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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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1003.
Title: Communications Disaster
Information Reporting System (DIRS).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State,
Local or Tribal Government; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 400 respondents; 104,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1
hour—1.5 hours (average per response).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and Annual Reporting Requirements
and Recordkeeping Requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Statutory authority for this collection is
contained in sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o),
251(e)(3), 254, 301, 303(b), 303(g),
303(r), 307, 309(a), 309(j), 316, 332, and
403 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, and section 706 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47
U.S.C. 151, 154(i)–(j) & (o), 251(e)(3),
254, 301, 303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 332,
403, and 1302.
Total Annual Burden: 16,320 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
launched the Disaster Information
Reporting System (DIRS) in 2007
pursuant to its mandate to promote the
safety of life and property through the
use of wire and radio communication as
required by the Communications Act of
1934, as amended. DIRS is a voluntary,
efficient, and web-based system that
communications companies may use to
report their infrastructure status during
times of crisis (e.g., related to a disaster).
DIRS uses a number of template forms
tailored to different communications
sectors (i.e., wireless, wireline,
broadcast, and cable) to facilitate the
entry of this information. To use DIRS,
a company first inputs its emergency
contact information. After this, they
submit information using the template
form appropriate for their
communications sector. In a Second
Report and Order adopted on March 18,
2021, as FCC 21–34, the Commission
adopted rules allowing certain federal,
state, and Tribal Nation agencies
(Participating Agencies) to access to
certain geographically relevant reports
filed in the Commission’s Disaster
Information Reporting System (DIRS).
The information collections and record
keeping provisions adopted will allow
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Participating Agencies to apply for, and
receive access to, DIRS report in the
areas where they have jurisdiction. The
collection will further enable these
Participating Agencies, at their election,
to share DIRS reports with qualified
local agencies whose jurisdiction is
affected by a disaster, while still
maintaining the confidentiality of the
substantive data. The changes to the
data collections fields in the DIRS
filings made by service providers will
further facilitate the ability of
Participating Agencies to access those
reports relevant to their specific
geographies. Finally, the changes to the
information collection and associated
recordkeeping requirements, including
retention by participating agencies of
qualification forms submitted by local
agency seeking access to DIRS data, as
well as a list of which local agencies
receive information from the
Participating Agency, training materials
setting clear parameters for the use of
DIRS data, and a list of those persons
granted DIRS account access, will
enable auditing functions to ensure
accountability in the use of DIRS
information and immediate reporting of
breaches of access or confidentiality
protocols.
The Commission notes that the
information sharing framework
established in the Second Report and
Order allows for access to be granted not
only for DIRS, but also to the
Commission’s Network Outage
Reporting System (NORS). We note that
the process and requirements for
Participating Agencies under this
framework is identical, regardless of
whether they seek access to NORS,
DIRS, or both. Because the Commission
anticipates that NORS and DIRS access
will be requested together in most cases,
it believes that the estimated burden
hours and costs for Participating
Agencies associated with DIRS access
are fully included in the estimates that
it has separately submitted as part of its
collection on Part 4 of the Commission’s
Rules Concerning Disruptions to
Communications, OMB Control No.
3060–0484. To avoid double-counting
the estimated burden hours and costs
associated with both collections, the
Commission estimates the marginal cost
of the Participating Agency aspect of
this collection to be zero.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–XXXX; FR ID 191715]
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 February 20,
2024. 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 to 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–XXXX.
Title: Application to Participate in a
5G Fund Auction, FCC Form 184.
SUMMARY:
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Form Number: FCC Form 184.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions,
and state, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 300 respondents and 300
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 7
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
47 U.S.C. 154, 254 and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 2,100 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will use the information collected under
this information collection to determine
whether applicants are qualified to
participate in a 5G Fund auction.
In its November 2011 USF/ICC
Transformation Order, the Commission
took numerous steps to
comprehensively reform and modernize
the universal service program to ensure
that robust, affordable fixed and mobile
voice and broadband service are
available to those in rural, insular, and
high cost areas of the country. Connect
America Fund et al., Order and Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC
11–161 (USF/ICC Transformation
Order). Among other things, the
Commission (1) established a twophased Mobility Fund to award
universal service support for mobile
services in a cost-effective manner to no
more than one provider per area in areas
where a private-sector business case was
lacking, (2) directed that universal
service support under the Mobility
Fund be awarded by competitive
bidding, (3) adopted the rules and
framework for Mobility Fund Phase I,
and (4) sought comment on the rules
and proposed framework for Mobility
Fund Phase II. In its February 2017
Mobility Fund Phase II Report and
Order, the Commission adopted the
rules and framework for Mobility Fund
Phase II to provide ongoing universal
service support over a ten-year term to
areas of the country unlikely to receive
4G LTE service absent subsidies, along
with the framework for a challenge
process to resolve disputes about areas
that were found to be presumptively
ineligible for support. Connect America
Fund; Universal Service Reform—
Mobility Fund II, Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
FCC 17–11. However, in its October
2020 5G Fund Report and Order, the
Commission established the 5G Fund as
a replacement for Mobility Fund Phase
II, and adopted the framework and rules
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for the 5G Fund to award universal
service support in two phases through
separate reverse auctions to ensure the
deployment of high-speed, 5G mobile
service in areas unlikely to see such
service absent subsidies. Establishing a
5G Fund for Rural America, Report and
Order, FCC 20–150 (5G Fund Report
and Order). In the 5G Fund Report and
Order, the Commission, among other
things, adopted a two-stage application
process for 5G Fund auctions consisting
of pre-auction requirements for
applicants seeking to participate in a 5G
Fund auction and post-auction
requirements for winning bidders
applying for 5G Fund support. The
Commission decided that applicants
seeking to participate in a 5G Fund
auction would be required to provide
both the information required by section
1.21001(b) of the Commission’s existing
Part 1, Subpart AA universal service
competitive bidding rules, 47 CFR
1.21001(b), and the additional
application disclosures and
certifications specific to the 5G Fund
required by section 54.1014(a) of the
Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 54.1014(a).
