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Title: Broadcast Mid-Term Report, 

FCC Form 397. 

Form Number: FCC Form 397. 

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

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,180 respondents and 1,180 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Mid-point 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 590 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No costs. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i) and 303 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The Broadcast MidTerm Report (FCC Form 397) is required 

to be filed by each broadcast television 

station that is part of an employment 

unit with five or more full-time 

employees and each broadcast radio 

station that is part of an employment 

unit with more than ten full-time 

employees. It is a data collection device 

used to assess broadcast compliance 

with EEO outreach requirements in the 

middle of license terms that are eight 

years in duration. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0912. 

Title: Sections 76.501, 76.503 and 

76.504, Cable Attribution Rules. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 40 respondents; 40 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 4 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirements. 

Total Annual Burden: 100 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: No costs. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in Sections 4(i) and 613(f) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.501 Notes 

2(f)(1) and 2(f)(3); 47 CFR 76.503 Note 

2(b)(3); 47 CFR 76.504 Note 1(b)(1) 

requires limited partners, Registered 

Limited Liability Partnerships 

(‘‘RLLPs’’), and Limited Liability 

Companies (‘‘LLCs’’) attempting to 

insulate themselves from attribution to 

file a certification of ‘‘non-involvement’’ 

with the Commission. LLCs who submit 

the non-involvement certification are 

also required to submit a statement 

certifying that the relevant state statute 

authorizing LLCs permits an LLC 

member to insulate itself in the manner 

required by our criteria. 

Sections 76.501 Note 2, 76.503 Note 2, 

and 76.504 Note 1, also provides that 

officers and directors of an entity are 

considered to have a cognizable interest 

in the entity with which they are 

associated. If any such entity engages in 

businesses in addition to its primary 

media business, it may request the 

Commission to waive attribution for any 

officer or director whose duties and 

responsibilities are wholly unrelated to 

its primary business. The officers and 

directors of a parent company of a 

media entity with an attributable 

interest in any such subsidiary entity 

shall be deemed to have a cognizable 

interest in the subsidiary unless the 

duties and responsibilities of the officer 

or director involved are wholly 

unrelated to the media subsidiary and a 

statement properly documenting this 

fact is submitted to the Commission. 

This statement may be included on the 

Licensee Qualification Report. 

47 CFR 76.503 Note 2(b)(1) includes 

a requirement for limited partners who 

are not materially involved, directly or 

indirectly, in the management or 

operation of the media-related activities 

of the partnership to certify that fact or 

be attributed to a limited partnership 

interest. 

47 CFR 76.503(g) states ‘‘Prior to 

acquiring additional multichannel 

video-programming providers, any cable 

operator that serves 20% or more of 

multichannel video-programming 

subscribers nationwide shall certify to 

the Commission, concurrent with its 

applications to the Commission for 

transfer of licenses at issue in the 

acquisition, that no violation of the 

national subscriber limits prescribed in 

this section will occur as a result of 

such acquisition.’’ 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

the Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27461 Filed 11–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1095 and 3060–0888] 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communication 

Commission (FCC or Commission) 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid 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. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before December 22, 

2014. 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 contacts below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 


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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 OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0888. 

Title: Section 1.221, Notice of hearing; 

appearances; Section 1.229 Motions to 

enlarge, change, or delete issues; 

Section 1.248 Prehearing conferences; 

hearing conferences; Section 76.7, 

Petition Procedures; Section 76.9, 

Confidentiality of Proprietary 

Information; Section 76.61, Dispute 

Concerning Carriage; Section 76.914, 

Revocation of Certification; Section 

76.1001, Unfair Practices; Section 

76.1003, Program Access Proceedings; 

Section 76.1302, Carriage Agreement 

Proceedings; Section 76.1513, Open 

Video Dispute Resolution. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 684 respondents; 684 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 6.1 to 

90.5 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

4(i), 303(r), and 628 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 34,816 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $3,160,080. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

A party that wishes to have 

confidentiality for proprietary 

information with respect to a 

submission it is making to the 

Commission must file a petition 

pursuant to the pleading requirements 

in Section 76.7 and use the method 

described in Sections 0.459 and 76.9 to 

demonstrate that confidentiality is 

warranted. 

