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contents include, but are not limited to,

copies of certain applications tendered

for filing, a statement concerning

petitions to deny filed against such

applications, copies of ownership

reports and annual employment reports,

statements certifying compliance with

filing announcements in connection

with renewal applications, a list of

donors supporting specific programs,

etc.

In addition, Section 73.3527(a)(7)

requires that each broadcast licensee of

a noncommercial educational station

place in a public inspection file a list of

community issues addressed by the

station’s programming. This list is kept

on a quarterly basis and contains a brief

description of how each issue was

treated. This rule also specifies the

length of time, which varies by

document type, that each record must

be retained in the public file. The data

is used by the public and FCC to

evaluate information about the

licensee’s performance and to ensure

that station is addressing issues

concerning the community to which it

is licensed to serve.

OMB Number: 3060–0249.

Title: Section 74.781 Station Records.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, state,

local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 6,556 low

power television, TV translator and TV

booster stations.

Estimated time per response: 45

minutes - 1 hour per station.

Total annual burden: 5,081.

Needs and Uses: Section 74.781

requires licensees of low power

television, TV translator and TV booster

stations to maintain adequate station

records. These records shall include the

current instrument of authorization,

official correspondence with the FCC,

maintenance records, contracts,

permission for rebroadcasts, and other

pertinent documents. They should also

include any observed or otherwise

known extinguishment or improper

functioning of a tower light. The records

are used by FCC staff in field

investigations to assure that reasonable

measures are taken to maintain proper

station operation and to ensure

compliance with the Commission’s

rules. These records are also available

for public inspection.

OMB Number: 3060–0161.

Title: Section 73.61 AM Directional

Antenna Field Strength Measurements.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 1,877 AM

Licensees.

Estimated time per response: 4 - 50

hours.

Total annual burden: 36,082.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.61

requires that each AM station using

directional antennas make field strength

measurement as often as necessary to

insure proper directional antenna

system operation. Stations not having

approved sampling systems make field

strength measurements every three

months. Stations with approved

sampling systems must make field

strength measurements as often as

necessary. Also, all AM stations using

directional antennas must make partial

proofs of performance as often as

necessary. The data is used by FCC staff

in field inspections/investigations and

by AM licensees with directional

antennas to ensure that adequate

interference protection is maintained

between stations and to ensure proper

operation of antennas.

OMB Number: 3060–0709.

Title: Revison of Part 22 and 90 to

Facilitate Future Development of Paging

Systems and Implementation of Section

309(j) of the Communications Act.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions; State or Local

Governments.

Number of Respondents: 4,500.

Estimated time per response: .08

hours.

Total annual burden: 360 hours.

Needs and Uses: This proceeding

partially lifts the freeze on paging

applications and allows applications to

be filed by current licensees for

additional shared licenses. To insure

that the applicants are incumbent

licensees, they are required to file a

certification stating that they have an

operating system and that the

application is for an addition or

modification of a current system. The

information will be used to determine if

the applicant is an incumbent licensee.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16519 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

Notice of Public Information

Collections Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

June 21, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications,

as part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork burden invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on the

following proposed and/or continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid 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 (PRA) that does not

display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commissions

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before July 29, 1996. If

you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to

Dorothy Conway, Federal

Communications, Room 234, 1919 M

St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to dconway@fcc.gov and

Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236

NEOB 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503 or

fain_t@a1.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No.: 3060-0666.

Title: Section 64.703(a) - Consumer

Information—Branding by Operator

Service Providers.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Revised Collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other for

profit, including small businesses.

Number of Responses: 436.

Estimated Hour Per Response: 1,529

hours per response.

Total Annual Burden: 666,666.

Needs and Uses: As required by 47

U.S.C. Section 226(b)(1), 47 CFR Section

64.703(a) provides that operator service
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providers disclose to consumers at the

outset of operator assisted calls their

identity, and, upon request, rates for the

call, collection methods, and complaint

procedures. In CC Docket No. 94-158,

the Commission modified the term

consumer thereby requiring that

operator service providers disclose their

identities to both parties, rather than

one party to a collect call.

OMB Approval Number: 3060-0573.

Title: Application for Franchise

Autohority (‘‘LFA’’) Consent to

Assignment or Transfer of Control of

Cable Television Franchise.

