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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 96 / Monday, May 19, 2014 / Notices

satisfy this requirement if no new
television stations would be affected.
OMB Control No.: 3060–0882.
Title: Section 95.833, Construction
requirements.
Form No.: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 5 respondents and 5
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Every 10 year
reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in 47 U.S.C. 154 and 303.
Total Annual Burden: 5 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $1,250.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need with confidentiality
with this collection of information.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 218–219 MHz
service system licensees are required to
file a report after 10 years of license
grant to demonstrate that they provide
substantial service to its service areas.
This information is examined by the
Commission to assess whether or not
licensees are in compliance with 218–
219 MHz service system construction
requirements which is covered under 47
CFR 95.833. Without this information,
the Commission would not be able to
carry out its statutory responsibilities.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–11493 Filed 5–16–14; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden(s) and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).

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Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate(s); ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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 further
ways to 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 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 (PRA) that
does not display a valid OMB Control
Number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before July 18, 2014. 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: Submit your PRA comments
to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax
at: (202) 395–5167 or via the Internet at
[email protected] and
to Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing
Director (OMD), Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), via
the Internet at [email protected]. To
submit your PRA comments by email,
please send them to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing
Director (OMD), Federal
Communications Commission (FCC),
(202) 418–0217, or via the Internet at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0370.
Title: Part 32, Uniform System of
Accounts for Telecommunications
Companies.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and
state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 852 respondents; 852
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.

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Frequency of Response: On occasion
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 11, 151, 154,
161, 201–205, 215, and 218–220.
Total Annual Burden: 852 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost(s).
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting that
the respondents submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
Commission requests applicants to
submit information that the respondents
believe is confidential, respondents may
request confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission, in
2004, adopted the Joint Conference’s
recommendations to reinstate the
following part 32 accounts: Account
5230, Directory revenue; Account 6621,
Call completion services; Account 6622,
Number services; Account 6623,
customer services; Account 6561,
Depreciation expensetelecommunications plant in service;
Account 6562, Depreciation expenseproperty held for future
telecommunications use; Account 6563,
Amortization expense-tangible; Account
6564, Amortization expense-intangible;
and Account 6565, Amortization
expense-other. The Commission
established a recordkeeping requirement
that Class A ILECs maintain subsidiary
record categories for unbundled
network element revenues, resale
revenues, reciprocal compensation
revenues, and other interconnection
revenues in the accounts in which these
revenues are currently recorded. The
use of subsidiary record categories
allows carriers to use whatever
mechanisms they choose, including
those currently in place, to identify the
relevant amounts as long as the
information can be made available to
state and federal regulators upon
request. The use of subsidiary record
categories for interconnection revenue
does not require massive changes to the
ILECs’ accounting systems and is a far
less burdensome alternative than the
creation of new accounts and/or
subaccounts. The information submitted
to the Commission by carriers provides
the necessary detail to enable the
Commission to fulfill its regulatory
responsibilities.

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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–11494 Filed 5–16–14; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
or bank holding company. The factors
that are considered in acting on the
notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of
the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The notices are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
also will be available for inspection at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
Interested persons may express their
views in writing to the Reserve Bank
indicated for that notice or to the offices
of the Board of Governors. Comments
must be received not later than June 3,
2014.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:
1. Elizabeth L. Celio, Oak Park,
Illinois, individually, and as part of the
Lumpkin Family Control Group, and
three trusts established for the benefit of
minors, with Steven L. Grissom, as
trustee of the trusts, all of Mattoon,
Illinois, to join the existing Lumpkin
Family Control Group; to acquire voting
shares of First Mid-Illinois Bancshares,
Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire
voting shares of First Mid-Illinois Bank
& Trust, National Association, both in
Mattoon, Illinois.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 14, 2014.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2014–11471 Filed 5–16–14; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Federal Trade Commission
(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

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The FTC proposes to collect
information about Patent Assertion
Entity (‘‘PAE’’) organization, structure,
economic relationships, and activity,
including acquisition, assertion,
litigation, and licensing practices. This
is the second of two Federal Register
Notices required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’). Last year, the
FTC published a Federal Register
Notice (‘‘First Notice’’) and received
public comments on its proposal.
Through this Second Notice, the
Commission seeks additional public
comments on, and Office of
Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’)
review and approval of, the revised
proposed collection of information
discussed in this Notice.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be received on
or before June 18, 2014.

DATES:

Interested parties may file a
comment online or on paper, by
following the instructions in the
Request for Comment sub-section of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. Write ‘‘PAE Reports: Paperwork
Comment; Project No. P131203’’ on your
comment, and file your comment online
at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/
ftc/paestudypra2, by following the
instructions on the web-based form. If
you prefer to file your comment on
paper, mail your comment to the
following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary,
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite
CC–5610, (Annex J), Washington, DC
20580, or deliver your comment to the
following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary,
Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW.,
5th Floor, Suite 5610, (Annex J),
Washington, DC 20024.
Comments on the proposed collection
of information should also be submitted
to OMB. If sent by U.S. mail, they
should be addressed to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal
Trade Commission, New Executive
Office Building, Docket Library, Room
10102, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503. Comments sent
to OMB by U.S. postal mail, however,
are subject to delays due to heightened
security precautions. Thus, comments
instead should be sent by facsimile to
(202) 395–5167.
ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information
should be addressed to Suzanne Munck,
Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property
and Deputy Director, Office of Policy
Planning, Federal Trade Commission,
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,

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Washington, DC 20580; (202) 326–2429;
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed collection of information is
necessary to study the likely
competitive effects of PAE activity.
PAEs are firms with a business model
based primarily on purchasing patents
and then attempting to generate revenue
by litigating against, or licensing to,
persons who are already practicing the
patented technology. Currently, the
public record of PAE activity focuses on
publicly-available litigation data.
Litigation, however, is only part of the
picture. PAE activity encompasses a
wide range of non-public behavior
related to acquisition and licensing
practices, together with structural issues
related to organization and economic
relationships. Data analyzing this
behavior is not available through the
public record and it is not available
from a single private source.
Members of Congress support the
FTC’s proposed study. Urging the
Commission, ‘‘to address the abusive
practices of patent assertion entities
(PAEs) that are a drag on innovation,
competition, and our economy,’’
Senator Klobuchar ‘‘appreciate[s]
Chairwoman Ramirez’s intention to ask
the full Commission to commence a
study under Section 6(b) of the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC Act).’’
Representative Lipinski ‘‘strongly
urge[s] the FTC to follow through with
[a Section 6(b) study of PAE activity],’’
and Representative Murphy ‘‘looks
forward to reviewing the results of [the
FTC’s] inquiry.’’
PAE activity is a growing issue for the
United States. For example, last June,
the Executive Office of the President
reported that ‘‘suits brought by PAEs
have tripled in just the last two years,
rising from 29 percent of all
infringement suits to 62 percent of all
infringement suits,’’ and this activity
may have ‘‘a negative impact on
innovation and economic growth.’’ In
February of this year, the President
renewed his call for legislation to
combat abusive PAE practices, and
several bills are pending in Congress
addressing reforms directed toward PAE
activity.
The Commission has studied PAE
activity for several years, and its
research points to the need for an
empirical record addressing non-public
PAE activity. The Commission first
discussed the rise of the PAE business
model in its 2011 Report, ‘‘The Evolving
IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice
and Remedies with Competition.’’ In
that report, the Commission defined a
PAE as a firm with a business model

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