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OMB Control No: 3060-0546	ICR Reference No: 201512-3060-024
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201406-3060-020
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: Section 76.59, Definition of Markets for Purposes of the Cable Television Mandatory Television Broadcast Signal Carriage Rules
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: 02/18/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/30/2015
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2019	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2017
Responses	200	0	75
Time Burden (Hours)	1,486	0	1,440
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,387,950	0	1,440,000

Abstract: On September 2, 2015, the Commission released a Report and Order (Order), FCC 15-111, in MB Docket No. 15-71, adopting satellite television market modification rules ‎to implement Section 102 of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA) Reauthorization Act of 2014 (STELAR). The STELAR amended the Communications Act and the Copyright Act to give the Commission authority to modify a commercial television broadcast station’s local television market – defined by The Nielsen Company’s Designated Market Area (DMA) in which it is located – to include additional communities or exclude communities for purposes of better effectuating satellite carriage rights. ‎The Commission previously had the authority to modify a station’s market only in the cable carriage context. With Section 102 of the STELAR, Congress provides regulatory parity in this regard and intends to promote consumer access to in-state and other relevant television programming. Section 102 of the STELAR, and the Commission’s actions in the Report and Order, establish a market modification process for the satellite carriage context and, to the extent possible, seek to address satellite subscribers’ inability to receive in-state programming in certain areas, sometimes called “orphan counties.” In the Report and Order, consistent with Congress’ intent that the Commission model the satellite market modification process on the current cable market modification process, the Commission implements Section 102 of the STELAR by revising the current cable market modification rule, Section 76.59, to apply also to satellite carriage, while adding provisions to the rules to address the unique nature of satellite television service. In addition, the Commission makes conforming and other minor changes to the cable market modification rules.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 338, 534 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code: 47 USC 151, 154(i), 303(r) Name of Law: Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3060-AK34	Final or interim final rulemaking	80 FR 59635	10/02/2015

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 66001	10/28/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 81542	12/30/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	200	75	125
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,486	1,440	46
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,387,950	1,440,000	-52,050

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 the following program changes/increases to this information collection which are due to the information collection requirements that were adopted in FCC 15-111. They are as follows: 105 to the number of respondents (from 75 to 180), 125 to the annual number of responses (from 75 to 200), 46 to the annual burden hours (from 1,440 to 1,486). Also, there is a decrease in annual cost of $52,050 (from $1,440,000.00 to $1,387,950.00).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $141,410

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: Evan Baranoff 202 418-7142

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