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Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection 47 U.S.C. 

154, 303, 307(e), 309 and 332, unless 

noted. 

Total Annual Burden: 50 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: No cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: The reporting 

requirement contained in section 80.302 

is necessary to ensure that the U.S. 

Coast Guard is timely notified when a 

coast station, which is responsible for 

maintaining a listening watch on a 

designated marine distress and safety 

frequency discontinues, reduces or 

impairs its communications services. 

This notification allows the Coast Guard 

to seek an alternate means of providing 

radio coverage to protect the safety of 

life and property at sea or object to the 

planned diminution of service. The 

information is used by the U.S. Coast 

Guard district office nearest to the coast 

station. Once the Coast Guard is aware 

that such a situation exists, it is able to 

inform the maritime community that 

radio coverage has or will be affected 

and/or seek to provide coverage of the 

safety watch via alternate means. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1194. 

Title: AM Station Modulation 

Dependent Carrier Level (MDCL) 

Notification Form; FCC Form 338. 

Form Number: FCC Form 338. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 100 respondents and 100 

responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 1 

hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 100 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: None. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in Sections 154(i), 303, 310 

and 533 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality 

required with this collection of 

information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On October 23, 2015, 

the Commission released the First 

Report and Order, Further Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, and Notice of 

Inquiry, Revitalization of the AM Radio 

Service (First R&O), FCC 15–142, MB 

Docket 13–249. In the First R&O, the 

Commission adopted its proposal for 

wider implementation of Modulation 

Dependent Carrier Level (MDCL) control 

technologies by amending Section 

73.1560(a) of the rules, to provide that 

an AM station may commence operation 

using MDCL control technology without 

prior Commission authority, provided 

that the AM station licensee notifies the 

Commission of the station’s MDCL 

control operation within 10 days after 

commencement of such operation using 

the Bureau’s Consolidated Database 

System (CDBS). 

In September 2011, the Commission’s 

Media Bureau (Bureau) had released an 

MDCL Public Notice, in which it stated 

that it would permit AM stations, by 

rule waiver or experimental 

authorization, to use MDCL control 

technologies, which are transmitter 

control techniques that vary either the 

carrier power level or both the carrier 

and sideband power levels as a function 

of the modulation level. This allows AM 

licensees to reduce power consumption 

while maintaining audio quality and 

their licensed station coverage areas. 

There are two basic types of MDCL 

control technologies. In one type, the 

carrier power is reduced at low 

modulation levels and increased at 

higher modulation levels. In the other 

type, there is full carrier power at low 

modulation levels and reduced carrier 

power and sideband powers at higher 

modulation levels. Use of any of these 

MDCL control technologies reduces the 

station’s antenna input power to levels 

not permitted by Section 73.1560(a) of 

the Commission’s rules. 

The MDCL Public Notice permitted 

AM station licensees wanting to use 

MDCL control technologies to seek 

either a permanent waiver of Section 

73.1560(a) for those licensees already 

certain of the particular MDCL control 

technology to be used, or an 

experimental authorization pursuant to 

Section 73.1510 of the Rules for those 

licensees wishing to determine which of 

the MDCL control technologies would 

result in maximum cost savings and 

minimum effects on the station’s 

coverage area and audio quality. 

Between release of the MDCL Public 

Notice and release of the Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making in MB Docket 

No. 13–249, FCC 13–139 (NPRM), 33 

permanent waiver requests and 20 

experimental requests authorizing use of 

MDCL control technologies had been 

granted by the Bureau. 

AM station licensees using MDCL 

control technologies have reported 

significant savings on electrical power 

costs and few, if any, perceptible effects 

on station coverage area and audio 

quality. Accordingly, the NPRM 

tentatively concluded that use of MDCL 

control technologies reduces AM 

broadcasters’ operating costs while 

maintaining a station’s current level of 

service to the public, without 

interference to other stations. The 

Commission therefore, proposed to 

allow an AM station to commence 

operation using MDCL control 

technology by notification to the 

Commission, without prior Commission 

authority. 

Consistent with the Commission’s 

new rule allowing AM broadcasters to 

implement MDCL technologies without 

prior authorization, by electronic 

notification within 10 days of 

commencing MDCL operations, the 

Commission created FCC Form 338, AM 

Station Modulation Dependent Carrier 

Level (MDCL) Notification. In addition 

to the standard general contact 

information, FCC Form 338 solicits 

minimal technical data, as well as the 

date that MDCL control operation 

commenced. This information 

collection regarding FCC Form 338 

needs OMB review and approval. 

The following rule section is covered 

by this information collection: 47 CFR 

73.1560(a)(1) specifies the limits on 

antenna input power for AM stations. 

AM stations using MDCL control 

technologies are not required to adhere 

to these operating power parameters. 

AM stations may, without prior 

Commission authority, commence 

MDCL control technology use, provided 

that within ten days after commencing 

such operation, the licensee submits an 

electronic notification of 

commencement of MDCL operation 

using FCC Form 338. 

