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subscribers and franchising authorities

are knowledgeable of cable operators’

business practices, current rates, rate

changes for programming service and

equipment, and channel line-up

changes.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0419.

Title: Section 76.94, 76.95, 76.155,

76.156, 76.157 and 76.159, Syndicated

Exclusivity and network NonDuplication Rights.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.

Number of Respondents: 5,392 (1,141

commercial television stations + 4,251

cable television stations).

Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5–2.0

hours.

Total Annual Costs: $192,132.

Needs and Uses: Commission rules, as

listed above, require television stations,

broadcast television stations and

program distributors to notify cable

television system operators of nonduplication protection and exclusivity

rights being sought within prescribed

limitations and terms of contractual

agreements. The purpose of the various

notification and disclosure requirements

accounted for in this information

collection is to protect broadcasters who

purchase the exclusive rights to transmit

syndicated programming in their

recognized markets.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0287.

Title: Section 78.69 Cable Relay

Station Records.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.

Number of Respondents: 1,800.

Estimated Time Per Response: 26

hours.

Total Annual Costs: $9,000.

Needs and Uses: Section 78.69

requires that licensees of cable CARS

stations maintain various records,

including but not limited to records

pertaining to transmissions,

unscheduled interruptions to

transmissions, maintenance,

observations, inspections and repairs.

Station records are required to be

maintained for a period of not less than

two years. The records kept pursuant to

Section 78.69 provide for a history of

station operations and are reviewed by

Commission staff during field

investigations to ensure that proper

operation of the stations is being

conducted.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0849.

Title: Commercial Availability of

Navigation Devices.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.

Number of Respondents: 200.

Estimated Time Per Response: 10

minutes to 40 hours.

Total Annual Costs: $29,632.

Needs and Uses: The disclosure

requirements set forth in this

proceeding will ensure that consumers

can make informed decisions about the

purchase and proper installation of

navigation devices. The Section 76.1207

petition process will give providers of

multichannel video programming and

equipment providers a forum in which

to request relief from regulations

adopted under this Part for a limited

time, provided that there is an

appropriate showing that such a waiver

is necessary to assist the development or

introduction of a new or improved

multichannel video programming or

other service offered over multichannel

video programming systems,

technology, or products. The Section

76.1208 petition process allows

interested parties to petition the

Commission to provide for a sunset of

navigation devices regulations. The

semiannual reports will be used by the

Commission to monitor the progress of

key industry entities of their efforts to

assure commercial availability of

navigation devices.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–16424 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) being Submitted to OMB

for Review and Approval

June 13, 2001.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commissions, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

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 of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency 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

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

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; 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.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before July 30, 2001. 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 comments to Les

Smith, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 1–A804, 445 12th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554 or

via the Internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Les

Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the

Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060–0360.

Title: Section 80.409(c), Public Coast

Station Logs.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; and Not-for-profit

institutions; Individuals or households;

and State, local, or tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 316.

Estimated Time per Response: 95 hrs.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping.

Total Annual Burden: 30,020 hours.

Total Annual Costs: None.

Needs and Uses: The recordkeeping

requirement contained in 47 CFR

§ 80.409(c) is necessary to document the

operation and public correspondence

service of public coast radiotelegraph,

public coast radiotelephone stations,

and Alaska-public fixed stations,

including the logging of distress and

safety calls where applicable. A

retention period of more than one year

is required where a log involves

communications relating to a disaster,

an investigation, or any claim or

complaint. The Commission uses this

information to ensure compliance with

applicable rules and to assist in accident

investigations.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0364.

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Title: Section 80.409(d) and (e), Ship

Radiotelephone Logs.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit

institutions; and State, local, or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 10,950.

Estimated Time per Response: 47.3

hours.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping.

Total Annual Burden: 517,935 hours.

Total Annual Costs: None.

Needs and Uses: The recordkeeping

requirement in 47 CFR §§ 80.409(d) and

(e) is necessary to document that

compulsory radio equipped vessels and

high seas vessels maintain listening

watches and logs as required by statutes

and treaties (including treaty

requirements contained in Appendix 11

of the International Radio Regulations,

Chapter IV, Regulation 19 of the

International Convention for the Safety

of Life at Sea, the Bridge-to-Bridge

Radiotelephone Act, The Great Lakes

Agreement, and the Communications

Act). A retention period of more than

one year is required when a log involves

communications relating to a disaster,

an investigation, any claim, or

complaint. The FCC uses this

information during inspections and

investigations to insure compliance

with applicable rules and treaties and to

assist in vessel distress and disaster

investigations. Foreign governments

may use this information for similar

purposes when a vessel is operating in

their territorial waters.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–16423 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 80–286; DA 01–1496]

Streamlined ARMIS 43–04

(Jurisdictional Separations) Report

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice; comments requested.

