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of the Commission’s rules to ensure 

plans are updated annually, require a 

certification by the SECC Chairperson or 

Vice-Chairperson that the SECC met (in 

person, via teleconference, or via other 

methods of conducting virtual meetings) 

at least once in the twelve months prior 

to submitting the annual updated plan, 

and require that the Bureau approve or 

reject State EAS Plans submitted for 

approval within 60 days of receipt; and 

(iii) require the Bureau to list the 

approval dates of State EAS Plans 

submitted on ARS on the Commission’s 

website, and in the event a final 

decision is made to deny a plan, directly 

notify the chief executive of the State to 

which the plan applies of that 

determination and the reasons for such 

denial within 30 days of such decision. 

The Order also amends section 11.45 of 

the Part 11 rules to enable voluntary 

reporting to the Commission by the 

FEMA Administrator and Tribal, State, 

local or territorial governments of false 

EAS alerts. 

The Commission seeks OMB approval 

of these rule amendments as an 

extension of a previously approved 

information collection. Congress has 

determined that EAS rule changes are 

necessary to increase oversight over the 

distribution of State and local EAS 

alerts within States, and increase false 

alert reporting capabilities to help 

ameliorate confusion or other harmful 

effects that might result from false EAS 

alerts. The internal State EAS Plan 

processing requirements and rule 

changes adopted in the Order will 

improve State EAS Plan processing and 

administration, improving the 

capabilities and efficacy of EAS as a 

national system for distributing vital 

alert information to all Americans, and 

will do so in a cost-effective manner. 

The following information collections 

contained in Part 11 may be impacted 

by the rule amendments described 

herein. 

State EAS Plans (47 CFR 11.21) 

The establishment of a State EAS Plan 

Content Checklist for SECCs should 

have no impact or lessen SECC burdens, 

and posting it on the FCC’s website, and 

incorporating it as an appendix in the 

ARS user manual, are routine Bureau 

activities. The requirement to ensure 

State EAS Plans are updated annually 

already was contained in section 11.21, 

and thus does not represent a new 

burden. 

The amendment to include as a 

required element in the State EAS Plan, 

a certification (which will be 

incorporated into the ARS) by the SECC 

Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson that 

the SECC met (in person, via 

teleconference, or via other methods of 

conducting virtual meetings) at least 

once in the twelve months prior to 

submitting the annual updated plan to 

review and update their State EAS Plan 

should promote added diligence in 

SECC administration of State EAS Plans. 

The Commission estimates the burden 

to SECC members in complying with 

this requirement to be two hours per 

member. 

The rule amendment requiring the 

Bureau approve or reject State EAS 

Plans submitted for approval within 60 

days of receipt does not impose new 

burdens on any entity. The Bureau 

already is charged with reviewing State 

EAS Plans. The internal requirement 

that the Bureau list the approval dates 

of State EAS Plans submitted on ARS on 

the Commission’s website, and in the 

event a final decision is made to deny 

a plan, directly notify the chief 

executive of the State to which the plan 

applies of that determination and the 

reasons for such denial within 30 days, 

does not impose new burdens on any 

entity. The Bureau already maintains a 

web page on the Commission’s website 

dedicated to SECC and State EAS Plan 

information. 

False EAS Alert Reporting (47 CFR 

11.45) 

The amendment enabling the FEMA 

Administrator and Tribal, State, local or 

territorial governments to file reports of 

false EAS alerts provides another 

mechanism for the Commission to 

receive information concerning false 

EAS alerts, does not impose burdens on 

any entity. Should any permitted 

government entity voluntarily elect to 

file a false EAS alert report, the burden 

associated with this provision amounts 

to composing an email, which the 

Commission estimates will take an hour 

or less to prepare, and falls within the 

routine activities of government 

employees. False alert reports help the 

Commission to identify, investigate, 

correct and prevent false EAS 

activations, which enhances the EAS’s 

efficacy and the public trust in the EAS. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28783 Filed 12–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

[OMB No. 3064–0121; –0135] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its 

obligations under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the renewal of the existing 

information collections described below 

(OMB Control No. 3064–0121 and 

–0135). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 7, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments to 

the FDIC by any of the following 

methods: 

• Agency Website: https://

www.fdic.gov/resources/regulations/ 

federal-register-publications/. 

• Email: comments@fdic.gov. Include 

the name and number of the collection 

in the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Manny Cabeza (202–898– 

3767), Regulatory Counsel, MB–3128, 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 

550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20429. 

