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Security Threats to the Communications
Supply Chain Through FCC Programs).
The Report and Order prohibits future
use of Universal Service Fund (USF)
monies to purchase, maintain, improve,
modify, obtain, or otherwise support
any equipment or services produced or
provided by a company that poses a
national security threat to the integrity
of communications networks or the
communications supply chain. It also
initially designated two entities—
Huawei Technologies Company
(Huawei) and ZTE Corporation (ZTE),
along with their affiliates, subsidiaries,
and parents—as covered companies
posing such a national security threat.
In the Further Notice, the Commission
proposed to make the requirement to
remove covered equipment and services
from carriers’ networks contingent on
the availability of a funded
reimbursement program, in an effort to
mitigate the impact on affected entities.
This information collection is designed
to collect data from eligible
telecommunication carriers (ETCs) and
other carriers to determine the extent of
which potentially prohibited equipment
exists in current networks and the costs
associated with removing such
equipment and replacing it with
equivalent equipment. The data will aid
the Commission’s review of the record
and guide our next steps in this
proceeding.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–05786 Filed 3–19–20; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1081, 3060–1224; FRS 16567]
Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under
Delegated Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 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:
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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 May 19, 2020.
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
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1081.
Title: Section 54.202, 54.209, 54.307,
54.313, 54.314, and 54.809,
Telecommunications Carriers Eligible
for Universal Service Support.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 20 respondents; 20
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 40
hours.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority is contained in sections
201(b), 214(e)(6), and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 201(b), 214(e)(6),
303(r).
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 800 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
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Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: If
respondents submit information which
respondents believe is confidential,
respondents may request confidential
treatment of such information pursuant
to section 0.459 of the Commission’s
rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
Needs and Uses: Designation as an
Eligible Telecommunications Carrier
(ETC) makes a telecommunications
carrier eligible to receive support from
the universal service high-cost and lowincome programs, which supports the
extension of telecommunications
services to underserved rural
communities. In the absence of this
information collection, the Federal
Communications Commission’s (the
Commission’s) ability to fulfill its
statutory obligation and to oversee the
use of federal universal service funds
and to combat waste, fraud, and abuse
in the use of federal funds would be
compromised. Section 54.202 of the
Commission’s rules requires carriers
seeking designation from the
Commission to submit an application
that certifies that the carrier will comply
with the service requirements
applicable to the support that it
receives, 47 CFR 54.202(a)(1)(i).
Additionally, applicants must submit a
five-year plan that describes with
specificity proposed improvements or
upgrades to the applicant’s network
throughout its proposed service area,
with estimates of the area and
population that will be served as a
result of the improvements,
§ 54.202(a)(1)(ii). An applicant must
demonstrate its ability to remain
functional in emergency situations,
including: A demonstration that it has a
reasonable amount of back-up power to
ensure functionality without an external
power source; is able to reroute traffic
around damaged facilities; is capable of
managing traffic spikes resulting from
emergency situations, § 54.202(a)(2);
and a demonstration that it will satisfy
applicable consumer protection and
service quality standards, § 54.202(a)(3).
A commitment by wireless applicants
to comply with the Cellular
Telecommunications and internet
Association’s Consumer Code for
Wireless Service will satisfy this
requirement and other commitments
will be considered on a case-by-case
basis. If the common carrier is seeking
designation as an ETC under section
214(e)(6) for any part of Tribal lands, it
shall provide a copy of its petition to the
affected tribal government and tribal
regulatory authority, as applicable, at
the time it files its petition with the
Commission. In addition, the
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Commission will send any public notice
seeking comment on any petition for
designation as an eligible
telecommunications carrier on Tribal
lands, at the time it is released, to the
affected tribal government and tribal
regulatory authority, as applicable, by
the most expeditious means available,
§ 54.202(c).
OMB Control Number: 3060–1224.
Title: Reverse Auction (Auction 1001)
Incentive Payment Instructions from
Reverse Auction Winning Bidder.
Form Number: FCC Form 1875.
Type of Review: Extension 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: 750 respondents; 1,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in the Middle Class Tax
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012,
Public Law 112–96 (Spectrum Act)
§ 6403(a)(1).
Total Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The information collection includes
information identifying bank accounts
and providing account and routing
numbers to access those accounts. FCC
considers that information to be records
not routinely available for public
inspection under 47 CFR 0.457, and
exempt from disclosure under FOIA
exemption 4 (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Spectrum Act
mandates ‘‘a reverse auction to
determine the amount of compensation
that each broadcast television licensee
would accept in return for voluntarily
relinquishing some or all of its
broadcast television spectrum usage
rights in order to make spectrum
available for assignment through a
system of competitive bidding’’.1
The Commission conducted noticeand-comment rulemaking to implement
the Spectrum Act, and ruled in the
Incentive Auction Report and Order
that: ‘‘we adopt the Commission’s
proposal to require successful bidders in
the reverse auction to submit additional
information to facilitate incentive
1 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of
2012, Public Law 112–96 (Spectrum Act)
§ 6403(a)(1).
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payments. As mentioned in the NPRM,
we envision that the information would
be submitted on standardized incentive
payment forms similar to the Automated
Clearing House (‘‘ACH’’) forms
unsuccessful bidders in typical
spectrum license auctions use to request
refunds of their deposits and upfront
payments. This information collection is
necessary to facilitate incentive
payments and should not be
burdensome to successful bidders.
Specifically, without further instruction
and bank account information from
successful bidders, the Commission
would not know where to send the
incentive payments.’’ [footnotes
omitted] 2
The information collection for which
we are requesting approval is the
standardized incentive payment form
referred to in the paragraph above.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–05787 Filed 3–19–20; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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, if any, 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)).
Comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the
Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of
2 Expanding the Economic and Innovation
Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive
Auctions, GN Docket No. 12–268, Report and Order,
29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (‘‘Incentive Auction R&O’’)
at 537.
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the Board of Governors, Ann E.
Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later
than April 21, 2020.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:
1. Arbor Bancorp, Inc., Ann Arbor,
Michigan; to merge with FNBH Bancorp,
Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire First
National Bank in Howell, both of
Howell, Michigan.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, March 17, 2020.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2020–05915 Filed 3–19–20; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
or bank holding company. The factors
that are considered in acting on the
applications are set forth in paragraph 7
of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The applications listed below, as well
as other related filings required by the
Board, if any, 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 paragraph 7 of
the Act.
Comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the
Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of
the Board of Governors, Ann E.
Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th
and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later
than April 6, 2020.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:
1. Matthew J. Lujano, Carroll, Iowa;
and Margaret A. White, Westside, Iowa;
to acquire and to retain, respectively,
voting shares of Halbur Bancshares, Inc.,
and thereby indirectly acquire or retain
voting shares of Westside State Bank,
both of Westside, Iowa, and acting in
concert with James J. White, Westside,
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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 55 (Friday, March 20, 2020)]
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[Pages 16101-16102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1081, 3060-1224; FRS 16567]
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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 (PRA) of 1995, 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 May 19,
2020. 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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1081.
Title: Section 54.202, 54.209, 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, and 54.809,
Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 20 respondents; 20 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 40 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority is contained in sections 201(b), 214(e)(6), and
303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 201(b),
214(e)(6), 303(r).
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 800 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: If respondents submit
information which respondents believe is confidential, respondents may
request confidential treatment of such information pursuant to section
0.459 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
Needs and Uses: Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications
Carrier (ETC) makes a telecommunications carrier eligible to receive
support from the universal service high-cost and low-income programs,
which supports the extension of telecommunications services to
underserved rural communities. In the absence of this information
collection, the Federal Communications Commission's (the Commission's)
ability to fulfill its statutory obligation and to oversee the use of
federal universal service funds and to combat waste, fraud, and abuse
in the use of federal funds would be compromised. Section 54.202 of the
Commission's rules requires carriers seeking designation from the
Commission to submit an application that certifies that the carrier
will comply with the service requirements applicable to the support
that it receives, 47 CFR 54.202(a)(1)(i). Additionally, applicants must
submit a five-year plan that describes with specificity proposed
improvements or upgrades to the applicant's network throughout its
proposed service area, with estimates of the area and population that
will be served as a result of the improvements, Sec. 54.202(a)(1)(ii).
An applicant must demonstrate its ability to remain functional in
emergency situations, including: A demonstration that it has a
reasonable amount of back-up power to ensure functionality without an
external power source; is able to reroute traffic around damaged
facilities; is capable of managing traffic spikes resulting from
emergency situations, Sec. 54.202(a)(2); and a demonstration that it
will satisfy applicable consumer protection and service quality
standards, Sec. 54.202(a)(3).
A commitment by wireless applicants to comply with the Cellular
Telecommunications and internet Association's Consumer Code for
Wireless Service will satisfy this requirement and other commitments
will be considered on a case-by-case basis. If the common carrier is
seeking designation as an ETC under section 214(e)(6) for any part of
Tribal lands, it shall provide a copy of its petition to the affected
tribal government and tribal regulatory authority, as applicable, at
the time it files its petition with the Commission. In addition, the
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Commission will send any public notice seeking comment on any petition
for designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier on Tribal
lands, at the time it is released, to the affected tribal government
and tribal regulatory authority, as applicable, by the most expeditious
means available, Sec. 54.202(c).
OMB Control Number: 3060-1224.
Title: Reverse Auction (Auction 1001) Incentive Payment
Instructions from Reverse Auction Winning Bidder.
Form Number: FCC Form 1875.
Type of Review: Extension 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: 750 respondents; 1,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-96
(Spectrum Act) Sec. 6403(a)(1).
Total Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information collection
includes information identifying bank accounts and providing account
and routing numbers to access those accounts. FCC considers that
information to be records not routinely available for public inspection
under 47 CFR 0.457, and exempt from disclosure under FOIA exemption 4
(5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Spectrum Act mandates ``a reverse auction to
determine the amount of compensation that each broadcast television
licensee would accept in return for voluntarily relinquishing some or
all of its broadcast television spectrum usage rights in order to make
spectrum available for assignment through a system of competitive
bidding''.\1\
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\1\ Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public
Law 112-96 (Spectrum Act) Sec. 6403(a)(1).
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The Commission conducted notice-and-comment rulemaking to implement
the Spectrum Act, and ruled in the Incentive Auction Report and Order
that: ``we adopt the Commission's proposal to require successful
bidders in the reverse auction to submit additional information to
facilitate incentive payments. As mentioned in the NPRM, we envision
that the information would be submitted on standardized incentive
payment forms similar to the Automated Clearing House (``ACH'') forms
unsuccessful bidders in typical spectrum license auctions use to
request refunds of their deposits and upfront payments. This
information collection is necessary to facilitate incentive payments
and should not be burdensome to successful bidders. Specifically,
without further instruction and bank account information from
successful bidders, the Commission would not know where to send the
incentive payments.'' [footnotes omitted] \2\
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\2\ Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of
Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, GN Docket No. 12-268, Report
and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (``Incentive Auction R&O'') at
537.
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The information collection for which we are requesting approval is
the standardized incentive payment form referred to in the paragraph
above.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-05787 Filed 3-19-20; 8:45 am]
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