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9 47 CFR 1.2104(e).

b. Eligibility Restoration

32. If a 30 MHz nationwide bidder were

to withdraw, eligibility and waivers for

all other bidders would be restored to

beginning auction levels, except for

those nationwide bidders that have

withdrawn from the auction by

withdrawing their high bids. Without

this restoration, few bidders would

likely be eligible to bid on licenses

withdrawn late in the auction. See

Allocation of Spectrum Below 5 GHz

Transferred from Federal Government

Use, ET Docket No. 94–32, Second

Report and Order, 60 FR 40712 (August

9, 1995), 11 FCC Rcd 624, 652–53,

¶¶ 71–73 (1995). Finally, if the Bureau

implements the bid withdrawal

procedure outlined here, it will suspend

the Part 1 bid withdrawal rule for those

applicants that choose to become 30

MHz nationwide bidders. We seek

comment on this proposal.

J. Stopping Rule

33. For Auction No. 31, the Bureau

proposes to employ a simultaneous

stopping rule approach. The Bureau has

discretion ‘‘to establish stopping rules

before or during multiple round

auctions in order to terminate the

auction within a reasonable time.’’9 A

simultaneous stopping rule means that

all licenses remain open until the first

round in which no new acceptable bids,

proactive waivers or withdrawals are

received. After the first such round,

bidding closes simultaneously on all

licenses. Thus, unless circumstances

dictate otherwise, bidding would

remain open on all licenses until

bidding stops on every license.

34. The Bureau seeks comment on a

modified version of the simultaneous

stopping rule. The modified stopping

rule would close the auction for all

licenses after the first round in which

no bidder submits a proactive waiver, a

withdrawal, or a new bid on any license

on which it is not the standing high

bidder. Thus, absent any other bidding

activity, a bidder placing a new bid on

a license for which it is the standing

high bidder would not keep the auction

open under this modified stopping rule.

The Bureau further seeks comment on

whether this modified stopping rule

should be used unilaterally or only in

stage three of the auction.

35. We propose that the Bureau retain

the discretion to keep an auction open

even if no new acceptable bids or

proactive waivers are submitted and no

previous high bids are withdrawn. In

this event, the effect will be the same as

if a bidder had submitted a proactive

waiver. The activity rule, therefore, will

apply as usual, and a bidder with

insufficient activity will either lose

bidding eligibility or use a remaining

activity rule waiver.

36. Finally, we propose that the

Bureau reserve the right to declare that

the auction will end after a specified

number of additional rounds (‘‘special

stopping rule’’). If the Bureau invokes

this special stopping rule, it will accept

bids in the final round(s) only for

licenses on which the high bid

increased in at least one of the

preceding specified number of rounds.

The Bureau proposes to exercise this

option only in certain circumstances,

such as, for example, where the auction

is proceeding very slowly, there is

minimal overall bidding activity, or it

appears likely that the auction will not

close within a reasonable period of time.

Before exercising this option, the

Bureau is likely to attempt to increase

the pace of the auction by, for example,

moving the auction into the next stage

(where bidders would be required to

maintain a higher level of bidding

activity), increasing the number of

bidding rounds per day, and/or

increasing the amount of the minimum

bid increments for the limited number

of licenses where there is still a high

level of bidding activity. We seek

comment on these proposals.

Federal Communications Commission.

Louis J. Sigalos,

Deputy Chief, Auctions & Industry Analysis

Division.

[FR Doc. 00–1251 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency

Management Agency, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to take this opportunity to

comment on proposed revised

information collections. In accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), this

notice seeks comments concerning the

proposed extension of an existing

information collection.

Title: Make Your Mark on the

Floodplain-High Water Mark Form.

Type of Information Collection:

Extension of a currently approved

collection.

OMB Number: 3067–0268.

FEMA Form: 81–101.

