[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54141-54144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22068]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0214, 3060-0316, 3060-0750, 3060-1065]


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to 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, 
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 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. Pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it 
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small 
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' The Commission may 
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (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 November 8, 
2019. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find 
it difficult to do so with the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contacts listed 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 below.

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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 Title of this ICR and 
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to 
OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and 
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: 
(a) 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; (b) the accuracy 
of the Commission's burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further 
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns 
with fewer than 25 employees.''

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
    Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files; 
Sections 73.1212, 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities; Not for profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal government; Individuals or 
households.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 23,984 respondents; 62,839 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-52 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
Recordkeeping requirement, Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for these collections is contained in Sections 151, 
152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,043,805 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: The Commission prepared a system of 
records notice (SORN), FCC/MB-2, ``Broadcast Station Public Inspection 
Files,'' that covers the PII contained in the broadcast station public 
inspection files located on the Commission's website. The Commission 
will revise appropriate privacy requirements as necessary to include 
any entities and information added to the online public file in this 
proceeding.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Most of the documents 
comprising the public file consist of materials that are not of a 
confidential nature. Respondents complying with the information 
collection requirements may request that the information they submit be 
withheld from disclosure. If confidentiality is requested, such 
requests will be processed in accordance with the Commission's rules, 
47 CFR 0.459.
    In addition, the Commission has adopted provisions that permit 
respondents subject to the information collection requirement for 
Shared Service Agreements to redact confidential or proprietary 
information from their disclosures.
    Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report 
and Order in MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, In the Matter 
of Children's Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media 
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes the children's television 
programming rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have 
occurred since the rules were first adopted. The Report and Order 
revises the following information collection requirements:
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.3526(e)(11)(ii), commercial TV and Class A TV 
broadcast stations must maintain records sufficient to permit 
substantiation of the station's certification, in its license renewal 
application, of compliance with the commercial limits on children's 
programming established in 47 U.S.C. Section 303a and 47 CFR 73.670. In 
the Report and Order, the Commission revises this rule to permit these 
stations to place such records in their public files annually rather 
than quarterly and to permit the filing of these records within 30 days 
after the end of the calendar year. The Commission also revises 47 CFR 
73.3526(e)(11)(iii) to require commercial television stations to place 
in their public files the Children's Television Programming Report 
(Report) (FCC Form 2100 Schedule H) on an annual rather than quarterly 
basis, within 30 days after the end of the calendar year and to 
eliminate the requirement to publicize the existence and location of 
the Report.
    All other information collection requirements contained under 47 
CFR 73.1212, 73.3526, 73.3527, 73.1943, and 76.1701 are still a part of 
the information collection and remain unchanged since last approved by 
OMB.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0316.
    Title: 47 CFR 76.5, Definitions, 76.1700, Records to Be Maintained 
Locally by Cable System Operators; 76.1702, Equal Employment 
Opportunity; 76.1703, Commercial Records on Children's Programs; 
76.1707, Leased Access; 76.1711, Emergency Alert System (EAS) Tests and 
Activation.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,000 respondents; 3,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 14 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
sections 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 
312, 315, 317, 325, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 534, 535, 
536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 
571, 572, 573 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 42,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report 
and

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Order in MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, In the Matter of 
Children's Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media 
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes the children's television 
programming rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have 
occurred since the rules were first adopted. The Report and Order 
revises the following information collection requirements:
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 76.1703, cable operators that air children's 
programming must maintain records sufficient to verify compliance with 
47 CFR 76.225 and make such records available to the public. Such 
records must be maintained for a period sufficient to cover the 
limitations period specified in 47 U.S.C. Section 503(b)(6)(B). In the 
Report and Order, the Commission revises the rules to permit cable 
television operators to file their certifications of compliance with 
the commercial limits in children's programming annually rather than 
quarterly and to permit the filing of these certifications within 30 
days after the end of the calendar year. All other information 
collection requirements contained under 47 CFR 76.5, 76.1700, 76.1702, 
76.1703, 76.1707, and 76.1711 are still a part of the information 
collection and remain unchanged since last approved by OMB.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0750.
    Title: 47 CFR 73.671, Educational and Informational Programming for 
Children; 47 CFR 73.673, Public Information Initiatives Regarding 
Educational and informational Programming for Children.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,770 respondents; 1,125,720 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.017-0.084 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Third-party disclosure requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 
154(i), 303, and 336 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 57,560 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report 
and Order in MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, In the Matter 
of Children's Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media 
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes the children's television 
programming rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have 
occurred since the rules were first adopted. The Report and Order 
revises the following information collection requirements:
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.671(c)(5), each commercial television 
broadcast station must identify programming as specifically designed to 
educate and inform children by the display on the television screen 
throughout the program of the symbol E/I. This requirement is intended 
to assist parents in identifying educational and informational 
programming for their children. Noncommercial television broadcast 
stations are no longer be required to identify Core Programming by 
displaying the E/I symbol throughout the program.
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.671(e), each television broadcast station 
that preempts an episode of a regularly scheduled weekly Core Program 
on its primary stream will be permitted to count the episode toward the 
Core Programming processing guidelines if it reschedules the episode on 
its primary stream in accordance with the requirements of 47 CFR 
73.671(e). Similarly, each television broadcast station that preempts 
an episode of a regularly scheduled weekly Core Program on a multicast 
stream will be permitted to count the episode toward the Core 
Programming processing guidelines if it reschedules the episode on the 
multicast stream in accordance with the requirements of 47 CFR 
73.671(e). Among other requirements, the station must make an on-air 
notification of the schedule change during the same time slot as the 
preempted episode. The on-air notification must include the alternate 
date and time when the program will air. This requirement will help to 
ensure that parents and children are able to locate the rescheduled 
program.
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 73.673, each commercial television broadcast 
station licensee must provide information identifying programming 
specifically designed to educate and inform children to publishers of 
program guides. This requirement is intended to improve the information 
available to parents regarding programming specifically designed for 
children's educational and informational needs. Commercial television 
broadcast station licensees are no longer be required to provide 
program guide publishers an indication of the age group for which the 
programming is intended. The Report and Order finds that very few 
program guides include this information.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1065.
    Title: Section 25.701 of the Commission's Rules, Direct Broadcast 
Satellite Public Interest Obligations.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2 respondents; 2 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-10 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion 
reporting requirement; one time reporting requirement; annual reporting 
requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority which covers this information collection is 
contained in Section 335 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 48 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Although the Commission does 
not believe that any confidential information will need to be disclosed 
in order to comply with the information collection requirements, 
applicants are free to request that materials or information submitted 
to the Commission be withheld from public inspection. (See 47 CFR 
0.459).
    Needs and Uses: On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted a Report 
and Order in MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, In the Matter 
of Children's Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media 
Regulation Initiative, which modernizes the children's television 
programming rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have 
occurred since the rules were first adopted. The Report and Order 
revises the following information collection requirements:
    Pursuant to 47 CFR 25.701(e)(3), DBS providers that air children's 
programming must maintain records sufficient to verify compliance with 
this rule and make such records available to the public. Such records 
must be maintained for a period sufficient to cover the limitations 
period specified in 47 U.S.C. Section 503(b)(6)(B). In the Report and 
Order, the Commission revises the rules to permit DBS operators to file 
their certifications of

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compliance with the commercial limits in children's programming 
annually rather than quarterly and to permit the filing of these 
certifications within 30 days after the end of the calendar year.
    All other information collection requirements contained under 47 
CFR 25.701 are still a part of the information collection and remain 
unchanged since last approved by OMB.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-22068 Filed 10-8-19; 8:45 am]
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