Section 15.117, TV Broadcast Receivers

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Supporting Statement OMB 3060-XXXX sec15 117 doc(version2).doc Supporting Statement A	2007-05-04
Letter TV Labeling-15 711 emergency request (3).doc Supplementary Document	2007-05-04

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
179962	TV Broadcast Receivers	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 3060-1100	ICR Reference No: 200705-3060-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: Section 15.117, TV Broadcast Receivers
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 05/18/2007
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/16/2007
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/07/2007
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2007	6 Months From Approved
Responses	100,000	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	25,000	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Commission adopted on April 25, 2007 a Second Report and Order, In the Second DTV Periodic Review, MB Docket 03-15, FCC 07-69. The R&O established 47 CFR 15.117(k) which requires retailers to label and disclosre to consumers information about analog-only television equipment. The disclosure will inform consumers wishing to purchase analog-only TV equipment that after February 17, 2009 the only way that consumers can receive over-the-air broadcast signals would be to purchase a converter box, digital TV, or subscrption to a pay TV service.

Emergency Justfication: Congress has established February 17, 2009 as the deadline for the transition from analog to digital television service. After that date full power television stations will not be permitted to broadcast an analog television signal. Consequently, people with analog-only televisions will not be able to receive an over-the-air broadcast signal unless they get a digital TV or a box to convert the digital signals to analog or subscribe to a pay TV service. In light of this transition, the Commission adopted a requirement that televisions manufactured or imported into the US after March 1, 2007 must have a tuner to receiver digital signals and cannot be analog-only. It recently came to the Commission's attention that there are many analog-only televisions in retail inventory and that retailers are continuing to sell analog-only televisions after the March 1, 2007 manufacturing deadline but they are not informing consumers that these analog-only TVs will not work after February 17, 2009. Consumers who buy analog-only televisions without knowing that they will not work after February 17, 2009, will be harmed because they will not be able to use the television to receive over-the-air TV signals after that date. Had they been aware prior to purchasing the TV, they might have chosen, instead, to buy a digital TV that would work after February 17, 2009. Therefore, the Commission ad adopted this requirement that retailers label any device that has only an analog tuner so that consumers will be warned. Consumers will therefore be made aware before they buy a television or other TV equipment with only an analog tuner that will not work to receive broadcast signals after February 17, 2009.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 1, 2(a), 3(33), 3(52), 4(i) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 301, 303(r) and (s), 309, 336, Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 336 and 624(a) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3060-AH54	Final or interim final rulemaking	65 FR 15600	03/23/2000

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
TV Broadcast Receivers

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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	100,000	0	0	100,000	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	25,000	0	0	25,000	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

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: This is a new information collection.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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: 05/07/2007

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