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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), 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. 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; (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;
and (e) ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small
business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.
The FCC 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
PRA that does not display a valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before November 28,
2011. 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: Direct all PRA comments to
the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov
and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0161.
Title: Section 73.61, AM Directional
Antenna Field Strength Measurements.
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Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,268 respondents and 2,268
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 4–50
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 36,020 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections
154(i) and 303 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR Section
73.61 requires that each AM station
using directional antennas to make field
strength measurement as often as
necessary to ensure proper directional
antenna system operation. Stations not
having approved sampling systems
make field strength measurements every
three months. Stations with approved
sampling systems must take field
strength measurements as often as
necessary. Also, all AM station using
directional signals must take partial
proofs of performance as often as
necessary. The FCC staff used the data
in field inspections/investigations. AM
licensees with directional antennas use
the data to ensure that adequate
interference protection is maintained
between stations and to ensure proper
operation of antennas.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0991.
Title: AM Measurement Data.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,900 respondents; 4,568
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50–
25 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement, Third party
disclosure requirement, On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 30,795 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,371,500.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Section
154(i) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
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Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality
required with this collection of
information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Directional AM
stations use antennas which suppress
radiated field in some directions and
enhance it in others. Under our current
rules, an AM licensee operating with a
directional antenna must perform a
proof of performance to demonstrate
that the antenna pattern conforms to the
station’s authorization. An AM station
must perform a full proof to verify the
pattern shape when a new directional
antenna system is authorized. Partial
proofs, which require fewer
measurements, are occasionally
necessary to show that an array
continues to operate properly.
Typically, a full proof requires
measurement of the AM station’s field
strength on six to twelve critical
bearings, ranging to distances of 15
kilometers or more from the antenna.
Subsequent graphical analysis of proof
measurements also requires substantial
time and expense. In contrast, the
computer modeling techniques
authorized in the Second Report and
Order are based on internal
measurements, making the proof
process less time-consuming and
expensive for AM licensees.
In order to control interference
between stations and assure adequate
community coverage, AM stations must
conduct various engineering
measurements to demonstrate that the
antenna system operates as authorized.
The following rule sections are included
with this information collection.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0703.
Title: Determining Costs of Regulated
Cable Equipment and Installation, FCC
Form 1205.
Form Number: FCC Form 1205.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 4,000 respondents; 6,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 4–12
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement, Annual
reporting requirement, Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Section
301(j) of the Telecommunications Act of
1996 and 623(a)(7) of the
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Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 52,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,800,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: Information derived
from FCC Form 1205 filings is used to
facilitate the review of equipment and
installation rates. This information is
then reviewed by each cable system’s
respective local franchising authority.
Section 76.923 records are kept by cable
operators in order to demonstrate that
charges for the sale and lease of
equipment for installation have been
developed in accordance with the
Commission’s rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011–24861 Filed 9–27–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE
AGENCY
[No. 2011–N–11]
Notice of Order: Revisions to
Enterprise Public Use Database
Incorporating High-Cost Single-Family
Securitized Loan Data Fields and
Technical Data Field Changes
I. Background
Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Order.
AGENCY:
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A. The Enterprises
Section 1127 of the Housing
and Economic Recovery Act of 2008
(HERA) amended section 1326 of the
Federal Housing Enterprises Financial
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992
(Safety and Soundness Act) by requiring
that, subject to privacy considerations as
described in section 304(j) of the Home
Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975
(HMDA), the Director of the Federal
Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) shall
make public certain data related to highcost single-family loans purchased and
securitized by the Federal National
Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (Freddie Mac) (collectively,
the Enterprises) collected by the
Director under section 1324(b)(6) of the
Safety and Soundness Act, as amended
by HERA. See 12 U.S.C. 4544(b)(6),
4546(d).
FHFA has adopted an Order that
implements the changes required by
HERA by revising the single-family
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matrix in FHFA’s Public Use Database
(PUDB) to include data fields for the
high-cost single-family securitized loans
data in a new National File C, effective
for 2010 and beyond. The Order also
makes technical changes to the singlefamily and multifamily data matrices of
the PUDB, effective for 2010 and
beyond, to conform the data fields to
existing PUDB data reporting practices
and HERA changes. This Notice of
Order sets forth FHFA’s Order with
accompanying Appendix containing the
revised single-family and multifamily
matrices, and describes the new and
revised data fields.
DATES: Effective Date of the Order: The
Order with accompanying Appendix is
effective on September 21, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on data or methodology,
contact: Brian Doherty, Supervisory
Policy Analyst, (202) 408–2991, or Ian
Keith, Senior Program Analyst, (202)
408–2949, Office of Housing &
Regulatory Policy, 1625 Eye Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20006.
mailto:Ian.Keith@fhfa.gov. For legal
questions, contact: Sharon Like,
Managing Associate General Counsel,
(202) 414–8950, Office of General
Counsel, 1700 G Street, NW., Fourth
Floor, Washington, DC 20552. These are
not toll free numbers. The telephone
number for the Telecommunications
Device for the Hearing Impaired is (800)
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Enterprises are governmentsponsored enterprises chartered by
Congress for the purpose of establishing
secondary market facilities for
residential mortgages. See 12 U.S.C.
1716 et seq.; 12 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.
