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operated public payphone. The Bureau

has suspended enforcement of the

requirement that carriers provide coin

sent-paid calls through the TRS centers

since 1993 based on common carriers’

representations that it has been

technically infeasible to provide the

coin sent-paid service through the TRS

centers (‘‘coin sent-paid rule’’). Since

1995, carriers have made payphones

accessible to TRS users through an

Alternative Plan (‘‘Alternative Plan’’).

The Alternative Plan enables TRS users

to make local relay calls for free and to

make toll calls from payphones using

calling or prepaid cards at or below the

coin call rates. The Alternative Plan also

requires carriers to educate TRS users

about the alternative payment methods

for the TRS users to make relay calls

from payphones. In

Telecommunications Relay Services,

and the Americans with Disabilities Act

of 1990, Order, (released 8/21/97), (1997

Suspension Order), the Common Carrier

Bureau (‘‘Bureau’’) suspended the

enforcement of the requirement that the

TRS be capable of handling coin sentpaid calls for one year until August 26,

1998 because the only technological

solution that can provide the coin sentpaid calls through the TRS centers, coin

signalling interface (‘‘CSI’’), has serious

deficiencies and no new technological

solution appears imminent. In the 1997

Suspension Order, the Bureau

recommends that during the one year

suspension, the Commission conduct a

rulemaking on coin sent-paid issues to

gather information sufficient to ensure

that the Commission’s final decision on

whether the TRS must be capable of

handling coin sent-paid calls is based

on a complete and fresh record. In

addition, the Bureau directed the

industry to continue to make payphones

accessible to TRS users under the terms

of the Alternative Plan, as set forth in

Telecommunications Relay Services,

and the Americans with Disabilities Act

of 1990, Memorandum Opinion and

Order, 10 FCC Rcd 10927 (1995) (‘‘1995

Suspension Order’’), and as modified by

the 1997 Suspension Order. The 1997

Suspension Order modifies the

Alternative Plan by requiring industry

to: (1) Send a consumer education letter

to TRS centers (no. of respondents: 1;

hour burden per respondent: 4 hours;

total annual hour burden: 4); (2) inform

organizations representing the hearing

and speech disability community before

attending their regional and national

meetings who will be present at the

meeting, where the industry booth will

be located, and at what times the booth

will be in operation (no. of respondents:

1; hour burden per respondent: 15 mins;

total annual burden: 1.5 hours); (3)

publish an article in Consumer Action

Network (‘‘CAN’s’’) respective

organizations magazines or newsletters

(no. of respondents: 1; hour burden per

respondent: 8 hrs; total annual hour

burden: 8 hours); (4) send a letter

directly to all CAN’s members (no. of

respondents: 1; hour burden per

respondent: 4 hours; total annual

burden 4 hours); (5) create laminated

cards with visual characters that will

provide a pictorial explanation to

accompany the text describing access to

TRS centers from payphones to be

distributed to TRS users (no. of

respondents: 30; hour burden per

respondent: 15 hours; total annual hour

burden: 450 hours); and (6) work jointly

with affected communities to draft and

submit a report within two months of

the publications of a summary of the

1997 Suspension Order in the Federal

Register (no. of respondents: 1; hour

burden per respondent: 7 hours; total

annual hour burden: 7 hours). The

Commission has imposed these third

party disclosure requirements to

educate TRS users about their ability to

make relay calls from payphones, the

payment methods available and the

rates for the payphone calls. The report

will help the Commission assess the

effectiveness of the current consumer

education programs and determine

whether further requirements to educate

TRS users about their ability to make

relay calls from payphones are

warranted. You are required to respond.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0681.

Expiration Date: 09/30/2000.

Title: Toll-Free Service Access

Codes—CC Docket No. 95–155, 47 CFR

part 52, subpart D, Sections 52.101–

52.111.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 168

respondents; 15 hours per response

(avg.); 2,520 total annual burden hours

for all collections.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Description: In Toll Free Service

Access Codes, CC Docket No. 95–155,

Second Report and Order, (released

4/11/97), the Commission requires

written requests for toll free numbers to

be placed in unavailable status.

