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[FR Doc. 01–16422 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[Report No. AUC–01–41–B (Auction No. 41)]

Narrowband PCS Spectrum Auction

Scheduled for October 3, 2001;

Revised Upfront Payments, Bidding

Unit Amounts, and Minimum Opening

Bids for Nationwide Licenses and

Licenses in MTA 017

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document advises the

public of a revision to information that

was included in an attachment to the

Auction No. 41 Comment Public Notice,

which was released June 12, 2001.

Specifically, the population figures and

proposed bidding units, upfront

payments, and minimum opening bids

were incorrect for the eight (8)

nationwide licenses and seven (7)

licenses available in one Major Trading

Areas (MTA), MTA 017.

DATES: Comments on these revised

upfront payments, bidding units and

minimum opening bids are due July 2,

2001.

ADDRESSES: An original and four copies

of all pleadings must be filed with the

Commission’s Secretary, Magalie Roman

Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, Room

TW–A325, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Howard Davenport, Auctions Attorney,

or Lyle Ishida, Auctions Analyst, at

(202) 418–0660; or Lisa Stover, Project

Manager, at (717) 338–2888.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of a Public Notice released

June 21, 2001. The complete text of this

Public Notice is available for inspection

and copying during normal business

hours in the FCC Reference Center

(Room CY–A257) 445 12th Street, SW,

Washington, DC. It may also be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, International Transcription

Services, Inc. (ITS, Inc.) 1231 20th

Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036,

(202) 857–3800. It is also available on

the Commission’s web site at http://

www.fcc.gov.

The following table corrects

population figures for the nationwide

license area and MTA017, New OrleansBaton Rouge.

The Bureau has proposed to calculate

upfront payments, bidding unit

amounts, and minimum opening bids

using formulas that include license area

population as one element of the

formula. Accordingly, the new

population figures result in revised

upfront payments, bidding unit

amounts, and minimum opening bids

for the 8 nationwide licenses and 7

licenses in MTA017 available in

Auction No. 41. The following table

includes the revised amounts:

Market No. Market Name License No. Channel

No. Population Bidding Units Upfront Payment

Minimum

Opening Bid

NWA255 ........... Nationwide ........................ CNNWA25518 18 252,556,989 505,000 $505,000 $1,010,000

NWA255 ........... Nationwide ........................ CNNWA25519 19 252,556,989 505,000 $505,000 $1,010,000

NWA255 ........... Nationwide ........................ CNNWA25520 20 252,556,989 505,000 $505,000 $1,010,000

NWA255 ........... Nationwide ........................ CNNWA25521 21 252,556,989 1,010,000 $1,010,000 $2,020,000

NWA255 ........... Nationwide ........................ CNNWA25522 22 252,556,989 1,010,000 $1,010,000 $2,020,000

NWA255 ........... Nationwide ........................ CNNWA25523 23 252,556,989 758,000 $758,000 $1,515,000

NWA255 ........... Nationwide ........................ CNNWA25524 24 252,556,989 758,000 $758,000 $1,515,000

NWA255 ........... Nationwide ........................ CNNWA25525 25 252,556,989 758,000 $758,000 $1,515,000

MTA017 ............ New Orleans-Baton Rouge CNMTA01726 26 4,925,269 4,900 $4,900 $9,900

MTA017 ............ New Orleans-Baton Rouge CNMTA01727 27 4,925,269 4,900 $4,900 $9,900

MTA017 ............ New Orleans-Baton Rouge CNMTA01728 28 4,925,269 4,900 $4,900 $9,900

MTA017 ............ New Orleans-Baton Rouge CNMTA01729 29 4,925,269 9,900 $9,900 $20,000

MTA017 ............ New Orleans-Baton Rouge CNMTA01730 30 4,925,269 15,000 $15,000 $30,000

MTA017 ............ New Orleans-Baton Rouge CNMTA01731 31 4,925,269 20,000 $20,000 $39,000

MTA017 ............ New Orleans-Baton Rouge CNMTA01732 32 4,925,269 11,000 $11,000 $22,000

