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Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 560. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.017 

hours–52 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion reporting requirement; 

Quarterly reporting requirement; Third 

party disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 261,908 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $1,295,500. 

Nature of Response: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Confidentiality: There is no need for 

confidentiality with this collection of 

information. 

Needs and Uses: On November 29, 

1999, the Community Broadcasters 

Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA), Pub. L. 

No. 106–113, 113 Stat. Appendix I at 

pp. 1501A–594—1501A–598 (1999), 

codified at 47 U.S.C. Section 336(f), was 

enacted. That legislation provided that a 

low power television (LPTV) licensee 

should be permitted to convert the 

secondary status of its station to the new 

Class A status, provided it can satisfy 

certain statutorily-established criteria. 

The CBPA directs that Class A licensees 

be subject to the same license terms and 

renewal standards as full-power 

television licenses and that Class A 

licensees be accorded primary status as 

television broadcasters as long as they 

continue to meet the requirements set 

forth in the statute for a qualifying low 

power station. The CBPA sets out 

certain certification and application 

procedures for LPTV licensees seeking 

Class A designation, prescribes the 

criteria LPTV licensees must meet to be 

eligible for Class A licenses, and 

outlines the interference protection 

Class A applicants must provide to 

analog, digital, LPTV and TV translator 

stations. 

The CBPA directs that Class A 

stations must comply with the operating 

requirements for full-service television 

broadcast stations. Therefore, beginning 

on the date of its application for a Class 

A license and thereafter, a station must 

be ‘‘in compliance’’ with the 

Commission’s operating rules for fullservice television stations, contained in 

47 CFR part 73. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

William F. Caton, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6156 Filed 4–3–07; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

for Extension Under Delegated 

Authority 

March 28, 2007. 

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, Public Law No. 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 

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; 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: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before June 4, 2007. 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: You may submit all your 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. 

To submit your comments by e-mail 

send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit 

your comments by U.S. mail, mark them 

to the attention of Cathy Williams, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554 and Jasmeet 

Seehra, Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), Room 

10236 NEOB, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503 or via Internet at 

Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov or via 

fax at (202) 395–5167. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s) send an e-mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060–1065. 

Title: Implementation of Section 25 of 

the Cable Television Consumer 

Protection and Competition Act of 1992 

Re: DBS Public Interest Obligation; 47 

CFR 25.701. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 15. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 

hour–10 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion reporting requirement; Onetime reporting requirement; Annual 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 375 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature of Response: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Confidentiality: No need for 

confidentiality required. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission has 

vacated an Order on Reconsideration, In 

the matter of Implementation of Section 

25 Of The Cable Television Consumer 

Protection and Competition Act Of 

1992, Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) 

Public Interest Obligations, MM Docket 

93–25 FCC 03–78, adopted April 9, 2003 

and adopted in its place, in the same 

proceeding, a Second Order on 

Reconsideration of the First Report and 

Order, Sua Sponte Order on 

Reconsideration (‘‘Second Order’’) and 

accompanying rules FCC 04–44, 

released March 25, 2004. The Second 

Order differs from the Order on 

Reconsideration with respect to two 

issues: (1) The political broadcasting 

requirements, and (2) the guidelines 

concerning commercialization of 

children’s programming. 

47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(C) states DBS 

providers may establish and define their 

own reasonable classes of immediately 

preemptible time so long as the 

differences between such classes are 

based on one or more demonstrable 

benefits associated with each class and 

are not based solely upon price or 

identity of the advertiser. Such 

demonstrable benefits include, but are 

not limited to, varying levels of 

preemption protection, scheduling 

flexibility, or associated privileges, such 


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as guaranteed time sensitive make 

goods. DBS providers may not use class 

distinctions to defeat the purpose of the 

lowest unit charge requirement. All 

classes must be fully disclosed and 

made available to candidates. 

47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(D) states DBS 

providers may establish reasonable 

classes of preemptible with notice time 

so long as they clearly define all such 

classes, fully disclose them and make 

them available to candidates. 

47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(E) states DBS 

providers may treat non preemptible 

and fixed position as distinct classes of 

time provided that they articulate 

clearly the differences between such 

classes, fully disclose them, and make 

them available to candidates. 

47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(I) states DBS 

providers shall review their advertising 

records periodically throughout the 

election period to determine whether 

compliance with this section requires 

that candidates receive rebates or 

credits. Where necessary, DBS providers 

shall issue such rebates or credits 

promptly. 

47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(i)(M) states DBS 

providers must disclose and make 

available to candidates any make good 

policies provided to commercial 

advertisers. If a DBS provider places a 

make good for any commercial 

advertiser or other candidate in a more 

valuable program or daypart, the value 

of such make good must be included in 

the calculation of the lowest unit charge 

for that program or daypart. 

