[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 80944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33076]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request (3064-0022)

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice of information collection to be submitted to OMB for 
review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (``PRA''), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the FDIC may not conduct or 
sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number. 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 the renewal of existing information collection, as 
required by the PRA. On October 20, 2011 (76 FR 65192), the FDIC 
solicited public comment for a 60-day period on renewal of the 
following information collection: Uniform Application/Uniform 
Termination for Municipal Securities Principal or Representative (OMB 
No. 3064-0022). No comments were received. Therefore, the FDIC hereby 
gives notice of submission of its request for renewal to OMB for 
review.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 26, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
the FDIC by any of the following methods:
     http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal/notices.html.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the name of the 
collection in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Gary A. Kuiper ((202) 898-3877), Counsel, Room F-
1086, 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 17th Street Building (located on F Street), 
on business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
    All comments should refer to the relevant OMB control number. 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: Gary A. Kuiper, at the FDIC address 
above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposal To Renew the Following Currently-Approved Collection of 
Information

    Title: Uniform Application/Uniform Termination for Municipal 
Securities Principal or Representative.
    OMB Number: 3064-0022.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other financial institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 75 hours.
    General Description of Collection: An insured state nonmember bank 
which serves as a municipal securities dealer must file Form MSD-4 or 
MSD-5, as applicable, to permit an employee to become associated or to 
terminate the association with the municipal securities dealer. FDIC 
uses the form to ensure compliance with the professional requirements 
for municipal securities dealers in accordance with the rules of the 
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.

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. All 
comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 20th day of December 2011.

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie J. Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-33076 Filed 12-23-11; 8:45 am]
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