[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38306-38307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16440]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[ET Docket No. 06-94; FCC 10-195]


Digital Television Signals Pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer 
Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rules; 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 contained in the regulations in 
the Satellite Home Viewer Extension Act of 2004. The information 
collection requirements were approved on June 14, 2011 by OMB.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 73.686(e), published at 75 FR 81491, 
December 28, 2010, are effective on June 30, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact 
Cathy Williams on (202) 418-2918 or via e-mail to: 
[email protected] mailto:[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that on June 14, 
2011, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.686(e). The Commission 
publishes this document to announce the effective date of this rule 
section. See, In the Matter of Measurement Standards for Digital 
Television Signals pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and 
Reauthorization Act of 2004, ET Docket No. 06-94; FCC 10-195, 75 FR 
81491, December 28, 2010.

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, 2011, for the information collection requirement 
contained in 47 CFR 73.686(e). 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 3060-0863 and the total annual reporting 
burdens for respondents for this information collection are as follows:
    Title: Satellite Delivery of Network Signals to Unserved Households 
for Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer Act.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0863.
    OMB Approval Date: 06/14/2011.
    OMB Expiration Date: 06/30/2014.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: Responses 848 respondents; 250,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion 
reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is the Satellite Home Viewer 
Act, 17 U.S.C. 119.
    Total Annual Burden: 125,000 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this information collection.
    Needs and Uses: On November 23, 2010, the Commission's Office of 
Engineering and Technology, released a

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Report and Order, Measurement Standards for Digital Television Signals 
Pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act 
of 2004, ET Docket No. 06-94; FCC 10-195. The Report and Order adopted 
rules establishing measurement procedures for determining the strength 
of a digital broadcast television (DTV) signal at any specific 
location. These procedures will be used for determining whether 
households are eligible to receive distant DTV network signals 
retransmitted by satellite carriers, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA). The 
Report and Order implements DTV signal measurement procedures proposed 
in the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SHERVA NPRM) and 
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (STELA FNPRM) in this proceeding 
with minor modifications.
    47 CFR 73.686 describes a method for measuring signal strength at a 
household so that the satellite and broadcast industries and consumers 
would have a uniform method for making an actual determination of the 
signal strength that a household received. The information gathered as 
part of the Grade B signal strength tests will be used to indicate 
whether consumers are ``unserved'' by over-the-air network signals. The 
written records of test results will be made after testing and 
predicting the strength of a television station's signal. Parties 
impacted by the test results will be consumers; parties using the 
written test results will primarily be the satellite and broadcasting 
industries.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-16440 Filed 6-29-11; 8:45 am]
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