51860 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 192 / Friday, October 3, 1997 / Notices

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26246 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 92–237; DA 97–2074]

Renewal of North American Numbering

Council Charter Through October 4,

1999; GSA Approval

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On September 25, 1997, the

Commission released a public notice

announcing the General Services

Administration (GSA) approval for the

renewal of the North American

Numbering Council (NANC) charter

through October 4, 1999. The intended

effect of this action is to make the public

aware of the NANC’s amended charter

and its renewal.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marian Gordon, Designated Federal

Official at (202) 418–2320 or via the

Internet at mgordon@fcc.gov. The

address is: Network Services Division,

Common Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, 2000 M

Street, NW, Suite 235, Washington, DC

20054. The fax number is: (202) 418–

2345. The TTY number is: (202) 418–

0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The North

American Numbering Council (Council)

charter has been renewed, through

October 4, 1999, by the General Services

Administration (GSA) to allow it to

continue advising the Federal

Communications Commission on

evolving and competitively significant

numbering issues facing the

telecommunications industry. The

Council’s original charter was filed with

Congress on October 5, 1995, and is

scheduled to expire on October 4, 1997.

See Attachments A and B for the NANC

amended charter and current

membership list.

Since its first meeting held on October

1, 1996, the Council has provided the

Commission with critically important

recommendations regarding numbering

administration. On May 1, 1997, the

Council issued recommendations

regarding the implementation of

telephone number portability.

Specifically, the Council issued

recommendations in the following

areas: (1) What party or parties should

be selected as Local Number Portability

Administrators (LNPAs); (2) whether

one or multiple LNPA(s) should be

selected; (3) how the LNPA(s) should be

selected; (4) specific duties of the

LNPA(s); (5) geographic coverage of the

regional databases; (6) technical

standards, including interoperability

standards, network interfaces standards,

and technical specifications for regional

databases; (7) the sharing of numbering

information between the North

American Numbering Plan

Administrator and the LNPA(s); and (8)

the future role of the Council with

respect to local number portability

issues. On May 15, 1997, the Council

issued recommendations regarding

neutral entities to serve as North

American Numbering Plan

Administrator (NANPA) and NANPA

Billing and Collection Agent, and

recommended a mechanism for

recovering the costs of numbering

administration in the United States.

The continuation of the Council and

its future recommendations to the

Commission will facilitate

establishment of a new foundation for

numbering administration in North

America that will ensure that

numbering resources are provided to all

telecommunications service providers

on an equitable basis consistent with the

requirements of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Federal Communications Commission.

Geraldine A. Matise,

Chief, Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau.

Attachment A

Amended Charter for the North

American Numbering Council

A. The Committee’s Official Designation

The official designation of the

advisory committee will be the ‘‘North

American Numbering Council’’ (NANC

or Council).

B. The Committee’s Objectives and

Scope of Its Activity

The purpose of the Council is to

advise the Federal Communications

Commission and to make

recommendations, reached through

industry consensus, that foster efficient

and impartial number administration.

The Council will continue to develop

recommendations on numbering policy

issues, initially resolve disputes,

provide oversight guidance to the North

American Numbering Plan (NANP)

Administrator and the Local Number

Portability Administrator(s) (LNPAs) to

ensure fair and equitable access to

numbering resources, and facilitate

number conservation including

identification of technical solutions to

numbering exhaust. The Council will

further provide recommendations to the

Commission on toll free database

administration.

In carrying out its responsibilities, the

Council shall assure that NANP

administration supports the following

policy objectives: (1) That the NANP

facilitates entry into the

communications marketplace by making

numbering resources available on an

efficient, timely basis to

communications service providers; (2)

that the NANP does not unduly favor or

disfavor any particular industry segment

or group of consumers; (3) that the

NANP does not unduly favor one

technology over another; (4) that the

NANP gives consumers easy access to

the public switched telephone network;

and (5) that the NANP ensures that the

interests of all NANP member countries

are addressed fairly and efficiently,

fostering continued integration of the

NANP across NANP member countries.

