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employees and some federal contractors

with 50 or more employees are required

to submit EEO–1 reports annually. The

EEO–1 data collection program has

existed since 1966. The individual

reports are confidential.

EEO–1 data are used by the EEOC to

investigate charges of employment

discrimination against employers in

private industry and to provide

information on the employment status

of minorities and women. The data are

shared with the Office of Federal

Contract Compliance Programs

(OFCCP), U.S. Department of Labor, and

several other federal agencies. Pursuant

to Section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964, as amended, EEO–

1 data are also shared with 86 State and

local Fair Employment Practices

Agencies (FEPAs).

Burden Statement: The estimated

number of respondents included in the

annual EEO–1 survey is 45,000 private

employers. The estimated number of

responses per respondent is between 2

and 3 EEO–1 reports. The annual

number of responses is approximately

126,700, and the total hours of annual

burden is 463,700. The estimated total

annual response hours is substantially

reduced from that reported in the most

previous EEO–1 OMB Clearance

Package. The reduction of 64,800 annual

burden hours is directly linked to the

ever increasing number of employers

who choose to submit computer

generated reports.

Dated: June 13, 1996.

For the Commission.

Maria Borrero,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 96–15588 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collections Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

May 6, 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 [insert date 30

days after date of publication in the

Federal Register]. 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: New

Collection.

Title: Alternative Broadcast

Inspection Program.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: New Collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 50

respodents performing 50 inspections

per year. The total annual responses is

2,500.

Estimated Time Per Response: 6

minutes per inspection.

Total Annual Burden: 250 hours.

Estimated Costs Per Response:

Estimated to be $.50 per notification for

mailing.

Needs and Uses: The Commission is

establishing a voluntary ABIP where

entities that conduct the ABIP

inspection (usually state broadcast

associations) will notify the

Commission of the stations that have

passed inspection. This information

collection will require entities to file a

statement with their local FCC field

office, by regular or electronic mail, that

a given station within the field office’s

geographic district has passed an ABIP

inspection. The Commission will use

the information to determine which

stations are exempted for a two or three

year period from random inspections

conducted by the local FCC field office.

OMB Number: 3060-0214.

Title: Section 73.3526 Local Public

Inspection File of Commercial Stations.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 10,215

commecial radio licensees

recordkeepers; 1,181 commercial TV

licensees recordkeepers; 1,181

commercial TV stations making mustcarry/retransmission consent elections.

Estimated time per response: 104

hours per year for radio recordkeeping;

130 hours per year for TV

recordkeeping; 5 hours per election

statement to 1 hour for 50 cable systems

per TV market.

Total annual burden hours: 2,101,640

hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.3526

requires that each licensee/permittee of

a commercial broadcast station maintain

a file for public inspection. The contents

of the file vary according to type of

service and status. The contents

include, but are not limited to, copies of

certain applications tendered for filing,

a statement concerning petitions to deny

filed against such applications, copies of

ownership reports and annual

employment reports, statements

certifying compliance with filing

announcements in connection with

renewal applications, letters received

from members of the public, etc. The

data are used by the public and FCC to

evaluate information about the

broadcast licensee’s performance, to

ensure that broadcast stations are

addressing issues concerning the

community to which it is licensed to

serve and to ensure that radio stations

entering into time brokerage agreements

comply with Commission policies

pertaining to licensee control and to the

Communications Act and the antitrust

laws. Broadcasters are required to send

each cable operator in the station’s

market a copy of the election statement

applicable to that particular cable

operator. Placing these retransmission

consent/must-carry elections in the

public file provide public access to

documentation of station’s elections

which are used by cable operators in
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negotiations with television stations and

by the public to ascertain why some

stations are/are not carried by the cable

systems.

OMB Number: 3060-0543.

Title: Section 21.913 Signal booster

stations.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Revision of an

existing collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 600.

Estimated time per response: 2.5

hours per certification. This includes

0.5 hours for the licensee to convey its

desire to install a low power booster

station and 2 hours for a consulting

engineer to prepare the certification.

Total annual burden: 300.

Annual Cost Per Respondent: $250

per certification. This estimates is the

cost for the licensee consulting an

engineer to prepare the certification.

