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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; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific 

comment on how it might ‘‘further 

reduce the information collection 

burden for small business concerns with 

fewer than 25 employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1058. 

Title: FCC Application or Notification 

for Spectrum Leasing Arrangement or 

Private Commons Arrangement; 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau. 

Form Number: FCC Form 608. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individual and 

households, Business or other for-profit 

entities, state, local, or tribal 

government, and not for profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,116 respondents and 1,116 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.05 to 

1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; third party 

disclosure requirement, on occasion 

reporting requirement and periodic 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

154, 155, 158, 161, 301, 303(r), 308, 309, 

310 and 332. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,135. 

Total Annual Cost: $1,443,825. 

Needs and Uses: FCC Form 608 is a 

multi-purpose form. It is used to 

provide notification or request approval 

for any spectrum leasing arrangement 

(‘‘Lease’’) entered into between an 

existing licensee in certain Wireless 

and/or Public Safety Radio Services and 

a spectrum lessee. This form also is 

required to notify or request approval 

for any spectrum subleasing 

arrangement (‘‘Sublease’’). The data 

collected on the form is used by the FCC 

to determine whether the public interest 

would be served by the Lease or 

Sublease. The form is also used to 

provide notification for any Private 

Commons Arrangement entered into 

between a licensee, lessee, or sublessee 

and a class of third-party users (as 

defined in Section 1.9080 of the 

Commission’s Rules). 

On July 18, 2022, the Commission 

released a Report and Order and Second 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

Partitioning, Disaggregation, and 

Leasing of Spectrum, WT Docket No. 

19–38, FCC 22–53, in which the 

Commission established the Enhanced 

Competition Incentive Program (ECIP) 

to establish incentives for wireless radio 

service licensees to make underutilized 

spectrum available to small carriers, 

Tribal Nations, and entities serving rural 

areas (ECIP Report and Order in WT 

Docket No. 19–38, FCC 22–53). In the 

Report and Order, the Commission 

adopted a program under which any 

covered geographic area licensee may 

offer spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible 

entity through a partition and/or 

disaggregation, and any covered 

geographic area licensee eligible to lease 

in an included service may offer 

spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible 

entity through a long-term leasing 

arrangement. If the FCC finds that 

approval of an ECIP eligible assignment 

or lease is in the public interest, the 

agency will consent to the transaction 

and confer benefits, including five-year 

license term extensions, one year 

construction extensions, and substituted 

alternative construction requirements 

for rural-focused transactions. The 

Commission also established rules to 

permit reaggregation of geographic 

licenses. 

In establishing the ECIP, the 

Commission requires applicants seeking 

to participate in the program to submit 

certain information that shows the 

transaction qualifies for ECIP inclusion. 

The Commission found that the ECIP 

builds on Congressional goals in the 

MOBILE NOW Act to incentivize 

beneficial transactions in the public 

interest that will promote greater 

competition in the provision of wireless 

services, facilitate increased availability 

of advanced wireless services in rural 

areas, facilitate new opportunities for 

small carriers and Tribal Nations to 

increase access to spectrum, and bring 

more advanced wireless service 

including 5G to underserved 

communities. Specifically, in the ECIP 

Report and Order, the Commission 

revised its rules to allow any covered 

geographic licenses in included services 

to be leased to eligible entities through 

a long-term leasing arrangement. 

Specifically, in the ECIP Report and 

Order, the Commission revised its rules 

to allow any covered geographic 

licenses in included services to be 

leased to eligible entities through a longterm leasing arrangement, to designate a 

Qualifying Transaction identified in the 

application as seeking consideration 

under the ECIP. Two new questions are 

being added to the FCC Form 608 as a 

result. Respondents are required to 

indicate by yes or no answer whether 

the application is seeking consideration 

under ECIP. Respondents are also 

required to select the applicable ECIP 

prong to its Qualifying Transaction, 

pursuant to either § 1.60003 or 

§ 1.60004. 

Finally, a new Schedule J is being 

added to FCC Form 608 and will be 

used by Spectrum Manager Lessors (i.e., 

the Licensee) to file either the Initial 

Operation Requirement Notifications 

(IORN) or the Final Operation 

Requirement Notifications (FORN), as 

required by 47 CFR 1.60004, 1.60006, on 

behalf of the Lessee. 

The Commission now seeks approval 

for revisions to its currently approved 

collection of information under OMB 

Control Number 3060–1058 to permit 

the collection of the changes requested 

herein. We anticipate that these 

revisions will have minimal impact on 

the hourly burden to complete FCC 

Form 608. The Commission therefore 

seeks approval for a revision to its 

currently approved information 

collection on FCC Form 608 to revise 

FCC Form 608 accordingly. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 

2023, at 10:30 a.m. and its continuation 

at the conclusion of the open meeting 

on November 16, 2023. 

