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Environmental protection,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: March 21, 2017.
Michael Goodis,
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Pesticide Programs.
Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is
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‘‘Orange’’ to the table; and
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 1, 25, 73, and 74
[GN Docket No. 15–236; FCC 16–128]
Review of Foreign Ownership Policies
for Broadcast, Common Carrier and
Aeronautical Radio Licensees
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years,
information collection requirements
adopted in the Commission’s Report
and Order, FCC 16–128. This document
is consistent with the Report and Order,
which stated that the Commission
would publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing OMB
approval and the effective date of the
rules.
SUMMARY:
This final rule is effective on
April 20, 2017. The amendments to 47
DATES:
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CFR 1.5000 through 1.5004, 25.105,
73.1010 and 74.5, published at 81 FR
86586, December 1, 2016, are effective
on April 20, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathy Williams by email at
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov and telephone
at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that, on April 9,
2017, OMB approved information
collection requirements contained in the
Commission’s Report and Order, FCC
16–128, published at 81 FR 86586. The
OMB Control Number is 3060–1163.
The Commission publishes this notice
as an announcement of the effective
date of those information collection
requirements.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the FCC is notifying the public that it
received OMB approval on April 9,
2017, for the information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR
1.5000 through 1.5004, 25.105, 73.1010
and 74.5, as amended, in the
Commission’s Report and Order, FCC
16–128. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a current, valid OMB Control
Number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
display a current, valid OMB Control
Number. The OMB Control Number is
3060–1163.
The foregoing notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995,
and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1163.
OMB Approval Date: April 9, 2017.
OMB Expiration Date: April 30, 2020.
Title: Regulations Applicable to
Broadcast, Common Carrier and
Aeronautical Radio Licensees Under
Section 310(b) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 81 respondents; 81
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours–46 hours.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
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authority for this collection of
information is contained in 47 U.S.C.
151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 160, 303(r), 309,
310 and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 1,830 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $524,400.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In submitting the information requested,
respondents may need to disclose
confidential information to satisfy the
requirements. However, covered entities
would be free to request that such
materials submitted to the Commission
be withheld from public inspection (see
47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s
rules).
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On September 29,
2016, the Commission adopted final
rules in Review of Foreign Ownership
Policies for Broadcast, Common Carrier
and Aeronautical Radio Licensees under
Section 310(b)(4) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
Amended, Report and Order, 31 FCC
Rcd 11272 (2016) (2016 Foreign
Ownership Report and Order). In the
2016 Foreign Ownership Order, the
Commission:
• Modified its foreign ownership
filing and review process for broadcast
licensees by extending to such licensees
the streamlined rules and procedures
developed for foreign ownership
reviews of common carrier and certain
aeronautical licensees (collectively,
‘‘common carrier’’ licensees) (previously
codified in Part 1, Subpart F, Sections
1.990 through 1.994 of the
Commission’s rules), adopted in Review
of Foreign Ownership Policies for
Common Carrier and Aeronautical
Radio Licensees under Section 310(b)(4)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
Amended, IB Docket No. 11–133,
Second Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd
5741(2013), with certain modifications
to tailor them to the broadcast context;
and
• Reformed the methodology used by
both common carrier and broadcast
licensees that are, or are controlled by,
U.S. publicly traded companies to
assess their compliance with the foreign
ownership limits in Sections 310(b)(3)
and 310(b)(4) of the Act, respectively.
The 2016 Foreign Ownership Report
and Order incorporated broadcasters
into the common carrier foreign
ownership rules through various
changes to the rules, including adding
new paragraph (e) to Section 1.5000,
which sets forth the new methodology
for eligible public companies—both
broadcast and common carrier—and
new paragraphs (f)(2)–(3) of Section
1.5004, which sets forth new
compliance provisions for such
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companies. Moreover, the rules adopted
in the 2016 Foreign Ownership Report
and Order included the following
broadcast-specific provisions in lieu of
provisions applicable to common carrier
licensees:
• Broadcast licensees filing a petition
for declaratory ruling (petition) to
request Commission approval of foreign
ownership in excess of the 25 percent
benchmark in Section 310(b)(4) will use
the broadcast ‘‘attribution’’ criteria to
determine those U.S. and foreign
ownership interests that must be
disclosed in the petition. The disclosure
will ensure the Commission has
sufficient information to understand the
licensee’s ownership structure and to
verify the identity and ultimate control
of the foreign investor for which the
petitioner seeks specific approval.
