Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 29, 2004 / Notices 78027

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System

SUMMARY: 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, 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. Board–approved 

collections of information are 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. Copies of the 

OMB 83–Is and 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.

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;

b. the accuracy of the Federal 

Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed 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 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 28, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by FR 3016 or Reg H–5, by 

any of the following methods:

• Agency Web Site: http://

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

http://www.federalreserve.gov/

generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments.

• E-mail: 

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. 

Include docket 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, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20551.

All public comments are available 

from the Board’s web site at 

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, N.W.) between 9:00 a.m. 

and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the proposed form and 

instructions, the Paperwork Reduction 

Act Submission (OMB 83–I), supporting 

statement, and other documents that 

will be placed into OMB’s public docket 

files once approved may be requested 

from the agency clearance officer, whose 

name appears below.

Cindy Ayouch, Federal Reserve Board 

Clearance Officer (202–452–3829), 

Division of Research and Statistics, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551. 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 

(TDD) users may contact (202–263–

4869), Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.

Proposal to approve under OMB 

delegated authority the extension for 

three years, with minor revision, of the 

following report:

Report title: Ongoing Intermittent 

Survey of Households

Agency form number: FR 3016

OMB control number: 7100–0150

Frequency: On occasion

Reporters: Households and 

individuals

Annual reporting hours: 658 hours

Estimated average hours per response:

Division of Research & Statistics, 1.33 

minutes; Division of Consumer & 

Community Affairs, 3 minutes; Other 

divisions, 5 minutes; and Non–SRC 

surveys, 90 minutes

Number of respondents: 600

General description of report: This 

information collection is voluntary (12 

U.S.C. 225a, 263, and 15 U.S.C. 1691b). 

No issue of confidentiality normally 

arises because names and any other 

characteristics that would permit 

personal identification of respondents 

are not reported to the Board. However, 

exemption 6 of the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6)) 

would exempt this information from 

disclosure.

Abstract: The Federal Reserve uses 

this voluntary survey to obtain 

household–based information 

specifically tailored to the Federal 

Reserve’s policy, regulatory, and 

operational responsibilities. The 

University of Michigan’s Survey 

Research Center (SRC) includes survey 

questions on behalf of the Federal 

Reserve in an addendum to their regular 

monthly Survey of Consumer Attitudes 

and Expectations. The SRC conducts the 

survey by telephone with a sample of 

500 households and includes questions 

of special interest to Board staff 

intermittently, as needed. The frequency 

and content of the questions depend on 

changing economic, regulatory, and 

legislative developments.

Current actions: The Federal Reserve 

proposes to revise this information 

collection to allow contractors, either 

the SRC or others, to use broader 

surveying techniques, such as mall 

intercept testing, focus groups, and 

guided discussions.

Proposal to approve under OMB 

delegated authority the extension for 

three years, without revision of the 

following report:

Report title: Recordkeeping 

Requirements associated with the Real 

Estate Lending Standards Regulation for 

State Member Banks

Agency form number: Reg H–5

OMB control number: 7100–0261

Frequency: Aggregate report, 

quarterly; policy statement, annually

Reporters: State member banks

Annual reporting hours: 19,660 hours

Estimated average hours per response:

Aggregate report, 5 hours; policy 

statement, 20 hours

Number of respondents: 935

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory (12 

U.S.C. 1828(o)) and is not given 

confidential treatment.

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Abstract: State member banks must 

adopt and maintain a written real estate 

lending policy. Also, banks must 

identify their loans in excess of the 

supervisory loan–to–value limits and 

report (at least quarterly) the aggregate 

amount of the loans to the bank’s board 

of directors.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, December 22, 2004.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–28447 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 6210–01–S

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 January 

11, 2005.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 

63166–2034:

1. Joel Porter, Memphis, Tennessee; to 

acquire voting shares of BankTennessee, 

Collierville, Tennessee.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Louis Keith Ahlemeyer and Nadine 

Mae Ahlemeyer, both of Sedalia, 

Missouri; to acquire voting shares of 

Investors Financial Corporation of Pettis 

County, Inc., Sedalia, Missouri, and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Community Bank of Pettis County, 

Sedalia, Missouri.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, December 22, 2004.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–28448 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

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 January 

14, 2005.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Sue Costello, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309–4470:

1. NBOG Bancorporation, Inc.,

Gainesville, Georgia; after-the-fact 

change in control noticed by Dr. 

Wendell A. Turner, Gainesville, 

Georgia, to retain 10.56 percent of the 

outstanding shares of NBOG 

Bancorporation, Inc., and its subsidiary, 

National Bank of Gainesville, both of 

Gainesville, Georgia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, December 23, 2004.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–28509 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than January 21, 

2005.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs 

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, 

Massachusetts 02106–2204:

1. Benjamin Franklin Bancorp, MHC, 

Franklin, Massachusetts; to become a 

bank holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Benjamin 

Franklin Savings Bank, Franklin, 

Massachusetts.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Patrick Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Blue River Bancshares, Inc., 

Shelbyville, Indiana; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Heartland 

Community Bank, Franklin, Indiana. 

Applicant also has applied to retain 

voting shares of Paramount Bank, 

Lexington, Kentucky a federal savings 

bank, and thereby operate a savings 

association, pursuant to section 12 CFR 

225.28(b)(4) of Regulation Y.

2. C–B–G, Inc., West Liberty, Iowa; to 

acquire 24.35 percent of the voting 

shares of Washington Bancorp, 

Washington, Iowa, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of 

Federation Bank, Washington, Iowa.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. Nicholas, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480–0291:

1. Glacier Bancorp, Inc., Kalispell, 

Montana; to merge with First National 

Banks–West Co., Evanston, Wyoming, 

and thereby indirectly acquire First 

National Bank–West, Evanston, 

Wyoming.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200