Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: July 5, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 129)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Joint Comment Request

AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board); and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; Joint Comment Request.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (collectively, the ``agencies'') hereby give notice that they plan to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests for review of the information collections described below. The agencies may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

On April 18, 2000, the agencies, under the auspices of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), requested public comment for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the currently approved information collections: the Foreign Branch Report of Condition (FFIEC 030). The agencies, however, are making a minor clarification to the FFIEC 030 general instructions, effective September 30, 2000.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to any or all of the agencies. All comments, which should refer to the OMB control number(s), will be shared among the agencies.

OCC: Written comments on the FFIEC 030 should be submitted to the Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, S.W., Third Floor, Attention: 1557-0099, Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by facsimile transmission to (202)874-5274, or by electronic mail to regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. Comments will be available for inspection and photocopying at the OCC's Public Reference Room, 250 E

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Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on business days. Appointments for inspection of comments may be made by calling (202) 874-5043.

Board: Written comments on the FFIEC 030 should be addressed to Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20551, submitted by electronic mail to regs.comments@federalreserve.gov, or delivered to the Board's mail room between 8:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., and to the security control room outside of those hours. Both the mail room and the security control room are accessible from the courtyard entrance on 20th Street between Constitution Avenue and C Street, N.W. Comments received may be inspected in room M-P-500 between 9:00a.m. and 5:00p.m., except as provided in section 261.12 of the Board's Rules Regarding Availability of Information, 12 CFR 261.12(a).

FDIC: Written comments on the FFIEC 030 should be addressed to Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary, Attention: Comments/OES, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20429. 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. [FAX number (202) 898-3838; Internet address: comments@fdic.gov]. Comments may be inspected and photocopied in the FDIC Public Information Center, Room 100, 801 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on business days.

A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk officer for the agencies: Alexander T. Hunt, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information or a copy of the collection may be requested from:

OCC: Jessie Dunaway, OCC Clearance Officer, or Camille Dixon, (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219.

Board: Mary M. West, Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer, (202) 452-3829, Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20551. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact Diane Jenkins, (202) 452-3544, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20551.

FDIC: Steven F. Hanft, FDIC Clearance Officer, (202) 898-3907, Office of the Executive Secretary, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20429.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposal To Extend for Three Years With Minor Instructional Clarifications the Following Currently Approved Collections of Information

Title: Foreign Branch Report of Condition.

Form Number: FFIEC 030.

Frequency of Response: Annually, and quarterly for significant branches.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

For OCC:

OMB Number: 1557-0099.

Number of Respondents: 143 annual respondents, 56 quarterly respondents.

Estimated Time per Response: 3.9 burden hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1431 burden hours.

For Board:

OMB Number: 7100-0071.

Number of Respondents: 40 annual respondents, 26 quarterly respondents.

Estimated Time per Response: 3.9 burden hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 468 burden hours.

For FDIC:

OMB Number: 3064-0011.

Number of Respondents: 36 annual respondents, no quarterly respondents.

Estimated Time per Response: 3.9 burden hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 140.4 burden hours.

General Description of Report

These information collections are mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 321, 324, and 602 (Board); 12 U.S.C. 602 (OCC); and 12 U.S.C. 1828 (FDIC). These information collections are given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8)). Small businesses (that is, small banks) are not affected.

Abstract

This report contains asset and liability information for foreign branches of insured U.S. commercial banks and is required for regulatory and supervisory purposes. The information is used to analyze the foreign operations of U.S. commercial banks. All foreign branches of U.S. banks regardless of charter type file this report with the appropriate Federal Reserve District Bank. The Federal Reserve collects this information on behalf of the U.S. bank's primary federal bank regulatory agency.

Current actions: The agencies did not receive any comments in response to the notice published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2000, (65 FR 20847) requesting public comment on the extension without revision of these information collections. The agencies, however, are making a minor clarification to the FFIEC 030 general instructions regarding the treatment of intrabank transactions, effective September 30, 2000.

Request for Comment

Comments are invited on:

1. Whether the information collections are necessary for the proper performance of the agencies' functions, including whether the information has practical utility;

2. The accuracy of the agencies' estimates of the burden of the information collections, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

3. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;

4. Ways to minimize the burden of information collections on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and

5. Estimates of capital or start up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

Comments submitted in response to this notice will be shared among the agencies. All comments will become a matter of public record. Written comments should address the accuracy of the burden estimates and ways to minimize burden including the use of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology as well as other relevant aspects of the information collection request.

Dated: June 28, 2000. Mark J Tenhundfeld, Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 27, 2000. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board.

Dated at Washington, D.C., this 19th day of June, 2000.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary.

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