[Federal Register: March 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 46)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB
for Review and Approval.
February 23, 2004.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commissions, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid 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 (PRA) that does not display a valid control
number. 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 estimate; (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.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before April 8, 2004.
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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Les Smith, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1-A804, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554 or
via the Internet to Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov or Kristy L. LaLonde, Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503,
(202) 395-3562 or via Internet at Kristy_L._LaLonde@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collections contact Les Smith at (202) 418-0217 or
via the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-1040.
Title: Broadcast Ownership Rules, MB Docket No. 02-277 and MM
Docket Nos. 02-235, 02-327, and 00-244.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Estimated Time per Response: 2-10 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 12 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Needs and Uses: On June 2, 2003, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (R&O), In the Matter of
2002 Biennial Regulatory Review--
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Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules
Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
MM Docket No. 02-277, Cross Ownership of Broadcast Stations and
Newspapers, MM Docket No. 01-235, Rules and Policies Concerning
Multiple Ownership of Radio Broadcast Stations in Local Markets, MM
Docket No. 01-317, Definition of Radio Markets, MM Docket No. 00-244,
and Definition of Radio Markets for Areas Not Located in an Arbitron
Survey Areas Not Located in an Arbitron Survey Area, MB Docket No. 03-
130, FCC 03-127. That R&O contained several one-time reporting
requirements which were outside of form collections, affecting
licensees with: temporary waivers, conditional waivers, pending waiver
requests, extensions of waiver, or requests for permanent waivers of
the broadcast ownership rules. These reporting requirements were
adopted to ensure compliance with the new broadcast ownership rules and
to ensure the rules' effectiveness.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1032.
Title: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices and
Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment,
CS Docket No. 97-80 and PP Docket No. 00-67.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 587.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 seconds to 40 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; On occasion reporting
requirements; Third party disclosure.
Total Annual Burden: 72,402 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Needs and Uses: On October 9, 2003, the FCC released the Second
Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2nd
R&O), In the Matter of Implementation of Section 304 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, Commercial Availability of Navigation
Devices, Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics
Equipment, CS Docket No. 97-80, PP Docket No. 00-67, FCC 03-225, the
Commission adopted final rules that set technical and other criteria
that manufacturers would have to meet in order to label or market
unidirectional digital cable televisions and other unidirectional
digital cable products as ``digital cable ready.'' This regime includes
testing and self-certification standards, certification recordkeeping
requirements, and consumer information disclosures in appropriate post-
sale materials that describe the functionality of these devices and the
need to obtain a security module from their cable operator. To the
extent manufacturers have complaints regarding the certification
process, they may file formal complaints with the Commission. In
addition, should manufacturers have complaints regarding administration
of the Dynamic Feedback Arrangement Scrambling Technique or DFAST
license which governs the scrambling technology needed to build
unidirectional digital cable products, they may also file complaints
with the FCC. The 2nd R&O also prohibits MVPDs from encoding content to
activate selectable output controls on unidirectional digital cable
products, or the down-resolution of unencrypted broadcast television
programming. MVPDs are also limited in the levels of copy protection
that could be applied to various categories of programming. As a part
of these encoding rules is a petition process for new services within
existing business models, a PR Newswire Notice relating to initial
classification of new business models, and a complaints process for
disputes regarding new business models.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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