[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52334-52335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20846]


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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 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before November 
3, 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] and to [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: 3060-0761.
    Title: Section 79.1, Closed Captioning of Video Programming, CG 
Docket No. 05-231.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or 
households; and Not-for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 22,565 respondents; 1,149,437 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours (15 minutes) to 120 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual, one-time and on-occasion reporting 
requirements; Third party disclosure requirement; Recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this obligation is found at section 713 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 613, and implemented 
at 47 CFR 79.1.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,254,358 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $40,220,496.

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    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 system of 
records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-1, ``Informal Complaints and 
Inquiries.'' As required by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the 
Commission also published a SORN, FCC/CGB-1 ``Informal Complaints and 
Inquiries,'' in the Federal Register on December 15, 2009 (74 FR 66356) 
which became effective on January 25, 2010.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission seeks to extend existing information 
collection requirements in its closed captioning rules (47 CFR 79.1), 
which require that, with some exceptions, all new video programming, 
and 75 percent of ''pre-rule'' programming, be closed captioned. The 
existing collections include petitions by video programming providers, 
producers, and owners for exemptions from the closed captioning rules, 
responses by commenters, and replies; complaints by viewers alleging 
violations of the closed captioning rules, responses by video 
programming distributors, and recordkeeping in support of complaint 
responses; and making video programming distributor contact information 
available to viewers in phone directories, on the Commission's Web site 
and the Web sites of video programming distributors (if they have 
them), and in billing statements (to the extent video programming 
distributors issue them). In addition, the Commission seeks to extend 
proposed information collection requirements. Specifically, on February 
20, 2014, the Commission adopted rules governing the quality of closed 
captioning on television. Closed Captioning of Video Programming; 
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. Petition for 
Rulemaking, CG Docket No. 05-231, Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, 
and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 2221 (2014), 
published at 79 FR 17911 (March 31, 2014). The Commission took the 
following actions, among others:
    (a) Required video programming distributors to make best efforts to 
obtain certification from video programmers that their programming (i) 
complies with the captioning quality standards established in the 
Report and Order; (ii) adheres to the Best Practices for video 
programmers set out in the Report and Order; or (iii) is exempt from 
the closed captioning rules under one or more properly attained and 
specified exemptions.
    (b) Adopted additional requirements and a ``compliance ladder'' for 
broadcasters that use electronic newsroom technique.
    (c) Required video programming distributors to keep records of 
their activities related to the maintenance, monitoring, and technical 
checks of their captioning equipment.
    (d) Required that petitions requesting an exemption based on the 
economically burdensome standard and all subsequent pleadings, as well 
as comments, oppositions, or replies to comments, be filed 
electronically in accordance with 47 CFR 0.401(a)(1)(iii) instead of as 
a paper filing. Comments, oppositions, or replies to comments must be 
served on the other party, by delivering or mailing a copy to the last 
known address in accordance with 47 CFR 1.47 or by sending a copy to 
the email address last provided by the party, its attorney, or other 
duly constituted agent, and must include a certification that the other 
party was served with a copy.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-20846 Filed 9-2-14; 8:45 am]
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