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person shall be subject to any penalty 

for failing to comply with a collection 

of information subject to the PRA that 

does not display a valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1003. 

Title: Communications Disaster 

Information Reporting System (DIRS). 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, 

Local or Tribal Government; Federal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 400 respondents; 104,000 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 

hour—1.5 hours (average per response). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and Annual Reporting Requirements 

and Recordkeeping Requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this collection is 

contained in sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o), 

251(e)(3), 254, 301, 303(b), 303(g), 

303(r), 307, 309(a), 309(j), 316, 332, and 

403 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended, and section 706 of the 

Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 

U.S.C. 151, 154(i)–(j) & (o), 251(e)(3), 

254, 301, 303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 332, 

403, and 1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 16,320 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

launched the Disaster Information 

Reporting System (DIRS) in 2007 

pursuant to its mandate to promote the 

safety of life and property through the 

use of wire and radio communication as 

required by the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended. DIRS is a voluntary, 

efficient, and web-based system that 

communications companies may use to 

report their infrastructure status during 

times of crisis (e.g., related to a disaster). 

DIRS uses a number of template forms 

tailored to different communications 

sectors (i.e., wireless, wireline, 

broadcast, and cable) to facilitate the 

entry of this information. To use DIRS, 

a company first inputs its emergency 

contact information. After this, they 

submit information using the template 

form appropriate for their 

communications sector. In a Second 

Report and Order adopted on March 18, 

2021, as FCC 21–34, the Commission 

adopted rules allowing certain federal, 

state, and Tribal Nation agencies 

(Participating Agencies) to access to 

certain geographically relevant reports 

filed in the Commission’s Disaster 

Information Reporting System (DIRS). 

The information collections and record 

keeping provisions adopted will allow 

Participating Agencies to apply for, and 

receive access to, DIRS report in the 

areas where they have jurisdiction. The 

collection will further enable these 

Participating Agencies, at their election, 

to share DIRS reports with qualified 

local agencies whose jurisdiction is 

affected by a disaster, while still 

maintaining the confidentiality of the 

substantive data. The changes to the 

data collections fields in the DIRS 

filings made by service providers will 

further facilitate the ability of 

Participating Agencies to access those 

reports relevant to their specific 

geographies. Finally, the changes to the 

information collection and associated 

recordkeeping requirements, including 

retention by participating agencies of 

qualification forms submitted by local 

agency seeking access to DIRS data, as 

well as a list of which local agencies 

receive information from the 

Participating Agency, training materials 

setting clear parameters for the use of 

DIRS data, and a list of those persons 

granted DIRS account access, will 

enable auditing functions to ensure 

accountability in the use of DIRS 

information and immediate reporting of 

breaches of access or confidentiality 

protocols. 

The Commission notes that the 

information sharing framework 

established in the Second Report and 

Order allows for access to be granted not 

only for DIRS, but also to the 

Commission’s Network Outage 

Reporting System (NORS). We note that 

the process and requirements for 

Participating Agencies under this 

framework is identical, regardless of 

whether they seek access to NORS, 

DIRS, or both. Because the Commission 

anticipates that NORS and DIRS access 

will be requested together in most cases, 

it believes that the estimated burden 

hours and costs for Participating 

Agencies associated with DIRS access 

are fully included in the estimates that 

it has separately submitted as part of its 

collection on Part 4 of the Commission’s 

Rules Concerning Disruptions to 

Communications, OMB Control No. 

3060–0484. To avoid double-counting 

the estimated burden hours and costs 

associated with both collections, the 

Commission estimates the marginal cost 

of the Participating Agency aspect of 

this collection to be zero. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28096 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–XXXX; FR ID 191715] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before February 20, 

2024. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: Application to Participate in a 

5G Fund Auction, FCC Form 184. 


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Form Number: FCC Form 184. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions, 

and state, local or tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 300 respondents and 300 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 7 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

47 U.S.C. 154, 254 and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 2,100 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will use the information collected under 

this information collection to determine 

whether applicants are qualified to 

participate in a 5G Fund auction. 

