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respectively. The analysis also
accounted for emissions associated with
the power consumption of the
ventilated seat technology. The request
is for these credit levels for 2010–2016
models using active climate control seat
technology in both front seating
locations.
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B. Toyota Motor North America (Toyota)
Using the alternative methodology
approach discussed above, Toyota is
applying for credits for an air
conditioning compressor manufactured
by Denso that results in air conditioning
efficiency credits beyond those
provided in the regulations. This
request is for the 2013 and subsequent
model years. This compressor, known as
the Denso SAS compressor, improves
the internal valve system within the
compressor to reduce the internal
refrigerant flow necessary throughout
the range of displacements that the
compressor may use during its operating
cycle. The addition of a variable
crankcase suction valve allows a larger
mass flow under maximum capacity and
compressor start-up conditions (when
high flow is ideal), and then it can
reduce to smaller openings with
reduced mass flow in mid- or lowcapacity conditions. The refrigerant
exiting the crankcase is thus optimized
across the range of operating conditions,
reducing the overall energy
consumption of the air conditioning
system. EPA first approved credits for
General Motors (GM) for the use of the
Denso SAS compressor in 2015,7 and
has subsequently approved such credits
for BMW, Ford, and Hyundai.8
The credits calculated for the Denso
SAS compressor would be in addition to
the credits of 1.7 grams/mile for
variable-displacement A/C compressors
already allowed under EPA
regulations.9 However, it is important to
note that EPA regulations place a limit
on the cumulative credits that can be
claimed for improving the efficiency of
A/C systems. The rationale for this limit
is that the additional fuel consumption
of A/C systems can never be reduced to
zero, and the limits established by
regulation reflect the maximum possible
reduction in fuel consumption projected
7 ‘‘EPA Decision Document: Off-cycle Credits for
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company,
and General Motors Corporation.’’ Compliance
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA–420–
R–15–014, September 2015.
8 EPA Decision Document: Off-cycle Credits for
BMW Group, Ford Motor Company, and Hyundai
Motor Company.’’ Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. EPA–420–R–17–010, December
2017.
9 See 40 CFR 86.1868–12.
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by EPA. These limits, or caps, on credits
for A/C efficiency, must also be applied
to A/C efficiency credits granted under
the off-cycle credit approval process. In
other words, cumulative A/C efficiency
credits for an A/C system—from the A/
C efficiency regulations and those
granted via the off-cycle regulations—
must comply with the stated limits.
Toyota is requesting an off-cycle GHG
credit of 1.1 grams CO2 per mile for the
Denso SAS compressor. Toyota cited the
bench test modeling analysis referenced
in the original GM application, which
demonstrated a benefit of 1.1 grams/
mile. Like other manufacturers, Toyota
also ran vehicle tests using the AC17
test. Six tests were conducted on a
Toyota Corolla, resulting in a calculated
benefit of 1.4 grams/mile, thus
substantiating the bench test results.
Based on these results, Toyota is
requesting a credit of 1.1 grams/mile for
all Toyota vehicles equipped with the
Denso SAS compressor with variable
crankcase suction valve technology,
starting with 2013 model year vehicles.
Details of the testing and analysis can be
found in the manufacturer’s application.
III. EPA Decision Process
EPA has reviewed the applications for
completeness and is now making the
applications available for public review
and comment as required by the
regulations. The off-cycle credit
applications submitted by GM and
Toyota (with confidential business
information redacted) have been placed
in the public docket (see ADDRESSES
section above) and on EPA’s website at
https://www.epa.gov/vehicle-andengine-certification/complianceinformation-light-duty-greenhouse-gasghg-standards.
EPA is providing a 30-day comment
period on the applications for off-cycle
credits described in this notice, as
specified by the regulations. The
manufacturers may submit a written
rebuttal of comments for EPA’s
consideration, or may revise an
application in response to comments.
After reviewing any public comments
and any rebuttal of comments submitted
by manufacturers, EPA will make a final
decision regarding the credit requests.
EPA will make its decision available to
the public by placing a decision
document (or multiple decision
documents) in the docket and on EPA’s
website at the same manufacturerspecific pages shown above. While the
broad methodologies used by these
manufacturers could potentially be used
for other vehicles and by other
manufacturers, the vehicle specific data
needed to demonstrate the off-cycle
emissions reductions would likely be
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different. In such cases, a new
application would be required,
including an opportunity for public
comment.
Dated: February 6, 2018.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division Office of
Transportation and Air Quality Office of Air
and Radiation.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
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 Office of
Management and Budget (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 April 27,
2018. 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
SUMMARY:
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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: 3060–0185.