C. Period of Time Necessary for the

Committee to Carry Out Its Purposes

The Commission will seek advice

from the Council regarding whether the

NANC, after two years, should again

renew this charter to continue as a

Federal Advisory Committee.

D. Agency or Official to Whom the

Committee Reports

The Council will report to the Chief,

Common Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission.

E. Agency Responsible for Providing

Necessary Support

The Federal Communications

Commission will provide the necessary

staff support for the Council. The

Federal Communications Commission

will provide facilities needed to conduct

the meetings, if the Commission has

meeting facilities available. Otherwise,

private sector members will provide

facilities. Private sector members of the

Council will serve without any

government compensation, and will not

be entitled to travel expenses or per

diem subsistence allowances.

F. Description of the Duties for Which

the Committee is Responsible

The duties of the Council are to gather

and discuss information necessary to

develop recommendations to the FCC

related to the attainment of the

objectives listed under (B). The Council

will also advise the Commission on the

following, which are not exclusive to its

portfolio of duties: a plan to transfer

responsibility for administering central

office codes to the NANP Administrator;

a plan to promote conservation of
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numbering resources, including

examination of ways to ensure efficient

use of number resources, and a

recommendation for the management of

toll free database administration. The

Council will also prepare for the

Commission periodic and final reports

to aid the Commission in its oversight

responsibilities.

G. Estimated Annual Operating Costs in

Dollars and Staff Years

Estimated staff years that will be

expended by the Council are 3 for the

Federal Communications Commission

staff and 5 for private sector and other

governmental representatives. The

estimated annual cost to the FCC of

operating the Committee is $200,000.

The FCC will not pay for private sector

staff.

H. Estimated Number and Frequency of

Committee Meetings

We expect that there will be

approximately 12 Council meetings per

year.

I. Charter’s Termination Date

This charter will terminate on October

4, 1999, prior to which the Commission

may seek its renewal.

J. Date Original Charter Filed

October 5, 1995.

Attachment B

North American Numbering Council

(NANC) Federal Advisory Committee

Designated Federal Official: Marian

Gordon, Special Counsel, Network

Services Division, Common Carrier

Bureau, 2000 M Street, NW, Suite

235, Washington, DC 20554

Voting Members

Chairman, North American Numbering

Council

Alan Hasselwander, Frontier, 4140

Clover Street, Honeoye Falls, NY

14472–9323

Association for Local

Telecommunications Services

(ALTS)

Heather Burnett Gold, President, 1200

19th Street, NW, Suite 560,

Washington, DC 20036

American Petroleum Institute

Ross Stapleton-Gray, Ph.D., Manager,

Technology Policy and Planning,

1220 L Street, NW, Washington, DC

20005

American Mobile Satellite Corporation

(AMSC)

Lon Levin, Vice President &

Regulatory Counsel, 10802

Parkridge Boulevard, Reston, VA

20191

AT&T Corporation

Ellwood R. Kerkeslager, Vice

President, Technology

Infrastructure, 295 North Maple

Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

AT&T Canada

David H. Whyte, Director, Industry

Liaison, 200 Wellington Street,

West, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3G2,

Canada

Bell Atlantic

Daniel Hochvert, Executive Director,

1166 Avenue of Americas, Room

11003, New York, NY 10036

Cable & Wireless, Inc.

George Vinall, Vice President,

Regulatory & Legislative Affairs,

8219 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA

22182

Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company

Dennis P. Hinkel, Vice President,

Network Architecture Planning, 201

East 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH

45202

Cellular Telecommunications Industry

Association (CTIA)

Dr. Brian Fontes, Senior Vice

President, Policy & Administration,

1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20036

Competitive Telecommunications

Associations (CompTel)

