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47 CFR Part 79 

[CG Docket No. 05–231; FCC 16–17; FRS 

41603] 

Closed Captioning of Video 

Programming; Telecommunications for 

the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Inc. 

Petition for Rulemaking 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Correcting amendments. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects the 

final rules portion of a Federal Register 

document published on August 23, 

2016. That Federal Register document 

inadvertently removed existing rules 

requiring video programming 

distributors to exercise best efforts to 

obtain certifications of compliance from 

video programmers and requiring video 

programmers adopting Best Practices to 

certify to video programming 

distributors regarding adherence to Best 

Practices and to make those 

certifications widely available. That 

Federal Register document also 

prematurely amended rules to require 

video programmer registration and 

certification of compliance. 

DATES: 

Effective date: Effective on September 

14, 2021. 

Compliance date: The compliance 

date of section § 79.1(m) is stayed 

indefinitely. The Commission will 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing the new 

compliance date. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Scott, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202) 

418–1264, or email: Michael.Scott@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document corrects the final rules 

document published at 81 FR 57473, 

August 23, 2016. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 79 

Cable television operators, 

Communications equipment, 

Multichannel video programming 

distributors (MVPDs), Satellite 

television service providers. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

Final Rules 

Accordingly, 47 CFR part 79 is 

corrected by making the following 

correcting amendments: 

PART 79—CLOSED CAPTIONING AND 

VIDEO DESCRIPTION OF VIDEO 

PROGRAMMING 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 79 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a), 154(i), 

303, 307, 309, 310, 330, 554a, 613, 617. 

■ 2. Amend § 79.1 by 

■ a. Revising paragraph (i)(3); 

■ b. Adding paragraph (j)(1); 

■ c. Revising paragraphs (k)(1)(iv) and 

(m)(1) introductory text; and 

■ d. Adding paragraph (m)(5). 

The additions and revisions read as 

follows: 

§ 79.1 Closed captioning of televised video 

programming. 

* * * * * 

(i) * * * 

(3) Providing contact information to 

the Commission. (i) Prior to the 

compliance date of paragraph (m) of this 

section, video programming distributors 

shall file the contact information 

described in this section with the 

Commission in one of the following 

ways: through a web form located on the 

FCC website; with the Chief of the 

Disability Rights Office, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau; or by 

sending an email to 

CLOSEDCAPTIONING_POC@fcc.gov. 

Contact information shall be available to 

consumers on the FCC website or by 

telephone inquiry to the Commission’s 

Consumer Center. Distributors shall 

notify the Commission each time there 

is a change in any of this required 

information within 10 business days. 

(ii) As of the compliance date of 

paragraph (m) of this section, video 

programming distributors and video 

programmers shall file contact 

information with the Commission 

through a web form located on the 

Commission’s website. Such contact 

information shall include the name of a 

person with primary responsibility for 

captioning issues and ensuring 

compliance with the Commission’s 

rules. In addition, such contact 

information shall include the person’s 

title or office, telephone number, fax 

number (if the video programming 

distributor or video programmer has a 

fax number), postal mailing address, 

and email address. Contact information 

shall be available to consumers on the 

Commission’s website or by telephone 

inquiry to the Commission’s Consumer 

Center. Video programming distributors 

and video programmers shall notify the 

Commission each time there is a change 

in any of this required information 

within ten (10) business days. 

(j) * * * 

(1)(i) Prior to the compliance date of 

paragraph (m) of this section, a video 

programming distributor shall exercise 

best efforts to obtain a certification from 

each video programmer from which the 

distributor obtains programming stating: 

(A) Tat the video programmer’s 

programming satisfies the caption 

quality standards of paragraph (j)(2) of 

this section; 

(B) That in the ordinary course of 

business, the video programmer has 


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adopted and follows the Best Practices 

set forth in paragraph (k)(1) of this 

section; or 

(C) That the video programmer is 

exempt from the closed captioning rules 

under one or more properly attained 

exemptions. 

(ii) For programmers certifying 

exemption from the closed captioning 

rules, the video programming 

distributor must obtain a certification 

from the programmer that specifies the 

exact exemption that the programmer is 

claiming. Video programming 

distributors may satisfy their best efforts 

obligation by locating a programmer’s 

certification on the programmer’s 

website or other widely available 

locations used for the purpose of 

posting widely available certifications. 

