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any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before August 27, 

2018. 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 email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to 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: 3060–0349. 

Title: Equal Employment Opportunity 

(‘‘EEO’’) Policy, 47 CFR Sections 

73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79 and 

76.1702. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not for profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 14,179 respondents; 14,179 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 42 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; annual 

reporting requirement; five year 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority which covers this information 

collection is contained in Section 154(i) 

and 303 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, and Section 634 of 

the Cable Communications Policy Act of 

1984. 

Total Annual Burden: 595,518 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements approved under 

this collection are as follows: 47 CFR 

Section 73.2080 provides that equal 

opportunity in employment shall be 

afforded by all broadcast stations to all 

qualified persons and no person shall be 

discriminated against in employment by 

such stations because of race, color, 

religion, national origin or sex. Section 

73.2080 requires that each broadcast 

station employment unit with 5 or more 

full-time employees shall establish, 

maintain and carry out a program to 

assure equal opportunity in every aspect 

of a broadcast station’s policy and 

practice. These same requirements also 

apply to Satellite Digital Audio Radio 

Service (‘‘SDARS’’) licensees. In 1997, 

the Commission determined that 

SDARS licensees must comply with the 

Commission’s EEO requirements. See 

Establishment of Rules and Policies for 

the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service 

in the 2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band, 

12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791,) 91 (1997) 

(‘‘1997 SDARS Order’’), FCC 97–70. In 

2008, the Commission clarified that 

SDARS licensees must comply with the 

Commission’s EEO broadcast rules and 

policies, including the same 

recruitment, outreach, public file, 

website posting, record-keeping, 

reporting, and self-assessment 

obligations required of broadcast 

licensees, consistent with 47 CFR 

73.2080, as well as any other 

Commission EEO policies. See 

Applications for Consent to the Transfer 

of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite 

Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to 

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee, 

23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426,) 174, and 

note 551 (2008) (‘‘XM-Sirius Merger 

Order’’). 

47 CFR Section 76.73 provides that 

equal opportunity in employment shall 

be afforded by all multichannel video 

program distributors (‘‘MVPD’’) to all 

qualified persons and no person shall be 

discriminated against in employment by 

such entities because of race, color, 

religion, national origin, age or sex. 

Section 76.75 requires that each 

MVPD employment unit employing six 

or more full-time employees shall 

establish, maintain and carry out a 

program to assure equal opportunity in 

every aspect of a cable entity’s policy 

and practice. 

Section 76.79 requires that every 

MVPD employment unit employing six 

or more full-time employees maintain, 

for public inspection, a file containing 

copies of all annual employment reports 

and related documents. 

Section 76.1702 requires that every 

MVPD employment unit employing six 

or more full-time employees place 

certain information concerning its EEO 

program in its public inspection file. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13756 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0824] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and 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. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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 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 August 27, 

2018. 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 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 


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

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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 ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0824. 

Title: Service Provider and Billed 

Entity Identification Number and 

Contact Information Form. 

Form Number: FCC Form 498. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and Not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 26,000 respondents; 26,000 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.75 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirements and third party 

disclosure requirements. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154 and 

254 the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 19,500 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission notes that the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) who administers the 

universal service program must preserve 

the confidentiality of all data obtained 

from respondents and contributors to 

the universal service programs, must not 

use the data except for purposes of 

administering the universal service 

programs, and must not disclose data in 

company-specific form unless directed 

to do so by the Commission. With 

respect to the FCC Form 498, USAC 

shall publish each participant’s name, 

SPIN, and contact information via 

USAC’s website. All other information, 

including financial institution account 

numbers or routing information, shall 

remain confidential. 

Needs and Uses: One of the functions 

of the Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) is to provide a means 

for the billing, collection and 

disbursement of funds for the universal 

service support mechanisms. On 

October 1998, the OMB approved FCC 

Form 498, the ‘‘Service Provider 

Information Form’’ to enable USAC to 

collect service provider name and 

address, telephone number, Federal 

Employer Identification Number (EIN), 

contact names, contact telephone 

numbers, and remittance information. 

FCC Form 498 enables participants to 

request a Service Provider Identification 

Number (SPIN) and provides the official 

record for participation in the universal 

service support mechanisms. The 

remittance information provided by 

participants on FCC Form 498 enables 

USAC to make payments to participants 

in the universal service support 

mechanisms. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13754 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1065, OMB 3060–1212] 

Information Collections Being 

Reviewed by the Federal 

Communications Commission Under 

Delegated Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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 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 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. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before August 27, 

2018. 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 email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to 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: 3060–1212. 

Title: SDARS Political Broadcasting 

Requirements. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1 respondent; 1 response. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion reporting requirements; Third 

party disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority which covers this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

309(a) and 307(a) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 20 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Although the Commission does not 

believe that any confidential 

information will need to be disclosed in 

order to comply with the information 

collection requirements, applicants are 

free to request that materials or 

information submitted to the 

Commission be withheld from public 

inspection. (See 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s Rules.) 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 


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