3138 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 15 / Tuesday, January 23, 2018 / Notices 

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request. 

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collection of information is necessary 

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practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

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costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

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a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments will be 

available for public inspection 

Regulations.gov. 

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 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Bassam Doughman, 

IT Specialist. 

[FR Doc. 2018–01154 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[CG Docket No. 03–123; DA 17–1213] 

Pleading Cycle Established for 

Comment on Applications for State 

Certification for the Provision of 

Telecommunications Relay Service 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission seeks public comment on 

state applications for renewal of the 

certification of their state 

telecommunications relay services 

(TRS) programs. 

DATES: Interested parties may file 

comments no later than February 22, 

2018. Reply comments may be filed no 

later than March 9, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed 

using the Commission’s Electronic 

Comment Filing System (ECFS). See 

Electronic Filing of Documents in 

Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 

(1998). 

• Electronic Filers: Documents may 

be filed electronically using the internet 

by accessing ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/ 

ecfs/. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. 

• Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary must be 

delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 

12th Street SW, Room TW–A325, 

Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours 

are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand 

deliveries must be held together with 

rubber bands or fasteners. Any 

envelopes and boxes must be disposed 

of before entering the building. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 

Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 

20701. 

• U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 445 12th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dana Wilson, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at: (202) 

418–2247; email: Dana.Wilson@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties may file comments on or before 

the dates indicated above in the Dates 

portion of this notice. All filings must 

reference CG Docket No. 03–123 and the 

relevant state identification number of 

the state application for which 

comments are being submitted. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (844) 432–2275 

(videophone), or (202) 418–0432 (TTY). 

Document DA 17–1213 can also be 

downloaded in Word or Portable 

Document Format (PDF) at: https://

www.fcc.gov/general/ 

telecommunications-relay-services-trs. 

Synopsis 

Notice is hereby given that the states 

listed below have applied to the 

Commission for renewal of certification 

of their state TRS programs, for the fiveyear period from July 26, 2018 through 

July 25, 2023. Each state’s application 

for certification must demonstrate that 

its TRS program complies with section 

225 of the Communications Act and the 

Commission’s rules governing the 

provision of TRS. This notice seeks 

public comment on the following state 

applications for certification, which can 

be found on the Commission’s website 

at: https://www.fcc.gov/general/trs-stateand-territories. 

File No: TRS–46–17 

Alabama Public Service Commission, 

State of Alabama 

File No: TRS–02–17 

Commission for the Deaf and Hard of 

Hearing, State of Arizona 

File No: TRS–47–17 

Arkansas Deaf and Hearing Impaired, 

State of Arkansas 

File No: TRS–35–17 

Delaware Public Service Commission, 

State of Delaware 

File No: TRS–49–17 

Public Service Commission, District 

of Columbia 

File No: TRS–51–17 

Georgia Public Service Commission, 

State of Georgia 

File No: TRS–43–17 

Idaho Public Service Commission, 

State of Idaho 

File No: TRS–03–17 

Iowa Utilities Board, State of Iowa 

File No: TRS–07–17 

Kansas Dual Party Relay Services, 

State of Kansas 

File No: TRS–52–17 

Kentucky Public Service Commission, 

Commonwealth of Kentucky 

File No: TRS–53–17 


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Office of the Public Advocate, State of 

