2014 Quadrennial Regulatory Review
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 57 (Friday, March 23, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2018)
Rules and Regulations
Pages 12680-12681
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2018-05728
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
MB Docket Nos. 14-50, 09-182, 07-294 and 04-256; FCC 16-107
2014 Quadrennial Regulatory Review
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the request for the information collection requirements contained in the Commission's 2014 Quadrennial Regulatory Review Second Report and Order, FCC 16-107. This document is consistent with the Second Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of these rules.
DATES: 47 CFR 73.3526, published at 81 FR 76220, November 1, 2016, is effective on March 23, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams by email at email protected and telephone at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on March 12, 2018, OMB approved the request that the Commission submitted pertaining to the revisions to Sec. 73.3526 contained in the Commission's Second Report and Order, FCC 16-107, published at 81 FR 76220, November 1, 2016. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0214. The changes to OMB control number 3060-0214 modified the burden hours and annual costs to the information collection. The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective date of the rules.
Synopsis: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), the FCC is notifying the public that OMB approved changes to information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.3526. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB 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 that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0214.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
OMB Approval Date: March 12, 2018.
OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2021.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files; Sections 73.1212, 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
Form Number: None.
Respondents: Business or other for profit entities; Not for profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal government; Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 24,013 respondents; 63,261 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-52 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, Recordkeeping requirement, Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority that covers this information collection is contained in Sections 151, 152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 2,067,853 Hours.
Total Annual Cost: $27,168.
Privacy Impact Assessment: The Commission prepared a system of records notice (SORN), FCC/MB-2, ``Broadcast Station Public Inspection Files,'' that covers the PII contained in the broadcast station public inspection files located on the Commission's website. The Commission will revise appropriate privacy requirements as necessary to include any entities and information added to the online public file in this proceeding.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Most of the documents comprising the public file consist of materials that are not of a confidential nature. Respondents complying with the information collection requirements may request that the information they submit be withheld from disclosure. If confidentiality is requested, such requests will be processed in accordance with the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
In addition, the Commission has adopted provisions that permit respondents subject to the information collection requirement for Shared Service Agreements to redact confidential or proprietary information from their disclosures.
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements included under this OMB Control Number 3060-0214, requires commercial broadcast stations to maintain for public inspection a file containing the material set forth in 47 CFR 73.3526.
This revised collection reflects the burden associated with the Shared Service Agreement disclosure requirements adopted in the 2014 Quadrennial Regulatory Review (81 FR 76220, Nov. 1, 2016, FCC 16-107, rel. Aug. 25, 2016) and affirmed in the 2014 Quadrennial Regulatory Review Order on Reconsideration (83 FR 733, Jan. 8, 2018, FCC 17-156, rel. Nov. 20, 2017). The collection requires commercial television stations to place in their online public inspection file a copy of every Shared Service Agreement for the station (with the substance of oral agreements reported in writing), regardless of whether the agreement involves commercial television stations in the same market or in different markets, with confidential or proprietary information redacted where appropriate. For purposes of this collection, a Shared Service Agreement is any agreement or series of agreements in which (1) a station provides any station-related services, including, but not limited to, administrative, technical, sales, and/or programming support, to a station that is not directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted under the Commission's regulations; or (2) stations that are not directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted under the Commission's regulations collaborate to provide or enable the provision of station-related services, including, but not limited to, administrative, technical, sales, and/or programming support, to one or more of the collaborating stations. For purposes of this collection, the term ``station'' includes the licensee, including any subsidiaries and affiliates, and any other individual or entity with an attributable interest in the station.
This information collection requirement will provide the Commission and the public with more comprehensive information about the prevalence and content of Shared Service Agreements between television stations, which will improve the Commission's and the public's ability to assess the potential impact of these agreements on the Commission's rules and policies.
The information collection requirements contained under 47 CFR
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73.1212, 73.3527, 73.1943 and 76.1701 are still a part of the information collection and remain unchanged since last approved by OMB.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
FR Doc. 2018-05728 Filed 3-22-18; 8:45 am
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