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Kuantan-Kota Kinabalu

LATVIA-SWEDEN

Malaysia-Thailand

Marseille/Palermo Link

MAT–2

ODIN

PENCAN–5

R–J–K

RIOJA

SAT–2

SEA–ME–WE 2

SEA–ME–WE 3

Sweden-Finland

T–V–H

TAGIDE 2

TASMAN 2

UGARIT

UK–BEL 6

UK-Denmark 4

UK-Germany 5

UK-Germany 6

UK-Netherlands 12

UK-Netherlands 14

UK-Spain 4

Ulysses

Unisur

This list is subject to change by the

Commission when the public interest

requires. Before amending the list, the

Commission will first issue a public notice

giving affected parties the opportunity for

comment and hearing on the proposed

changes. The Commission will then release

an order amending the exclusion list. The list

also is subject to change upon issuance of an

Executive Order. See Streamlining the

International Section 214 Authorization

Process and Tariff Requirements, IB Docket

No. 95–118, FCC 96–79, released March 13,

1996.

For additional information, contact the

International Bureau’s Telecommunications

Division, Policy and Facilities Branch, (202)

418–1460.

[FR Doc. 98–16515 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

June 12, 1998.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor and a person is not

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid control number. For

further information contact Shoko B.

Hair, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–1379.

Federal Communications Commission.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0789.

Expiration Date: 06/30/2001.

Title: Modified Alternative Plan, CC

Docket No. 90–571, Order (‘‘1997

Suspension Order’’).

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 35

respondents; 13.48 hour per response

(avg.); 472 total annual burden hours for

all collections.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Description: Title IV of the Americans

with Disabilities Act of 1990 (‘‘ADA’’)

requires each common carrier providing

voice transmission services to provide

Telecommunications Relay Services

(‘‘TRS’’) throughout the area it serves to

individuals with hearing and speech

disabilities by 1993. The TRS enables

customers with hearing or speech

disabilities to use the telephone network

in ways that are ‘‘functionally

equivalent’’ to those used by customers

using traditional telephone service.

Under the Commission’s rules, the TRS

must be able to handle all calls normally

provided by common carriers, unless

those carriers demonstrate the

infeasibility of doing so. 47 CFR

64.604(a)(3). The Commission has

interpreted ‘‘all calls’’ to include coin

sent-paid calls, which are calls made by

depositing coins in a standard coinoperated public payphone. The Bureau

has suspended enforcement of the

requirement that carriers provide coin

sent-paid calls through the TRS centers

since 1993 based on common carriers’

representations that it has been

technically infeasible to provide the

coin sent-paid service through the TRS

centers (‘‘coin sent-paid rule’’). Since

1995, carriers have made payphones

accessible to TRS users through an

Alternative Plan (‘‘Alternative Plan’’).

The Alternative Plan enables TRS users

to make local relay calls for free and to

make toll calls from payphones using

calling or prepaid cards at or below the

coin call rates. The Alternative Plan also

requires carriers to educate TRS users

about the alternative payment methods

for the TRS users to make relay calls

from payphones. In an Order issued in

Telecommunications Relay Services,

and the Americans with Disabilities Act

of 1990, CC Docket No. 90–571 (adopted

August 20, 1997; released August 21,

1997), the Common Carrier Bureau

(‘‘Bureau’’) suspended the enforcement

of the requirement that the TRS be

capable of handling coin sent-paid calls

for one year until August 26, 1998

because the only technological solution

that can provide the coin sent-paid calls

through the TRS centers, coin signalling

interface (‘‘CSI’’), has serious

deficiencies and no new technological

solution appears imminent. In the

Order, the Bureau recommends that

during the one year suspension, the

Commission conduct a rulemaking on

coin sent-paid issues to gather

information sufficient to ensure that the

Commission’s final decision on whether

the TRS must be capable of handling

coin sent-paid calls is based on a

complete and fresh record. In addition,

the Bureau directed the industry to

continue to make payphones accessible

to TRS users under the terms of the

Alternative Plan, as set forth in

Telecommunications Relay Services,

and the Americans with Disabilities Act

of 1990, Memorandum Opinion and

Order, 10 FCC Rcd 10927 (1995) (‘‘1995

Suspension Order‘‘), and as modified by

the Order. The Order modifies the

Alternative Plan by requiring industry

to: (1) send a consumer education letter

to TRS centers (no. of respondents: 1;