• Hand Delivery: Comments may be 

hand-delivered to the guard station at 

the rear of the 17th Street NW building 

(located on F Street NW), on business 

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

All comments should refer to the 

relevant OMB control number. A copy 

of the comments may also be submitted 

to the OMB desk officer for the FDIC: 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Manny Cabeza, Regulatory Counsel, 

202–898–3767, mcabeza@fdic.gov, MB– 

3128, Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation, 550 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20429. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal 

to renew the following currently 

approved collections of information: 

1. Title: Certification of Compliance 

with Mandatory Bars to Employment. 

OMB Number: 3064–0121. 

Form Number: 2120/16. 

Affected Public: Individuals seeking 

employment from the FDIC. 

Burden Estimate: 


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SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN

[OMB No. 3064–0121] 

Information collection (IC) 

(obligation to respond) 

Type of burden 

(frequency of response) 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Time per 

response 

(HH:MM) 

Annual burden 

(hours) 

1. Form 2120/16, (Mandatory) ...................... Reporting (Annual) ............... 866 1 00:10 144 

Total Annual Burden (Hours) ................ ............................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 144 

Source: FDIC. 

General Description of Collection: 

This information collection arises from 

the reporting requirements contained in 

12 CFR part 336, subpart B, of the FDIC 

Rules and Regulations entitled 

‘‘Minimum Standards of Fitness for 

Employment with the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation.’’ This rule 

implements section 19 of the Resolution 

Trust Corporation Completion Act, 

Public Law 103–204, by (among other 

things) prescribing a certification, with 

attachments in some cases, relating to 

job applicants’ fitness and integrity. 

More specifically, the statute provides 

that the FDIC shall issue regulations 

implementing provisions that prohibit 

any person from becoming employed by 

the FDIC who has been convicted of any 

felony; has been removed from, or 

prohibited from participating in the 

affairs of, any insured depository 

institution pursuant to any final 

enforcement action by any appropriate 

Federal banking agency; has 

demonstrated a pattern or practice of 

defalcation regarding obligations to 

insured depository institutions; or has 

caused a substantial loss to Federal 

deposit insurance funds. This collection 

of information implements these 

mandatory bars to employment through 

a certification, signed by job applicants 

prior to an offer of employment using 

Form 2120/16. There is no change in the 

methodology or substance of this 

information collection. The increase in 

total estimated annual burden from 88 

hours in 2022 to 144 hours currently is 

due to an increase in the estimated 

number of respondents. 

2. Title: Purchaser Eligibility 

Certification. 

OMB Number: 3064–0135. 

Form Number: 7300/06. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

entities wishing to purchase 

receivership assets from the FDIC. 

Burden Estimate: 

SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN

[OMB No. 3064–0135] 

Information collection (IC) 

(obligation to respond) 

Type of burden 

(frequency of response) 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Time per 

response 

(HH:MM) 

Annual burden 

(hours) 

1. Purchaser Eligibility Certification, 12 CFR 

340 (Required to obtain or retain benefits).

Reporting (On Occasion) ...... 140 1 00:30 70 

Total Annual Burden (Hours) ................ ............................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 70 

Source: FDIC. 

General Description of Collection: The 

FDIC is statutorily prohibited from 

selling assets held by insured depository 

institutions that have been placed under 

the conservatorship or receivership of 

the FDIC to individuals or entities that 

profited or engaged in wrongdoing at 

the expense of those failed institutions, 

or seriously mismanaged those failed 

institutions. This statutory prohibition 

is implemented by regulation. The FDIC 

uses Form No. 7300–06: Purchaser 

Eligibility Certification (PEC) to 

determine an entity or person’s 

eligibility to purchase assets. This 

information collection (IC) pertains to 

the voluntary submission of the PEC by 

persons seeking to certify their 

eligibility to be able to purchase 

receivership assets. Potential 

respondents to this IC include any 

entity or individual that wishes to bid 

on or purchase assets held by insured 

depository institutions that have been 

placed under the conservatorship or 

receivership of the FDIC. There is no 

change in the substance of this IC. The 

decrease in total estimated annual 

burden from 190 hours in 2022 to 70 

hours currently is due a decrease in the 

estimated number of annual 

respondents for cash sales, ORE sales, 

and securities sales as compared to the 

2022 IC, reflecting the decrease in 

forecasted sales. This decrease is 

attenuated by the inclusion of joint 

venture transactions in the calculation 

of the estimated number of respondents, 

which were not included in the 2022 IC. 

Request for Comment 

Comments are invited on (a) whether 

the collections of information are 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the FDIC’s functions, including whether 

the information has practical utility; (b) 

the accuracy of the 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; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collections of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. All comments will become 

a matter of public record. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Dated at Washington, DC, December 4, 

2024. 

James P. Sheesley, 

Assistant Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28842 Filed 12–6–24; 8:45 am] 

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