PLACE: 1050 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC and virtual (This 

meeting will be a hybrid meeting.) 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Compliance 

matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109. 

Financial or commercial information 

obtained from any person which is 

privileged or confidential. 

Investigatory records compiled for 

law enforcement purposes and 

production would disclose investigative 

techniques. 

Information the premature disclosure 

of which would be likely to have a 


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1Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, Public Law 

117–146 (June 16, 2022). 

considerable adverse effect on the 

implementation of a proposed 

Commission action. 

Matters concerning participation in 

civil actions or proceedings or 

arbitration. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer.Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

(Authority: Government in the Sunshine Act, 

5 U.S.C. 552b) 

Vicktoria J. Allen, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24958 Filed 11–7–23; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

EXAMINATION COUNCIL 

[Docket No. AS23–17] 

Appraisal Subcommittee Notice of 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Appraisal Subcommittee of the 

Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Description: In accordance with 

section 1104(b) of title XI of the 

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, 

and Enforcement Act of 1989, as 

amended, notice is hereby given that the 

Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) will 

meet in open session for its regular 

meeting: 

Location: This will be a virtual 

meeting via Webex. Please visit the 

agency’s homepage (www.asc.gov) and 

access the provided registration link in 

the News and Events section. You 

MUST register in advance to attend this 

Meeting. 

Date: November 15, 2023. 

Time: 10:00 a.m. ET. 

Status: Open. 

Reports 

Chair 

Executive Director 

Delegated State Compliance Reviews 

Grants Director 

Financial Manager 

Action and Discussion Items 

Approval of Minutes 

September 13, 2023 Quarterly 

Meeting Minutes 

2024–2028 Strategic Plan 

ASC Fiscal Year 2024 Notice of Funding 

Availability 

Revised ASC Grants Handbook 

How to Attend and Observe an ASC 

Meeting: The meeting will be open to 

the public via live webcast only. Visit 

the agency’s homepage (www.asc.gov) 

and access the provided registration link 

in the News and Events section. The 

meeting space is intended to 

accommodate public attendees. 

However, if the space will not 

accommodate all requests, the ASC may 

refuse attendance on that reasonable 

basis. The use of any video or audio 

tape recording device, photographing 

device, or any other electronic or 

mechanical device designed for similar 

purposes is prohibited at ASC Meetings. 

James R. Park, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24762 Filed 11–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6700–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

[Docket No. FMC–2023–0013] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: 30-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission. 

ACTION: Thirty-day notice; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime 

Commission (FMC) is giving public 

notice that the agency has submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for approval a new data 

collection that utilizes a web portal to 

collect information from the public 

regarding comments, complaints, 

concerns, reports of noncompliance, 

requests for investigation, and requests 

for alternative dispute resolution. The 

collection implements certain 

provisions of the Ocean Shipping 

Reform Act of 2022. The public is 

invited to comment on the proposed 

information collection pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before December 11, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted to: (1) the Commission 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at www.regulations.gov (docket FMC– 

2023–0013) and (2) also sent to the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs through the portal at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection at Reginfo.gov by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

If your material cannot be submitted 

to the addresses above, contact the 

person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document for 

alternate instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Strauss, Acting Secretary; Phone: 

(202) 523–5725; Email: secretary@

fmc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

The Commission, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on the continuing 

information collections listed in this 

notice, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.). 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be included or 

summarized in our request for OMB 

approval of the relevant information 

collection. All comments are part of the 

public record and subject to disclosure. 

Please do not include any confidential 

or inappropriate material in your 

comments. We invite comments on: (1) 

the necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

Previous Request for Comments 

On July 11, 2023, the Commission 

published notice and request for 

comment in the Federal Register (88 FR 

44130) regarding the agency’s request 

for approval from OMB for information 

collections as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

During the 60-day period, the 

Commission received no comments on 

the request for OMB clearance. 

Information Collections Open for 

Comment 

Title: FMC Assistance Center (Web 

Portal). 

OMB Approval Number: 3072–XXXX. 

Abstract: Subsection 17(a) of the 

Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 

requires that the Commission establish 

on their public website a web page that 

allows for the submission of comments, 

complaints, concerns, reports of 

noncompliance, requests for 

investigation, and requests for 

alternative dispute resolution.1 The 

statute also requires that the website 

direct each submission to the 


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