Needs and Uses: On October 5, 2012, 

we released a Report and Order, 

Revision of the Commission’s Program 

Access Rules et al., MB Docket No. 12– 

68 et al., FCC 12–123 (Oct. 5, 2012) 

(‘‘R&O’’). In the R&O, we declined to 

extend the preemptive prohibition on 

exclusive contracts for satellitedelivered programming between any 

cable operator and any cable-affiliated 

programming vendor in served areas 

beyond its October 5, 2012 expiration 

date (the ‘‘exclusive contract 

prohibition’’). The expiration of the 

exclusive contract prohibition in served 

areas eliminates the filing of complaints 

alleging the existence of an 

impermissible exclusive contract in a 

served area. Although exclusive 

contracts in served areas are no longer 

preemptively prohibited as a result of 

the R&O, a multichannel video 

programming distributor (‘‘MVPD’’) may 

file a program access complaint with the 

Commission alleging that a particular 

exclusive contract violates Section 

628(b) of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), and 

Section 76.1001(a) of the Commission’s 

Rules. 47 U.S.C. 548(b) (prohibiting 

‘‘unfair acts’’ that have the ‘‘purpose or 

effect’’ of ‘‘significantly hindering or 

preventing’’ the complainant from 

providing satellite cable programming 

or satellite broadcast programming); 47 

CFR 76.1001(a). 

47 CFR 1.221(h) requires that, in a 

program carriage complaint proceeding 

filed pursuant to § 76.1302 that the 

Chief, Media Bureau refers to an 

administrative law judge for an initial 

decision, each party, in person or by 

attorney, shall file a written appearance 

within five calendar days after the party 

informs the Chief Administrative Law 

Judge that it elects not to pursue 

alternative dispute resolution pursuant 

to § 76.7(g)(2) or, if the parties have 

mutually elected to pursue alternative 

dispute resolution pursuant to 

§ 76.7(g)(2), within five calendar days 

after the parties inform the Chief 

Administrative Law Judge that they 

have failed to resolve their dispute 

through alternative dispute resolution. 

The written appearance shall state that 

the party will appear on the date fixed 

for hearing and present evidence on the 

issues specified in the hearing 

designation order. 

47 CFR 1.229(b)(3) requires that, in a 

program carriage complaint proceeding 

filed pursuant to § 76.1302 that the 

Chief, Media Bureau refers to an 

administrative law judge for an initial 

decision, a motion to enlarge, change, or 

delete issues shall be filed within 15 

calendar days after the deadline for 

submitting written appearances 

pursuant to § 1.221(h), except that 

persons not named as parties to the 

proceeding in the designation order may 

file such motions with their petitions to 

intervene up to 30 days after publication 

of the full text or a summary of the 

designation order in the Federal 

Register. 

47 CFR 1.229(b)(4) provides that any 

person desiring to file a motion to 

modify the issues after the expiration of 

periods specified in paragraphs (a), 

(b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3) of 47 CFR 1.229, 

shall set forth the reason why it was not 

possible to file the motion within the 

prescribed period. 

47 CFR 1.248(a) provides that the 

initial prehearing conference as directed 

by the Commission shall be scheduled 

30 days after the effective date of the 

order designating a case for hearing, 

unless good cause is shown for 

scheduling such conference at a later 

date, except that for program carriage 

complaints filed pursuant to § 76.1302 

that the Chief, Media Bureau refers to an 

administrative law judge for an initial 

decision, the initial prehearing 

conference shall be held no later than 10 

calendar days after the deadline for 

submitting written appearances 

pursuant to § 1.221(h) or within such 

shorter or longer period as the 

Commission may allow on motion or 

notice consistent with the public 

interest. 

