[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60679-60680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27556]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 79

[CG Docket No. 05-231; FCC 16-17]


Closed Captioning of Video Programming; Telecommunications for 
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc., Petition for Rulemaking

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; 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 associated with rules adopted in the 
Commission's document Closed Captioning of Video Programming; 
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc., Petition for 
Rulemaking, Second Report and Order (Second Report and Order). This 
document is consistent with the Second Report and Order, which stated 
that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register 
announcing the effective date of those sections.

DATES: The stay on 47 CFR 79.1(g)(3) is lifted effective December 22, 
2017. Title 47 CFR 79.1(g)(1) through (9) and (i)(1) through (2), and 
the removal of 47 CFR 79.1(j)(4), published at 81 FR 57473, August 23, 
2016, are effective December 22, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliot Greenwald, Disability Rights 
Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-2235, or 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on December 4, 
2017, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements contained in the Commission's Report and Order, 
FCC 16-17, published at 81 FR 57473, August 23, 2016. The OMB Control 
Number is 3060-0761. The Commission publishes this notification as an 
announcement of the effective date of the rules. 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, 3060-0761, 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), (844) 432-2275 (videophone), 
or (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 
December 4, 2017, for the information collection requirements contained 
in 47 CFR 79.1(g)(1) through (9) and (i)(1) through (2), and the 
removal of 47 CFR 79.1(j)(4), published at 81 FR 57473, August 23, 
2016. Title 47 CFR 79.1(i)(3), (j)(1), (k)(1)(iv), and (m) will become 
effective at a later time and the Commission will publish another 
document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those 
sections.
    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 3060-0761.
    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.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0761.
    OMB Approval Date: December 4, 2017.
    OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2020.
    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; Individuals or 
households; and Not-for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 59,995 respondents; 512,831 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 (15 minutes) to 60 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual 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: 702,562 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $35,638,596.
    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,

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Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute Assistance.'' As required by the 
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission also published a SORN, FCC/
CGB-1 ``Informal Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute 
Assistance'' in the Federal Register on August 15, 2014, published at 
79 FR 48152, which became effective on September 24, 2014.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Needs and Uses: On February 19, 2016, the Commission adopted the 
Second Report and Order, amending its rules to allocate the 
responsibilities of VPDs and video programmers with respect to the 
provision and quality of closed captioning. The Commission took the 
following actions, among others:
    (a) Revised the procedures for receiving, serving, and addressing 
television closed captioning complaints in accordance with a burden-
shifting compliance model; and
    (b) Established a compliance ladder for the Commission's television 
closed captioning quality requirements.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27556 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
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