• Broadcast licensees will use the
broadcast ‘‘insulation criteria’’ set forth
in the broadcast attribution rules in
determining whether the broadcaster
must include in its petition a request for
‘‘specific approval’’ of a particular
foreign investor because the investor
holds, or would hold, directly and/or
indirectly, more than 5 percent (or, in
the case of certain passive investors,
more than 10 percent) of the total
outstanding capital stock (equity) and/or
voting stock (or a controlling share) of
the licensee’s controlling U.S.-organized
parent company. The current insulation
criteria for common carrier licensees
will continue to apply.
In addition to these tailored changes
to incorporate broadcast licensees into
the existing foreign ownership rules
applicable to common carrier licensees
under Section 310(b)(4), the 2016
Foreign Ownership Report and Order
clarified the Commission’s foreign
ownership compliance procedures (to
be codified in Section 1.5004(f)(3)–(4))
allowing a broadcast or common carrier
licensee to file a petition for declaratory
ruling to remedy the licensee’s
inadvertent non-compliance with the
statutory foreign ownership limits or the
terms and conditions of the licensee’s
existing foreign ownership ruling with
reasonable assurance that the
Commission will not take enforcement
action.
The Commission also made nonsubstantial changes to this information
collection to renumber the foreign
ownership rules. There is for the most
part a one-to-one correlation between
the existing rules (1.990–1.994) and the
new rules (1.5000–1.5004).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Parts 1, 25,
73 and 74
Communications common carriers,
Radio, Reporting and recordkeeping
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requirements, Satellites,
Telecommunications.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 1 as
follows:
PART 1—PRACTICE AND
PROCEDURE
1. The authority citation for part 1 is
revised to read as follows:
■
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79, et seq.; 47 U.S.C.
151, 154(i), 154(j), 155, 157, 160, 201, 225,
227, 303, 309, 310, 332, 1403, 1404, 1451,
1452, and 1455.
§§ 1.990 through 1.994
[Removed]
2. In Subpart F, remove the
undesignated center heading ‘‘Foreign
Ownership of Common Carrier,
Aeronautical en Route, and
Aeronautical Fixed Radio Station
Licensees’’ and §§ 1.990 through 1.994.
■
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Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This final rule announces the
approval of the Pacific Halibut Catch
Sharing Plan (Plan) and codified
regulations for the International Pacific
Halibut Commission’s (IPHC or
Commission) regulatory Area 2A off
Washington, Oregon, and California
(Area 2A). In addition, NMFS
announces the implementation of the
portions of the Plan and management
measures that are not regulated through
the IPHC, including the sport fishery
allocations and management measures
for Area 2A. The intent of this final rule
is to conserve Pacific halibut, provide
angler opportunity where available, and
minimize bycatch of overfished
groundfish species.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 1, 25, 73, and 74
[GN Docket No. 15-236; FCC 16-128]
Review of Foreign Ownership Policies for Broadcast, Common
Carrier and Aeronautical Radio Licensees
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
has approved, for a period of three years, information collection
requirements adopted in the Commission's Report and Order, FCC 16-128.
This document is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated
that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register
announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the rules.
DATES: This final rule is effective on April 20, 2017. The amendments
to 47 CFR 1.5000 through 1.5004, 25.105, 73.1010 and 74.5, published at
81 FR 86586, December 1, 2016, are effective on April 20, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams by email at
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov and telephone at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on April 9,
2017, OMB approved information collection requirements contained in the
Commission's Report and Order, FCC 16-128, published at 81 FR 86586.
The OMB Control Number is 3060-1163. The Commission publishes this
notice as an announcement of the effective date of those information
collection requirements.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on
April 9, 2017, for the information collection requirements contained in
47 CFR 1.5000 through 1.5004, 25.105, 73.1010 and 74.5, as amended, in
the Commission's Report and Order, FCC 16-128. Under 5 CFR part 1320,
an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless
it displays a current, valid OMB Control Number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number is
3060-1163.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1163.
OMB Approval Date: April 9, 2017.
OMB Expiration Date: April 30, 2020.
Title: Regulations Applicable to Broadcast, Common Carrier and
Aeronautical Radio Licensees Under Section 310(b) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 81 respondents; 81 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours-46 hours.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory
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authority for this collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C.
