Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by FCC For Extension Under Delegated Authority 5 CFR 1320 Authority, Comments Requested

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by FCC

For Extension Under Delegated Authority 5 CFR 1320 Authority, Comments

Requested

April 17, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public

and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the

following proposed and/or continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject

to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a

valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the

proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

Commissions burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information collected and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including

the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of

information technology. The FCC is reviewing the following information

collection requirements for possible 3-year extension under delegated

authority 5 CFR 1320, authority delegated to the Commission by the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before June 25, 1996.

If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,

you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to Dorothy Conway, Federal Communications,

Room 234, 1919 M St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via internet to

[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies

of the information collections contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217

or via internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060-0546.

Title: 76.59 Modification of Television Market.

Type of Review: Extension of approval of existing collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.

Number of Respondents: 150.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1-20 hours.

Total Annual Burden: 1,575 hours. The Commission estimates the

average

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burden to file a request for modification of a television market is 20

hours per request. We estimate that 75 (50% of entities) will use in-

house legal staff to file requests; while 75 (50% of entities) will

contract out the use of legal assistance at an average burden of 1 hour

per filing to coordinate information with contracted out legal

assistance. The burden for this collection is therefore: (75 x 20

hours) + (75 x 1 hour) = 1,575 hours.

Total Costs to Respondents: $226,500. Respondents that use

contracted out legal assistance will pay $150 per hour for this

assistance. 75 x 20 hours @ $150 = $225,000. Also, all respondents will

incur postage and stationery costs of $10 per filing. 150 filings x $10

= $1,500.

Needs and Uses: On 3/11/93, the Commission adopted a Report and

Order in MM Docket Nos. 92-259, 90-4 and 92-295, Implementation of the

Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992,

Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues. Among other things, this Report and

Order, pursuant to Section 614(h)(1)(C) of the Cable Act of 1992,

created procedures to enable the Commission to add communities to or

subtract communities from a station's television market to better

reflect marketplace conditions following a written request. Section

76.59 requires a television station or cable operator to file a written

request to modify a television station's must-carry market. Television

stations and cable operators are to follow the process specified in

Section 76.7 Petitions for Special Relief. The information derived from

this collection has been used by the Commission to determine whether a

television station's must-carry market should be modified.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96-10299 Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]

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