60-Day Notice F-7 2021

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Communications Commission (‘‘FCC’’
or ‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘Agency’’) and the
Universal Service Administrative
Company (USAC) will conduct with the
Virginia Department of Social Services
(Department). The purpose of this
matching program is to verify the
eligibility of applicants to and
subscribers of the Emergency Broadband
Benefit Program, which is administered
by USAC under the direction of the
FCC, or other federal programs that use
qualification for the FCC’s Lifeline
Program as an eligibility criterion. More
information about this program is
provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
DATES: Written comments are due on or
before August 12, 2021. This computer
matching program will commence on
August 12, 2021, and will conclude 18
months after becoming effective.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Margaret
Drake, FCC, 45 L Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554, or to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margaret Drake at 202–417–1707 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
(EBBP) was established by Congress in
the Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2021, Public Law 116–260, 134 Stat.
1182. EBBP is a program that will help
low-income Americans obtain
discounted broadband service and onetime co-pay for a connected device
(laptop, desktop computer or tablet).
This program was created specifically to
assist American families’ access to
broadband, which has proven to be
essential for work, school, and
healthcare during the public health
emergency that exists as a result of
COVID–19. A household may qualify for
the EBBP benefit under various criteria,
including an individual qualifying for
the FCC’s Lifeline program.
In a Report and Order adopted on
March 31, 2016, the Commission
ordered USAC to create a National
Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (‘‘National
Verifier’’), including the National
Lifeline Eligibility Database (LED), that
would match data about Lifeline
applicants and subscribers with other
data sources to verify the eligibility of
an applicant or subscriber. The
Commission found that the National
Verifier would reduce compliance costs
for Lifeline service providers, improve
service for Lifeline subscribers, and
reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the
program. The Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2021 directs the
FCC to leverage the National Verifier to
verify applicants’ eligibility for EBBP.
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is to verify the eligibility of EBBP
applicants and subscribers by
determining whether they receive
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) and Medicaid benefits
administered by the Virginia
Department. Under FCC rules,
consumers receiving these benefits
qualify for Lifeline discounts and also
for EBBP benefits.
Participating Non-Federal Agencies
Virginia Department of Social
Services (Department).
Authority for Conducting the Matching
Program
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2021, Public Law 116–260, 134 Stat.
1182; 47 CFR part 54.
Purpose(s)
In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization
Order, the FCC required USAC to
develop and operate the National
Verifier to improve efficiency and
reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the
Lifeline program. The stated purpose of
the National Verifier is ‘‘to increase the
integrity and improve the performance
of the Lifeline program for the benefit of
a variety of Lifeline participants,
including Lifeline providers,
subscribers, states, community-based
organizations, USAC, and the
Commission.’’ 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006,
para. 126. To help determine whether
Lifeline applicants and subscribers are
eligible for Lifeline benefits, the Order
contemplates that the USAC-operated
LED will communicate with information
systems and databases operated by other
Federal and State agencies. Id. at 4011–
2, paras. 135–7.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act
of 2021 directs the FCC to leverage the
National Verifier to verify applicants’
eligibility for EBBP. The purpose of this
matching program is to verify the
eligibility of EBBP applicants and
subscribers by determining whether
they receive SNAP and Medicaid
benefits administered by the Virginia
Department. Under FCC rules,
consumers receiving these benefits
qualify for Lifeline discounts and also
for EBBP benefits.
Categories of Individuals
The categories of individuals whose
information is involved in the matching
program include, but are not limited to,
those individuals who have applied for
EBBP benefits; are currently receiving
benefits; are individuals who enable
another individual in their household to
qualify for EBBP benefits; are minors
whose status qualifies a parent or
guardian for EBBP benefits; or are

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individuals who have received EBBP
benefits.
Categories of Records
The categories of records involved in
the matching program include, but are
not limited to last name, date of birth
and the last four digits of the applicant’s
Social Security Number. The National
Verifier will transfer these data elements
to the Virginia Department, which will
respond either ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’ that the
individual is enrolled in an EBBPqualifying assistance program: State of
Virginia’s SNAP and Medicaid.
System(s) of Records
The USAC records shared as part of
this matching program reside in the
EBBP system of records, FCC/WCB–3,
Emergency Broadband Benefit Program,
which was published in the Federal
Register at 86 FR 11523 (Feb. 25, 2021).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL MEDIATION AND
CONCILIATION SERVICE
[Docket No.: FMCS–2021–3]

Notice to Mediation Agency
Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service (FMCS).
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service (FMCS), invites the
general public and other Federal
Agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information
collection request, Notice to Mediation
Agency, (Agency Form F–7). This
information collection request was
previously approved by the Office of
Management Budget (OMB) but has
expired. FMCS is requesting a
reinstatement without change. The
Notice to Mediation Agency, (Agency
Form F–7), allows parties to comply
with their statutory obligation under the
Labor Management Relations Act of
1947. The Agency Form F–7 also allows
FMCS to receive these notices from
parties to a collective bargaining
agreement to comply with its statutory
mandate to facilitate mediation.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 13, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
[identified by Docket No.: FMCS–
2021–3] through one of the following
methods:
SUMMARY:

