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acceptable use of the wireless device off 

the school’s and library’s premises; 

(6) For schools, a description of the 

program’s curriculum objectives, the 

grade levels included, and the number 

of students and teachers involved in the 

program; and 

(7) For schools, any data collected on 

program outcomes. 

Additionally, after the trial period, 

applicants will be required to submit a 

report to the Commission’s Wireline 

Competition Bureau detailing any data 

collected as a result of the program and 

a narrative describing lessons learned 

from the program that would assist 

other schools and libraries desiring to 

adopt similar programs in the future. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29013 Filed 11–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

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 (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 

notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of 

the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than 

December 13, 2010. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480–0291: 

1. Bitterroot Holding Company, Lolo, 

Montana, to retain shares of West One 

Bank, Kalispell, Montana. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 12, 2010. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28953 Filed 11–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notice of Proposals To Engage in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or 

To Acquire Companies That Are 

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 

Activities 

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under section 4 of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12 

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to 

acquire or control voting securities or 

assets of a company, including the 

companies listed below, that engages 

either directly or through a subsidiary or 

other company, in a nonbanking activity 

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y 

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has 

determined by Order to be closely 

related to banking and permissible for 

bank holding companies. Unless 

otherwise noted, these activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Each notice is available for inspection 

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. 

The notice also will be available for 

inspection at the offices of the Board of 

Governors. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

question whether the proposal complies 

with the standards of section 4 of the 

BHC Act. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding the applications must be 

received at the Reserve Bank indicated 

or the offices of the Board of Governors 

not later than December 3, 2010. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (E. 

Ann Worthy, Vice President) 2200 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201– 

2272: 

1. Family Bancorp, San Antonio, 

Texas, to engage de novo in lending 

activities pursuant to section 

225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 12, 2010. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28954 Filed 11–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Statement of Policy Regarding 

Communications in Connection With 

Collection of a Decedent’s Debt 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission 

(FTC or Commission). 

ACTION: Extension of the public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The FTC has determined to 

extend until December 1, 2010, the time 

period for filing public comments in 

response to its proposed Statement of 

Policy Regarding Communications in 

Connection with Collection of a 

Decedent’s Debt. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before December 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments 

electronically or in paper form by 

following the instructions in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. Comments in electronic form 

should be submitted by using the 

following weblink: https:// 

ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ 

deceaseddebtcollection (and following 

the instructions on the web-based form). 

Comments in paper form should be 

mailed or delivered to the following 

address: Federal Trade Commission, 

Office of the Secretary, Room H–113 

(Annex W), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326– 

2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Koegel or Quisaira 

Whitney, Attorneys, Division of 

Financial Practices, Federal Trade 

Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326– 

3224. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 8, 2010, the Commission 

published (75 FR 62389) a notice of 

proposed statement of enforcement 

policy regarding communications in 

connection with collection of a 

decedent’s debts (‘‘proposed Statement’’) 

seeking comment on the overall costs, 

benefits, necessity, and regulatory and 

economic impact of the proposed 

Statement. Currently, the proposed 

Statement addresses three issues 

pertaining to debt collectors who 

attempt to collect on the debts of 

deceased debtors. First, the proposed 

Statement announces that the FTC will 

not bring enforcement actions for 

violations of Section 805(b) of the Fair 

Debt Collection Practices Act 

(‘‘FDCPA’’), 15 U.S.C. 1692c(b), against 

collectors who, in connection with the 

collection of a decedent’s debt, 

communicate with a person who has 

authority to pay the decedent’s debts 

from the assets of the decedent’s estate. 

Second, the proposed Statement 

clarifies how a debt collector may locate 

the appropriate person with whom to 

discuss the decedent’s debt. Third, the 

proposed Statement emphasizes to 

collectors that misleading consumers 

about their personal obligation to pay a 

decedent’s debt is a violation of the 

FDCPA and Section 5 of the Federal 

Trade Commission Act (‘‘FTC Act’’), 15 

U.S.C. 45. The notice designated 

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1The comment must also be accompanied by an 

explicit request for confidential treatment, 

including the factual and legal basis for the request, 

and must identify the specific portions of the 

comment to be withheld from the public record. 

The request will be granted or denied by the 

Commission’s General Counsel, consistent with 

applicable law and the public interest. See 

Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). 

