[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 21 (Thursday, February 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4707-4708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1650]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board 
Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: Background:
    Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed 
information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB 
Regulations on

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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 Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, 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: Federal Reserve Board Clearance 
Officer--Michelle Shore--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, or e-mail to 
[email protected].

Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three 
years, with revision, of the following report:

    Report title: The Government Securities Dealers Reports: Weekly 
Report of Dealer Positions (FR 2004A), Weekly Report of Cumulative 
Dealer Transactions (FR 2004B), Weekly Report of Dealer Financing and 
Fails (FR 2004C), Weekly Report of Specific Issues (FR 2004SI), Daily 
Report of Specific Issues (FR 2004SD), and Daily Report of Dealer 
Activity in Treasury Financing (FR 2004WI).
    Agency form number: FR 2004.
    OMB Control number: 7100-0003.
    Frequency: Weekly, Daily.
    Reporters: Primary dealers in the U.S. Government securities 
market.
    Annual reporting hours: FR 2004A, 1,716 hours; FR 2004B, 2,288 
hours; FR 2004C, 1,430 hours; FR 2004SI, 2,288 hours; FR 2004SD, 1,100 
hours; FR 2004WI, 3,520 hours.Estimated average hours per response: FR 
2004A, 1.5 hours; FR 2004B, 2.0 hours; FR 2004C, 1.25 hours; FR 2004SI, 
2.0 hours; FR 2004SD, 2.0 hours; FR 2004WI, 1.0 hour.
    Number of respondents: 22.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
authorized pursuant to sections 11(a)(2), 14, and 19(c) of the Federal 
Reserve Act [12 U.S.C. 248(a)(2), 353-359, and 461(c)] and is required 
to obtain or retain a benefit. Individual respondent data are regarded 
as confidential under the Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 
552(b)(4) and (b)(8)].
    Abstract: The FR 2004A collects weekly data on dealers' outright 
positions in Treasury and other marketable debt securities. The FR 
2004B collects cumulative weekly data on the volume of transactions 
made by dealers in the same instruments for which positions are 
reported on the FR 2004A. The FR 2004C collects weekly data on the 
amounts of dealer financing and fails. The FR 2004SI collects weekly 
data on outright, financing, and fails positions in current or on-the-
run issues. Under certain circumstances this information is also 
collected on a daily basis on the FR 2004SD for on-the-run and off-the-
run securities. The FR 2004WI collects daily data on positions in to-
be-issued Treasury coupon securities, mainly the trading on a when-
issued delivery basis. Data from the FR 2004SI, SD and WI are available 
to the Interagency Working Group (IAWG), which includes the Department 
of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal 
Reserve Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
    Current Actions: On November 16, 2006, the Federal Reserve 
published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 66780) requesting 
public comment for 60 days on the extension, with revision, of the 
Government Securities Dealers Reports. The comment period for this 
notice expired on January 16, 2007. The Federal Reserve did not receive 
any comments.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 29, 
2007.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-1650; Filed 1-31-07; 8:45 am]
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