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OMB Control No:
3060-0214
ICR Reference No:
201507-3060-006
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
201205-3060-005
Agency/Subagency:
FCC
Agency Tracking No:
MB
Title:
Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection File, Sections 73.1212, 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files
Type of Information Collection:
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Approved without change
Conclusion Date:
09/02/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
07/08/2015
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
09/30/2018
36 Months From Approved
09/30/2015
Responses
63,234
0
59,056
Time Burden (Hours)
2,375,336
0
2,158,080
Cost Burden (Dollars)
882,236
0
882,236
Abstract:
On October 27, 2011, the Commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("FNPRM") in MM Docket 00-168, FCC 11-162, In the Matter of Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast Licensee Public Interest Obligations. The FNPRM proposes to largely replace the decades-old requirement that commercial and noncommercial television stations maintain a paper public file at their main studios with a requirement to submit documents for inclusion in an online public file to be hosted by the Commission. On April 27, 2012, the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order in MM Docket 00-168, FCC 12-44, In the Matter of Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast Licensee Public Interest Obligations. This Second Report and Order adopted the FNPRM proposal that commercial and noncommercial television stations be required to maintain a public inspection file to be located on the Commission's website instead of being maintained in the public file at the station. The FNPRM proposed a few changes from the existing public file requirements, and the Second Report and Order adopted most but not all of those proposals. First, the FNPRM sought comment on ways to streamline the information required to be kept in the file, and proposed that letters and emails from the public should be excluded from the online posting requirement, and instead be retained at the station in a correspondence file. The Second Report and Order adopted this exemption. The FNPRM also proposed that a few items should be added to the online public file. First, we proposed that stations will need to include their main studio location in the online public file. Second, we proposed that sponsorship identifications, now disclosed only on-air, also be disclosed in the online public file. The FNPRM also proposed to require disclosure of online of shared services agreements, some of which currently need to be included in the public file. The FNPRM noted that the increased burdens imposed by including these new items will be offset in part by reducing burdens by placing the public file online in a database to be hosted by the Commission. The Second Report and Order declined to adopt new requirements, instead limiting this proceeding to merely transferring the existing public file online. Because more than a third of the required contents of the public file have to be filed with the Commission in our Consolidated DataBase System ("CDBS") under current rules, we proposed in the FNPRM that we would import and update any information that must already be filed with the Commission electronically in CDBS to each station's public file, which will be part of a database of all television station public files on the Commission's website. We anticipated that this would create efficiencies for broadcasters, since they must currently upload such filings to CDBS and then also ensure that the same documents are included in the public file kept at the station. Under the proposed mechanism, broadcasters would be responsible for uploading only those items not otherwise filed with the Commission or available on the Commission's website. Under the proposed rules, television stations would need to link to the public inspection file hosted on the Commission's website from the home page of its own website, if the station has a website. The Second Report and Order adopted this approach. On November 22, 2011, the Commission submitted the FNPRM's proposed information collection requirements for collection 3060-0214 to OMB for review and approval. The Commission received final approval for the information collection requirements that are contained in this collection, based on the final rules that were adopted in FCC 12-44 from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on June 21, 2012.
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
47 USC 151, 152, 154(i), 303,307, 308
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
Not associated with rulemaking
Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
80 FR 26047
05/06/2015
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
80 FR 39112
07/08/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
Yes
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
2
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection File, Sections 73.1212, 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files
Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection File, Sections 73.1212, 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
63,234
59,056
0
0
4,178
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
2,375,336
2,158,080
0
0
217,256
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
882,236
882,236
0
0
0
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Increase Due to:
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement:
There are no program changes to this collection. However, there are adjustments/increases which are due to the Commission readjusting our burdens for this collection. They are as follows: 4,178 to the annual responses and 217,256 to the annual burden hours.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$150,000
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods?
No
Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002?
No
Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]?
No
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?
No
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
No
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response?
Uncollected
Agency Contact:
Kim Matthews 202 418-2130
Common Form ICR:
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date:
07/08/2015
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