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Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

Annual, Every five years reporting 

requirements; Recordkeeping 

requirement; Third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Total Annual Burden: 26,831 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

An assurance of confidentiality is not 

offered because this information 

collection does not require the 

collection of personal identifiable 

information (PII) from individuals. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Public 

Law 101–336, 104 Statute 327, 366–69, 

was enacted on July 26, 1990. The 

purpose of the ADA is to provide a clear 

and comprehensive national mandate to 

end discrimination against individuals 

with disabilities and to bring persons 

with disabilities into the economic and 

social mainstream of American life; to 

provide enforceable standards 

addressing discrimination against 

individuals with disabilities; and to 

ensure that the Federal government play 

a central role in enforcing these 

standards on the behalf of individuals 

with disabilities. Title IV of the ADA 

adds § 225 to the Communications Act 

of 1934. Section 225 of the 

Communications Act, requires the 

Commission to promulgate regulations 

that require all domestic telephone 

common carriers to provide 

telecommunications relay services 

(TRS). 47 CFR part 64, subpart F of the 

Commission’s rules, implements certain 

provisions of the ADA. It contains the 

operational, technical, and functional 

standards required of all TRS providers 

and the procedures for state 

certification. Although § 225 of the 

Communications Act imposes on all 

common carriers providing interstate or 

intrastate telephone services an 

obligation to provide to hearing and 

speech-impaired individuals 

telecommunications services that enable 

them to communicate with hearing 

individuals, and charges the 

Commission with regulatory oversight, 

states may seek to establish intrastate 

relay services that satisfy federal 

requirements. 

Pursuant to 47 CFR 64.602 

Commission’s rules, any violation of 

subpart F by any common carrier 

engaged in intrastate communications 

will be subject to the same remedies, 

penalties, and procedures as are 

applicable in interstate 

communications. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–3524 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[CG Docket No. 03–123; DA 06–2386] 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

and Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals With Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau dismisses a petition for 

clarification filed by Communication 

Service for the Deaf (CSD) requesting 

the Commission to clarify that the 

providers of American Sign Language 

(ASL)-to-Spanish Video Relay Service 

(VRS) are not required to offer the 

service 24 hours a day and 7 days a 

week to be eligible for compensation 

from the Interstate Telecommunications 

Relay Service (TRS) Fund (Fund). 

DATES: Effective November 28, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Hlibok, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability 

Rights Office, (800) 311–4381 (voice), 

(202) 418–0431 (TTY), or e-mail 

Gregory.Hlibok@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

19, 2005, the Commission released 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Order on Reconsideration, 

FCC 03–139, CC Docket No. 98–67 and 

CG Docket No. 03–123, which published 

in the Federal Register on August 31, 

2005 at 70 FR 51642, reversing its 

conclusion that translation from ASL 

into Spanish is not a form of TRS 

eligible for compensation from the 

Fund. Also, on July 19, 2005, the 

Commission released 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Report and Order, FCC 05–

140, CC Docket No. 98–67 and CG 

Docket No. 03–123, which published in 

the Federal Register on August 31, 2005 

at 70 FR 51649, establishing a 

mandatory speed of answer requirement 

for VRS, requiring VRS to be offered 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week. On February 

6, 2006, a Petition for Clarification was 

filed by CSD concerning the provision 

of ASL-to-Spanish VRS. The petition 

was placed on public notice, and several 

comments were filed. The notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 8, 2006 at 71 FR 11644. This is 

a summary of the Commission’s 

document DA 06–2386, released 

November 28, 2006. 

Synopsis 

On February 6, 2006, CSD filed a 

petition for clarification concerning 

whether providers of ASL-to-Spanish 

VRS, a form of TRS, must offer service 

24 hours a day, 7 days a week (24/7) to 

be eligible for compensation from the 

Fund. The CSD Petition was placed on 

public notice, and several comments 

were filed. On October 19, 2006, CSD 

filed a letter with the Commission 

withdrawing its petition. See Letter 

from Karen Peltz Strauss, Legal 

Consultant for CSD, to Monica Desai, 

Chief, Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission (October 

19, 2006). Accordingly, the Consumer 

and Governmental Affairs Bureau 

dismisses the CSD Petition. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Jay Keithley, 

Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E7–3526 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[IB Docket No. 07–23; DA No. 07–100] 

International Bureau Invites Comment 

on Proposal To Remove Certain NonU.S.-Licensed Satellites From 

Exclusion List for International Section 

214 Authorization Purposes 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The International Bureau 

invites comment on a proposal to 

remove from the Section 214 Exclusion 

List those non-U.S.-licensed satellites 

that have been allowed to enter the U.S. 

market for satellite services pursuant to 

the procedures adopted in the DISCO II 

Order. The International Bureau takes 

this action pursuant to its delegated 

authority to maintain the Section 214 

Exclusion List, as set forth in the 1996 

Streamlining Order. 


