9688 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 1995 / Notices

Number of respondents: 142.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is mandatory to

obtain or retain a benefit [(12 U.S.C.

248(a), 1844(c), and 3906)] and is not

given confidential treatment.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

report is a supplement to the Country

Exposure Report (FFIEC 009) and

provides publicly available information

on material foreign country exposures

(all exposures to a country in excess of

one percent of total assets or 20 percent

of capital, whichever is less) of U.S.

banks and bank holding companies that

file the FFIEC 009 report. Reporting

institutions must also furnish a list of

countries in which they have lending

exposures above .75 percent of total

assets or 15 percent of total capital,

whichever is less. No changes are

proposed to the FFIEC 009a reporting

form or instructions.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 14, 1995.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95–4135 Filed 2–17–95; 8:45am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

Agency Forms Under Review

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 C.F.R. 1320.9 (OMB Regulations on

Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the

Public).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Federal Reserve Board Clearance

Officer—Mary M. McLaughlin—

Division of Research and Statistics,

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, Washington, D.C.

20551 (202–52–829)

OMB Desk Officer—Milo Sunderhauf—

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office

Building, Room 3208, Washington,

D.C. 20503 (202–95–340)

Final approval under OMB delegated

authority of the extension, with

revisions, of the following reports:

1. Report title: Annual Survey of

Eligible Bankers Acceptances.

Agency form number: FR 2006.

OMB Docket number: 7100–055.

Frequency: Annual.

Reporters: U.S. commercial banks, U.S.

branches and agencies of foreign banks

and Edge and agreement corporations.

Annual reporting hours: 65.

Estimated average hours per response:

0.65.

Number of respondents: 101.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary [12

U.S.C. §§ 248(a), 625, and 3105(b)] and

is confidential [5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4)].

This report provides detailed

information on eligible U.S. dollar

acceptances that are payable in the

United States. The data are used for

constructing the monetary aggregates

and a measure of short-and

intermediate-term business credit.

Abstract: The Federal Reserve

reduced the reporting frequency from

once a month to once a year, and

eliminated nine of the thirteen items on

the report. The panel selection criterion

for future panel additions will change

from the 100 most active issuers to those

whose acceptances outstanding exceed

$50 million on their quarterly condition

reports. These revisions reduce the

annual reporting burden for this report

by 97 percent.

2. Report title: Notice by Financial

Institutions of, and Termination of,

Activities as a Government Securities

Broker or Government Securities Dealer.

Agency form number: FR G-FIN and FR

G-FINW.

OMB Docket number: 7100–224.

Frequency: On occasion.

Reporters: State member banks, foreign

banks, state-chartered branches and

agencies of foreign banks, and

commercial lending companies owned

or controlled by foreign banks.

Annual reporting hours: 37.

Estimated average hours per response:

1.

Number of respondents: 37.

Small businesses are affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is mandatory [15

U.S.C. §78o-5(a)(1)(B)(ii)] and is not

given confidential treatment.

Abstract: Each financial institution

that acts as a government securities

broker or dealer is required to notify its

appropriate federal regulatory agency of

its broker-dealer activities by filing an

FR G-FIN, unless exempted from the

notice requirement by Treasury

Department regulation. Financial

institutions that have previously filed

an FR G-FIN and that have terminated

their broker-dealer activities must notify

their appropriate federal regulatory

agency by filing an FR G-FINW. The

revisions involve clarifying the

instructions as to the appropriate

regulatory authority for various

categories of government securities

brokers and dealers to reflect the

Government Securities Act

Amendments of 1993.

3. Report title: Uniform Application

for Municipal Securities Principal or

Municipal Securities Representative

Associated with a Bank Municipal

Securities Dealer; Uniform Termination

Notice for Municipal Securities

Principal or Municipal Securities

Representative Associated with a Bank

Municipal Securities Dealer.

Agency form number: FR MSD–, MSD–

.

OMB Docket number: 7100–100, 7100–

101.

Frequency: On occasion.

Reporters: State member banks who

engage in activities as municipal

securities dealers, and persons who are

or seek to be associated with such

dealers as municipal securities

principals or representatives.

Annual reporting hours: 303, 33.

Estimated average hours per response:

2.75, 0.25.

Number of respondents: 110, 133.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is mandatory [15

U.S.C. §§78o-4(b)(2)(A) and 78o-4(c)(5)]

and is given confidential treatment [5

U.S.C. §552(b)(6)].

Abstract: The filing of this application

is required of a Municipal Securities

Dealer Bank (MSD) and a person

associated with a MSD, prior to such

person functioning in a professional

capacity. This application serves to

verify compliance with the rules of the

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board

and with related securities and banking

laws. It is also used as a source

document for entry into an interagency

computer system of records. The MSD–

notice must be filed within 30 days after

a person associated in a professional

capacity with a bank municipal

securities dealer terminates

employment. The notice is a compliance

vehicle for rules of the Municipal

Securities Rulemaking Board and for

related securities and banking laws. It is

also a source document for updating

information on an interagency computer

system of records. The proposed

revisions involve changing the phrasing

of one item on the FR MSD–.

4. Report title: Uniform Form for

Registration as a Transfer Agent and for

Amendment to Registration.

Agency form number: FR TA–.

OMB Docket number: 7100–099.

Frequency: On occasion.

Reporters: State member banks, bank

holding companies, and nondeposit

trust company subsidiaries of bank

holding companies.

Annual reporting hours: 19.

Estimated average hours per response:

0.53.

Number of respondents: 36.
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 1995 / Notices 9689

Significant effect on small businesses is

not expected.

General description of report: This

information collection is mandatory

[Section 17A(c) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934; and 12 CFR

208.8(f)(2)] and is not given confidential

treatment.

Abstract: This interagency form

fulfills the statutory registration

requirements for entities acting as

transfer agents and enables certain basic

information changes concerning the

transfer agents to become known by the

supervisory agencies. Minor changes to

the form are proposed to clarify the

reporting of information relative to the

location(s) where transfer agent

activities are conducted and relative to

those instances where transfer agents

contract to either perform transfer

activities for others or have transfer

activities performed for themselves.

Final approval under OMB delegated

authority of the extension, without

revision, of the following report:

1. Report title: Notice Claiming Status

as an Exempt Transfer Agent.

Agency form number: FR 4013.

OMB Docket number: 7100–137.

Frequency: On occasion.

Reporters: State member banks, bank

holding companies, and trust company

subsidiaries of bank holding companies

that are subject to supervision by the

Federal Reserve Board.

Annual reporting hours: 20.

Estimated average hours per response:

2.

Number of respondents: 10.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is authorized by

law (§17A(c)(1) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. §78q1(c)(1) as amended by the Securities

Acts Amendments of 1975) and is

voluntary. The collection of the data by

the Federal Reserve from state member

banks, subsidiaries of state member

banks, bank holding companies, and

subsidiaries of bank holding companies

(except national banks and state

nonmember banks that are insured by

the FDIC) is authorized by law (15

U.S.C. §78c(a)(34)(B)(ii)). Individual

respondent data are not regarded as

confidential.

Abstract: This voluntary notice

provides a method for state member

banks, bank holding companies, and

trust companies that are subject to

Federal Reserve supervision and that are

engaged as a transfer agent on behalf of

an issuer of securities to claim

exemption from several of the Securities

and Exchange Commission’s rules

applicable to registered transfer agents.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 14, 1995.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95–4136 Filed 2–17–95; 8:45AM]

Billing Code 6210–01–F

FCFT, Inc., et al.; Formations of;

Acquisitions by; and Mergers of Bank

Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied for the Board’s approval

under section 3 of the Bank Holding

Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1842) and §

225.14 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.14) to become a bank holding

company or to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the applications

are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act

(12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).

Each application is available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. Once the

application has been accepted for

processing, it will also be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing to the

Reserve Bank or to the offices of the

Board of Governors. Any comment on

an application that requests a hearing

must include a statement of why a

written presentation would not suffice

in lieu of a hearing, identifying

specifically any questions of fact that

are in dispute and summarizing the

evidence that would be presented at a

hearing.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received not later than March

17, 1995.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior

Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261:

1. FCFT, Inc., Princeton, West

Virginia; to acquire 10 percent of the

voting shares of Bank of Mount Hope,

Inc., Mount Hope, West Virginia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice

President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:

1. Community First Bankshares, Inc.,

Fargo, North Dakota; to merge with

Abbott Bank Group, Inc., Alliance,

Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire

The Abbott Bank, Alliance Nebraska.

2. Duke Financial Group, Inc., St.

Paul, Minnesota; to acquire 53.06

percent of the voting shares of First

National Bank of North County,

Carlsbad, California.

3. Frandsen Financial Corporation,

Forest Lake, Minnesota; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of

Minnesota Bank Holding Company,

Plymouth, Minnesota, and thereby

indirectly acquire Citizens State Bank of

Montgomery, Montgomery, Minnesota,

and Citizens State Bank of Waterville,

Waterville, Minnesota.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Lone Star National BancsharesNevada, Inc., Pharr, Texas; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Lone Star

National Bank, Pharr, Texas.

2. Lone Star National BancsharesTexas, Inc., Pharr, Texas; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Lone Star

National Bank-Nevada, Inc., Pharr,

Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire

Lone Star National Bank, Pharr, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 14, 1995.

Willaim W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95-4137 Filed 2-17-95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

Quad City Holdings, Inc.; Notice of

Application to Engage de novo in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities

The company listed in this notice has

filed an application under § 225.23(a)(1)

of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR

225.23(a)(1)) for the Board’s approval

under section 4(c)(8) of the Bank

Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843(c)(8)) and § 225.21(a) of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.21(a)) to commence or to

engage de novo, either directly or

through a subsidiary, in a nonbanking

activity that is listed in § 225.25 of

Regulation Y as closely related to

banking and permissible for bank

holding companies. Unless otherwise

noted, such activities will be conducted

throughout the United States.

The application is available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. Once the

application has been accepted for

processing, it will also be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether consummation of the

proposal can ‘‘reasonably be expected to

produce benefits to the public, such as

greater convenience, increased

competition, or gains in efficiency, that

outweigh possible adverse effects, such

as undue concentration of resources,

decreased or unfair competition,

conflicts of interests, or unsound

banking practices.’’ Any request for a