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Inquiries.’’ As required by the Privacy 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission also 

published a SORN, FCC/CGB–1 

‘‘Informal Complaints and Inquiries,’’ in 

the Federal Register on December 15, 

2009 (74 FR 66356) which became 

effective on January 25, 2010. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. The 

Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) was 

completed on June 28, 2007. It may be 

reviewed at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/ 

privacyact/ 

Privacy_Impact_Assessment.html. The 

Commission is in the process of 

updating the PIA to incorporate various 

revisions made to the SORN. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements included under 

this OMB Control Number 3060–0833 

governs the filing of complaints with the 

Commission as part of the 

implementation of section 255 of the 

Telecommunications Act of 1996, which 

seeks to ensure that telecommunications 

equipment and services are available to 

all Americans, including those 

individuals with disabilities. As with 

any complaint procedure, a certain 

number of regulatory and information 

burdens are necessary to ensure 

compliance with FCC rules. The 

information collection requirements 

also give full effect to the accessibility 

policies embodied in section 255. 

They do so by requiring 

telecommunications equipment 

manufacturers and service providers to 

make end-user product documentation 

available in alternate formats, including 

providing contact information to request 

such documentation, and by requiring 

them to demonstrate how they 

considered accessibility during product 

development. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information Collection 

Being Reviewed by the Federal 

Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

March 16, 2011. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), 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, 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 will 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 

PRA that does not display a valid Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before May 23, 2011. 

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 PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via e-mail to 

PRA@fcc.gov and 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0980. 

Title: 47 CFR Section 76.66, 

Implementation of the Satellite Home 

Viewer Improvement Act of 1999: Local 

Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues and 

Retransmission Consent Issues. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 10,280 respondents; 11,938 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Third party 

disclosure requirement; On occasion 

reporting requirement, Every three years 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in Sections 325, 338, 339 and 340 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 12,146 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: 24,000. 

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: On March 27, 2008 

the Commission released a Second 

Report and Order, Memorandum 

Opinion and Order, and Second Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Carriage 

of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: 

Amendment to Part 76 of the 

Commission’s Rules; Implementation of 

the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement 

Act of 1999: Local Broadcast Signal 

Carriage Issues and Retransmission 

Consent Issues, FCC 08–86, CS Docket 

00–96. The Commission amended the 

rules to require satellite carriers to carry 

digital-only stations upon request in 

markets in which they are providing any 

local-into-local service pursuant to the 

statutory copyright license, and to 

require carriage of all high definition 

(‘‘HD’’) signals in a market in which any 

station’s signals are carried in HD. 

The information collection 

requirements that have been approved 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) and have not changed 

since last approved are as follows: 

47 CFR Section 76.66(b)(1) states each 

satellite carrier providing, under section 

122 of title 17, United States Code, 

secondary transmissions to subscribers 

located within the local market of a 

television broadcast station of a primary 

transmission made by that station, shall 

carry upon request the signals of all 

television broadcast stations located 

within that local market, subject to 

section 325(b) of title 47, United States 

Code, and other paragraphs in this 

section. Satellite carriers are required to 

carry digital-only stations upon request 

in markets in which the satellite carrier 

is providing any local-into-local service 

pursuant to the statutory copyright 

license. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(b)(2) requires a 

satellite carrier that offers multichannel 

video programming distribution service 

in the United States to more than 

5,000,000 subscribers shall, no later 

than December 8, 2005, carry upon 

request the signal originating as an 

analog signal of each television 

broadcast station that is located in a 

local market in Alaska or Hawaii; and 

shall, no later than June 8, 2007, carry 

upon request the signals originating as 

digital signals of each television 

broadcast station that is located in a 

local market in Alaska or Hawaii. Such 


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satellite carrier is not required to carry 

the signal originating as analog after 

commencing carriage of digital signals 

on June 8, 2007. Carriage of signals 

originating as digital signals of each 

television broadcast station that is 

located in a local market in Alaska or 

Hawaii shall include the entire free 

over-the-air signal, including multicast 

and high definition digital signals. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(c)(3) requires 

