Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation ("CALM") Act; 73.682(e) and 76.607(a)

ICR 202312-3060-008

OMB: 3060-1171

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2023-12-13
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
202321
Unchanged
ICR Details
3060-1171 202312-3060-008
Received in OIRA 202101-3060-004
FCC MB
Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation ("CALM") Act; 73.682(e) and 76.607(a)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 12/19/2023
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 03/31/2024
4,868 4,868
6,036 6,036
0 0

On December 13, 2011, the FCC released a Report & Order ("R&O"), FCC 11-182, adopting rules to implement the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation ("CALM") Act. Among other things, the CALM Act directs the Commission to incorporate into its rules by reference and make mandatory a technical standard developed by an industry standard-setting body that is designed to prevent television commercial advertisements from being transmitted at louder volumes than the program material they accompany. Specifically, the CALM Act requires the Commission to incorporate by reference the Advanced Television Systems Committee ("ATSC") A/85 Recommended Practice ("ATSC A/85 RP") and make it mandatory "insofar as such recommended practice concerns the transmission of commercial advertisements by a television broadcast station, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor." As mandated by the statute, the rules will apply to TV broadcasters, cable operators and other multichannel video programming distributors ("MVPDs").

US Code: 47 USC 151, 152, 154, 303, 621 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  88 FR 70979 10/13/2023
88 FR 87768 12/19/2023
No

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
CALM

  Total Request 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 4,868 4,868 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 6,036 6,036 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No

$0
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Evan Baranoff 202 418-7142

  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.
12/19/2023


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