Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Federal Register: March 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 62)

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval, Comments Requested

March 25, 2008.

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 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be submitted on or before April 30, 2008. 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 listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of

Management and Budget, via Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov or via fax at (202) 395-5167 and to Cathy Williams, Federal

Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC or via Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov or

PRA@fcc.gov. 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 title of this ICR (or its OMB control number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference Number to view detailed information about this

ICR.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies of the information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418- 2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060-0647.

Title: Annual Cable Price Survey and Supplemental Questions.

Form Number: Not applicable.

Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 758.

Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours to 10 hours.

Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 9,096 hours.

Total Annual Cost: None.

Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).

Nature of Response: Mandatory.

Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.

Needs and Uses: Section 623(k) of the Cable Television Consumer

Protection and Competition Act of 1992 requires the Commission to publish annually a statistical report on average rates for basic cable service, cable programming service, and equipment. The report must compare the prices charged by cable operators subject to ``effective competition'' and those not subject to effective competition. The data from these supplemental questions are needed to complete this report.

The Commission determined that a small number of additional questions related to the cable industry's carriage of digital broadcast signals would be needed to complete the 2007/2008 report on cable industry prices that will be prepared later this year based on the findings from the survey. The increased burden to this information collection represents the burden associated with the supplemental questionnaire.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

FR Doc. E8-6594 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am

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