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displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that
does not display a valid control number.
Comments are requested concerning (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before January 22, 2009.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contacts listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via Internet at
[email protected] or via
fax at (202) 395–5167 and to Cathy
Williams, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th
Street, SW., Washington, DC or via
Internet at [email protected] or
[email protected].
To view a copy of this information
collection request (ICR) submitted to
OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
(2) look for the section of the Web page
called ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3)
click on the downward-pointing arrow
in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
select ‘‘Federal Communications
Commission’’ from the list of agencies
presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the title
of this ICR (or its OMB control number,
if there is one) and then click on the ICR
Reference Number to view detailed
information about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection(s), contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control Number: 3060–0685.
Title: Updating Maximum Permitted
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Equipment, FCC Form 1210; Annual
Updating of Maximum Permitted Rates
for Regulated Cable Services, FCC Form
1240.
Form Number: FCC Forms 1210 and
1240.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3,400 respondents; 5,350
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour
to 15 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement; Quarterly
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in 4(i) and 623
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 44,800 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,034,375.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection.
Needs and Uses: Cable operators use
Form 1210 to file for adjustments in
maximum permitted rates for regulated
services to reflect external costs.
Regulated cable operators submit this
form to local franchising authorities.
Form 1240 is filed by cable operators
seeking to adjust maximum permitted
rates for regulated cable services to
reflect changes in external costs. Cable
operators submit Form 1240 to their
respective local franchising authorities
(‘‘LFAs’’) to justify rates for the basic
service tier and related equipment or
with the Commission (in situations
where the Commission has assumed
jurisdiction).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–30550 Filed 12–22–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Office of Thrift Supervision
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (Board); Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC); and
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Joint notice and request for
comment.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, the
FDIC, and the OTS (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 are
members, has approved the agencies’
publication for public comment of a
proposal to extend, with revision, the
Consolidated Reports of Condition and
Income (Call Report) for banks, the
Thrift Financial Report (TFR) for
savings associations, the Report of
Assets and Liabilities of U.S. Branches
and Agencies of Foreign Banks (FFIEC
002), and the Report of Assets and
Liabilities of a Non-U.S. Branch that is
Managed or Controlled by a U.S. Branch
or Agency of a Foreign (Non-U.S.) Bank
(FFIEC 002S), all of which are currently
approved collections of information. At
the end of the comment period, the
comments and recommendations
received will be analyzed to determine
the extent to which the FFIEC and the
agencies should modify the proposed
revisions prior to giving final approval.
The agencies will then submit the
revisions to OMB for review and
approval.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments to
any or all of the agencies. All comments,
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number(s), 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: 1557–0081,
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]. 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,
which should refer to ‘‘Consolidated
Reports of Condition and Income (FFIEC
031 and 041)’’ or ‘‘Report of Assets and
Liabilities of U.S. Branches and
Agencies of Foreign Banks (FFIEC 002)
and Report of Assets and Liabilities of
a Non-U.S. Branch that is Managed or
Controlled by a U.S. Branch or Agency
of a Foreign (Non-U.S.) Bank (FFIEC
002S),’’ 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 reporting form 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.
All public comments are available
from the Board’s Web site at http://
www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/
foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted,
unless modified 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 comments,
which should refer to ‘‘Consolidated
Reports of Condition and Income, 3064–
0052,’’ by any of the following methods:

