[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15397-15398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05048]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0548; FR ID 130398]


Information Collection 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 
can further reduce the information collection burden for small business 
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed

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information collection should be submitted on or before April 12, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into 
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In 
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your 
comment on the proposed information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC, 
via email to [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION below.

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: 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.
    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: 3060-0548.
    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 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.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-05048 Filed 3-10-23; 8:45 am]
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