55856 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 184 / Friday, September 23, 2005 / Notices 

Boston, Massachusetts 02114–2023 and 

to the appropriate State Agency. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information concerning the 

final permits may be obtained between 

the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday 

through Friday excluding holidays from: 

William Wandle, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100 

(CMP), Boston, MA 02114—2023, 

telephone: 617–918–1605, e-mail: 

wandle.bill@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

general permit and the response to 

comments may be viewed over the 

Internet via the EPA-Region 1 Web site 

for dischargers in Massachusetts at 

http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/ 

mass.html and for dischargers in New 

Hampshire at http://www.epa.gov/ne/ 

npdes/newhampshire.html. The general 

permits include the freshwater and 

marine acute toxicity protocols; 

guidance documents for endangered 

species, historic properties, and sludge 

compliance; and standard permit 

conditions. To obtain a paper copy of 

the documents, please contact William 

Wandle using the contact information 

provided above. A reasonable fee may 

be charged for copying requests. 

Dated: September 15, 2005. 

Ira W. Leighton, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1. 

[FR Doc. 05–19064 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Announcement of Board 

Approval Under Delegated Authority 

and Submission to OMB 

Summary 

Background 

Notice is hereby given of the final 

approval of proposed information 

collections by the Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System (Board) 

under OMB delegated authority, as per 

5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on 

Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the 

Public). 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 instrument(s) 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—Michelle Long—Division of 

Research and Statistics, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, Washington, DC 20551 (202–

452–3829); OMB Desk Officer—Mark 

Menchik—Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to 

mmenchik@omb.eop.gov. 

Final approval under OMB delegated 

authority of the extension for three 

years, without revision, of the following 

report: 

Report title: Notifications Related to 

Community Development and Public 

Welfare Investments of State Member 

Banks. 

Agency form number: FR H–6. 

OMB Control number: 7100–0278. 

Frequency: Event-generated. 

Reporters: State member banks. 

Annual reporting hours: 125 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Investment notice, 2 hours; Application 

(Prior Approval) 5 hours; and Extension 

of divestiture period, 5 hours. 

Number of respondents: Investment 

notice, 10; Application (Prior Approval) 

20; and Extension of divestiture period, 

1. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is required to 

obtain a benefit (12 U.S.C. 338a, and 12 

CFR 208.22). Individual respondent data 

generally are not regarded as 

confidential, but information that is 

proprietary or concerns examination 

ratings would be considered 

confidential. 

Abstract: Regulation H requires state 

member banks that want to make 

community development or public 

welfare investments to comply with the 

Regulation H notification requirements: 

(1) If the investment does not require 

prior Board approval, a written notice 

must be sent to the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank; (2) if certain criteria are 

not met, a request for approval must be 

sent to the appropriate Federal Reserve 

Bank; and, (3) if the Board orders 

divestiture but the bank cannot divest 

within the established time limit, a 

request or requests for extension of the 

divestiture period must be submitted to 

the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank. 

Final approval under OMB delegated 

authority of the extension for three 

years, with revision, of the following 

reports: 

1. Report title: Application for a 

Foreign Organization to Acquire a U.S. 

Bank or a Bank Holding Company. 

Agency form number: FR Y–3F 

(Formerly FR Y–1F). 

OMB control number: 7100–0119. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Reporters: Any company organized 

under the laws of a foreign country 

seeking to acquire a U.S. subsidiary 

bank or bank holding company (BHC). 

Annual reporting hours: 710 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Initial application, 90 hours; and 

subsequent application, 70 hours. 

Number of respondents: Initial 

application, 4; and subsequent 

application, 5 

General description of report: This 

information collection is required to 

obtain or retain a benefit under the Bank 

Holding Company Act (BHCA) (12 

U.S.C. 1842(a) and (c) and 1844(a) 

through (c) and is not given confidential 

treatment unless the applicant 

specifically requests confidentiality and 

the Federal Reserve approves the 

request. 

Abstract: Under the BHCA, 

submission of this application is 

required for any company organized 

under the laws of a foreign country 

seeking to acquire a U.S. subsidiary 

bank or BHC. Applicants must provide 

financial and managerial information, 

discuss the competitive effects of the 

proposed transaction, and discuss how 

the proposed transaction would 

enhance the convenience and needs of 

the community to be served. The 

Federal Reserve uses the information, in 

part, to fulfill its supervisory 

responsibilities with respect to foreign 

banking organizations in the United 

States. 

Current Actions: On July 12, 2005, the 

Federal Reserve issued for public 

comment proposed revisions to the FR 

Y–1F report (70 FR 40025). The 

comment period ended on September 

12, 2005. The Federal Reserve did not 

receive any comments. The changes will 

be implemented as proposed. Foreign 

organizations seeking initial entry are 

currently required to file the FR Y–1F. 

