Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection File, Sections 73.1212, 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files

ICR 201701-3060-012

OMB: 3060-0214

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2017-01-17
ICR Details
3060-0214 201701-3060-012
Historical Inactive 201602-3060-020
FCC MB
Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection File, Sections 73.1212, 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Withdrawn and continue 01/27/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 01/17/2017
Withdrawn at agency request.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
05/31/2019 36 Months From Approved 05/31/2019
64,374 0 64,374
2,093,149 0 2,093,149
3,653,372 0 3,653,372

On August 10, 2016, the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order (Order) in MB Docket Nos. 14-50, 09-182, 07-294, 04-256, FCC 16-107, which completed the 2010 and 2014 Quadrennial Reviews of the Commission’s broadcast ownership rules. The Order finds that competitive television stations in a local market are able to combine certain operations through the use of Shared Service Agreements (SSAs), with effectively the same station personnel handling or facilities performing functions for multiple, independently owned stations. The Order also finds that the Commission has an obligation to ensure that these agreements are not being used to circumvent the Commission’s broadcast ownership rules and are not otherwise inconsistent with the Commission’s rules and policies. The Order notes that consideration of these issues is impeded because so little is known by the Commission and the public about the content, scope, and prevalence of SSAs and finds that disclosure of SSAs is necessary to facilitate the Commission’s regulatory purposes. Accordingly, the Commission adopts a definition of SSAs and requires commercial television stations to disclose those SSAs by placing the agreements in each station’s online public inspection file.

US Code: 47 USC 151, 152, 154(i), 303,307, 308 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  
None

3060-AJ27 Final or interim final rulemaking 81 FR 76220 11/01/2016

  81 FR 78591 11/08/2016
82 FR 4879 01/17/2017
No

No
Yes
Changing Regulations
The Commission has program changes/decreases to the following figures which are due to the modifications to the number of stations/entities that have to comply with the public file requirement:: -949 to the number of respondents, -1,010 to the annual number of responses, -5,523 to the annual burden hours and -$3,626,009 to the annual cost burden. There are no adjustments to this collection.

$2,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Chad Guo 202 418-0652

  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.
01/17/2017


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