In its November 2011 USF/ICC 

Transformation Order, the Commission 

took numerous steps to 

comprehensively reform and modernize 

the universal service program to ensure 

that robust, affordable fixed and mobile 

voice and broadband service are 

available to those in rural, insular, and 

high cost areas of the country. Connect 

America Fund et al., Order and Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 

11–161 (USF/ICC Transformation 

Order). Among other things, the 

Commission (1) established a twophased Mobility Fund to award 

universal service support for mobile 

services in a cost-effective manner to no 

more than one provider per area in areas 

where a private-sector business case was 

lacking, (2) directed that universal 

service support under the Mobility 

Fund be awarded by competitive 

bidding, (3) adopted the rules and 

framework for Mobility Fund Phase I, 

and (4) sought comment on the rules 

and proposed framework for Mobility 

Fund Phase II. In its February 2017 

Mobility Fund Phase II Report and 

Order, the Commission adopted the 

rules and framework for Mobility Fund 

Phase II to provide ongoing universal 

service support over a ten-year term to 

areas of the country unlikely to receive 

4G LTE service absent subsidies, along 

with the framework for a challenge 

process to resolve disputes about areas 

that were found to be presumptively 

ineligible for support. Connect America 

Fund; Universal Service Reform— 

Mobility Fund II, Report and Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

FCC 17–11. However, in its October 

2020 5G Fund Report and Order, the 

Commission established the 5G Fund as 

a replacement for Mobility Fund Phase 

II, and adopted the framework and rules 

for the 5G Fund to award universal 

service support in two phases through 

separate reverse auctions to ensure the 

deployment of high-speed, 5G mobile 

service in areas unlikely to see such 

service absent subsidies. Establishing a 

5G Fund for Rural America, Report and 

Order, FCC 20–150 (5G Fund Report 

and Order). In the 5G Fund Report and 

Order, the Commission, among other 

things, adopted a two-stage application 

process for 5G Fund auctions consisting 

of pre-auction requirements for 

applicants seeking to participate in a 5G 

Fund auction and post-auction 

requirements for winning bidders 

applying for 5G Fund support. The 

Commission decided that applicants 

seeking to participate in a 5G Fund 

auction would be required to provide 

both the information required by section 

1.21001(b) of the Commission’s existing 

Part 1, Subpart AA universal service 

competitive bidding rules, 47 CFR 

1.21001(b), and the additional 

application disclosures and 

certifications specific to the 5G Fund 

required by section 54.1014(a) of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 54.1014(a). 

Under this new information 

collection, the Commission will collect 

the information, disclosures, and 

certifications required by sections 

1.21001(b) and 54.1014(a) of the 

Commission’s rules from each applicant 

seeking to participate in a 5G Fund 

auction, and will use the information, 

disclosures, and certifications to 

determine whether an applicant is 

legally, technically, and financially 

qualified to participate in a 5G Fund 

auction. To aid in collecting this 

information, the Commission has 

created FCC Form 184, which will be 

used to provide the information, 

disclosures, and certifications required 

by sections 1.21001(b) and 54.1014(a). 

Commission staff will review the 

information, disclosures, and 

certifications collected on FCC Form 

184 as part of the pre-auction process, 

prior to the start of the auction, and 

determine whether each applicant 

satisfies the Commission’s requirements 

to participate in an auction for 5G Fund 

support. Without the information 

collected on FCC Form 184, the 

Commission will not be able to 

determine if an applicant is legally 

qualified to participate in a 5G Fund 

auction and has complied with the 

various applicable regulatory and 

statutory auction requirements for such 

participation. This approach provides 

an appropriate screen to ensure serious 

participation without being unduly 

burdensome. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28097 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

applications are set forth in paragraph 7 

of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of 

the Act. 

Comments regarding each of these 

applications must be received at the 

Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of 

the Board of Governors, Ann E. 

Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later 

than January 5, 2024. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City Jeffrey Imgarten, Assistant Vice 

President, One Memorial Drive, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001. Comments 

can also be sent electronically to 

KCApplicationComments@kc.frb.org: 

1. The Gary and Dixie Beymer Trust, 

Gary Beymer and Dixie Beymer, as cotrustees, all of Lakin, Kansas; the Robert 

Beymer Revocable Trust dtd 02/24/ 

2022, Robert Beymer as trustee, the 

Diane Beymer Credit Shelter Trust, 

Robert Beymer as trustee, all of Garden 

City, Kansas; C. Easton Beymer, 

Kingwood, Texas; Blake Beymer, 

Holcomb, Kansas; Brick Beymer and 

Michelle Thompson (ne ́e Beymer), both 

of Lakin, Kansas; Caitlin Orcutt (ne ́e 

Beymer), Milliken, Colorado; and Taryn 

Remey (ne ́e Beymer), McPherson, 

Kansas; to form the Beymer Family 

Control Group, a group acting in 


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