Maine 

File No: TRS–33–17 

Telecommunications Access of 

Maryland, State of Maryland 

File No: TRS–34–17 

Dept. of Telecommunications and 

Cable, Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts 

File No: TRS–54–17 

Michigan Public Service Commission, 

State of Michigan 

File No: TRS–39–17 

Minnesota Dept. of Commerce 

Telecommunications Access 

Minnesota, State of Minnesota 

File No: TRS–15–17 

Missouri Public Service Commission, 

State of Missouri 

File No: TRS–56–17 

Dept. of Public Health and Human 

Services, State of Montana 

File No: TRS–25–17 

Dept. of Health and Human Services 

Aging and Disability Services, State 

of Nevada 

File No: TRS–45–17 

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 

State of New Jersey 

File No: TRS–14–17 

Commission for the Deaf and Hard of 

Hearing, State of New Mexico 

File No: TRS–16–17 

New York State Dept. of Public 

Service, State of New York 

File No: TRS–12–17 

Public Service Commission, 

Commonwealth of North Dakota 

File No: TRS–37–17 

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, 

State of Ohio 

File No: TRS–57–17 

Oklahoma Telephone Association, 

State of Oklahoma 

File No: TRS–62–17 

Micronesian Telephone Corporation 

d/b/a Pacific Telecom, Inc., Saipan 

File No: TRS–60–17 

Public Service Commission, State of 

South Dakota 

File No: TRS–09–17 

Public Service Commission, State of 

Utah 

File No: TRS–44–17 

Vermont Dept. of Public Service, State 

of Vermont 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Eliot Greenwald, 

Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2018–01083 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

[Notice 2018–02] 

Filing Dates for the Ohio Special 

Election in the 12th Congressional 

District 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of filing dates for special 

elections. 

SUMMARY: Ohio has scheduled special 

elections on May 8, 2018, and August 7, 

2018, to fill the U.S. House of 

Representatives seat in the 12th 

Congressional District vacated by 

Representative Patrick J. Tiberi. 

Committees required to file reports in 

connection with the Special Primary 

Election on May 8, 2018, shall file a 12- 

day Pre-Primary Report. Committees 

required to file reports in connection 

with both the Special Primary and 

Special General Election on August 7, 

2018, shall file a 12-day Pre-Primary, 

12-day Pre-General Report and a 30-day 

Post-General Report. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Elizabeth S. Kurland, Information 

Division, 999 E Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20463; Telephone: (202) 694–1100; 

Toll Free (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Principal Campaign Committees 

All principal campaign committees of 

candidates who participate in the Ohio 

Special Primary and Special General 

Elections shall file a 12-day Pre-Primary 

Report on April 26, 2018; a 12-day PreGeneral Report on July 26, 2018; and a 

30-day Post-General Report on 

September 6, 2018. (See charts below for 

the closing date for each report.) 

All principal campaign committees of 

candidates participating only in the 

Special Primary Election shall file a 12- 

day Pre-Primary Report on April 26, 

2018. (See charts below for the closing 

date for each report.) 

Unauthorized Committees (PACs and 

Party Committees) 

Political committees filing on a 

quarterly basis in 2018 are subject to 

special election reporting if they make 

previously undisclosed contributions or 

expenditures in connection with the 

Ohio Special Primary or Special General 

Elections by the close of books for the 

applicable report(s). (See charts below 

for the closing date for each report.) 

Committees filing monthly that make 

contributions or expenditures in 

connection with the Ohio Special 

Primary or Special General Elections 

will continue to file according to the 

monthly reporting schedule. 

Additional disclosure information in 

connection with the Ohio Special 

Elections may be found on the FEC 

website at https://www.fec.gov/helpcandidates-and-committees/dates-anddeadlines/. 

Disclosure of Lobbyist Bundling 

Activity 

Principal campaign committees, party 

committees and Leadership PACs that 

are otherwise required to file reports in 

connection with the special elections 

must simultaneously file FEC Form 3L 

if they receive two or more bundled 

contributions from lobbyists/registrants 

or lobbyist/registrant PACs that 

aggregate in excess of the lobbyist 

bundling disclosure threshold during 

the special election reporting periods 

(See charts below for closing date of 

each period.) 11 CFR 104.22(a)(5)(v), (b). 

The lobbyist bundling disclosure 

threshold for calendar year 2017 is 

$17,900. This threshold amount may 

increase in 2018 based upon the annual 

cost of living adjustment (COLA). Once 

the adjusted threshold amount becomes 

available, the Commission will publish 

it in the Federal Register and post it on 

its website. 11 CFR 110.17(e)(2). For 

more information on these 

requirements, see Federal Register 

Notice 2009–03, 74 FR 7285 (February 

17, 2009). 

CALENDAR OF REPORTING DATES FOR OHIO SPECIAL ELECTIONS

Report Close of books 1

Reg./cert and 

overnight mailing 

deadline 

Filing deadline 

Committees Involved in Only the Special Primary (05/08/18) Must File 

Pre-Primary ................................................................................................................ 04/18/18 04/23/18 04/26/18 

July Quarterly ............................................................................................................. 06/30/18 07/15/18 2 07/15/18 


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