[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 100 (Monday, May 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 29537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11619]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Renewal of an 
Information 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 comment on the proposed renewal of an information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is soliciting comments 
concerning the renewal, without change, of an information collection 
titled ``Procedures for Monitoring Bank Secrecy Act Compliance.''

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 23, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
Thomas Nixon, Legal Division, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer 
to ``Procedures for Monitoring Bank Secrecy Act Compliance.'' 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. Comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk officer for 
the FDIC: Mark Menchik, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Nixon, (202) 898-8766, or at 
the address above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently 
approved collection of information:
    Title: Procedures for Monitoring Bank Secrecy Act Compliance.
    OMB Number: 3064-0087.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: State chartered non-member banks.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 5,300.
    Estimated Time per Response: One-half hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,650 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The FDIC's 12 CFR part 326, 
subpart B, requires all insured nonmember banks to establish and 
maintain procedures designed to assure and monitor their compliance 
with the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. 5311 et seq.) 
and the implementing regulations promulgated by the Department of the 
Treasury at 31 CFR part 103. This collection is separate from the 
customer identification requirements required by the Bank Secrecy Act 
for which the Department of Treasury obtained OMB PRA approval under 
control number 1506-0026.

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 19th day of May, 2004.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-11619 Filed 5-21-04; 8:45 am]
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