[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 182 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54157-54158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21862]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval, Comments Requested

September 15, 2008.
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, 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before October 20, 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 contacts 
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

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Street, SW., Washington, DC or via Internet at [email protected] 
or [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.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0906.
    Title: Annual DTV Report, FCC Form 317; 47 CFR 73.624(g).
    Form Number: FCC Form 317.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and responses: 1,815 respondents, 3,630 
responses.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Annual reporting 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits--Statutory 
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 
154(i), 303, 336 and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2-4 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 10,890 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $181,500.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009, 
full-power television broadcast stations must transmit only in digital 
signals, and may no longer transmit analog signals. On December 22, 
2007, the Commission adopted a Report and Order in the matter of the 
Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting 
the Conversion to Digital Television, MB Docket No. 07-91, FCC 07-228 
(``Third DTV Periodic Report and Order'') to establish the rules, 
policies and procedures necessary to complete the nation's transition 
to DTV. As a result of the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order, DTV 
stations that are permittees must now comply with the requirements for 
feeable ancillary or supplementary services in Section 73.624(g) (using 
FCC Form 317). This new requirement in 47 CFR Sec.  73.624(g) adds a 
new group of respondents to this collection (namely, ``DTV 
permittees''). The Commission has also revised FCC Form 317 and its 
instructions to indicate that DTV permittees are required to file the 
form and report their ancillary and supplementary services.
    Each commercial and noncommercial educational (NCE) digital 
television (DTV) broadcast station licensee and permittee is required 
to file FCC Form 317 annually. The licensees/permittees report whether 
they provided ancillary or supplementary services at any time during 
the reporting cycle. The report indicates which services were provided, 
fee related services, gross revenues received from all feeable 
ancillary and supplementary services, and the amount of bitstream used 
to provide ancillary or supplementary service.
    Concurrent with the submission of FCC Form 317, each commercial and 
noncommercial educational DTV licensee and permittee is required to 
remit to the Commission a payment, FCC Form 159 (3060-0589), in the 
amount of 5% of the gross revenues derived from the provision of its 
ancillary or supplementary services.
    Each licensee and permittee is required to retain the records 
supporting the calculation of the fees due for three years from the 
date of remittance of fees. Noncommercial DTV licensees/permittees must 
also retain for eight years documentation sufficient to show that their 
entire bitstream was used ``primarily'' for noncommercial education 
broadcast services on a weekly basis.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-21862 Filed 9-17-08; 8:45 am]
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