47 CFR 1.248(b) provides that the 

initial prehearing conference as directed 

by the presiding officer shall be 

scheduled 30 days after the effective 

date of the order designating a case for 

hearing, unless good cause is shown for 

scheduling such conference at a later 

date, except that for program carriage 

complaints filed pursuant to § 76.1302 

that the Chief, Media Bureau refers to an 

administrative law judge for an initial 

decision, the initial prehearing 

conference shall be held no later than 10 

calendar days after the deadline for 

submitting written appearances 

pursuant to § 1.221(h) or within such 

shorter or longer period as the presiding 

officer may allow on motion or notice 

consistent with the public interest. 

47 CFR 76.7. Pleadings seeking to 

initiate FCC action must adhere to the 

requirements of Section 76.6 (general 

pleading requirements) and Section 76.7 

(initiating pleading requirements). 

Section 76.7 is used for numerous types 

of petitions and special relief petitions, 

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special relief, waivers, enforcement, 

show cause, forfeiture and declaratory 

ruling procedures. 

47 CFR 76.7(g)(2) provides that, in a 

proceeding initiated pursuant to § 76.7 

that is referred to an administrative law 

judge, the parties may elect to resolve 

the dispute through alternative dispute 

resolution procedures, or may proceed 

with an adjudicatory hearing, provided 

that the election shall be submitted in 

writing to the Commission and the Chief 

Administrative Law Judge. 

47 CFR 76.9. A party that wishes to 

have confidentiality for proprietary 

information with respect to a 

submission it is making to the FCC must 

file a petition pursuant to the pleading 

requirements in Section 76.7 and use 

the method described in Sections 0.459 

and 76.9 to demonstrate that 

confidentiality is warranted. The 

petitions filed pursuant to this provision 

are contained in the existing 

information collection requirement and 

are not changed by the rule changes. 

47 CFR 76.61(a) permits a local 

commercial television station or 

qualified low power television station 

that is denied carriage or channel 

positioning or repositioning in 

accordance with the must-carry rules by 

a cable operator to file a complaint with 

the FCC in accordance with the 

procedures set forth in Section 76.7. 

Section 76.61(b) permits a qualified 

local noncommercial educational 

television station that believes a cable 

operator has failed to comply with the 

FCC’s signal carriage or channel 

positioning requirements (Sections 

76.56 through 76.57) to file a complaint 

with the FCC in accordance with the 

procedures set forth in Section 76.7. 

47 CFR 76.61(a)(1) states that 

whenever a local commercial television 

station or a qualified low power 

television station believes that a cable 

operator has failed to meet its carriage 

or channel positioning obligations, 

pursuant to Sections 76.56 and 76.57, 

such station shall notify the operator, in 

writing, of the alleged failure and 

identify its reasons for believing that the 

cable operator is obligated to carry the 

signal of such station or position such 

signal on a particular channel. 

47 CFR 76.61(a)(2) states that the 

cable operator shall, within 30 days of 

receipt of such written notification, 

respond in writing to such notification 

and either commence to carry the signal 

of such station in accordance with the 

terms requested or state its reasons for 

believing that it is not obligated to carry 

such signal or is in compliance with the 

channel positioning and repositioning 

and other requirements of the mustcarry rules. If a refusal for carriage is 

based on the station’s distance from the 

cable system’s principal headend, the 

operator’s response shall include the 

location of such headend. If a cable 

operator denies carriage on the basis of 

the failure of the station to deliver a 

good quality signal at the cable system’s 

principal headend, the cable operator 

must provide a list of equipment used 

to make the measurements, the point of 

measurement and a list and detailed 

description of the reception and overthe-air signal processing equipment 

used, including sketches such as block 

diagrams and a description of the 

methodology used for processing the 

signal at issue, in its response. 

47 CFR 76.914(c) permits a cable 

operator seeking revocation of a 

franchising authority’s certification to 

file a petition with the FCC in 

accordance with the procedures set 

forth in Section 76.7. 