Abstract. The Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA) has

entered into a partnership with the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers (COE) in the

Portland District to assist the Agency in

providing floodplain management

assistance at the most basic and needed

level, that of local floodplain managers

and the local communities. The joint

efforts of FEMA and the COE continue

to assure safe and sound developments

near floodplains. The Make Your Mark

on the Floodplain handout and

accompanying High Water Mark Form is

used to establish uniform and consistent

methodologies for setting and

recovering high water marks following a

significant flood event. After a major

flood, anyone who has high water marks

on their property or who has observed

flood marks on public property can use

the form to record high water mark

information, including location,

measurements, and description of the

marks read. The data will be used by

FEMA in post-flood damage

assessments. The data will define a

frequency/damage relationship for the

flooding event and provide calibration

information for future analysis. The U.

S. Army Corps of Engineers will assist

FEMA in collecting and compiling high

water mark data.

Affected Public: Individuals and

households, business or other for profit,

non-profit institutions, farms, and state,

local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 7,500.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 20

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 2,500 hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

(after each significant flood event).

Comments: Written comments are

solicited to (a) evaluate whether the

proposed data collection is necessary for

the proper performance of the agency,

including whether the information shall

have practical utility; (b) evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(c) enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) minimize the burden

of the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including through

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

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responses. Comments should be

received within 60 days of the date of

this notice.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit written comments to Muriel B.

Anderson, FEMA Information

Collections Officer, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW,

Room 316, Washington, DC 20472.

Telephone number (202) 646–2625.

FAX number (202) 646–3524 or email

muriel.anderson@fema.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Carl L. Cook, Jr., Chief,

Mitigation Programs Branch, Federal

Emergency Management Agency, Region

X, 130 228th Street S. W., Bothell, WA

98021–9796, (425) 487–4687 for

additional information. Contact Ms.

Anderson at (202) 646–2625 for copies

of the proposed collection of

information

Mike Bozzelli,

Acting Director,

Program Services Division, Operations

Support Directorate.

[FR Doc. 00–1226 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–01–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1310–DR]

Kentucky; Major Disaster and Related

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the

Presidential declaration of a major

disaster for the Commonwealth of

Kentucky (FEMA–1310–DR), dated

January 10, 2000, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, in a letter dated

January 10, 2000, the President declared

a major disaster under the authority of

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief

and Emergency Assistance Act (42

U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

certain areas of the Commonwealth of

Kentucky, resulting from tornadoes, severe

storms, torrential rains and flash flooding on

January 3–4, 2000, is of sufficient severity

and magnitude to warrant a major disaster

declaration under the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

Act, Pub. L. 93–288, as amended (‘‘the

Stafford Act’’). I, therefore, declare that such

a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth

of Kentucky.

In order to provide Federal assistance, you

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds

available for these purposes, such amounts as

you find necessary for Federal disaster

assistance and administrative expenses.

You are authorized to provide Individual

Assistance, Public Assistance, and Hazard

Mitigation in the designated areas. Consistent

with the requirement that Federal assistance

be supplemental, any Federal funds provided

under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance

or Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75

percent of the total eligible costs.

Further, you are authorized to make

changes to this declaration to the extent

allowable under the Stafford Act.

The time period prescribed for the

implementation of section 310(a),

Priority to Certain Applications for

Public Facility and Public Housing

Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for

a period not to exceed six months after

the date of this declaration.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the authority vested in the Director of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency under Executive Order 12148, I

hereby appoint A. Scott Wells of the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

to act as the Federal Coordinating

Officer for this declared disaster.

I do hereby determine the following

areas of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

to have been affected adversely by this

declared major disaster:

Crittenden Daviess and Webster Counties

for Individual Assistance.

Crittenden and Daviess Counties for Public

Assistance.

All counties within the

Commonwealth of Kentucky are eligible

to apply for assistance under the Hazard

Mitigation Grant Program.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program)

James L. Witt,

Director.

[FR Doc. 00–1225 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–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 applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will 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)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise

noted, nonbanking activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than February 11,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Gold Banc Corporation, Inc.,

Leawood, Kansas; to acquire 33.33

percent of the voting shares of Unison

Bancorp, Inc., Lenexa, Kansas, and

thereby indirectly acquire Western

National Bank, Lenexa, Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 12, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–1162 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[File No. 982 3560]

Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc.; Analysis

to Aid Public Comment

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.