November 8, 2010, as the deadline for 

filing public comments. 

Public comment on the Commission’s 

proposed Statement is critical to 

developing policies that are fair and 

beneficial to consumers, creditors, and 

legitimate debt collectors. The 

Commission has been notified that 

several parties are interested in filing 

public comments on the proposed 

Statement, but would need additional 

time to comment. Because the proposed 

Statement implicates complicated issues 

involving not only FDCPA law, but also 

state probate law, the Commission is 

extending the deadline for public 

comment. 

The short extension of the comment 

period will not substantially delay 

Commission action. The Commission is 

mindful of the need to deal with this 

matter expeditiously; however, it also 

recognizes that the proposed Statement 

involves complex issues and believes 

that extending the comment period to 

facilitate the creation of a more 

complete evaluation outweighs any 

harm that might result from any delay. 

Accordingly, the Commission has 

decided to extend the comment period 

until December 1, 2010, to allow for 

additional comment. Comments should 

refer to ‘‘Deceased Debt Collection 

Policy Statement’’ to facilitate the 

organization of comments. Please note 

that your comment—including your 

name and your state—will be placed on 

the public record of this proceeding, 

including on the publicly accessible 

FTC Web site, at http://www.ftc.gov/os/ 

publiccomments.shtm. 

Because comments will be made 

public, they should not include any 

sensitive personal information, such as 

an individual’s Social Security Number; 

date of birth; driver’s license number or 

other state identification number, or 

foreign country equivalent; passport 

number; financial account number; or 

credit or debit card number. Comments 

also should not include any sensitive 

health information, such as medical 

records or other individually 

identifiable health information. In 

addition, comments should not include 

any ‘‘[t]rade secret or any commercial or 

financial information which is obtained 

from any person and which is privileged 

or confidential,’’ as provided in Section 

6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and 

Commission Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 

4.10(a)(2). Comments containing 

material for which confidential 

treatment is requested must be filed in 

paper form and clearly labeled 

‘‘Confidential.’’ 1

Because paper mail addressed to the 

FTC is subject to delay due to 

heightened security screening, please 

consider submitting your comments in 

electronic form. Comments filed in 

electronic form should be submitted by 

using the following weblink: https:// 

ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ 

deceaseddebtcollection (and following 

the instructions on the web-based form). 

To ensure that the Commission 

considers an electronic comment, you 

must file it on the web-based form at the 

weblink https:// 

ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ 

deceaseddebtcollection. If this Notice 

appears at http://www.regulations.gov/ 

search/index.jsp, you may also file an 

electronic comment through that Web 

site. The Commission will consider all 

comments that regulations.gov forwards 

to it. You may also visit the FTC Web 

site at http://www.ftc.gov to read the 

Notice and the news release describing 

it. 

A comment filed in paper form 

should include the ‘‘Deceased Debt 

Collection Policy Statement’’ reference 

both in the text and on the envelope, 

and should be mailed or delivered to the 

following address: Federal Trade 

Commission/Office of the Secretary, 

Room H–113 (Annex W), 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20580. The FTC is 

requesting that any comment filed in 

paper form be sent by courier or 

overnight service, if possible, because 

U.S. postal mail in the Washington area 

and at the Commission is subject to 

delay due to heightened security 

precautions. 

The Federal Trade Commission Act 

(‘‘FTC Act’’) and other laws the 

Commission administers permit the 

collection of public comments to 

consider and use in this proceeding as 

appropriate. The Commission will 

consider all timely and responsive 

public comments that it receives, 

whether filed in paper or electronic 

form. Comments received will be 

available to the public on the FTC Web 

site, to the extent practicable, at http:// 

www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. 

As a matter of discretion, the 

Commission makes every effort to 

remove home contact information for 

individuals from the public comments it 

receives before placing those comments 

on the FTC Web site. More information, 

including routine uses permitted by the 

Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC’s 

privacy policy, at http://www.ftc.gov/ 

ftc/privacy.shtm. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28882 Filed 11–16–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0161; Docket 2010– 

0083; Sequence 25] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Reporting Purchases From Sources 

Outside the United States 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Regulatory 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning reporting purchases from 

sources outside the United States. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 17, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0161 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

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