The Commission is now requesting a 

three year extension for this collection 

from the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Cecilia Sigmund, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17944 Filed 8–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[CC Docket No. 92–237; DA 18–815] 

Next Meeting of the North American 

Numbering Council 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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1This includes any foreign bank or company that 

is, or is treated as, a bank holding company under 

section 8(a) of the International Banking Act of 

1978, and that has $50 billion or more in total 

consolidated assets. 2This estimate captures the annual time that 

complex, domestic filers will spend complying with 

this collection, given that eight of these filers will 

only submit two resolution plans over the period 

covered by this notice. The estimate therefore 

represents two-thirds of the time these eight firms 

are estimated to spend on each resolution plan 

submission. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission released a public notice 

announcing the next meeting of the 

North American Numbering Council 

(NANC). At this meeting, the NANC will 

consider a report from its Numbering 

Administration Oversight Working 

Group on the technical requirements to 

consolidate the services of the North 

American Numbering Plan 

Administrator and the Pooling 

Administrator. In addition, the FCC will 

provide more information on the new 

Interoperable Video Calling Working 

Group. The NANC will also continue its 

discussions on how to modernize and 

foster more efficient number 

administration in the United States. 

DATES: Thursday, September 13, 2018, 

9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Requests to make an oral 

statement or provide written comments 

to the NANC should be sent to Darlene 

Biddy, Competition Policy Division, 

Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, Portals 

II, 445 12th Street SW, Room 5–C150, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Darlene Biddy at (202) 418–1585 or 

Darlene.Biddy@fcc.gov. The fax number 

is: (202) 418–1413. The TTY number is: 

(202) 418–0484. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NANC meeting is open to the public. 

The FCC will accommodate as many 

attendees as possible; however, 

admittance will be limited to seating 

availability. The Commission will also 

provide audio coverage of the meeting. 

Other reasonable accommodations for 

people with disabilities are available 

upon request. Request for such 

accommodations should be submitted 

via email to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling 

the Consumer and governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (TTY). Such requests should 

include a detailed description of the 

accommodation needed. In addition, 

please allow at least five days advance 

notice for accommodation requests; last 

minute requests will be accepted but 

may not be possible to accommodate. 

Members of the public may submit 

comments to the NANC in the FCC’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System, 

ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. Comments to 

the NANC should be filed in CC Docket 

No. 92–237. 

More information about the NANC is 

available at https://www.fcc.gov/aboutfcc/advisory-committees/general/northamerican-numbering-council. You may 

also contact Marilyn Jones, DFO of the 

NANC, at Marilyn.jones@fcc.gov, or 

(202) 418–2357, Michelle Sclater, 

Alternate DFO, at michelle.sclater@

fcc.gov, or (202) 418–0388. 

This is a summary of the 

Commission’s document in CC Docket 

No. 92–237, DA 18–815 released August 

6, 2018. The complete text in this 

document is available for public 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th 

Street SW, Room CY–A257, 

Washington, DC 20554. The document 

may also be purchased from the 

Commission’s duplicating contractor, 

Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th 

Street SW, Room CY–B402, Washington, 

DC 20554, telephone (800) 378–3160 or 

(202) 863–2893, facsimile (202) 863– 

2898, or via the internet at http://

www.bcpiweb.com. It is available on the 

Commission’s website at http://

www.fcc.gov. 

* The Agenda may be modified at the 

discretion of the NANC Chairman with 

the approval of the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marilyn Jones, 

Senior Counsel for Number Administration, 

Wireline Competition Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17880 Filed 8–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Announcement of Board 

Approval Under Delegated Authority 

and Submission to OMB 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) is 

adopting a proposal to extend, with 

revision, the mandatory Reporting 

Requirements Associated with 

Regulation QQ (OMB No. 7100–0346). 

The revisions are applicable as of July 

31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Federal Reserve Board Clearance 

Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of 

the Chief Data Officer, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, Washington, DC 20551 (202) 

452–3829. Telecommunications Device 

for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact 

(202) 263–4869, Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, DC 20551. 

OMB Desk Officer—Shagufta 

Ahmed—Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503 or by fax to (202) 395–6974. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

15, 1984, the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board 

authority under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) to approve of and 

assign OMB control numbers to 

collection of information requests and 

requirements conducted or sponsored 

by the Board. Board-approved 

collections of information are 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. Copies of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, 

supporting statements and approved 

collection of information instrument(s) 

are placed into OMB’s public docket 

files. The Federal Reserve may not 

conduct or sponsor, and the respondent 

is not required to respond to, an 

information collection that has been 

extended, revised, or implemented on or 

after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 

a currently valid OMB control number. 

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated 

Authority of the Extension for Three 

Years, With Revision, of the Following 

Report: 

Report title: Reporting Requirements 

Associated with Regulation QQ. 

Agency form number: Reg QQ. 

OMB control number: 7100–0346. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondents: Bank holding 

companies 1 with assets of $50 billion or 

more and nonbank financial firms 

designated by the Financial Stability 

Oversight Council for supervision by the 

Board. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

Reduced Reporters: 72; Tailored 

Domestic Reporters: 11; Tailored 

Foreign Reporters: 6; Full Domestic 

Reporters: 3; Full Foreign Reporters: 6; 

Complex, Domestic Filers: 9; Complex, 

Foreign Filers: 4. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Reduced Reporters: 60 hours; Tailored 

Domestic Reporters: 9,000 hours; 

Tailored Foreign Reporters: 1,130 hours; 

Full Domestic Reporters: 26,000 hours; 

Full Foreign Reporters: 2,000 hours; 

Complex, Domestic Filers: 79,522 

hours;2 Complex, Foreign Filers: 55,500 

hours. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

Reduced Reporters: 4,320 hours; 


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