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DATES: Comments are due April 2, 2007 

and reply comments are due April 16, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Room 

TW–B204, Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Jennifer 

Gorny Balatan or Howard Griboff, Policy 

Division, International Bureau, (202) 

418–1460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this 

Document, the International Bureau 

invites comment on a proposal to 

remove from the Section 214 Exclusion 

List those non-U.S.-licensed satellites 

that have been allowed to enter the U.S. 

market for satellite services pursuant to 

the procedure adopted in the DISCO II 

Order. This action is taken pursuant to 

the International Bureau’s authority to 

maintain the Section 214 Exclusion List, 

which was delegated to the Bureau by 

the Commission in the 1996 

Streamlining Order. 

In the 1996 Streamlining Order, the 

Commission promulgated rules for 

carriers to apply for and receive a global 

facilities-based Section 214 

authorization, which allow carriers to 

provide international services using any 

U.S.-licensed facilities, such as U.S.- 

licensed satellites, without filing a 

separate Section 214 application for 

each new facility. In that order, the 

Commission also established the 

Section 214 Exclusion List, which 

identifies particular facilities and/or 

particular countries that are not 

included in a global facilities-based 

Section 214 authorization, and, 

therefore, require a separate Section 214 

authorization under Section 214 of the 

Communications Act, as amended. 

Initially, the Section 214 Exclusion 

List included all non-U.S.-licensed 

satellites. In 1999, however, the 

Commission as a matter of 

administrative convenience removed 

from the Section 214 Exclusion List 

those non-U.S.-licensed satellites that 

were on the Permitted Space Station 

List. The Permitted Space Station List 

includes all C- and Ku-band fixedsatellite service (FSS) satellites with 

which U.S. earth stations with routinely 

authorized technical parameters are 

permitted to communicate without 

additional Commission action, provided 

that those communications fall within 

the same technical parameters and 

conditions established in the earth 

stations’ original licenses. 

The Commission established the 

Permitted Space Station List in the 

DISCO II First Reconsideration Order to 

simplify the DISCO II process for nonU.S.-licensed FSS satellites seeking to 

serve the U.S. market. The 

administrative convenience provided by 

using the Permitted Space Station List 

to determine which non-U.S.-licensed 

satellites would be included in a global 

facilities-based Section 214 

authorization is limited, however, by 

the fact that the Permitted Space Station 

List includes only C- and Ku-band FSS 

satellites. Non-U.S.-licensed satellites 

that operate in other services such as 

MSS, or in other frequency bands such 

as the L-, Ka-, or V-bands, would not be 

added to the Permitted Space Station 

List, and, therefore, still require a 

separate Section 214 authorization 

specifically permitting access to those 

satellites. 

In view of these limitations, the 

International Bureau proposes to 

remove from the Section 214 Exclusion 

List any non-U.S.-licensed satellites that 

have been allowed to provide service to 

the United States under the DISCO II 

procedure. Under this proposal, the 

Permitted Space Station List would no 

longer be used for international Section 

214 authorization purposes, and the 

proposal’s adoption would allow service 

providers to access any authorized nonU.S.-licensed satellites through a global 

facilities-based Section 214 

authorization. Note that only non-U.S.- 

licensed satellites that have been 

allowed to enter the U.S. market 

pursuant to the DISCO II procedure, 

which includes the public interest 

analysis, would qualify for removal 

from the Section 214 Exclusion List 

under this proposal. 

Ex Parte Presentations. This is a 

permit-but-disclose proceeding. Ex 

parte presentations are permitted, 

provided they are disclosed as provided 

in §§ 1.1202, 1.1203, and 1.1206(a) of 

the Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR 1.1202, 

1.1203, and 1.1206(a). 

Comments. Interested parties may file 

comments on or before 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register, and 

reply comments on or before 45 days 

after publication in the Federal 

Register. All filings concerning matters 

referenced in the Public Notice should 

refer to DA 07–100 and IB Docket No. 

07–23. Comments may be filed using: (1) 

The Commission’s Electronic Comment 

Filing System (ECFS), (2) the Federal 

Government’s eRulemaking Portal, or (3) 

by filing paper copies. See Electronic 

Filing of Documents in Rulemaking 

Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998). 

Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://www.fcc.gov/ 

cgb/ecfs/ or the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Filers should follow the instructions 

provided on the Web site for submitting 

comments. 

