[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15944-15945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8892]



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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 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 plans to submit to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of the 
information collection system described below. The Federal Reserve may 
not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond

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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 [insert date 30 days 
from publication in the Federal Register]
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 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, without 
revision, of the following report:
    1. Report title: Monthly Consolidated Foreign Currency Report
Agency form number: FFIEC 035
OMB control number: 7100-0178
Frequency: Monthly
Reporters: U.S. banks, bank holding companies, Edge or agreement 
corporations, and U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks
Annual reporting hours: 17,651
Estimated average hours per response: 12.68
Number of respondents: 116
Small businesses are not affected.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory [12 U.S.C. 248(a) and 1844(c)]. This information collection 
is given confidential treatment [5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and (8)].
    Abstract: The three federal bank regulatory agencies (that is, the 
Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation) use the data collected on the monthly 
report to monitor the foreign exchange activities of individual U.S. 
banks and banking institutions. On February 1, 1996, the Federal 
Reserve published a notice in the Federal Register (61 FR 3713) 
describing in detail and inviting comment on the proposed extension of 
this collection of information. The Federal Reserve received no 
comments in response to that notice. This notice provides the public 
with the opportunity to obtain, review, and provide comment to OMB on, 
the Board's supporting statement.
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 4, 1996.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-8892 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45AM]
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