that a commercial television station 

notify a satellite carrier in writing 

whether it elects to be carried pursuant 

to retransmission consent or mandatory 

consent in accordance with the 

established election cycle. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(c)(5) requires 

that a noncommercial television station 

must request carriage by notifying a 

satellite carrier in writing in accordance 

with the established election cycle. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(c)(6) requires a 

commercial television broadcast station 

located in a local market in a 

noncontiguous State to make its 

retransmission consent-mandatory 

carriage election by October 1, 2005, for 

carriage of its signals that originate as 

analog signals for carriage commencing 

on December 8, 2005 and ending on 

December 31, 2008, and by April 1, 

2007 for its signals that originate as 

digital signals for carriage commencing 

on June 8, 2007 and ending on 

December 31, 2008. For analog and 

digital signal carriage cycles 

commencing after December 31, 2008, 

such stations shall follow the election 

cycle in 47 CFR Section 76.66(c)(2) and 

47 CFR Section 76.66(c)(4). A 

noncommercial television broadcast 

station located in a local market in 

Alaska or Hawaii must request carriage 

by October 1, 2005, for carriage of its 

signals that originate as an analog signal 

for carriage commencing on December 

8, 2005 and ending on December 31, 

2008, and by April 1, 2007 for its signals 

that originate as digital signals for 

carriage commencing on June 8, 2007 

and ending on December 31, 2008. 

Moreover, Section 76.66(c) requires a 

commercial television station located in 

a local market in a noncontiguous State 

to provide notification to a satellite 

carrier whether it elects to be carried 

pursuant to retransmission consent or 

mandatory consent. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(1)(ii) states 

an election request made by a television 

station must be in writing and sent to 

the satellite carrier’s principal place of 

business, by certified mail, return 

receipt requested. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(1)(iii) states 

a television station’s written notification 

shall include the: 

(A) Station’s call sign; 

(B) Name of the appropriate station 

contact person; 

(C) Station’s address for purposes of 

receiving official correspondence; 

(D) Station’s community of license; 

(E) Station’s DMA assignment; and 

(F) For commercial television stations, 

its election of mandatory carriage or 

retransmission consent. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(1)(iv) Within 

30 days of receiving a television 

station’s carriage request, a satellite 

carrier shall notify in writing: (A) Those 

local television stations it will not carry, 

along with the reasons for such a 

decision; and (B) those local television 

stations it intends to carry. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(2)(i) states a 

new satellite carrier or a satellite carrier 

providing local service in a market for 

the first time after July 1, 2001, shall 

inform each television broadcast station 

licensee within any local market in 

which a satellite carrier proposes to 

commence carriage of signals of stations 

from that market, not later than 60 days 

prior to the commencement of such 

carriage. 

(A) Of the carrier’s intention to launch 

local-into-local service under this 

section in a local market, the identity of 

that local market, and the location of the 

carrier’s proposed local receive facility 

for that local market; 

(B) Of the right of such licensee to 

elect carriage under this section or grant 

retransmission consent under section 

325(b); 

(C) That such licensee has 30 days 

from the date of the receipt of such 

notice to make such election; and 

(D) That failure to make such election 

will result in the loss of the right to 

demand carriage under this section for 

the remainder of the 3-year cycle of 

carriage under section 325. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(2)(ii) states 

satellite carriers shall transmit the 

notices required by paragraph (d)(2)(i) of 

this section via certified mail to the 

address for such television station 

licensee listed in the consolidated 

database system maintained by the 

Commission. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(2)(iii) 

requires a satellite carrier with more 

than five million subscribers to provide 

a notice as required by 47 CFR Section 

76.66(d)(2)(i) and 47 CFR Section 

76.66(d)(2)(ii) to each television 

broadcast station located in a local 

market in a noncontiguous State, not 

later than September 1, 2005 with 

respect to analog signals and a notice 

not later than April 1, 2007 with respect 

to digital signals; provided, however, 

that the notice shall also describe the 

carriage requirements pursuant to 

Section 338(a)(4) of Title 47, United 

States Code, and 47 CFR Section 

76.66(b)(2). 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(2)(iv) 

