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point are two parties considered to be

competing for the same market?

A: An FCC Form 175 is considered

officially filed upon the filing deadline,

regardless of whether it was actually

filed one day or one month prior to the

deadline. Changes to electronically filed

applications can be made any time prior

to the filing deadline on January 20,

1998, and applicants cannot view each

others’ electronically filed applications

prior to that deadline. Thus, parties are

not considered to be competing for the

same market until the window for

submitting applications closes at 5:30

p.m., ET, on January 20, 1998.

Q: Can an individual act as the

authorized bidder and place bids for

two or more applicants who are

competing for one or more of the same

markets? What if different individuals

who are employed by the same

organization place bids for applicants in

competing markets?

A: A violation of the anti-collusion

rule could occur if an individual acts as

the authorized bidder for two or more

competing applicants, and conveys

information concerning the substance of

bids or bidding strategies between the

bidders he/she is authorized to

represent in the auction. Also, if the

authorized bidders are different

individuals employed by the same

organization, a violation could similarly

occur. In such instances, the Bureau

strongly encourages applicants to certify

on their application that precautionary

steps (e.g., establishing a ‘‘Chinese

wall’’) have been taken to prevent

communication between authorized

bidders and that applicants and their

bidding agents will comply with the

anti-collusion rule.

V. Technical Issues

Q: In bands where Mobile Satellite

Service (‘‘MSS’’) feeder links are

permitted, is uplink transmission

(subscriber end) allowed if there is no

MSS licensee operating?

A: No. The interference analyses

conducted indicated that subscribers’

transceivers potentially are major

interferers to MSS feeder link earth

station satellite receivers because of the

elevation angles many will be

employing. The satellites to be deployed

in these MSS systems will be orbiting in

different planes over the United States.

Therefore, there is the potential for them

to become aligned with the beam of a

subscriber transceiver at any location in

the United States. To review those

analyses, see the Report of the LMDS/

FSS 28 GHz Band Negotiated

Rulemaking Committee, CC Docket No.

92–297 (September 23, 1994).

Q: What are the deadlines for 31 GHz

incumbents to vacate the 31 GHz middle

band?

A: Incumbent 31 GHz licensees were

provided 75 days after the effective date

of the LMDS service rules to request

modification of their licenses to relocate

to the outer two 75 megahertz blocks of

the 31 GHz band. Failure to do so means

that such incumbent operations become

secondary to LMDS operations in the

middle band. This means that LMDS

operators are not required to protect

these incumbent operations from

interference, nor are the incumbent

operations permitted to cause

interference to LMDS systems. Of

course, these incumbents can relocate to

other bands or other transmission media

at any time.

VI. Miscellaneous

Q: Will the Commission inform

applicants of the minimum opening bid

for each BTA license prior to the FCC

Form 175 filing deadline of January 20,

1998?

A: Yes. The Bureau released a Public

Notice on October 17, 1997, seeking

comment on minimum opening bid

proposals. Comments were due on

November 5, 1997, with reply comments

due on November 10, 1997. A

subsequent Public Notice extended the

reply comment deadline to December 1,

1997. Prior to January 20, 1998, the

Bureau will release a public notice

setting forth a minimum opening bid for

each license.

Q: What is the Commission’s

calculation to convert ILEC access lines

to pops for purposes of the 10 percent

in-region calculation?

A: The Commission has not

developed a calculation to convert

access lines to pops. The ILEC should

determine the geographic area that it

serves and then use census data for

determining the population of that area.

Q: What are the consequences if an

applicant fails to complete properly the

FCC Form 175?

A: An applicant is solely responsible

for the true, accurate, and complete

submission of its FCC Form 175, and

incomplete or inaccurate FCC Forms

175 may be rejected or required to be

refiled. The Commission checks FCC

Forms 175 for deficiencies that would

affect their initial acceptability, and will

act to apprise applicants of deficiencies

after initial review. Applicants are then

given an opportunity to cure such

deficiencies. Once a corrected

application is resubmitted, however, no

major amendments can occur. This

would include, for example, changes to

bidding credits.

