79 FR 27 pgs. 7667-7668 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Re: Foreign Branching and Investment by Insured State Nonmember Banks
Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 27Pages: 7667 - 7668
Pages: 7667, 7668FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-02712 Filed 2-7-14; 8:45 am]
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Re: Foreign Branching and Investment by Insured State Nonmember Banks
AGENCY:
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
ACTION:
Notice and request for comment.
SUMMARY:
[top] In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), 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. As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the FDIC invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on renewal of an existing information collection, as required by the PRA. On December 6, 2013 (78 FR 73538), the FDIC requested comment for 60 days on renewal of its information collection entitled Foreign Branching and Investment by Insured State Nonmember Banks, which is
DATES:
Comments must be submitted on or before March 12, 2014.
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: comments@fdic.gov Include the name of the collection in the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Leneta G. Gregorie (202-898-3719), Counsel, Room NYA-5050, 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 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 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:
Leneta Gregorie, at the FDIC address above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposal to renew the following currently approved collections of information:
Title: Foreign Branching and Investment by Insured State Nonmember Banks.
OMB Number: 3064-0125.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Insured state nonmember banks.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Recordkeeping-40; reporting-11.
Estimated Time per Response: Recordkeeping-400 hours; reporting-27 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 16,298 hours.
General Description of Collection: The Federal Deposit Insurance (FDI) Act requires state nonmember banks to obtain FDIC consent to establish or operate a branch in a foreign country, or to acquire and hold, directly or indirectly, stock or other evidence of ownership in any foreign bank or other entity. The FDI Act also authorizes the FDIC to impose conditions for such consent and to issue regulations related thereto. This collection is a direct consequence of those statutory requirements.
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 4th day of February 2014.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-02712 Filed 2-7-14; 8:45 am]
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