If a video programming distributor is 

unable to locate such certification on 

the programmer’s website or other 

widely available location used for the 

purpose of posting such certification, 

the video programming distributor must 

inform the video programmer in writing 

that it must make widely available such 

certification within 30 days after 

receiving the written request. If a video 

programmer does not make such 

certification widely available within 30 

days after receiving a written request, 

the video programming distributor shall 

promptly submit a report to the 

Commission identifying such noncertifying video programmer for the 

purpose of being placed in a publicly 

available database. A video 

programming distributor that meets 

each of the requirements of this 

paragraph shall not be liable for 

violations of paragraphs (j)(2) and (3) of 

this section to the extent that any such 

violations are outside the control of the 

video programming distributor. 

Compliance with this paragraph (j)(1) 

shall not be required as of the 

compliance date of paragraph (m) of this 

section. The Commission will publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

announcing that compliance date and 

revising this paragraph accordingly. 

* * * * * 

(k) * * * (1) * * * 

(iv) Certification procedures for video 

programmers. Video programmers 

adopting Best Practices will take one of 

the following actions to certify that they 

adhere to Best Practices for video 

programmers. 

(A) Prior to the compliance date of 

paragraph (m) of this section, video 

programmers adopting Best Practices 

will certify to video programming 

distributors that they adhere to Best 

Practices for video programmers and 

will make such certifications widely 

available to video programming 

distributors, for example, by posting on 

affiliate websites. 

(B) As of the compliance date of 

paragraph (m) of this section, video 

programmers adopting Best Practices 

will certify to the Commission that they 

adhere to Best Practices for video 

programmers, in accordance with 

paragraph (m) of this section. 

* * * * * 

(m) * * * 

(1) On or before the compliance date, 

or prior to the first time a video 

programmer that has not previously 

provided video programming shown on 

television provides video programming 

for television for the first time, 

whichever is later, and on or before July 

1 of each year thereafter, each video 

programmer shall submit a certification 

to the Commission through a web form 

located on the Commission’s website 

stating that: 

* * * * * 

(5) Compliance with paragraphs 

(m)(1) through (4) of this section is not 

required until the Commission 

publishes a document in the Federal 

Register announcing the compliance 

date and revising this paragraph 

accordingly. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 210907–0179] 

RIN 0648–BH72 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Electronic 

Reporting for Federally Permitted 

Charter Vessels and Headboats in Gulf 

of Mexico Fisheries 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule; effective date. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the 

effective date for previously approved 

vessel location tracking requirements 

applicable to an owner or operator of 

charter vessel or headboat for which 

NMFS has issued a valid Federal charter 

vessel/headboat permit for federally 

managed reef fish or coastal migratory 

pelagic (CMP) species in the Gulf of 

Mexico (Gulf). The purpose of this final 

rule is to announce the effective date for 

vessel location tracking requirements for 

reef fish and CMP in the Gulf that NMFS 

previously delayed indefinitely on July 

21, 2020. 

DATES: The effective date for 

amendments to §§ 622.26(b)(5) and 

622.374(b)(5)(ii) through (v), published 

July 21, 2020 (85 FR 44005), is 

December 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the Gulf 

For-hire Reporting Amendment may be 

obtained from www.regulations.gov or 

the Southeast Regional Office website at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

southeast/et. 

The Gulf For-hire Reporting 

Amendment includes an environmental 

assessment, regulatory impact review, 

Regulatory Flexibility Act analysis, and 

fishery impact statement. 

The final rule that published on July 

21, 2020 (85 FR 44005), and other 

related rulemaking documents, may be 

obtained from www.regulations.gov, by 

searching ‘‘RIN 0648–BH72.’’ 

Written comments regarding the 

burden-hour estimates or other aspects 

of the collection-of-information 

requirements contained in this final rule 

may be submitted at any time by email 

to Adam Bailey, NMFS Southeast 

Regional Office, adam.bailey@noaa.gov, 

or to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rich 

Malinowski, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, or 

email: rich.malinowski@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final 

rule is based on the Gulf For-hire 

Reporting Amendment, which includes 

amendments to the Fishery Management 

Plans (FMPs) for Reef Fish Resources of 

the Gulf of Mexico (Reef Fish FMP) and 

the Coastal Migratory Pelagic (CMP) 

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and 

Atlantic Region (CMP FMP). The CMP 

fishery in the Gulf is managed under the 

CMP FMP, an FMP jointly developed by 

the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council (Gulf Council) and the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council 

(South Atlantic Council). The Gulf reef 

fish fishery is managed under the Reef 

Fish FMP, which is developed by the 

Gulf Council. These FMPs are 

implemented by NMFS through 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622 under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). 

On July 21, 2020, NMFS published 

the final rule to implement the Gulf Forhire Reporting Amendment (85 FR 

44005). That final rule summarized the 

management measures described in the 

Gulf For-hire Reporting Amendment 


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