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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5882-5883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01121]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0700 and OMB 3060-0937; FR ID 273492]

Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to Office of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 
might ``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 February 18, 
2025.

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 [email protected] and to [email protected]. 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: 3060-0700.
    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 Cost: 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

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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.
    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.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-01121 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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