Needs and Uses: On 6/9/93, OMB

approved the Amendment of Parts 1, 2

and 21 of the Commission’s Rules

Governing Use of the Frequencies in the

2.1 amd 2.5 GHz Bands. That approval

contained various rule parts contained

in Parts 21 and 74 of the Commission’s

Rules. Since that time, all rule sections

incorporated into that approval have

been reapproved under different OMB

control numbers expect Section 21.913.

Section 21.913(g) permits an MDS or

ITFS licensee to install and commence

operation of low power signal booster

stations without a formal application.

Licensees seeking to install a low power

signal booster station must, however,

submit a certification demonstrating

compliance with the various

components of Sections 21.913(g). This

certification must be submitted within

48 hours of installation of the booster

station. The data are used by FCC staff

to verify that the licensee has complied

with guidelines to use the certification

process and that the booster would not

cause objectionable interference.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15474 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

June 12, 1996.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13. An agency may not conduct

or sponsor and a person is not required

to respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid

control number. For further information

contact Shoko B. Hair, Federal

Communications Commission, (202)

418–1379.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0536.

Expiration Date: 06/30/99.

Title: Rules and Requirements for

Telecommunications Relay Services

(TRS) Interstate Cost Recovery.

Form No.: FCC Form 431.

Estimated Annual Burden: 15,593

total annual hours; 3.1 hours per

respondent (avg.); 5000 respondents.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Description: Title IV of the Americans

with Disabilities Act, Pub. L. No. 101–

336, Section 401, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69

requires the Federal Communications

Commission (Commission) to ensure

that telecommunications relay services

are available to persons with hearing

and speech disabilities in the United

States. Among other things, the

Commission is required by 47 U.S.C.

Section 225(d)(3) to enact and oversee a

shared-funding mechanism (TRS Fund)

for recovering the costs of providing

interstate TRS. The Commission’s rules

require all carriers providing interstate

telecommunications services to

contribute to the TRS Fund on an

annual basis. Contributions are the

product of the carrier’s gross interstate

revenues for the previous year and a

contribution factor determined annually

by the Commission. The collected

contributions are used to compensate

TRS providers for the costs of providing

interstate TRS service. FCC Form 431 is

the form which carriers use to calculate

and file their annual TRS Fund

contributions. FCC Form 431 is being

updated to include the new expiration

date.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0392.

Expiration Date: 05/31/99.

Title: Pole Attachment Complaint

Procedures (Sections 1.1401–1.1415).

Estimated Annual Burden: 42 total

annual hours; 3 hours per respondent

(avg.); 14 respondents.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Description: Congress mandated

pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 224 that

the FCC ensures that the rates, terms

and conditions under which cable

television operators attach their

hardware to utility poles are just and

reasonable. Section 224 also mandates

establishment of an appropriate

mechanism to hear and resolve

complaints concerning the rates, terms

and conditions for pole attachments.

Section 1.1401–1.1415 contained in

Subpart J of part 1 were promulgated to

implement Section 224. See 47 CFR

Sections 1.1401–1.1415. The

information is submitted primarily by

cable television operators in regards to

complaints concerning the rates, terms

and conditions for pole attachments.

The information will be used to either

determine the merits of the complaint

including calculating the maximum rate

under the Commission’s formula. The

respondents affected are cable television

operators and utility companies.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15473 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA) is

submitting a request for review and

approval of an information collection in

accordance with the emergency

processing procedures under OMB

regulation 5 CFR 1320.13. FEMA is

requesting this information collection be

approved for use through September

1996. OMB clearance and approval is

requested by June 14, 1996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Flood Insurance Reform Act of

1994 (NFIRA), signed into law by the

President in September 1994,

established the Flood Insurance

Interagency Task Force to carry out

certain specific duties. One major duty

is to determine the reasonableness of

fees charged pursuant to section 102(h)

of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of

1973, for costs of determining whether

the property securing a loan is located

in an area having special flood hazards;

and whether the fees charged pursuant

to such section by lenders and servicers

are greater than the amounts paid by

such lenders and servicers to persons

actually conducting such

determinations, and the extent to which

the fees exceed such amounts.