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Title: Cost of Service Filing for
Regulated Cable Services, FCC Form
1220.
Form Number: FCC Form 1220.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 20 respondents; 10
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 4–80
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and annual reporting requirements;
Third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,220 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $100,000.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
is Sections 154(i) and 623 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Cable Television
Consumer Protection and Competition
Act of 1992 required the Commission to
prescribe rules and regulations for
determining reasonable rates for basic
tier cable service and to establish
criteria for identifying unreasonable
rates for cable programming services
and associated equipment. FCC Form
1220 is used by cable operators to
demonstrate their costs of providing
cable service in order to justify rates
above levels determined under the
Commission’s benchmark methodology.
Cable operators submit this form to local
franchising authorities (‘‘LFAs’’) or the
Commission (in situations where the
Commission has assumed jurisdiction)
only when justifying rates based on cost
of service.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0837]
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or the Commission)
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 estimate; 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 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 December 28,
2015. 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
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to 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: 3060–0837.
Title: FCC Form 2100, Application for
Media Bureau Audio and Video Service
Authorization, Schedule B.
Form Number: FCC Form 2100,
Schedule B.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents/Responses:
300 respondents; 300 responses.
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Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 600 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $133,800.
Nature of Response: Required to
obtain or retain 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.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this information collection.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Licensees and
permittees of DTV broadcast stations are
required to file FCC Form 302–DTV to
obtain a new or modified station
license, and/or to notify the
Commission of certain changes in the
licensed facilities of these stations. FCC
staff use the data to confirm that the
station has been built to terms specified
in the outstanding construction permit,
and to update FCC station files. Staff
extracted the data from FCC Form 2100,
Schedule B, for inclusion in the
subsequent license to operate the
station.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary. Office of the Secretary.
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Notice of Debarment; Federal Lifeline
Universal Service Support Mechanism
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Enforcement Bureau
(Bureau) gives notice of Wes Yui Chew’s
debarment from the federal Lifeline
universal service support mechanism
(Lifeline program) for a period of three
years. During this debarment period,
Mr. Chew is prohibited from
participating in activities associated
with or related to the Lifeline program,
including the receipt of funds or
discounted services through the Lifeline
program, or consulting with, assisting,
or advising applicants or service
providers regarding the Lifeline
program.
SUMMARY:
Debarment commences on the
date Mr. Chew receives the debarment
DATES:
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letter or October 26, 2015, whichever
comes first, for a period of three years.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Celia Lewis, Paralegal Specialist,
Federal Communications Commission,
Enforcement Bureau, Investigations and
Hearings Division, Room 4–A422, 445
12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
Celia Lewis may be contacted by phone
at (202) 418–7456 or email at
Celia.Lewis@fcc.gov. If Ms. Lewis is
unavailable, you may contact Mr. Kalun
Lee, Deputy Chief, Investigations and
Hearings Division, by telephone at (202)
418–0796 and by email at
Kalun.Lee@fcc.gov.
The
Bureau debars Mr. Chew for a period of
three years pursuant to 47 CFR 54.8 and
0.111(a)(14). Mr. Chew’s conviction for
money laundering in violation of 18
U.S.C. 1957(a), in connection with
fraudulent claims against the Lifeline
program is the basis for this debarment.
Attached is the Notice of Debarment,
DA 15–1075, which was mailed to Mr.
Chew and released on September 25,
2015. The complete text of the Notice of
Debarment is available for public
inspection and copying during regular
business hours at the FCC Reference
Information Center, Portal II, 445 12th
Street SW., Room CY–A257,
Washington, DC 20554. In addition, the
complete text is available on the FCC’s
Web site at https://www.fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Communications Commission.
Jeffrey J. Gee,
Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division,
Enforcement Bureau.
September 25, 2015
DA 15–1075
SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Wes Yui Chew
c/o Daniel G. Webber, Jr.
