Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 5408-5409 [2014-01981]

Download as PDF 5408 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 2014 / Notices SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Federal Communications Commission (FCC). ACTION: Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3502– 3520), the FCC invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission’s burden estimates; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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 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 OMB 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 OMB Control Number. DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before March 3, 2014. If you anticipate that you will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202–395–5167, or via the Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Leslie Smith, Office of Managing Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), via the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov . To submit your PRA comments by email, send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Smith, OMD, FCC, at 202–418– 0217, or via the Internet at: Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 OMB Control Number: 3060–1188. Title: Connect America Challenge Process and Certifications, FCC Form 505. Form Number: FCC Form 505. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions and state, local or tribal government. Number of Respondents and Responses: 178 respondents; 178 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours to 20 hours. Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting requirements and third party disclosure requirements. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 155, 201(b), 214, 218–220, 254, and 1302 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Total Annual Burden: 1,793 hours. Total Annual Cost: None. Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the Commission. However, respondents may request materials or information submitted to the Commission or to the Administrator be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules. We note that USAC must preserve the confidentiality of all data obtained from respondents; must not use the data except for purposes of administering the universal service programs; and must not disclose data in company-specific form unless directed by the Commission to do so. Needs and Uses: In November 2011, the Commission adopted an order reforming its high-cost universal service support mechanisms. Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establish Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service Support; Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Lifeline and Link-Up; Universal Service Reform—Mobility Fund, WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 07–135, 05–337, 03– 109; GN Docket No. 09–51; CC Docket Nos. 01–92, 96–45; WT Docket No. 10– 208, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC Transformation Order). As part of the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 adopted several subsequent Orders for implementing the Connect American Phase I and Phase II funding: On May 16, 2013, the Commission adopted a second Connect America Fund, Report and Order, WC Docket No. 10–90, DA 13–1113. The Report and Order set forth the format and substance of the submissions carriers must make to elect Phase II funding through the state-level commitment process. Additionally, this Report and Order established the parameters for the Connect America Phase II challenge process. These parameters included requirements for what parties must submit to the Commission when making a challenge, as well as the form that parties must use in making any challenges New requirements being proposed in this information collection are the Geocoded Information for Phase I Two- and Three-Year Milestone Reports; Broadband Initiatives Program/ Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Annual Milestone Reports; Phase I Investment Annual Milestone Reports; Changes in Phase I Deployments; and Connect America Phase II State-Level Commitment Elections. There will also be a 533 hour increase in the estimated hourly burden. On May 21, 2013, the Commission adopted a third Connect America Fund, Report and Order, WC Docket No. 10– 90, FCC 13–73. This Report and Order provided for a second round of Connect America Phase I support and specified what certifications and reporting requirements carriers must comply with if electing to accept second round support. These Orders contained information collection requirements for which the Commission received OMB approval following an emergency request in a Notice of Action on July 9, 2013. Then on July 15, 2013, the Commission adopted the Connect America Fund, Order on Reconsideration, WC Docket No. 10–90, FCC 13–97, which modified a reporting requirement contained in the May 21, 2013 Report and Order. The Order on Reconsideration made mandatory the reporting of changes in deployment locations involving census blocks that were not previously identified. This reporting had previously been optional under the original Report and Order. This revised information collection addresses these additional requirements to carry out the programs set forth in the USF/ICC Transformation Order. This submission also includes an extension of the certifications related to second round Phase I funding and the requirements contained in FCC Form 505, ‘‘Connect America Phase II E:\FR\FM\31JAN1.SGM 31JAN1 5409 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 2014 / Notices Challenge Process Form.’’ Finally, the Commission has made some minor edits to the FCC Form 505 and its instructions. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Update to Notice of Financial Institutions for Which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has been Appointed Either Receiver, Liquidator, or Manager Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ACTION: Update Listing of Financial Institutions in Liquidation AGENCY: [FR Doc. 2014–01981 Filed 1–30–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P Notice is hereby given that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Corporation) has been appointed the sole receiver for the following financial institutions effective as of the Date Closed as indicated in the listing. This list (as updated from time SUMMARY: to time in the Federal Register) may be relied upon as ‘‘of record’’ notice that the Corporation has been appointed receiver for purposes of the statement of policy published in the July 2, 1992 issue of the Federal Register (57 FR 29491). For further information concerning the identification of any institutions which have been placed in liquidation, please visit the Corporation Web site at www.fdic.gov/bank/ individual/failed/banklist.html or contact the Manager of Receivership Oversight in the appropriate service center. Dated: January 27, 2014. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Pamela Johnson, Regulatory Editing Specialist. INSTITUTIONS IN LIQUIDATION [In alphabetical order] FDIC Ref. No. Bank name City 10493 ........................ The Bank of Union ...................................................... El Reno ........................................... FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM [FR Doc. 2014–02056 Filed 1–30–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6714–01–P Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meetings AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 10 a.m. TIME AND DATE: PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, DC. This meeting will be closed to the public. STATUS: MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: Compliance matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g. Matters concerning participation in civil actions or proceedings or arbitration. Information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to have a considerable adverse effect on the implementation of a proposed Commission action. * * * * * tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: (202) 694–1220. Shelley Garr, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2014–02119 Filed 1–29–14; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6715–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 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 will also 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. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 State OK Date closed 1/24/2014 indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than February 27, 2014. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline K. Brunmeier, Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480–0291: 1. Stearns Financial Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Saint Cloud, Minnesota; to retain and acquire additional voting shares, for a total of 26 percent, of Stearns Financial Services, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire additional voting shares of Stearns Bank National Association, both in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, Stearns Bank of Upsala, National Association, Upsala, Minnesota, and Stearns Bank of Holdingford, National Association, Holdingford, Minnesota. 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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3502-3520), the FCC invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following 
information collection. Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the 
Commission's burden estimates; ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information collected; 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 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 OMB 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 OMB 
Control Number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before March 3, 
2014. If you anticipate that you will be submitting PRA comments, but 
find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this 
notice, you should advise the FCC contact listed below as soon as 
possible.

