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Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for OST’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for OST to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1:48. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December, 

20, 2018. 

John Augustine, 

Director of the Office of Infrastructure 

Finance and Innovation, Office of the Under 

Secretary for Transportation Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network; Bank Secrecy Act Advisory 

Group; Solicitation of Application for 

Membership 

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network (‘‘FinCEN’’), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: FinCEN is inviting the public 

to nominate financial institutions, trade 

groups, and non-federal regulators or 

law enforcement agencies for 

membership on the Bank Secrecy Act 

Advisory Group. New members will be 

selected for three-year membership 

terms. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

by January 28, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations must be 

emailed to BSAAG@fincen.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

FinCEN Resource Center at 800–767– 

2825. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money 

Laundering Act of 1992 required the 

Secretary of the Treasury to establish a 

Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group 

(BSAAG) consisting of representatives 

from federal regulatory and law 

enforcement agencies, financial 

institutions, and trade groups with 

members subject to the requirements of 

the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 CFR 1000– 

1099 et seq. or Section 6050I of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The 

BSAAG is the means by which the 

Treasury receives advice on the 

operations of the Bank Secrecy Act. As 

chair of the BSAAG, the Director of 

FinCEN is responsible for ensuring that 

relevant issues are placed before the 

BSAAG for review, analysis, and 

discussion. 

BSAAG membership is open to 

financial institutions, trade groups, and 

non-federal regulators and law 

enforcement agencies. Membership is 

granted to organizations, not to 

individuals. Organizational members 

will be selected to serve a three-year 

term and must designate one individual 

to represent that member at plenary 

meetings. The designated representative 

should be knowledgeable about Bank 

Secrecy Act requirements and the 

representative’s organization must be 

able and willing to devote the necessary 

personnel time and effort. Examples of 

expected effort include actively sharing 

not just anecdotal perspectives, but also 

quantifiable insights, on BSA 

requirements and industry trends in 

BSAAG discussions. The organization’s 

representative must be able to attend 

biannual plenary meetings, generally 

conducted over one or two days, held in 

Washington, DC, in May and October. 

Additional BSAAG meetings are held by 

phone or in person. 

It is important to provide complete 

answers to the following items, as 

nominations will be evaluated on the 

information provided through this 

application process. There is no formal 

application; interested organizations 

may submit their nominations via email 

or email attachment. Nominations 

should consist of: 

• Name of the organization requesting 

membership 

• Point of contact, title, address, email 

address and phone number 

• Description of the financial institution 

or trade group and its involvement 

with the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 CFR 

1000–1099 et seq. 

• Reasons why the organization’s 

participation on the BSAAG will 

bring value to the group 

Organizations may nominate 

themselves, but nominations for 

individuals who are not representing an 

organization will not be considered. 

Members will not be remunerated for 

their time, services, or travel. In making 

the selections, FinCEN will seek to 

complement current BSAAG members 

in terms of affiliation, industry, and 

geographic representation. The Director 

of FinCEN retains full discretion on all 

membership decisions. The Director 

may consider prior years’ applications 

when making selections and does not 

limit consideration to institutions 

nominated by the public when making 

selections. 

Dated: December 20, 2018. 

Kenneth A. Blanco, 

Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Emergency Submission for 

OMB Review; Comment Request; 

Quarterly Dealer Agenda Survey 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury has submitted the following 

information collection request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance 

utilizing emergency review procedures 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. Emergency 

review and approval of this collection 

has been requested from OMB by 

January 10, 2019. The public is invited 

to submit comments on this request. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before January 10, 2019 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

(1) Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Treasury, New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA 

Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Suite 8100, Washington, DC 

20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Jennifer Quintana by 

emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling 

(202) 622–0489, or viewing the entire 

information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Treasury Departmental Offices (DO) 

Title: Quarterly Dealer Agenda 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–NEW. 

Type of Review: Request for a New 

OMB Control Number. 

Description: The Department of the 

Treasury (Treasury), Office of Debt 


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Management (ODM) conducts the 

Primary Dealer Meeting Agenda 

(Agenda), which is a quarterly survey 

sent to all primary dealers, of which 

there are currently 23 financial 

institutions. Primary dealers are trading 

counter parties of the Federal Reserve 

Bank of New York (FRBNY) in its 

implementation of monetary policy. 

Primary dealers are also expected to 

have a substantial presence as a market 

maker for Treasury securities and bid on 

a pro-rata basis in all Treasury auctions. 

The information in the Agenda is a 

critical factor to inform ODM’s decision 

to set the securities’ issuance sizes for 

the upcoming quarter. In effect, the 

information provides a market view of 

borrowing needs for the U.S. 

government. In addition, aggregate 

statistics are made public through 

Treasury’s Quarterly Refunding 

materials. 

Treasury is requesting emergency 

processing for this collection of 

information as provided under 5 CFR 

1320.13. The Agenda has been used for 

many years to gather information from 

primary dealers, however Treasury only 

recently realized that the survey had not 

been cleared under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). Though the 

FRBNY sends and receives the survey to 

the primary dealers, it does so on 

Treasury’s behalf. As such, Treasury 

now recognizes that it should be 

considered the ‘‘sponsor’’ of the 

information collection for purposes of 

the PRA. Given the next anticipated 

Agenda release date of January 11 (two 

weeks prior to the regularly scheduled 

meeting with primary dealers to discuss 

feedback before the Quarterly 

Refunding), the agency cannot 

reasonably comply with the normal 

clearance procedures under the PRA. 

The Treasury’s mission to manage the 

U.S government’s finances and 

resources effectively includes financing 

the government’s borrowing needs at the 

lowest cost over time. Treasury meets 

this objective by issuing debt in a 

regular and predictable pattern, 

providing transparency in its decisionmaking process, and seeking continuous 

improvements in the Treasury auction 

process. The risks to regular and 

predictable debt issuance result from 

unexpected changes in our borrowing 

requirements, changes in the demand 

for Treasury securities, and anything 

that inhibits timely sales of securities. 

To reduce these risks, Treasury closely 

monitors economic conditions, market 

activity, and, if necessary, responds 

with appropriate changes in debt 

issuance based on analysis and 

consultation with market participants, 

including the primary dealers. Changes 

in debt management policy are generally 

developed through the quarterly 

refunding (https://www.treasury.gov/ 

resource-center/data-chart-center/ 

quarterly-refunding/Pages/default.aspx) 

process near the middle of each 

calendar quarter. Treasury begins this 

process by soliciting advice and views 

from the private sector through 

questions to primary dealers (https://

www.treasury.gov/resource-center/datachart-center/quarterly-refunding/Pages/ 

agenda-index.aspx) in the Agenda. If 

this information were not collected, 

Treasury would not have insight into 

market expectations for debt issuance or 

other fiscal policy initiatives, nor would 

the public have the aggregate statistics 

published after the collection of that 

information. When making policy 

decisions, Treasury takes into account 

market expectations to better 

understand market demand for Treasury 

securities, capacity to absorb additional 

issuance when applicable, and the 

magnitude of risk from announcing 

policies in contrast to expectations. 

Without this information, Treasury’s 

goal of financing the government at the 

lowest cost to the taxpayer would be at 

risk. 

Form: None. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

23. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 92. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 184. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: December 21, 2018. 

Spencer W. Clark, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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