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• 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 ‘‘Consolidated Reports of
Condition and Income, 3064–0052’’ in
the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Herbert J. Messite, (202) 898–
6834, Counsel, Attn: Comments, Room
F–1052, 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 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.
OTS: You may submit comments,
identified by ‘‘1550–0023 (TFR:
Schedule DI Revisions),’’ by any of the
following methods:
• E-mail address:
[email protected].
Please include ‘‘1550–0023 (TFR:
Schedule DI Revisions)’’ in the subject
line of the message and include your
name and telephone number in the
message.
• Fax: (202) 906–6518.
• Mail: Information Collection
Comments, Chief Counsel’s Office,
Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552,
Attention: ‘‘1550–0023 (TFR: Schedule
DI Revisions).’’
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard’s
Desk, East Lobby Entrance, 1700 G
Street, NW., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
business days, Attention: Information
Collection Comments, Chief Counsel’s
Office, Attention: ‘‘1550–0023 (TFR:
Schedule DI Revisions).’’
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and OMB
Control Number for this information
collection. All comments received will
be posted without change to the OTS
Internet Site at http://www.ots.treas.gov/
pagehtml.cfm?catNumber=67&an=1,
including any personal information
provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
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www.ots.treas.gov/
pagehtml.cfm?catNumber=67&an=1. In
addition, you may inspect comments at
the Public Reading Room, 1700 G Street,
NW., by appointment. To make an
appointment for access, call (202) 906–
5922, send an e-mail to
[email protected], or send a
facsimile transmission to (202) 906–
7755. (Prior notice identifying the
materials you will be requesting will
assist us in serving you.) We schedule
appointments on business days between
10 a.m. and 4 p.m. In most cases,
appointments will be available the next
business day following the date we
receive a request.
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: For
further information about the revisions
discussed in this notice, please contact
any of the agency clearance officers
whose names appear below. In addition,
copies of the Call Report, FFIEC 002,
and FFIEC 002S forms can be obtained
at the FFIEC’s Web site (http://
www.ffiec.gov/ffiec_report_forms.htm).
Copies of the TFR can be obtained from
the OTS’s Web site (http://
www.ots.treas.gov/
main.cfm?catNumber=2&catParent=0).
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 E. Shore, Federal
Reserve Board Clearance Officer, (202)
452–3829, Division of Research and
Statistics, Board of Governors of the
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.
OTS: Ira L. Mills, OTS Clearance
Officer, at [email protected], (202)
906–6531, or facsimile number (202)
906–6518, Litigation Division, Chief
Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift
Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20552.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
agencies are proposing to revise and
extend for three years the Call Report,
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002S, which are currently approved
collections of information.1
1. Report Title: Consolidated Reports
of Condition and Income (Call Report).
Form Number: Call Report: FFIEC 031
(for banks with domestic and foreign
offices) and FFIEC 041 (for banks with
domestic offices only).
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
OCC
OMB Number: 1557–0081.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,620 national banks.
Estimated Time per Response: 45.42
burden hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
297,589 burden hours.
Board
OMB Number: 7100–0036.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
877 state member banks.
Estimated Time per Response: 52.55
burden hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
184,345 burden hours.
FDIC
OMB Number: 3064–0052.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,130 insured state nonmember banks.
Estimated Time per Response: 36.64
burden hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
751,853 burden hours.
The estimated time per response for
the Call Report is an average that varies
by agency because of differences in the
composition of the institutions under
each agency’s supervision (e.g., size
distribution of institutions, types of
activities in which they are engaged,
and existence of foreign offices). The
average reporting burden for the Call
Report is estimated to range from 16 to
650 hours per quarter, depending on an
individual institution’s circumstances.
2. Report Title: Thrift Financial
Report (TFR).
Form Number: OTS 1313 (for savings
associations).
Frequency of Response: Quarterly;
Annually.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
1 The

