53006 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 197 / Friday, October 10, 1997 / Notices

1The Commission’s service contract records

reflect that Emerson Li executed the Hyundai

service contract on behalf of Take Ace.

2 In fact, the Journal of Commerce PIERS database

reports that no shipments were recorded on behalf

of shipper Take Ace prior to May 1996 nor

subsequent to the expiration of Hyundai’s service

contract on April 30, 1997.

File No. TRS–97–45

Applicant: Minnesota Department of

Public Service

State of Minnesota

For further information, contact Al

McCloud, (202) 418–2499,

amccloud@fcc.gov, or Andy Firth, (202)

418–2224 (TTY), afirth@fcc.gov, at the

Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26877 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collection

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

October 3, 1997.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collection pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 96–511. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid control number. Not

withstanding any other provisions of

law, no person shall be subject to any

penalty for failing to comply with a

collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Questions concerning the OMB control

numbers and expiration dates should be

directed to Judy Boley, Federal

Communications Commission, (202)

418–0214.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0783.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2000.

Title: Coordination Notification

Requirements on Frequencies Below

512 MHz—Section 90.176.

Form No.: N/A.

Estimated Annual Burden: 975 annual

hour; average .25 hours per response. 15

respondents reply daily for 3,900 annual

responses.

Description: Section 90.176 requires

each Private Land Mobile frequency

coordinator to provide within one

business day, a listing of their frequency

recommendations to all other frequency

coordinators in their respective pool,

and, if requested, an engineering

anaylsis. They must provide the

applicant name, frequency or

frequencies recommended; antenna

locations and heights; the effective

radiated power; the emission types;

service area description and the date

and time of the recommendation. The

requirement is necessary to avoid

situations where harmful interference is

created because two or more

coordinators recommend the same

frequency in the same area at

approximately the same time to

different applicants.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0795.

Expiration Date: 12/31/1997.

Title: Universal Licensing System

(ULS) Taxypayer Identification Number

(TIN) Registration.

Form No.: FCC 606.

Estimated Annual Burden: 411,000

annual hours; 1 hour per respondent;

411,000 respondents.

Description: FCC Form 606 will be

used by each licensee to provide WTB

with their TIN and a list of their call

signs to populate the ULS and establish

a unique sequential number for each

licensee. WTB will issue a services of

public notices stating our intentions and

request that each licensee provide their

TIN. This will be done gradually by

radio service, until all existing licensees

have been notified.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26875 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 97–17]

Portman Square Limited—Possible

Violations of Section 10(a)(1) of the

Shipping Act of 1984; Order of

Investigation and Hearing

Portman Square Limited (‘‘Portman

Square’’) is a tariffed and bonded nonvessel-operating common carrier

(‘‘NVOCC’’), located at Sixth Floor,

Silver Tech Tower, 26 Cheung Lee

Street, Chiwan, Hong Kong. Portman

Square holds itself out as a NVOCC

pursuant to its ATFI tariff FMC–001,

filed January 29, 1996. Emerson Li, a

resident of Hong Kong, is reported to be

Managing Director of Portman Square.

Portman Square currently maintains a

NVOCC bond, No. 102229, in the

amount of $50,000 with the Intercargo

Insurance Company, 1450 East

American Lane, 20th Floor,

Schaumburg, Illinois 60173. Pursuant to

Rule 24 of Portman Square’s tariff,

Distribution Publications, Inc., 7996

Capwell Drive, Oakland, California,

serves as the U.S. resident agent for

service of process.

It appears that in at least forty-one

(41) instances occurring between

January 10, 1997 and March 11, 1997,

Portman Square obtained transportation

on Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd.

(‘‘Hyundai’’) vessels by accessing a

service contract allegedly entered into

by Take Ace Co. Ltd. (‘‘Take Ace’’). Take

Ace executed Hyundai SC No. 96–5343

on April 24, 1996, and certified to

Hyundai that it was the cargo owner.1

There is no indication, however, that

the service contract has been utilized at

any time for the transportation of goods

in which Take Act retains any beneficial

interest.2

From documents obtained from U.S.

consignees, it appears Portman Square

is in fact the real shipper and party for

whose account the ocean transportation

was provided. During the period May

1996 through April 1997, over 230

shipments were transported by Hyundai

pursuant to service contract No. 96–

5343. All of these shipments are

believed to have originated with

Portman Square, and were handled in

the United States by the NVOCC’s

regular destination agents. In each of the

above shipments, Portman Square

issued its own NVOCC or ‘‘house’’ bill

of lading, and thus had a direct role in

a scheme of misdescribing the

commodity to the transporting ocean

common carrier. These shipments

originated in Hong Kong and the

People’s Republic of China, and were

destined primarily for Los Angeles and

New York for delivery through Portman

Square’s U.S. agents.

In each of the 41 instances cited

herein, the commodity was described to

the ocean common carrier as

‘‘kitchenware’’, ‘‘lighting fixture’’,

‘‘patio furniture’’, or ‘‘KD furniture’’.

Other contemporaneous documentation,

such as house bills of lading, arrival

notices, and U.S. Customs entry

documentation prepared by the

customhouse broker, reflect that

Portman Square was fully cognizant that

the shipments actually consisted of

footwear, computer parts, sunglasses,

plastic flatware, polystone figurines,

clocks, and used household goods.

Portman Square or its agents

nonetheless made payment to the ocean

common carrier on the basis of the

inaccurate commodity shown and

declared on the bill of lading when

issued.