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requirement, third-party disclosure
requirements, and every ten years
reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in sections 1, 2, 4(i), 201, 301, 302, 303,
307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 324, 332,
and 333 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, and sections 6003,
6004, and 6401 of the Middle Class Tax
Relief Act of 2012, Public Law 112–96,
126 Stat. 156, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i),
201, 301, 302(a), 303, 307, 308, 309, 310,
316, 319, 324, 332, 333, 1403, 1404, and
1451.
Total Annual Burden: 8,118 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $576,000.
Needs and Uses: The currently
approved information collections under
Control No. 3060–1030 relate to three
groups of Advanced Wireless Service
(‘‘AWS’’) spectrum, commonly referred
to as AWS–1, AWS–3, and AWS–4. The
FCC’s policies and rules apply to
application, licensing, operating and
technical rules for this spectrum. The
respondents are AWS licensees,
incumbent Fixed Microwave Service
(FS) and Broadband Radio Service (BRS)
licensees that relocate out of the AWS
bands. AWS licensees also have
coordination requirements with certain
Federal Government incumbents.
Recordkeeping, reporting, and thirdparty disclosure requirements
associated with the FCC items listed in
item 1 of the supporting statement will
be used by incumbent licensees and
new entrants to negotiate relocation
agreements and to coordinate operations
to avoid interference. The information
also will be used by licensees to
determine reimbursement obligations of
other licensees pursuant to the
Commission’s rules, and notify to notify
such licensees of their reimbursement
obligations. Additionally, the
information will be used to facilitate
dispute resolution and for FCC oversight
of the cost-sharing plan.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[MB Docket No. 11–43; DA 24–184; FRS
ID 206900]
Audio Description: Nonbroadcast
Networks
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION:
Notice.
FCC announces the top five
national nonbroadcast networks subject
to the Commission’s audio description
requirements.
DATES: The updated list of the top five
national nonbroadcast networks subject
to the Commission’s audio description
requirements is effective July 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The full text of this public
notice is available electronically in
ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe
Acrobat via ECFS and at https://
www.fcc.gov/document/media-bureaugrants-requests-audio-descriptionexemption-0. Alternative formats are
available for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files,
audio format), by sending an email to
fcc504@fcc.gov or calling the
Commission’s Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–0530 (voice).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, contact Diana
Sokolow (202–418–0588;
Diana.Sokolow@fcc.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Media Bureau’s Public
Notice, DA 24–184, released on
February 28, 2024. Audio description
makes video programming more
accessible to individuals who are blind
or visually impaired through ‘‘[t]he
insertion of audio narrated descriptions
of a television program’s key visual
elements into natural pauses between
the program’s dialogue.’’ 1 The
Commission’s audio description rules
require multichannel video
programming distributor (MVPD)
systems that serve 50,000 or more
subscribers to provide 87.5 hours of
audio description per calendar quarter
on channels carrying each of the top five
national nonbroadcast networks. The
top five national nonbroadcast networks
are defined by an average of the national
audience share during prime time of
nonbroadcast networks that reach 50
percent or more of MVPD households
and have at least 50 hours per quarter
of prime time programming that is not
live or near-live or otherwise exempt
under the audio description rules.
The rules provide that the list of top
five nonbroadcast networks will update
at three-year intervals to account for
changes in ratings, and that the fourth
triennial update will occur on July 1,
2024, based on the 2022 to 2023 ratings
year. In anticipation of this update, the
Media Bureau issued a Public Notice on
November 30, 2023 announcing the top
ten nonbroadcast networks for the 2022
SUMMARY:
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to 2023 ratings year according to data
provided by the Nielsen Company: Fox
News, ESPN, MSNBC, HGTV, Hallmark,
TLC, TNT, TBS, Discovery, and History.
The Public Notice indicated that a
program network could seek an
exemption no later than 30 days after
publication of the Public Notice, if it
believed it should be excluded from the
list of top five networks covered by the
audio description rules because it does
not air at least 50 hours of prime time
programming per quarter that is not live
or near-live or is otherwise exempt. Fox
News, ESPN, and MSNBC filed timely
requests for exemption from the list of
top five nonbroadcast networks.
