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following proposed and/or continuing

information collections, 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 Commissions

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.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before June 25, 1996. 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.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to

Dorothy Conway, Federal

Communications, Room 234, 1919 M

St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to dconway@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0573.

Form No.: FCC Form 394 Application

for Franchise Autohority (‘‘LFA’’)

Consent to Assignment or Transfer of

Control of Cable Television Franchise.

Type of Review: Revision of existing

collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 2,000 (1,000

system owners + 1,000 LFAs).

Estimated Time Per Response: 1–5

hours. Burden to cable system owners is

estimated to be an average of 5 hours

per application. We estimate that 50%

owners will contract out the burden of

filing and that it will take 1 hour to

coordinate information with those

contractors. The remaining 50% will

employ in house staff to complete the

application. 500 applications (50%

contracted out) x 1 hour = 500 hours.

500 applications (50% in house) x 5

hours = 2,500 hours. Burden for owners

= 500 + 2,500 = 3,000 hours.

Burden to LFAs is estimated to be an

average of 4 hours to review each

application. This burden was previously

treated as a third party requirement and

was not reported by the Commission.

We now include this burden in this

collection’s inventory. 1,000

applications x 4 hours = 4,000 hours.

Total Annual Burden: Total burden

for all respondents: 3,000 + 4,000 =

7,000 hours.

Cost to respondents: $377,000.

Printing and postage costs are estimated

at $2 per application x 1,000 = $2,000.

Assistance by outside legal counsel will

be paid at an average of $150/hour for

50% of the Form 394 applications.

$150/hour x 500 applications x 5 hours

per application = $375,000. Total

annual cost burden to respondents =

$2,000 + $375,000 = $377,000.

Needs and Uses: On 3/15/96, the

Commission adopted an Order in CS

Docket No. 96–56, Implementation of

Sections 202(f), 202(i) and 301(i) of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Among other things, this order

eliminates the three-year holding

requirement of cable systems and

reduces ownership restrictions for cable

systems. Though there are no revisions

necessary to FCC Form 394 to reflect the

Commission’s new rules, its use as an

information collection requirement has

been modified because potential

respondents now may include

broadcasters and multichannel

multipoint distribution service

providers other than cable operators.

The FCC Form 394 is used to apply for

LFA approval to assign or transfer

control of a cable television system. The

data are used by the LFAs to restrict

profiteering transactions and other

transfers that are likely to adversely

affect cable rates or service in the

franchise area.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–10297 Filed 4–25–96; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Public Information

Collections Being Reviewed by FCC

For Extension Under Delegated

Authority 5 CFR 1320 Authority,

Comments Requested

April 17, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, 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 proposed and/or continuing

information collections, 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 Commissions

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. The FCC is

reviewing the following information

collection requirements for possible 3-

year extension under delegated

authority 5 CFR 1320, authority

delegated to the Commission by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB).

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before June 25, 1996. 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.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to

Dorothy Conway, Federal

Communications, Room 234, 1919 M

St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to dconway@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0546.

Title: 76.59 Modification of Television

Market.

Type of Review: Extension of approval

of existing collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit entities.

Number of Respondents: 150.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1–20

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 1,575 hours.

The Commission estimates the average
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burden to file a request for modification

of a television market is 20 hours per

request. We estimate that 75 (50% of

entities) will use in-house legal staff to

file requests; while 75 (50% of entities)

will contract out the use of legal

assistance at an average burden of 1

hour per filing to coordinate

information with contracted out legal

assistance. The burden for this

collection is therefore: (75 x 20 hours)

+ (75 x 1 hour) = 1,575 hours.

Total Costs to Respondents: $226,500.

Respondents that use contracted out

legal assistance will pay $150 per hour

for this assistance. 75 x 20 hours @ $150

= $225,000. Also, all respondents will

incur postage and stationery costs of $10

per filing. 150 filings x $10 = $1,500.

