20632 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 80 / Monday, April 27, 1998 / Notices

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0827.

Title: Request for Radio Station

License Update.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individuals and

households; business or other for-profit;

not-for-profit institutions; state, local or

tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 172,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes.

Total Annual Burden: 86,000 hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Needs and Uses: The information

obtained will be used to update the

Commission’s databases to ensure that

each license reflects the correct

administrative and technical data. The

request also reminds licensees of the

requirements to file applications for

modification, if needed, to submit

invalid licenses for cancellation and to

keep the Commission informed of any

changes in mailing address. This

verification and collection of

information is being done at this time in

preparation of the conversion to the

Universal License System. It is the

Commission’s goal to have the most

accurate, up-to-date information

available prior to conversion of data.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–XXXX.

Title: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

- MDS and ITFS Two-Way

Transmissions.

Form No.: FCC Form 304 and FCC

Form 330.

Type of Review: New collection.

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

local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 3,550.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Estimated Time Per Response: 5 - 55

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 17,750 hours.

Cost to Respondents: $8,155,000.

Needs and Uses: The Commission has

adopted a Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (NPRM) in MM Docket No.

97–217 and has published in the

Federal Register a summary (62 FR

60025, 11/6/97) of this rulemaking to

determine whether, and if so, how, to

amend its rules to promote the ability of

MDS and ITFS licensees to provide twoway digital services. The objective of

this proceeding is to encourage the

efficient use of the spectrum allotted to

MDS and ITFS by simplifying our

current two-way licensing system and

providing greater flexibility in the use of

the allotted spectrum where such

flexibility would best serve the needs of

the public. In addition, we intend to

enhance the competitiveness of the

wireless cable industry and the resultant

choices available to consumers, and to

increase Internet access for educational

institutions and their students via ITFS

frequencies.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–XXXX.

Title: Application for Transfer of

Control of Multipoint Distribution

Service Authorization.

Form No.: FCC Form 306.

Type of Review: New collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 20.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Estimated Time Per Response: 58

hours (2.0 hours-licensee; 15.2 hourstransferor; 40.8 hours-transferree).

Total Annual Burden: 110 hours.

Cost to Respondents: $211,190.

Needs and Uses: The Commission has

developed a new FCC Form 306

application which streamlines the

application process for transfer of

control of a Multipoint Distribution

Service (‘‘MDS’’) authorization. This

new form will replace FCC Form 704

(3060–0048) for MDS facilities governed

by 47 CFR Part 21. The new FCC Form

306 will collect only the information

required to evaluate a proposed

transferee’s qualifications to become a

Commission MDS licensee. This new

form has been developed to

accommodate electronic filing of a

transfer of control of an authorization

for MDS applicants.

FCC Form 306 is to be used to apply

for authority to transfer control of an

MDS authorization pursuant to 47 CFR

Sections 21.11, 21.38, and 21.39. The

data is used by FCC staff in determining

if the applicant is qualified to become

a Commission licensee or permittee and

to carry out the statutory provisions of

Section 310(d) of the Communications

Act of 1934, as amended.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0010.

Title: Ownership Report.

Form No.: FCC Form 323.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 10,020.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

and annual reporting requirement.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 –7

hours (1 hour certifications (0.5 hoursrespondent/0.5 hours attorney); 7 hours

annual reports and all other reports (1

hour-respondent/6 hours attorney)).

Total Annual Burden: 9,106 hours.

Cost to Respondents: $10,258,410.

Needs and Uses: Each permittee of a

commercial AM, FM, TV and

international broadcast station shall file

an Ownership Report (FCC Form 323)

within 30 days of the date of grant by

the FCC of an application for an original

construction permit or the

consummation, pursuant to Commission

consent, of a transfer of control or an

assignment of license. A permittee is

also required to file another report or to

certify that it has reviewed its current

Report on file and that it is accurate, in

lieu of filing a new report, when the

permittee applies for a station license.

Each licensee of a commercial AM, FM

and TV broadcast station shall file a

Report annually. Each licensee with a

current and unamended Report on file

at the Commission may certify that it

has reviewed its current Report and that

it is accurate, in lieu of filing a new

Report. The data is used by FCC staff to

determine whether the licensee/

permittee is abiding by the multiple

ownership requirements as set down by

the Commission’s Rules and is in

compliance with the Communications

Act.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11099 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collection(s)

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

April 20, 1998

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collection(s) pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44

U.S.C. 3501–3520. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid control number.

Notwithstanding 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 that does not

display a valid control number.

Questions concerning the OMB control

numbers and expiration dates should be

directed to Jerry Cowden, Federal
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Communications Commission, (202)

418–0447.

Federal Communications Commission.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0253.

Expiration Date: 04/30/2001.

Title: Part 68 - Connection of

Telephone Equipment to the Telephone

Network (Sections 68.106, 68.108,

68.110).

