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r. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene—Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.
In determining the appropriate action to
take, the Commission will consider all
protests or other comments filed, but
only those who file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
Commission’s Rules may become a
party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must
be received on or before the specified
comment date for the particular
application.
Comments, protests and interventions
may be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR
385.2001 (a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link.
s. Filing and Service of Responsive
Documents—Any filings must bear in
all capital letters the title
‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT
TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION’’,
‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’,
‘‘PROTEST’’, and ‘‘MOTION TO
INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the
Project Number of the particular
application to which the filing refers.
Any of the above-named documents
must be filed by providing the original
and the number of copies provided by
the Commission’s regulations to: The
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. An additional
copy must be sent to Director, Division
of Hydropower Administration and
Compliance, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, at the above-mentioned
address. A copy of any notice of intent,
competing application or motion to
intervene must also be served upon each
representative of the Applicant
specified in the particular application.
t. Agency Comments—Federal, State,
and local agencies are invited to file
comments on the described application.
A copy of the application may be
obtained by agencies directly from the
Applicant. If an agency does not file
comments within the time specified for
filing comments, it will be presumed to
have no comments. One copy of an
agency’s comments must also be sent to
the Applicant’s representatives.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM07–10–000]
Transparency Provisions of Section 23
of the Natural Gas Act; Notice of Form
No. 552 Technical Conference
March 6, 2008.
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
intends to hold a Technical Conference
on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 to discuss
issues related to the preparation and
filing of Form No. 552. The Technical
Conference will be held at the
Commission’s headquarters at 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC, in the
Commission Meeting Room and via
teleconference.
On December 26, 2007, the
Commission issued Order No. 704,
Transparency Provisions of Section 23
of the Natural Gas Act.1 Order No. 704
requires certain natural gas buyers and
sellers to identify themselves to the
Commission and report summary
information about their physical natural
gas transactions for the previous
calendar year in Form No. 552,
established for that purpose. During the
Technical Conference, Commission staff
and interested parties will discuss
issues related to the preparation and
submission of Form No. 552. Form No.
552 is available at https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/eforms.asp#552.
The Technical Conference will be
organized around questions from
natural gas buyers and sellers required
to file Form No. 552. Participants who
wish to submit questions in advance of
the Technical Conference should submit
questions by March 31, 2008, via the
eFiling link on the Commission’s Web
site at https://www.ferc.gov. Filings
submitting questions should refer to
Docket No. RM07–10–000. Those filings
will be available at the Commission or
may be viewed on the Commission’s
Web site at https://www.ferc.gov, using
the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance accessing
documents on eLibrary, contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or via
phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free). For
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.
All interested persons are invited to
attend or call in for the Technical
Conference. Those interested in
1 Transparency Provisions of Section 23 of the
Natural Gas Act, Order No. 704, 73 FR 1014 (Jan.
4, 2008), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,260 (2008).
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participating by phone must register no
later than April 11, 2008, on the FERC
Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/whatsnew/registration/form-552-04-22form.asp. Those who will participate in
person are encouraged, but not required,
to register. There is no registration fee.
Information for the meeting will be sent
to registered participants. For additional
information, please contact Michelle
Reaux of FERC’s Office of Enforcement
at (202) 502–6497 or by e-mail at
michelle.reaux@ferc.gov.
Commission conferences and
meetings are accessible under section
508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
For accessibility accommodations
please send an e-mail to
accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll-free
(866) 208–3372 (voice) or 202–502–8659
(TTY), or send a fax to 202–208–2106
with the required accommodations.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
March 4, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (PRA), Public Law
No. 104–13. An agency may not conduct
or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
control number. Subject to the PRA, no
person shall be subject to any penalty
for failing to comply with a collection
of information 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 Commission’s burden estimate; (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.
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Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before May 12, 2008.
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.
ADDRESSES: You may submit all PRA
comments by email or U.S. post mail.
To submit your comments by e-mail,
send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them
to the attention of Cathy Williams,
Federal Communications Commission,
Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s), contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918 or send an
e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0214.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527,
Local Public Inspection Files; Sections
76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
Form Number: FCC Form 355.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondent and
Responses: 56,030 respondents; 56,030
responses.
Estimated time per Response: 2.5–52
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain benefits—Statutory authority for
this collection of information is
contained in Sections 154(i), 303 and
308 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 2,072,814
hours.
Total Annual Cost: $11,600,000.
Nature of Response: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Confidentiality: No need for
confidentiality required.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On November 27,
2007, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order in MM Docket 00–168, In the
Matter of Standardized and Enhanced
Disclosure Requirements for Television
Broadcast Licensee Public Interest
Obligations. The Report and Order
adopts a Standardized Television
Disclosure Form, FCC Form 355, and
also requires require television licensees
and applicants to post a portion of the
contents of its public inspection file on
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its Web site, as proposed in the Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking in MB Docket
00–168 in October 2000. Television
broadcast stations and Class A
television broadcast stations are both
required to file FCC Form 355. The
Standardized Television Disclosure
Form, FCC Form 355, provides: (a) A
consistent format for reporting by all
licensees, and (b) documents the
licensees efforts to determine the issues
facing its community and the public
interest programming aired during the
preceding three month period in
response to such issues.