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202-395-5167, or via the 
Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Leslie Smith, 
Office of Managing Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission 
(FCC), via the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov . To submit your PRA 
comments by email, send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Smith, OMD, FCC, at 202-418-
0217, or via the Internet at: Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1188.
    Title: Connect America Challenge Process and Certifications, FCC 
Form 505.
    Form Number: FCC Form 505.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 178 respondents; 178 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours to 20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements and third party disclosure requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 155, 201(b), 214, 218-220, 254, and 1302 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,793 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the 
Commission. However, respondents may request materials or information 
submitted to the Commission or to the Administrator be withheld from 
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules. We note 
that USAC must preserve the confidentiality of all data obtained from 
respondents; must not use the data except for purposes of administering 
the universal service programs; and must not disclose data in company-
specific form unless directed by the Commission to do so.
    Needs and Uses: In November 2011, the Commission adopted an order 
reforming its high-cost universal service support mechanisms. Connect 
America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establish Just 
and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal 
Service Support; Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime; 
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Lifeline and Link-Up; 
Universal Service Reform--Mobility Fund, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 07-135, 
05-337, 03-109; GN Docket No. 09-51; CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45; WT 
Docket No. 10-208, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC Transformation Order).
    As part of the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission adopted 
several subsequent Orders for implementing the Connect American Phase I 
and Phase II funding:
    On May 16, 2013, the Commission adopted a second Connect America 
Fund, Report and Order, WC Docket No. 10-90, DA 13-1113. The Report and 
Order set forth the format and substance of the submissions carriers 
must make to elect Phase II funding through the state-level commitment 
process. Additionally, this Report and Order established the parameters 
for the Connect America Phase II challenge process. These parameters 
included requirements for what parties must submit to the Commission 
when making a challenge, as well as the form that parties must use in 
making any challenges New requirements being proposed in this 
information collection are the Geocoded Information for Phase I Two- 
and Three-Year Milestone Reports; Broadband Initiatives Program/
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Annual Milestone Reports; 
Phase I Investment Annual Milestone Reports; Changes in Phase I 
Deployments; and Connect America Phase II State-Level Commitment 
Elections. There will also be a 533 hour increase in the estimated 
hourly burden.
    On May 21, 2013, the Commission adopted a third Connect America 
Fund, Report and Order, WC Docket No. 10-90, FCC 13-73. This Report and 
Order provided for a second round of Connect America Phase I support 
and specified what certifications and reporting requirements carriers 
must comply with if electing to accept second round support.
    These Orders contained information collection requirements for 
which the Commission received OMB approval following an emergency 
request in a Notice of Action on July 9, 2013.
    Then on July 15, 2013, the Commission adopted the Connect America 
Fund, Order on Reconsideration, WC Docket No. 10-90, FCC 13-97, which 
modified a reporting requirement contained in the May 21, 2013 Report 
and Order. The Order on Reconsideration made mandatory the reporting of 
changes in deployment locations involving census blocks that were not 
previously identified. This reporting had previously been optional 
under the original Report and Order.
    This revised information collection addresses these additional 
requirements to carry out the programs set forth in the USF/ICC 
Transformation Order. This submission also includes an extension of the 
certifications related to second round Phase I funding and the 
requirements contained in FCC Form 505, ``Connect America Phase II

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Challenge Process Form.'' Finally, the Commission has made some minor 
edits to the FCC Form 505 and its instructions.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-01981 Filed 1-30-14; 8:45 am]
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