proposed changes to the Call Report, the
TFR, and the FFIEC 002 that are the subject of this
notice have been approved by OMB on an
emergency clearance basis and will take effect
December 31, 2008. OMB’s emergency approval for
these reports expires May 31, 2009. The OCC, the
Board, and the FDIC have also proposed other
revisions to the Call Report that would take effect
on a phased-in basis in March, June, and December
2009 (73 FR 54807, September 23, 2008). The OTS
has also proposed other revisions to the TFR that
would take effect on a phased-in basis in March,
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OTS
OMB Number: 1550–0023.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
774 savings associations.
Estimated Time per Response: 37
burden hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
186,085 burden hours.
3. Report Titles: Report of Assets and
Liabilities of U.S. Branches and
Agencies of Foreign Banks; Report of
Assets and Liabilities of a Non-U.S.
Branch that is Managed or Controlled by
a U.S. Branch or Agency of a Foreign
(Non-U.S.) Bank.
Form Numbers: FFIEC 002; FFIEC
002S.
Board
OMB Number: 7100–0032.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Affected Public: U.S. branches and
agencies of foreign banks.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
FFIEC 002—264; FFIEC 002S—65.
Estimated Time per Response: FFIEC
002—25.02 hours; FFIEC 002S—6
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
FFIEC 002—26,421 hours; FFIEC 002S—
1,560 hours.
General Description of Reports
These information collections are
mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 161 (for national
banks), 12 U.S.C. 324 (for state member
banks), 12 U.S.C. 1817 (for insured state
nonmember commercial and savings
banks), 12 U.S.C. 1464 (for savings
associations), and 12 U.S.C. 3105(c)(2),
1817(a), and 3102(b) (for U.S. branches
and agencies of foreign banks). Except
for selected data items, the Call Report,
the TFR, and the FFIEC 002 are not
given confidential treatment. The FFIEC
002S is given confidential treatment [5
U.S.C. 552(b)(4)].
Abstracts
Call Report and TFR: Institutions
submit Call Report and TFR data to the
agencies each quarter for the agencies’
use in monitoring the condition,
performance, and risk profile of
individual institutions and the industry
as a whole. Call Report and TFR data
provide the most current statistical data
available for evaluating institutions’
corporate applications, for identifying
areas of focus for both on-site and offsite examinations, and for monetary and
other public policy purposes. The
agencies use Call Report and TFR data
in evaluating interstate merger and
acquisition applications to determine, as
required by law, whether the resulting
institution would control more than ten
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United States. Call Report and TFR data
are also used to calculate all
institutions’ deposit insurance and
Financing Corporation assessments,
national banks’ semiannual assessment
fees, and the OTS’s assessments on
savings associations.
FFIEC 002 and FFIEC 002S: On a
quarterly basis, all U.S. branches and
agencies of foreign banks are required to
file the FFIEC 002, which is a detailed
report of condition with a variety of
supporting schedules. This information
is used to fulfill the supervisory and
regulatory requirements of the
International Banking Act of 1978. The
data are also used to augment the bank
credit, loan, and deposit information
needed for monetary policy and other
public policy purposes. The FFIEC 002S
is a supplement to the FFIEC 002 that
collects information on assets and
liabilities of any non-U.S. branch that is
managed or controlled by a U.S. branch
or agency of the foreign bank. Managed
or controlled means that a majority of
the responsibility for business
decisions, including but not limited to
decisions with regard to lending or asset
management or funding or liability
management, or the responsibility for
recordkeeping in respect of assets or
liabilities for that foreign branch resides
at the U.S. branch or agency. A separate
FFIEC 002S must be completed for each
managed or controlled non-U.S. branch.
The FFIEC 002S must be filed quarterly
along with the U.S. branch or agency’s
FFIEC 002. The data from both reports
are used for: (1) Monitoring deposit and
credit transactions of U.S. residents; (2)
monitoring the impact of policy
changes; (3) analyzing structural issues
concerning foreign bank activity in U.S.
markets; (4) understanding flows of
banking funds and indebtedness of
developing countries in connection with
data collected by the International
Monetary Fund and the Bank for
International Settlements that are used
in economic analysis; and (5) assisting
in the supervision of U.S. offices of
foreign banks. The Federal Reserve
System collects and processes these
reports on behalf of the OCC, the Board,
and the FDIC.
Current Actions
Section 141 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation Improvement Act
of 1991 (FDICIA), Pub. L. No. 102–242
(Dec. 19, 1991), added Section
13(c)(4)(G) to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (FDI Act), 12 U.S.C.
1823(c)(4)(G). That section authorizes
action by the federal government in
circumstances involving a systemic risk
to the nation’s financial system. On
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unprecedented disruption in credit
