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concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1116. 

Title: Submarine Cable Reporting. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 74 respondents; 74 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 190 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and annual reporting requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 

154(i), 303(r) and 403. 

Total Annual Burden: 14,060 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Information provided pursuant to this 

request will be viewed as presumptively 

confidential upon submission because 

the information would reflect reports on 

weaknesses in or damage to national 

communications infrastructure, and the 

release of this sensitive information to 

the public could potentially facilitate 

terrorist targeting of critical 

infrastructure and key resources. The 

submissions also may contain internal 

confidential information that constitutes 

trade secrets and commercial/financial 

information that the respondent does 

not routinely make public and public 

release of the submitted information 

could cause competitive harm by 

revealing information about the types 

and deployment of cable equipment and 

the traffic that flows across the system. 

For these reasons, the information 

requested in (b) (Terrestrial Route Map) 

and (c) (Undersea Location Spreadsheet) 

above is presumptively exempt from 

public disclosure under Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) Exemption 3, 5 

U.S.C. 552(b)(3), and section 4(j) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(j), as 

implemented in 47 CFR 0.457(c)(1)(i) 

(exempting disclosure of ‘‘maps 

showing the exact location of submarine 

cables’’). The information requested in 

(a) (System Status and Restoration 

Messages) and (d) (Restoration 

Capability) described above will be 

considered exempt under Exemption 4 

of the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4). If a FOIA 

request is filed for information 

submitted in response to this request, 

the respondent whose records are the 

subject of the request will be notified of 

the FOIA request and given the 

opportunity to oppose release of the 

records. See 47 CFR 0.461(d)(3). We 

note that the information provided in 

response to this request will be shared 

with the Department of Homeland 

Security’s National Communications 

System (NCS) and relevant Executive 

Branch agencies on a confidential basis. 

See 44 U.S.C. 3510. 

Needs and Uses: This information is 

needed in order to support Federal 

government national security and 

emergency preparedness 

communications programs, for the 

purposes of providing situational 

awareness of submarine cable system 

performance as well as a greater 

understanding of potential physical 

threats to the submarine cable systems. 

This information will provide 

situational awareness regarding the 

operational status of submarine cable 

systems to the Federal government, and 

allow the Executive Branch to assess 

potential risks and threats to these 

critical communications systems in the 

context of other available information. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0761, 3060–1171; FRS 17367] 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal Agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it can 

further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before February 10, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Cathy 

Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) 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 OMB control number. 

As part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork burdens, as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC 

invited the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

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 estimates; (c) ways to enhance 

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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. Pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific 

comment on how it might ‘‘further 

reduce the information collection 

burden for small business concerns with 

fewer than 25 employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0761. 

Title: Section 79.1, Closed Captioning 

of Video Programming, CG Docket No. 

05–231. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Individuals or 

households; and Not-for-profit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 64,218 respondents; 521,074 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 (30 

minutes) to 30 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement; Recordkeeping 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this obligation is found at 

section 713 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 613, and 

implemented at 47 CFR 79.1. 

Total Annual Burden: 727,143 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $34,350,444. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Confidentiality is an issue to the extent 

that individuals and households 

provide personally identifiable 

information, which is covered under the 

FCC’s system of records notice (SORN), 

FCC/CGB–1, ‘‘Informal Complaints, 

Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute 

Assistance.’’ As required by the Privacy 

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

published a SORN, FCC/CGB–1 

‘‘Informal Complaints, Inquiries, and 

Requests for Dispute Assistance’’ in the 

Federal Register on August 15, 2014, 

published at 79 FR 48152, which 

became effective on September 24, 2014. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

seeks to extend existing information 

collection requirements in its closed 

captioning rules (47 CFR 79.1), which 

require that, with some exceptions, all 

new video programming, and 75 percent 

of ‘‘pre-rule’’ programming, be closed 

captioned. The existing collections 

include petitions by video programming 

providers, producers, and owners for 

exemptions from the closed captioning 

rules, responses by commenters, and 

replies; complaints by viewers alleging 

violations of the closed captioning rules, 

responses by video programming 

distributors (VPDs) and video 

programmers, recordkeeping in support 

of complaint responses, and compliance 

ladder obligations in the event of a 

pattern or trend of violations; 

recordkeeping of monitoring and 

maintenance activities; caption quality 

best practices procedures; making video 

programming distributor contact 

information available to viewers in 

phone directories, on the Commission’s 

website and the websites of video 

programming distributors (if they have 

them), and in billing statements (to the 

extent video programming distributors 

issue them); and video programmers 

filing of contact information and 

compliance certifications with the 

Commission. 

On February 19, 2016, the 

Commission adopted the Closed 

Captioning Quality Second Report and 

Order, published at 81 FR 57473, 

August 23, 2016, amending its rules to 

allocate the responsibilities of VPDs and 

video programmers with respect to the 

provision and quality of closed 

captioning. The Commission took the 

following actions, among others: 

(a) Required video programmers to 

file certifications with the Commission 

that (1) the video programmer (i) is in 

compliance with the rules requiring the 

inclusion of closed captions, and (ii) 

either is in compliance with the 

captioning quality standards or has 

adopted and is following related Best 

Practices; or (2) is exempt from the 

captioning obligation and specifies the 

exemption claimed. 

(b) Revised the procedures for 

receiving, serving, and addressing 

television closed captioning complaints 

in accordance with a burden-shifting 

compliance model. 

(c) Established a compliance ladder 

for the Commission’s television closed 

captioning quality requirements. 

(d) Required VPDs to use the 

Commission’s web form when providing 

contact information to the VPD registry. 

(e) Required video programmers to 

register their contact information with 

the Commission for the receipt and 

handling of written closed captioning 

complaints. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1171. 

Title: Commercial Advertisement 

Loudness Mitigation (‘‘CALM’’) Act; 

73.682(e) and 76.607(a). 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 2,937 respondents and 4,868 

responses. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement; On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.25– 

80 hours. 

Total Annual Burden: 6,036 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

151, 152, 154(i) and (j), 303(r) and 621. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no assurance of confidentiality 

provided to respondents with this 

collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will use this information to determine 

compliance with the CALM Act. The 

CALM Act mandates that the 

Commission make the Advanced 

Television Systems Committee 

(‘‘ATSC’’) A/85 Recommended Practice 

mandatory for all commercial TV 

stations and cable/multichannel video 

programming distributors (MVPDs). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[WC Docket No. 20–89; DA No. 20–1504; 

FRS 17363] 

Wireline Competition Bureau and 

Office of The Managing Director Set 

July 31, 2021 Invoicing Deadline for 

Covid-19 Telehealth Program and 

Provide Post-Program Guidance 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) 

establishes an invoicing deadline for the 

COVID–19 Telehealth Program and 

provide COVID–19 Telehealth Program 

funding Awardees with additional 

information on the post-program report. 

DATES: July 31, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit the postprogram report template, identified by 

WC Docket No. 20–89, by the following 

method: 

• Comments must be filed 

electronically using the Federal 


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