Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 96 /Tuesday, May 19, 1998 / Notices 27575

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11480–001–Alaska]

Haida Corporation; Notice of

Teleconference

May 13, 1998.

A telephone conference will be

convened by staff of the Office of

Hydropower Licensing on June 2, 1998,

at 1 p.m. eastern time (10 a.m. Pacific

time and 9 a.m. Alaska time). The

purpose of this meeting is to discuss the

status of the Commission’s March 5,

1998, information requests, and any

other outstanding topics on the

Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Project.

The project is proposed to be

constructed and operated on Prince of

Wales Island, near the community of

Hollis, Alaska.

Any person wishing to participate in

this teleconference should contact Carl

Keller at (202) 219–2831 or e-mail at

carl.keller@ferc.fed.us no later than May

28, 1998, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13204 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[Report No. 2277]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceeding

May 13, 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 Section

1.429(e). The full text of these

documents are available for viewing and

copying in Room 239, 1919 M Street,

NW., Washington, DC or may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

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

Oppositions to these petitions must be

filed by June 3, 1998. See Section

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: Toll Free Service Access

Codes (CC Docket No. 95–155).

Number of Petitions Filed: 4.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13169 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to take this opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Currently, the FDIC is soliciting

comments concerning the following

collections of information titled: (1)

Recordkeeping and Disclosure

Requirements in Connection with

Regulation Z (Truth in Lending); (2)

Recordkeeping and Disclosure

Requirements in Connection with

Regulation M (Consumer Leasing); (3)

Recordkeeping and Disclosure

Requirements in Connection with

Regulation E (Electronic Fund

Transfers); and (4) Recordkeeping and

Disclosure Requirements in Connection

with Regulation B (Equal Credit

Opportunity).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are

invited to submit written comments to

Tamara R. Manly, Management Analyst

(Regulatory Analysis), (202) 898–7453,

Office of the Executive Secretary, Room

4058, Attention: Comments/OES,

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,

550 17th Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

20429. All comments should refer to the

OMB control number. Comments may

be hand-delivered to the guard station at

the rear of the 17th Street Building

(located of F Street), on business days

between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. [FAX

number (202) 898–3838; Internet

address: comments@fdic.gov].

A copy of the comments may also be

submitted to the OMB desk officer for

the FDIC: Alexander Hunt, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tamara R. Manly, as the address

identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal

to renew the following currently

approved collections of information:

1. Title: Recordkeeping and

Disclosure Requirements in Connection

with Regulation Z (Truth in Lending).

OMB Number: 3064–0082.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Affected Public: Any businesses or

individuals that regularly offer or

extend consumer credit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

6,100.

Estimated Time per Response: 787.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

4,800,700 hours.

General Description of Collection:

Regulation Z (12 CFR 226) prescribes

uniform methods of computing the cost

of credit, disclosure of credit terms, and

procedures for resolving billing errors

on certain credit accounts. Regulation Z

is issued by the Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System (‘‘FRB’’)

under the authority of Title I of the

Consumer Credit Protection Act (15

U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). Section 105 of the

Act (15 U.S.C. 1604) designates the FRB

as the issuer of the implementing

regulations and section 108(a) of the Act

(15 U.S.C. 1607) designates the FDIC as

having the enforcement responsibilities

in the case of insured nonmember

banks.

2. Title: Recordkeeping and

Disclosure Requirements in Connection

with Regulation M (Consumer Leasing).

OMB Number: 3064–0083.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Affected Pubic: Any businesses

engaging in consumer leasing.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

6,100.

Estimated Time per Response: 4.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

24,400 hours.

General Description of Collection:

Regulation M (12 CFR 2123) implements

the consumer leasing provisions of the

Truth in Lending Act. Regulation M is

issued by the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System (‘‘FRB’’) under

the authority of Title I of the Consumer

Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1601 et

seq.). Section 105 of the Act (15 U.S.C.

1604) designates the FRB as the issuer

of the implementing regulations, and

section 108(a) of the Act (15 U.S.C.

1607) designates the FDIC as having the

enforcement responsibilities in the case

of insured nonmember banks.

3. Title: Recordkeeping and

Disclosure Requirements in Connection

with Regulation E (Electronic Fund

Transfers).
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OMB Number 3064–0084.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Affected Public: Any users of the

electronic fund transfer system.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

6,100.

Estimated Time per Response: 120.4.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

734,440 hours.

General Description of Collection:

Regulation E (12 CFR 205) establishes

the rights liabilities, and responsibilities

of parties in electronic funds transfers

(‘‘EFT’’) and protects consumers using

EFT systems. Regulation E is issued by

the Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System (‘‘FRB’’) under the

authority of Title IX of the Consumer

Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1693.)

Section 904 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 1693b)

designates the FRB as the issuer of the

implementing regulations, and section

917(a) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 1693o)

designates the FDIC as having the

enforcement responsibilities in the case

of insured nonmember banks.

4. Title: Recordkeeping and

Disclosure Requirements in Connection

with Regulation B (Equal Credit

Opportunity).

OMB Number: 3064–0085.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Affected Public: Any financial

institution engaging in credit

transactions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

6,100.

Estimated Time per Response: 43.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

262,300 hours.

General Description of Collection:

Regulation B (12 CFR 202) prohibits

creditors from discriminating against

applicants on any of the bases specified

by the Equal Credit Opportunity Act,

establishes guidelines for gathering and

evaluating credit information, and

requires creditors to give applicants a

written notification of rejection of an

application. Regulation B is issued by

the Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System (‘‘FRB’’) under the

authority of Title VII of the Consumer

Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1691).

Section 703 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 1691b)

designates the FRB as the issuer of the

implementing regulations, and section

704(a) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 1691c)

designates the FDIC as having the

enforcement responsibilities in the case

of insured nonmember banks.

Request for Comment

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the FDIC’s functions, including whether

the information has practical utility; (b)

the accuracy of the estimates of the

burden of the information collection,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

At the end of the comment period, the

comments and recommendations

received will be analyzed to determine

the extent to which the collection

should be modified prior to submission

to OMB for review and approval.

Comments submitted in response to this

notice also will be summarized or

included in the FDIC’s requests to OMB

for renewal of this collection. All

comments will become a matter of

public record.

Dated at Washington, D.C., this 13th day of

May, 1998.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Robert E. Feldman,

Executive Secretary.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1209–DR]

Georgia; Amendment to Notice of a

Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Georgia, (FEMA–1209–DR), dated

March 11, 1998, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Georgia, is hereby amended to include

the following areas among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of March 11, 1998:

Lincoln and Union Counties for Individual

Assistance.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Dennis H. Kwiatkowski,

Deputy Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 98–13279 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1209–DR]

Georgia; Amendment to Notice of a

Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Georgia, (FEMA–1209–DR), dated

March 11, 1998, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 1998

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Georgia, is hereby amended to include

the following areas among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of March 11, 1998:

Lincoln and Union Counties for Public

Assistance (already designated for Individual

Assistance).

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Dennis H. Kwiatkowski,

Deputy Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 98–13280 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

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