Congress established the Enterprises to
provide stability in the secondary
market for residential mortgages,
respond appropriately to the private
capital market, provide ongoing
assistance to the secondary market for
residential mortgages, and promote
access to mortgage credit throughout the
nation. Id.
FHFA is responsible for ensuring that
the Enterprises operate in a safe and
sound manner, including maintenance
of adequate capital and internal
controls, that their operations and
activities foster liquid, efficient,
competitive, and resilient national
housing finance markets, and that they
carry out their public policy missions
through authorized activities. See 12
U.S.C. 4513.
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On September 6, 2008, the Director of
FHFA (Director) appointed FHFA as
conservator of the Enterprises in
accordance with the Safety and
Soundness Act, as amended by HERA,
to maintain the Enterprises in a safe and
sound financial condition and to help
assure performance of their public
mission. The Enterprises remain under
conservatorship at this time.
B. Statutory Requirements
Section 1127 of HERA amended
section 1326 of the Safety and
Soundness Act by adding a new
paragraph (d) which states that, subject
to the privacy restrictions described in
section 304(j) of HMDA,1 the Director
shall, by regulation or order, make
public certain information relating to
single-family mortgage data of the
Enterprises: (1) The same data from the
Enterprises that is required of insured
depository institutions under HMDA;
and (2) information collected by the
Director under section 1324(b)(6). See
12 U.S.C. 4544(b)(6), 4546(d). Section
1324(b)(6), in turn, part of a section
describing the contents of FHFA’s
Annual Housing Activities Report
(AHAR) to Congress, requires FHFA to
‘‘compare the characteristics of highcost loans purchased and securitized,
[by each Enterprise] where such
securities are not held on portfolio to
loans purchased and securitized, where
such securities are either retained on
portfolio or repurchased by the
[E]nterprise, including such
characteristics as—(A) The purchase
price of the property that secures the
mortgage; (B) the loan-to-value ratio of
the mortgage, which shall reflect any
secondary liens on the relevant
property; (C) the terms of the mortgage;
(D) the creditworthiness of the
borrower; and (E) any other relevant
data, as determined by the Director.’’
See 12 U.S.C. 4544(b)(6).
Section 1323, as amended, also
includes a new paragraph (d) which
states that data submitted under this
section by an Enterprise shall be made
publicly available no later than
September 30 of the year following the
1 Section 304(j) of HMDA addresses Loan
Application Register (LAR) information and
describes, among other things, the manner in which
an applicant’s privacy interests are to be protected
in response to a request for disclosure from the
public, including removal of the applicant’s name
and identification number, the date of the
application, and the date of any determination by
the institution with respect to such application. In
addition, the disclosure of information must ensure
that depository institutions are protected froM,
liability under any Federal or State privacy laws.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 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. 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; (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; and (e) ways to further reduce the information
collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.
The FCC 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 PRA that does not display a valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before November
28, 2011. 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: Direct all PRA comments to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0161.
Title: Section 73.61, AM Directional Antenna Field Strength
Measurements.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,268 respondents and 2,268
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 4-50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 36,020 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR Section 73.61 requires that each AM station
using directional antennas to make field strength measurement as often
as necessary to ensure proper directional antenna system operation.
Stations not having approved sampling systems make field strength
measurements every three months. Stations with approved sampling
systems must take field strength measurements as often as necessary.
Also, all AM station using directional signals must take partial proofs
of performance as often as necessary. The FCC staff used the data in
field inspections/investigations. AM licensees with directional
antennas use the data to ensure that adequate interference protection
is maintained between stations and to ensure proper operation of
antennas.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0991.
Title: AM Measurement Data.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,900 respondents; 4,568
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.50-25 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, Third party
disclosure requirement, On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 30,795 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,371,500.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
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: There is no need for
confidentiality required with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Directional AM stations use antennas which suppress
radiated field in some directions and enhance it in others. Under our
current rules, an AM licensee operating with a directional antenna must
perform a proof of performance to demonstrate that the antenna pattern
conforms to the station's authorization. An AM station must perform a
full proof to verify the pattern shape when a new directional antenna
system is authorized. Partial proofs, which require fewer measurements,
are occasionally necessary to show that an array continues to operate
properly. Typically, a full proof requires measurement of the AM
station's field strength on six to twelve critical bearings, ranging to
distances of 15 kilometers or more from the antenna. Subsequent
graphical analysis of proof measurements also requires substantial time
and expense. In contrast, the computer modeling techniques authorized
in the Second Report and Order are based on internal measurements,
making the proof process less time-consuming and expensive for AM
licensees.
In order to control interference between stations and assure
adequate community coverage, AM stations must conduct various
engineering measurements to demonstrate that the antenna system
operates as authorized. The following rule sections are included with
this information collection.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0703.
Title: Determining Costs of Regulated Cable Equipment and
Installation, FCC Form 1205.
Form Number: FCC Form 1205.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,000 respondents; 6,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 4-12 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, Annual reporting
requirement, Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Section 301(j) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and 623(a)(7) of
the
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Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 52,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,800,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: Information derived from FCC Form 1205 filings is
used to facilitate the review of equipment and installation rates. This
information is then reviewed by each cable system's respective local
franchising authority. Section 76.923 records are kept by cable
operators in order to demonstrate that charges for the sale and lease
of equipment for installation have been developed in accordance with
the Commission's rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-24861 Filed 9-27-11; 8:45 am]
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