47 CFR 76.1003(a) permits any 

multichannel video programming 

distributor (MVPD) aggrieved by 

conduct that it believes constitute a 

violation of the FCC’s competitive 

access to cable programming rules to 

commence an adjudicatory proceeding 

at the FCC to obtain enforcement of the 

rules through the filing of a complaint, 

which must be filed and responded to 

in accordance with the procedures 

specified in Section 76.7, except to the 

extent such procedures are modified by 

Section 76.1003. 

47 CFR 76.1001(b)(2) permits any 

multichannel video programming 

distributor to commence an 

adjudicatory proceeding by filing a 

complaint with the Commission alleging 

that a cable operator, a satellite cable 

programming vendor in which a cable 

operator has an attributable interest, or 

a satellite broadcast programming 

vendor, has engaged in an unfair act 

involving terrestrially delivered, cableaffiliated programming, which must be 

filed and responded to in accordance 

with the procedures specified in § 76.7, 

except to the extent such procedures are 

modified by §§ 76.1001(b)(2) and 

76.1003. In program access cases 

involving terrestrially delivered, cableaffiliated programming, the defendant 

has 45 days from the date of service of 

the complaint to file an answer, unless 

otherwise directed by the Commission. 

A complainant shall have the burden of 

proof that the defendant’s alleged 

conduct has the purpose or effect of 

hindering significantly or preventing the 

complainant from providing satellite 

cable programming or satellite broadcast 

programming to subscribers or 

consumers; an answer to such a 

complaint shall set forth the defendant’s 

reasons to support a finding that the 

complainant has not carried this 

burden. In addition, a complainant 

alleging that a terrestrial cable 

programming vendor has engaged in 

discrimination shall have the burden of 

proof that the terrestrial cable 

programming vendor is wholly owned 

by, controlled by, or under common 

control with a cable operator or cable 

operators, satellite cable programming 

vendor or vendors in which a cable 

operator has an attributable interest, or 

satellite broadcast programming vendor 

or vendors; an answer to such a 

complaint shall set forth the defendant’s 

reasons to support a finding that the 

complainant has not carried this 

burden. In addition, a complainant that 

wants a currently pending complaint 

involving terrestrially delivered, cableaffiliated programming considered 

under the rules must submit a 

supplemental filing alleging that the 

defendant has engaged in an unfair act 

after the effective date of the rules. In 

such case, the complaint and 

supplement will be considered pursuant 

to the rules and the defendant will have 

an opportunity to answer the 

supplemental filing, as set forth in the 

rules. 

47 CFR 76.1003(b) requires any 

aggrieved MVPD intending to file a 

complaint under this section to first 

notify the potential defendant cable 

operator, and/or the potential defendant 

satellite cable programming vendor or 

satellite broadcast programming vendor, 

that it intends to file a complaint with 

the Commission based on actions 

alleged to violate one or more of the 

provisions contained in Sections 

76.1001 or 76.1002 of this part. The 

notice must be sufficiently detailed so 

that its recipient(s) can determine the 

nature of the potential complaint. The 

potential complainant must allow a 

minimum of ten (10) days for the 

potential defendant(s) to respond before 

filing a complaint with the Commission. 

47 CFR 76.1003(c) describes the 

required contents of a program access 

complaint, in addition to the 

requirements of Section 76.7 of this 

part. 

47 CFR 76.1003(c)(3) requires a 

program access complaint to contain 

evidence that the complainant competes 

with the defendant cable operator, or 

with a multichannel video programming 

distributor that is a customer of the 

defendant satellite cable programming 

or satellite broadcast programming 

vendor or a terrestrial cable 

programming vendor alleged to have 

engaged in conduct described in 

§ 76.1001(b)(1). 

47 CFR 76.1003(d) states that, in a 

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sought, the complaint shall contain a 

clear and unequivocal request for 

damages and appropriate allegations in 

support of such claim. 

