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BILLING CODE 6710-01-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection Being Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval, Comments Requested March 10, 2010. 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, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act 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;
(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 and
(e)ways to further reduce the information burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC 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. . DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should submit comments by April 15, 2010. 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. ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at
(202)395-5167, or via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), via email to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov and to PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this information collection request
(ICR)submitted to OMB:
(1)Go to web page: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
(2)look for the section of the web page called ”Currently Under Review”,
(3)click on the downward-pointing 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 FCC list appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy Williams on
(202)418-2918. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-0849. Title: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, CS Docket 97-80. Form Number: Not applicable. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities. Number of Respondents and Responses: 958 respondents; 529,510 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 0.00278 hours - 40 hours per response. Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping and third party disclosure requirements; On occasion, quarterly, and semi-annual reporting requirements. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is contained in Sections 4(i), 303(r) and 629 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Total Annual Burden: 44,173 hours. Total Annual Cost: $137,550. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information. Needs and Uses: On March 17, 2005 the FCC released a Second Report, In the Matter of Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, CS Docket No. 97-80, FCC 05-76. In the Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission extended by twelve months the existing 2006 deadline in Section 76.1204(a)(1) prohibiting the deployment of integrated navigation devices by multichannel video programming distributors in order to promote the retail sale of non-integrated navigation devices. This extension was intended to afford cable operators additional time to investigate and develop a downloadable security solution that will allow common reliance by cable operators and consumer electronics manufacturers on an identical security function without the additional costs of physical separation inherent in the point-of-deployment module, or CableCARD, solution. The rules adopted in this proceeding added information collection requirements to this collection and also were intended to implement Section 629 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 549. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director. [FR Doc. 2010-5641- Filed 3-15-10- 8:45 am] BILLING CODE: 6712-01-S FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Renewal of Currently Approved Collections (3064-0079, 0103, 0104, 0122 & 0173); Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ACTION: Notice and request for comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ), the FDIC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)control number. The FDIC hereby gives notice that it is seeking public comment on the proposed renewal of the following collections: Application for Consent to Reduce or Retire Capital (OMB No. 3064-0079); Appraisal Standards (OMB No. 3064-0103); Activities and Investments of Savings Associations (OMB No. 3064-0104), Forms Relating to Outside Counsel, Legal Support & Expert Services (OMB No. 3064-0122); and Prepaid Assessments (OMB No. 3064-0173). At the end of the comment period, any comments and recommendations received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the FDIC should modify the collections prior to submission to OMB for review and approval. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 17, 2010. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments. All comments should refer to the name of the collection. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: • *http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal/notices.html.* • *E-mail: comments@fdic.gov* Include the name of the collection in the subject line of the message. • *Mail:* Gary A. Kuiper (202.898.3877), Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, F-1072, 550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429. • *Hand Delivery:* Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard station at the rear of the 550 17th Street Building (located on F Street), on business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the FDIC Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary A. Kuiper at the address identified above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FDIC is proposing to renew these collections: 1. *Title:* Application for Consent to Reduce or Retire Capital (OMB No. 3064-0079). Estimated Number of Respondents and Burden Hours: FDIC document Number of respondents Frequency of response Hours per response Hours of burden Application for Consent to Reduce or Retire Capital 80 1 1 80 Total 80 80 *General Description of Collection:* This collection requires insured state nonmember banks that propose to change their capital structure to submit an application containing information about the proposed change in order to obtain FDIC's consent to reduce or retire capital. The FDIC evaluates the information contained in the letter application in relation to statutory considerations and makes a decision to grant or to withhold consent. 