Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 / Notices 65963

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 1,900

respondents and 4,288 responses.

Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5–25

hours.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping; on occasion reporting

requirement; and third party disclosure

requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 29,180 hours.

Total Annual Cost: $72,500.

Needs and Uses: In order to control

interference between stations and assure

adequate community coverage, AM

stations must conduct various

engineering measurements to

demonstrate that the antenna system

operates as authorized. The data is used

by station engineers to correct the

operating parameters of an antenna. The

data is also used by FCC staff in field

operations to ensure that stations are in

compliance with the technical

requirements of the Commission’s rules.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31415 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[CC Docket Nos. 94–1, 96–45, 96–262, and

99–249; DA 01–2817]

Common Carrier Bureau Seeks

Comment on Remand of $650 Million

Support Amount Under Interstate

Access Support Mechanism for Price

Cap Carriers

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of

comments.

SUMMARY: In a Public Notice in this

proceeding released on December 4,

2001, the Common Carrier Bureau

(Bureau) sought further comment on the

$650 million support amount available

under the interstate access support

mechanism. Specifically, the Bureau

sought comment on the uses of a cost

model, including the Commission’s

forward-looking high-cost model or the

study submitted by AT&T in this

proceeding, to identify the appropriate

amount available under the interstate

access support mechanism. The Bureau

also sought comment on the use of other

studies or analyses to determine

whether $650 million is the support

amount that best serves the

Commission’s universal service goals.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

January 22, 2002. Reply comments are

due on or before February 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: See Supplementary

Information section for where and how

to file comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted

Burmeister, Attorney, or Sheryl Todd,

Management Analyst, Common Carrier

Bureau, Accounting Policy Division,

(202) 418–7400 TTY: (202) 418–0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May

31, 2000, the Federal Communications

Commission adopted the CALLS Order,

65 FR 57739, September 26, 2000,

which reformed the interstate access

rate structure for price cap carriers by

removing implicit universal service

support and replacing it with explicit

support. To accomplish this, the

Commission created a new universal

service support mechanism called the

interstate access support mechanism.

The Commission directed that $650

million annually be made available

under the interstate access support

mechanism. The Commission

concluded that this amount would

provide sufficient, but not excessive,

support. In adopting this amount, the

Commission noted that $650 million fell

within a range of proposed amounts

submitted in the proceeding, and

reflected agreement among disparate

interests, including interexchange

carriers and price cap carriers.

On September 10, 2001, the United

States Court of Appeals for the Fifth

Circuit remanded the CALLS Order to

the Commission for further analysis and

explanation regarding the establishment

of the $650 million amount. The court

concluded that the Commission

provided inadequate justification for the

support amount. Specifically, the court

concluded that the Commission ‘‘failed

to exercise sufficiently independent

judgment in establishing the $650

million amount,’’ by granting too much

deference to the fact that many parties

agreed that $650 million was an

adequate support amount. The court

recognized that identifying a specific

amount of explicit support to replace

implicit support is ‘‘an imprecise

exercise,’’ but held that the Commission

must better explain how it arrived at the

$650 million amount. In particular, the

court noted that the Commission should

better address the relevance of studies

filed in the proceeding to the

establishment of the support amount,

including the AT&T study using the

synthesis model, the ALTS and Time

Warner studies, and other studies. The

court therefore directed that the

Commission provide further analysis

and explanation justifying $650 million

as an appropriate amount of support

available under the interstate access

universal service support mechanism.

Accordingly, we seek further

comment on the $650 million support

amount available under the interstate

access support mechanism. Specifically,

we seek comment on the uses of a cost

model, including the Commission’s

forward-looking high-cost model or the

study submitted by AT&T in this

proceeding, to identify the appropriate

amount available under the interstate

access support mechanism. We also

seek comment on the use of other

studies or analyses to determine

whether $650 million is the support

amount that best serves the

Commission’s universal service goals.

Pursuant to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the

Commission’s rules, interested parties

may file comments on or before January

22, 2002. Reply comments are due on or

before February 4, 2002. Comments may

be filed using the Commission’s

Electronic Comment Filing System

(ECFS) or by filing paper copies.

Comments filed through the ECFS can

be sent as an electronic file via the

Internet to http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/

ecfs.html. Generally, only one copy of

an electronic submission must be filed.