Needs and Uses: On 3/11/93, the

Commission adopted a Report and

Order in MM Docket Nos. 92–259, 90–

4 and 92–295, Implementation of the

Cable Television Consumer Protection

and Competition Act of 1992, Broadcast

Signal Carriage Issues. Among other

things, this Report and Order, pursuant

to Section 614(h)(1)(C) of the Cable Act

of 1992, created procedures to enable

the Commission to add communities to

or subtract communities from a station’s

television market to better reflect

marketplace conditions following a

written request. Section 76.59 requires a

television station or cable operator to

file a written request to modify a

television station’s must-carry market.

Television stations and cable operators

are to follow the process specified in

Section 76.7 Petitions for Special Relief.

The information derived from this

collection has been used by the

Commission to determine whether a

television station’s must-carry market

should be modified.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–10299 Filed 4–25–96; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Public Information

Collections Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

April 18, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications,

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 proposed and/or continuing

information collections, 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 Commissions

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.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before May 28, 1996. 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.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to

Dorothy Conway, Federal

Communications, Room 234, 1919 M

St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to dconway@fcc.gov and

Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236

NEOB 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503 or

fain_t@a1.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0685.

Title: Annual Updating of Maximum

Permitted Rates for Regulated Cable

Services.

Form No.: FCC Form 1240.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

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

Governments.

Number of Respondents: 8,475. (5,475

cable operators and 3,000 local

franchise authorities (‘‘LFAs’’).

Estimated Time Per Response: 1–15

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 88,459 hours.

Burden for operators: We estimate that

25% of operators will contract out the

burden of filing and that it will take 1

hour to coordinate information with

those contractors. The remaining 75% of

operators are estimated to employ in

house staff to complete the filing. 1,369

filings (25% contracted out) x 1 hour =

1,369 hours. 4,106 filings (75% in

house) x 15 hours = 61,590 hours.

Additionally, 76.933(g)(2) states: If an

LFA has taken no action within the 90-

day review period, then the proposed

rates may go into effect at the end of the

review period, subject to a prospective

rate reduction and refund if the LFA

subsequently issues a written decision

disapproving any portion of such rates.

However, if an operator inquires as to

whether the LFA intends to issue a rate

order after the initial review period, the

LFA or its designee must notify the

operator of its intent in this regard

within 15 days of the operator’s inquiry.

We estimate this will occur in 25% of

the instances when Form 1240s are filed

by cable operators with their LFAs. 25%

of 3,000 = 750 inquiries at an estimated

1 burden for each inquiry = 750 hours.

Total burden hours to operators = 1,369

+ 61,590 + 750 = 63,709 hours.

Burden to LFAs: The Commission

estimates there will be 3,000 FCC Form

1240s filed with LFAs, annually.

Average LFA reviewing time for each

FCC Form 1240 is estimated to be 8

hours. 3,000 x 8 hours = 24,000 burden

hours.

Additionally, we estimate 750

responses to operator requests pursuant

to 76.933(g)(2). 750 notifications at an

estimated 1 burden hour for each

notification = 750 hours. Total burden

hours to LFAs = (3,000 x 8 hrs.) + (750

x 1 hr.) = 24,750 hrs.

Total burden hours for all

respondents = 63,799 + 24,750 = 88,549

hours.

Costs for Respondents: $2,084,450.

We estimate an annual purchase of

4,000 diskette versions of FCC Form

1240 @ $5 per diskette = $20,000.

Printing, photocopying and postage

costs incurred by respondents is

estimated to be $2 per form (5,475

filings x $2) = $10,950. We estimate

Form 1240 assistance will be performed

by legal and accounting contractors at

an average of $100/hour for 25% of the

filings. $100/hour x 1,369 filings (25%

of Form 1240 filings) x 15 hours =

$2,053,500

Total respondent costs: $20,000 +

$10,950 + 2,053,500 = $2,084,450.

Needs and Uses: Cable operators

submit FCC Form 1240 to their

respective LFAs upon certification to

regulate basic service tier rates and

associated equipment; or with the

Commission (in situations where the

Commission has assumed jurisdiction).

The Form 1240 is also filed with the

Commission pursuant to the cable

programming service tier rate complaint

process. The data will be used by the

Commission and LFAs to adjudicate

permitted rates for regulated cable