47 CFR 73.3526 and 73.3527 require
that licensees and permittees of
commercial and noncommercial AM,
FM and TV stations maintain a file for
public inspection at its main studio or
at another accessible location in its
community of license. The contents of
the file vary according to type of service
and status. The contents include, but are
not limited to, copies of certain
applications tendered for filing, a
statement concerning petitions to deny
filed against such applications, copies of
ownership reports, statements certifying
compliance with filing announcements
in connection with renewal
applications, a list of donors supporting
specific programs, and a list of
community issues addressed by the
station’s programming. These rules also
specify the length of time, which varies
by document type, that each record
must be retained in the public file. The
public and FCC use the data to evaluate
information about the licensee’s
performance and to ensure that station
is addressing issues concerning the
community to which it is licensed to
serve.
47 CFR 73.1943 and 76.1701 require
licensees of broadcast stations and cable
television systems, respectively, to keep
and permit public inspection of a
complete record (political file) of all
requests for broadcast time made by or
on behalf of candidates for public office,
together with an appropriate notation
showing the disposition made by the
licensee of such requests. The data is
used by the public to assess money
expended and time allotted to a political
candidate and to ensure that equal
access was afforded to other legally
qualified candidates. Section 76.1701
also requires that, when an entity
sponsors origination cablecasting
material that concerns a political matter
or a discussion of a controversial issue
of public importance, a list must be
maintained in the public file of the
system that includes the sponsoring
entity’s chief executive officers, or
members of its executive committee or
of its board of directors.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
at 10 a.m.
PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington,
DC.
STATUS: This meeting will be closed to
the public.
DATE AND TIME:
Items To Be Discussed
Compliance matters pursuant to 2
U.S.C. 437g.
Audits conducted pursuant to 2
U.S.C. 437g, 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C.
Matters concerning participation in
civil actions or proceedings or
arbitration.
Internal personnel rules and
procedures or matters affecting a
particular employee.
Previously scheduled meetings on
Tuesday, March 4, 2008, and Thursday,
March 8, 2008 were cancelled.
PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:
Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer,
Telephone: (202) 694–1220.
Mary W. Dove,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 08–1029 Filed 3–11–08; 3:14 pm]
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Notice of Proposals to Engage in
Permissible Nonbanking Activities or
to Acquire Companies that are
Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking
Activities
The companies listed in this notice
have given notice under section 4 of the
Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.
1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12
CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to
acquire or control voting securities or
assets of a company, including the
companies listed below, that engages
either directly or through a subsidiary or
other company, in a nonbanking activity
that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y
(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has
determined by Order to be closely
related to banking and permissible for
bank holding companies. Unless
otherwise noted, these activities will be
conducted throughout the United States.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
March 4, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (PRA), Public Law No. 104-13. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid control number. Subject to the PRA, no person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of
information 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 Commission's burden estimate; (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.
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DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before May 12,
2008. 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.
ADDRESSES: You may submit all PRA comments by email or U.S. post mail.
To submit your comments by e-mail, send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of Cathy
Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918 or
send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files;
Sections 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
Form Number: FCC Form 355.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondent and Responses: 56,030 respondents; 56,030
responses.
Estimated time per Response: 2.5-52 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits--Statutory
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections
154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 2,072,814 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $11,600,000.
Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On November 27, 2007, the Commission adopted a
Report and Order in MM Docket 00-168, In the Matter of Standardized and
Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast Licensee
Public Interest Obligations. The Report and Order adopts a Standardized
Television Disclosure Form, FCC Form 355, and also requires require
television licensees and applicants to post a portion of the contents
of its public inspection file on its Web site, as proposed in the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in MB Docket 00-168 in October 2000.
Television broadcast stations and Class A television broadcast stations
are both required to file FCC Form 355. The Standardized Television
Disclosure Form, FCC Form 355, provides: (a) A consistent format for
reporting by all licensees, and (b) documents the licensees efforts to
determine the issues facing its community and the public interest
programming aired during the preceding three month period in response
to such issues.
47 CFR 73.3526 and 73.3527 require that licensees and permittees of
commercial and noncommercial AM, FM and TV stations maintain a file for
public inspection at its main studio or at another accessible location
in its community of license. The contents of the file vary according to
type of service and status. The contents include, but are not limited
to, copies of certain applications tendered for filing, a statement
concerning petitions to deny filed against such applications, copies of
ownership reports, statements certifying compliance with filing
announcements in connection with renewal applications, a list of donors
supporting specific programs, and a list of community issues addressed
by the station's programming. These rules also specify the length of
time, which varies by document type, that each record must be retained
in the public file. The public and FCC use the data to evaluate
information about the licensee's performance and to ensure that station
is addressing issues concerning the community to which it is licensed
to serve.
47 CFR 73.1943 and 76.1701 require licensees of broadcast stations
and cable television systems, respectively, to keep and permit public
inspection of a complete record (political file) of all requests for
broadcast time made by or on behalf of candidates for public office,
together with an appropriate notation showing the disposition made by
the licensee of such requests. The data is used by the public to assess
money expended and time allotted to a political candidate and to ensure
that equal access was afforded to other legally qualified candidates.
Section 76.1701 also requires that, when an entity sponsors origination
cablecasting material that concerns a political matter or a discussion
of a controversial issue of public importance, a list must be
maintained in the public file of the system that includes the
sponsoring entity's chief executive officers, or members of its
executive committee or of its board of directors.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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