[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32609-32610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15976]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection 
Renewals; 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 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 continuing collections of information titled:
    1. Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) (3064-0046);
    2. Public Disclosure by Banks (3064-0090);
    3. Notice Required of Government Securities Dealers or Brokers 
(Insured State Nonmember Banks) (3064-0093);
    4. Notice Regarding Unauthorized Access to Customer Information 
(3064-0145); and
    5. Applicant Background Questionnaire (3064-0138)

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 8, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by 
any of the following methods. All comments should refer to the name and 
number of the collection:
     http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal/propose.html.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include the name and number of 
the collection in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Herbert J. Messite (202.898.6834), Counsel, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20429.
     Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard 
station at the rear of the 550 17th Street Building (located on F 
Street), on business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
    A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB Desk 
Officer for the FDIC, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herbert J. Messite, at the address 
identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently 
approved collections of information:
    1. Title: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).
    OMB Number: 3064-0046.
    Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Insured state nonmember banks.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1,890,384
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden: 157,532 hours.
    General Description of Collection: To permit the FDIC to detect 
discrimination in residential mortgage lending, certain

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insured state nonmember banks are required by FDIC regulation 12 CFR 
part 338 to maintain various data on home loan applicants.
    2. Title: Public Disclosure by Banks.
    OMB Number: 3064-0090.
    Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Insured state nonmember banks.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,050.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,525 hours.
    General Description of Collection: 12 CFR part 350 requires a bank 
to notify the general public, and in some instances shareholders, that 
financial disclosure statements are available on request. Required 
disclosures consist of financial reports for the current and preceding 
year, which can be photocopied directly from the year-end call reports. 
Also, on a case-by-case basis, the FDIC may require that descriptions 
of enforcement actions be included in disclosure statements. The 
regulation allows, but does not require, the inclusion of management 
discussions and analysis.
    3. Title: Notices Required of Government Securities Dealers or 
Brokers (Insured State Nonmember Banks).
    OMB Number: 3064-0093.
    Form Number: G-FIN; G-FINW; G-FIN4; & G-FIN5.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Insured state nonmember banks acting as government 
securities brokers and dealers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 49.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 49 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The Government Securities Act of 
1986 requires all financial institutions acting as government 
securities brokers and dealers to notify their Federal regulatory 
agencies of their broker-dealer activities, unless exempted from the 
notice requirement by Treasury Department regulation.
    4. Title: Applicant Background Questionnaire.
    OMB Number: 3064-0138.
    Form Number: FDIC 2100/14.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: FDIC job applicants who are not current FDIC 
employees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden: 900 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The FDIC Applicant Background 
Questionnaire is completed voluntarily by FDIC job applicants who are 
not current FDIC employees. Responses to questions on the survey 
provide information on gender, age, disability, race/national origin, 
and to the applicant's source of vacancy announcement information. Data 
is used by the Office of Diversity and Economic Opportunity and the 
Personnel Services Branch to evaluate the effectiveness of various 
recruitment methods used by the FDIC to ensure that the agency meets 
workforce diversity objectives.
    5. Title: Notice Regarding Unauthorized Access to Customer 
Information.
    OMB Number: 3064-0145.
    Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Insured state nonmember banks.
    Number of FDIC Regulated Banks that will notify customers: 93
    Estimated Time per Response: 29 hrs.
    Annual Burden: 2,697 hours.
    General Description of Collection: This collection reflects the 
FDIC's expectations regarding a response program that financial 
institutions should develop to address unauthorized access to or use of 
customer information that could result in substantial harm or 
inconvenience to a customer. The information collections require 
financial institutions to: (1) Develop notices to customers; and (2) in 
certain circumstances, determine which customers should receive the 
notices and send the notices to customers.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether these collections of 
information are 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 
collections, 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 collections 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 
collections 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 1st day of July 2009.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
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