Title: Section 73.3613, Filing of
Contracts.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit entities and Not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,300 respondents; 2,300
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to
0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, Recordkeeping
requirement, Third party disclosure
requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 950 Hours.
Total Annual Cost: $120,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information
collections is contained in Section
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 information collection.
Needs and Uses: On November 20,
2017, the Commission released an Order
on Reconsideration (83 FR 733, Jan. 8,
2018, FCC 17–156, rel. Nov. 20, 2017)
that, among other decisions, adopted
changes to the document filing
requirements set forth in 47 CFR Section
73.3613 and the Commission’s
broadcast attribution rules. In relevant
part, the Commission will no longer
attribute television joint sales
agreements (JSAs) and will no longer
require that these agreements be filed
under Section 73.3613(d)(2).
The revised Section 73.3613(d)(2) is
as follows:
Joint sales agreements: Joint sales
agreements involving radio stations
where the licensee (including all parties
under common control) is the brokering
entity, the brokering and brokered
stations are both in the same market as
defined in the local radio multiple
ownership rule contained in
§ 73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent
of the advertising time of the brokered
station on a weekly basis is brokered by
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that licensee. Confidential or
proprietary information may be redacted
where appropriate but such information
shall be made available for inspection
upon request by the FCC.
The following information collection
requirements have not change since
they were last approved by the Office of
Management and Budget:
47 CFR Section 73.3613 currently
requires each licensee or permittee of a
commercial or noncommercial AM, FM,
TV or International broadcast station
shall file with the FCC copies of the
following contracts, instruments, and
documents together with amendments,
supplements, and cancellations (with
the substance of oral contracts reported
in writing), within 30 days of execution
thereof:
(a) Network service: Network
affiliation contracts between stations
and networks will be reduced to writing
and filed as follows:
(1) All network affiliation contracts,
agreements, or understandings between
a TV broadcast or low power TV station
and a national network. For the
purposes of this paragraph the term
network means any person, entity, or
corporation which offers an
interconnected program service on a
regular basis for 15 or more hours per
week to at least 25 affiliated television
licensees in 10 or more states; and/or
any person, entity, or corporation
controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with such person,
entity, or corporation.
(2) Each such filing on or after May 1,
1969, initially shall consist of a written
instrument containing all of the terms
and conditions of such contract,
agreement or understanding without
reference to any other paper or
document by incorporation or
otherwise. Subsequent filings may
simply set forth renewal, amendment or
change, as the case may be, of a
particular contract previously filed in
accordance herewith.
(3) The FCC shall also be notified of
the cancellation or termination of
network affiliations, contracts for which
are required to be filed by this section.
(b) Ownership or control: Contracts,
instruments or documents relating to
the present or future ownership or
control of the licensee or permittee or of
the licensee’s or permittee’s stock, rights
or interests therein, or relating to
changes in such ownership or control
shall include but are not limited to the
following:
(1) Articles of partnership,
association, and incorporation, and
changes in such instruments;
(2) Bylaws, and any instruments
effecting changes in such bylaws;
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(3) Any agreement, document or
instrument providing for the assignment
of a license or permit, or affecting,
directly or indirectly, the ownership or
voting rights of the licensee’s or
permittee’s stock (common or preferred,
voting or nonvoting), such as:
(i) Agreements for transfer of stock;
(ii) Instruments for the issuance of
new stock; or
(iii) Agreements for the acquisition of
licensee’s or permittee’s stock by the
issuing licensee or permittee
corporation. Pledges, trust agreements,
options to purchase stock and other
executory agreements are required to be
filed. However, trust agreements or
abstracts thereof are not required to be
filed, unless requested specifically by
the FCC. Should the FCC request an
abstract of the trust agreement in lieu of
the trust agreement, the licensee or
permittee will submit the following
information concerning the trust:
(A) Name of trust;
(B) Duration of trust;
(C) Number of shares of stock owned;
(D) Name of beneficial owner of stock;
(E) Name of record owner of stock;
(F) Name of the party or parties who
have the power to vote or control the
vote of the shares; and
(G) Any conditions on the powers of
voting the stock or any unusual
characteristics of the trust.
(4) Proxies with respect to the
licensee’s or permittee’s stock running
for a period in excess of 1 year, and all
proxies, whether or not running for a
period of 1 year, given without full and
detailed instructions binding the
nominee to act in a specified manner.
