Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 109 / Wednesday, June 6, 2001 / Notices 30467

Dated: May 23, 2001.

Kathleen F. Knox,

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–13952 Filed 6–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[Report No. AUC–01–40–E (Auction No. 40);

DA 01–1307]

Auction of Licenses for Lower and

Upper Paging Bands Postponed Until

October 30, 2001

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document postpones

until October 30, 2001 the start of the

upcoming auction of licenses in the

Lower and Upper Paging Bands

(Auction No. 40) originally scheduled to

begin on June 26, 2001. The delay is

necessary to allow additional testing on

newly developed Web-based software.

DATES: Auction No. 40 is rescheduled to

begin on October 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathy Garland, Auctions and Industry

Analysis Division, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, at (717)

338–2888; or Erik Salovaara, Legal

Branch, Auctions and Industry Analysis

Division, Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau, at (202) 418–0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of a Public Notice released

May 25, 2001 (Auction No. 40

Postponement Public Notice). The

complete text of the Auction No. 40

Postponement Public Notice is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center (Room CY–A257), 445

12th Street, SW, Washington, DC. The

Auction No. 40 Postponement Public

Notice may also be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc. (ITS, Inc.), 445 12th Street, SW,

Room CY–B400, Washington, DC 20554,

(202) 314–3070. The Auction No. 40

Postponement Public Notice is also

available on the Internet at the

Commission’s web site: http://

www.fcc.gov/wtb/documents.html.

1. By the Auction No. 40

Postponement Public Notice, the

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

announces that the start of the

upcoming auction of lower and upper

paging bands, scheduled for June 26,

2001, is postponed until October 30,

2001, due to the need for additional

testing on newly developed Web-based

software. The information provided in

previous public notices regarding the

auction remains unchanged, with the

exception of scheduled dates and

deadlines in the Procedures Public

Notice, 66 FR 21143 (April 27, 2001).

Rescheduled dates and deadlines are:

Short-Form Application (FCC Form 175)

Deadline: September 17, 2001

Upfront Payments Deadline: October 5,

2001

Auction Start Date: October 30, 2001

Additional rescheduled dates and

deadlines will be announced in a

subsequent public notice.

2. The original short-form application

(FCC Form 175) filing window for

Auction No. 40 closed on May 14, 2001,

at 6 p.m. ET. All applications submitted

during the original window will be

deemed ineffective and purged from the

FCC’s computer system. Any party will

be permitted to submit an application

for Auction No. 40 in accordance with

the new deadline stated.

Federal Communications Commission.

Margaret Wiener,

Chief, Auctions & Industry Analysis Division,

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Announcement of Board

Approval Under Delegated Authority

and Submission to OMB

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System.

SUMMARY: Background. 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. Boardapproved 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Federal Reserve Board Clearance

Officer—Mary M. West—Division of

Research and Statistics, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, Washington, DC 20551 (202–

452–3829), OMB Desk Officer—

Alexander T. Hunt—Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, DC 20503 (202–395–7860).

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated

Authority of the Extension for Three

Years, Without Revision, of the

Following Reports

1. Report title: Notice of Proposed

Stock Redemption.

Agency form number: FR 4008.

OMB control number: 7100–0131.

Frequency: On occasion.

Reporters: Bank holding companies.

Annual reporting hours: 310 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

15.5 hours.

Number of respondents: 20.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is mandatory (12

U.S.C. 1844(c)) and is not given

confidential treatment.

Abstract: The Federal Reserve System

requires a bank holding company (BHC),

other than a well-run company, to give

written notice to its District Federal

Reserve Bank before purchasing or

redeeming its equity securities if the

consideration paid for the proposed

redemption and other redemptions over

the preceding twelve months is 10

percent or more of the company’s

consolidated net worth. There is no

reporting form; the BHC notifies the

Federal Reserve by letter prior to

making the proposed redemption. The

Federal Reserve uses the information to

fulfill its statutory obligation to

supervise bank holding companies.

2. Report title: Notice Claiming Status

as an Exempt Transfer Agent.

Agency form number: FR 4013.

OMB control number: 7100–0137.

Frequency: On occasion.

Reporters: Banks, bank holding

companies, and trust companies.

Annual reporting hours: 12 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

2 hours.

Number of respondents: 6.

Small businesses are affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary (15

U.S.C. 78q–1(c)(1)) and is not given

confidential treatment.

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Abstract: Banks, bank holding

companies, and trust companies subject

to the Federal Reserve’s supervision that

are low-volume transfer agents

voluntarily file the FR 4013 notice on

occasion with Federal Reserve Board.

Transfer agents are institutions that

provide securities transfer, registration,

monitoring, and other specified services

on behalf of securities issuers. The

purpose of the notice, which is effective

until the agent withdraws it, is to claim

exemption from certain rules and

regulations of the Securities and

Exchange Commission (SEC). The

Federal Reserve uses the notices for

supervisory purposes because the SEC

has assigned to the Federal Reserve

responsibility for collecting the notices

and verifying their accuracy through

examinations of the respondents. The

notice is made by letter; there is no

reporting form.