Comments on the revised upfront

payments, bidding unit amounts, and

minimum opening bids may be filed on

or before July 2, 2001, the deadline for

filing reply comments in response to the

Auction No. 41 Comment Public Notice,

66 FR 32810 (June 18, 2001). An original

and four copies of all pleadings must be

filed with the Commission’s Secretary,

Magalie Roman Salas, Office of the

Secretary, Federal Communications

Commission, Room TW–A325, 445

Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC

20554, in accordance with § 1.51(c) of

the Commission’s rules. In addition, one

copy of each pleading must be delivered

to each of the following locations: (i)

The Commission’s duplicating

contractor, International Transcription

Service, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20036; (ii) Office

of Media Relations, Public Reference

Center, Room CY–A257, 445 Twelfth

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554; (iii)

Rana Shuler, Auctions and Industry

Analysis Division, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, Room 4–

A628, 445 Twelfth Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20554. Comments will

be available for public inspection during

regular business hours in the FCC

Public Reference Room, Room CY–

A257, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.

Margaret Wiener,

Chief, Auctions and Industry Analysis

Division, WTB.

[FR Doc. 01–16518 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Announcement of Board

Approval Under Delegated Authority

and Submission to OMB

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System.

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SUMMARY:

Background

On June 15, 1984, the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

delegated to the Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System (Board) its

approval authority under the Paperwork

Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to

approve of and assign OMB control

numbers to collection of information

requests and requirements conducted or

sponsored by the Board under

conditions set forth in 5 CFR 1320

Appendix A.1. Board-approved

collections of information are

incorporated into the official OMB

inventory of currently approved

collections of information. Copies of the

OMB 83–Is and supporting statements

and approved collection of information

instruments are placed into OMB’s

public docket files. The Federal Reserve

may not conduct or sponsor, and the

respondent is not required to respond

to, an information collection that has

been extended, revised, or implemented

on or after October 1, 1995, unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Federal Reserve Board Clearance

Officer—Mary M. West—Division of

Research and Statistics, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, Washington, DC 20551 (202–

452–3829); OMB Desk Officer—

Alexander T. Hunt—Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, DC 20503 (202–395–7860).

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated

Authority the Extension for Three

Years, With Revision, of the Following

Reports

1. Report title: Reports of Condition

for Foreign Subsidiaries of U.S. Banking

Organizations.

Agency form number: FR 2314 a, b,

and c.

OMB control number: 7100–0073.

Frequency: Quarterly and annually.

Reporters: Foreign subsidiaries of U.S.

state member banks, bank holding

companies, and Edge or agreement

corporations.

Annual reporting hours: 8,222 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

1.5 to 10.5 hours.

Number of respondents: 1,665.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is mandatory (12

U.S.C. 324, 602, 625, and 1844(c)) and

the data are exempt from disclosure

pursuant to sections (b)(4) and (b)(8) of

the Freedom of Information Act (5

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

Abstract: The FR 2314 reports are

mandatory and most are collected

annually as of December 31 from foreign

subsidiaries of U.S. state member banks,

bank holding companies, and Edge or

agreement corporations. For subsidiaries

with significant asset size or volume of

off-balance-sheet activity the FR 2314a

is collected quarterly instead of

annually. The information collected in

these reports is essentially the

equivalent to the information reported

on the Consolidated Reports of

Condition and Income that commercial

banks file. The FR 2314 is a set of three

graduated reports. The FR 2314a

collects balance sheet information with

accompanying memorandum items and

twelve supporting schedules. The FR

2314b collects balance sheet

information and only two supporting

schedules. The FR 2314c is a one-page

report that collects information on total

assets, equity capital, net income, and

off-balance-sheet items.

Current Actions: The Federal Reserve

has approved the proposed changes to

the FR 2314 as of June 30, 2001,

consistent with the changes,

eliminations, and reductions in detail to

the Consolidated Reports of Condition

and Income (Call Report) (FFIEC 031;

OMB No. 7100–0036) effective March

31, 2001, and June 30, 2001.

2. Report title: The Consolidated

Report of Condition and Income for

Edge and Agreement Corporations.

Agency form number: FR 2886b.

OMB control number: 7100–0086.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Reporters: Banking Edge corporations

and investment (nonbanking) Edge and

agreement corporations.

Annual reporting hours: 3,566 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

14.7 hours, banking corporations, 8.5

hours, investment corporations.

