[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 91 (Friday, May 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26396-26397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10375]


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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 6, 2008.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on the following 
information collection(s). 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. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB 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 OMB control 
number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before May 15, 
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 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: The Commission is requesting emergency OMB 
processing of the information collection requirements contained in this 
notice and has requested OMB approval by May 22, 2008.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1115.
    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: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions, State, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 11,022 respondents; 70,026 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours-85 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Monthly 
reporting requirement; Quarterly reporting 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. Sec. Sec.  154(i), 303(r), 335, and 336.
    Total Annual Burden: 155,646 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted on April 23, 2008, an Order 
of Reconsideration, In the Matter of DTV Consumer Education Initiative, 
MB Docket 07-148, FCC 08-119. In this Order, we modify our requirements 
regarding the timing, scope, and content of manufacturer notices and 
the method of delivery of eligible telecommunications carriers (ETC) 
notices, and clarify other manufacturer requirements. The revised 
requirements are as follows:
    a. Consumer Electronics Manufacturer Notices (47 CFR 15.124).
    The ``responsible party,'' as defined in the Commission's rules, 
has to include a notice about the digital television (DTV) transition 
on television receivers and related devices manufactured between May 
30, 2008 and March 31, 2009. The notices themselves must include the 
Commission's contact information (rather than the manufacturer's), 
convey information about the DTV transition, and must be included with 
covered devices.
    b. Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) Federal Universal 
Service Low-Income Program Participant Notices (47 CFR 54.418).
    ETCs that receive federal universal service funds shall provide 
their Lifeline or Link-up customers (low-income customers) with notices 
about the transition for over-the-air full power broadcasting from 
analog to digital service (the ``DTV Transition'') in monthly bills, 
bill notices, or as a monthly stand-alone mailer (e.g., postcard, 
brochure), beginning May 30, 2008 through March 31, 2009.
    These information collection requirements are also apart of this 
information collection:
    (1) Broadcaster Education and Reporting (47 CFR 73.674).
    (a) On-Air Education. Broadcasters must provide on-air DTV 
Transition consumer education information (e.g., via Public Service 
Announcements (PSAs), information crawls, snipes or tickers) to their 
viewers. Broadcasters

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must comply with one of three alternative sets of rules as provided in 
the Report and Order.
    (b) 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 Web site, 
they must post these reports on that Web site.
    (2) Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (Mvpd) Customer Bill 
Notices (47 CFR 76.1630). MVPDs must provide monthly notices about the 
DTV transition in their customer billing statements. They include (but 
are not limited to), for example: cable operators, direct broadcast 
satellite (DBS) carriers, open video system operators, and private 
cable operators.
    (3) 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.
    (4) 700 Mhz Wireless Service Licensee/Permitees 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-10375 Filed 5-8-08; 8:45 am]
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