Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 41 / Wednesday, March 3, 2010 / Notices 9599 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information Collection 

Being Reviewed by the Federal 

Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

02/24/2010. 

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, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 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 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 burden 

for 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 valid control number. 

. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this information collection should 

submit comments by May 3, 2010. 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 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), via fax 

on (202) 395–5167, or via e–mail to 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Cathy Williams, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC), via 

e–mail to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov and 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection send an e–mail to 

PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy Williams 

on (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1103. 

Title: Section 76.41, Franchise 

Application Process. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit entities; State, local or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 6,006 respondents; 24,000 

responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5 to 

4 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 54,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 USC 151, 152, 154(i), 

157nt, 201, 531, 541 and 542. 

Confidentiality: No need for 

confidentiality required with this 

collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

adopted on December 20, 2006 a Report 

and Order In the Matter of 

Implementation of Section 621(a)(1) of 

the Cable Communications Policy Act of 

1984 as amended by the Cable 

Television Consumer Protection and 

Competition Act of 1992 (‘‘R&O’’), FCC 

06–180, MB Docket 05–311. This R&O 

provides rules and guidance to 

implement Section 621 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. Section 621 of the 

Communications Act prohibits 

franchising authorities from 

unreasonably refusing to award 

competitive franchises for the provision 

of cable services. The Commission has 

found that the current franchising 

process constitutes an unreasonable 

barrier to entry for competitive entrants 

that impede enhanced cable 

competition and accelerated broadband 

deployment. The information collection 

requirements adopted as a result of FCC 

06–180 are as follows: 

47 CFR 76.41(b) requires a 

competitive franchise applicant to 

include the following information in 

writing in its franchise application, in 

addition to any information required by 

applicable state and local laws: (1) the 

applicant’s name; (2) the names of the 

applicant’s officers and directors; (3) the 

business address of the applicant; (4) 

the name and contact information of a 

designated contact for the applicant; (5) 

a description of the geographic area that 

the applicant proposes to serve; (6) the 

PEG channel capacity and capital 

support proposed by the applicant; (7) 

the term of the agreement proposed by 

the applicant; (8) whether the applicant 

holds an existing authorization to access 

the public rights–of–way in the subject 

franchise service area; (9) the amount of 

the franchise fee the applicant offers to 

pay; and (10) any additional information 

required by applicable state or local 

laws. 

47 CFR 76.41 (d) states when a 

competitive franchise applicant files a 

franchise application with a franchising 

authority and the applicant has existing 

authority to access public rights–of–way 

in the geographic area that the applicant 

proposes to serve, the franchising 

authority grant or deny the application 

within 90 days of the date the 

application is received by the 

franchising authority. If a competitive 

franchise applicant does not have 

existing authority to access public 

rights–of–way in the geographic area 

that the applicant proposes to serve, the 

franchising authority must perform 

grant or deny the application within 180 

days of the date the application is 

received by the franchising authority. A 

franchising authority and a competitive 

franchise applicant may agree in writing 

to extend the 90–day or 180–day 

deadline, whichever is applicable. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Alethea Lewis, 

Federal Register Liaison, 

Office of the Secretary, 

Office of Managing Director. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information Collection 

Being Reviewed by the Federal 

Communicatons Commission, 

Comments Requested 

February 25, 2010. 

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 

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