[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2052-2053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-867]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is 
soliciting comments concerning an information collection titled 
``Recordkeeping and Confirmation Requirements for Securities 
Transactions.''

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 11, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
Tamara R. Manly, Management Analyst (Consumer and Compliance Unit), 
(202) 898-7453, Legal Division, Room MB-3109, Attention: Comments/
Legal, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer to ``Recordkeeping and 
Confirmation Requirements for Securities Transactions.'' Comments may 
be hand-delivered to the guard station at the rear of the 17th Street 
Building (located on F Street), on business days between 7 a.m. and 5 
p.m. (Internet address: [email protected]). Comments may also be 
submitted to the OMB desk officer for the FDIC: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10236, Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamara R. Manly, at the address 
identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently 
approved collection of information:
    Title: Recordkeeping and Confirmation Requirements for Securities 
Transactions.

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    OMB Number: 3064-0028.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: All financial institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,732.
    Average annual burden hours per Respondent: 27.91.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 132,070 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The information collection 
requirements are contained in 12 CFR 344. The regulation's purpose is 
to ensure that purchasers of securities in transactions effected by 
insured state nonmember banks are provided with adequate information 
concerning the transactions. The regulation is also designed to ensure 
that insured state nonmember banks maintain adequate records and 
controls with respect to the securities transactions they effect.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collection, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information 
collection on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the 
collection should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review and 
approval. Comments submitted in response to this notice also will be 
summarized or included in the FDIC's requests to OMB for renewal of 
this collection. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 10th day of January, 2003.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-867 Filed 1-14-03; 8:45 am]
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