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• Email: Arthur Pearlstein,
[email protected];
• Mail: Arthur Pearlstein, HQ Office
of Arbitration, One Independence
Square, 250 E St SW, Washington, DC
20427. Please note that at this time, the
FMCS office is not open for visitors and
mail is not checked daily. Therefore, we
encourage emailed comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arthur Pearlstein, 202–606–8103,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of
the agency form are available here.
Paper copies are available from the
Office of Arbitration Services by
emailing Arthur Pearlstein at the email
address above. Please ask for Agency
Form F–7.

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I. Information Collection Request
Agency: Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service.
Form Number: OMB No. 3076–0004.
Type of Request: Reinstatement
without change of a previously
approved collection.
Affected Entities: Employers and their
representatives; and labor unions, their
representatives and employees,
regarding contract negotiations.
Frequency: This form is completed
once for resolution facilitation.
Abstract: Under the Labor
Management Relations Act of 1947, 29
U.S.C. 158(d), Congress listed specific
notice provisions so that no party to a
collective bargaining agreement can
terminate or modify a collective
bargaining contract, unless the party
wishing to terminate or modify the
contract sends a written notice to the
other party sixty days prior to the
expiration date (29 U.S.C. 158(d)(1)) and
offers to meet and confer with the other
party for the purpose of negotiating a
new or modified contract (29 U.S.C.
158(d)(2)). The Act requires that parties
notify FMCS within thirty days after
such notice of the existence of a
bargaining dispute (29 U.S.C. 158(d)(3)).
The 1974 amendments to the National
Labor Relations Act extended coverage
to nonprofit health care institutions,
including similar notices to FMCS. 29
U.S.C. 158(d) and (g). To facilitate
handling around 27,190 notices a year,
FMCS created information collection
form F–7. The purpose of this
information collection activity is for
FMCS to comply with its statutory duty
to receive these notices, to facilitate
assignment of mediators to assist in
labor disputes, and to assist the parties
in knowing whether proper notice was
given. The information from these
notices is sent electronically to the
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the cases to a mediator so that the
mediator may contact labor and
management quickly, efficiently, and
offer dispute resolution services. Either
party to a contract may make a request
in writing for a copy of the notice filed
with FMCS. Form F–7 was created to
allow FMCS to gather desired
information in a uniform manner. The
collection of such information,
including the name of the employer or
employer association, address and
phone number, email address, official
contact, bargaining unit and
establishment size, location of affected
establishment and negotiations,
industry, union address, phone number,
email address and official contact,
contract expiration date or renewal date,
whether the notice is filed on behalf of
the employer or the union, and whether
this is a health care industry notice is
critical for reporting and mediation
purposes.
Burden: The current total annual
burden estimate is that FMCS will
receive requests from approximately
27,190 respondents per year. The form
takes about 10 minutes to complete.
II. Request for Comments
FMCS solicits comments to:
i. Evaluate whether the proposed
collections of information are necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
ii. Enhance the accuracy of the
agency’s estimates of the burden of the
proposed collection of information.
iii. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
iv. Minimize the burden of the
collections of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic
collection technologies or other forms of
information technology.
III. The Official Record
The official records are paper and
electronic records. The paper records
are maintained at the address at the
beginning of this document.
Dated: July 8, 2021.
Sarah Cudahy,
General Counsel.
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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 (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
applications are set forth in paragraph 7
of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The public portions of the
applications listed below, as well as
other related filings required by the
Board, if any, are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
This information may also be obtained
on an expedited basis, upon request, by
contacting the appropriate Federal
Reserve Bank and from the Board’s
Freedom of Information Office at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/
request.htm. Interested persons may
express their views in writing on the
standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of
the Act.
Comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the
Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of
the Board of Governors, Ann E.
Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later
than July 28, 2021.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis (Chris P. Wangen,
Assistant Vice President), 90 Hennepin
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55480–0291:
1. The Ronald G. Chamberlin
Irrevocable Trust, Nathan A. Wurm and
Eric D. Wurm, as co-trustees, The
Irrevocable Gifting Trust FBO Nathan A.
Wurm, Nathan A. Wurm, as trustee, and
The Irrevocable Gifting Trust FBO Eric
D. Wurm, Eric D. Wurm, as trustee, all
of Caledonia, Minnesota; to join the
Wurm Family Control Group, a group
acting in concert, to retain voting shares
of Eitzen Independents, Inc., Eitzen,
Minnesota, and thereby indirectly retain
voting shares of ESB Bank, Caledonia,
Minnesota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, July 7, 2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
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