Form Number: Not applicable.

Estimated Annual Burden: 3,270

hours; 0.057 hour (average) per

respondent; 57,540 respondents.

Description: These collections are

designed to prevent harm to the

telephone network when customerprovided equipment is connected to

telephone company lines and assures

that customers will not overload the

telephone lines with excessive

equipment which would degrade

service to the customers and others.

Telephone companies and persons

connecting certain equipment to the

network are the affected public.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0320.

Expiration Date: 04/30/2001.

Title: Section 73.1350 - Transmission

System Operation.

Form Number: Not applicable.

Estimated Annual Burden: 209 hours;

0.5 hour per respondent; 417

respondents.

Description: Section 73.1350 requires

licensees of broadcast stations to notify

the Commission whenever a

transmission system control point is

established at a location other than the

main studio or transmitter. The data is

used by FCC staff to maintain operating

information regarding licensees in the

event that FCC field staff needs to

contact a station about interference.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0627.

Expiration Date: 04/30/2001.

Title: Application for AM Broadcast

Station License.

Form Number: FCC 302–AM.

Estimated Annual Burden: 4,400

hours; 12.57 hours (average) per

response; 350 respondents.

Description: FCC 302–AM is used by

licensees when applying for a new or

modified station license, and/or to

notify the Commission of certain

changes in the licensed facilities of

these stations. The data is used by FCC

staff to confirm that the station has been

built to terms specified in the

outstanding construction permit. Data is

then extracted for inclusion in the

subsequent license to operate the

station.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0634.

Expiration Date: 04/30/2001.

Title: Section 73.691 - Visual

Modulation Monitoring.

Form Number: Not applicable.

Estimated Annual Burden: 70 hours;

1 hour per response; 35 respondents (2

notifications per respondent).

Description: Section 73.691 requires

TV stations to enter into the station log

the date and time of initial technical

problems that make it impossible to

operate TV station in accordance with

timing and carrier level tolerance

requirements. If variance will exceed 10

days, notification must be sent to FCC.

Notification must also be sent to FCC

upon restoration of normal operations.

Data is used by FCC staff to maintain

technical information about station

operation in the event a complaint is

received from the public regarding

station operations.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11100 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

[Report No. 2270]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceeding

April 21, 1998.

Petitions for reconsideration and

clarification have been filed in the

Commission’s rulemaking proceedings

listed in this Public Notice and

published pursuant to 47 CFR 1.429(e).

The full text of these documents are

available for viewing and copying in

Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. or may be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

ITS, Inc., (202) 857–3800. Oppositions

to these petitions must be filed May 12,

1998. See § 1.4(b)(1) of the

Commission’s rule (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)).

Replies to an opposition must be filed

within 10 days after the time for filing

oppositions has expired.

Subject: Streamlining Broadcast EEO

Rules and Policies, Vacating the EEO

Forfeiture Policy Statement and

Amending Section 1.80 of the

Commission’s Rules To Include EEO

Forfeiture Guidelines (CC Docket No.

96–16)

Number of Petitions Filed: 1.

Subject: Implementation of Section

703(e) of the Telecommunications Act

of 1996; Amendment of the

Commission’s Rules and Policies

Governing Pole Attachments (CC Docket

97–151).

Number of Petitions Filed: 9.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11011 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Differences in Capital and Accounting

Standards Among the Federal Banking

and Thrift Agencies; Report to

Congressional Committees

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Report to the Committee on

Banking and Financial Services of the

U.S. House of Representatives and to the

Committee on Banking, Housing, and

Urban Affairs of the United States

Senate Regarding Differences in Capital

and Accounting Standards Among the

Federal Banking and Thrift Agencies.

SUMMARY: This report has been prepared

by the FDIC pursuant to Section 37(c) of

the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12

U.S.C. 1831n(c)). Section 37(c) requires

each federal banking agency to report to

the Committee on Banking and

Financial Services of the House of

Representatives and to the Committee

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

of the Senate any differences between

any accounting or capital standard used

by such agency and any accounting or

capital standard used by any other such

agency. The report must also contain an

explanation of the reasons for any

discrepancy in such accounting and

capital standards and must be published

in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert F. Storch, Chief, Accounting

Section, Division of Supervision,

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,

550 17th Street, NW., Washington, D.C.

20429, telephone (202) 898–8906.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of

the report follows:

Report to the Committee on Banking

and Financial Services of the U.S.

House of Representatives and to the

Committee on Banking, Housing, and

Urban Affairs of the United States

Senate Regarding Differences in Capital

and Accounting Standards Among the

Federal Banking and Thrift Agencies

A. Introduction

This report has been prepared by the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

(FDIC) pursuant to Section 37(c) of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Act, which

requires the agency to submit a report to

specified Congressional Committees

describing any differences in regulatory