[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 86 (Monday, May 4, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26364-26365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07583]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 76

[MB Docket No. 12-217; FCC 17-120; FRS 16639]


Cable Television Technical and Operational Standards

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 
requirements associated with the Cable Television Technical and 
Operational Standards Report and Order. This document 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 information collection requirements.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 76.105(b) introductory text, 
76.601(b)(1), 76.1610(f) and (g), and 76.1804 introductory text, 
published at 83 FR 7619, February 22, 2018, are effective on May 4, 
2020.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on March 31, 
2020, OMB approved the information collection requirements contained in 
the Commission's Report and Order, FCC 17-120, published at 83 FR 7619, 
February 22, 2018. The OMB Control Numbers are 3060-0289, 3060-0331, 
3060-0419 and 3060-1045. The Commission publishes this document as an 
announcement of the effective date of the information collection 
requirements.

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 
March 31, 2020, for the information collection requirements contained 
in the Commission's rules.
    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 Numbers are 3060-0289, 3060-0331, 3060-0419 and 3060-1045.
    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: 3060-0289.
    OMB Approval Date: March 31, 2020.
    OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2023.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0289.
    Title: Section 76.601, Performance Tests; Section 76.1704, Proof of 
Performance Test Data; Section 76.1717, Compliance with Technical 
Standards.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, and state, 
local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 4,085 respondents, 6,433 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 70 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, Semi-annual and 
Triennial reporting requirements; Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 4(i) and 624(e) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 166,405 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission modified this submission to reflect 
that the testing required under Section 76.601(b) applies only to cable 
systems that deliver analog signals, and the cable operator must only 
test analog channels (see FCC 17-120). We expect that this change will 
reduce the number of filers associated with this information 
collection.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0331.
    OMB Approval Date: March 31, 2020.

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    OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2023.
    Title: Aeronautical Frequency Notification, FCC Form 321.
    Form Number: FCC Form 321.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 1,886 respondents, 1,886 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.67 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One time and on occasion reporting 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 154(i), 301, 303, 308, 309 and 621 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,264 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $132,020.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs) 
provide their programming over a closed system and, thus, may use all 
frequencies to do so. They must, however, prevent leakage of those 
signals from the system and guard against and minimize any harm to 
aeronautical communications should leak occur. Part of the regime for 
protecting aeronautical frequencies from interference and resolving 
interference is notification of the Commission of use of those 
frequencies and that proper frequency offsets and other precautions are 
taken. Form 321 is used for this purpose.
    The Commission modified this submission to reflect that the 
Commission adopted a rule, 47 CFR 76.1804, which a new trigger for 
filing FCC Form 321 (see FCC 17-120, adopted on September 22, 2017). 
Under 47 CFR 76.1804, an MVPD shall notify the Commission before 
transmitting any digital signal with average power exceeding 
10-5 watts across a 30 kHz bandwidth in a 2.5 millisecond 
time period, or for other signal types, any carrier of other signal 
component with an average power level across a 25 kHz bandwidth in any 
160 microsecond time period equal to or greater than 10-4 
watts at any point in the cable distribution system on any new 
frequency or frequencies in the aeronautical radio frequency bands 
(108-137 MHz, 225-400 MHz). The notification shall be made on FCC Form 
321.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0419.
    OMB Approval Date: March 31, 2020.
    OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2023.
    Title: Network Non-duplication Protection and Syndication 
Exclusivity: Sections 76.94, Notification; 76.95, Exceptions; 76.105, 
Notifications; 76.106, Exceptions; 76.107, Exclusivity Contracts; and 
76.1609, Non-Duplication and Syndicated Exclusivity.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 5,980 respondents; 249,880 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; One-time 
reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this Information collection is contained in 
Section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 233,420 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection was revised to receive 
approval for a minor revision to 47 CFR 76.105(b), which requires 
broadcasters entering into contracts that contain syndicated 
exclusivity protection to notify affected cable systems within 60 
calendar days of the signing of such a contract. The revision to 47 CFR 
76.105(b) removes outdated language about contracts entered into before 
August 18, 1988 (see FCC 17-120).

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1045.
    OMB Approval Date: March 31, 2020.
    OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2023.
    Title: Section 76.1610, Change of Operational Information; FCC Form 
324, Operator, Mail Address, and Operational Status Changes.
    Form Number: FCC Form 324.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 325 respondents; 325 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
154(i), 303, 308, 309 and 621 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 163 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained 
in 47 CFR 76.1610 require that operators shall inform the Commission on 
FCC Form 324 whenever there is a change of cable television system 
operator; change of legal name, change of the operator's mailing 
address or FCC Registration Number (FRN); or change in the operational 
status of a cable television system. Notification must be done within 
30 days from the date the change occurs and must include the following 
information, as appropriate: (a) The legal name of the operator and 
whether the operator is an individual, private association, 
partnership, corporation, or government entity. See Section 76.5(cc). 
If the operator is a partnership, the legal name of the partner 
responsible for communications with the Commission shall be supplied; 
(b) The assumed name (if any) used for doing business in each 
community; (c) The physical address, including zip code, and email 
address, if applicable, to which all communications are to be directed; 
(d) The nature of the operational status change (e.g., operation 
terminated, merged with another system, inactive, deleted, etc.); (e) 
The names and FCC identifiers (e.g., CA 0001) of the system communities 
affected.
    The Commission removed 47 CFR 76.1610(f) and (g) from its rules to 
remove duplication from that rule section (see FCC 17-120, adopted on 
September 22, 2017).

Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-07583 Filed 5-1-20; 8:45 am]
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