Sunshine Act Meeting, 58591-58592 [E8-23649]

Download as PDF mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 7, 2008 / Notices emergency basis on May 22, 2008 for a six month time period are as follows: (1). Consumer Electronics Manufacturer Notices (47 CFR 15.124). The ‘‘responsible party,’’ as defined the Commission’s rules, has to include a notice about the digital television (DTV) transition on television receivers and related devices manufactured between May 30, 2008 and March 31, 2009. The notices themselves must include the Commission’s contact information (rather than the manufacturer’s), convey information about the DTV transition, and must be included with covered devices. (2). Eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) Federal Universal Service Low-Income Program Participant Notices (47 CFR 54.418). ETCs that receive federal universal service funds shall provide their Lifeline or Link-up customers (lowincome customers) with notices about the transition for over-the-air full power broadcasting from analog to digital service (the ‘‘DTV Transition’’) in monthly bills, bill notices, or as a monthly stand-alone mailer (e.g., postcard, brochure), beginning May 30, 2008 through March 31, 2009. The following requirements also have been approved by OMB: (1) Broadcaster Education and Reporting (47 CFR 73.674). (a) On-air Education. Broadcasters must provide on-air DTV Transition consumer education information (e.g., via Public Service Announcements (PSAs), information crawls, snipes or tickers) to their viewers. Broadcasters must comply with one of three alternative sets of rules as provided in the Report and Order. (b) DTV Consumer Education Quarterly Activity Report, FCC Form 388. Broadcasters must electronically file a report about its DTV Transition consumer education efforts to the Commission on a quarterly basis. Broadcasters must begin filing these quarterly reports no later than April 10, 2008. In addition, if the broadcaster has a public website, they must post these reports on that website. (2) Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Customer Bill Notices (47 CFR 76.1630). MVPDs must provide monthly notices about the DTV transition in their customer billing statements. They include (but are not limited to), for example: cable operators, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) carriers, open video system operators, and private cable operators. (3) DTV.gov Partner Consumer Education Reporting. DTV.gov Transition Partners must report their consumer education efforts, as a VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:23 Oct 06, 2008 Jkt 217001 condition of continuing Partner status. They must begin filing these quarterly reports no later than April 10, 2008. (4) 700 MHz Wireless Service Licensee/Permitees Consumer Education Reporting (47 CFR 27.20). Winners of the 700 MHz spectrum auction must report their consumer education efforts to the Commission on a quarterly basis. These parties must file the first by the tenth day of the first calendar quarter following the initial grant of the license authorization that the entity holds. The Commission received the full three year OMB approval for all of the requirements contained in information collection 3060–1115 on September 24, 2008. OMB Control No.: 3060–1117. OMB Approval Date: 9/24/2008. Expiration Date: 9/30/2011. Title: Viewer Notification Requirements in the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order, FCC 07–228. Form No.: Not applicable. Number of Respondents/Responses: 1,050 respondents; 174,000 responses. Estimated Time Per Response: 0.01– 0.33 hours Total Annual Burden: 12,015 hours. Total Annual Cost: $210,000. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in Section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required with this information collection. Needs and Uses: Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009, full-power television broadcast stations must transmit only in digital signals, and may no longer transmit analog signals. On December 22, 2007, the Commission adopted a Report and Order, In the Matter of the Third Periodic Review of the Commission’s Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television, MB Docket No. 07–91, FCC 07–228 to establish the rules, policies and procedures necessary to complete the nation’s transition to DTV. In the Report and Order, the Commission adopted rules to ensure that, by the February 17, 2009 transition date, all full-power television broadcast stations (1) cease analog broadcasting and (2) complete construction of, and begin operations on, their final, full-authorized posttransition (DTV) facility. The Commission recognized that broadcasters may need regulatory flexibility in order to achieve these goals. Accordingly, the Commission affords broadcasters the opportunity for PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 58591 regulatory flexibility, if necessary, to meet their DTV construction deadlines. The Commission, however, must also ensure that no consumers are left behind in the DTV transition. Therefore, the Commission requires broadcasters that choose to reduce or terminate TV service to comply with viewer notification requirements. Specifically, as a result of the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order, stations must comply with a viewer notification requirement (i.e., stations must notify viewers about their planned service reduction or termination) if: (1) The station will permanently reduce or terminate analog or pretransition digital service before the transition date; or (2) The station will not serve at least the same population that receives their current analog TV and DTV service after the transition date. Viewer notifications must occur every day on-air at least four times a day including at least once in primetime for the 30/60-days prior to the station’s termination of full, authorized analog service. These notifications must include: (1) The station’s call sign and community of license; (2) the fact that the station must delay the construction and operation of its post-transition (DTV) service or the fact that the station is planning to or has reduced or terminated its analog or digital operations before the transition date; (3) information about the nature, scope, and anticipated duration of the station’s post-transition service limitations; (4) what viewers can do to continue to receive the station, i.e., how and when the station’s digital signal can be received; (5) information about the availability of digital-to-analog converter boxes in their service area; and (6) the street address, email address (if available), and phone number of the station where viewers may register comments or request information. