[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2397-2398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00386]


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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: Notice is hereby given of the final approval of a 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 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--Cynthia Ayouch--Division of Research and Statistics, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202)-
452-3829. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) users may 
contact (202)-263-4869, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, Washington, DC 20551.
    OMB Desk Officer--Shagufta Ahmed--Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    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), Supplement to the Daily Report 
of Specific Issues (FR 2004SD ad hoc), and Daily Report of Dealer 
Activity in Treasury Financing (FR 2004WI).
    Agency form number: FR 2004.
    OMB Control number: 7100-0003.
    Effective Date: March 31, 2013.
    Frequency: Weekly, daily.
    Reporters: Dealers in the U.S. government securities market.
    Estimated annual reporting hours: FR 2004A--3,058 hours, FR 2004B--
3,822 hours, FR 2004C--3,276 hours, FR 2004SI--2,293 hours, FR 2004SD--
1,103 hours, FR 2004SD ad hoc--1,092 hours, and FR 2004WI, 3,360 hours.
    Estimated average hours per response: FR 2004A--2.8 hours, FR 
2004B--3.5

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hours, FR 2004C--3.0 hours, FR 2004SI--2.1 hours, FR 2004SD--2.1 hours, 
FR 2004SD ad hoc--2.0 hours, and FR 2004WI--1.0 hour.
    Number of respondents: 21.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
authorized by sections 2A, 12A(c), 14, and 15 of the Federal Reserve 
Act (12 U.S.C. 225a, 263c, 353-359, and 391) and is required to obtain 
or retain the benefit of dealer status. 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 position, transaction, financing, and fails for the most 
recently issued on-the-run Treasury securities (the most recently 
issued Treasury securities for each maturity class). When unusual 
trading practices occur for a specific security, this information can 
be collected on a daily basis on the FR 2004SD for either on-the-run 
Treasury securities or off-the-run Treasury securities. The FR 2004SD 
ad hoc collects up to 10 ad hoc data items when critical information is 
required for additional market surveillance. The FR 2004WI collects 
daily data on positions in to-be-issued Treasury coupon securities, 
mainly the trading on a when-issued delivery basis.
    Current Actions: On August 20, 2012, the Federal Reserve published 
a notice in the Federal Register (77 FR 50102) requesting public 
comment for 60 days on the extension, with revision, of the FR 2004. 
The comment period for this notice expired on October 19, 2012. The 
Federal Reserve did not receive any comments. The revisions will be 
implemented as proposed.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 8, 
2013.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2013-00386 Filed 1-10-13; 8:45 am]
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