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■ 2. Amend § 11.31 by: 

■ a. In the table in paragraph (e), adding 

an entry under ‘‘State and Local Codes 

(Optional)’’ for ‘‘Blue Alert’’, and 

■ b. Removing the first paragraph (f). 

The addition reads as follows: 

§ 11.31 EAS protocol. 

* * * * * 

(e) The following Event (EEE) codes 

are presently authorized: 

Nature of activation Event 

codes 

* * * * * 

State and Local Codes (Optional): ..................................... ..................

* * * * * 

Blue Alert .................................... BLU. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 63 

[GN Docket No. 13–5, RM–11358; WC 

Docket No. 13–3; FCC 16–90] 

Technology Transitions, USTelecom 

Petition for Declaratory Ruling That 

Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers 

Are Non-Dominant in the Provision of 

Switched Access Services, Policies 

and Rules Governing Retirement of 

Copper Loops by Incumbent Local 

Exchange Carriers and Special Access 

for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, the 

information collection associated with 

the Commission’s discontinuance rules. 

This document is consistent with the 

Technology Transitions Declaratory 

Ruling, Second Report and Order, and 

Order on Reconsideration, FCC 16–90, 

which stated that the Commission 

would publish a document in the 

Federal Register announcing the 

effective date of those rules. 

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 

63.71(a) introductory text, (b), (g), and 

(i) published at 81 FR 62632, September 

12, 2016, are effective on January 18, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Levy Berlove, Attorney 

Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, 

at (202) 418–1477, or by email at 

Michele.Berlove@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on January 5, 

2018, OMB approved, for a period of 

three years, the information collection 

requirements relating to certain of the 

discontinuance rules contained in the 

Commission’s Technology Transitions 

Declaratory Ruling, Second Report and 

Order, and Order on Reconsideration, 

FCC 16–90, published at 81 FR 62632, 

September 12, 2016, as specified above. 

The OMB Control Number is 3060– 

0149. The Commission publishes this 

document as an announcement of the 

effective date of the rules. If you have 

any comments on the burden estimates 

listed below, or how the Commission 

can improve the collections and reduce 

any burdens caused thereby, please 

contact Nicole Ongele, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room A– 

C620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, 

DC 20554. Please include the OMB 

Control Number, 3060–0149, in your 

correspondence. The Commission will 

also accept your comments via email at 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

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), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the FCC is notifying the public that it 

received final OMB approval on January 

5, 2018, for the information collection 

requirements contained in the 

modifications to the Commission’s rules 

in 47 CFR part 63. Under 5 CFR part 

1320, an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a current, valid OMB 

Control Number. 

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 current, valid OMB Control 

Number. The OMB Control Number is 

3060–0149. 

The foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, 

and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

The total annual reporting burdens 

and costs for the respondents are as 

follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0149. 

OMB Approval Date: January 5, 2018. 

OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 

2021. 

Title: Part 63, Application and 

Supplemental Information 

Requirements; Technology Transitions 

et al., GN Docket No. 13–5 et al. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 60 respondents; 60 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 6 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

reporting requirement and third-party 

disclosure requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

214 and 402 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 360 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

the respondents submit confidential 

information to the FCC. Respondents 

may, however, request confidential 

treatment for information they believe to 

be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Privacy Act: No impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for a revision to 

a currently approved collection. Section 

214 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended, requires that a carrier first 

obtain FCC authorization either to (1) 

construct, operate, or engage in 

transmission over a line of 

communications, or (2) discontinue, 

reduce or impair service over a line of 

communications. Part 63 of title 47 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

implements Section 214. Part 63 also 

implements provisions of the Cable 

Communications Policy Act of 1984 

pertaining to video which was approved 

under this OMB Control Number 3060– 

0149. In 2009, the Commission modified 

Part 63 to extend to providers of 

interconnected Voice of internet 

Protocol (VoIP) service the 

discontinuance obligations that apply to 

domestic non-dominant 

telecommunications carriers under 

Section 214 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended. In 2014, the 