Q: Does the must-carry rule apply to

LMDS for license holders who wish to

provide television service?

A: No. According to the

Communications Act, the must-carry

rule applies only to cable operators.

Cable operators are defined as persons

who provide cable service to

subscribers, and cable service is defined

as one-way transmission of video or

other programming by means of a set of

closed transmission paths. As a two-way

wireless service, LMDS is not subject to

must-carry requirements.

Q: Will the bidding software be

supported by Windows 95?

A: While the auction software has

been known to work with Windows 95,

Microsoft has not yet affirmed

supportability. Until Microsoft makes

that determination, use of the auction

software with Windows 95 is solely at

the bidder’s own risk.

Q: Will the Commission provide

applicants a list of proposed and

licensed MSS feeder link earth station

sites?

A: Yes. The list is attached to this

Public Notice as Attachment A.

Q: Is the Commission considering the

authorization of any other two-way

video services in the near future?

A: Yes. Bidders should be aware that

the Commission’s Mass Media Bureau is

conducting a proceeding in which

additional spectrum for the Multipoint

Distribution Service (‘‘MDS’’) is being

discussed. Comments in that proceeding

were due December 9, 1997, and reply

comments are due January 8, 1998.

Bidders should also be aware that the

39 GHz band has the potential for pointto-multipoint service.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1608 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collection(s)

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

January 16, 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, Pub.

L. 96–511. An agency may not conduct

or sponsor a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid

control number. Not withstanding any

other provisions of law, no person shall
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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. Questions concerning

the OMB control numbers and

expiration dates should be directed to

Judy Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–0214.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0812.

Expiration Date: 06/30/1998.

Title: Assessment and Collection of

Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1997—

MD Docket No. 96–186.

Form No.: N/A.

Estimated Annual Burden: 635,738

responses; 317,869 total annual hours;

0.5 hours per respondent.

Description: This information is

required to: (1) facilitate the statutory

provisions that non-profit entities be

exempt from payment of regulatory fees,

and (2) facilitate the FCC’s ability to

audit regulatory fee payment

compliance in the Commercial Mobile

Radio Services (CMRS) industry.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1658 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License;

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

Shipco International, Inc., 12270 W.

Colonial Dr. #109, Winter Garden, FL

34787, Officers: M. Wael Shrourou,

President; Mona Z. Shrourou,

Secretary

B.R.A.L. Miami Inc., 6120 N.W. 74

Avenue, Miami, FL 33166, Officers:

Alvaro Cruz, President, Humberto

Briceno, Vice President

Service Shipping, Inc., 38104 Academy

Drive, Lake Villa, IL 60046, Officers:

William James Marston, President,

Patricia A. Taylor, Secretary

Interline Corporation, 2205 East Carson

Street, Unit B–4, Long Beach, CA

90810, Officers: Junichi Jim Shioda,

President, Kenichi Shioda, Vice

President

Forwarding Services International, Inc.,

One Water Ridge Plaza, 2201 Water,

Ridge Parkway, Suite 500, Charlotte,

NC 28217, Officers: James D.

McClaskey, Director, Paul L. Carter,

Director

Premier Freight Forwarders, Inc., 9423

Tradeport Drive, Orlando, FL 32827,

Officers: David G. Smith, President,

William C. O’Fallon.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1636 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

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.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than February 17,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue,

P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480-0291:

1. Dakota Bancshares, Inc., Mendota

Heights, Minnesota; to acquire 81

percent of the voting shares of Olivia

Bancorporation, Inc., Olivia, Minnesota,

and thereby indirectly acquire American

State Bank of Olivia, Olivia, Minnesota.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 20, 1998.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–1647 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

January 28, 1998.

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 matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. 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.bog.frb.fed.us for an

electronic announcement that not only

lists applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: January 21, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–1730 Filed 1–21–98; 12:22 pm]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Cigarette Testing; Extension of

Deadline for Submission of Public

Comments

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Extension of deadline for

submission of comments on proposed