SUMMARY: In this document the

Commission is seeking comment on

streamlining ARMIS 43–04 Report. The

Commission directed the Common

Carrier Bureau to seek comment on the

content of a streamlined Separations

Report (ARMIS 43–04). The proposed

ARMIS Report 43–04 would reduce the

total number of pages in the report from

63 to seven pages.

DATES: Written comments by the public

are due on or before July 20, 2001, reply

comments are due on or before August

6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 445–12th Street, SW, TW–

A325, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew Mulitz, Accounting Safeguards

Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at

(202) 418–0827.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May

22, 2001, the Commission adopted the

recommendation of the Federal-State

Joint Board to impose an interim freeze

of certain jurisdictional cost categories

and allocation factors. Specifically, the

Commission adopted a freeze of all

separations category relationships and

allocation factors for price cap

companies, and a freeze of all allocation

factors for rate-of-return carriers. The

Commission further concluded,

however, that rate-of-return carriers

shall also have a one-time option to

freeze their category relationships if

they determine that doing so is in their

best interests based upon their

individual investment patterns or plans.

The Commission concluded that it

could streamline its current separations

reporting requirements, while receiving

sufficient information to evaluate the

freeze and consider further separations

reform. The Commission directed the

Common Carrier Bureau to seek

comment on the content of a

streamlined Separations Report (ARMIS

43–04). The proposed ARMIS Report

43–04 would reduce the total number of

pages in the report from 63 to seven

pages. We hereby seek comment on the

attached proposed streamlined ARMIS

Report 43–04.

Comments are due on the attached

proposal insert date 20 days after date

of publication in the Federal Register.

Reply comments are due insert date 35

days after date of publication in the

Federal Register. Comments may be

filed using the Commission’s Electronic

Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by

filing paper copies.

Comments filed through the ECFS can

be sent as an electronic file via the

Internet to <http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/

ecfs.html>. Generally, only one copy of

an electronic submission must be filed.

If multiple docket or rulemaking

numbers appear in the caption of this

proceeding, however, commenters must

transmit one electronic copy of the

comments to each docket or rulemaking

number referenced in the caption. In

completing the transmittal screen,

commenters should include their full

name, Postal Service mailing address,

and the applicable docket or rulemaking

number. Parties may also submit an

electronic comment by Internet e-mail.

To get filing instructions for e-mail

comments, commenters should send an

e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should

include the following words in the body

of the message, ‘‘get form <your e-mail

address.’’ A sample form and directions

will be sent in reply.

Parties who choose to file by paper

must file an original and four copies of

each filing. If more than one docket or

rulemaking number appear in the

caption of this proceeding, commenters

must submit two additional copies for

each additional docket or rulemaking

number. All filings must be sent to the

Commission’s Secretary, Magalie Roman

Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, 445 12th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.

Parties who choose to file by paper

should also submit their comments on

diskette. These diskettes should be

submitted to: Ernestine Creech,

Accounting Safeguards Division, Room

6 C–317, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20554. Such a

submission should be on a 3.5-inch

diskette formatted in an IBM compatible

format using Word or compatible

software. The diskette should be

accompanied by a cover letter and

should be submitted in ‘‘read only’’

mode. The diskette should be clearly

labeled with the commenter’s name,

proceeding (including the docket

number, in this case CC Docket No. 80–

286, type of pleading (comment or reply

comment), date of submission, and the

name of the electronic file on the

diskette. The label should also include

the following phrase ‘‘Disk Copy—Not

an Original.’’ Each diskette should

contain only one party’s pleadings,

preferably in a single electronic file. In

addition, commenters must send

diskette copies to the Commission’s

copy contractor, International

Transcription Service, Inc., 1231 20th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.

Paperwork Reduction Act

As part of our continuing effort to

reduce paperwork burdens, we invite

the general public to take this

opportunity to comment on information

collections contained in this Document,

as required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law No. 104–13.

Public and agency comments are due at

the same time as other comments on

this Document. Comments should

address: (a) whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the