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authority for this collection of
information is contained in Section
154(i) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Confidentiality: No need for
confidentiality is required for this
collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.1510
requires that a licensee of an AM, FM,
and TV broadcast station to file an
informal application with the FCC to
request an experimental authorization to
conduct technical experimentation
directed toward improvement of the
technical phases of operation and
service. This request shall describe the
nature and purpose of experimentation
to be conducted, the nature of the
experimental signal transmission, and
the proposed hours and duration of the
experimentation. The data is used by
FCC staff to maintain complete
technical information about a broadcast
station and to ensure that such
experimentation does not cause
interference to other broadcast stations.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–20296 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (Board); and Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
ACTION: Joint notice and request for
comment.

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AGENCIES:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the
FDIC (the ‘‘agencies’’) 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 Federal
Financial Institutions Examination
Council (FFIEC), of which the agencies

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are members, has approved the
agencies’ publication for public
comment of a proposal to extend,
without revision, the Country Exposure
Report (FFIEC 009) and the Country
Exposure Information Report (FFIEC
009a), which are currently approved
information collections. At the end of
the comment period, the comments and
recommendations received will be
analyzed to determine the extent to
which the FFIEC should modify the
reports. The agencies will then submit
the reports to OMB for review and
approval.
Comments must be submitted on
or before November 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments to
any or all of the agencies. All comments,
which should refer to the OMB control
number, will be shared among the
agencies.
OCC: You should direct all written
comments to: Communications
Division, Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, Public Information Room,
Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0100,
250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC
20219. In addition, comments may be
sent by fax to 202–874–4448, or by
electronic mail to
[email protected]. You can
inspect and photocopy comments at the
OCC’s Public Information Room, 250 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. For
security reasons, the OCC requires that
visitors make an appointment to inspect
comments. You may do so by calling
202–874–5043. Upon arrival, visitors
will be required to present valid
government-issued photo identification
and submit to security screening in
order to inspect and photocopy
comments.
Board: You may submit comments,
identified by FFIEC 009 or FFIEC 009a,
by any of the following methods:
• Agency Web Site: http://
www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on the http://www.federalreserve.gov/
generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail:
[email protected].
Include the OMB control number in the
subject line of the message.
• FAX: 202–452–3819 or 202–452–
3102.
• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary,
Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, 20th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20551.
DATES:

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All public comments are available
from the Board’s Web site at http://
www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/
foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted,
except as necessary for technical
reasons. Accordingly, your comments
will not be edited to remove any
identifying or contact information.
Public comments may also be viewed
electronically or in paper in Room MP–
500 of the Board’s Martin Building (20th
and C Streets, NW) between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. on weekdays.
FDIC: You may submit written
comments, which should refer to
‘‘Country Exposure Reports, 3064–
0017,’’ by any of the following methods:
• Agency Web Site: http://
www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/
propose.html. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments on the FDIC
Web site.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail: [email protected].
Include ‘‘Country Exposure Reports,
3064–0017’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail: Robert E. Feldman, Executive
Secretary, Attention: Comments, FDIC,
550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20429.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard
station at the rear of the 550 17th Street
Building (located on F Street) on
business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Public Inspection: All comments
received will be posted without change
to http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/
federal/propose/html including any
personal information provided.
Comments may be inspected at the FDIC
Public Information Center, Room E–
1002, 3501 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22226, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on
business days.
Additionally, commenters may send a
copy of their comments to the OMB
desk officer for the agencies by mail to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Room 10235, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to
202–395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional information or a copy of the
collection may be requested from:
OCC: Mary Gottlieb, OCC Clearance
Officer, 202–874–5090, Legislative and
Regulatory Activities Division, Office of
the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.
Board: Michelle Shore, Federal
Reserve Board Clearance Officer, 202–
452–3829, Division of Research and
Statistics, Board of Governors of the

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Federal Reserve System, 20th and C
Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551.
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
(TDD) users may call 202–263–4869.
FDIC: Herbert J. Messite, Counsel,
202–898–6834, Legal Division, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal
to extend for three years, without
revision, the following currently
approved collections of information:
Report Title: Country Exposure Report
and Country Exposure Information
Report.
Form Number: FFIEC 009 and FFIEC
009a.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit.
OCC
OMB Number: 1557–0100.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 19
(FFIEC 009), 19 (FFIEC 009a).
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009),
5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a).
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
5,320 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 399
burden hours (FFIEC 009a).
Board
OMB Number: 7100–0035.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 28
(FFIEC 009), 15 (FFIEC 009a).
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009),
5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a).
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
7,840 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 315
burden hours (FFIEC 009a).
FDIC
OMB Number: 3064–0017.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 18
(FFIEC 009), 18 (FFIEC 009a).
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009),
5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a).
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
5,040 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 378
burden hours (FFIEC 009a).

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General Description of Reports
These information collections are
mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 161 and 1817
(national banks), 12 U.S.C. 248(a),
1844(c), and 3906 (state member banks
and bank holding companies); and 12
U.S.C. 1817 and 1820 (insured state
nonmember commercial and savings
banks). The FFIEC 009 information
collection is given confidential
treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and (b)(8)).
The FFIEC 009a information collection
is not given confidential treatment.

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Abstract
The Country Exposure Report (FFIEC
009) is filed quarterly with the agencies
and provides information on
international claims of U.S. banks and
bank holding companies that is used for
supervisory and analytical purposes.
The information is used to monitor
country exposure of banks to determine
the degree of risk in their portfolios and
the possible impact on U.S. banks of
adverse developments in particular
countries. The Country Exposure
Information Report (FFIEC 009a) is a
supplement to the FFIEC 009 and
provides publicly available information
on material foreign country exposures
(all exposures to a country in excess of
1 percent of total assets or 20 percent of
capital, whichever is less) of U.S. banks
and bank holding companies that file
the FFIEC 009 report. As part of the
Country Exposure Information Report,
reporting institutions must also furnish
a list of countries in which they have
lending exposures above 0.75 percent of
total assets or 15 percent of total capital,
whichever is less.
Request for Comment
Comments are invited on:
a. Whether the information
collections are necessary for the proper
performance of the agencies’ functions,
including whether the information has
practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the agencies’
estimates of the burden of the
information collections, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
c. Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
d. Ways to minimize the burden of
information collections on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and
e. Estimates of capital or start up costs
and costs of operation, maintenance,
and purchase of services to provide
information.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be shared among the
agencies. All comments will become a
matter of public record. Written
comments should address the accuracy
of the burden estimates and ways to
minimize burden including the use of
automated collection techniques or the
use of other forms of information
technology as well as other relevant
aspects of the information collection
request.
Subject: FFIEC 009 and FFIEC 009a

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Dated: August 12, 2008.
Michele Meyer,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, August 25, 2008.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
Dated at Washington, DC, this 8th day of
August, 2008.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–20176 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6714–01–P; 4810–33–P 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank
Holding Companies
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank
holding company. The factors that are
considered in acting on the notices are
set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12
U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The notices are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
also will be available for inspection at
the office of the Board of Governors.
Interested persons may express their
views in writing to the Reserve Bank
indicated for that notice or to the offices
of the Board of Governors. Comments
must be received not later than
September 16, 2008.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
(Steve Foley, Vice President) 1000
Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
30309:
1. Paul Ray, Max Ray,Carole Ray, and
Gina Brumley, all of Hackleburg,
Alabama, to collectively acquire
additional voting shares of Hometown
Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly
acquire voting shares of PeoplesTrust
Bank, both of Hamilton, Alabama.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, August 27, 2008.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E8–20246 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am]
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