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of Public Affairs, telephone number

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Federal Communications Commission

Shirley S. Suggs,

Chief, Publications Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–26013 Filed 9–29–97; 2:41 pm]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

September 19, 1997.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13. An agency may not conduct

or sponsor and a person is not required

to respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid

control number. For further information

contact Shoko B. Hair, Federal

Communications Commission, (202)

418–1379.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0292.

Expiration Date: 09/30/2000.

Title: Access Charges—Part 69.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1458

respondents; 23.19 hours per response

(avg.); 33,825 total annual burden hours

for all collections.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

semi-annually; monthly; one-time

requirement.

Description: Part 69 of the

Commission’s rules and regulations

establishes the rules for access charges

for interstate or foreign access provided

by telephone companies on or after

January 1, 1984. Part 69 essentially

consists of rules or the procedures for

the computation of access charges.

Section 69.3 requires the annual

submission of access charge tariffs.

Section 69.116(c) and 69.117(c) require

local exchange carriers to file

information with NECA semi-annually

pertaining to the number of lines in

their study areas and the interexchange

carriers to which such lines are

presubscribed. This information will be

used by NECA to assess revenue

requirements needed to fund the

Universal Service Fund and Lifeline

Assistance programs. (No. of

respondents: 1458; hours per response:

5 hrs.; total annual hours: 14,580 hrs.).

Section 69.104(k)(1) requires that a state

or local telephone company wishing to

implement an end user common line

reduction or waiver for its subscribers

file information with the Commission

demonstrating that its state lifeline

assistance plan meets certain criteria.

This is an one-time filing requirement.

(No. of respondents: 50; hours per

response: 20 hrs.; total annual burden

1000 hrs.). Section 69.104(1) requires

local telephone carriers to calculate for

NECA their projected revenue

requirements for the lifeline assistance

program. (No. of respondents: 1459;

hours per response: 3.5 hrs; total annual

burden: 5103 hrs). Section 69.605

requires carriers who are participating

in the pool to report access revenues

and cost data so that NECA may

compute monthly pool revenues

distributions. (No. of respondents: 1548;

hours per response: .75 hrs; total annual

burden: 13,122 hrs). The information is

used to compute charges in tariffs for

access service (or origination and

termination) and to compute revenue

pool distributions. Neither process

could be implemented without the

information. You are required to

respond.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0577.

Expiration Date: 09/30/2000.

Title: Expanded Interconnection with

Local Telephone Company Facilities.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 16

respondents; 15 hours per response

(avg.); 240 total annual burden hours for

all collections.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $10,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Description: In September 1992, the

Commission adopted an order requiring

Tier 1 local exchange carriers (LECs),

excluding NECA pool members, to offer

expanded interconnection for special

access to all interested parties,

permitting competitors and high volume

users to terminate their own

transmission facilities at LEC central

offices. (Special Access Order, CC

Docket No. 91–141, Expanded

Interconnection with Local Telephone

Company Facilities). Under the rules

adopted in the Special Access Order,

Tier 1 LECs (those with over $100

million in annual regulated revenues for

a sustained period of time), except for

NECA pool members, are required to

provide physical collocation to all

interconnectors that request it, with

exemptions for LEC offices that do not

have enough space for physical

collocation, and, under certain

circumstances, for states with regulatory

policies favoring virtual collocation or

LEC choice of the form of collocation.

Interconnectors and LECs will be free to

negotiate virtual collocation

arrangements if both parties prefer such

arrangements over physical collocation.

In the Second Memorandum Opinion

and Order on Reconsideration in CC

Docket No. 91–141 (Reconsideration

Order), the Commission reconsidered

some of the particularly time-sensitive

requirements of the Special Access

Order. In particular, the Reconsideration

Order reconsiders de novo the fresh look

issues addressed in the Special Access

Order, clarifies and expands the

Commission’s requirements concerning

the application of nonrecurring charges,

modifies the requirement for tariffing

virtual collocation arrangements, and

specifies certain standards that must be

met for a connection charge rate

structure to be considered reasonable. In

order to comply with these

requirements, Tier 1 LECs will have to

make certain tariff revisions. In

addition, LECs must make tariff filings

to provide public notice of the start of

the ‘‘fresh look’’ period at each of their
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offices where expanded interconnection

is implemented. Sections 201, 202, 203,

204, and 205 of the Communications

Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 201,

202, 203, 204, and 205, require that

common carriers establish just and

reasonable charges, practices, and

regulations for the services they

provide, and prohibit any unjust or

unreasonable discrimination,

preference, or advantage. The LEC

schedules containing these charges,

practices, and regulations must be filed

with the Commission. The tariff filings

required by the Reconsideration Order

are necessary to ensure the effectiveness

of the fresh look opportunity that the

Commission adopted in order to allow

eligible customers to assess the new

alternatives available in a more

competitive market. The tariff filings

that will be needed to comply with the

Commission’s rules on nonrecurring

charges and connection charges are

necessary to ensure that the rates

charged to all LEC customers are just,

reasonable, and nondiscriminatory.

Without this information, the FCC

would be unable to determine whether

the tariffs for these services are just,

reasonable, nondiscriminatory, and

otherwise in accordance with the law

and its rules. Obligation to respond is

mandatory.

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 S. Suggs,

Chief, Publications Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–25787 Filed 9–29–97; 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.

Atlantic Cargo, Inc., 5635 NW 74th

Avenue, Miami, FL 33166, Officer:

Allan D. Silverman, President

Boston Logistics, Inc., 186A Lee

Burbank Highway, Revere, MA 02151,

Officer: Anthony M. Puleio, Jr.,

President

Dated: September 25, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25830 Filed 9–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants; Correction

In the Federal Register notice

published July 14, 1997 (62 FR 37585)

the reference to ‘‘RJB Import/Export

Consultants Corp.’’ is corrected to read:

‘‘R.J.G. Import/Export Consultants

Corp.’’

Dated: September 24, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25829 Filed 9–29–97; 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

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than October

15, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. Charles Michael Hazard, Boston,

Massachusetts; to acquire 18.3 percent

of the voting shares of Boston Private

Bancorp, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts,

and thereby indirectly acquire Boston

Private Bank & Trust Company, Boston,

Massachusetts.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. John Francis Davis and Carman Lee

Davis, both of Concordia, Kansas; to

acquire voting shares of Tri-County

Bancshares, Inc., Linn, Kansas, and

thereby indirectly acquire Tri-County

National Bank, Washington, Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, September 25, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–25936 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

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 24,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Alabama National BanCorporation,

Birmingham, Alabama; to merge with

First American Bancorp, Decatur,