[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38201-38202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16313]


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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 proposed 
information collections 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--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of 
the Chief Data Officer, 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, with 
revision, of the following reports:
    Report title: Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding 
Companies; Parent Company Only Financial Statements for Large Holding 
Companies and Parent Company Only Financial Statements for Small 
Holding Companies.
    Agency form number: FR Y-9C; FR Y-9LP, and FR Y-9SP.
    OMB Control number: 7100-0128.
    Frequency: Quarterly and Semiannually.
    Reporters: Bank Holding Companies and Savings and Loan Holding 
Companies (collectively, ``holding companies'').
    Estimated annual reporting hours:

FR Y-9C (non-Advanced Approaches holding companies)--125,812 hours;
FR Y-9C (Advanced Approaches holding companies)--2,404 hours;
FR Y-9LP--17,178 hours; and
FR Y-9SP--47,412 hours.

    Estimated average hours per response:

FR Y-9C (non-Advanced Approaches holding companies)--48.84 hours;
FR Y-9C (Advanced Approaches holding companies)--50.09 hours;
FR Y-9LP--5.25 hours; and
FR Y-9SP--5.40 hours.

    Number of respondents:

FR Y-9C (non -Advanced Approaches holding companies)--644;
FR Y-9C (Advanced Approaches holding companies)--12;
FR Y-9LP-818; and
FR Y-9SP-4,390.

    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory for BHCs (12 U.S.C. 12 U.S.C. 1844(c)(1)(AA)). Additionally, 
12 U.S.C. 1467a(b)(2)(A) and 1850a(c)(1)(A), respectively, authorize 
the Federal Reserve to require that Savings and Loan Holding Companies 
(SLHCs) and supervised Securities Holding Companies (SHCs) file the FR 
Y-9C, FR Y-9LP, and FR Y-9SP with the Federal Reserve. Confidential 
treatment is not routinely given to the financial data in this report. 
However, confidential treatment for the reporting information, in whole 
or in part, can be requested in accordance with the instructions to the 
form, pursuant to sections (b)(4), (b)(6), or (b)(8) of FOIA (5 U.S.C. 
522(b)(4), (b)(6), and (b)(8)).
    Abstract: The FR Y-9C, FR Y-9LP, and FR Y-9SP are standardized 
financial statements for the consolidated holding company (FR Y-9C) and 
its parent (FR Y-9LP) and for parent holding companies (HCs) that do 
not file the FR Y-9C (FR Y-9SP). The FR Y-9 family of reports 
historically has been, and continues to be, the primary source of 
financial data on HCs between on-site inspections. Financial data from 
these reports is used to detect emerging financial problems, to review

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performance and conduct pre-inspection analysis, to monitor and 
evaluate capital adequacy, to evaluate HC mergers and acquisitions, and 
to analyze a HC's overall financial condition to ensure safe and sound 
operations.
    Current Actions:
    On February 3, 2015, the Board published a notice in the Federal 
Register \1\ requesting public comment on an interim final rule 
(effective January 30, 2015) that would also remove the requirement 
that qualifying savings and loan holding companies complete Schedule 
SC-R, Part I (Regulatory Capital Components and Ratios) of form FR Y-
9SP (Parent Company Only Financial Statements for Small Holding 
Companies). This schedule would have collected information on 
consolidated regulatory capital components and ratios from qualifying 
savings and loan holding companies that are subject to Regulation Q, 
effective June 30, 2015. Comments for the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
section of the interim final rule ended April 6, 2015. The Board did 
not receive any comments on the PRA section and the revisions were 
adopted as final.
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    \1\ 80 FR 5666 (February 3, 2015) (Interim Final Rule).
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    In addition on February 3, 2015, the Board invited public comment 
on a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) \2\ that would also change the 
filing requirements for bank holding companies and savings and loan 
holding companies with $500 million or more but less than $1 billion in 
total consolidated assets. These institutions would not be required to 
file the FR Y-9C and the FR Y-9LP (including regulatory capital 
information) and would begin filing the FR Y-9SP if they also meet the 
Qualitative Requirements. The comment period on the PRA section of the 
proposed rule ended April 6, 2015. The Board received several comments 
in support of the proposed changes. After considering the comments, the 
Board adopted the revisions as final. The final rule was published in 
the Federal Register notice on April 15, 2015 \3\ and became effective 
May 15, 2015.
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    \2\ 80 FR 5694 (February 3, 2015) (Proposed Rule).
    \3\ 80 FR 20153 (April 15, 2015) (Final Rule).
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    Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension, 
without revision, of the following reports:
    Report title: The Financial Statement for Employee Stock Ownership 
Plan Holding Companies and the Supplemental to the Consolidated 
Financial Statements for Holding Companies.
    Agency form number: FR Y-9ES and FR Y-9CS
    OMB Control number: 7100-0128.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Reporters: Bank Holding Companies and Savings and Loan Holding 
Companies (collectively, ``holding companies'').
    Estimated annual reporting hours:

FR Y-9ES--43 hours; and
FR Y-9CS--472 hours.

    Estimated average hours per response:

FR Y-9ES--0.5 hours; and
FR Y-9CS--0.5 hours.

    Number of respondents:

FR Y-9ES--86; and
FR Y-9CS--236.

    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory for BHCs (12 U.S.C. 12 U.S.C. 1844(c)(1)(A)). Additionally, 
12 U.S.C. 1467a (b)(2)(A) and 1850a(c)(1)(A), respectively, authorize 
the Federal Reserve to require that SLHCs and supervised SHCs file the 
FR Y-9ES and FR Y-9CS reports with the Federal Reserve. Confidential 
treatment is not routinely given to the financial data in this report. 
However, confidential treatment for the reporting information, in whole 
or in part, can be requested in accordance with the instructions to the 
form, pursuant to sections (b)(4), (b)(6), or (b)(8) of FOIA (5 U.S.C. 
522(b)(4), (b)(6), and (b)(8)).
    Abstract: The FR Y-9ES collects annual financial data from ESOPs, 
which are also HCs, on their benefit plan activities. It consists of 
four schedules: a Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for 
Benefits, a Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits, Memoranda, 
and Notes to the Financial Statements.
    The FR Y-9CS is a supplemental report that the Federal Reserve may 
utilize to collect additional data deemed to be critical and needed in 
an expedited manner from HCs. The data are used to assess and monitor 
emerging issues related to HCs and are intended to supplement the other 
FR Y-9 reports, which are used to monitor HCs between on-site 
inspections and off-site assessments through the Small Bank Holding 
Company Supervision Program. The data items included on the FR Y-9CS 
may change as needed.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 29, 2015.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2015-16313 Filed 7-1-15; 8:45 am]
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