15980 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 22, 2011 / Notices 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

March 15, 2011. 

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(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

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; (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, and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC 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 currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before May 23, 2011. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

the Federal Communications 

Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov 

and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact Cathy 

Williams on (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control Number: 3060–0652. 

Title: Section 76.309, Customer 

Service Obligations; Section 76.1602, 

Customer Service—General Information, 

Section 76.1603, Customer Service— 

Rate and Service Changes and Section 

76.1619, Information and Subscriber 

Bills. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 8,260 respondents; 

1,117,540 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.0167 

to 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 4(i) 

and 632 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 50,090 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

released on October 14, 2010, a Third 

Report and Order and Order on 

Reconsideration, FCC 10–181, CS 

Docket 97–80 and PP Docket 00–67, 

modifying the Commission’s rules to 

implement Section 629 of the 

Communications Act (Section 304 of the 

Telecommunications Act of 1996). 

Section 629 of the Communications Act 

directs the Commission to adopt rules to 

assure the commercial availability of 

‘‘navigation devices,’’ such as cable settop boxes. One rule modification in the 

Third Report and Order and Order on 

Reconsideration is intended to prohibit 

price discrimination against retail 

devices. This modification requires 

cable operators to disclose annually the 

fees for rental of navigation devices and 

single and additional CableCARDs as 

well as the fees reasonably allocable to 

the rental of single and additional 

CableCARDs and the rental of operatorsupplied navigation devices if those 

devices are included in the price of a 

bundled offer. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0849. 

Title: Commercial Availability of 

Navigation Devices. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 962 respondents; 586,712 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

0.00278 to 40 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement; On occasion 

reporting requirement; Annual reporting 

requirement; Semi-annual reporting 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in Sections 4(i), 303(r) and 

629 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 61,353 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $170,300. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

released on October 14, 2010 a Third 

Report and Order and Order on 

Reconsideration, FCC 10–181, CS 

Docket 97–80 and PP Docket 00–67, (as 

corrected by an Order on 

Reconsideration, FCC 11–7, CS Docket 

97–80 and PP Docket 00–67) modifying 

the Commission’s rules to implement 

Section 629 of the Communications Act 

(Section 304 of the Telecommunications 

Act of 1996). The rules are modified to 

(1) require cable operators to support 

the reception of switched digital video 

services on retail devices to ensure that 

subscribers are able to access the 

services for which they pay regardless of 

whether they lease or purchase their 

devices; (2) prohibit price 

discrimination against retail devices to 

support a competitive marketplace for 

retail devices; (3) require cable operators 

to allow self-installation of CableCARDs 

where device manufacturers offer 

device-specific installation instructions 

to make the installation experience for 

retail devices comparable to the 

experience for leased devices; (4) 

require cable operators to provide multistream CableCARDs by default to ensure 

that cable operators are providing their 

subscribers with current CableCARD 

technology; and (5) clarify that 

CableCARD device certification rules 

are limited to certain technical features 

to make it easier for device 

manufacturers to get their products to 

market. These rules are intended to 

achieve Section 629’s directive to assure 

a retail market for navigation devices, 

such as set-top boxes, that can access 

cable services. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

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