[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80243-80244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22636]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without 
revision, the Domestic Branch Application (FR 4001; OMB No. 7100-0097).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 2, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 4001, by any of 
the following methods:
    <bullet> Agency Website: https://www.federalreserve.gov/. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
    <bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f082959783de939f9d9d959e8483b09695949582919c82958395828695de979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acdec9cbdf82cfc3c1c1c9c2d8dfeccac9c8c9decdc0dec9dfc9dedac982cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a>. Include the OMB 
number or FR number in the subject line of the message.
    <bullet> FAX: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
    <bullet> Mail: Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Attn: Ann E. 
Misback, Secretary of the Board, Mailstop M-4775, 2001 C St. NW, 
Washington, DC 20551.
    All public comments are available from the Board's website at 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx as 
submitted, unless modified for technical reasons or to remove 
personally identifiable information at the commenter's request. 
Accordingly, comments will not be edited to remove any confidential 
business information, identifying information, or contact information. 
Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in paper in Room 
M-4365A, 2001 C St NW, Washington, DC 20551, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 
p.m. on weekdays, except for Federal holidays. For security reasons, 
the Board requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect 
comments. You may do so by calling (202) 452-3684. Upon arrival, 
visitors will be required to present valid government-issued photo 
identification and to submit to security

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screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments.
    Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal 
Reserve Board, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 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: Federal Reserve Board Clearance 
Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of the Chief Data Officer, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5cbd0cdc48bc0c9c8c4c2cdd7c4c7cce5c3d7c78bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a041f020b440f06070b0d02180b08032a0c1808440d051c">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 
452-3884.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board 
authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign 
OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or 
sponsored by the Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the 
Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In 
determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board 
will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.
    During the comment period for this proposal, a copy of the proposed 
PRA OMB submission, including the draft reporting form and 
instructions, supporting statement (which contains more detail about 
the information collection and burden estimates than this notice), and 
other documentation, will be made available on the Board's public 
website at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/home/review or may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose 
name appears above. On the page displayed at the link above, you can 
find the supporting information by referencing the collection 
identifier, FR 4001. Final versions of these documents will be made 
available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, if approved.

Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal

    The Board invites public comment on the following information 
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the 
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the Board's functions, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the Board'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;
    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; and
    e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Board 
should modify the proposal.

Proposal Under OMB Delegated Authority To Extend for Three Years, 
Without Revision, the Following Information Collection

    Collection title: Domestic Branch Application.
    Collection identifier: FR 4001.
    OMB control number: 7100-0097.
    General description of collection: The Federal Reserve Act and the 
Board's Regulation H--Membership of State Banking Institutions in the 
Federal Reserve System (12 CFR part 208) require a state member bank to 
seek prior approval of the Federal Reserve System before establishing 
or acquiring a domestic branch. Such requests for approval must be 
filed as applications at the appropriate Reserve Bank for the state 
member bank. Due to the limited information that a state member bank 
generally has to provide for branch proposals, there is no formal 
reporting form for a domestic branch application. A state member bank 
is required to notify the Federal Reserve by letter of its intent to 
establish one or more new branches and provide evidence that public 
notice of the proposed branch(es) has been published by the state 
member bank in the appropriate newspaper(s). The applicant may include 
with its letter a copy of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors 
Uniform Interstate Application/Notice form. The Federal Reserve uses 
the information provided by the applicant to fulfill its statutory 
obligation to review branch applications before acting on the proposals 
and to otherwise supervise state member banks.
    Frequency: Event-generated.
    Respondents: State member banks.
    Total estimated number of respondents: 179.
    Total estimated annual burden hours: 425.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 27, 
2024.
Benjamin W. McDonough,
Deputy Secretary and Ombuds of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2024-22636 Filed 10-1-24; 8:45 am]
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