[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 68 (Thursday, April 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18573-18574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-783]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
(Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as 
per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign OMB control numbers to 
collection of information requests and requirements conducted or 
sponsored by the Board under conditions set forth in 5 CFR 1320 
Appendix A.1. Board-approved collections of information are 
incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved 
collections of information. Copies of the OMB 83-I's and supporting 
statements and approved collection of information instruments 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.

Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal

    The following information collection, which is being handled under 
this delegated authority, has received initial Board approval and are 
hereby published for comment. At the end of the comment period, the 
proposed information collection, along with an analysis of comments and 
recommendations received, will be submitted to the Board for final 
approval under OMB delegated authority. Comments are invited on the 
following:
    a. whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the Federal Reserve's functions; including 
whether the information has practical utility;
    b. the accuracy of the Federal Reserve's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed 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 information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 7, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Ms. Jennifer J. Johnson, 
Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20551. However, 
because paper mail in the Washington area and at the Board of Governors 
is subject to delay, please consider submitting your comments by e-mail 
to ``03''regs.comments64; federalreserve.gov, or faxing them 
to the Office of the Secretary at 202-452-3819 or 202-452-3102. Members 
of the public may inspect comments in Room MP-500 between 9:00 a.m. and 
5:00 p.m. on weekdays pursuant to 261.12, except as provided in 261.14, 
of the Board's Rules Regarding Availability of Information, 12 CFR 
261.12 and 261.14.
    A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk 
officer for the Board: Joseph Lackey, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the proposed form and 
instructions, the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission (OMB 83-I), 
supporting statement, and other documents that will be placed into 
OMB's public docket files once approved may be requested

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from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears below.
    Acting Federal Reserve Clearance Officer - Michelle Long--(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 (202-263-4869), Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.

Proposal to approve under OMB delegated authority the extension for 
three years, without revision, of the following report:

    Report title: Notice of Branch Closure
    Agency form number: 4031
    OMB control number: 7100-0264
    Frequency: on occasion
    Reporters: state member banks
    Annual reporting hours: 783
    Estimated average hours per response: 2 hours for reporting 
requirements; 1 hour for disclosure requirements; 8 hours for 
recordkeeping requirements
    Number of respondents: 239
    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory (12 U.S.C. 1831r-l(a)(1)) and may be given confidential 
treatment upon request (5 U.S.C. Sec.  552(b)(4)).
    Abstract: The mandatory reporting, recordkeeping, and disclosure 
requirements regarding the closing of any branch of an insured 
depository institution are imposed by section 228 of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA). There 
is no reporting form associated with the reporting portion of this 
information collection; state member banks notify the Federal Reserve 
by letter prior to closing a branch. The Federal Reserve uses the 
information to fulfill its statutory obligation to supervise state 
member banks.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 2, 2004.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E4-783 Filed 4-7-04; 8:45 am]
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