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###### Federal Communications Commission

          - [OMB 3060-0179, OMB 3060-0700, OMB 3060-0937 and OMB 3060-1209; FR ID 72688]

# 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 March 25, 2022.

# 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 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. 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:*                     3060-0179.                

*Title:*                     Section 73.1590, Equipment Performance Measurements.                

*Form Number:*                     N/A.                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

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

*Number of Respondents and Responses:*                     13,049 respondents and 13,049 responses.                

*Estimated Time per Response:*                     0.5-18 hours.                

*Frequency of Response:*                     Recordkeeping requirement.                

*Total Annual Burden:*                     12,335 hours.                

*Total Annual Cost:*                     None.                

*Obligation to Respond:*                     Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection is contained in Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.                

*Needs and Uses:*                     The information collection requirements contained in                     *47 CFR 73.1590(d)*                     require licensees of AM, FM and TV stations to make audio and video equipment performance measurements for each main transmitter. These measurements and a description of the equipment and procedures used in making the measurements must be kept on file at the transmitter or remote control point for two years. In addition, this information must be made available to the FCC upon request.                

*OMB Control:*                     3060-0700.                

*Title:*                     Open Video Systems Provisions, FCC Form 1275.                

*Form Number:*                     FCC Form 1275.                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

*Respondents:*                     Business or other for-profit entities; and State, Local or Tribal Government.                

*Number of Respondents and Responses:*                     280 respondents; 4,672 respondents.                

*Frequency of Response:*                     Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.                

*Estimated Time per Response:*                     0.25 to 20 hours.                

*Total Annual Burden:*                     9,855 hours.                

*Total Annual Costs:*                     None.                

*Obligation To Respond:*                     Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection is contained in Section 302 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.                

*Needs and Uses:*                     Section 302 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act provides for specific entry options for telephone companies wishing to enter the video programming marketplace, one option being to provide cable service over an “open video system” (“OVS”). The rule sections that are covered by this collection relate to OVS.                

*OMB Control Number:*                     3060-0937.                

*Title:*                     Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM Docket No. 00-10.                

*Form Number:*                     Not applicable.                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                          ( print page 10213)    

*Respondents:*                     Business or other for-profit entities.                

*Frequency of Response:*                     Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure requirement; On occasion and quarterly reporting requirements.                

*Number of Respondents and Responses:*                     385 respondents; 9,850 responses.                

*Estimated Time per Response:*                     0.017 hours-52 hours.                

*Obligation To Respond:*                     Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 154(i), 307, 308, 309 and 319 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.                

*Total Annual Burden:*                     172,087 hours.                

*Total Annual Cost:*                     $1,851,000.                

*Needs and Uses:*                     On November 29, 1999, the Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA),                     *Public Law 106-113,*                     113 Stat. Appendix I at pp. 1501A-594-1501A-598 (1999), codified at                     *47 U.S.C. 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 by January 28, 2000. 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.                

For those stations that met the certification deadline, the CBPA sets out certain certification procedures, prescribes the criteria to maintain a Class A license, and outlines the interference protection Class A stations 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 in order to maintain Class A status. 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 full-service television stations, contained in 47 CFR part 73.

*OMB Control Number:*                     3060-1209.                

*Title:*                     Section 73.1216, Licensee-Conducted Contests.                

*Form Number:*                     None. (Complaints alleging violations of the Contest Rule generally are filed on via the Commission's Consumer Complaint Portal entitled General Complaints, Obscenity or Indecency Complaints, Complaints under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Slamming Complaints, Requests for Dispute Assistance and Communications Accessibility Complaints which is approved under OMB control number 3060-0874).                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

*Respondents:*                     Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit institutions.                

*Number of Respondents and Responses:*                     21,530 respondents; 21,530 responses.                

*Estimated Time per Response:*                     0.1-9 hours.                

*Frequency of Response:*                     On occasion reporting requirement: Third party disclosure requirement and recordkeeping requirement.                

*Total Annual Burden:*                     127,569 hours.                

*Total Annual Costs:*                     $6,457,500.                

*Obligation To Respond:*                     Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 1, 4 and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.                

*Needs and Uses:*                     The Commission adopted the Contest Rule in 1976 to address concerns about the manner in which broadcast stations were conducting contests over the air. The Contest Rule generally requires stations to broadcast material contest terms fully and accurately the first time the audience is told how to participate in a contest, and periodically thereafter. In addition, stations must conduct contests substantially as announced. These information collection requirements are necessary to ensure that broadcast licensees conduct contests with due regard for the public interest.                

The Contest Rule permit broadcasters to meet their obligation to disclose contest material terms on an internet website in lieu of making broadcast announcements. Under the amended Contest Rule, broadcasters are required to (i) announce the relevant internet website address on air the first time the audience is told about the contest and periodically thereafter; (ii) disclose the material contest terms fully and accurately on a publicly accessible internet website, establishing a link or tab to such terms through a link or tab on the announced website's home page, and ensure that any material terms disclosed on such a website conform in all substantive respects to those mentioned over the air; (iii) maintain contest material terms online for at least thirty days after the contest has ended; and (v) announce on air that the material terms of a contest have changed (where that is the case) within 24 hours of the change in terms on a website, and periodically thereafter, and to direct consumers to the website to review the changes.

Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene Dortch,

Secretary, Office of the Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2022-03828 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]

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