Form: FCC 394.

Type of Review: Revision of existing

collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 2,000 (1,000

system owners + 1,000 LFAs).

Estimated Time Per Response: 1-5

hours. Burden to cable system owners is

estimated to be an average of 5 hours

per application. We estimate that 50%

owners will contract out the burden of

filing and that it will take 1 hour to

coordinate information with those

contractors. The remaining 50% will

employ in house staff to complete the

application. 500 applications (50%

contracted out) x 1 hour = 500 hours.

500 applications (50% in house) x 5

hours = 2,500 hours. Burden for owners

= 500 + 2,500 = 3,000 hours. Burden to

LFAs is estimated to be an average of 4

hours to review each application. This

burden was previously treated as a third

party requirement and was not reported

by the Commission. We now include

this burden in this collection’s

inventory. 1,000 applications x 4 hours

= 4,000 hours.

Total Annual Burden: Total burden

for all respondents: 3,000 + 4,000 =

7,000 hours.

Cost to respondents: $377,000.

Printing and postage costs are estimated

at $2 per application x 1,000 = $2,000.

Assistance by outside legal counsel will

be paid at an average of $150/hour for

50% of the Form 394 applications.

$150/hour x 500 applications x 5 hours

per application = $375,000. Total

annual cost burden to respondents =

$2,000 + $375,000 = $377,000.

Needs and Uses: On 3/15/96, the

Commission adopted an Order in CS

Docket No. 96-56, Implementation of

Sections 202(f), 202(i) and 301(i) of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Among other things, this order

eliminates the three-year holding

requirement of cable systems and

reduces ownership restrictions for cable

systems. Though there are no revisions

necessary to FCC Form 394 to reflect the

Commission’s new rules, its use as an

information collection requirement has

been modified because potential

respondents now may include

broadcasters and multichannel

multipoint distribution service

providers other than cable operators.

The FCC Form 394 is used to apply for

LFA approval to assign or transfer

control of a cable television system. The

data are used by the LFAs to restrict

profiteering transactions and other

transfers that are likely to adversely

affect cable rates or service in the

franchise area.

Federal Communications Commission

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16518 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

[Report No. 2139]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceedings

June 25, 1996.

Petitions for reconsideration and

clarification have been filed in the

Commission’s rulemaking proceeding

listed in this Public Notice and

published pursuant to 47 CFR Section

1.429(e). The full text of these document

are available for viewing and copying in

Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. or may be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

ITS, Inc. (202) 857–3800. Oppositions to

these petitions must be filed within 15

days of the date of public notice of the

petitions in the Federal Register. See

Section 1.4(b)(1) of the Commission’s

rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)). Replies to an

opposition must be filed within 10 days

after the time for filing oppositions has

expired.

Subject: Revision of Part 22 and Part 90

of the Commission’s Rules to

Facilitate Future Development of

Paging Systems. (WT Docket No. 96–

18)

Implementation of section 309(j) of the

Communications Act—Competitive

Bidding. (PP Docket No. 93–253)

Number of Petitions Filed: 10.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16516 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Notice of Agency Sunshine Act

Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that

at 10:03 a.m. on Tuesday, June 25, 1996,

the Board of Directors of the Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation met in

closed session to consider matters

relating to the Corporation’s corporate

and supervisory activities.

In calling the meeting, the Board

determined, on motion of Vice

Chairman Andrew C. Hove, Jr.,

seconded by Director Joseph H. Neely

(Appointive), concurred in by Director

Eugene A. Ludwig (Comptroller of the

Currency), Mr. Kenneth F. Ryder, acting

in the place and stead of Director

Jonathan L. Fiechter (Acting Director,

Office of Thrift Supervision), and

Chairman Ricki Helfer, that Corporation

business required its consideration of

the matters on less than seven days’

notice to the public; that no earlier

notice of the meeting was practicable;

that the public interest did not require

consideration of the matters in a

meeting open to public observation; and

that the matters could be considered in

a closed meeting by authority of

subsections (c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8),

and (c)(9)(A)(ii) of the ‘‘Government in

the Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2),

(c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), and (c)(9)(A)(ii)).

The meeting was held in the Board

Room of the FDIC Building located at

550—17th Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Valerie J. Best,

Assistant Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16755 Filed 6–26–96; 3:36 pm]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.