[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74-75]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28491]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0548; FR ID 121020]


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 of 1995 (PRA), 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 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 shall be submitted on or before March 6, 2023. 
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 contacts 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: 3060-0548.
    Title: Sections 76.1709 and 76.1620, Availability of Signals; 
Section 76.1614, Identification of Must-Carry Signals.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,103 respondents; 49,236 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1.0 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, Third party 
disclosure requirement, On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    Total Annual Burden: 24,618 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.1709(a) states that the operator of every 
cable television system shall maintain for public inspection a file 
containing a list of all broadcast television stations carried by its 
system in fulfillment of the must-carry requirements. Such list shall 
include the call sign; community of license, broadcast channel number, 
cable channel number, and in the case of a noncommercial educational 
broadcast station, whether that station was carried by the cable system 
on March 29, 1990.
    47 CFR 76.1614 and 47 CFR 76.1709(c) each state that a cable 
operator shall respond in writing within 30 days to any written request 
by any person for the identification of the signals carried on its 
system in fulfillment of the must-carry requirements. In addition, 47 
CFR 76.1614 states that the required written response may be delivered 
by email, if the consumer used email to make the request or complaint 
directly to the cable operator, or if the consumer specifies email as 
the preferred delivery method in the request or complaint.
    47 CFR 76.1620, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 614(b)(7), states that if a 
cable operator authorizes subscribers to install additional receiver 
connections, but does not provide the subscriber with such connections, 
or with the equipment and materials for such connections, the operator 
shall notify such subscribers of all broadcast stations carried on the 
cable system which cannot be viewed via cable without a converter box 
and shall offer to sell or lease such a converter box to such 
subscribers. Such notification must be provided by June 2, 1993, and 
annually thereafter and to each new subscriber upon initial 
installation. The notice, which may be included in routine billing 
statements, shall identify the signals that are unavailable without

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an additional connection, the manner for obtaining such additional 
connection and instructions for installation. 47 CFR 76.1600(a) 
provides that written information provided by cable operators to 
subscribers or customers pursuant to Sec.  76.1620 may be delivered 
electronically by email to any subscriber who has not opted out of 
electronic delivery if the entity: (1) Sends the notice to the 
subscriber's or customer's verified email address; (2) Provides either 
the entirety of the written information or a weblink to the written 
information in the notice; and (3) Includes, in the body of the notice, 
a telephone number that is clearly and prominently presented to 
subscribers so that it is readily identifiable as an opt-out mechanism 
that will allow subscribers to continue to receive paper copies of the 
written material.
    Note: These recordkeeping and notification requirements ensure that 
subscribers are aware of the broadcast stations carried in compliance 
with the Commission's cable must-carry rules, see 47 CFR 76.56.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Kimberly Stewart,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-28491 Filed 12-30-22; 8:45 am]
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