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OMB Control No: 3060-0761	ICR Reference No: 201408-3060-012
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201403-3060-002
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: CGB
Title: Section 79.1 Closed Captioning, CG Docket No. 05-231
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/18/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/13/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2015
Responses	1,149,437	0	67,424
Time Burden (Hours)	1,254,358	0	130,795
Cost Burden (Dollars)	40,220,496	0	35,505,816

Abstract: Section 713 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), 47 U.S.C. § 613, which was added pursuant to section 305 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, requires the Commission to prescribe rules and implementation schedules for closed captioning of video programming. In enacting section 713, Congress generally required that video programming be closed captioned, regardless of distribution technology, to ensure access to persons who are deaf and hard of hearing. On February 20, 2014, the Commission adopted Closed Captioning of Video Programming; Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. Petition for Rulemaking, CG Docket No. 05-231, Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 2221 (2014), published at 79 FR 17911 (March 31, 2014) (Closed Captioning Quality Report and Order). The purpose of this submission is to extend the collection for the closed captioning rules (found in 47 C.F.R. § 79.1), add the collections adopted in the Closed Captioning Quality Report and Order, and update the estimates of existing burdens that were included in the March 2014 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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	79 FR 17911	03/31/2014

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 52334	09/03/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 67432	11/13/2014
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	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,149,437	67,424	1,086,862	-4,849
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,254,358	130,795	1,139,410	-15,847
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	40,220,496	35,505,816	6,284,400	-1,569,720

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Commission has program changes to this information collection. These program changes are due to the adoption of the information collection requirements that are contained in the Commission's Closed Captioning Quality Report and Order. Therefore, the program changes are as follows: +11,710 respondents, +1,086,862 responses, +1,139,410 hours and +$6,284,400.00 to the annual cost burden. The Commission also had adjustments to this information collection. These adjustments were due to the Commission reevaluating the burden and cost for various existing information collection requirements. These adjustments are as follows: -1,754 to the number of respondents, -4,849 to the number of annual responses, -15,847 to the annual burden hours and -$1,569,720.00 to the annual cost burden.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $320,707

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: Eliot Greenwald 202 418-2235

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