58996 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 3, 2000 / Notices

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–25356 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB

for Review and Approval

September 26, 2000.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commissions, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. 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.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

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;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) 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.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before November 2,

2000. 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 comments to Les

Smith, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 1–A804, 445 12th

Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554 or

via the Internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Les

Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the

Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060–0093.

Title: Application for Renewal of

Radio Station License in Specified

Services.

Form Number: FCC 405.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.

Number of Respondents: 2,500.

Estimate Time Per Response: 2.25

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirements.

Total Annual Burden: 5,625.

Total Annual Costs: None.

Needs and Uses: As required by 47

CFR Parts 5, 21, 23, and 25 of the

Commission’s Rules, FCC Form 405 is

used by common carriers and

Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS)

non-common carriers to apply for

renewal of radio station licenses.

Section 307(c) of the Communications

Act limits the term of common carrier

radio licenses to ten years and requires

that written applications be submitted

for renewal.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Announcement of Board

Approval Under Delegated Authority

and Submission to OMB

Background

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

final approval of proposed information

collections by the Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System (Board)

under OMB delegated authority, as per

5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on

Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the

Public). Board-approved collections of

information are incorporated into the

official OMB inventory of currently

approved collections of information.

Copies of the OMB 83–Is and 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Federal Reserve Board Clearance

Officer—Mary M. West—Division of

Research and Statistics, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, Washington, DC 20551 (202–

452–3829); OMB Desk Officer—

Alexander T. Hunt—Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, DC 20503 (202–395–7860).

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated

Authority of the Extension for Three

Years, Without Revision, of the

Following Reports

1. Report title: The HMDA Loan/

Application Register.

Agency form number: FR HMDA–

LAR.

OMB Control number: 7100–0247.

Frequency: Annual.

Reporters: State member banks,

subsidiaries of state member banks,

subsidiaries of bank holding companies,

U.S. branches and agencies of foreign

banks (other than federal branches,

federal agencies, and insured state

branches of foreign banks), commercial

lending companies owned or controlled

by foreign banks, and organizations

under section 25 or 25A of the Federal

Reserve Act.

Annual reporting hours: 121,714

hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

Banks, 202 hours; mortgage subsidiaries,

160 hours.

Number of respondents: Banks, 517;

mortgage subsidiaries, 108 hours.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is mandatory (12

U.S.C. 2801 et seq.). The data are not

given confidential treatment, however,

information that might identify

individual borrowers or applicants is

given confidential treatment under

exemption 6 of the Freedom of

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6)).

Abstract: The Federal Reserve’s

Regulation C, including the information

collection, applies both to depository

and to for-profit non-depository

institutions. The information reported

and disclosed pursuant to this

collection is used to further the

purposes of HMDA. These include: (1)

to help determine whether financial

institutions are serving the housing

needs of their communities; (2) to assist

public officials in distributing publicsector investments so as to attract

private investment to areas where it is

needed; and (3) to assist in identifying

possible discriminatory lending patterns

and enforcing anti-discrimination

statues.

2. Report title: International

Applications and Prior Notifications

Under Subpart B of Regulation K.

Agency form number: FR K–2.

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OMB Control number: 7100–0284.

Frequency: Event-generated.

Reporters: Foreign banks.

Annual reporting hours: 600 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

40 hours.

Number of respondents: 15.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is required to

obtain or retain a benefit sections 7 and

10 of the International Banking Act (12

U.S.C. 3105 and 3107). The applying

organization has the opportunity to

request confidentiality for information

that it believes will qualify for a

Freedom of Information Act exemption.

Abstract: Foreign banks are required

to obtain the prior approval of the

Federal Reserve to establish a branch,

agency, or representative office or to

acquire ownership or control of a

commercial lending company in the

United States or to change the status of

any existing office in the United States.

The Federal Reserve needs the

information to fulfill its statutory

obligation to supervise foreign banking

organizations with offices in the United

States.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, September 27, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 11 am, Tuesday, October

10, 2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 pm two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.federalreserve.gov for an

electronic announcement that not only

lists applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: September 29, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Requests Extension

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The information collection

requirements described below will be

submitted to the office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (PRA). The Federal Trade

Commission (FTC) is soliciting public

comments on its proposal to extend

through January 31, 2004 the current

PRA clearance for information

collection requirements contained in its

Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise

Trade Regulation Rule, 16 CFR Part 435

(MTOR or ‘‘Rule’’). That clearance

expires on January 31, 2001.

DATES: Comments must be filed by

December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to

Secretary, Federal Trade Commission,

Room H–159, 600 Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW., Washington, DC 20580. All

comments should be captioned ‘‘Mail or

Telephone Order Merchandise Trade

Regulation Rule: Paperwork comment.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be addressed to Joel N. Brewer,

Attorney, Division of Enforcement,

Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal

Trade Commission, Room S–4632, 601

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal

agencies must obtain approval from

OMB for each collection of information

they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of

information’’ means agency requests or

requirements that members of the public

submit reports, keep records, or provide

information to a third party. 44 U.S.C.

3502(3), 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by

section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the

FTC is providing this opportunity for

public comment before requesting that

OMB extend the existing paperwork

clearance for the MTOR.

The FTC invites comments on: (1)

Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed collection

of information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

The Mail Order Merchandise Rule

(MOR) was promulgated in 1975 in

response to consumer complaints that

many merchants were failing to ship

mail order merchandise on time, failing

to ship at all, or failing to provide

prompt refunds for unshipped

merchandise. The MOR took effect on

February 2, 1976. A second rulemaking

proceeding in 1993 demonstrated that

the delayed shipment and refund

problems of the mail order industry

were also being experienced by

consumers who ordered merchandise

over the telephone. The Commission

amended the MOR, effective on March

1, 1994, to include merchandise ordered

by telephone, including by telefax or by

computer through the use of a modem,

and renamed the Rule to cover ‘‘Mail or

Telephone Order Merchandise.’’ The

Rule therefore includes orders placed

through the Internet.

Generally, the MTOR requires a

merchant to: (1) Have a reasonable basis

for any express or implied shipment

representation made in soliciting the

sale; (2) ship within the time period

promised and, if no time period is

promised, within 30 days; (3) notify the

consumer and obtain the consumer’s

consent to any delay in shipment; and

(4) make prompt and full refunds when

the consumer exercises a cancellation

option or the merchant is unable to meet

the Rule’s other requirements.

The notice provisions in the Rule

require a merchant who is unable to

ship within the promised shipment time

or 30 days to notify the consumer of a

revised date and his or her right to

cancel the order and obtain a prompt

refund. Delays beyond the revised

shipment date also trigger a notification

requirement to consumers. When the