Genevieve Morelli, Executive Vice

President & General Counsel, 1900

M Street, NW, Suite 800,

Washington, DC 20036

GTE Telephone Operations

Bernard J. Harris, Director, Industry

Standards, 700 Hidden Ridge,

Irving, TX 75015

MCI Telecommunciations Corporation

Peter P. Guggina, Director, Technical

Standards Management, 2400 North

Glenville Drive, Richardson, TX

75082

Mobility Canada

Gerry P. Thompson, Director,

Technology Planning, 2920

Matheson Boulevard, East 7th

Floor, Mississauga, Ontario

L4W5J4, Canada

National Association of Regulatory

Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

Honorable Commissioner, Julia

Johnson, Florida Public Utility

Commission, 2540 Shumard Oak

Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL 32399

National Association of Regulatory

Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

Honorable Commissioner, Vincent

Majkowski, Colorado Public

Utilities Commission, 1580 Logan

Street, OL–2, Denver, CO 80203

National Cable Television Association

(NCTA)

Paul Jones, Senior Vice President,

Regulatory & Public Policy, Time

Warner Communications, 300 First

Stamford Place, Stamford, CT 06902

Nextel Communications, Inc.

Lawrence R. Krevor, Director,

Government Affairs, 800

Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite

1001, Washington, DC 20006

NORTEL, Northern Telecom Inc.

Ray Strassburger, Director,

Government Relations &

Telecommunciations Policy, 801

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite

700, Washington, DC 20004

Omnipoint Corporation

Anna D. Miller, Manager, Regulatory

Affairs, 1365 Garden of the Gods

Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80907

Organization for the Promotion and

Advancement of Small

Telecommunications Companies

(OPASTCO)

Greg Rise, Director, Engineering, East

Otter Tail Telephone Company, 160

Second Avenue, SW, Perhnam, MN

56573

Personal Communications Industry

Association (PCIA)

Mark J. Golden, Senior Vice President,

Industry Affairs, 500 Montgomery

Street, Suite 700, Alexandria, VA

22314

SBC Communications, Inc.

Joe Walkoviak, Senior Vice President,

One Bell Center, Suite 40–C–1, St.

Louis, MO 63101

Sprint Corporation

Loren V. Sprouse, Vice President,

Network Support, 2330 Shawnee

Mission Parkway, Westwood, KS

66205

Sprint SpectrumPCS

Michael K. Robinson, Vice President,

Network Planning & Operations,

4900 Main Street, Kansas City, MO

64112

Stentor Resource Centre, Inc.

Jacques R. Sarrazin, General Manager,

Local Network Interconnection,

Elgin Street, Room 450, Ottawa,

Ontario K1G 3J4, Canada

Teleport Communications Group, Inc.

(TCG)

Kenneth A. Shulman, Vice President,

Network Planning & Operations,

429 Ridge Road, Dayton, NJ 08810

Telecommunications Industry

Association (TIA)

Dan Bart, Vice President, Standards

and Technology, 2500 Wilson

Boulevard, Suite 300, Arlington, VA

22201

United States Telephone Association

(USTA)

Paul Hart, Vice President, Technical

Disciplines, 1401 H Street, NW,

Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005–

2164

Special Members (Non-Voting)

Alliance for Telecommunications

Industry Solutions (ATIS)

Susan M. Miller, Vice President &
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General Counsel, 1200 G Street,

NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC

20005

North American Numbering Plan

Administrator

c/o Bellcore, Ronald R. Conners,

Director, 6 Corporate Place, Room

1F275, Piscataway, NJ 08854–4157

U.S. Department of State

Ambassador Vonya McCann, EB/CIP

Room 4826, 2101 C Street, NW,

Room 4826, Washington, DC 20520

U.S. Department of Commerce

National Telecommunications &

Information Administration, Larry

Irving, Assistant Secretary,

Communications & Information,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Rm 4898, Washington, DC 20230

[FR Doc. 97–26252 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of information collection

to be submitted to OMB to review and

approval under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

SUMMARY: In accordance with

requirements of the Paperwork

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

Chapter 35), the FDIC hereby gives

notice that it plans to submit to the

Office of Management and Budget a

request for OMB review and approval of

the information collection system

described below.

Type of Review: Renewal of currently

approved collection.

Title: Application For Consent To

Reduce or Retire Capital.

Form Number: None.

OMB Number: 3064–0079.

Annual Burden:

Number of applications: 120.

Hours to prepare an application: 1.

Total annual burden hours: 120.