In completing the transmittal screen,

commenters should include their full

name, Postal Service mailing address,

and the applicable docket or rulemaking

number. Parties may also submit

electronic comments by Internet e-mail.

To receive filing instructions for e-mail

comments, commenters should send an

e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should

include the following words in the body

of the message, ‘‘get form <your e-mail

address>.’’ A sample form and

directions will be sent in reply. Parties

who choose to file by paper must file an

original and four copies of each filing.

All filings must be sent to the

Commission’s Secretary, Magalie Roman

Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, 445 12th

Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554.

Parties also should send three paper

copies of their filing to Sheryl Todd,

Accounting Policy Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, 445 12th

Street, S.W., Room 5–A422,

Washington, DC 20554. In addition,

commenters must send diskette copies

to the Commission’s duplicating

contractor, Qualex International, Portals

II, 445 12th St., SW, Room CY–B402,

Washington, DC 20554.

Pursuant to § 1.1206 of the

Commission’s rules, this proceeding

will continue to be conducted in a

permit-but-disclose proceeding in

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which ex parte communications are

permitted subject to disclosure.

Dated: December 14, 2001.

Katherine L. Schroder,

Division Chief, Accounting Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 01–31459 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[DA 01–2716]

Low Power Television Auction No.

81—Mutually Exclusive Proposals—

Additional Settlement Period

Announced

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document provides

notice that the Mass Media Bureau has

opened an additional settlement

window for proposals filed during the

limited low power television/television

translator/Class A television auction

filing window. That settlement window

closes January 22, 2002.

DATES: Settlements must be submitted

by January 22, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shaun Maher, Video Services Division,

Mass Media Bureau at (202) 418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of a Public Notice released

November 20, 2001. The complete text

of the Public Notice, including

attachment, is available for public

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, DC

20035, (202) 857–3800. It is also

available on the Commission’s web site

at http://www.fcc.gov.

In this Public Notice, the Mass Media

Bureau announces an additional

settlement window for those proposals

filed during the limited low power

television, television translator, and

Class A television auction filing

window that are mutually exclusive.

Parties have until January 22, 2002, to

file a settlement if they desire to avoid

going to auction.

Federal Communications Commission.

Roy J. Stewart,

Chief, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 01–31412 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

public and other Federal agencies to

comment on a proposed information

collection, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is

soliciting comments concerning an

information collection titled ‘‘Deposit

Broker Processing Guide.’’

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are

invited to submit written comments to

Thomas E. Nixon, Senior Attorney

(Regulatory Analysis), (202) 898–8766,

Office of the Executive Secretary, Room

4060, Attention: Comments/OES,

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,

550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC

20429. All comments should refer to

‘‘Deposit Broker Processing Guide.’’

Comments may be hand-delivered to the

guard station at the rear of the 17th

Street Building (located on F Street), on

business days between 7:00 a.m. and

5:00 p.m. [FAX number (202) 898–3838;

Internet address: comments@fdic.gov].

A copy of the comments may also be

submitted to the OMB desk officer for

the FDIC: Alexander Hunt, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas E. Nixon, at the address

identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Deposit Broker Processing

Guide.

Affected Public: Deposit Brokers with

brokered deposits at failed insured

depository institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents

(annual): 70.

Frequency of Response: Occasional.

Estimated Number of responses

(annual): 70.

Estimated Time per Response: 2

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 140

hours.

General Description of Collection: In

order to assist the FDIC to pay deposit

insurance to persons who had deposited

funds in a failed depository institution

through a deposit broker, the FDIC

requests deposit brokers who opened a

deposit account in a failed institution to

provide the FDIC with information

about the parties for whom the broker

acted as an agent and the amounts of

their deposits.

Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the collection of information is

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 collection,

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 information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

At the end of the comment period, the

comments and recommendations

received will be analyzed to determine

the extent to which the collection

should be modified prior to submission

to OMB for review and approval.

Comments submitted in response to this

notice also will be summarized or

included in the FDIC’s request to OMB

for approval of this collection. All

comments will become a matter of

public record.

Dated at Washington, DC, this 17th day of

December, 2001.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

James D. LaPierre,

Deputy Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31450 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System

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