However, the filing requirements are 

ambiguous for foreign organizations that 

are already subject to the BHCA and 

seek to acquire a U.S. bank or BHC. In 

order to clarify and streamline the 

application process for foreign 

organizations, the Federal Reserve will 

explicitly state that these organizations 

should file the FR Y–1F. Thus, the FR 

Y–1F will be retitled, renumbered, and 

modified to achieve consistency with 

the FR Y–3, the Application for Prior 

Approval to Become a Bank Holding 

Company or for a Bank Holding 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 184 / Friday, September 23, 2005 / Notices 55857 

Company to Acquire an Additional 

Bank or Bank Holding Company (OMB 

No. 7100–0121), the form used by 

domestic holding companies. Also, the 

Federal Reserve proposed technical 

clarifications to the instructions that 

will remove page number references to 

the Interagency Biographical or 

Financial Report (FR 2081c; OMB No. 

7100–0134) and insert a sentence into 

the standard commitment language in 

order to make the commitments more 

enforceable. 

2. Report title: International 

Applications and Prior Notifications 

Under Subpart B of Regulation K. 

Agency form number: FR K–2. 

OMB control number: 7100–0284. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Reporters: Foreign banks. 

Annual reporting hours: 420 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

35 hours. 

Number of respondents: 12. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is required to 

obtain or retain a benefit under sections 

7 and 10 of the International Banking 

Act (12 USC 3105 and 3107) and 

Regulation K (12 C.F.R. 211.24(a)) and is 

not given confidential treatment unless 

the applicant specifically requests 

confidentiality and the Federal Reserve 

approves the request. 

Abstract: Foreign banks are required 

to obtain the prior approval of the 

Federal Reserve to establish a branch, 

agency, or representative office; to 

acquire ownership or control of a 

commercial lending company in the 

United States; or to change the status of 

any existing office in the United States. 

The Federal Reserve uses the 

information, in part, to fulfill its 

statutory obligation to supervise foreign 

banking organizations with offices in 

the United States. 

Current Actions: On July 12, 2005, the 

Federal Reserve issued for public 

comment proposed revisions to the FR 

K–2 report (70 FR 40025). The comment 

period ended on September 12, 2005. 

The Federal Reserve did not receive any 

comments. The changes will be 

implemented as proposed. The Federal 

Reserve proposed technical 

clarifications to the instructions that 

will remove page number references to 

the Interagency Biographical or 

Financial Report (FR 2081c; OMB No. 

7100–0134), correct language pertaining 

to representative offices, and insert a 

sentence into the standard commitment 

language in order to make the 

commitments more enforceable. 

Final approval under OMB delegated 

authority of the revision, without 

extension, of the following report: 

Report title: Financial Statements for 

Bank Holding Companies. 

Agency form number: FR Y–9C, FR Y–

9LP, FR Y–9SP, FR Y–9CS, and FR Y–

9ES. 

OMB control number: 7100–0128. 

Frequency: Quarterly, semiannually, 

and annually. 

Reporters: BHCs. 

Annual reporting hours: 400,536 

hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

FR Y–9C: 35.55 hours. 

FR Y–9LP: 4.75 hours. 

FR Y–9SP: 4.85 hours. 

FR Y–9ES: 30 minutes. 

FR Y–9CS: 30 minutes. 

Number of respondents: 

FR Y–9C: 2,240. 

FR Y–9LP: 2,590. 

FR Y–9SP: 3,253. 

FR Y–9ES: 87. 

FR Y–9CS: 600. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory (12 

U.S.C. 1844(c)). Confidential treatment 

is not routinely given to the data in 

these reports. However, confidential 

treatment for the reporting information, 

in whole or in part, can be requested in 

accordance with the instructions to the 

form, pursuant to sections (b)(4), 

(b)(6)and (b)(8) of the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 522(b)(4), 

(b)(6) and (b)(8)). 

Abstract: The FR Y–9C collects basic 

financial data from a domestic BHC on 

a consolidated basis in the form of a 

balance sheet, an income statement, and 

detailed supporting schedules, 

including a schedule of off-balancesheet items, similar to the Federal 

Financial Institutions Examination 

Council (FFIEC) Consolidated Reports of 

Condition and Income (Call Reports) 

(FFIEC 031 & 041; OMB No. 7100–

0036). The FR Y–9C collects data from 

the BHC as of the end of March, June, 

September, and December. The FR Y–9C 

is filed by top-tier BHCs with total 

consolidated assets of $150 million or 

more and lower-tier BHCs that have 

total consolidated assets of $1 billion or 

more. In addition, multibank holding 

companies with total consolidated 

assets of less than $150 million with 

debt outstanding to the general public or 

engaged in certain nonbank activities 

must file the FR Y–9C. 

The FR Y–9LP collects basic financial 

data from domestic BHCs on an 

unconsolidated, parent-only basis in the 

form of a balance sheet, an income 

statement, and supporting schedules 

relating to investments, cash flow, and 

certain memoranda items. This report is 

filed as of the end of March, June, 

September, and December on a parent 

company only basis by each BHC that 

files the FR Y–9C. In addition, for tiered 

BHCs, a separate FR Y–9LP must be 

filed for each lower-tier BHC. 