47 CFR 76.1003(e)(1) requires cable 

operators, satellite cable programming 

vendors, or satellite broadcast 

programming vendors whom expressly 

reference and rely upon a document in 

asserting a defense to a program access 

complaint filed or in responding to a 

material allegation in a program access 

complaint filed pursuant to Section 

76.1003, to include such document or 

documents, such as contracts for 

carriage of programming referenced and 

relied on, as part of the answer. Except 

as otherwise provided or directed by the 

Commission, any cable operator, 

satellite cable programming vendor or 

satellite broadcast programming vendor 

upon which a program access complaint 

is served under this section shall answer 

within forty-five (45) days of service of 

the complaint. 

47 CFR 76.1003(e)(2) requires an 

answer to an exclusivity complaint to 

provide the defendant’s reasons for 

refusing to sell the subject programming 

to the complainant. In addition, the 

defendant may submit its programming 

contracts covering the area specified in 

the complaint with its answer to refute 

allegations concerning the existence of 

an impermissible exclusive contract. If 

there are no contracts governing the 

specified area, the defendant shall so 

certify in its answer. Any contracts 

submitted pursuant to this provision 

may be protected as proprietary 

pursuant to Section 76.9 of this part. 

47 CFR 76.1003(e)(3) requires an 

answer to a discrimination complaint to 

state the reasons for any differential in 

prices, terms or conditions between the 

complainant and its competitor, and to 

specify the particular justification set 

forth in Section 76.1002(b) of this part 

relied upon in support of the 

differential. 

47 CFR 76.1003(e)(4) requires an 

answer to a complaint alleging an 

unreasonable refusal to sell 

programming to state the defendant’s 

reasons for refusing to sell to the 

complainant, or for refusing to sell to 

the complainant on the same terms and 

conditions as complainant’s competitor, 

and to specify why the defendant’s 

actions are not discriminatory. 

47 CFR 76.1003(f) provides that, 

within fifteen (15) days after service of 

an answer, unless otherwise directed by 

the Commission, the complainant may 

file and serve a reply which shall be 

responsive to matters contained in the 

answer and shall not contain new 

matters. 

47 CFR 76.1003(g) states that any 

complaint filed pursuant to this 

subsection must be filed within one year 

of the date on which one of three 

specified events occurs. 

47 CFR 76.1003(h) sets forth the 

remedies that are available for violations 

of the program access rules, which 

include the imposition of damages, and/ 

or the establishment of prices, terms, 

and conditions for the sale of 

programming to the aggrieved 

multichannel video programming 

distributor, as well as sanctions 

available under title V or any other 

provision of the Communications Act. 

47 CFR 76.1003(j) states in addition to 

the general pleading and discovery rules 

contained in § 76.7 of this part, parties 

to a program access complaint may 

serve requests for discovery directly on 

opposing parties, and file a copy of the 

request with the Commission. The 

respondent shall have the opportunity 

to object to any request for documents 

that are not in its control or relevant to 

the dispute. Such request shall be heard, 

and determination made, by the 

Commission. Until the objection is ruled 

upon, the obligation to produce the 

disputed material is suspended. Any 

party who fails to timely provide 

discovery requested by the opposing 

party to which it has not raised an 

objection as described above, or who 

fails to respond to a Commission order 

for discovery material, may be deemed 

in default and an order may be entered 

in accordance with the allegations 

contained in the complaint, or the 

complaint may be dismissed with 

prejudice. 

47 CFR 76.1003(l) permits a program 

access complainant seeking renewal of 

an existing programming contract to file 

a petition along with its complaint 

requesting a temporary standstill of the 

price, terms, and other conditions of the 

existing programming contract pending 

resolution of the complaint, to which 

the defendant will have the opportunity 

to respond within 10 days of service of 

the petition, unless otherwise directed 

by the Commission. 

