Rule2024-20535
Process Reform for Executive Branch Review of Certain FCC Applications and Petitions Involving Foreign Ownership
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Published
September 11, 2024
Effective
September 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved revisions to the information collection requirements under OMB Control Number 3060-0989, as associated with additional requirements added in FCC 20-133, adopted September 30, 2020, to section 63.04(a)(4)(i) and (ii) of the Commission's rules for carrier applicants seeking domestic section 214 authorization to transfer control. Pursuant to section 63.04(a)(4)(i) and (ii), applicants must specify the pre-transaction and post-transaction direct and indirect equity and voting interests of any persons or entity owning 10 percent or more of the applicants, as well as provide an ownership diagram that illustrates the applicant's vertical ownership structure.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 73601-73602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20535]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 63
[IB Docket No. 16-155; FCC 20-133; FR ID 243431]
Process Reform for Executive Branch Review of Certain FCC
Applications and Petitions Involving Foreign Ownership
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)
announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved
revisions to the information collection requirements under OMB Control
Number 3060-0989, as associated with additional requirements added in
FCC 20-133, adopted September 30, 2020, to section 63.04(a)(4)(i) and
(ii) of the Commission's rules for carrier applicants seeking domestic
section 214 authorization to transfer control. Pursuant to section
63.04(a)(4)(i) and (ii), applicants must specify the pre-transaction
and post-transaction direct and indirect equity and voting interests of
any persons or entity owning 10 percent or more of the applicants, as
well as provide an ownership diagram that illustrates the applicant's
vertical ownership structure.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 63.04(a)(4)(i) and (ii), published at
85 FR 76360 on November 27, 2020, are effective on September 11, 2024
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randall Sifers, Competition Policy
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-2325 or email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3260535c56535e5e1c615b54574041725451511c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6133000f05000d0d4f320807041312210702024f060e17">[email protected]</span></a>. For additional information concerning the
Paperwork Reduction Act information collection requirements, contact
Nicole Ongele at
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(202) 418-2991 or Nicole. <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3fcddd4d6dfd6f3d5d0d09dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a65444d4f464f6a4c4949044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 3, 2022, OMB approved, for a
period of three years, the information collection requirements in 47
CFR 63.04(a)(4)(i) and (ii). These rule sections were adopted in the
Process Reform for Executive Branch Review of Certain FCC Applications
and Petitions Involving Foreign Ownership, Report and Order, FCC 20-
133. The full text of this document is available on the Commission's
website at <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-133A1.pdf">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-133A1.pdf</a>.
The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the
effective date for these amended rules.
If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or
how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens
caused thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the
OMB Control Number 3060-0989 in your correspondence. The Commission
also will accept your comments via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e0b0b2a1a0868383ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8888a9998bebbbbf6bfb7ae">[email protected]</span></a>. To request
materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille,
large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f393c3c6a6f6b1f393c3c71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88eeebebbdb8bcc8eeebeba6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a> or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at
(202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received final
OMB approval on November 3, 2022 for the information collection
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules
for filing procedures for domestic transfer of control applications in
47 CFR 63.04(a)(4).
Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB
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
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Number for the information collection requirements in 47 CFR
63.04 (a)(4)(i) and (ii) is 3060-0989.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0989.
OMB Approval Date: November 03, 2022.
OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2025.
Title: Sections 63.01, 63.03, and 63.04, Procedures for Applicants
Requiring Section 214 Authorization for Domestic Interstate
Transmission Lines Acquired Through Corporate Control.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of currently-approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 92 respondents; 92 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 11 hours.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. The statutory authority for part
63 of this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151,
154(i), 154(j), 155, 303(r), and 309.
Total Annual Burden: 1,201 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $107,925.
Needs and Uses: On September 30, 2020, the Commission adopted a
Report and Order (released on October 1, 2020) to reduce the need for
supplemental requests and to ensure expeditious processing of
applications by adding the requirements in section 63.04(a)(4) for
carrier applicants seeking domestic section 214 authorization to
transfer control to specify the pre-transaction and post-transaction
direct and indirect equity and voting interests of any persons or
entity owning 10 percent or more of the applicants, as well as provide
an ownership diagram that illustrates the applicant's vertical
ownership structure.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-20535 Filed 9-10-24; 8:45 am]
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