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ALJ. Section 5(c)(1) and (8) of the Act 

describe the employees to whom the 

Commission may delegate review 

functions in cases of adjudications. 47 

U.S.C. 155(c)(1), (8). These statutory 

provisions are inapplicable here because 

the Bureau is not reviewing any 

decision of the ALJ. Indeed, the ALJ has 

not issued any decision as required by 

the HDO so there is no ALJ 

recommended decision to review. The 

ALJ’s authority under the HDO was 

limited to issuing a recommended 

decision within 60 days of the release 

date of the HDO. The HDO made clear 

that the Commission was to render the 

ultimate decision and nothing in the 

HDO divested the Commission (or the 

Media Bureau on delegated authority) 

from resolving the factual disputes and 

issuing a decision in the event that the 

ALJ failed to exercise its delegated 

authority under the HDO. 

19. The cable operators also argue that 

the period for seeking reconsideration 

under Section 405 of the Act (47 U.S.C. 

405) has passed, and that a request for 

revocation of the hearing designation 

would be an improper appeal of an 

interlocutory ruling. We need not 

address these arguments because we are 

neither reconsidering nor revoking the 

HDO. As indicated above, the grant of 

authority in the instant matters was 

limited to the ALJ issuing a 

recommended decision by December 10, 

2008. That date having passed, the ALJ 

has no further authority over these 

matters and revocation and 

reconsideration are unnecessary. Thus, 

the petitions to revoke or reconsider the 

HDO are moot. 

IV. Ordering Clauses 

20. Accordingly, It is ordered, that the 

Hearing Designation Order for the above 

captioned matters has Expired, the 

proceedings set for hearing before the 

Administrative Law Judge are 

Terminated, and the Media Bureau will 

proceed to resolve the above captioned 

program carriage disputes. 

21. It is further ordered that all parties 

to the above-captioned proceedings will 

be served with a copy of this 

Memorandum Opinion and Order by email and by certified mail, return 

receipt requested. 

22. It is further ordered that a copy of 

this Memorandum Opinion and Order 

or a summary thereof shall be published 

in the Federal Register. 

Federal Communications Commission 

Monica Shah Desai, 

Chief, Media Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E9–1064 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Joint Comment Request 

AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System (Board); and Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

to be submitted to OMB for review and 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the 

FDIC (the ‘‘agencies’’) may not conduct 

or sponsor, and the respondent is not 

required to respond to, an information 

collection unless it displays a currently 

valid Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. 

On September 2, 2008, the agencies, 

under the auspices of the Federal 

Financial Institutions Examination 

Council (FFIEC), published a notice in 

the Federal Register (73 FR 51300) 

requesting public comment on the 

extension, without revision, of the 

currently approved information 

collections, the Country Exposure 

Report (FFIEC 009) and the Country 

Exposure Information Report (FFIEC 

009a). The comment period for this 

notice expired on November 3, 2008. No 

comments were received. The agencies 

are now submitting requests to OMB for 

approval of the extension, without 

revision, of the FFIEC 009 and FFIEC 

009a reports. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments to 

any or all of the agencies. All comments, 

which should refer to the OMB control 

number, will be shared among the 

agencies. 

OCC: You should direct all written 

comments to: Communications 

Division, Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0100, 250 

E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In 

addition, comments may be sent by fax 

to 202–874–4448, or by electronic mail 

to regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. For 

security reasons, the OCC requires that 

visitors make an appointment to inspect 

comments. You may do so by calling 

202–874–5043. Upon arrival, visitors 

will be required to present valid 

government-issued photo identification 

and submit to security screening in 

order to inspect and photocopy 

comments. 

Board: You may submit comments, 

identified by FFIEC 009 or FFIEC 009a, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Agency Web Site: http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the http://www.federalreserve.gov/ 

generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: 

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. 

Include the OMB control number in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 202–452–3819 or 202–452– 

3102. 

• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20551. 

All public comments are available from 

the Board’s Web site at http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/ 

foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted, 

except as necessary for technical 

reasons. Accordingly, your comments 

will not be edited to remove any 

identifying or contact information. 

Public comments may also be viewed 

electronically or in paper in Room MP– 

500 of the Board’s Martin Building (20th 

and C Streets, NW) between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m. on weekdays. 

FDIC: You may submit written 

comments, which should refer to 

‘‘Country Exposure Reports, 3064– 

0017,’’ by any of the following methods: 

• Agency Web Site: http:// 

www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/ 

propose.html. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments on the FDIC 

Web site. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: Comments@FDIC.gov. 