For ECFS filers, filers must transmit 

one electronic copy of the comments for 

the docket number referenced in the 

caption. In completing the transmittal 

screen, filers should include their full 

name, U.S. Postal Service mailing 

address, and the applicable docket 

number. Parties may also submit an 

electronic comment by Internet e-mail. 

To get filing instructions, filers should 

send an e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and 

include the following words in the body 

of the message, ‘‘get form.’’ A sample 

form and directions will be sent in 

response. 

Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

four copies of each filing. 

Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail 

(although we continue to experience 

delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service 

mail). All filings must be addressed to 

the Commission’s Secretary, Office of 

the Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

The Commission’s contractor will 

receive hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary at 236 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, 

Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours 

at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All 

hand deliveries must be held together 

with rubber bands or fasteners. Any 

envelopes must be disposed of before 

entering the building. 

Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 

East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, 

MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service firstclass, Express, and Priority mail should 

be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington DC 20554. 

One copy of each pleading must be 

delivered electronically, by e-mail or 

facsimile, or if delivered as a paper 

copy, by hand or messenger delivery, by 

commercial overnight courier, or by 

first-class or overnight U.S. Postal 

Service (according to the procedures set 

forth above for paper filings), to the 

Commission’s duplicating contractor, 

Best Copy and Printing, Inc., at http:// 

www.bcpiweb.com or (202) 488–5563 

(facsimile). 

Copies of comments, reply comments, 

and ex partes in this matter may be 

obtained from Best Copy and Printing, 

Inc., in person at 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, 

via telephone at (202) 488–5300, via 

facsimile at (202) 488–5563, or via email at fcc@bcpiweb.com. The 

comments, reply comments and ex 

partes are also available for public 


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inspection and copying during normal 

reference room hours at the following 

Commission office: FCC Reference 

Information Center, 445 12th Street, 

SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 

20554. These documents are also 

available electronically through the 

Commission’s ECFS, which may be 

accessed on the Commission’s Internet 

Web site at http://www.fcc.gov. 

People with Disabilities: Contact the 

FCC to request materials in accessible 

formats (braille, large print, electronic 

files, audio format, etc.) by e-mail at 

FCC504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202–

418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (TTY). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–3521 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[Report No. 2805] 

Petition for Reconsideration of Action 

in Rulemaking Proceeding 

February 2, 2007. 

A Petition for Reconsideration has 

been filed in the Commission’s 

Rulemaking proceeding listed in this 

Public Notice and published pursuant to 

47 CFR 1.429(e). The full text of this 

document is available for viewing and 

copying in Room CY–B402, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC or may be 

purchased from the Commission’s copy 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. 

(BCPI) (1–800–378–3160). Oppositions 

to this petition must be filed by March 

16, 2007. See Section 1.4(b)(1) of the 

Commission’s rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)). 

Replies to an opposition must be filed 

within 10 days after the time for filing 

oppositions has expired. 

Subject: In the Matter of Reallocation 

of 30 MHz of 700 MHz Spectrum (747–

762/777–792 MHz) from Commercial 

Use (RM–11348). 

Assignment of 30 MHz of 700 MHz 

Spectrum (747–762/777–792 MHz) to 

the Public Safety Broadband Trust for 

Deployment of a Shared Public Safety/ 

Commercial Next Generation Wireless 

Network. 

Number of Petitions Filed: 1. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–3518 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE & TIME: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 

10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Compliance matters pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437g. 

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437g, 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C. 

Matters concerning participation in 

civil actions or proceedings or 

arbitration. 

Internal personnel rules and 

procedures or matters affecting a 

particular employee. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer, 

Telephone: (202) 694–1220. 

Mary W. Dove, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–981 Filed 2–27–07; 3:07 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies 

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 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 office 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 March 

16, 2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272: 

1. Todd A. Seib, Dallas, Texas; 

Jonathan C. Seib, Dallas, Texas; and 

James A. Priebe, Plano, Texas; to 

acquire additional voting shares of 

Gulfport Bancshares of Delaware, Inc., 

Richwood, Texas, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of the Brazos 

National Bank, Richmond, Texas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 23, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–3569 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies 

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 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 office 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 March 

16, 2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198-0001: 

1. Jeffrey G. Dawson Revocable Trust 

dated 6–10–05, Mound City, Kansas, 

Jeffrey G. Dawson, trustee, to retain 

voting shares of Cunningham Agency, 

Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting 

shares of Farmers and Merchants Bank 

of Mound City, both in Mound City, 

Kansas. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201- 

2272: 

1. J & V Grist Family, Ltd., Andrews, 

Texas, and general partner, John E. 

Grist, Andrews, Texas; to acquire voting 

shares of Andrews Holding Company, 

Andrews, Texas, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of Commercial 

State Bank, Andrews, Texas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 26, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–3572 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

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