2542 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 2012 / Notices 

Transfer of Control of Cable Television 

Franchise, FCC Form 394. 

Form Number: FCC Form 394. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business of other forprofit entities; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 2,000 respondents; 1,000 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1–5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Third Party 

Disclosure Requirements. 

Total Annual Burden: 7,000 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: $750,000. 

Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: FCC Form 394 is a 

standardized form that is completed by 

cable operators in connection with the 

assignment and transfer of control of 

cable television systems. On July 23, 

1993, the Commission released a Report 

and Order and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking in MM Docket 

No. 92–264, FCC 93–332, 

Implementation of Sections 11 and 13 of 

the Cable Television Consumer 

Protection and Competition Act of 1992, 

Horizontal and Vertical Ownership 

Limits, Cross-Ownership Limitations 

and Anti-Trafficking Provisions. Among 

other things, this Report and Order 

established procedures for use of the 

FCC Form 394. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–767 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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. 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 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 March 19, 

2012. 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 

the Federal Communications 

Commission via email 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: 3060–0568. 

Title: Sections 76.970, 76.971 and 

76.975, Commercial Leased Access 

Rates, Terms and Conditions. 

Form Number: 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 4,030 respondents; 11,970 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

minutes–10 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in Sections 154(i) and 612 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 59,671 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $74,000. 

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: 47 CFR 76.970(h) 

requires cable operators to provide the 

following information within 15 

calendar days of a request regarding 

leased access (for systems subject to 

small system relief, cable operators are 

required to provide the following 

information within 30 days of a request 

regarding leased access): 

(a) A complete schedule of the 

operator’s full-time and part-time leased 

access rates; 

(b) How much of the cable operator’s 

leased access set-aside capacity is 

available; 

(c) Rates associated with technical 

and studio costs; 

(d) If specifically requested, a sample 

leased access contract; and 

(e) Operators must maintain 

supporting documentation to justify 

scheduled rates in their files. 

47 CFR 76.971 requires cable 

operators to provide billing and 

collection services to leased access 

programmers unless they can 

demonstrate the existence of third party 

billing and collection services which, in 

terms of cost and accessibility, offer 

leased access programmers an 

alternative substantially equivalent to 

that offered to comparable non-leased 

access programmers. 

47 CFR 76.975(b) requires that 

persons alleging that a cable operator’s 

leased access rate is unreasonable must 

receive a determination of the cable 

operator’s maximum permitted rate 

from an independent accountant prior 

to filing a petition for relief with the 

Commission. 

47 CFR 76.975(c) requires that 

petitioners attach a copy of the final 

accountant’s report to their petition 

where the petition is based on 

allegations that a cable operator’s leased 

access rates are unreasonable. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Bulah P. Wheeler, 

Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–768 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED ON JANUARY

17, 2012. 

DATES: Date and Time: Thursday, 

January 19, 2012 at 10 a.m. 


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