[Federal Register: March 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 50)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
March 4, 2008.
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 comment
on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (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.
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DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before May 12,
2008. 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 email 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: 3060-0214.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files;
Sections 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
Form Number: FCC Form 355.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondent and Responses: 56,030 respondents; 56,030
responses.
Estimated time per Response: 2.5-52 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits--Statutory
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections
154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 2,072,814 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $11,600,000.
Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On November 27, 2007, the Commission adopted a
Report and Order in MM Docket 00-168, In the Matter of Standardized and
Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast Licensee
Public Interest Obligations. The Report and Order adopts a Standardized
Television Disclosure Form, FCC Form 355, and also requires require
television licensees and applicants to post a portion of the contents
of its public inspection file on its Web site, as proposed in the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in MB Docket 00-168 in October 2000.
Television broadcast stations and Class A television broadcast stations
are both required to file FCC Form 355. The Standardized Television
Disclosure Form, FCC Form 355, provides: (a) A consistent format for
reporting by all licensees, and (b) documents the licensees efforts to
determine the issues facing its community and the public interest
programming aired during the preceding three month period in response
to such issues.
47 CFR 73.3526 and 73.3527 require that licensees and permittees of
commercial and noncommercial AM, FM and TV stations maintain a file for
public inspection at its main studio or at another accessible location
in its community of license. The contents of the file vary according to
type of service and status. The contents include, but are not limited
to, copies of certain applications tendered for filing, a statement
concerning petitions to deny filed against such applications, copies of
ownership reports, statements certifying compliance with filing
announcements in connection with renewal applications, a list of donors
supporting specific programs, and a list of community issues addressed
by the station's programming. These rules also specify the length of
time, which varies by document type, that each record must be retained
in the public file. The public and FCC use the data to evaluate
information about the licensee's performance and to ensure that station
is addressing issues concerning the community to which it is licensed
to serve.
47 CFR 73.1943 and 76.1701 require licensees of broadcast stations
and cable television systems, respectively, to keep and permit public
inspection of a complete record (political file) of all requests for
broadcast time made by or on behalf of candidates for public office,
together with an appropriate notation showing the disposition made by
the licensee of such requests. The data is used by the public to assess
money expended and time allotted to a political candidate and to ensure
that equal access was afforded to other legally qualified candidates.
Section 76.1701 also requires that, when an entity sponsors origination
cablecasting material that concerns a political matter or a discussion
of a controversial issue of public importance, a list must be
maintained in the public file of the system that includes the
sponsoring entity's chief executive officers, or members of its
executive committee or of its board of directors.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-5051 Filed 3-12-08; 8:45 am]
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