[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21399-21400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08570]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 79

[MB Docket Nos. 12-107, 11-43; FCC 13-45]


Accessible Emergency Information, and Apparatus Requirements for 
Emergency Information and Video Description: Implementation of the 
Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection 
associated with the Commission's Report and Order implementing 
provisions of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video 
Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) related to accessible emergency 
information in video programming and apparatus requirements for 
emergency information and video description. This notice is consistent 
with the Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would 
publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and 
the effective date of the requirements.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 79.105(a), 79.105(b)(3), 79.105(b)(4) 
and revised 79.2(c), published at 78 FR 31770, May 24, 2013, are 
effective April 16, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact 
Cathy Williams, [email protected] 
[email protected], (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on April 9, 
2014, OMB approved the information collection requirements contained in 
the Commission's Report and Order, FCC 13-45, published at 78 FR 31770, 
May 24, 2013. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0967. The Commission 
publishes this notice as an announcement of the effective date of the 
requirements. If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed 
below, or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any 
burdens caused thereby, please contact Cathy Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-0967, 
in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments 
via the Internet if you send them to [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on 
April 9, 2014, for the new information collection requirements 
contained in the Commission's rules at 47 CFR 79.105(a), 79.105(b)(3), 
79.105(b)(4), and revised 79.2(c).
    Under 5 CFR part 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 current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-0967.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.

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    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0967.
    OMB Approval Date: April 9, 2014.
    OMB Expiration Date: April 30, 2017.
    Title: Section 79.2, Accessibility of Programming Providing 
Emergency Information, and Emergency Information; Section 79.105, Video 
Description and Emergency Information Accessibility Requirements for 
All Apparatus; Section 79.106, Video Description and Emergency 
Information Accessibility Requirements for Recording Devices.
    Form No.: Not applicable.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; individuals or 
households; not-for-profit institutions; and State, local, or tribal 
Governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 640 respondents and 642 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. The statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in the Twenty-First Century 
Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Public Law 111-260, 
124 Stat. 2751, and sections 4(i), 4(j), 303, 330(b), 713, and 716 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 
303, 330(b), 613, and 617.
    Total Annual Burden: 735 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $24,150.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is an issue 
to the extent that individuals and households provide personally 
identifiable information, which is covered under the FCC's updated 
system of records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-1, ``Informal Complaints and 
Inquiries,'' which became effective on January 25, 2010. The Commission 
believes that it provides sufficient safeguards to protect the privacy 
of individuals who file complaints under 47 CFR 79.2(c).
    Privacy Impact Assessment: The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for 
Informal Complaints and Inquiries was completed on June 28, 2007. It 
may be reviewed at http://www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy-Impact-Assessment.html. The Commission is in the process of updating the PIA 
to incorporate various revisions to it as a result of revisions to the 
SORN.
    Needs and Uses: On April 9, 2013, the Commission released a Report 
and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket Nos. 12-
107, 11-43, FCC 13-45 (the Report and Order) adopting rules 
implementing portions of the Twenty-First Century Communications and 
Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (the CVAA) related to accessible 
emergency information, and apparatus requirements for emergency 
information and video description. These rules are codified at 47 CFR 
79.2, 79.105, and 79.106. Pursuant to Section 202 of the CVAA, the 
Report and Order requires that video programming distributors and video 
programming providers (including program owners) make emergency 
information accessible to individuals who are blind or visually 
impaired by using a secondary audio stream to convey televised 
emergency information aurally, when such information is conveyed 
visually during programming other than newscasts. Pursuant to Section 
203 of the CVAA, the Report and Order requires certain apparatus that 
receive, play back, or record video programming to make available video 
description services and accessible emergency information.

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