151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 160, 303(r), 309, 310 and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 1,830 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $524,400.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In submitting the information
requested, respondents may need to disclose confidential information to
satisfy the requirements. However, covered entities would be free to
request that such materials submitted to the Commission be withheld
from public inspection (see 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules).
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On September 29, 2016, the Commission adopted final
rules in Review of Foreign Ownership Policies for Broadcast, Common
Carrier and Aeronautical Radio Licensees under Section 310(b)(4) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as Amended, Report and Order, 31 FCC Rcd
11272 (2016) (2016 Foreign Ownership Report and Order). In the 2016
Foreign Ownership Order, the Commission:
Modified its foreign ownership filing and review process
for broadcast licensees by extending to such licensees the streamlined
rules and procedures developed for foreign ownership reviews of common
carrier and certain aeronautical licensees (collectively, ``common
carrier'' licensees) (previously codified in Part 1, Subpart F,
Sections 1.990 through 1.994 of the Commission's rules), adopted in
Review of Foreign Ownership Policies for Common Carrier and
Aeronautical Radio Licensees under Section 310(b)(4) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as Amended, IB Docket No. 11-133, Second
Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 5741(2013), with certain modifications to
tailor them to the broadcast context; and
Reformed the methodology used by both common carrier and
broadcast licensees that are, or are controlled by, U.S. publicly
traded companies to assess their compliance with the foreign ownership
limits in Sections 310(b)(3) and 310(b)(4) of the Act, respectively.
The 2016 Foreign Ownership Report and Order incorporated
broadcasters into the common carrier foreign ownership rules through
various changes to the rules, including adding new paragraph (e) to
Section 1.5000, which sets forth the new methodology for eligible
public companies--both broadcast and common carrier--and new paragraphs
(f)(2)-(3) of Section 1.5004, which sets forth new compliance
provisions for such companies. Moreover, the rules adopted in the 2016
Foreign Ownership Report and Order included the following broadcast-
specific provisions in lieu of provisions applicable to common carrier
licensees:
Broadcast licensees filing a petition for declaratory
ruling (petition) to request Commission approval of foreign ownership
in excess of the 25 percent benchmark in Section 310(b)(4) will use the
broadcast ``attribution'' criteria to determine those U.S. and foreign
ownership interests that must be disclosed in the petition. The
disclosure will ensure the Commission has sufficient information to
understand the licensee's ownership structure and to verify the
identity and ultimate control of the foreign investor for which the
petitioner seeks specific approval.
Broadcast licensees will use the broadcast ``insulation
criteria'' set forth in the broadcast attribution rules in determining
whether the broadcaster must include in its petition a request for
``specific approval'' of a particular foreign investor because the
investor holds, or would hold, directly and/or indirectly, more than 5
percent (or, in the case of certain passive investors, more than 10
percent) of the total outstanding capital stock (equity) and/or voting
stock (or a controlling share) of the licensee's controlling U.S.-
organized parent company. The current insulation criteria for common
carrier licensees will continue to apply.
In addition to these tailored changes to incorporate broadcast
licensees into the existing foreign ownership rules applicable to
common carrier licensees under Section 310(b)(4), the 2016 Foreign
Ownership Report and Order clarified the Commission's foreign ownership
compliance procedures (to be codified in Section 1.5004(f)(3)-(4))
allowing a broadcast or common carrier licensee to file a petition for
declaratory ruling to remedy the licensee's inadvertent non-compliance
with the statutory foreign ownership limits or the terms and conditions
of the licensee's existing foreign ownership ruling with reasonable
assurance that the Commission will not take enforcement action.
The Commission also made non-substantial changes to this
information collection to renumber the foreign ownership rules. There
is for the most part a one-to-one correlation between the existing
rules (1.990-1.994) and the new rules (1.5000-1.5004).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Parts 1, 25, 73 and 74
Communications common carriers, Radio, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Satellites, Telecommunications.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 1 as follows:
PART 1--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
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1. The authority citation for part 1 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79, et seq.; 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i),
154(j), 155, 157, 160, 201, 225, 227, 303, 309, 310, 332, 1403,
1404, 1451, 1452, and 1455.
Sec. Sec. 1.990 through 1.994 [Removed]
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2. In Subpart F, remove the undesignated center heading ``Foreign
Ownership of Common Carrier, Aeronautical en Route, and Aeronautical
Fixed Radio Station Licensees'' and Sec. Sec. 1.990 through 1.994.
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