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.
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;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.