requires that a satellite carrier shall 

commence carriage of a local station by 

the later of 90 days from receipt of an 

election of mandatory carriage or upon 

commencing local-into-local service in 

the new television market. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(2)(v) states 

within 30 days of receiving a local 

television station’s election of 

mandatory carriage in a new television 

market, a satellite carrier shall notify in 

writing: Those local television stations 

it will not carry, along with the reasons 

for such decision, and those local 

television stations it intends to carry. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(2)(vi) 

requires satellite carriers to notify all 

local stations in a market of their intent 

to launch HD carry-one, carry-all in that 

market at least 60 days before 

commencing such carriage. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(3)(ii) states a 

new television station shall make its 

election request, in writing, sent to the 

satellite carrier’s principal place of 

business by certified mail, return receipt 

requested, between 60 days prior to 

commencing broadcasting and 30 days 

after commencing broadcasting. This 

written notification shall include the 

information required by paragraph 

(d)(1)(iii) of this section. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(3)(iv) states 

within 30 days of receiving a new 

television station’s election of 

mandatory carriage, a satellite carrier 

shall notify the station in writing that it 

will not carry the station, along with the 

reasons for such decision, or that it 

intends to carry the station. 

47 CFR Section 76.66(d)(5)(i) states 

beginning with the election cycle 

described in § 76.66(c)(2), the 

retransmission of significantly viewed 

signals pursuant to § 76.54 by a satellite 

carrier that provides local-into-local 

service is subject to providing the 

notifications to stations in the market 

pursuant to paragraphs (d)(5)(i)(A) and 

(B) of this section, unless the satellite 

carrier was retransmitting such signals 

as of the date these notifications were 

due. 

(A) In any local market in which a 

satellite carrier provided local-into-local 

service on December 8, 2004, at least 60 

days prior to any date on which a 

station must make an election under 

paragraph (c) of this section, identify 

each affiliate of the same television 

network that the carrier reserves the 

right to retransmit into that station’s 

local market during the next election 

cycle and the communities into which 

the satellite carrier reserves the right to 

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(B) In any local market in which a 

satellite carrier commences local-intolocal service after December 8, 2004, at 

least 60 days prior to the 

commencement of service in that 

market, and thereafter at least 60 days 

prior to any date on which the station 

must thereafter make an election under 

§ 76.66(c) or (d)(2), identify each 

affiliate of the same television network 

that the carrier reserves the right to 

retransmit into that station’s local 

market during the next election cycle. 

47 CFR Section 76.66 (f)(3) states 

except as provided in 76.66(d)(2), a 

satellite carrier providing local-intolocal service must notify local television 

stations of the location of the receive 

facility by June 1, 2001 for the first 

election cycle and at least 120 days 

prior to the commencement of all 

election cycles thereafter. 

47 CFR Section 76.66 (f)(4) states a 

satellite carrier may relocate its local 

receive facility at the commencement of 

each election cycle. A satellite carrier is 

also permitted to relocate its local 

receive facility during the course of an 

election cycle, if it bears the signal 

delivery costs of the television stations 

affected by such a move. A satellite 

carrier relocating its local receive 

facility must provide 60 days notice to 

all local television stations carried in 

the affected television market. 

47 CFR Section 76.66 (h)(5) states a 

satellite carrier shall provide notice to 

its subscribers, and to the affected 

television station, whenever it adds or 

deletes a station’s signal in a particular 

local market pursuant to this paragraph. 

47 CFR 76.66 (m)(1) states whenever 

a local television broadcast station 

believes that a satellite carrier has failed 

to meet its obligations under this 

section, such station shall notify the 

carrier, in writing, of the alleged failure 

and identify its reasons for believing 

that the satellite carrier failed to comply 

with such obligations. 

47 CFR 76.66 (m)(2) states the satellite 

carrier shall, within 30 days after such 

written notification, respond in writing 

to such notification and comply with 

such obligations or state its reasons for 

believing that it is in compliance with 

such obligations. 

47 CFR 76.66 (m)(3) states a local 

television broadcast station that 

disputes a response by a satellite carrier 

that it is in compliance with such 

obligations may obtain review of such 

denial or response by filing a complaint 

with the Commission, in accordance 

with § 76.7 of title 47, Code of Federal 

Regulations. Such complaint shall allege 

the manner in which such satellite 

carrier has failed to meet its obligations 

and the basis for such allegations. 