47 CFR 76.1302(a) states that any 

video programming vendor or 

multichannel video programming 

distributor aggrieved by conduct that it 

believes constitute a violation of the 

regulations set forth in this subpart may 

commence an adjudicatory proceeding 

at the Commission to obtain 

enforcement of the rules through the 

filing of a complaint. 

47 CFR 76.1302(b) states that any 

aggrieved video programming vendor or 

multichannel video programming 

distributor intending to file a complaint 

under this section must first notify the 

potential defendant multichannel video 

programming distributor that it intends 

to file a complaint with the Commission 

based on actions alleged to violate one 

or more of the provisions contained in 

Section 76.1301 of this part. The notice 

must be sufficiently detailed so that its 

recipient(s) can determine the specific 

nature of the potential complaint. The 

potential complainant must allow a 

minimum of ten (10) days for the 

potential defendant(s) to respond before 

filing a complaint with the Commission. 

47 CFR 76.1302(c) specifies the 

content of carriage agreement 

complaints. 

47 CFR 76.1302(c)(1) provides that a 

program carriage complaint filed 

pursuant to § 76.1302 must contain the 

following: Whether the complainant is a 

multichannel video programming 

distributor or video programming 

vendor, and, in the case of a 

multichannel video programming 

distributor, identify the type of 

multichannel video programming 

distributor, the address and telephone 

number of the complainant, what type 

of multichannel video programming 

distributor the defendant is, and the 

address and telephone number of each 

defendant. 

47 CFR 76.1302(d) sets forth the 

evidence that a program carriage 

complaint filed pursuant to § 76.1302 

must contain in order to establish a 

prima facie case of a violation of 

§ 76.1301. 

47 CFR 76.1302(e)(1) provides that a 

multichannel video programming 

distributor upon whom a program 

carriage complaint filed pursuant to 

§ 76.1302 is served shall answer within 

sixty (60) days of service of the 

complaint, unless otherwise directed by 

the Commission. 

47 CFR 76.1302(e)(2) states that an 

answer to a program carriage complaint 

shall address the relief requested in the 

complaint, including legal and 

documentary support, for such 

response, and may include an 

alternative relief proposal without any 

prejudice to any denials or defenses 

raised. 

47 CFR 76.1302(f) states that within 

twenty (20) days after service of an 

answer, unless otherwise directed by 

the Commission, the complainant may 

file and serve a reply which shall be 

responsive to matters contained in the 

answer and shall not contain new 

matters. 

47 CFR 76.1302(h) states that any 

complaint filed pursuant to this 

subsection must be filed within one year 

of the date on which one of three events 

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47 CFR 76.1302(j)(1) states that upon 

completion of such adjudicatory 

proceeding, the Commission shall order 

appropriate remedies, including, if 

necessary, mandatory carriage of a video 

programming vendor’s programming on 

defendant’s video distribution system, 

or the establishment of prices, terms, 

and conditions for the carriage of a 

video programming vendor’s 

programming. 

47 CFR 76.1302(k) permits a program 

carriage complainant seeking renewal of 

an existing programming contract to file 

a petition along with its complaint 

requesting a temporary standstill of the 

price, terms, and other conditions of the 

existing programming contract pending 

resolution of the complaint, to which 

the defendant will have the opportunity 

to respond within 10 days of service of 

the petition, unless otherwise directed 

by the Commission. To allow for 

sufficient time to consider the petition 

for temporary standstill prior to the 

expiration of the existing programming 

contract, the petition for temporary 

standstill and complaint shall be filed 

no later than thirty (30) days prior to the 

expiration of the existing programming 

contract. 

47 CFR 76.1513(a) permits any party 

aggrieved by conduct that it believes 

constitute a violation of the FCC’s 

regulations or in section 653 of the 

Communications Act (47 U.S.C. 573) to 

commence an adjudicatory proceeding 

at the Commission to obtain 

enforcement of the rules through the 

filing of a complaint, which must be 

filed and responded to in accordance 

with the procedures specified in Section 

76.7, except to the extent such 

procedures are modified by Section 

76.1513. 