Include ‘‘Country Exposure Reports, 

3064–0017’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Robert E. Feldman, Executive 

Secretary, Attention: Comments, FDIC, 

550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20429. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard 

station at the rear of the 550 17th Street 

Building (located on F Street) on 

business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

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Public Inspection: All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/ 

federal/propose/html including any 

personal information provided. 

Comments may be inspected at the FDIC 

Public Information Center, Room E– 

1002, 3501 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 

22226, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on 

business days. 

Additionally, commenters may send a 

copy of their comments to the OMB 

desk officer for the agencies by mail to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Room 10235, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to 

202–395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information or a copy of the 

collection may be requested from: 

OCC: Mary Gottlieb, OCC Clearance 

Officer, 202–874–5090, Legislative and 

Regulatory Activities Division, Office of 

the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

Board: Michelle Shore, Federal 

Reserve Board Clearance Officer, 202– 

452–3829, Division of Research and 

Statistics, Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, 20th and C 

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551. 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 

(TDD) users may call 202–263–4869. 

FDIC: Herbert J. Messite, Counsel, 

202–898–6834, Legal Division, Federal 

Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal 

to request approval from OMB of the 

extension for three years, without 

revision, of the following reports: 

Report Title: Country Exposure Report 

and Country Exposure Information 

Report. 

Form Number: FFIEC 009 and FFIEC 

009a. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

OCC: 

OMB Number: 1557–0100. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 19 

(FFIEC 009), 19 (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 

5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

5,320 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 399 

burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

Board: 

OMB Number: 7100–0035. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 28 

(FFIEC 009), 15 (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 

5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

7,840 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 315 

burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

FDIC: 

OMB Number: 3064–0017. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 18 

(FFIEC 009), 18 (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 

5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

5,040 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 378 

burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

General Description of Reports 

These information collections are 

mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 161 and 1817 

(national banks), 12 U.S.C. 248(a), 

1844(c), and 3906 (state member banks 

and bank holding companies); and 12 

U.S.C. 1817 and 1820 (insured state 

nonmember commercial and savings 

banks). The FFIEC 009 information 

collection is given confidential 

treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and (b)(8)). 

The FFIEC 009a information collection 

is not given confidential treatment. 

Abstract 

The Country Exposure Report (FFIEC 

009) is filed quarterly with the agencies 

and provides information on 

international claims of U.S. banks and 

bank holding companies that is used for 

supervisory and analytical purposes. 

The information is used to monitor 

country exposure of banks to determine 

the degree of risk in their portfolios and 

the possible impact on U.S. banks of 

adverse developments in particular 

countries. The Country Exposure 

Information Report (FFIEC 009a) is a 

supplement to the FFIEC 009 and 

provides publicly available information 

on material foreign country exposures 

(all exposures to a country in excess of 

1 percent of total assets or 20 percent of 

capital, whichever is less) of U.S. banks 

and bank holding companies that file 

the FFIEC 009 report. As part of the 

Country Exposure Information Report, 

reporting institutions must also furnish 

a list of countries in which they have 

lending exposures above 0.75 percent of 

total assets or 15 percent of total capital, 

whichever is less. 

Request for Comment 

Comments are invited on: 

a. Whether the information 

collections are necessary for the proper 

performance of the agencies’ functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; 

b. The accuracy of the agencies’ 

estimates of the burden of the 

information collections, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

c. Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

d. Ways to minimize the burden of 

information collections on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and 

e. Estimates of capital or start up costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be shared among the 

agencies. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. Written 

comments should address the accuracy 

of the burden estimates and ways to 

minimize burden including the use of 

automated collection techniques or the 

use of other forms of information 

technology as well as other relevant 

aspects of the information collection 

request. 

Subject: FFIEC 009 and FFIEC 009a. 

Dated: December 22. 2008. 

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 12, 2009. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this 19th day of 

December 2008. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–841 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P; 6210–01–P; 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notices 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

The Executive Session scheduled for 

Tuesday, January 13, 2009, was 

cancelled. 

* * * * * 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, January 14, 

2009, 10 a.m. 

This hearing will be continued on 

Thursday, January 15, 2009, at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC (Ninth Floor). 

STATUS: Public hearing on Commission 

policies, practices, and procedures. 

* * * * * 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, January 15, 

2009, Open Meeting (rescheduled to 

begin at 2 p.m.). 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC (Ninth Floor). 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

require special assistance, such as sign 

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