[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6245-6246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3548]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


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

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Notice of information collection to be submitted to OMB for 
review and 

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approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System (Board) hereby gives notice that it has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for approval of the 
information collection system described below. The Federal Reserve may 
not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond 
to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or 
implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 18, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments, which should refer to the OMB control number, 
should be addressed to the OMB desk officer for the Board: Milo 
Sunderhauf, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 3208, 
Washington, DC 20503. Comments should also be addressed to Mr. William 
W. Wiles, Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 
20th and C Streets, N.W., Washington, DC 20551, 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 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 
p.m., except as provided in section 261.8 of the Board's Rules 
Regarding Availability of Information, 12 CFR 261.8(a).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
Submission (OMB 83-I), supporting statement, and other documents that 
have been submitted to OMB for review and approval may be requested 
from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears below.Mary M. 
McLaughlin, Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer (202-452-3829), 
Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551. Telecommunications Device for the 
Deaf (TDD) users may contact Dorothea Thompson (202-452-3544), Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.
    Proposal to request approval from OMB of the extension, with 
revision, of the following report:
    1. Report title: Report of Assets and Liabilities of U.S. Branches 
and Agencies of Foreign Banks
Agency form number: FFIEC 002
OMB control number: 7100-0032
Frequency: Quarterly
Reporters: U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks
Annual reporting hours: 48,653
Estimated average hours per response: 22.40
Number of respondents: 543
Small businesses (that is, small U.S. branches and agencies of foreign 
banks) are affected.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory [12 U.S.C. 3105(b)(2), 1817(a)(1) and (3), and 3102(b)]. 
Except for select sensitive items, this information collection is not 
given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8)).
    Abstract: On December 11, 1995, the three agencies jointly 
published a notice in the Federal Register (60 FR 63526) describing in 
detail and inviting comment on the proposed changes to this collection 
of information. All comments received by the agencies in response to 
that notice, including a change to the proposed revisions that the 
agencies made in response to those comments, were addressed in 
supporting statements that were developed to justify the proposed 
changes. This notice provides the public with the opportunity to 
obtain, review, and comment on, the Board's supporting statement.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 12, 
1996.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-3548 Filed 2-15-96; 8:45AM]
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