The FR Y–9SP is a parent company 

only financial statement filed by smaller 

BHCs as of the end of June and 

December. Respondents include onebank holding companies with total 

consolidated assets of less than $150 

million and multibank holding 

companies with total consolidated 

assets of less than $150 million that 

meet certain other criteria. This form is 

a simplified or abbreviated version of 

the more extensive parent company 

only financial statement for large BHCs 

(FR Y–9LP). This report collects basic 

balance sheet and income information 

for the parent company, information on 

intangible assets, and information on 

intercompany transactions. 

The FR Y–9CS is a free form 

supplement that may be utilized to 

collect any additional information 

deemed to be critical and needed in an 

expedited manner. It is intended to 

supplement the FR Y–9C and FR Y–9SP 

reports. 

The FR Y–9ES collects financial 

information from employee stock 

ownership plans that are also BHCs on 

their benefit plan activities as of 

December 31. It consists of four 

schedules: Statement of Changes in Net 

Assets Available for Benefits, Statement 

of Net Assets Available for Benefits, 

Memoranda, and Notes to the Financial 

Statements. 

Current Actions: On July 12, 2005, the 

Federal Reserve issued for public 

comment proposed revisions to the BHC 

reports (70 FR 40025). The comment 

period ended on September 12, 2005. 

The Federal Reserve did not receive any 

comments. The changes will be 

implemented as proposed effective with 

the September 30, 2005, report date. 

The Federal Reserve will revise the 

FR Y–9C to collect information on 

purchased impaired loans in response to 

Statement of Position 03–3, Accounting 

for Certain Loans or Debt Securities 

Acquired in a Transfer issued by the 

American Institute of Certified Public 

Accountants, and to collect information 

related to the Government National 

Mortgage Association (GNMA) mortgage 

loan optional repurchase program 

(rebooked loans backing GNMA 

securities). The revisions are consistent 

with the changes to the FFIEC 031 Call 

Report, effective for the June 2005 report 

date. In addition to modifying 

instructions to incorporate the reporting 

changes, instructions will be revised 

and clarified in an attempt to achieve 

greater consistency in reporting by 

respondents. 

55858 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 184 / Friday, September 23, 2005 / Notices 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 19, 2005. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 05–19029 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies; 

Correction 

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc. 

05–54746) published on page 54746 of 

the issue for Friday, September 16, 

2005. 

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of 

Chicago heading, the entry for Capitol 

Bancorp, Ltd., Lansing, Michigan, is 

revised to read as follows: 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 

1. Capitol Bancorp, Ltd., Lansing, 

Michigan, and Capitol Development 

Bancorp, Limited I, Lansing, Michigan; 

to acquire 51 percent of the voting 

shares of Bank of Belleville, Belleville, 

Illinois (in organization). 

Comments on this application must 

be received by October 13, 2005. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 05–19031 Filed 9–22–05; 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 October 17, 

2005. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Jay Bernstein, Bank Supervision 

Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, 

New York 10045-0001: 

1. New York Community Bancorp, 

Inc., Westbury, New York; to merge 

with Long Island Financial Corp., 

Islandia, New York, and thereby 

indirectly acquire Long Island 

Commercial Bank, Islandia, New York. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480-0291: 

1. Davis Bancshares, Inc., 

Underwood, North Dakota; to merge 

with Underwood Holding Company, 

Inc., Underwood, North Dakota, and 

thereby indirectly acquire First Security 

Bank, Underwood, North Dakota. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 19, 2005. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 05–19034 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notices of Proposals to Engage in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or 

to Acquire Companies that are 

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 

Activites; Correction 

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc. 

05–18466) published on pages 54746–

54747 of the issue for Friday, September 

16, 2005. 

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of 

New York heading, the entry for 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 

Sydney, Australia, is revised to read as 

follows: 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Jay Bernstein, Bank Supervision 

Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, 

New York 10045-0001: 

1. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 

Sydney, Australia; to engage de novo 

through its subsidiary, CommSec LLC, 

New York, New York, in securities 

brokerage, private placement services, 

and other transactional services, 

pursuant to sections 225.28(b)(7)(i), 

(b)(7)(iii), and (b)(7)(v) of Regulation Y. 

Comments on this application must 

be received by October 3, 2005. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System,September 19, 2005. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 05–19032 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notice of Proposals to Engage in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or 

to Acquire Companies that are 

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 

Activities 

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under section 4 of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to 

acquire or control voting securities or 

assets of a company, including the 

companies listed below, that engages 

either directly or through a subsidiary or 

other company, in a nonbanking activity 

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y 

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has 

determined by Order to be closely 

related to banking and permissible for 

bank holding companies. Unless 

otherwise noted, these activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Each notice is available for inspection 

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. 

The notice also will be available for 

inspection at the offices of the Board of 

Governors. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

question whether the proposal complies 

with the standards of section 4 of the 

BHC Act. 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 the applications must be 

received at the Reserve Bank indicated 

or the offices of the Board of Governors 

not later than October 7, 2005. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: