Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 193 / Friday, October 3, 2008 / Notices 57623 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

For the Commission. 

Reed L. Russell, 

Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E8–23288 Filed 10–2–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6570–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review to the Office of Management 

and Budget 

September 29, 2008. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, 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 information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

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 Commission’s 

burden estimate; (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 Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before November 3, 

2008. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, (202) 395– 

5887, or via fax at 202–395–5167 or via 

internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission, or an email to PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of 

this information collection request (ICR) 

submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web 

page http://reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the 

Web page called ‘‘Currently Under 

Review’’, (3) click on the downwardpointing arrow in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ 

box below the ‘‘Currently Under 

Review’’ heading, (4) select ‘‘Federal 

Communications Commission’’ from the 

list of agencies presented in the ‘‘Select 

Agency’’ box, (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ 

button to the right of the ‘‘Select 

Agency’’ box, and (6) when the list of 

FCC ICRs currently under review 

appears, look for the title of this ICR (or 

its OMB Control Number, if there is one) 

and then click on the ICR Reference 

Number to view detailed information 

about this ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Judith 

B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1116. 

Title: Submarine Cable Reporting. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 28 

respondents; 53 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 190 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

annual and one-time reporting 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,070 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Information provided pursuant to this 

request will be viewed as presumptively 

confidential upon submission because 

the information would reflect reports on 

weaknesses in or damage to national 

communications infrastructure, and the 

release of this sensitive information to 

the public could potentially facilitate 

terrorist targeting of critical 

infrastructure and key resources. The 

submissions also may contain internal 

confidential information that constitutes 

trade secrets and commercial/financial 

information that the respondent does 

not rountinely make public and public 

release of the submitted information 

could cause competitive harm by 

revealing information about the types 

and deployment of cable equipment and 

the traffic that flows across the system. 

See item 10 of the supporting statement 

submitted to OMB with this submission. 

Needs and Uses: The Federal 

Communications Commission sought 

and received emergency OMB approval 

for this information collection on April 

16, 2008. The Commission is now 

submitting this information collection 

(IC) to the OMB as a revision during this 

comment period to obtain the full threeyear clearance from them. The 

Commission is reporting a –17,430 

burden hour reduction (adjustment). 

This adjustment is due to a 

recalculation of a re-estimate of the 

average burden per respondent which 

was reduced from 550 hours per 

response to 190 hours per response. 

The Commission initially contacted 

AT&T and Verizon, two of the largest 

submarine cable operators, regarding 

this information request. Subsequently, 

the Commission provided the 

submarine cable operators an 

opportunity to comment on this 

information collection request by having 

informal discussions with them and by 

inviting them to a meeting held at the 

Commission’s headquarters on May 13, 

2008. Based on our discussions, we 

believe the submarine cable operators 

already have much of this information, 

and we amended the information 

request to clarify that the operators 

would not be required to generate new 

information in order to comply with this 

request but should supply the 

information to the extent it is generated 

in the normal course of business. We, 

therefore, are not asking for the operator 

to provide information not already 

generated in the operation of the 

submarine cable systems or in 

possession of the operator. 

Specifically, the Commission requests 

that the cable landing licensees provide 

the following information regarding the 

submarine cable systems: (1) System 

status and restoration; (2) terrestrial 

route map; (3) undersea location 

spreadsheet; and (4) restoration 

capability. 

With this revision to the OMB, there 

are some differences between this 

information collection request and the 

one for which emergency approval was 

granted. First, it recognizes that 

operator-generated information covering 

system status and restoration data in 

item (1) varies widely in format, 

content, threshold, and volume. Some 

may not generate all fields of data. 

Further, it clarifies that operators are not 

required to generate new information in 

order to comply with this request but 

should supply the information to the 

extent that it is generated in the normal 

course of business. Second, it allows 

operators to provide a terrestrial route 

map as either a map or an Excel 

spreadsheet (approved as only a map 

requirement in the emergency request). 

Third, it clarifies that operators should 

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annually update information related to 

items (2), (3), and (4)—the terrestrial 

route map, the undersea location 

spreadsheet, and restoration capability. 

While the Commission will be the 

collection point for this information, we 

will share it with the Departments and 

agencies that have direct responsibility 

for national and homeland security. 

This information is needed in order to 

support Federal government national 

security and emergency preparedness 

communications programs, for the 

purposes of providing situational 

awareness of submarine cable system 

performance as well as a greater 

understanding of potential physical 

threats to the submarine cable systems. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–23371 Filed 10–2–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Notice of Agency Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

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

at 10:07 a.m. on Thursday, September 

25, 2008, the Board of Directors of the 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

met in closed session to consider 

matters relating to the Corporation’s 

resolution activities. 

In calling the meeting, the Board 

determined, on motion of Director 

Thomas J. Curry (Appointive), seconded 

by Vice Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg, 

concurred in by Director John M. Reich 

(Director, Office of Thrift Supervision), 

Chairman Sheila C. Bair, and Director 

John C. Dugan (Director, Comptroller of 

the Currency), 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)(4), (c)(6), 

(c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii) and (c)(9)(B) of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), 

(c)(9)(A)(ii), and (c)(9)(B)). 

The meeting was held in the Board 

Room of the FDIC Building located at 

550—17th Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

Dated: September 25, 2008. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Valerie J. Best, 

Assistant Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–23401 Filed 10–2–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Notice of Agency Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

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

at 10:16 a.m. on Friday, September 26, 

2008, the Board of Directors of the 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

met in closed session to consider 

matters relating to the Corporation’s 

supervisory and resolution activities. 

In calling the meeting, the Board 

determined, on motion of Vice 

Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg, 

seconded by Mr. Scott Polakoff, acting 

in the place and stead of Director John 

M. Reich (Director, Office of Thrift 

Supervision), concurred in by Director 

Thomas J. Curry (Appointive), Julie L. 

Williams, acting in the place and stead 

of Director John C. Dugan (Comptroller 

of the Currency), and Chairman Sheila 

C. Bair, that Corporation business 

required its consideration of the matters 

which were to be the subject of this 

meeting 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)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), 

(c)(9)(A)(ii) and (c)(9)(B) of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), 

(c)(9)(A)(ii), and (c)(9)(B)). 

The meeting was held in the Board 

Room of the FDIC Building located at 

550—17th Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

Dated: September 26, 2008. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Valerie J. Best, 

Assistant Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–23402 Filed 10–2–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Notice of Agency Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

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

at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 7, 

2008, the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation’s Board of Directors will 

meet in closed session, pursuant to 

section 552b(c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), 

(9)(A)(ii), and (9)(B) of Title 5, United 

States Code, to consider matters relating 

to the Corporation’s supervisory and 

corporate activities. 

The meeting will be held in the Board 

Room on the sixth floor of the FDIC 

Building located at 550 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC. 

Requests for further information 

concerning the meeting may be directed 

to Mr. Robert E. Feldman, Executive 

Secretary of the Corporation, at (202) 

898–7043. 

Dated: September 30, 2008. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–23493 Filed 10–2–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Notice of Agency Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

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

the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation’s Board of Directors will 

meet in open session at 10 a.m. on 

Tuesday, October 7, 2008, to consider 

the following matters: 

Summary Agenda: No substantive 

discussion of the following items is 

anticipated. These matters will be 

resolved with a single vote unless a 

member of the Board of Directors 

requests that an item be moved to the 

discussion agenda. 

Disposition of minutes of previous 

Board of Directors’ meetings. 

Memorandum and resolution re: 

Proposed FDIC Strategic Plan, 2008– 

2013. 

Discussion Agenda: Memorandum 

and resolution re: Restoration Plan, 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on RiskBased Assessments, and Designated 

Reserve Ratio for 2009. The meeting will 

be held in the Board Room on the sixth 

floor of the FDIC Building located at 550 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

This Board meeting will be Webcast 

live via the Internet and subsequently 

made available on-demand 

approximately one week after the event. 

Visit http://www.vodium.com/goto/fdic/ 

boardmeetings.asp to view the event. If 

you need any technical assistance, 

please visit our Video Help page at: 

http://www.fdic.gov/video.html. 

The FDIC will provide attendees with 

auxiliary aids (e.g., sign language 

interpretation) required for this meeting. 

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