With respect to proxies given without
full and detailed instructions, a
statement showing the number of such
proxies, by whom given and received,
and the percentage of outstanding stock
represented by each proxy shall be
submitted by the licensee or permittee
within 30 days after the stockholders’
meeting in which the stock covered by
such proxies has been voted. However,
when the licensee or permittee is a
corporation having more than 50
stockholders, such complete
information need be filed only with
respect to proxies given by stockholders
who are officers or directors, or who
have 1% or more of the corporation’s
voting stock. When the licensee or
permittee is a corporation having more
than 50 stockholders and the
stockholders giving the proxies are not
officers or directors or do not hold 1%
or more of the corporation’s stock, the
only information required to be filed is
the name of any person voting 1% or
more of the stock by proxy, the number
of shares voted by proxy by such
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person, and the total number of shares
voted at the particular stockholders’
meeting in which the shares were voted
by proxy.
(5) Mortgage or loan agreements
containing provisions restricting the
licensee’s or permittee’s freedom of
operation, such as those affecting voting
rights, specifying or limiting the amount
of dividends payable, the purchase of
new equipment, or the maintenance of
current assets.
(6) Any agreement reflecting a change
in the officers, directors or stockholders
of a corporation, other than the licensee
or permittee, having an interest, direct
or indirect, in the licensee or permittee
as specified by § 73.3615.
(7) Agreements providing for the
assignment of a license or permit or
agreements for the transfer of stock filed
in accordance with FCC application
Forms 314, 315, 316 need not be
resubmitted pursuant to the terms of
this rule provision.
(c) Personnel: (1) Management
consultant agreements with
independent contractors; contracts
relating to the utilization in a
management capacity of any person
other than an officer, director, or regular
employee of the licensee or permittee;
station management contracts with any
persons, whether or not officers,
directors, or regular employees, which
provide for both a percentage of profits
and a sharing in losses; or any similar
agreements.
(2) The following contracts,
agreements, or understandings need not
be filed: Agreements with persons
regularly employed as general or station
managers or salesmen; contracts with
program managers or program
personnel; contracts with attorneys,
accountants or consulting radio
engineers; contracts with performers;
contracts with station representatives;
contracts with labor unions; or any
similar agreements.
(d)(1) Time brokerage agreements
(also known as local marketing
agreements): Time brokerage agreements
involving radio stations where the
licensee (including all parties under
common ownership) is the brokering
entity, the brokering and brokered
stations are both in the same market as
defined in the local radio multiple
ownership rule contained in
§ 73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent
of the time of the brokered station, on
a weekly basis is brokered by that
licensee; time brokerage agreements
involving television stations where the
licensee (including all parties under
common control) is the brokering entity,
the brokering and brokered stations are
both licensed to the same market as
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defined in the local television multiple
ownership rule contained in
§ 73.3555(b), and more than 15 percent
of the time of the brokered station, on
a weekly basis, is brokered by that
licensee; time brokerage agreements
involving radio or television stations
that would be attributable to the
licensee under § 73.3555 Note 2,
paragraph (i). Confidential or
proprietary information may be redacted
where appropriate but such information
shall be made available for inspection
upon request by the FCC.
(e) The following contracts,
agreements or understandings need not
be filed but shall be kept at the station
and made available for inspection upon
request by the FCC; subchannel leasing
agreements for Subsidiary
Communications Authorization
operation; franchise/leasing agreements
for operation of telecommunications
services on the television vertical
blanking interval and in the visual
signal; time sales contracts with the
same sponsor for 4 or more hours per
day, except where the length of the
events (such as athletic contests,
musical programs and special events)
broadcast pursuant to the contract is not
under control of the station; and
contracts with chief operators.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Federal Advisory Committee Act;
Communications Security, Reliability,
and Interoperability Council
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
notice advises interested persons that
the Federal Communications
Commission’s (FCC or Commission)
Communications Security, Reliability,
and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) VI
will hold its fourth meeting.
DATES: March 28, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, Room TW–C305
(Commission Meeting Room), 445 12th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffery Goldthorp, Designated Federal
Officer, (202) 418–1096 (voice) or
jeffery.goldthorp@fcc.gov (email); or
SUMMARY:
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Suzon Cameron, Deputy Designated
Federal Officer, (202) 418–1916 (voice)
or suzon.cameron@fcc.gov (email).
The
meeting will be held on March 28, 2018,
from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the
Commission Meeting Room of the
Federal Communications Commission,
Room TW–C305, 445 12th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20554.