RespOrgs requesting that specific toll

free numbers be placed in unavailable

status will be required to submit written

requests, with appropriate

documentation, to the toll free database

administrator, Database Services

Management, Inc. (DSMI). See 47 CFR

52.103(f). This requirement will hold

those RespOrgs more accountable and

will decrease abuses of the lag time

process. It will prevent numbers from

being held in unavailable status without

demonstrated reasons, and will make

more numbers available for subscribers

who need and want them. The Order

states that, if DSMI is uncertain whether

a number should be placed in

unavailable status, it should seek

guidance from the Commission’s

Common Carrier Bureau. Current

industry guidelines already require that

RespOrgs requesting that a toll free

number be made unavailable submit

written requests to DSMI with

appropriate documentation. The Second

Report and Order simply codifies the

existing industry guidelines. DSMI (and,

if necessary, the Common Carrier

Bureau) will continue to use the

information collected to determine if a

particular toll free number appropriately

can be placed in ‘‘unavailable’’ status.

This will prevent the fraudulent use of

toll free numbers.

Public reporting burden for the

collections 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.

Shirley Suggs,

Chief, Publications Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–24857 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Notice of Agency Meeting; Sunshine

Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that

the Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation’s Board of Directors will

meet in open session at 10:00 a.m. on

Tuesday, September 23, 1997, to

consider the following matters:

Summary Agenda: No substantive

discussion of the following items is

anticipated. These matters will be

resolved with a single vote unless a

member of the Board of Directors

requests that an item be moved to the

discussion agenda.

Disposition of minutes of previous

Board of Directors’ meetings.

Reports of actions taken pursuant to

authority delegated by the Board of

Directors.

Discussion Agenda: Memorandum

and resolution re: Part 303—
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Applications, Requests, Submittals,

Delegations of Authority, and Notices

Required To Be Filed by Statute or

Regulation.

The meeting will be held in the Board

Room on the sixth floor of the FDIC

Building located at 550 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC.

The FDIC will provide attendees with

auxiliary aids (e.g., sign language

interpretation) required for this meeting.

Those attendees needing such assistance

should call (202) 416–2449 (Voice);

(202) 416–2004 (TTY), to make

necessary arrangements.

Requests for further information

concerning the meeting may be directed

to Mr. Robert E. Feldman, Executive

Secretary of the Corporation, at (202)

898–6757.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Robert E. Feldman,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25075 Filed 9–17–97; 11:58 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

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 Part 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, DC 20573.

International Globtrade, Inc. d/b/a JAB

Forwarding, 332 S. Michigan Ave.,

Suite 1522, Chicago, IL 60604,

Officers: Spiro Jankovich, President

Frederick W. Amft, Vice President

Perfect West Inc., 17813 S. Main St.,

Suite #116, Gardena, CA 90248,

Officer: Sung Woo Won, President

Castine Forwarding, Inc., 1235 Chestnut

Street, Athol, MA 01331, Officers:

Donald R. Castine, President, Cheney

M. Castine, Vice President.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24990 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

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.

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 October 14,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63102–2034:

1. First Banks, Inc., St. Louis,

Missouri; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Surety Bank, Vallejo,

California.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, September 15, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–24851 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Regional Offices of the Administration

for Children and Families; Statement of

Organization, Functions, and

Delegations of Authority

This notice amends Part K of the

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority of the

Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), Administration for

Children and Families (ACF) as follows:

Chapter KD, The Regional Offices of the

Administration for Children and

Families (62 FR 31610), as last

amended, June 10, 1997. This Notice

reflects the realignment of functions in

Region 5. This Chapter is amended as

follows:

After the end of KD4.20 Functions (62

FR 15897, 04/03/97), Paragraph D, and

before KD6.10 Organization (60 FR

27315, 05/23/95), insert the following:

KD5.10 Organization. The

Administration for Children and

Families, Region 5, is organized as

follows: Office of the Regional Hub

Director (KD5A), Office of SelfSufficiency Programs (KD5C), Office of

Community Programs (KD5D),

KD5.20 Functions. A. The Office of

the Regional Hub Director is headed by

a Director, who reports to the Assistant

Secretary for Children and Families

through the Director, Office of Regional

Operations. In addition, the Office of the

Regional Hub Director has a Deputy

Regional Administrator. The Office is

responsible for the Administration for

Children and Families’ key national

goals and priorities. It represents ACF’s

regional interests, concerns, and

relationships within the Department

and among other Federal agencies and

focuses on State agency culture change,

more effective partnerships, and

improved customer service. The Office

provides executive leadership and

direction to state, county, city, and

tribal governments, as well as public

and private local grantees to ensure

effective and efficient program and

financial management. It ensures that

these entities conform to federal laws,

regulations, policies and procedures

governing the programs, and exercises

all delegated authorities and

responsibilities for oversight of the

programs.

The Office takes action to approve

state plans and submits its

recommendations to the Assistant

Secretary for Children and Families

concerning state plan disapproval. The