47 CFR 76.1513(b) provides that an 

open video system operator may not 

provide in its carriage contracts with 

programming providers that any dispute 

must be submitted to arbitration, 

mediation, or any other alternative 

method for dispute resolution prior to 

submission of a complaint to the 

Commission. 

47 CFR 76.1513(c) requires that any 

aggrieved party intending to file a 

complaint under this section must first 

notify the potential defendant open 

video system operator that it intends to 

file a complaint with the Commission 

based on actions alleged to violate one 

or more of the provisions contained in 

this part or in Section 653 of the 

Communications Act. The notice must 

be in writing and must be sufficiently 

detailed so that its recipient(s) can 

determine the specific nature of the 

potential complaint. The potential 

complainant must allow a minimum of 

ten (10) days for the potential 

defendant(s) to respond before filing a 

complaint with the Commission. 

47 CFR 76.1513(d) describes the 

contents of an open video system 

complaint. 

47 CFR 76.1513(e) addresses answers 

to open video system complaints. 

47 CFR 76.1513(f) states within 

twenty (20) days after service of an 

answer, the complainant may file and 

serve a reply which shall be responsive 

to matters contained in the answer and 

shall not contain new matters. 

47 CFR 76.1513(g) requires that any 

complaint filed pursuant to this 

subsection must be filed within one year 

of the date on which one of three events 

occurs. 

47 CFR 76.1513(h) states that upon 

completion of the adjudicatory 

proceeding, the Commission shall order 

appropriate remedies, including, if 

necessary, the requiring carriage, 

awarding damages to any person denied 

carriage, or any combination of such 

sanctions. Such order shall set forth a 

timetable for compliance, and shall 

become effective upon release. 

OMB Control No.: 3060–1095. 

Title: Surrenders of Authorizations for 

International Carrier, Space Station and 

Earth Station Licensees. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 8 

respondents; 8 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

The statutory authority for this 

information collection is contained in 

Sections 4(i), 7(a), 11, 303(c), 303(f), 

303(g), and 303(r) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended; 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 157(a), 161, 

303(c), 303(f), 303(g), and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 8 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

In general, there is no need for 

confidentiality with is collection of 

information. 

Needs and Uses: This collection will 

be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) as a 

revision after this 60 day comment 

period has ended in order to obtain the 

full three-year clearance from OMB. 

The purpose of the revision is to 

remove the information collection 

requirements that are contained in 47 

CFR 25.110 from OMB Control No. 

3060–1095. The information collection 

requirements that that are contained in 

47 CFR 25.110 were consolidated into 

OMB Control No. 3060–0678. 

Licensees file surrenders of 

authorizations with the Commission on 

a voluntary basis. This information is 

used by Commission staff to issue 

Public Notices to announce the 

surrenders of authorization to the 

general public. The Commission’s 

release of Public Notices is critical to 

keeping the general public abreast of the 

licensees’ discontinuance of 

telecommunications services. 

Without this collection of 

information, licensees would be 

required to submit surrenders of 

authorizations to the Commission by 

letter which is more time consuming 

than submitting such requests to the 

Commission electronically. In addition, 

Commission staff would spend an 

extensive amount of time processing 

surrenders of authorizations received by 

letter. 

The collection of information saves 

time for both licensees and Commission 

staff since they are received in MyIBFS 

electronically and include only the 

information that is essential to process 

the requests in a timely manner. 

Furthermore, the E-filing module 

expedites the Commission staff’s 

announcement of surrenders of 

authorizations via Public Notice. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

the Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27460 Filed 11–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[IB Docket No. 04–286; DA 14–1637] 

Seventh Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee for the 2015 World Radio 

Communication Conference 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice advises interested persons that 

the seventh meeting of the WRC–15 

Advisory Committee will be held on 

December 17, 2014, at the Federal 

Communications Commission. The 

Advisory Committee will consider 

recommendations from its Informal 

Working Groups. 

DATES: December 17, 2014; 11:00 a.m. 


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