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).
US Code:
47
USC 613 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
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.
$320,707
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Eliot Greenwald 202
418-2235
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:
(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;
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.
Supporting Statement OMB 3060-0761 (2014).doc
Section 79.1, Closed Captioning