[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5405-5406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02007]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the 
Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to 
take this opportunity to comment on the following information 
collection. Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden 
estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collected; 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; and 
ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small 
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
    The FCC 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 PRA that does not display a valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 1, 
2014. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 
[email protected] mailto:[email protected] and to [email protected] 
mailto:[email protected].

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0863.
    Title: Satellite Delivery of Network Signals to Unserved Households 
for Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer Act.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and 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. 
Statutory authority for this information collection action is contained 
in the Satellite Home Viewer Act, 17 U.S.C. 119. The Satellite Home 
Viewer Act is an amendment of the Copyright Act; and Satellite 
Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010, Title V of the 
``American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010,'' Public 
Law 111-175, 124 Stat. 1218 (2010) (STELA), see footnote 3.
    Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 125,000 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.686 describes a method for measuring 
signal strength at a household so that the satellite and broadcast 
industries 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 contour signal strength 
tests will be used to indicate whether a household is ``unserved'' by 
over-the-air network signals.
    Satellite and broadcast industries making field strength 
measurements for formal submission to the Commission in rulemaking 
proceedings, or making such measurements upon the request of the 
Commission, shall follow the procedure for making and reporting such 
measurements which shall be included in a report to the Commission and 
submitted in affidavit form, in triplicate. The report shall contain 
the following information:
    (a) Tables of field strength measurements, which for each measuring 
location; (b) U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps; (c) All 
information necessary to determine the pertinent characteristics of the 
transmitting installation; (d) A list of calibrated equipment used in 
the field strength survey; (e) A detailed description of the 
calibration of the measuring equipment, and (f) Terrain profiles in 
each direction in which measurements were made.
    47 CFR 73.686 also requires satellite and broadcast companies to 
maintain a written record describing, for each location, factors which 
may affect the recorded field (i.e., the approximate time or 
measurement, weather, topography, overhead wiring, heights and types of 
vegetation, buildings and other structures, the orientation of the 
measuring location, objects of such shape and size that cause shadows 
or reflections, signals received that arrived from a direction other 
than that of the

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transmitter, survey, list of the measured value field strength, time 
and date of the measurements and signature of the person making the 
measurements).
    47 CFR 73.686(e) describes the procedures for measuring the field 
strength of digital television signals. These procedures will be used 
to determine whether a household is eligible to receive a distant 
digital network signal from a satellite television provider, largely 
rely on existing, proven methods the Commission has already established 
for measuring analog television signal strength at any individual 
location, as set forth in Section 73.686(d) of the existing rules, but 
include modifications as necessary to accommodate the inherent 
differences between analog and digital TV signals. The new digital 
signal measurement procedures include provisions for the location of 
the measurement antenna, antenna height, signal measurement method, 
antenna orientation and polarization, and data recording.
    Therefore, satellite and broadcast industries making field strength 
measurements shall maintain written records and include the following 
information: (a) A list of calibrated equipment used in the field 
strength survey, which for each instrument specifies the manufacturer, 
type, serial number and rated accuracy, and the date of the most recent 
calibration by the manufacturer or by a laboratory. Include complete 
details of any instrument not of standard manufacture; (b) A detailed 
description of the calibration of the measuring equipment, including 
field strength meters, measuring antenna, and connecting cable; (c) For 
each spot at the measuring site, all factors which may affect the 
recorded field, such as topography, height and types of vegetation, 
buildings, obstacles, weather, and other local features; (d) A 
description of where the cluster measurements were made; (e) Time and 
date of the measurements and signature of the person making the 
measurements; (f) For each channel being measured, a list of the 
measured value of field strength (in units of dB[micro] after 
adjustment for line loss and antenna factor) of the five readings made 
during the cluster measurement process, with the median value 
highlighted.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-02007 Filed 1-30-14; 8:45 am]
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