47 CFR 25.701(c)(1)(ii) states at any 

time other than the respective periods 

set forth in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this 

section, DBS providers may charge 

legally qualified candidates for public 

office no more than the charges made 

for comparable use of the facility by 

commercial advertisers. The rates, if 

any, charged all such candidates for the 

same office shall be uniform and shall 

not be rebated by any means, direct or 

indirect. A candidate shall be charged 

no more than the rate the DBS provider 

would charge for comparable 

commercial advertising. All discount 

privileges otherwise offered by a DBS 

provider to commercial advertisers must 

be disclosed and made available upon 

equal terms to all candidates for public 

office. 

47 CFR 25.701(d) states each DBS 

provider shall keep and permit public 

inspection of a complete and orderly 

political file and shall prominently 

disclose the physical location of the file, 

and the telephonic and electronic means 

to access the file. 

(1) The political file shall contain, at 

a minimum: 

(i) A record of all requests for DBS 

origination time, the disposition of 

those requests, and the charges made, if 

any, if the request is granted. The 

‘‘disposition’’ includes the schedule of 

time purchased, when spots actually 

aired, the rates charged, and the classes 

of time purchased; and 

(ii) A record of the free time provided 

if free time is provided for use by or on 

behalf of candidates. 

(2) DBS providers shall place all 

records required by this section in a file 

available to the public as soon as 

possible and shall be retained for a 

period of four years until December 31, 

2006, and thereafter for a period of two 

years. 

47 CFR 25.701(e)(3) requires DBS 

providers airing children’s programming 

must maintain records sufficient to 

verify compliance with this rule and 

make such records available to the 

public. Such records must be 

maintained for a period sufficient to 

cover the limitations period specified in 

47 U.S.C. 503(b)(6)(B). 

47 CFR 25.701(f)(6) states: In addition 

to the political file requirements in Sec. 

25.701(d), each DBS provider shall keep 

and permit public inspection of a 

complete and orderly record of: 

(A) Quarterly measurements of 

channel capacity and yearly average 

calculations on which it bases its four 

percent reservation, as well as its 

response to any capacity changes; 

(B) A record of entities to whom 

noncommercial capacity is being 

provided, the amount of capacity being 

provided to each entity, the conditions 

under which it is being provided and 

the rates, if any, being paid by the 

entity; 

(C) A record of entities that have 

requested capacity, disposition of those 

requests and reasons for the disposition. 

(ii) All records required by this 

paragraph shall be placed in a file 

available to the public as soon as 

possible and shall be retained for a 

period of two years. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

William F. Caton, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6157 Filed 4–3–07; 8:45 am] 

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Federal Advisory Committee Act; 

Communications Security, Reliability 

and Interoperability Council 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to establish. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

purpose of this notice is to announce 

that a Federal Advisory Committee, 

known as the ‘‘Communications 

Security, Reliability and Interoperability 

Council’’ (hereinafter the ‘‘Council’’) is 

being established. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Public Safety & Homeland 

Security Bureau, Attn: Lisa M. Fowlkes, 

445 12th Street, SW., Room 7–C753, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

M. Fowlkes, Federal Communications 

Commission, Public Safety & Homeland 

Security Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room 7–C753, Washington, DC 20554. 

Telephone: (202) 418–7452, e-mail: 

lisa.fowlkes@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Chairman of the Federal 

Communications Commission has 

determined that the establishment of the 

Council is necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

Federal Communications Commission 

(‘‘FCC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) by law. The 

Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration 

concurs with the establishment of the 

Council. The purpose of the Council is 

to provide recommendations to the FCC 

to ensure optimal security, reliability 

and interoperability of communications 

systems, including telecommunications, 

media and public safety 

communications systems. This Council 

will replace the Network Reliability and 

Interoperability Council (NRIC) and the 

Media Security and Reliability Council 

(MSRC). The Council’s duties will 

include: (1) Recommending to the FCC 

best practices to ensure the security, 

reliability, operability and 

interoperability of public safety 

communications systems; (2) evaluating 

ways to strengthen the collaboration 

between communication service 

providers and public safety agencies 

during emergencies; (3) recommending 

to the FCC ways to improve the 

Emergency Alert System (EAS), 

including best practices for EAS; (4) 

recommending to the FCC steps 

necessary to better prepare for shifts in 

communications usage patterns that 

likely would result from a pandemic flu 

outbreak; (5) recommending to the FCC 

technologies and systems that can best 

facilitate the communication of 

emergency information to and from 

hospitals, schools, day care facilities 

and other facilities that provide vital 

public services; (6) developing and 


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