[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 85 (Monday, May 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24157-24158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9960]


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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 collections 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. 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: Acting Federal Reserve Clearance 
Officer--Michelle Long--Division of Research and Statistics, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-
3829).
    OMB Desk Officer--Mark Menchik--Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
    Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for 
three years, without revision, of the following reports:
    1. Report title: Survey to Obtain Information on the Relevant 
Market in Individual Merger Cases.
    Agency form number: FR 2060.
    OMB control number: 7100-0232.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Reporters: Small businesses and consumers.
    Annual reporting hours: 18.
    Estimated average hours per response: 10 minutes for small 
businesses, 6 minutes for consumers.
    Number of respondents: 25 small businesses and 50 consumers per 
survey.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
voluntary (12 U.S.C. 1817(j), 1828(c), and 1841 et seq.) and is given 
confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and (b)(6)).
    Abstract: The Federal Reserve uses this information to define 
relevant banking markets for specific merger and acquisition 
applications and to evaluate changes in competition that would result 
from proposed transactions.
    2. Report title: Written Security Program for State Member Banks.
    Agency form number: FR 4004.
    OMB control number: 7100-0112.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Reporters: State member banks.
    Annual reporting hours: 27.
    Estimated average hours per response: 30 minutes.
    Number of respondents: 54.
    General description of report: This recordkeeping requirement is 
mandatory [12 U.S.C. 1882], 12 U.S.C. 248(a)(1) and 325, and Regulation 
H [12 CFR 208.61] authorize the Board to require the recordkeeping of 
this information. Because written security programs are maintained at 
state member banks, no issue of confidentiality under the Freedom of 
Information Act normally arises. However, copies of such documents 
included in examination work papers would, in such form, be 
confidential pursuant to exemption 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 
(5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8)).
    Abstract: Each state member bank must develop and implement a 
written security program and maintain it in the bank's records. There 
is no formal reporting form and the information is not submitted to the 
Federal Reserve.
    3. 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.

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    Annual reporting hours: 8.
    Estimated average hours per response: 1 hour and 15 minutes for 
registrations; 10 minutes for amendments.
    Number of respondents: 5 registrations and 11 amendments.
    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), 78q(a)(3), and 
78w(a)(1)) and is not given confidential treatment.
    Abstract: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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 by submitting Form TA-1. The information collected 
includes the company name, all business addresses, and several 
questions about the registrant's proposed activities as a transfer 
agent. The Federal Reserve uses the information to act upon 
registration applications and to aid in performing its supervisory 
duties.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 27, 
2004.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-9960 Filed 4-30-04; 8:45 am]
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