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address scientific issues facing the 

Agency. The primary criteria to be used 

in evaluating potential nominees will be 

scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience. Additional 

criteria that will be used to evaluate 

technically qualified nominees will 

include: the absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; scientific credibility 

and impartiality; availability and 

willingness to serve; and the ability to 

work constructively and effectively on 

committees. The selection of new 

members will also include 

consideration of the collective breadth 

and depth of scientific perspectives; a 

balance of scientific perspectives; 

continuity of knowledge and 

understanding of EPA missions and 

environmental programs; and diversity 

factors (e.g. geographical areas and 

professional affiliations) for each of the 

chartered committees and 

subcommittees. 

Dated: March 27, 2009. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Joint 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: Notice of information collection 

to be submitted to OMB for review and 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

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. On December 23, 2008, the 

agencies, under the auspices of the 

Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council (FFIEC), requested 

public comment for 60 days on 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. 

The one comment received on this 

proposal supported the proposed 

revision, which the FFIEC and the 

agencies will implement as proposed. 

In addition, on September 23, 2008, 

the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC 

requested public comment for 60 days 

on proposed revisions to the Call 

Report. On October 1, 2008, the OTS 

requested public comment for 60 days 

on proposed revisions to the TFR. In 

response to these requests, the agencies 

received certain comments 

recommending the collection of 

additional deposit data related to 

deposit insurance assessments. After 

considering these comments and the 

outcome of an FDIC rulemaking on 

assessments, the FFIEC and the agencies 

will add an item to the Call Report and 

TFR schedules used to collect data used 

for assessment purposes effective June 

30, 2009. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 4, 2009. 

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(s), will be shared among the 

agencies. 

OCC: Communications Division, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Mailstop 2–3, Attention: 

1557–0081, 250 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20219. In addition, 

comments may be sent by fax to (202) 

874–5274, or by electronic mail to 

regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You may 

personally inspect and photocopy 

comments at the OCC, 250 E Street, 

SW., Washington, DC. For security 

reasons, the OCC requires that visitors 

make an appointment to inspect 

comments. You may do so by calling 

(202) 874–4700. 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: 

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. 

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: 

• 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: comments@FDIC.gov. 

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. 

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• 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: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail address: 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

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 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

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 

public.info@ots.treas.gov, 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 Ira.Mills@ots.treas.gov, (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, 

the TFR, the FFIEC 002, and the FFIEC 

002S, which are currently approved 

collections of information. 

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: 46.83 

burden hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

303,454 burden hours. 

Board 

OMB Number: 7100–0036. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

877 state member banks. 

Estimated Time per Response: 53.38 

burden hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

187,257 burden hours. 

FDIC 

OMB Number: 3064–0052. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,110 insured state nonmember banks. 

Estimated Time per Response: 37.43 

burden hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

765,069 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. 

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. 

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1 73 FR 64179, October 29, 2008. The FDIC 

amended the interim rule effective November 4, 

2008. 73 FR 66160, November 7, 2008. 

2 73 FR 72244, November 26, 2008. 

3Effective March 31, 2009, these two FFIEC 002 

items will be renumbered as Memorandum items 

4.a and 4.b of Schedule O. 

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). The Call 

Report and, except for selected data 

items, 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 

percent of the total amount of deposits 

of insured depository institutions in the 

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), Public Law 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 

October 13, 2008, in response to the 

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, 

2008,1 and (after a 15-day comment 

period that ended on November 13, 

2008) a final rule on November 21, 

2008.2 The TLG Program comprises (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 noninterestbearing 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 

November 26, 2008. OMB’s approval of 

the agencies’ emergency clearance 

request expires on May 31, 2009. On 

December 23, 2008, the agencies 

requested comment under OMB’s 

normal clearance procedures on the 

proposed collection of these two items 

each quarter from institutions 

participating in the Transaction 

Account Guarantee Program until the 

program ends (73 FR 78794). These new 

items have been 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.3

The agencies received one comment 

letter on the proposed new items 

pertaining to the Transaction Account 

Guarantee Program. This commenter, a 

bankers’ organization, supported the 

addition of these new items to the Call 

Report, the TFR, and the FFIEC 002. The 

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4The organization also recommended that 

‘‘reciprocal deposit’’ be defined as a deposit 

‘‘obtained when an insured depository institution 

exchanges funds, dollar-for-dollar, with members of 

a network of other insured depository institutions, 

where each member of the network sets the interest 

rate to be paid on the entire amount of funds it 

places with other network members, and all funds 

placed through the network are fully insured by the 

FDIC.’’ 

5 73 FR 61560, October 16, 2008. 