The CSRIC is a Federal Advisory
Committee that will provide
recommendations to the FCC to improve
the security, reliability, and
interoperability of communications
systems. On March 19, 2017, the FCC,
pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, renewed the charter for
the CSRIC for a period of two years
through March 18, 2019. The meeting
on March 28, 2018, will be the Fourth
meeting of the CSRIC under the current
charter. The FCC will attempt to
accommodate as many attendees as
possible; however, admittance will be
limited to seating availability. The
Commission will provide audio and/or
video coverage of the meeting over the
internet from the FCC’s web page at
https://www.fcc.gov/live. The public may
submit written comments before the
meeting to Jeffery Goldthorp, CSRIC
Designated Federal Officer, by email to
jeffery.goldthorp@fcc.gov or U.S. Postal
Service Mail to Jeffery Goldthorp,
Associate Bureau Chief, Public Safety
and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12th
Street SW, Room 7–A325, Washington,
DC 20554.
Open captioning will be provided for
this event. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with
disabilities are available upon request.
Requests for such accommodations
should be submitted via email to
fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
418–0432 (tty). Such requests should
include a detailed description of the
accommodation needed. In addition,
please include a way the FCC can
contact you if it needs more
information. Please allow at least five
days’ advance notice; last-minute
requests will be accepted, but may be
impossible to fill.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0185]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information collections. 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 Office of Management and Budget
(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 April 27,
2018. 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
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advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0185.
Title: Section 73.3613, Filing of Contracts.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit entities and Not for
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,300 respondents; 2,300
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to 0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
Recordkeeping requirement, Third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 950 Hours.
Total Annual Cost: $120,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collections is contained in
Section 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 information collection.
Needs and Uses: On November 20, 2017, the Commission released an
Order on Reconsideration (83 FR 733, Jan. 8, 2018, FCC 17-156, rel.
Nov. 20, 2017) that, among other decisions, adopted changes to the
document filing requirements set forth in 47 CFR Section 73.3613 and
the Commission's broadcast attribution rules. In relevant part, the
Commission will no longer attribute television joint sales agreements
(JSAs) and will no longer require that these agreements be filed under
Section 73.3613(d)(2).
The revised Section 73.3613(d)(2) is as follows:
Joint sales agreements: Joint sales agreements involving radio
stations where the licensee (including all parties under common
control) is the brokering entity, the brokering and brokered stations
are both in the same market as defined in the local radio multiple
ownership rule contained in Sec. 73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent
of the advertising time of the brokered station on a weekly basis is
brokered by that licensee. Confidential or proprietary information may
be redacted where appropriate but such information shall be made
available for inspection upon request by the FCC.
The following information collection requirements have not change
since they were last approved by the Office of Management and Budget:
47 CFR Section 73.3613 currently requires each licensee or
permittee of a commercial or noncommercial AM, FM, TV or International
broadcast station shall file with the FCC copies of the following
contracts, instruments, and documents together with amendments,
supplements, and cancellations (with the substance of oral contracts
reported in writing), within 30 days of execution thereof:
(a) Network service: Network affiliation contracts between stations
and networks will be reduced to writing and filed as follows:
(1) All network affiliation contracts, agreements, or
understandings between a TV broadcast or low power TV station and a
national network. For the purposes of this paragraph the term network
means any person, entity, or corporation which offers an interconnected
program service on a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at
least 25 affiliated television licensees in 10 or more states; and/or
any person, entity, or corporation controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with such person, entity, or corporation.
(2) Each such filing on or after May 1, 1969, initially shall
consist of a written instrument containing all of the terms and
conditions of such contract, agreement or understanding without
reference to any other paper or document by incorporation or otherwise.
Subsequent filings may simply set forth renewal, amendment or change,
as the case may be, of a particular contract previously filed in
accordance herewith.
(3) The FCC shall also be notified of the cancellation or
termination of network affiliations, contracts for which are required
to be filed by this section.
(b) Ownership or control: Contracts, instruments or documents
relating to the present or future ownership or control of the licensee
or permittee or of the licensee's or permittee's stock, rights or
interests therein, or relating to changes in such ownership or control
shall include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Articles of partnership, association, and incorporation, and
changes in such instruments;
(2) Bylaws, and any instruments effecting changes in such bylaws;
(3) Any agreement, document or instrument providing for the
assignment of a license or permit, or affecting, directly or
indirectly, the ownership or voting rights of the licensee's or
permittee's stock (common or preferred, voting or nonvoting), such as:
(i) Agreements for transfer of stock;
(ii) Instruments for the issuance of new stock; or
(iii) Agreements for the acquisition of licensee's or permittee's
stock by the issuing licensee or permittee corporation. Pledges, trust
agreements, options to purchase stock and other executory agreements
are required to be filed. However, trust agreements or abstracts
thereof are not required to be filed, unless requested specifically by
the FCC. Should the FCC request an abstract of the trust agreement in
lieu of the trust agreement, the licensee or permittee will submit the
following information concerning the trust:
(A) Name of trust;
(B) Duration of trust;
(C) Number of shares of stock owned;
(D) Name of beneficial owner of stock;
(E) Name of record owner of stock;
(F) Name of the party or parties who have the power to vote or
control the vote of the shares; and
(G) Any conditions on the powers of voting the stock or any unusual
characteristics of the trust.
