[Federal Register: October 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 206)]
[Notices]
[Page 60668-60669]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
October 16, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to (PRA) of
1995 (PRA), Public Law No. 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid
control number. Subject to the PRA, no person shall be subject to any
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before December
24, 2007. 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: You may submit all PRA comments by e-mail or U.S. post mail.
To submit your comments by e-mail, send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of Cathy
Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918 or
send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-0390.
Title: Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report.
Form Number: FCC Form 395-B.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 14,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.88 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 12,320 hours.
Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 395-B, ``The Broadcast Station Annual
Employment Report,'' is used to assess industry employment trends and
provide reports to Congress. Licensees with five or more full-time
employees are required to file Form 395-B on or before September 30th
of each year. The form is a data collection device used to compile
statistics on the workforce employed by broadcast licensees/permittees.
The report identifies each staff member by gender and race/ethnicity in
each of the nine major job categories. On June 4, 2004, the FCC
released the Third Report and Order and Fourth Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (3rd R&O), In the Matter of Review of the Commission's
Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies, MM
Docket No. 98-204, FCC 04-103, in which it considers issues relating to
the Annual Employment Report forms, including Form 395-B, ``The
Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report.'' In the 3rd R&O, the
Commission is adopting revised rules requiring broadcasters and
multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) to file annual
employment reports. Radio and television broadcasters will use Form
395-B to file annual employment reports. The intent of this 3rd R&O is
to reinstate and update requirements for broadcasters and MVPDs to file
annual employment reports. The intent of the Fourth Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking is to provide time for MVPDs, broadcast licensees, and the
public to address the issue of whether the Commission should keep these
forms confidential after they are filed. With the effective date of the
rule revisions adopted in the 3rd R&O, MVPDs and broadcasters must
start keeping records of their employees so they can prepare their
annual employment reports due to be filed on or before September 30,
2004.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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