In an Order adopted concurrently
with this Public Notice, the Bureau
found that Fox News, ESPN, and
MSNBC provide on average less than 50
hours per calendar quarter of prime time
programming that is not live or nearlive. The Bureau, therefore, exempted
these three networks from the
Commission’s audio description
requirements applicable to the top five
national nonbroadcast networks. In
making its determination, the Bureau
reviewed data pertaining to the six most
recent calendar quarters submitted by
each network and sample programming
schedules. The Bureau also considered
additional information each individual
network submitted to support or explain
aspects of each request, when available.
Thus, as a result of the exemptions
granted to Fox News, MSNBC, and
ESPN and a review of Nielsen ratings for
the 2022 to 2023 ratings year, the top
five nonbroadcast networks that will be
subject to the audio description
requirements as of July 1, 2024 are:
HGTV, Hallmark, TLC, TNT, and TBS.
MVPD systems that serve 50,000 or
more subscribers must provide 87.5
hours of audio description per calendar
quarter on channels carrying each of
these networks during the triennial
period beginning on July 1, 2024.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection
Renewal; Comment Request; OMB No.
3064–0015
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
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The FDIC, as part of its
obligations under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the request to renew the
existing information collections
described below (OMB Control No.
3064–0015). The notice of the proposed
renewal for this information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on November 2, 2023, allowing
for a 60-day comment period.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted on
or before April 11, 2024.
DATES:
Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments to
the FDIC by any of the following
methods:
ADDRESSES:
• Agency website: https://
www.fdic.gov/resources/regulations/
federal-register-publications/.
• Email: comments@fdic.gov. Include
the name and number of the collection
in the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Manny Cabeza (202–898–
3767), Regulatory Counsel, MB–3128,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20429.
• Hand Delivery: Comments may be
hand-delivered to the guard station at
the rear of the 17th Street NW building
(located on F Street NW), on business
days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Jennifer Jones, Regulatory Counsel, 202–
898–6768, jennjones@fdic.gov, MB–
3078, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 550 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal
to renew the following currently
approved collection of information:
1. Title: Interagency Bank Merger
Application.
OMB Number: 3064–0015.
Form Number: 6220/01.
Affected Public: FDIC-insured
depository institutions.
Burden Estimate:
SUMMARY OF ANNUAL BURDEN
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Interagency Bank Merger Act Application—Affiliated Transactions.
Interagency Bank Merger Act Application—Nonaffiliated Transactions.
Obligation to
respond
Reporting .......
Mandatory ......
103
Reporting .......
Mandatory ......
117
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
5,584 hours.
General Description of Collection:
Section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (FDI Act) requires an
insured depository institution (IDI) that
wishes to merge or consolidate with any
other IDI or, either directly or indirectly,
acquire the assets of, or assume liability
to pay any deposits made in, any other
IDI, to apply for the prior written
approval of the responsible agency (the
FDIC; the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve (FRB); or the Office of
the Comptroller of the Currency
(OCC)).1 Section 18(c) further requires
FDIC approval in connection with any
merger transaction involving an IDI and
a non-insured entity.
The Interagency Bank Merger Act
Application Form (Application Form) is
used by the FDIC, the FRB, and the OCC
for applications under Section 18(c) of
the FDI Act. The Application Form may
be used for any merger transaction
subject to Section 18(c). There is a
different level of burden for each of the
two types of merger transactions,
nonaffiliated and affiliated. An affiliate
transaction refers to a merger,
consolidation, other combination, or
1 12 U.S.C. 1828(c). The FDIC is the responsible
agency if the acquiring, assuming, or resulting bank
is to be a State nonmember insured bank or a State
savings association.
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Estimated
number of
respondents
Type of
burden
Information collection description
Estimated
frequency of
responses
Estimated time
per response
Estimated
annual burden
On Occasion ..
19
1,957
On Occasion ..
31
3,627
transfer of any deposit liabilities,
between an IDI and another entity
controlled by the same parent company,
regardless of whether the other entity is
FDIC-insured. It includes a business
combination between an IDI and an
affiliated interim institution. Applicants
proposing affiliate transactions are not
required to complete questions 12
through 14 of the Application Form. If
the merging entities are not controlled
by the same parent company, the merger
transaction is considered nonaffiliated,
and the applicant must complete the
entire application form.
