters and MVPDs to file 
annual employment reports. The intent of the Fourth Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking is to provide time for MVPDs, broadcast licensees, and the 
public to address the issue of whether the Commission should keep these 
forms confidential after they are filed. With the effective date of the 
rule revisions adopted in the 3rd R&O, MVPDs and broadcasters must 
start keeping records of their employees so they can prepare their 
annual employment reports due to be filed on or before September 30, 
2004.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-21019 Filed 10-24-07; 8:45 am]
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