markets and the resultant effects on the
abilities of banks to fund themselves
and to intermediate credit, the Secretary
of the Treasury (after consultation with
the President) made a determination of
systemic risk following receipt of the
written recommendation of the FDIC
Board, along with the written
recommendation of the Federal Reserve
Board, in accordance with Section
13(c)(4)(G). The systemic risk
determination allows the FDIC to take
certain actions to avoid or mitigate
serious adverse effects on economic
conditions or financial stability.
Pursuant to the systemic risk
determination, the FDIC Board
established the Temporary Liquidity
Guarantee (TLG) Program.
To facilitate the FDIC’s administration
of the TLG Program, the FDIC Board
approved an interim rule on October 23,
2008,2 and (after a 15-day comment
period that ended on November 13,
2008) a final rule on November 21,
2008.3 The TLG Program is comprised
of (1) a Debt Guarantee Program under
which, in general, the FDIC will
guarantee certain newly-issued senior
unsecured debt issued by participating
entities on or after October 14, 2008,
through and including June 30, 2009, up
to a specified limit; and (2) a
Transaction Account Guarantee Program
under which the FDIC will provide a
100 percent guarantee of certain
noninterest-bearing transaction accounts
held by participating insured depository
institutions through December 31, 2009.
The TLG Program includes a system of
fees to be paid by participating entities
for such guarantees beginning
November 13, 2008.
In order for the FDIC to calculate the
fees to be assessed under the
Transaction Account Guarantee
Program, the FDIC needs to collect
information from participating insured
depository institutions on the amount
and number of noninterest-bearing
transaction accounts, as defined in the
final rule, of more than $250,000. Given
the nature of these data items, the best
method for obtaining this information
from participating institutions is
through the Call Report, the TFR, and
the FFIEC 002. Accordingly, the
agencies submitted an emergency
clearance request to OMB seeking
approval to begin collecting these two
data items in these reports as of
December 31, 2008. OMB approved this
emergency clearance request on
2 73 FR 64179, October 29, 2008. The FDIC
amended the interim rule effective November 4,
2008. 73 FR 66160, November 7, 2008.
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November 26, 2008. Because OMB’s
approval of the agencies’ emergency
clearance request expires on May 31,
2009, the agencies are now proposing
under OMB’s normal clearance
procedures to collect these two items
each quarter until the Transaction
Account Guarantee Program ends.
The new items that institutions
participating in the Transaction
Account Guarantee Program must
complete are being added to the Call
Report as Memorandum items 4.a and
4.b of Schedule RC–O, to the TFR as
items DI570 and DI575 of Schedule DI,
and to the FFIEC 002 as Memorandum
items 6.a and 6.b of Schedule O.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
Dated: December 15, 2008.
Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and
Legislation Division, Office of Thrift
Supervision.
[FR Doc. E8–30555 Filed 12–22–08; 8:45 am]

Request for Comment

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: Background. On June 15,
1984, the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (Board) its approval authority
under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA), as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve
of and assign OMB control numbers to
collection of information requests and
requirements conducted or sponsored
by the Board under conditions set forth
in 5 CFR 1320 Appendix A.1. Boardapproved 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 instruments
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.

Public comment is requested on all
aspects of this joint notice. Comments
are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed revisions to
the collections of information that are
the subject of this notice 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 as they are
proposed to be revised, 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 joint notice will be shared among
the agencies and will be summarized or
included in the agencies’ requests for
OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: December 15, 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, December 17, 2008.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
Dated at Washington, DC, this 12th day of
December 2008.

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request

Request for Comment on Information
Collection Proposals
The following information
collections, which are being handled
under this delegated authority, have
received initial Board approval and are
hereby published for comment. At the
end of the comment period, the
proposed information collections, along
with an analysis of comments and
recommendations received, will be
submitted to the Board for final
approval under OMB delegated
authority. Comments are invited on the
following:
a. Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the Federal Reserve’s
functions; including whether the
information has practical utility;

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