(4) Proxies with respect to the licensee's or permittee's stock
running for a period in excess of 1 year, and all proxies, whether or
not running for a period of 1 year, given without full and detailed
instructions binding the nominee to act in a specified manner. With
respect to proxies given without full and detailed instructions, a
statement showing the number of such proxies, by whom given and
received, and the percentage of outstanding stock represented by each
proxy shall be submitted by the licensee or permittee within 30 days
after the stockholders' meeting in which the stock covered by such
proxies has been voted. However, when the licensee or permittee is a
corporation having more than 50 stockholders, such complete information
need be filed only with respect to proxies given by stockholders who
are officers or directors, or who have 1% or more of the corporation's
voting stock. When the licensee or permittee is a corporation having
more than 50 stockholders and the stockholders giving the proxies are
not officers or directors or do not hold 1% or more of the
corporation's stock, the only information required to be filed is the
name of any person voting 1% or more of the stock by proxy, the number
of shares voted by proxy by such
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person, and the total number of shares voted at the particular
stockholders' meeting in which the shares were voted by proxy.
(5) Mortgage or loan agreements containing provisions restricting
the licensee's or permittee's freedom of operation, such as those
affecting voting rights, specifying or limiting the amount of dividends
payable, the purchase of new equipment, or the maintenance of current
assets.
(6) Any agreement reflecting a change in the officers, directors or
stockholders of a corporation, other than the licensee or permittee,
having an interest, direct or indirect, in the licensee or permittee as
specified by Sec. 73.3615.
(7) Agreements providing for the assignment of a license or permit
or agreements for the transfer of stock filed in accordance with FCC
application Forms 314, 315, 316 need not be resubmitted pursuant to the
terms of this rule provision.
(c) Personnel: (1) Management consultant agreements with
independent contractors; contracts relating to the utilization in a
management capacity of any person other than an officer, director, or
regular employee of the licensee or permittee; station management
contracts with any persons, whether or not officers, directors, or
regular employees, which provide for both a percentage of profits and a
sharing in losses; or any similar agreements.
(2) The following contracts, agreements, or understandings need not
be filed: Agreements with persons regularly employed as general or
station managers or salesmen; contracts with program managers or
program personnel; contracts with attorneys, accountants or consulting
radio engineers; contracts with performers; contracts with station
representatives; contracts with labor unions; or any similar
agreements.
(d)(1) Time brokerage agreements (also known as local marketing
agreements): Time brokerage agreements involving radio stations where
the licensee (including all parties under common ownership) is the
brokering entity, the brokering and brokered stations are both in the
same market as defined in the local radio multiple ownership rule
contained in Sec. 73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent of the time of
the brokered station, on a weekly basis is brokered by that licensee;
time brokerage agreements involving television stations where the
licensee (including all parties under common control) is the brokering
entity, the brokering and brokered stations are both licensed to the
same market as defined in the local television multiple ownership rule
contained in Sec. 73.3555(b), and more than 15 percent of the time of
the brokered station, on a weekly basis, is brokered by that licensee;
time brokerage agreements involving radio or television stations that
would be attributable to the licensee under Sec. 73.3555 Note 2,
paragraph (i). Confidential or proprietary information may be redacted
where appropriate but such information shall be made available for
inspection upon request by the FCC.
(e) The following contracts, agreements or understandings need not
be filed but shall be kept at the station and made available for
inspection upon request by the FCC; subchannel leasing agreements for
Subsidiary Communications Authorization operation; franchise/leasing
agreements for operation of telecommunications services on the
television vertical blanking interval and in the visual signal; time
sales contracts with the same sponsor for 4 or more hours per day,
except where the length of the events (such as athletic contests,
musical programs and special events) broadcast pursuant to the contract
is not under control of the station; and contracts with chief
operators.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-03867 Filed 2-23-18; 8:45 am]
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