2. *Title:* Appraisal Standards (OMB No. 3064-0103). Estimated Number of Respondents and Burden Hours: FDIC document Number of respondents Frequency of response Hours per response Hours of burden Appraisal Standards 328,600 1 .25 82,150 Total 328,600 82,150 *General Description of Collection:* This collection is provided for in 12 CFR Part 323 of FDIC's regulations. Part 323 implements a portion of Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA). Title XI of FIRREA is designed to provide protection for Federal financial and public policy interests by requiring real estate appraisals used in connection with federally-related transactions to be performed in writing, in accordance with uniform standards, by an appraiser whose competency has been demonstrated and whose professional conduct will be subject to effective supervision. 3. *Title:* Activities and Investments of Savings Associations (OMB No. 3064-0104). Estimated Number of Respondents and Burden Hours: FDIC document Number of respondents Frequency of response Hours per response Hours of burden Activity and Investment Applications 75 1 5 375 Total 75 375 *General Description of Collection:* Section 28 of the FDI Act (12 U.S.C. 1831e) imposes restrictions on the powers of savings associations, which reduce the risk of loss to the deposit insurance funds and eliminate some differences between the powers of state associations and those of Federal associations. Some of the restrictions apply to all insured savings associations and some to state-chartered associations only. The statute exempts some Federal savings banks and associations from the restrictions, and provides for the FDIC to grant exemptions to other associations under certain circumstances. In addition, Section 18(m) of the FDI Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(m)) requires that notice be given to the FDIC prior to an insured savings association (State or Federal) acquiring, establishing, or conducting new activities through a subsidiary. 4. *Title:* Forms Relating to Outside Counsel, Legal Support & Expert Services (OMB No. 3064-0122). Estimated Number of Respondents and Burden Hours: FDIC document Number of respondents Hours per response Hours of burden 5000/26 85 .50 42.5 5000/31 376 .50 188 5000/33 63 .50 31.5 5000/35 722 .50 361 5200/01 500 .75 375 5210/01 100 0.5 50 5210/02 55 0.5 22.5 5210/03 50 1.0 50 5210/03A 50 1.0 50 5210/04 200 1.0 200 5210/04A 200 1.0 200 5210/06 100 1.0 100 5210/06(A) 100 1.0 100 5210/08 240 0.5 120 5210/09 100 1.0 100 5210/10 100 1.0 100 5210/10(A) 100 1.0 100 5210/11 100 1.0 100 5210/12 100 1.0 100 5210/12A 100 1.0 100 5210/14 100 0.5 50 5210/15 25 .50 12.5 Total 3,566 2,553 *General Description of Collection:* The information collected enables the FDIC to ensure that all individuals, businesses and firms seeking to provide legal support services to the FDIC meet the eligibility requirements established by Congress. The information is also used to manage and monitor payments to contractors, document contract amendments, expiration dates, billable individuals, and minority law firms, and to ensure that law firms, experts, and other legal support services providers are in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. 5. *Title:* Prepaid Assessments: Application for Exemption, Application for Withdrawal of Exemption, and Transfer Notice (OMB No. 3064-0173). Estimated Number of Respondents and Burden Hours: FDIC document Number of respondents Frequency of response Hours per response Hours of burden A. Application for Exemption (Deadline passed on 12/31/09) 0 1 8 0 B. Application for Withdrawal of Exemption (Deadline passed on 12/31/09) 0 1 8 0 C. Transfer of Assessments Notice 50 1 2 100 Total 50 100 *General Description of Collection:* The FDIC obtained emergency approval from OMB for three collections of information related to an amendment to the FDIC's assessment regulations that required insured depository institutions to prepay, on December 30, 2009, their estimated, quarterly, risk-based assessments for the fourth quarter of 2009, and for all of 2010, 2011, and 2012. The FDIC will begin to offset prepaid assessments on March 30, 2010, representing payment for the fourth quarter of 2009. Any prepaid assessment not exhausted by December 30, 2014, would be returned to the institution. The deadline of 12/31/09 for applications for exemptions, or for applications for withdrawal of exemptions has passed, and there are no exceptions. Transfers of assessments, however, are still permitted. When an insured depository institution enters into an agreement to transfer any portion of its prepaid assessment to another insured depository institution, it is required to notify the FDIC's Division of Finance of that transaction by submitting a written agreement signed by the legal representatives of both institutions, including documentation that each representative has the legal authority to bind the institution. Request for Comment Comments are invited on:
(a)Whether these collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the estimate of the burdens of the information collections, 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 collections on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. All comments will become a matter of public record. Dated at Washington, DC, this 11th day of March, 2010. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010-5725 Filed 3-15-10; 8:45 am]
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