Ryan Whaley Coldiron Shandy PLLC
119 N. Robinson Avenue, Suite 900
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Re: Notice of Debarment, File No. EB–
IHD–15–00019046
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Dear Mr. Chew:
The Federal Communications
Commission (Commission) hereby
notifies you that, pursuant to section
54.8 of the Commission’s rules, you are
prohibited from participating in
activities associated with or related to
the federal low-income support
mechanism (Lifeline program) for three
years from either the date of your
receipt of this Notice of Debarment or of
its publication in the Federal Register,
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whichever comes first (Debarment
Date).1
On May 26, 2015, the Commission’s
Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) sent you a
Notice of suspension and initiation of
debarment proceeding (Notice of
Suspension) that was published in the
Federal Register on June 18, 2015.2 The
Notice of Suspension suspended you
from participating in any activities
associated with or related to the Lifeline
program, including receiving funds or
discounted services through the Lifeline
program, or consulting with, assisting,
or advising applicants or service
providers regarding the Lifeline
program.3 It also described the basis for
initiating debarment proceedings
against you, the applicable debarment
procedures, and the effect of debarment.
As discussed in the Notice of
Suspension, on June 12, 2014, you were
convicted of money laundering in
violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957(a), in
connection with fraudulent claims
against the federal Lifeline program.4
You were the sole owner and president
of Icon Telecom, Inc. (Icon), a
participant in the Lifeline program from
July 2011 until September 2013.5
Specifically, you pled guilty to one
count of money laundering for
transferring $20,455,829.10 from an Icon
bank account to a personal bank
account, despite knowing that Icon had
thousands fewer customers than it had
reported to the Commission.6 Pursuant
1 47 CFR 54.8 (e), (g); 47 CFR 0.111 (delegating
to the Bureau authority to resolve universal service
suspension and debarment proceedings). In 2007,
the Commission extended the debarment rules to
apply to all federal universal service support
mechanisms, including the Lifeline program. See
Comprehensive Review of the Universal Service
Fund Management, Administration, & Oversight,
Report and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 16372, 16410–12
(2007) (Program Management Order) (renumbering
section 54.521 of the universal service debarment
rules as section 54.8 and amending subsections
(a)(1), (a)(5), (c), (d), (e)(2)(i), (e)(3), (e)(4), and (g)).
2 Letter from Jeffrey J. Gee, Chief, Investigations
and Hearings Division, FCC Enforcement Bureau, to
Wes Yui Chew, Notice of suspension and initiation
of debarment proceeding, 30 FCC Rcd 5006 (Enf.
Bur. 2015); 80 FR 34906–01 (June 18, 2015).
3 47 CFR 54.8(a)(1), (d).
4 Any further reference in this letter to ‘‘your
conviction’’ refers to your guilty plea and
subsequent sentencing in United States v. Chew,
Criminal Docket No. 5:14–cr–00170–D, Plea
Agreement (W.D. Okla. filed June 12, 2014) (Plea
Agreement). See also Lifeline & Link Up Reform &
Modernization, WC Docket No. 11–42, CC Docket
No. 96–45, WC Docket No. 03–109, Report and
Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
27 FCC Rcd 6656 (2012) (Lifeline Reform Order).
5 United States v. Chew, Criminal Docket No.
5:14–c–00170–D, Information at 4 (W.D. Okla. filed
June 3, 2014).
6 Id. at 7–8; Plea Agreement at 2; see also United
States Attorney’s Office, western District of
oklahoma, Press Release, Icon Telecom and Its
Owner Plead Guilty And Agree To Forfeit More
Than $27 Million In Connection With Federal
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to section 54.8(c) of the Commission’s
rules, your conviction of criminal
conduct in connection with the Lifeline
program is the basis for this debarment.7
In accordance with the Commission’s
debarment rules, you were required to
file with the Commission any
opposition to your suspension or its
scope, or to your proposed debarment or
its scope, no later than 30 calendar days
from either the date of your receipt of
the Notice of Suspension or of its
publication in the Federal Register,
whichever date occurred first.8 The
Commission received no opposition
from you.
