[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13231-13233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4963]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Requirements Being 
Submitted to OMB for Emergency Review and Approval, Comments Requested

March 7, 2008.
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 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a

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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 April 11, 
2008. 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 PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via Internet at [email protected] 
or via fax at (202) 395-5167 and to Cathy Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC or via Internet at [email protected].
    To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or 
its OMB control number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR 
Reference Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
    You may submit all PRA comments by email or U.S. post mail. To 
submit your comments by email, 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: The Commission is requesting emergency OMB 
processing of the information collection requirements contained in this 
notice and has requested OMB approval by March 27, 2008.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: DTV Consumer Education Initiative; Sections 15.124, 27.20, 
54.418, 73.674, and 76.1630.
    Form Number: FCC Form 388.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions, State, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondent: 11,022 respondents.
    Estimated time per Response: 1 minute-3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Quarterly 
reporting requirement; Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits--Statutory 
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 
4(i), 303(r), 335, and 336 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 303(r), 335, and 336.
    Total Annual Burden: 156,069 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on February 19, 2008, a 
Report and Order, In the Matter DTV Consumer Education Initiative, MB 
Docket 07-148, FCC 08-56. As the Nation transitions from analog 
broadcast television service to digital broadcast television service, 
the Commission has been committed to working with representatives from 
industry, public interest groups, and Congress to make the significant 
benefits of digital broadcasting available to the public. The digital 
transition will make valuable spectrum available for both public safety 
uses and expanded wireless competition and innovation. By compressing 
television broadcasting into a smaller amount of the available 
spectrum, the digital transition has allowed the Commission to make 
valuable 700 MHz spectrum available for sale and use by wireless 
companies and public safety organizations. The transition will also 
provide consumers with better quality television picture and sound, and 
make new services available through multicasting. These innovations, 
however, are dependent upon widespread consumer understanding of the 
benefits and mechanics of the transition. The Congressional decision to 
establish a hard deadline of February 17, 2009, for the end of full-
power analog broadcasting has made consumer awareness even more 
critical. In this Order, the Commission imposes the following 
information and disclosure requirements:
    (a) Broadcaster Education and Reporting (47 CFR 73.674).
    (i) On-air Education. Broadcasters must provide on-air DTV 
Transition consumer education information (e.g., via Public Service 
Announcements (PSAs) or information crawls) to their viewers. 
Broadcasters must comply with one of three alternative sets of rules as 
provided in the Report and Order.
    (ii) DTV Consumer Education Quarterly Activity Report, FCC Form 
388. Broadcasters must electronically file a report about its DTV 
Transition consumer education efforts to the Commission on a quarterly 
basis. Broadcasters must begin filing these quarterly reports no later 
than April 10, 2008. In addition, if the broadcaster has a public 
website, they must post these reports on that Web site.
    (b) Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Customer Bill 
Notices (47 CFR 76.1630). MVPDs, which include, for example (and are 
not limited to), cable operators, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) 
carriers, open video system operators, and private cable operators, 
must provide monthly notices about the DTV transition in their customer 
billing statements.
    (c) Consumer Electronics Manufacturer Notices (47 CFR 15.124). 
Parties that manufacture, import, or ship interstate television 
receivers and devices designed to work with television receivers must 
provide notice to consumers of the transition's impact on that 
equipment. This information must be included with all devices shipped, 
beginning on the effective date of these rules, until March 31, 2009.
    (d) DTV.gov Partner Consumer Education Reporting. DTV.gov 
Transition Partners must report their consumer education efforts, as a 
condition of continuing Partner status. They must begin filing these 
quarterly reports no later than April 10, 2008.
    (e) Eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) Federal Universal 
Service Low-Income Program Participant Notices (47 CFR 54.418). ETCs 
that receive federal universal service funds must provide monthly 
notice of the transition to their low

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income customers and potential customers. This information must be 
provided beginning on the effective date of these rules, until March 
31, 2009.
    (f) 700 MHz Auction Winner Consumer Education Reporting (47 CFR 
27.20). Winners of the 700 MHz spectrum auction must report their 
consumer education efforts to the Commission on a quarterly basis. 
These parties must file the first by the tenth day of the first 
calendar quarter following the initial grant of the license 
authorization that the entity holds.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
    Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files; 
Sections 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondent: 52,285 respondents.
    Estimated time per Response: 2.5--109 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits--Statutory 
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 
154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,831,706 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on February 19, 2008, a 
Report and Order, In the Matter DTV Consumer Education Initiative, MB 
Docket 07-148, FCC 08-56. The Report and Order adds a new recordkeeping 
requirement for full-power commercial and noncommercial educational TV 
broadcast stations (both analog and digital) for the contents of their 
public inspection files. Specifically, the rule requires these stations 
to retain in their public inspection file a copy of their DTV Consumer 
Education Quarterly Activity Report, FCC Form 388, on a quarterly 
basis. The Report for each quarter is to be placed in the public 
inspection file by the tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter. 
These Reports shall be retained in the public inspection file for one 
year. Broadcasters shall publicize in an appropriate manner the 
existence and location of these Reports.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-4963 Filed 3-11-08; 8:45 am]
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