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deemed to have made a prima facie case

supporting grant of the proposed change

in association if the petition: (1) States

that the association change is necessary

because of planned upgrades to the

ITC’s network or service that will

require routing traffic through a

different BOC LATA; (2) involves a

limited number of access lines; and (3)

includes a statement from the affected

BOC(s) requesting a LATA modification.

The guidelines will assist the ITCs in

filing LATA association petitions and

the Commission in determining whether

a change in LATA association should be

granted. The requested information will

be used by the Commission to

determine whether the need for the

proposed changes in LATA association

outweighs the risk of potential

anticompetitive effects, and thus

whether requests for changes in LATA

association and connected

modifications of LATA boundaries

should be granted.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0784.

Expiration Date: 01/31/98.

Title: USAC Board of Directors

Nomination Process, CC Docket Nos.

97–21 and 96–45.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 17

respondents; 20 hours per response

(avg.); 340 total annual burden hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

biennially.

Description: In Changes to the Board

of Directors of the National Exchange

Carrier Association, Inc. and FederalState Joint Board on Universal Service,

Report and Order and Second Order on

Reconsideration, CC Docket Nos. 97–21

and 96–45, the Commission appoints

the National Exchange Carrier

Association (NECA) the temporary

administrator of the universal service

support mechanisms, subject to its

creating a separate subsidiary, the

Universal Service Administrative

Company (USAC), to administer the

support programs. The Commission also

directs NECA to create two unaffiliated

corporations to administer portions of

the schools and libraries and rural

health care programs. USAC’s Board of

Directors shall consist of 17 individuals

who represent a cross section of

industry providers and support program

beneficiaries: (1) Three directors shall

represent incumbent local exchange

carriers, with one director representing

the Bell Operating Companies and GTE,

one director representing ILECs (other

than the Bell Operating Companies)

with annual operating revenues in

excess of $40 million, and one director

representing ILECs (other than the Bell

Operating Companies) with annual

operating revenues of $40 million or

less; (2) Two directors shall represent

interexchange carriers, with one director

representing interexchange carriers with

more than $3 billion in annual operating

revenues and one director representing

interexchange carriers with annual

operating revenues of $3 billion or less;

(3) One director shall represent

commercial mobile radio service

(CMRS) providers; (4) One director shall

represent competitive local exchange

carriers; (5) One director shall represent

cable operators; (6) One director shall

represent information service providers;

(7) Three directors shall represent

schools that are eligible to receive

universal service discounts; (8) One

director shall represent libraries that are

eligible to receive universal service

discounts; (9) One director shall

represent rural health care providers

that are eligible to receive supported

services; (10) One director shall

represent low-income consumers; (11)

One director shall represent state

telecommunications regulators; and (12)

One director shall represent state

consumer advocates. The Commission

instructs industry and non-industry

groups to nominate a consensus

candidate for each seat on the Board.

Each of these industry and non-industry

groups shall submit the name of its

nominee for a seat on USAC’s Board of

Directors, along with relevant

professional and biographical

information about the nominee, to the

Chairman of the Federal

Communications Commission within 14

calendar days of the publication of the

Report and Order’s rules in the Federal

Register. Only members of the industry

or non-industry group that a Board

member will represent may submit a

nomination for that position. See 47

CFR Sections 69.614, 69.617. Members

of the USAC Board will be appointed for

two-year terms. Board members may be

re-appointed for subsequent terms

pursuant to the initial nomination and

appointment process described above.

The information will be used by the

Commission to select USAC’s Board of

Directors. The information requested is

not otherwise available. Without such

information the Commission could not

appoint a representative body to USAC’s

Board of Directors and, therefore, could

not fulfill its statutory responsibilities in

accordance with the Communications

Act of 1934, as amended. You are

required to respond.

Public reporting burden for the

collection of information is as noted

above. Send comments regarding the

burden estimate or any other aspect of

the collections of information, including

suggestions for reducing the burden to

Performance Evaluation and Records

Management, Washington, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–21179 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

JFY Cargo, 12923 Cerise Avenue,

Hawthorne, CA 90250, Debrah Ann

Thorpe-Hebert, Sole Proprietor

International Financial Resources, Inc.,

510 Plaza Drive, Suite 2280, Atlanta,

GA 30349, Officer: Allen R.

Bornscheuer, CEO

Dated: August 6, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–21178 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks 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 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