47 CFR Sections 76.1700, Records to be maintained locally by Cable System; 76.1702, EEO; 76.1703, Commercial Records on Children's Programs; 76.1707, Leased Access; Section 76.1711....

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Supporting Statement OMB 3060-0316 (FCC 14-209) (2015).doc Supporting Statement A	2015-02-13

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
29946	47 CFR Sections 76.1700, Records to be maintained locally by Cable System Operators; 76.1703, Commercial Records on Children's Programs; 76.1707....	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 3060-0316	ICR Reference No: 201502-3060-012
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201301-3060-006
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: 47 CFR Sections 76.1700, Records to be maintained locally by Cable System; 76.1702, EEO; 76.1703, Commercial Records on Children's Programs; 76.1707, Leased Access; Section 76.1711....
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 04/20/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/13/2015
Terms of Clearance: OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Resubmit when proposed rule is finalized.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/29/2016	36 Months From Approved	02/29/2016
Responses	3,000	0	3,000
Time Burden (Hours)	75,000	0	75,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Commission is revising this collection to reflect the proposed changes to 47 C.F.R. Section 76.1700 in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") in MB Docket No. 14-127, FCC 14-209, In the Matter of Expansion of Online Public File Obligations to Cable and Satellite TV Operators and Broadcast and Satellite Radio Licensees, adopted on December 17, 2014. The NPRM proposes to expand to cable operators the requirement that public inspection files be posted to an FCC- hosted online public file database. The Commission stated that its goal is to make information that these entities are already required to make publicly available more accessible while also reducing costs both for the government and the public sector. The Commission proposes to take the same general approach to transitioning cable operators to the online file that it took with television broadcasters in 2012, tailoring the requirements as necessary to the different services. The Commission also proposes to take similar measures to minimize the effort and cost entities must undertake to move their public files online. Specifically, the Commission proposes to require cable operators only to upload to the online public file documents that are not already on file with the Commission or that the Commission maintains in its own database. The Commission also proposes to exempt existing political file material from the online file requirement and to require only that political file documents be uploaded on a going-forward basis. Section 76.1700 addresses the records to be maintained by cable system operators. The NPRM proposes to revise Section 76.1700 to reflect the requirement that cable operators maintain their public inspection file online on the website hosted by the FCC. In addition, the Commission proposes a reorganization of Section 76.1700 to more clearly address which records must be maintained in the public inspection file versus those that must be made available to the Commission or franchising authority upon request. Among other changes, the Commission proposes to clarify that proof-of-performance test data and signal leakage logs and repair data must be made available only to the Commission and, in the case of proof-of-performance test data, also to the franchisor, and not to the public. Accordingly, this information would not be required to be included in the public inspection file or in the online public inspection file. The Commission proposes to phase-in the requirement to commence uploading political file documents to the online file for smaller cable systems and to exempt cable systems with fewer than 1,000 subscribers from all online public file requirements, either permanently or at least initially. The NPRM also proposes two minor additional change to the existing cable public file requirements - it proposes to require operators, when first establishing their online public file, to provide a list of the geographic areas served by the system and proposes to require cable entities to provide the location and contact information for their local file. The purpose of this information is to make the information in the online file, and especially the political file, more useful to subscribers, advertisers, candidates, and others. Apart from these minor exceptions, the NPRM does not propose new or modified public inspection file requirements. The Commission's goal is simply to adapt the existing cable public file requirements to an online format.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 4(i), 303 and 308 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-AK23	Proposed rulemaking	80 FR 8031	02/13/2015

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 8031	02/13/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 8031	02/13/2015
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
47 CFR Sections 76.1700, Records to be maintained locally by Cable System Operators; 76.1703, Commercial Records on Children's Programs; 76.1707....

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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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: If the proposed requirements are adopted by the Commission in a final rulemaking, a reduction of 21,000 burden hours and increase of $591,840 in annual costs will be added to OMB's inventory.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $107,667

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

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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: 02/13/2015

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