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Communications Commission (‘‘FCC’’ 

or ‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘Agency’’) and the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) will conduct with the 

Virginia Department of Social Services 

(Department). The purpose of this 

matching program is to verify the 

eligibility of applicants to and 

subscribers of the Emergency Broadband 

Benefit Program, which is administered 

by USAC under the direction of the 

FCC, or other federal programs that use 

qualification for the FCC’s Lifeline 

Program as an eligibility criterion. More 

information about this program is 

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. 

DATES: Written comments are due on or 

before August 12, 2021. This computer 

matching program will commence on 

August 12, 2021, and will conclude 18 

months after becoming effective. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Margaret 

Drake, FCC, 45 L Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20554, or to Privacy@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Margaret Drake at 202–417–1707 or 

Privacy@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Emergency Broadband Benefit Program 

(EBBP) was established by Congress in 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

2021, Public Law 116–260, 134 Stat. 

1182. EBBP is a program that will help 

low-income Americans obtain 

discounted broadband service and onetime co-pay for a connected device 

(laptop, desktop computer or tablet). 

This program was created specifically to 

assist American families’ access to 

broadband, which has proven to be 

essential for work, school, and 

healthcare during the public health 

emergency that exists as a result of 

COVID–19. A household may qualify for 

the EBBP benefit under various criteria, 

including an individual qualifying for 

the FCC’s Lifeline program. 

In a Report and Order adopted on 

March 31, 2016, the Commission 

ordered USAC to create a National 

Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (‘‘National 

Verifier’’), including the National 

Lifeline Eligibility Database (LED), that 

would match data about Lifeline 

applicants and subscribers with other 

data sources to verify the eligibility of 

an applicant or subscriber. The 

Commission found that the National 

Verifier would reduce compliance costs 

for Lifeline service providers, improve 

service for Lifeline subscribers, and 

reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the 

program. The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2021 directs the 

FCC to leverage the National Verifier to 

verify applicants’ eligibility for EBBP. 

The purpose of this matching program 

is to verify the eligibility of EBBP 

applicants and subscribers by 

determining whether they receive 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) and Medicaid benefits 

administered by the Virginia 

Department. Under FCC rules, 

consumers receiving these benefits 

qualify for Lifeline discounts and also 

for EBBP benefits. 

Participating Non-Federal Agencies 

Virginia Department of Social 

Services (Department). 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program 

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

2021, Public Law 116–260, 134 Stat. 

1182; 47 CFR part 54. 

Purpose(s) 

In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization 

Order, the FCC required USAC to 

develop and operate the National 

Verifier to improve efficiency and 

reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the 

Lifeline program. The stated purpose of 

the National Verifier is ‘‘to increase the 

integrity and improve the performance 

of the Lifeline program for the benefit of 

a variety of Lifeline participants, 

including Lifeline providers, 

subscribers, states, community-based 

organizations, USAC, and the 

Commission.’’ 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006, 

para. 126. To help determine whether 

Lifeline applicants and subscribers are 

eligible for Lifeline benefits, the Order 

contemplates that the USAC-operated 

LED will communicate with information 

systems and databases operated by other 

Federal and State agencies. Id. at 4011– 

2, paras. 135–7. 

The Consolidated Appropriations Act 

of 2021 directs the FCC to leverage the 

National Verifier to verify applicants’ 

eligibility for EBBP. The purpose of this 

matching program is to verify the 

eligibility of EBBP applicants and 

subscribers by determining whether 

they receive SNAP and Medicaid 

benefits administered by the Virginia 

Department. Under FCC rules, 

consumers receiving these benefits 

qualify for Lifeline discounts and also 

for EBBP benefits. 

Categories of Individuals 

The categories of individuals whose 

information is involved in the matching 

program include, but are not limited to, 

those individuals who have applied for 

EBBP benefits; are currently receiving 

benefits; are individuals who enable 

another individual in their household to 

qualify for EBBP benefits; are minors 

whose status qualifies a parent or 

guardian for EBBP benefits; or are 

individuals who have received EBBP 

benefits. 

Categories of Records 

The categories of records involved in 

the matching program include, but are 

not limited to last name, date of birth 

and the last four digits of the applicant’s 

Social Security Number. The National 

Verifier will transfer these data elements 

to the Virginia Department, which will 

respond either ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’ that the 

individual is enrolled in an EBBPqualifying assistance program: State of 

Virginia’s SNAP and Medicaid. 