Number of respondents: 30 banking

corporations; 53 investment

corporations.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is mandatory (12

U.S.C. 602 and 625) and is given

confidential treatment (5 U.S.C.

552(b)(4)).

Abstract: This report is filed quarterly

by banking Edge corporations and

investment (nonbanking) Edge

corporations. This report comprises a

balance sheet, income statement, and

ten supporting schedules, and it

parallels the Consolidated Reports of

Condition and Income that commercial

banks file. Except for examination

reports, it provides the only financial

data available for these corporations.

The Federal Reserve uses the data

collected on the FR 2886b to supervise

Edge corporations, identify present and

potential problems, and monitor and

develop a better understanding of

activities within the industry. Most

Edge corporations are wholly owned by

U.S. banks and are consolidated into the

financial statements of their parent

organizations.

Current Actions: The Federal Reserve

has approved the proposed changes to

the FR 2886b as of June 30, 2001,

consistent with the changes,

eliminations, and reductions in detail to

the Consolidated Reports of Condition

and Income (Call Report) (FFIEC 031;

OMB No. 7100–0036) effective March

31, 2001, and June 30, 2001.

Discontinuation of the Following

Report

Report title: Annual Survey of Eligible

Bankers Acceptances.

Agency form number: FR 2006.

OMB control number: 7100–0055.

Frequency: Annual.

Reporters: U.S. commercial banks,

U.S. branches and agencies of foreign

banks, and Edge and agreement

corporations with significant issuance of

U.S dollar-denominated acceptances.

Annual reporting hours: 27 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

0.65 hours.

Number of respondents: 41.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: The

Board’s Legal Division has previously

determined that the FR 2006 is

authorized by law (12 U.S.C. 248(a),

625, and 3105(b)) and is voluntary.

Individual respondent data are regarded

as confidential under the Freedom of

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 522(b)(4)).

Abstract: This voluntary survey

provides detailed information on

eligible U.S. dollar acceptances that are

payable in the United States. The data

have been used at the Board in

constructing the monetary and credit

aggregates, in constructing the domestic

nonfinancial debt aggregate monitored

by the Federal Open Market Committee

(FOMC), and in calculating short- and

intermediate-term business credit.

Current actions: The Federal Reserve

is discontinuing the FR 2006 report. The

usefulness of the report has declined in

recent years due to three factors: (1) In

December 1998 the Board stopped

calculating L, the monetary aggregate

that contained bankers acceptances

(BAs); (2) Board staff has replaced the

FR 2006 with the Consolidated Reports

of Condition and Income as the source

of BAs for calculating the debt

aggregate; and (3) the relatively small

size of the BA market at present has

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called into question the need for this

survey. As a result, Board staff feels that

estimates of BAs derived from the Call

Report can be used in calculating shortand intermediate-term business credit.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 25, 2001.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–16377 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[File No. 001 0112]

LaFarge S.A., et al.; Analysis To Aid

Public Comment

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Proposed consent agreement.

SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this

matter settles alleged violations of

federal law prohibiting unfair or

deceptive acts or practices or unfair

methods of competition. The attached

Analysis to Aid Public Comment

describes both the allegations in the

complaint that accompanies the consent

agreement and the terms of the consent

order—embodies in the consent

agreement— that would settle these

allegations.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

directed to: FTC/Office of the Secretary,

Room 159, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Liebeskind, FTC/S–3105, 600

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20580. (202) 326–2441.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 6(f) of the Federal Trade

Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C.

46 and section 2.34 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice (16 CFR 2.34), notice

is hereby given that the above-captioned

consent agreement containing a consent

order to cease and desist, having been

filed with and accepted by the

Commission, has been placed on the

public record for a period of thirty (30)

days. The following Analysis to Aid

Public Comment describes the terms of

the consent agreement, and the

allegations in the complaint. An

electronic copy of the full text of the

consent agreement package can be

obtained from the FTC Home Page (for

June 18, 2001), on the World Wide Web,

at http://www.ftc.gov/os/2001/06/

index.htm. A paper copy can be

obtained from the FTC Public Reference

Room, Room H–130, 600 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580,

either in person or by calling (202) 326–

3627.

Public comment is invited. Comments

should be directed to: FTC/Office of the

Secretary, Room 159, 600 Pennsylvania.

