[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18205-18206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9207]


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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 the following collections of information 
titled: (1) Securities of Insured Nonmember Banks, (2) Fair Housing 
Lending

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Monitoring System, (3) Public Disclosure by Banks; and (4) Procedures 
for Monitoring Bank Protection Act Compliance.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 16, 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 the OMB control 
number. 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]].
    A copy of the 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 collections of information:
    1. Title: Securities of Insured Nonmember Banks.
    OMB Number: 3064-0030.
    Form Number: F-7, F-8, and F-8A.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Affected Public: Officers, directors and shareholders from FDIC-
supervised banks.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,755.
    Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.35.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.62 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,470 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The information is collected 
from FDIC-supervised banks and from officers, directors and 
shareholders subject to the securities registration requirements of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The information is 
considered necessary for actual and potential investors making 
investment decisions concerning securities issued by reporting banks.
    2. Title: Fair Housing Lending Monitoring System.
    OMB Number: 3064-0046.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Affected Public: Insured state nonmember banks.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated Annual Number of Loan Applications: 1,000,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden: 83,333 hours.
    General Description of Collection: In order to permit the FDIC to 
detect discrimination in residential mortgage lending, certain insured 
state nonmember banks are required by FDIC regulation 12 CFR 338 to 
maintain various data on home loan applicants.
    3. Title: Public Disclosure by Banks.
    OMB Number: 3064-0090.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Affected Public: All financial institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,500.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,750 hours.
    General Description of Collection: 12 CFR 350 requires a bank to 
notify the general public, and in some instances, shareholders, that 
disclosure statements are available upon request. Required disclosures 
consist of financial reports for the current and preceding year which 
can be copied directly from the year-end Call Report.
    4. Title: Procedures for Monitoring Bank Protection Act Compliance.
    OMB Number: 3064-0095.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Affected Public: All financial institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,500.
    Estimated Time per Response: \1/2\ hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,750 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The collection requires insured 
state nonmember banks to comply with the Bank Protection Act and to 
review bank security programs.

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 
these collections. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 9th day of April, 2003.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-9207 Filed 4-14-03; 8:45 am]
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