System(s) of Records 

The USAC records shared as part of 

this matching program reside in the 

EBBP system of records, FCC/WCB–3, 

Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register at 86 FR 11523 (Feb. 25, 2021). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14961 Filed 7–9–21; 4:15 pm] 

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FEDERAL MEDIATION AND 

CONCILIATION SERVICE 

[Docket No.: FMCS–2021–3] 

Notice to Mediation Agency 

AGENCY: Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service (FMCS). 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service (FMCS), invites the 

general public and other Federal 

Agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the following information 

collection request, Notice to Mediation 

Agency, (Agency Form F–7). This 

information collection request was 

previously approved by the Office of 

Management Budget (OMB) but has 

expired. FMCS is requesting a 

reinstatement without change. The 

Notice to Mediation Agency, (Agency 

Form F–7), allows parties to comply 

with their statutory obligation under the 

Labor Management Relations Act of 

1947. The Agency Form F–7 also allows 

FMCS to receive these notices from 

parties to a collective bargaining 

agreement to comply with its statutory 

mandate to facilitate mediation. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by Docket No.: FMCS– 

2021–3] through one of the following 

methods: 


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• Email: Arthur Pearlstein, 

apearlstein@fmcs.gov; 

• Mail: Arthur Pearlstein, HQ Office 

of Arbitration, One Independence 

Square, 250 E St SW, Washington, DC 

20427. Please note that at this time, the 

FMCS office is not open for visitors and 

mail is not checked daily. Therefore, we 

encourage emailed comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arthur Pearlstein, 202–606–8103, 

apearlstein@fmcs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of 

the agency form are available here. 

Paper copies are available from the 

Office of Arbitration Services by 

emailing Arthur Pearlstein at the email 

address above. Please ask for Agency 

Form F–7. 

I. Information Collection Request 

Agency: Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service. 

Form Number: OMB No. 3076–0004. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement 

without change of a previously 

approved collection. 

Affected Entities: Employers and their 

representatives; and labor unions, their 

representatives and employees, 

regarding contract negotiations. 

Frequency: This form is completed 

once for resolution facilitation. 

Abstract: Under the Labor 

Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 

U.S.C. 158(d), Congress listed specific 

notice provisions so that no party to a 

collective bargaining agreement can 

terminate or modify a collective 

bargaining contract, unless the party 

wishing to terminate or modify the 

contract sends a written notice to the 

other party sixty days prior to the 

expiration date (29 U.S.C. 158(d)(1)) and 

offers to meet and confer with the other 

party for the purpose of negotiating a 

new or modified contract (29 U.S.C. 

158(d)(2)). The Act requires that parties 

notify FMCS within thirty days after 

such notice of the existence of a 

bargaining dispute (29 U.S.C. 158(d)(3)). 

The 1974 amendments to the National 

Labor Relations Act extended coverage 

to nonprofit health care institutions, 

including similar notices to FMCS. 29 

U.S.C. 158(d) and (g). To facilitate 

handling around 27,190 notices a year, 

FMCS created information collection 

form F–7. The purpose of this 

information collection activity is for 

FMCS to comply with its statutory duty 

to receive these notices, to facilitate 

assignment of mediators to assist in 

labor disputes, and to assist the parties 

in knowing whether proper notice was 

given. The information from these 

notices is sent electronically to the 

appropriate field manager who assigns 

the cases to a mediator so that the 

mediator may contact labor and 

management quickly, efficiently, and 

offer dispute resolution services. Either 

party to a contract may make a request 

in writing for a copy of the notice filed 

with FMCS. Form F–7 was created to 

allow FMCS to gather desired 

information in a uniform manner. The 

collection of such information, 

including the name of the employer or 

employer association, address and 

phone number, email address, official 

contact, bargaining unit and 

establishment size, location of affected 

establishment and negotiations, 

industry, union address, phone number, 

email address and official contact, 

contract expiration date or renewal date, 

whether the notice is filed on behalf of 

the employer or the union, and whether 

this is a health care industry notice is 

critical for reporting and mediation 

purposes. 

Burden: The current total annual 

burden estimate is that FMCS will 

receive requests from approximately 

27,190 respondents per year. The form 

takes about 10 minutes to complete. 

II. Request for Comments 

FMCS solicits comments to: 

i. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collections of information are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

ii. Enhance the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information. 

iii. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

iv. Minimize the burden of the 

collections of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic 

collection technologies or other forms of 

information technology. 

III. The Official Record 

The official records are paper and 

electronic records. The paper records 

are maintained at the address at the 

beginning of this document. 

Dated: July 8, 2021. 

Sarah Cudahy, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14823 Filed 7–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6732–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

applications are set forth in paragraph 7 

of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of 

the Act. 

Comments regarding each of these 

applications must be received at the 

Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of 

the Board of Governors, Ann E. 

Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later 

than July 28, 2021. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Chris P. Wangen, 

Assistant Vice President), 90 Hennepin 

Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 

55480–0291: 

1. The Ronald G. Chamberlin 

Irrevocable Trust, Nathan A. Wurm and 

Eric D. Wurm, as co-trustees, The 

Irrevocable Gifting Trust FBO Nathan A. 

Wurm, Nathan A. Wurm, as trustee, and 

The Irrevocable Gifting Trust FBO Eric 

D. Wurm, Eric D. Wurm, as trustee, all 

of Caledonia, Minnesota; to join the 

Wurm Family Control Group, a group 

acting in concert, to retain voting shares 

of Eitzen Independents, Inc., Eitzen, 

Minnesota, and thereby indirectly retain 

voting shares of ESB Bank, Caledonia, 

Minnesota. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, July 7, 2021. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14781 Filed 7–12–21; 8:45 am] 

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