Commission adopted improved 

administrative filing procedures for 

domestic transfers of control, domestic 

discontinuances and notices of network 

changes, and among other adjustments, 

modified Part 63 to require electronic 

filing for applications for authorization 


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to discontinue, reduce, or impair service 

under section 214(a) of the Act. In July 

2016, the Commission revised certain 

section 214(a) discontinuance 

procedures. To reduce burdens on 

carriers, the Commission revised its 

rules to: (1) Allow carriers to provide 

notice via email or other alternative 

methods to offer additional options to 

customers, and (2) provide for 

streamlined treatment of applications to 

discontinue services for which the 

carrier has had no existing customers or 

reasonable requests for service during 

the previous 180 days. It also addressed 

a gap in the Commission’s rules by 

making a competitive LEC’s application 

for discontinuance deemed granted on 

the effective date of any copper 

retirement that made the discontinuance 

unavoidable. The Commission further 

concluded that applicants must provide 

notice of discontinuance applications to 

federally-recognized Tribal Nations. The 

Commission estimates that there will be 

only minimal impact on the annual 

burden hours associated with 

discontinuance applications as a result 

of these revisions. Specifically, the 

Commission estimates that carriers will 

need no more than one additional hour 

per application for purposes of 

determining which, if any, Tribal 

Nations are located in the service areas 

to be affected by the planned 

discontinuance and providing such 

notice. The estimated number of 

respondents, responses, and burden 

hours associated with this collection 

differ from those set forth in the 60-day 

notice published on October 28, 2016 

(81 FR 75054), which covered 

additional section 214(a) 

discontinuance rules adopted in 2016 

that will now be addressed separately. 

As a result, the burden hours herein are 

substantially reduced from those 

contained in the 60-day notice. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 161020985–7181–02] 

RIN 0648–XF866 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment 

to the 2018 Bering Sea and Aleutian 

Islands Pollock, Atka Mackerel, and 

Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch 

Amounts; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason 

adjustment; correction. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is correcting a 

temporary rule that published on 

December 20, 2017, adjusting the 2018 

total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for 

the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

(BSAI) pollock, Atka mackerel, and 

Pacific cod fisheries. One table in the 

document contained an error. 

DATES: Effective January 18, 2018, until 

the effective date of the final 2018 and 

2019 harvest specifications for BSAI 

groundfish, unless otherwise modified 

or superseded through publication of a 

notification in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Whitney, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Need for Correction 

NMFS published an inseason 

adjustment of the 2018 TAC amounts for 

the BSAI pollock, Atka mackerel, and 

Pacific cod fisheries (82 FR 60329, 

December 20, 2017). A table providing 

information about the 2018 allocations 

of pollock TACs and community 

development quota (CDQ) directed 

fishing allowances (DFA) contained an 

incorrect amount in the column titled 

‘‘2018 allocations’’ and the second row 

in the Bering Sea subarea titled ‘‘CDQ 

DFA.’’ This value was specified as 

164,434 metric tons (mt), instead of the 

correct value of 136,434 mt. 

NMFS anticipates that this correction 

will not affect the fishing operations of 

the CDQ vessels that are subject to these 

DFAs. This is because of the seasonal 

allocations for the Bering Sea subarea 

CDQ DFAs are correctly specified. 

Correction 

In FR Doc. 2017–27428, published on 

December 20, 2017 (82 FR 60329), the 

following correction is made to Table 5: 

On page 60330, in Table 5, column 2 

is corrected to incorporate the correct 

amount for the Bering Sea subarea CDQ 

pollock DFA. 

Table 5 is corrected and reprinted in 

its entirety to read as follows: 

TABLE 5—FINAL 2018 ALLOCATIONS OF POLLOCK TACS TO THE DIRECTED POLLOCK FISHERIES AND TO THE CDQ 

DIRECTED FISHING ALLOWANCES (DFA) 1

[Amounts are in metric tons] 

Area and sector 2018 

Allocations 

2018 A season 1 2018 B 

season 1

A season DFA SCA harvest 

limit 2 B season DFA 

Bering Sea subarea TAC 1 .............................................................................. 1,364,341 n/a n/a n/a 

CDQ DFA ......................................................................................................... 136,434 61,395 38,202 75,039 

ICA1 ................................................................................................................. 47,888 n/a n/a n/a 

Total Bering Sea non-CDQ ...................................................................... 1,180,019 531,008 330,405 649,010

DFA 

AFA Inshore ..................................................................................................... 590,009 265,504 165,203 324,505 

AFA Catcher/Processors 3 ............................................................................... 472,007 212,403 132,162 259,604 

Catch by C/Ps .......................................................................................... 431,887 194,349 n/a 237,538 

Catch by CVs 3 ......................................................................................... 40,121 18,054 n/a 22,066 

Unlisted C/P Limit 4 ................................................................................... 2,360 1,062 n/a 1,298 

AFA Motherships ............................................................................................. 118,002 53,101 33,041 64,901 

Excessive Harvesting Limit 5 ............................................................................ 206,503 n/a n/a n/a 

Excessive Processing Limit 6 ........................................................................... 354,006 n/a n/a n/a 

Aleutian Islands subarea ABC ......................................................................... 40,788 n/a n/a n/a 

Aleutian Islands subarea TAC 1 ....................................................................... 19,000 n/a n/a n/a 


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