PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 News media information 202/418-0500. PRA 95-008 PUBLIC INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS SUBMITTED TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET FOR REVIEW The Federal Communications Commission has submitted the following information collection requirements to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3507). Copies of these submissions may be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800. For further information on this submission contact Dorothy Conway, Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-0217 or via internet at dconway@fcc.gov. Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should contact Timothy Fain, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10214 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-3561. OMB Number: N/A Title: Proposed Part 17 - Antenna Registration Form No.: N/A Action: New Collection Respondents: Business or other-for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 307,200 responses; .12 hours burden per response; 35,840 hours total annual burden. Needs and Uses: The requirement contained in the Notice of Proposed Rule Making in WT 95-5 is necessary to implement uniform registration procedures for owners of antenna structures. The antenna structure owners will be required to provide tenants licensees with a copy of the antenna registration and display the registration number on or around the antenna structure. OMB Number: N/A Title: Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized Changes of Consumers' Long Distance Carriers (CC Docket 94-129) Form No.: N/A Action: New Collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 500 responses; 2 hours burden per response; 1,000 hours total annual burden. Needs and Uses: Interexchange carriers (IXCs) are required to provide consumers with letters of agency (LOAs) that are physically separate or severable from any inducements or promotional materials. The LOA must be written in clear and unambiguous language and printed in a font size and style comparable to the inducements. The new rules prohibit the potentially deceptive or confusing practice of combining the LOA with promotional materials in the same document. OMB Number: N/A Title: FCC Annual Survey of Cable Industry Prices Form No.: N/A Action: New Collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 816 responses; 3 hours burden per response; 2,446 hours total annual burden. Needs and Uses: Section 623(k) of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 ("Cable Act") requires the Commission to publish an annual statistical report on average rates for basic cable service, cable programming service and equipment. The report must compare prices charged by cable systems subject to effective competition and those not subject to effective competition. The survey is to collect the data needed to prepare this report. OMB Number: 3060-0548 Title: Section 76.302 Required recordkeeping for must-carry purposes and Section 76.56 Signal Carriage obligations Form No.: N/A Action: Revision of a currently approved collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 48,000 responses; 22.25 hours burden per response; 267,000 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 76.302 requires the operator of every cable television system to maintain a public inspection file containing must-carry records. Section 76.56 requires that if a cable operator authorizes subscribers to install additional receiver connections, but does not provide the connections or equipment for such connections, the operator must notify the subscriber of all broadcast stations that are carried on the system which cannot be viewed without a converter box. Operators must also respond to written requests for the identification of signals carried on the system. OMB Number: 3060-0547 Title: Sections 76.61 Disputes concerning carriage and Sections 76.7 Special relief and must-carry procedures Form No.: N/A Action: Revision to a currently approved collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 2,100 responses; 5 hours burden per response; 10,500 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 76.61 requires local commercial televisions or qualified low power television stations to notify a cable operator, in writing, when that station believes that a cable operator has failed to meet its carriage or channel positioning obligations. Section 76.7 states that on petition by an interested party, the Commission may waive provisions of its cable television rules, impose additional or different requirements, or issue a ruling on a complaint or disputed question. OMB Number: 3060-0519 Title: Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (CC Docket No. 92-90) Form No.: N/A Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping Requirement Estimated Annual Burden: 30,000 recordkeepers; 31.2 hours burden per recordkeeper; 936,000 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Parts 64 and 68 of the rules contain procedures for avoiding unwanted telephone solicitations to residences, and to regulate the use of automatic telephone dialling system, artificial or prerecorded voice messages, and telephone facsimile machines. The rule imposes a recordkeeping requirement on telemarketers to maintain lists of telephone subscribers who do not wish to be contacted by telephone. Maintenance of company-specific do not call lists serves as a mechanism for prevent unwanted telephone solicitation. OMB Number: N/A Title: Section 76.58 Notifications Form No.: N/A Action: New Collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 4,560 responses; 45 minutes burden per response; 