hour burden per respondent: 4 hours;

total annual burden: 4 hours); (2) inform

organizations representing the hearing

and speech disability community before

attending their regional and national

meetings who will be present at the

meeting, where the industry booth will

be located, and at what times the booth

will be in operation (no. of respondents:

1; hour burden per respondent: 15

minutes; total annual burden: 1.5

hours); (3) publish an article in

Consumer Action Network (‘‘CAN’s’’)

respective organizations’ magazines or

newsletters (no. of respondents: 1; hour

burden per respondent: 8 hours; total

annual hour burden: 8 hours); (4) send

a letter directly to all CAN’s members

(no. of respondents: 1; hour burden per

respondent: 4 hours; total annual

burden: 4 hours); and, (5) create

laminated cards with visual characters

that will provide a pictorial explanation

to accompany the text describing access

to TRS centers from payphones to be

distributed to TRS users (no. of

respondents: 30; hour burden per

respondent: 15 hours; total annual hour

burden: 450 hours). The Commission

has imposed these third party disclosure

requirements to educate TRS users

about their ability to make relay calls

from payphones, the payment methods

available and the rates for the payphone

calls. Obligation to respond: Required.

Public reporting burden for the

collections of information is as noted

above. Send comments regarding the

burden estimate or any other aspect of

the collections of information, including

suggestions for reducing the burden to

Performance Evaluation and Records

Management, Washington, D.C. 20554.
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Federal Communications Commission.

WIlliam F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–16419 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

FEDERAL REGISTER NUMBER: 16334.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATE AND TIME:

Thursday, June 25, 1998, 10:00 a.m.,

meeting open to the public.

THE FOLLOWING ITEM HAS BEEN ADDED TO

THE AGENDA: Audit: 1966 Committee on

Arrangements for the Republican

National Convention.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer,

Telephone: (202) 694–1220.

Marjorie W. Emmons,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–16614 Filed 6–18–98; 10:53 am]

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Announcing an Open Meeting of the

Board

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 A.M., Wednesday,

June 24, 1998.

PLACE: Board Room, Second Floor,

Federal Housing Finance Board, 1777 F

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

STATUS: The entire meeting will be open

to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED DURING

PORTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:

• Final Policy Statement—Federal

Home Loan Bank System Financial

Disclosure.

• Final Rule—Financial Disclosures

by Federal Home Loan Bank.

• Final Rule—Membership

Regulation Revisions.

• Proposed Settlement Agreement

Regarding the Federal Home Loan Bank

of Des Moines Petition.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Elaine L. Baker, Secretary to the Board,

(202) 408–2837.

William W. Ginsberg,

Managing Director.

[FR Doc. 98–16596 Filed 6–17–98; 5:05 pm]

BILLING CODE 6725–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than July 6,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Julia Dobbins, Fort Worth, Texas,

and Jean Lauder, Mercedes, Texas; to

acquire additional voting shares of

Mercedes Bancorp, Inc., Mercedes,

Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire

additional voting shares of Mercedes

National Bank, Mercedes, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 16, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–16422 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than July 7,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior

Vice President) 100 North 6th Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521:

1. Jeanette M. Doty and Jane Ferrier,

The Jeanetter Metherell Doty Trust,

Lajolla, California; to retain 15.88

percent of the voting shares of First

Community Financial Corporation,

Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Teebank Family Limited

Partnership, Prospect, Kentucky; to

acquire 31.59 percent of the voting

shares of Republic Bancorp, Inc.,

Louisville, Kentucky, and thereby

indirectly acquire Republic Bank and

Trust, Louisville, Kentucky.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 17, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–16542 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.