[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19954-19955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9561]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board 
Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB

Summary:

Background

    Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed 
information collection(s) by the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 
1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the 
Public). Board-approved collections of information are incorporated 
into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of 
information.

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Copies of the OMB 83-Is and supporting statements and approved 
collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public 
docket files. 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.

For Further Information Contact:
Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer--Mary M. West--Division of 
Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829)
OMB Desk Officer--Alexander T. Hunt--Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503 (202-395-7860)

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three 
Years, Without Revision, of the Following Reports

    1. Report title: Transfer Agent Registration and Amendment Form.
    Agency form number: FR TA-1.
    OMB Control number: 7100-0099.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Reporters: State member banks and their subsidiaries, bank holding 
companies, and certain nondeposit trust company subsidiaries of bank 
holding companies.
    Annual reporting hours: 12.
    Estimated average hours per response: 1.25 (registration), 0.17 
(amendment).
    Number of respondents: 7 (registrations), 15 (amendments) Small 
businesses are not affected.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory (Sections 17A(c), 17(a), and 23(a) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 as amended (15 U.S.C. 78q-1(c)(1) and (2), 78(q)(3), and 
78w(a)(1)) and is not given confidential treatment.
    Abstract: The Securities Exchange Act requires any person acting as 
a transfer agent to register as such and to amend registration 
information when it changes. State member banks and their subsidiaries, 
bank holding companies, and certain nondeposit trust company 
subsidiaries of bank holding companies register with the Federal 
Reserve System by submitting form TA-1. The information collected 
includes the company name, all business addresses, and several 
questions about the registrant's proposed activity as a transfer agent. 
The Federal Reserve uses the information to act upon applications and 
to aid in performing its supervisory duties.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 12, 
2001.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-9561 Filed 4-17-01; 8:45 am]
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