For the foregoing reasons, you are
debarred from involvement with the
Lifeline program for three years from the
Debarment Date.9 During this debarment
period, you are excluded from
participating in any activities associated
with or related to the Lifeline program,
including the receipt of funds or
discounted services through the Lifeline
program, or consulting with, assisting,
or advising applicants or service
providers regarding the Lifeline
program.10
Sincerely yours,
Jeffrey J. Gee
Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division,
Enforcement Bureau
cc: Johnnay Schrieber, Universal Service
Administrative Company (via email),
Rashann Duvall, Universal Service
Administrative Company (via email), Chris
M. Stevens, United States Attorney’s
Office, Western District of Oklahoma (via
email), Scott E. Williams, United States
Attorney’s Office, Western District of
Oklahoma (via email)
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
Notice to All Interested Parties of the
Termination of the Receivership of
10360, Cortez ommunity Bank
Brooksville, Florida
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(‘‘FDIC’’) as Receiver for Cortez
Community Bank, Brooksville, Florida
(‘‘the Receiver’’) intends to terminate its
receivership for said institution. The
Wireless Telephone Subsidy Program, June 12,
2014, available at https://www.justice.gov/usaowdok/pr/icon-telecom-and-its-owner-plead-guiltyand-agree-forfeit-more-27-million-connection.
7 47 CFR 54.8(c).
8 Id. § 54.8 (e)(3)–(4). Any opposition had to be
filed no later than July 1, 2015.
9 47 CFR 54.8(g).
10 47 CFR 54.8(a)(1), (d), (g).
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[DA 15-1075]
Notice of Debarment; Federal Lifeline Universal Service Support
Mechanism
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) gives notice of Wes Yui Chew's
debarment from the federal Lifeline universal service support mechanism
(Lifeline program) for a period of three years. During this debarment
period, Mr. Chew is prohibited from participating in activities
associated with or related to the Lifeline program, including the
receipt of funds or discounted services through the Lifeline program,
or consulting with, assisting, or advising applicants or service
providers regarding the Lifeline program.
DATES: Debarment commences on the date Mr. Chew receives the debarment
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letter or October 26, 2015, whichever comes first, for a period of
three years.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Lewis, Paralegal Specialist,
Federal Communications Commission, Enforcement Bureau, Investigations
and Hearings Division, Room 4-A422, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC
20554. Celia Lewis may be contacted by phone at (202) 418-7456 or email
at Celia.Lewis@fcc.gov. If Ms. Lewis is unavailable, you may contact
Mr. Kalun Lee, Deputy Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, by
telephone at (202) 418-0796 and by email at Kalun.Lee@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau debars Mr. Chew for a period of
three years pursuant to 47 CFR 54.8 and 0.111(a)(14). Mr. Chew's
conviction for money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957(a), in
connection with fraudulent claims against the Lifeline program is the
basis for this debarment. Attached is the Notice of Debarment, DA 15-
1075, which was mailed to Mr. Chew and released on September 25, 2015.
The complete text of the Notice of Debarment is available for public
inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC
Reference Information Center, Portal II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-
A257, Washington, DC 20554. In addition, the complete text is available
on the FCC's Web site at https://www.fcc.gov.
Federal Communications Commission.
Jeffrey J. Gee,
Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau.
September 25, 2015
DA 15-1075
SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Wes Yui Chew
c/o Daniel G. Webber, Jr.
Ryan Whaley Coldiron Shandy PLLC
119 N. Robinson Avenue, Suite 900
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Re: Notice of Debarment, File No. EB-IHD-15-00019046
Dear Mr. Chew:
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) hereby notifies
you that, pursuant to section 54.8 of the Commission's rules, you are
prohibited from participating in activities associated with or related
to the federal low-income support mechanism (Lifeline program) for
three years from either the date of your receipt of this Notice of
Debarment or of its publication in the Federal Register, whichever
comes first (Debarment Date).\1\
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\1\ 47 CFR 54.8 (e), (g); 47 CFR 0.111 (delegating to the Bureau
authority to resolve universal service suspension and debarment
proceedings). In 2007, the Commission extended the debarment rules
to apply to all federal universal service support mechanisms,
including the Lifeline program. See Comprehensive Review of the
Universal Service Fund Management, Administration, & Oversight,
Report and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 16372, 16410-12 (2007) (Program
Management Order) (renumbering section 54.521 of the universal
service debarment rules as section 54.8 and amending subsections
(a)(1), (a)(5), (c), (d), (e)(2)(i), (e)(3), (e)(4), and (g)).