47 CFR 76.66 (m)(4) states the satellite 

carrier against which a complaint is 

filed is permitted to present data and 

arguments to establish that there has 

been no failure to meet its obligations 

under this section. 

Non-rule requirement: Satellite 

carriers must immediately commence 

carriage of the digital signal of a 

television station that ceases analog 

broadcasting prior to the February 17, 

2009 transition deadline provided that 

the broadcaster notifies the satellite 

carrier on or before October 1, 2008 of 

the date on which they anticipate 

termination of their analog signal. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

EXAMINATION COUNCIL 

[Docket No. AS11–08] 

Statutory Provisions Affecting State 

Appraiser Regulatory Programs 

AGENCY: Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) 

of the Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council. 

ACTION: Notice of Statutory Provisions 

Affecting State Appraiser Regulatory 

Programs. 

SUMMARY: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 

2010 (Dodd-Frank Act) contains a 

number of provisions addressing the 

authority of the Appraisal 

Subcommittee (ASC) and requirements 

for States’ appraiser regulatory 

programs. The ASC is issuing Bulletin 

No. 2011–01 to provide information to 

the State appraiser regulatory officials 

on certain changes to the ASC’s review 

process for monitoring State Appraiser 

Regulatory Programs which will be 

implemented July 1, 2011, and the 

statutory provisions that States must 

implement by July 1, 2013. To provide 

sufficient time for States to amend their 

rules, regulations, or operating 

procedures, the ASC is providing States 

with a two-year implementation period 

for requirements addressed in the 

bulletin. 

DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2013 for 

States’ Implementation of Statutory 

Provisions; July 1, 2011 for Revisions to 

the ASC’s State Compliance Review 

Process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James R. Park, Executive Director, at 

(202) 595–7575, or Alice M. Ritter, 

General Counsel, at (202) 595–7577, via 

Internet e-mail at jim@asc.gov and 

alice@asc.gov, respectively, or by U.S. 

Mail at Appraisal Subcommittee, 1401 

H Street, NW., Suite 760, Washington, 

DC 20005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ASC 

issued the following Bulletin 2011–01, 

Statutory Provisions Affecting State 

Appraiser Regulatory Programs, on 

March 18, 2011. 

The Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) is 

issuing this Bulletin to State Appraiser 

Regulatory Officials to provide 

information on compliance with certain 

provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act. The 

Dodd-Frank Act amended several 

sections of Title XI of the Financial 

Institutions Reform, Recovery, and 

Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA Title 

XI). This Bulletin addresses the 

following provisions: 

• Reciprocity. 

• Qualification requirements for State 

licensed appraisers. 

• Minimum requirements for trainee 

appraisers and supervisory appraisers. 

• Course approval program of the 

Appraisal Foundation’s Appraiser 

Qualifications Board (AQB). 

• ASC monitoring of funding and 

staff resources available to State 

appraiser regulatory programs (State 

Programs). 

This Bulletin outlines changes to the 

ASC’s process for monitoring State 

Programs, the requirements that States 

must implement, with statutory 

references, as well as the effective dates 

for compliance. Recognizing States may 

need to amend their rules and/or 

regulations, or revise their operating 

procedures, the ASC is providing States 

with a two-year implementation period 

for certain of the above the provisions. 

As part of its State Compliance Review 

Process, the ASC will continue to 

evaluate State Programs for compliance 

with FIRREA Title XI and the ASC 

Policy Statements, including those that 

cover topics addressed in the DoddFrank Act. 

Provisions With a Two-Year 

Implementation Period 

Effective July 1, 2013, the ASC will 

begin reviewing State Programs for 

compliance with the following three 

requirements. Over the next two years, 

the ASC will monitor States’ efforts to 

implement the requirements. 

• Reciprocity: Provisions of the DoddFrank Act require States to have in place 

a policy for issuing a reciprocal 

certification or license to an appraiser 

from another State under specific 

conditions. Moreover, a Federally 

regulated financial institution may not 


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