The FDIC Supplement to the
Interagency Bank Merger Act
Application Form (Supplement)
requires each applicant to provide
information that delineates the relevant
geographic market(s) and describes the
competition in the relevant geographic
market(s). The information collected
focuses on the relevant geographic
market(s) where the applicant and the
entity to be acquired provide banking
products or services. The Supplement
includes specific instructions to
facilitate a comprehensive competitive
analysis relative to transactions between
nonaffiliated entities.
There is no change in the method or
substance of the collection. The 62-hour
decrease in burden hours is the result of
updated data available.
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Request for Comment
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the FDIC’s functions, including whether
the information has practical utility; (b)
the accuracy of the estimates of the
burden of the information collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. All comments will become
a matter of public record.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Dated at Washington, DC, on March 6,
2024.
James P. Sheesley,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
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The Commission hereby gives notice
of filing of the following agreements
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection
Renewal; Comment Request; OMB No. 3064-0015
AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the request to renew
the existing information collections described below (OMB Control No.
3064-0015). The notice of the proposed renewal for this information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on November
2, 2023, allowing for a 60-day comment period.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to
the FDIC by any of the following methods:
Agency website: https://www.fdic.gov/resources/regulations/federal-register-publications/.
Email: [email protected]. Include the name and number of
the collection in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Manny Cabeza (202-898-3767), Regulatory Counsel, MB-
3128, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20429.
Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard
station at the rear of the 17th Street NW building (located on F Street
NW), on business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jennifer Jones, Regulatory Counsel,
202-898-6768, [email protected], MB-3078, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently
approved collection of information:
1. Title: Interagency Bank Merger Application.
OMB Number: 3064-0015.
Form Number: 6220/01.
Affected Public: FDIC-insured depository institutions.
Burden Estimate:
Summary of Annual Burden
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Estimated
Information collection Type of burden Obligation to respond number of Estimated frequency of Estimated time Estimated
description respondents responses per response annual burden
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Interagency Bank Merger Act Reporting............. Mandatory............. 103 On Occasion........... 19 1,957
Application--Affiliated
Transactions.
Interagency Bank Merger Act Reporting............. Mandatory............. 117 On Occasion........... 31 3,627
Application--Nonaffiliated
Transactions.
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Total Estimated Annual Burden: 5,584 hours.
General Description of Collection: Section 18(c) of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act) requires an insured depository
institution (IDI) that wishes to merge or consolidate with any other
IDI or, either directly or indirectly, acquire the assets of, or assume
liability to pay any deposits made in, any other IDI, to apply for the
prior written approval of the responsible agency (the FDIC; the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve (FRB); or the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)).\1\ Section 18(c) further requires
FDIC approval in connection with any merger transaction involving an
IDI and a non-insured entity.
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\1\ 12 U.S.C. 1828(c). The FDIC is the responsible agency if the
acquiring, assuming, or resulting bank is to be a State nonmember
insured bank or a State savings association.
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The Interagency Bank Merger Act Application Form (Application Form)
is used by the FDIC, the FRB, and the OCC for applications under
Section 18(c) of the FDI Act. The Application Form may be used for any
merger transaction subject to Section 18(c). There is a different level
of burden for each of the two types of merger transactions,
nonaffiliated and affiliated. An affiliate transaction refers to a
merger, consolidation, other combination, or transfer of any deposit
liabilities, between an IDI and another entity controlled by the same
parent company, regardless of whether the other entity is FDIC-insured.
It includes a business combination between an IDI and an affiliated
interim institution. Applicants proposing affiliate transactions are
not required to complete questions 12 through 14 of the Application
Form. If the merging entities are not controlled by the same parent
company, the merger transaction is considered nonaffiliated, and the
applicant must complete the entire application form.
The FDIC Supplement to the Interagency Bank Merger Act Application
Form (Supplement) requires each applicant to provide information that
delineates the relevant geographic market(s) and describes the
competition in the relevant geographic market(s). The information
collected focuses on the relevant geographic market(s) where the
applicant and the entity to be acquired provide banking products or
services. The Supplement includes specific instructions to facilitate a
comprehensive competitive analysis relative to transactions between
nonaffiliated entities.
There is no change in the method or substance of the collection.
The 62-hour decrease in burden hours is the result of updated data
available.
Request for Comment
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions,
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collection,
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. All
comments will become a matter of public record.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Dated at Washington, DC, on March 6, 2024.
James P. Sheesley,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-05166 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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