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–23752 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting Federal Election Commission. Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 10 a.m. PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC (Ninth Floor). STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public. AGENCY: DATE AND TIME: E:\FR\FM\07OCN1.SGM 07OCN1 58592 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 7, 2008 / Notices ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Correction and Approval of Minutes. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2008–10: VoterVoter.com by Joseph M. Birkenstock, Esquire. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2008–11: Lawrence Martin E. Brown. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2008–12: Independent Party of Oregon by Linda K. Williams, Esquire. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS. PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: Robert Biersack, Press Officer; Telephone: (202) 694–1220. Individuals who plan to attend and require special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact Mary Dove, Commission Secretary, at (202) 694–1040, at least 72 hours prior to the hearing date. Mary W. Dove, Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. E8–23649 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6715–01–M FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The applications also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:23 Oct 06, 2008 Jkt 217001 from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than October 31, 2008. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105– 1521: 1. Riverview Financial Corporation, (in organization) Halifax, Pennsylvania, to become a bank holding company by merging with First Perry Bancorp, Inc., Marysville, Pennsylvania, and HNB Bancorp, Inc., and thereby acquire Halifax National Bank, both of Halifax, Pennsylvania, and The First National Bank of Marysville, Marysville, Pennsylvania. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Steve Foley, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309: 1. Jefferson Bancshares, Inc., Morristown, Tennessee, to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of State of Franklin Bancshares, Inc., and thereby acquire State of Franklin Savings Bank, both of Johnson City, Tennessee. Comments regarding this application must be received not later than October 17, 2008. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 2, 2008. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E8–23645 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. TIME AND DATE: 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 14, 2008. PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, 20th and C Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551. STATUS: Closed. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Personnel actions (appointments, promotions, assignments, reassignments, and salary actions) involving individual Federal Reserve System employees. 2. Any items carried forward from a previously announced meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Smith, Director, or Dave AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Skidmore, Assistant to the Board, Office of Board Members at 202–452–2955. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may call 202–452–3206 beginning at approximately 5 p.m. two business days before the meeting for a recorded announcement of bank and bank holding company applications scheduled for the meeting; or you may contact the Board’s Web site at https:// www.federalreserve.gov for an electronic announcement that not only lists applications, but also indicates procedural and other information about the meeting. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 3, 2008. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E8–23893 Filed 10–3–08; 4:15 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 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. Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the standards of section 4 of the BHC Act. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than October 31, 2008. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528: E:\FR\FM\07OCN1.SGM 07OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58591-58592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23649]


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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

Date and Time:  Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 10 a.m.

Place:  999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC (Ninth Floor).

Status:  This meeting will be open to the public.

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Items To Be Discussed:  Correction and Approval of Minutes.

Draft Advisory Opinion 2008-10:  VoterVoter.com by Joseph M. 
Birkenstock, Esquire.

Draft Advisory Opinion 2008-11:  Lawrence Martin E. Brown.

Draft Advisory Opinion 2008-12:  Independent Party of Oregon by Linda 
K. Williams, Esquire.

Management and Administrative Matters. 

Person To Contact for Information:  Robert Biersack, Press Officer; 
Telephone: (202) 694-1220.
    Individuals who plan to attend and require special assistance, such 
as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, 
should contact Mary Dove, Commission Secretary, at (202) 694-1040, at 
least 72 hours prior to the hearing date.

Mary W. Dove,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E8-23649 Filed 10-6-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6715-01-M
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