[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34941-34942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14877]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 76

[MB Docket No. 07-198; FCC 10-17]


Review of the Commission's Program Access Rules and Examination 
of Programming Tying Arrangements

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission

ACTION: Final Rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
the information collection requirements associated with new rules 47 
CFR Sections 76.1001(b)(2) and 76.1003(l), and the amendment to 47 CFR 
Section 76.1003(c)(3). On March 3, 2010, the Commission published the 
summary document of the First Report and Order, In the Matter of Review 
of the Commission's Program Access Rules and Examination of Programming 
Tying Arrangements, MB Docket No. 07-198, FCC 10-17, at 75 FR 9692. The 
Ordering Clause of the First Report and Order stated that new rules 47 
CFR Sections 76.1001(b)(2) and 76.1003(1) and the amendment to 47 CFR 
Section 76.1003(c)(3) will become effective after the Commission 
publishes a document in the Federal Register announcing when OMB 
approval for the information collection requirements associated with 
these rules has been received and when the revised rules will take 
effect. This document is consistent with the statement in the First 
Report and Order. Therefore, these rules will take effect on June 21, 
2010.

DATES: 47 CFR Sections 76.1001(b)(2) and 76.1003(l), and the amendment 
to 47 CFR Section 76.1003(c)(3) published at 75 FR 9692, March 3, 2010 
are effective on June 21, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams, [email protected] 
or on (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on June 14, 
2010, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirement(s) contained in new rules 47 CFR Sections 
76.1001(b)(2) and 76.1003(l), and the amendment to 47 CFR 
76.1003(c)(3). The Commission publishes this document to announce the 
effective date of these rules.
    SYNOPSIS
    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB 
approval on June 14, 2010, for the information collection 
requirement(s) contained in new rules 47 CFR Sections 76.1001(b)(2) and 
76.1003(l), and the amendment to 47 CFR 76.1003(c)(3).
    Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection 
of information unless it displays a current, 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.
    The OMB Control Number is 3060-0888 and the total annual reporting 
burdens for respondents for these information collections are as 
follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0888.
    OMB Approval Date: June 14, 2010.
    Expiration Date: June 30, 2013.
    Title: Section 76.7, Petition Procedures; Section 76.9, 
Confidentiality of Proprietary Information; Section 76.61, Dispute 
Concerning Carriage; Section 76.914, Revocation of Certification; 
Section 76.1001, Unfair Practices; Section 76.1003, Program Access 
Proceedings; Section 76.1302, Carriage Agreement Proceedings; Section 
76.1513, Open Video Dispute Resolution.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 640 respondents; 640 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4.5 - 67.5 hours.

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    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 23,040 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $1,065,600.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
Sections 4(i), 303(r), and 628 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: A party that wishes to have 
confidentiality for proprietary information with respect to a 
submission it is making to the Commission must file a petition pursuant 
to the pleading requirements in Section 76.7 and use the method 
described in Sections 0.459 and 76.9 to demonstrate that 
confidentiality is warranted.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On January 20, 2010, the Commission adopted a First 
Report and Order, In the Matter of Review of the Commission's Program 
Access Rules and Examination of Programming Tying Arrangements, MB 
Docket No. 07-198, FCC 10-17. In the First Report and Order, the 
Commission established rules, policies, and procedures for the 
consideration of complaints alleging unfair acts involving 
terrestrially delivered, cable-affiliated programming in violation of 
Section 628(b) of the Communications Act. The Commission also 
established procedures for the consideration of requests for a 
temporary standstill of the price, terms, and other conditions of an 
existing programming contract by a program access complainant seeking 
renewal of such a contract.


Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.

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