3,280 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 76.58 states that a cable operator must: a) notify broadcast stations and subscribers before deleting the station from carriage; b) notify qualified noncommercial educational television stations of its designated principal headend; c) notify must-carry stations of any change in the designation of the principal headend; d) notify local educational stations that may not be entitled to carriage, and e) mail a list of all broadcast stations carried on its system to all local television stations. OMB Number: N/A Title: Section 76.9 Order to show cause; forfeiture proceedings Form No.: N/A Action: New Collection Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 50 responses; 7 hours burden per response; 350 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 76.9 states that upon petition by any interested person, the Commission may issue an order requiring a cable television operator to show cause why it should not be directed to cease and desist from violating Commission rules. The petition may be submitted informally, by letter, but shall be accompanied by a certificate of service on any interested person who may be directly affected if an order to show cause is issued or a forfeiture proceeding initiated. The petitions are used by the Commission to determine whether or not the Commission's cable rules have been violated. OMB Number: N/A Title: Section 76.502 Three year holding requirement Form No.: N/A Action: New Collection Respondents: Business or other-for-profit Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 1,000 responses; 15 minutes burden per response; 250 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 76.502 states that a cable operator seeking to assign or transfer control of a cable system must certify to the local franchise authority that the proposed assignment or transfer of control will not violate the three-year holding requirement. The certification must be submitted to the franchise authority at the time the cable operator submits the request for transfer approval, unless local transfer approval is not required by the terms of the agreement. OMB Number: N/A Title: Section 76.309 Customer Service Obligations and Section 76.964 Notice to subscribers Form No.: N/A Action: New Collection Respondents: Business or other-for-profit Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 125,000 responses; 20 minutes burden per response; 40,917 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Sections 76.309 and 76.964 set forth customer service obligations and notification requirements for changes in rates, programming services and channel position. Section 76.309(c)(3)(i)(A) states cable operators shall provide written information on each of the following areas at the time of installation of service, at least annually, and upon request to all subscribers: products and services offered; prices and options for programming services and conditions of subscription to programming and other services; installation and service maintenance policies; instructions on using the cable service; channel positions programming carried on the system; and billing and complaint procedures, including the address and telephone number of the local franchise authority cable office. Section 76.964(a) states that customers will be notified of any changes in rates, programming service or channel positions as soon as possible through announcements on the cable system and in writing. Notice must be given at least 30 days in advance of such changes if the changes is within the cable operators control. Section 76.964(a) requires that cable operators give the relevant franchising authority a minimum of 30 days written notice of any changes in rates for cable programming service or associated equipment. Section 76.964(b) states that cable systems shall give 30 days written notice to both subscribers and the local franchise authority before implementing any rate change or change in service. Section 76.964(c) states that cable systems shall provide written notice to subscribers of their rights to file Commission complaints concerning rate changes for cable programming services or associated equipment. OMB Number:3060-0419 Title: Syndicated Exclusivity/Network non-duplication Rights Sections 76.94, 76.95, 76.155, 76.156, 76.157, 76.159 Form No.:N/A Action: Revision of a currently approved collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 170,568 responses; 1.01 hour burden per response; 170,768 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Notifications by TV stations and program suppliers will provide cable systems with the information on programs for which they can have syndicated exclusivity/network non-duplication rights. The data provided to cable systems by TV stations will be used to determine when programs subject to deletion will be aired, so that the cable system can delete carriage of signals at the appropriate time. OMB Number: N/A Title: Section 64.703(b) Consumer Information - Posting by aggregators Form No.: N/A Action: New Collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal Government Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 56,200 responses; 3.7 hours burden per response; 206,566 hours total annual burden per response Needs and Uses: Section 64.703(b), requires that aggregators (providers of telephones to the public or transient users) must post in writing, on or near their phones, information about presubscribed operator services, rates, carrier access, and the FCC address to which consumers may direct complaints. Aggregators will disclose the information via printed notice that is posted on or near the phones. -FCC -