70 FR 218 pg. 69152 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB

Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 218Page: 69152
FR document: [FR Doc. E5-6256 Filed 11-10-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: Federal Reserve System
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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 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 OMB 83-I and 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 Long--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 email to mmenchik@omb.eop.gov.

Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three years, without revision of the following report:

Report title : The Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements in Connection with Regulation M (Consumer Leasing)

Agency form number: Reg M

OMB control number: 7100-0202

Frequency: on occasion

Reporters: consumer lessors

Annual reporting hours: disclosures, 3,509 hours; and advertising, 25 hours

Estimated average hours per response: disclosures, 6.5 minutes; and advertising, 25 minutes

Number of respondents: 270

General description of report: This information collection is mandatory sections 105(a) and 187 of TILA (15 U.S.C. §§ 1604(a) and 1667(f) is not given confidential treatment.

Abstract: The Consumer Leasing Act and Regulation M are intended to provide consumers with meaningful disclosures about the costs and terms of leases for personal property. The disclosures enable consumers to compare the terms for a particular lease with those for other leases and, when appropriate, to compare lease terms with those for credit transactions. The act and regulation also contain rules about advertising consumer leases and limit the size of balloon payments in consumer lease transactions. The information collection pursuant to Regulation M is triggered by specific events. All disclosures must be provided to the lessee prior to the consummation of the lease and when the availability of consumer leases on particular terms is advertised.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 8, 2005.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. E5-6256 Filed 11-10-05; 8:45 am]

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