Under this new information
collection, the Commission will collect
the information, disclosures, and
certifications required by sections
1.21001(b) and 54.1014(a) of the
Commission’s rules from each applicant
seeking to participate in a 5G Fund
auction, and will use the information,
disclosures, and certifications to
determine whether an applicant is
legally, technically, and financially
qualified to participate in a 5G Fund
auction. To aid in collecting this
information, the Commission has
created FCC Form 184, which will be
used to provide the information,
disclosures, and certifications required
by sections 1.21001(b) and 54.1014(a).
Commission staff will review the
information, disclosures, and
certifications collected on FCC Form
184 as part of the pre-auction process,
prior to the start of the auction, and
determine whether each applicant
satisfies the Commission’s requirements
to participate in an auction for 5G Fund
support. Without the information
collected on FCC Form 184, the
Commission will not be able to
determine if an applicant is legally
qualified to participate in a 5G Fund
auction and has complied with the
various applicable regulatory and
statutory auction requirements for such
participation. This approach provides
an appropriate screen to ensure serious
participation without being unduly
burdensome.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–28097 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am]
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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 public portions of the
applications listed below, as well as
other related filings required by the
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immediate inspection at the Federal
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the offices of the Board of Governors.
This information may also be obtained
on an expedited basis, upon request, by
contacting the appropriate Federal
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Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
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than January 5, 2024.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-XXXX; FR ID 191715]
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 February
20, 2024. 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 to
[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-XXXX.
Title: Application to Participate in a 5G Fund Auction, FCC Form
184.
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Form Number: FCC Form 184.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 300 respondents and 300
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 7 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection 47 U.S.C. 154, 254
and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 2,100 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will use the information collected
under this information collection to determine whether applicants are
qualified to participate in a 5G Fund auction.
In its November 2011 USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission
took numerous steps to comprehensively reform and modernize the
universal service program to ensure that robust, affordable fixed and
mobile voice and broadband service are available to those in rural,
insular, and high cost areas of the country. Connect America Fund et
al., Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 11-161 (USF/
ICC Transformation Order). Among other things, the Commission (1)
established a two-phased Mobility Fund to award universal service
support for mobile services in a cost-effective manner to no more than
one provider per area in areas where a private-sector business case was
lacking, (2) directed that universal service support under the Mobility
Fund be awarded by competitive bidding, (3) adopted the rules and
framework for Mobility Fund Phase I, and (4) sought comment on the
rules and proposed framework for Mobility Fund Phase II. In its
February 2017 Mobility Fund Phase II Report and Order, the Commission
adopted the rules and framework for Mobility Fund Phase II to provide
ongoing universal service support over a ten-year term to areas of the
country unlikely to receive 4G LTE service absent subsidies, along with
the framework for a challenge process to resolve disputes about areas
that were found to be presumptively ineligible for support. Connect
America Fund; Universal Service Reform--Mobility Fund II, Report and
Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 17-11. However, in
its October 2020 5G Fund Report and Order, the Commission established
the 5G Fund as a replacement for Mobility Fund Phase II, and adopted
the framework and rules for the 5G Fund to award universal service
support in two phases through separate reverse auctions to ensure the
deployment of high-speed, 5G mobile service in areas unlikely to see
such service absent subsidies. Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural
America, Report and Order, FCC 20-150 (5G Fund Report and Order). In
the 5G Fund Report and Order, the Commission, among other things,
adopted a two-stage application process for 5G Fund auctions consisting
of pre-auction requirements for applicants seeking to participate in a
5G Fund auction and post-auction requirements for winning bidders
applying for 5G Fund support. The Commission decided that applicants
seeking to participate in a 5G Fund auction would be required to
provide both the information required by section 1.21001(b) of the
Commission's existing Part 1, Subpart AA universal service competitive
bidding rules, 47 CFR 1.21001(b), and the additional application
disclosures and certifications specific to the 5G Fund required by
section 54.1014(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 54.1014(a).
Under this new information collection, the Commission will collect
the information, disclosures, and certifications required by sections
1.21001(b) and 54.1014(a) of the Commission's rules from each applicant
seeking to participate in a 5G Fund auction, and will use the
information, disclosures, and certifications to determine whether an
applicant is legally, technically, and financially qualified to
participate in a 5G Fund auction. To aid in collecting this
information, the Commission has created FCC Form 184, which will be
used to provide the information, disclosures, and certifications
required by sections 1.21001(b) and 54.1014(a). Commission staff will
review the information, disclosures, and certifications collected on
FCC Form 184 as part of the pre-auction process, prior to the start of
the auction, and determine whether each applicant satisfies the
Commission's requirements to participate in an auction for 5G Fund
support. Without the information collected on FCC Form 184, the
Commission will not be able to determine if an applicant is legally
qualified to participate in a 5G Fund auction and has complied with the
various applicable regulatory and statutory auction requirements for
such participation. This approach provides an appropriate screen to
ensure serious participation without being unduly burdensome.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-28097 Filed 12-20-23; 8:45 am]
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