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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 104541-104542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30586]

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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, with revision, 
the Census of Finance Companies and Other Lenders and Survey of Finance 
Companies (FR 3033p and FR 3033s; OMB No. 7100-0277).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 21, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 3033p or FR 3033s, 
by any of the following methods:
     Agency Website: https://www.federalreserve.gov/. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments, including attachments. 
Preferred method.
     Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20551.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as mailing address.
     Other Means: [email protected]. You must include the 
OMB number or the FR number in the subject line of the message.
    Comments received are subject to public disclosure. In general, 
comments received will be made available on the Board's website at 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposals/ without change and will 
not be modified to remove personal or business information including 
confidential, contact, or other identifying information. Comments 
should not include any information such as confidential information 
that would be not appropriate for public disclosure. Public comments 
may also be viewed electronically or in person in Room M-4365A, 2001 C 
St. NW, Washington, DC 20551, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. during Federal 
business weekdays.
    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, [email protected], (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 3033p or FR 3033s. 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 
collections, which are being reviewed under authority delegated by the 
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:
    a. Whether the proposed collections of information are 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 collections, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;

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    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, With 
Revision, the Following Information Collections

    Collection title: Census of Finance Companies and Other Lenders and 
Survey of Finance Companies.
    Collection identifier: FR 3033p and FR 3033s.
    OMB control number: 7100-0277.
    General description of collection: The FR 3033p is the first part 
of a two-stage survey series, which is a census survey designed to 
identify the universe of finance companies eligible for potential 
inclusion in the FR 3033s. It gathers limited information including 
total assets, areas of specialization, and information on the corporate 
structure of such companies. The second part of these information 
collections, the FR 3033s, collects balance sheet data on major 
categories of consumer and business credit receivables and major 
liabilities, along with income and expenses, and is used to gather 
information on the scope of a company's operations and loan and lease 
servicing activities. The data collected from this voluntary survey 
will be used for two purposes: to benchmark the consumer and business 
finance series collected on the Board's monthly Domestic Finance 
Company Report of Consolidated Assets and Liabilities (FR 2248; OMB No. 
7100-0005) and to increase the Federal Reserve's understanding of an 
important part of the financial system.
    Proposed revisions: The Board proposes to revise the FR 3033p by 
removing an opt-in option and mortgage companies from the respondent 
panel, revising the wording of several questions, and adding the 
request of RSSD ID and the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System & 
Registry ID, when applicable. There are no proposed revisions to the FR 
3033s as part of this clearance.
    Frequency: Quinquennially.
    Respondents: Finance companies.
    Total estimated number of respondents: 8,900.
    Total estimated change in burden: (1,584).
    Total estimated annual burden hours: 3,540.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 18, 
2024.
Benjamin W. McDonough,
Deputy Secretary and Ombuds of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2024-30586 Filed 12-20-24; 8:45 am]
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