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CC Docket Nos. 01–92, 96–45; WT 

Docket No. 10–208, Order and Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC 

Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC 

Transformation Order), and the 

Commission and Wireline Competition 

Bureau have since adopted a number of 

orders that implement the USF/ICC 

Transformation Order; see also Connect 

America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10– 

90 et al., Third Order on 

Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 5622 

(2012); Connect America Fund et al., 

WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 27 

FCC Rcd 605 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 

2012); Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Fifth Order on 

Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 14549 

(2012); Connect America Fund et al., 

WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 

FCC Rcd 2051 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 

2013); Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 FCC 

Rcd 7227 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

7766 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

7211 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

10488 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Report and 

Order, Order and Order on 

Reconsideration and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087 

(2016); Connect America Fund et al., 

WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 16–271; WT 

Docket No. 10–208, Report and Order 

and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 10139 (2016); 

Connect America Fund; ETC Annual 

Reports and Certifications, WC Docket 

Nos. 10–90, 14–58, Order, 32 FCC Rcd 

968 (2017); Connect America Fund et 

al., WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Report 

and Order, Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, and Order on 

Reconsideration, 33 FCC Rcd 11893 

(2018); Connect America Fund; ETC 

Annual Reports and Certifications, WC 

Docket Nos. 10–90, 14–58, Report and 

Order, 32 FCC Rcd 5944 (2017). The 

Commission has received OMB 

approval for most of the information 

collections required by these orders. 

Through several orders, the 

Commission has recently changed or 

modified reporting obligations for highcost support. 

In September 2019, the Commission 

adopted the Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin 

Islands Stage 2 Order, which allocated 

nearly a billion additional dollars to 

United States territories that had 

suffered extensive infrastructure damage 

due to Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The 

Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the 

Connect USVI Fund, et al., WC Docket 

No. 18–143, et al., Report and Order and 

Order on Reconsideration, 34 FCC Rcd 

9109 (2019) (Puerto Rico and USVI 

Stage 2 Order). The Commission 

adopted similar accountability measures 

for recipients of this support as required 

of other high-cost support recipients to 

ensure that providers receive support 

‘‘only for the provision, maintenance, 

and upgrading of facilities and services 

for which the support is intended.’’ 

Puerto Rico and USVI Stage 2 Order, 34 

FCC Rcd at 9149, para. 72. 

In the 2019 Supply Chain Order, the 

Commission adopted a rule prohibiting 

the use of USF support to purchase or 

obtain any equipment or services 

produced or provided by a covered 

company posing a national security 

threat to the integrity of 

communications networks or the 

communications supply chain. 

Protecting Against National Security 

Threats to the Communications Supply 

Chain Through FCC Programs, WC 

Docket No. 18–89, Report and Order, 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

and Order, 34 FCC Rcd 11423, 11433, 

para. 26. See also 47 CFR 54.9. In June 

2020, the Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau issued final 

designations of Huawei Technologies 

Company (Huawei) and ZTE Corp. 

(ZTE) as covered companies for the 

purposes of this rule. Protecting Against 

National Security Threats to the 

Communications Supply Chain Through 

FCC Programs—Huawei Designation, 

WC Docket No. 19–351, Order, 35 FCC 

Rcd 6604 (PSHSB June 30, 2020) 

(Huawei Designation Order); Protecting 

Against National Security Threats to the 

Communications Supply Chain Through 

FCC Programs—ZTE Designation, WC 

Docket No. 19–352, Order, 35 FCC Rcd 

6633 (PSHSB June 30, 2020) (ZTE 

Designation Order). Accordingly, USF 

recipients may not use USF funds to 

purchase, obtain, maintain, improve, 

modify, manage, or otherwise support 

Huawei or ZTE equipment or services in 

any way, including upgrades to existing 

Huawei or ZTE equipment and services. 

Huawei Designation Order, 35 FCC Rcd 

at 6608, para. 10; ZTE Designation 

Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 6637, para. 10. 

Moreover, USF recipients must certify 

that they are in compliance with this 

rule. 2019 Supply Chain Order, 34 FCC 

Rcd at 11454, para. 79; see also 47 CFR 

54.9. 

In the CAF Phase II Auction Order, in 

addition to rules requiring Connect 

America Phase II auction support 

recipients to report regarding support 

used for capital expenditures, certify 

regarding available funds, and certify 

that the Phase II-funded network meets 

performance requirements, the 

Commission also adopted rules 

requiring that Phase II auction support 

recipients must report information on 

served community anchor institutions 

and certify regarding bidding on FCC 

Form 470 postings for eligible schools 

and libraries in census blocks where the 

carrier receives auction support. 

Connect America Fund, et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90, et al., Report and 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 5949 (2016) 

(CAF Phase II Auction Order). 

Recipients of Uniendo a Puerto Rico 

Fund and Connect USVI Fund Stage 2 

support must also observe these 

requirements in addition to the general 

requirements for high-cost support 

recipients and requirements specific to 

the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and 

Connect USVI Fund programs. See 

Puerto Rico and USVI Stage 2 Order, 34 

FCC Rcd at 9150, para. 74. 

We therefore propose to revise this 

information collection, as well as Form 

481 and its accompanying instructions, 

to reflect these new and revised 

requirements. We also eliminate one 

requirement that is associated with 

obligations no longer in effect for certain 

carriers. Finally, we propose to increase 

the burdens associated with existing 

reporting requirements to account for 

additional carriers that will be subject to 

those requirements. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04774 Filed 3–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

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 public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 


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1See, e.g., Prudential Standards for Large Bank 

Holding Companies, Savings and Loan Holding 

Companies, and Foreign Banking Organizations, 84 

FR 59032 (Nov. 1, 2019). 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. 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 

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 7, 2021. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Sebastian Astrada, Director, 

Applications) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

1. SVB Financial Group, Santa Clara, 

California; to merge with Boston Private 

Financial Holdings, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire Boston Private Bank & 

Trust Company; both of Boston, 

Massachusetts. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, March 3, 2021. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04779 Filed 3–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) invites 

comment on a proposal to extend for 

three years, without revision, the 

Recordkeeping Provisions Associated 

with Stress Testing Guidance (FR 4202; 

OMB No. 7100–0348). The Board is 

seeking an extension without revision of 

the FR 4202 to ensure compliance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

However, whether and how any changes 

should be made to the guidance in light 

of recent amendments made by the 

Board to its stress testing rules 1 is under 

consideration. The Board will publish 

any proposed changes to the FR 4202 

via a separate notice for comment. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 7, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by FR 4202 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Agency website: http://

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ 

foia/proposedregs.aspx . 

• Email: regs.comments@

federalreserve.gov. Include OMB 

number in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452– 

3102. 

• Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20551. 

All public comments are available 

from the Board’s website at https://

www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/ 

proposedregs.aspx as submitted, unless 

modified for technical reasons or to 

remove personally identifiable 

information at the commenter’s request. 

Accordingly, comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information. Public comments 

may also be viewed electronically or in 

paper in Room 146, 1709 New York 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006, 

between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on 

weekdays. For security reasons, the 

Board requires that visitors make an 

appointment to inspect comments. You 

may do so by calling (202) 452–3684. 

Upon arrival, visitors will be required to 

present valid government-issued photo 

identification and to submit to security 

screening in order to inspect and 

photocopy comments. 

Additionally, commenters may send a 

copy of their comments to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Desk 

Officer—Shagufta Ahmed—Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Federal Reserve Board Clearance 

Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of 

the Chief Data Officer, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, Washington, DC 20551, (202) 

452–3829. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board 

authority under the PRA to approve and 

assign OMB control numbers to 

collections of information conducted or 

sponsored by the Board. In exercising 

this delegated authority, the Board is 

directed to take every reasonable step to 

solicit comment. In determining 

whether to approve a collection of 

information, the Board will consider all 

comments received from the public and 

other agencies. 

A copy of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) OMB submission, including 

the reporting form and instructions, 

supporting statement, and other 

documentation will be available at 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain, if approved. These 

documents will also be made available 

on the Board’s public website at https:// 

www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ 

reportforms/review.aspx or may be 

requested from the agency clearance 

officer, whose name appears above. 

Request for Comment on Information 

Collection Proposal 

The Board invites public comment on 

the following information collection, 

which is being reviewed under 

authority delegated by the OMB under 

the PRA. Comments are invited on the 

following: 

a. Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the Federal Reserve’s 

functions; including whether the 

information has practical utility; 

b. The accuracy of the Federal 

Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed 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; 

d. Ways to minimize the burden of 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and 

e. Estimates of capital or startup costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

At the end of the comment period, the 

comments and recommendations 

received will be analyzed to determine 

the extent to which the Federal Reserve 

should modify the proposal. 

Proposal under OMB Delegated 

Authority to Extend for Three Years, 

Without Revision, the Following 

Information Collection: 

Report title: Recordkeeping Provisions 

Associated with Stress Testing 

Guidance. 

Agency form number: FR 4202. 

OMB control number: 7100–0348. 

Frequency: As needed. 

Respondents: Banking organizations. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

100. 


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