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On May 26, 2015, the Commission's Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) sent
you a Notice of suspension and initiation of debarment proceeding
(Notice of Suspension) that was published in the Federal Register on
June 18, 2015.\2\ The Notice of Suspension suspended you from
participating in any activities associated with or related to the
Lifeline program, including receiving funds or discounted services
through the Lifeline program, or consulting with, assisting, or
advising applicants or service providers regarding the Lifeline
program.\3\ It also described the basis for initiating debarment
proceedings against you, the applicable debarment procedures, and the
effect of debarment.
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\2\ Letter from Jeffrey J. Gee, Chief, Investigations and
Hearings Division, FCC Enforcement Bureau, to Wes Yui Chew, Notice
of suspension and initiation of debarment proceeding, 30 FCC Rcd
5006 (Enf. Bur. 2015); 80 FR 34906-01 (June 18, 2015).
\3\ 47 CFR 54.8(a)(1), (d).
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As discussed in the Notice of Suspension, on June 12, 2014, you
were convicted of money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957(a),
in connection with fraudulent claims against the federal Lifeline
program.\4\ You were the sole owner and president of Icon Telecom, Inc.
(Icon), a participant in the Lifeline program from July 2011 until
September 2013.\5\ Specifically, you pled guilty to one count of money
laundering for transferring $20,455,829.10 from an Icon bank account to
a personal bank account, despite knowing that Icon had thousands fewer
customers than it had reported to the Commission.\6\ Pursuant to
section 54.8(c) of the Commission's rules, your conviction of criminal
conduct in connection with the Lifeline program is the basis for this
debarment.\7\
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\4\ Any further reference in this letter to ``your conviction''
refers to your guilty plea and subsequent sentencing in United
States v. Chew, Criminal Docket No. 5:14-cr-00170-D, Plea Agreement
(W.D. Okla. filed June 12, 2014) (Plea Agreement). See also Lifeline
& Link Up Reform & Modernization, WC Docket No. 11-42, CC Docket No.
96-45, WC Docket No. 03-109, Report and Order and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, 27 FCC Rcd 6656 (2012) (Lifeline Reform Order).
\5\ United States v. Chew, Criminal Docket No. 5:14-c-00170-D,
Information at 4 (W.D. Okla. filed June 3, 2014).
\6\ Id. at 7-8; Plea Agreement at 2; see also United States
Attorney's Office, western District of oklahoma, Press Release, Icon
Telecom and Its Owner Plead Guilty And Agree To Forfeit More Than
$27 Million In Connection With Federal Wireless Telephone Subsidy
Program, June 12, 2014, available at https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/icon-telecom-and-its-owner-plead-guilty-and-agree-forfeit-more-27-million-connection.
\7\ 47 CFR 54.8(c).
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In accordance with the Commission's debarment rules, you were
required to file with the Commission any opposition to your suspension
or its scope, or to your proposed debarment or its scope, no later than
30 calendar days from either the date of your receipt of the Notice of
Suspension or of its publication in the Federal Register, whichever
date occurred first.\8\ The Commission received no opposition from you.
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\8\ Id. Sec. 54.8 (e)(3)-(4). Any opposition had to be filed no
later than July 1, 2015.
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For the foregoing reasons, you are debarred from involvement with
the Lifeline program for three years from the Debarment Date.\9\ During
this debarment period, you are excluded from participating in any
activities associated with or related to the Lifeline program,
including the receipt of funds or discounted services through the
Lifeline program, or consulting with, assisting, or advising applicants
or service providers regarding the Lifeline program.\10\
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\9\ 47 CFR 54.8(g).
\10\ 47 CFR 54.8(a)(1), (d), (g).
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Sincerely yours,
Jeffrey J. Gee
Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau
cc: Johnnay Schrieber, Universal Service Administrative Company (via
email), Rashann Duvall, Universal Service Administrative Company
(via email), Chris M. Stevens, United States Attorney's Office,
Western District of Oklahoma (via email), Scott E. Williams, United
States Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma (via email)
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