[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-669]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
January 3, 1997.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, 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, Public Law 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 clarify
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: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should
submit comments March 14, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Dorothy Conway, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St., N.W., Washington, DC
20554 or via internet to dconway@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collections contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217
or via internet at dconway@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval Number: 3060-0580.
Title: 47 CFR 76.504 Limits on carriage of vertically integrated
programming.
Type of Review: Extension of existing collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,500.
Estimated Time Per Response: 15 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 22,500 hours.
Cost to Respondents: $7,500. ($5 per respondent for photocopying
and administrative expenses associated with recordkeeping.)
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.504 requires cable operators to maintain
records regarding the nature and extent of their attributable interests
in all video programming services as well as information regarding
their carriage of such vertically integrated video programming services
on cable systems in which they also have an attributable interest.
These records must be maintained in operators' public files for a
period of 3 years. The records are to be made available to members of
the public, local franchising authorities and the Commission on
reasonable notice and during regular business hours. The records will
be reviewed by local franchising authorities and the Commission to
monitor compliance with channel occupancy limits in respective local
franchise areas.
In 1993, the Commission's initial estimate of the burden of
complying with this information collection requirement incorrectly
based the number of respondents on the number of community units in the
country, instead of the number of cable operators. The number of
respondents was thus estimated to be 31,000. Recent publicly available
information on hand in the Commission indicates that there are
currently 1,468 existing cable operators. To adjust for prospective new
market entries, we therefore have used the number 1,500 in our estimate
of the number of respondents impacted by this collection.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-669 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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