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OMB Control No: 3060-0761	ICR Reference No: 201001-3060-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200903-3060-007
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: CGB
Title: Section 79.1 Closed Captioning, CG Docket No. 05-231
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/06/2010
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/06/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2012	07/31/2012	07/31/2012
Responses	111,247	0	111,247
Time Burden (Hours)	226,452	0	226,452
Cost Burden (Dollars)	38,283,630	0	38,283,630

Abstract: On November 7, 2008, the Commission released the 2008 Closed Captioning Declaratory Ruling and Order, CG Docket No. 05-231 and ET Docket No. 99-254, FCC 08-255. In the Order, the Commission amended its rules to provide for more efficient complaint processes and methods for consumers to contact video programming distributors with concerns about closed captioning. The Commission is submitting this non-substantial change request to inform OMB that a third method to comply with the contact information submission requirement has been devised by the Commission. Video Programming Distributors (VPDs) can now submit the required contact information via a webform option.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 613 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:
3060-AI72	Final or interim final rulemaking	74 FR 1594	01/13/2009

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 1685	01/13/2009
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 12360	03/24/2009
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
Section 79.1 Closed Captioning
Section 79.1, Closed Captioning

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	111,247	111,247
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	226,452	226,452
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	38,283,630	38,283,630

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: This supporting statement contains various adjustments from previous collections under OMB Control Number 3060-0761. First, in the 2008 Closed Captioning Declaratory Ruling and Order, the Commission adopted modified or new rules governing the filing of complaints and provision of complaints-related contact information. Therefore, the Commission has revised burden estimates for this information collection based on the burdens associated with the modified or new requirements. Second, the Commission generally reevaluated the assumptions underlying and calculation of its total annual burden estimates for the existing final and proposed information collections, which also contributed to adjustments to the estimated burdens associated with this information collection. Accordingly, the Commission has re-evaluated the calculation of its total respondents, annual number of responses, annual burden hours, and annual costs for this information collection. These adjustments are reflected as follows: (1) The estimate of the number of respondents has increased from 12,500 to 14,283. (2) The estimate for the annual number of responses has increased from 50,950 to 111,247. (3) The Commissions estimate for the total annual hourly burden has increased from 202,215 hours to 226,452. (4) The Commissions estimate for the total annual costs has increased from $500,000 to $38,283,630. These adjustments resulted in increases of +24,237 to the total annual burden hours and +$37,783,630 to the annual cost burden. There are no program changes to this information collection

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $202,408

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]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

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: Amelia Brown 202 418-2799 amelia.brown@fcc.gov

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