Expiration Date of OMB Clearance:

October 31, 1997.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt,

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Washington, D.C.

20503.

FDIC Contact: Steven F. Hanft, (202)

898–3907, Office of the Executive

Secretary, Room F–4080, Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th

Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20429.

Comments: Comments on this collection of

information are welcome and should be

submitted on or before November 3, 1997, to

both the OMB reviewer and the FDIC contact

listed above.

ADDRESSES: Information about this

submission including copies of the

proposed collection of information, may

be obtained by calling or writing the

FDIC contact listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

collection requires insured state

nonmember banks that propose to

change their capital structure to submit

an application containing information

about the proposed change in order to

obtain FDIC’s consent to reduce or retire

capital. The FDIC evaluates the

information contained in the letter

application in relation to statutory

considerations and makes a decision to

grant or to withhold consent.

Dated: September 30, 1997.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Robert E. Feldman,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26238 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

EXAMINATION COUNCIL

Supervisory Policy Statement on

Investment Securities and End-User

Derivatives Activities

AGENCY: Federal Financial Institutions

Examination Council.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System (FRB), the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

(FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of

the Currency (OCC), the Office of Thrift

Supervision (OTS), and the National

Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

(collectively referred to as the agencies),

under the auspices of the Federal

Financial Institutions Examination

Council (FFIEC), request comment on a

Supervisory Policy Statement on

Investment Securities and End-User

Derivatives Activities (1997 Statement)

to provide guidance on sound practices

for managing the risks of investment

activities. The agencies also are seeking

comment on their intent to rescind the

Supervisory Policy Statement on

Securities Activities published on

February 3, 1992 (1992 Statement).

Many elements of that prior statement

are retained in the 1997 Statement,

while other elements have been revised

or eliminated. Changes in generally

accepted accounting principles, various

developments in both securities and

derivatives markets, and revisions to the

regulators’ approach to risk management

have contributed to the need to reassess

the 1992 Statement. In particular, the

agencies are proposing to eliminate the

specific constraints on investing in

‘‘high risk’’ mortgage derivative

products that were stated in the 1992

Statement. The agencies believe that it

is a sound practice for institutions to

understand the risks related to their

investment holdings. Accordingly, the

1997 Statement substitutes broader

guidance than the specific pass/fail

requirements contained in the 1992

Statement. Other than for the

supervisory guidance contained in the

1992 Statement, the 1997 Statement

does not supersede any other

requirements of the respective agencies’

statutory rules, regulations, policies, or

supervisory guidance.

DATES: Comments must be received by

November 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Joe M. Cleaver, Executive Secretary,

Federal Financial Institutions

Examination Council, 2100

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 200,

Washington, D.C. 20037 or by facsimile

transmission to (202) 634–6556.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

FRB: James Embersit, Manager,

Financial Analysis, (202) 452–5249,

Division of Banking Supervision and

Regulation; Gregory Baer, Managing

Senior Counsel, (202) 452–3236, Board

of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System. For the hearing impaired only,

Telecommunication Device for the Deaf

(TDD), Dorothea Thompson, (202) 452–

3544, Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, 20th and C Streets,

NW, Washington, DC 20551.

FDIC: William A. Stark, Assistant

Director, (202) 898–6972, Miguel D.

Browne, Manager, (202) 898–6789, John

J. Feid, Chief, Risk Management, (202)

898–8649, Division of Supervision;

Michael B. Phillips, Counsel, (202) 898–

3581, Legal Division, Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20429.

OCC: Kurt Wilhelm, National Bank

Examiner, (202) 874–5670, J. Ray Diggs,

National Bank Examiner, (202) 874–

5670, Treasury and Market Risk; Mark J.

Tenhundfeld, Assistant Director, (202)

874–5090, Legislative and Regulatory

Activities Division, Office of the

Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219.

OTS: Robert A. Kazdin, Senior Project

Manager, (202) 906–5759, Anthony G.

Cornyn, Director, (202) 906–5727, Risk

Management; Christine Harrington,

Counsel (Banking and Finance), (202)

906–7957, Regulations and Legislation

Division, Chief Counsel’s Office, Office