6The final rule defines ‘‘reciprocal deposits’’ as 

‘‘[d]eposits that an insured depository institution 

receives through a deposit placement network on a 

reciprocal basis, such that: (1) For any deposit 

received, the institution (as agent for depositors) 

places the same amount with other insured 

depository institutions through the network; and (2) 

each member of the network sets the interest rate 

to be paid on the entire amount of funds it places 

with other network members.’’ 

agencies will continue to collect these 

items, for which they received 

emergency approval from OMB, until 

the Transaction Account Guarantee 

Program ends. 

In addition, on September 23, 2008, 

the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC 

requested public comment for 60 days 

on proposed revisions to the Call Report 

for implementation on a phased-in basis 

during 2009 (73 FR 54807). On October 

1, 2008, the OTS requested public 

comment for 60 days on proposed 

revisions to the TFR that would also 

take effect on a phased-in basis during 

2009 (73 FR 57205). In response to these 

requests, the agencies received certain 

comments recommending the collection 

of additional deposit data related to 

deposit insurance assessments even 

though the agencies had not proposed to 

collect these additional data in their 

proposals. More specifically, one 

bankers’ organization recommended 

that the Call Report and the TFR be 

revised to require ‘‘reciprocal 

deposits’’ 4 to be reported separately 

from brokered deposits. This bankers’ 

organization also commented on the 

reporting of certain sweep accounts 

from other institutions, including 

affiliated institutions, in the Call Report 

and the TFR. 

The impetus for the bankers’ 

organization’s comments about the 

reporting of these two types of deposits 

was a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPR) on which the FDIC was 

simultaneously requesting comment 

concerning amendments to its deposit 

insurance assessment regulations (12 

CFR part 327).5 In the NPR, the FDIC 

proposed to alter the way in which it 

differentiates for risk in the risk-based 

assessment system; revise deposit 

insurance assessment rates, including 

base assessment rates; and make 

technical and other changes to the rules 

governing the risk-based assessment 

system. In its comment letters to the 

agencies on the proposed Call Report 

and TFR revisions, the bankers’ 

organization observed that the Call 

Report and the TFR may need to be 

revised depending on the FDIC’s 

decisions on the treatment of these 

accounts for deposit insurance 

assessment purposes. 

The FFIEC and the agencies have 

monitored the outcome of the FDIC’s 

rulemaking for assessments and the 

need for new Call Report data items for 

reciprocal deposits and certain sweep 

accounts to support any modifications 

that the FDIC makes in its risk-based 

assessment system in a final rule. In this 

regard, on February 27, 2009, the FDIC 

Board of Directors adopted a final rule 

that revised the FDIC’s assessment 

regulations effective April 1, 2009. For 

institutions in Risk Category I of the 

risk-based assessment system, the final 

rule introduces a new financial ratio 

into the financial ratios method. This 

method determines the assessment rates 

for most institutions in Risk Category I 

using a combination of weighted 

Uniform Financial Institutions Rating 

System component ratings and certain 

financial ratios. The new ratio will 

capture brokered deposits (in excess of 

10 percent of domestic deposits) that are 

used to fund rapid asset growth, but it 

will exclude brokered deposits that an 

institution receives through a deposit 

placement network on a reciprocal basis 

(reciprocal deposits). 

To enable the FDIC to adjust banks’ 

and savings associations’ brokered 

deposits, which are already reported in 

the Call Report and the TFR, for any 

reciprocal deposits included therein, the 

agencies will add an item to the 

schedules in these two reports in which 

data are reported for assessment 

purposes (Schedules RC–O and DI, 

respectively). The definition of 

reciprocal deposits in the FDIC’s final 

rule 6 would be used for this new item, 

which would be collected in the Call 

Report and the TFR beginning June 30, 

2009. The addition of this reciprocal 

deposits item to the Call Report and the 

TFR is responsive to the previously 

mentioned comments received from a 

bankers’ organization when the agencies 

requested comments on proposed 

revisions to the Call Report and the TFR 

for implementation in 2009. 

In its final rule on assessments, the 

FDIC decided not to adjust brokered 

deposits for balances swept into an 

insured institution by a nondepository 

institution. Accordingly, the FFIEC and 

the agencies are not revising the Call 

Report and the TFR to collect data on 

such sweep accounts. 

Request for Comment 

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. All comments will become 

a matter of public record. 

Dated: March 20, 2009. 

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, March 27, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

March, 2009. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

Dated: March 24, 2009. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division, Office of Thrift 

Supervision. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–33–P, 6210–01–P, 6714–01–P, 

6720–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

SUMMARY: 

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