3. Report title: Survey to Obtain

Information on the Relevant Market in

Individual Merger Cases.

Agency form number: FR 2060.

OMB control number: 7100–0232.

Frequency: On occasion.

Reporters: Small businesses and

consumers.

Annual reporting hours: 37 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

10 minutes for small businesses, 6

minutes for consumers.

Number of respondents: 25 small

businesses and 50 consumers per

survey.

Small businesses are affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary (12

U.S.C. 1817(j), 1828 (c), and 1841 et

seq.) and is given confidential treatment

(5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and (b)(6)).

Abstract: The Federal Reserve uses

this telephone survey to determine the

sources from which small businesses

and consumers in a particular

geographical area obtain financial

services. The information is needed for

specific merger and acquisition

applications to determine relevant

banking markets in the analysis of local

market competition.

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated

Authority of the Extension for Three

Years, With Revision, of the Following

Reports

1. Report title: Weekly Report of

Assets and Liabilities for Large Banks.

Agency form number: FR 2416.

OMB control number: 7100–0075.

Frequency: Weekly.

Reporters: U.S.-chartered commercial

banks.

Annual reporting hours: 18,850 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

7.25 hours.

Number of respondents: 50.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary (12

U.S.C. 225(a) and 248(a)(2)) and is given

confidential treatment (5 U.S.C.

552(b)(4)).

2. Report title: Weekly Report of

Selected Assets.

Agency form number: FR 2644.

OMB control number: 7100–0075.

Frequency: Weekly.

Reporters: U.S.-chartered commercial

banks.

Annual reporting hours: 66,924 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

1.17 hours.

Number of respondents: 1,100.

Small businesses are affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary (12

U.S.C. 225(a) and 248(a)(2)) and is given

confidential treatment (5 U.S.C.

552(b)(4)).

3. Report title: Weekly Report of

Assets and Liabilities for Large U.S.

Branches and Agencies of Foreign

Banks.

Agency form number: FR 2069.

OMB control number: 7100–0030.

Frequency: Weekly.

Reporters: U.S. branches and agencies

of foreign (non-U.S.) banks.

Annual reporting hours: 27,891 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

5.83 hours.

Number of respondents: 92.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary (12

U.S.C. 248 (a)(2) and 3105(a)(2)) and is

given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C.

552(b)(4)).

Abstract: The FR 2416 is a detailed,

46-item balance sheet that covers

domestic offices of large U.S.-chartered

commercial banks. The FR 2644 collects

17 items covering investments and loans

plus total assets and three memorandum

items, two that disaggregate total

borrowings between bank and nonbank

sources and one for mortgage-backed

securities. The FR 2069 is a detailed, 28-

item balance sheet that covers large U.S.

branches and agencies of foreign banks.

These reports are collected as of each

Wednesday.

These three voluntary reports are

mainstays of the Federal Reserve’s

reporting system from which data for

analysis of current banking

developments are derived. The FR 2416

is used on a stand-alone basis as the

‘‘large domestic bank series.’’ The other

two reports are samples for estimating

outstandings for the universe, using data

for benchmarks from the quarterly

commercial bank Consolidated Reports

of Condition and Income (FFIEC 031/

041; OMB No. 7100–0036) and the

Report of Assets and Liabilities of U.S.

Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks

(FFIEC 002; OMB No.7100–0032) (Call

Reports). Data from all three reports,

together with data from other sources,

are used for constructing weekly

estimates of bank credit, of sources and

uses of bank funds, and of a balance

sheet for the banking system as a whole.

These estimates are used in constructing

the bank credit component of the

domestic nonfinancial debt aggregate.

The Federal Reserve publishes the

data in aggregate form in a statistical

release that is followed closely by other

government agencies, the banking

industry, the financial press, and other

users. This weekly H.8 statistical

release, ‘‘Assets and Liabilities of

Commercial Banks in the United

States,’’ provides a balance sheet for the

banking industry as a whole and

disaggregated by its large domestic,

small domestic, and foreign related

components

Current Actions: The Federal Reserve

has approved the proposed changes to

these three reports to conform with the

March 31, 2001, and June 30, 2001,

changes to the Call Reports. In addition

to these revisions, on the FR 2416, the

Federal Reserve approved a minor

redefinition of ‘‘Commercial real estate

loans’’ to include loans secured by

farmland. The Federal Reserve

determined that real estate loans

secured by farmland, currently reported

in ‘‘All other loans secured by real

estate,’’ are used primarily for the

financing of land for production (a

commercial purpose), rather than for

financing the improvements on the

land, such as farmhouses. Thus, the

bulk of farm real estate loans have a

commercial, rather than a residential,

character.

These proposed changes to the FR

2416, FR 2644, and FR 2069 will be

effective with the reports for July 4,

2001.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 31, 2001.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

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