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20580. Two

paper copies of each comment should

be filed, and should be accompanied, if

possible, by a 31⁄2 inch diskette

containing an electronic copy of the

comment. Such comments or views will

be considered by the Commission and

will be available for inspection and

copying at its principal office in

accordance with Section 4.9(b)(6)(ii) of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice (16

CFR 4.9(b)(6)(ii)).

Analysis of the Complaint and

Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public

Comment

I. Introduction

The Federal Trade Commission has

accepted for public comment a Decision

and Order (‘‘Proposed Order’’), pursuant

to an Agreement Containing Consent

Orders (‘‘Consent Agreement’’), against

Lafarge S.A. and Blue Circle Industries

PLC (collectively ‘‘Respondents’’). The

Proposed Order is intended to resolve

anticompetitive effects in the cement

and lime markets stemming from the

proposed acquisition by Lafarge of Blue

Circle (the ‘‘Acquisition’’). As described

below, the Proposed Order seeks to

remedy anticompetitive effects of the

Acquisition in cement and lime by

requiring Respondents to divest certain

assets relating to cement to Glens Falls

Lehigh Cement Company; to divest

certain other assets relating to cement to

an acquirer approved by the

Commission; and to divest certain assets

relating to an acquirer approved by the

Commission. The Commission has also

issued an order to Hold Separate and

Maintain Assets (‘‘Hold Separate

Order’’) that, except with respect to the

assets to be divested to Glens Falls,

requires Respondents to preserve the

businesses they are required to divest as

viable, competitive, and ongoing

operations until the divestitures are

achieved.

The Proposed Order, if finally issued

by the Commission, would settle

charges that the Acquisition may have

substantially lessened competition in

the markets for cement and lime. The

Commission has reason to believe that

the Acquisition would violate Section 7

of the Clayton Act and Section 5 of the

Federal Trade Commission Act. The

proposed complaint (‘‘Complaint’’),

described below, relates to the basis for

this belief.

II. The Merging Parties and the

Acquisition

Lafarge is a French corporation with

global operations in the manufacture

and sale of cement and other building

materials. Based on 2000 production

capacity, Lafarge is one of the top three

cement manufacturers in North

America. Lafarge also has an ownership

interest in a joint venture with

Carmeuse North America Group B.V.

that manufactures and sells lime.

Blue Circle is an English corporation

with global operations in the

manufacture and sale of cement and

other building materials. Based on 2000

production capacity, Blue Circle is one

of the top five cement manufacturers in

North America. Blue Circle also

participates in a joint venture with

Chemical Lime Company that

manufactures and sells lime (the ‘‘Lime

JV’’).

On January 8, 2001, Lafarge and Blue

Circle entered into an agreement in

which Lafarge will pay Blue Circle

shareholders approximately $3.8 billion

in cash for the approximately 75% of

Blue Circle’s outstanding voting stock

that Lafarge does not already own.

III. The Proposed Complaint

According to the Complaint, the

Acquisition will have anticompetitive

effects in two relevant product markets:

cement and lime. Cement is a

construction raw material that users mix

with water and aggregates to form

concrete. Cement is made by combining

calcium (normally from limestone),

silicon, aluminum, iron and other raw

materials. Cement manufacturers

quarry, crush and grind these raw

materials, burn them in kilns at high

temperatures and then grind the

resulting pellets with gypsum into a fine

powder. Lime is used in a variety of

applications including, in the steel

industry, as a flux to remove impurities.

Lime is made by quarrying, crushing,

and grinding limestone and then

burning it in kilns at high temperatures.

The Complaint also alleges three

relevant geographic markets in which to

analyze the effects of the Acquisition:

(1) The market for cement in the region

consisting of the province of Ontario,

Canada, all of Michigan and the coastal

markets around Lake Superior, Lake

Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and

Lake Ontario, including Green Bay and

Milwaukee, WI, Chicago, IL, Cleveland,

OH and Buffalo, NY (the ‘‘Great Lakes

Region’’); (2) the market for cement in

the region within an approximately 70-

mile radius of Syracuse, NY, including

the metropolitan areas of Syracuse,

Utica, Rome, Elmira and Binghamton,