[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19082-19083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07627]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to 
the Office of Management and Budget

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 Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 
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 OMB 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 OMB 
control number.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before May 7, 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 contacts below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email [email protected]; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via 
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. 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 OMB 
control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. 
A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed.

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 transmitter, survey, list of the measured value field 
strength, time and date of the

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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[mu] 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. 2014-07627 Filed 4-4-14; 8:45 am]
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