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comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named

documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

D2. Agency Comments—Federal,

state, and local agencies are invited to

file comments on the described

application. A copy of the application

may be obtained by agencies directly

from the Applicant. If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

D6. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is ready

for environmental analysis at this time,

and the Commission is requesting

comments, reply comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions.

The Commission directs, pursuant to

section 4.34(b) of the regulations (see

Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56

FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions and prescriptions concerning

the application be filed with the

Commission within 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice. (February

16, 1996 for Project No. 1962–000). All

reply comments must be filed with the

Commission within 105 days from the

date of this notice. (April 1, 1996 for

Project No. 1962–000).

Anyone may obtain an extension of

time for these deadlines from the

Commission only upon a showing of

good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION

TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘COMMENTS,’’

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person protesting or

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply

with the requirements of 18 CFR

385.2001 through 385.2005. All

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions or prescriptions must set

forth their evidentiary basis and

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain

copies of the application directly from

the applicant. Any of these documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies required by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Office of Hydropower

Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above address. A

copy of any protest or motion to

intervene must be served upon each

representative of the applicant specified

in the particular application. A copy of

all other filings in reference to this

application must be accompanied by

proof of service on all persons listed in

the service list prepared by the

Commission in this proceeding, in

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and

385.2010.

Dated: December 26, 1995.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–31483 Filed 12–28–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Forms Under Review

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System (Board)

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; Comment

BACKGROUND: In accordance with the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35), the Board 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 Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) control number. The

following currently approved collection

of information has received approval

from the Federal Financial Institutions

Examination Council (FFIEC), of which

the Board is a member, and is hereby

published for comment. At the end of

the comment period, the comments and

recommendations received will be

analyzed to determine the extent to

which the information collection may

be modified prior to the Board’s

submission to OMB for review and

approval. Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the federal banking

agencies’ functions, including whether

the information has practical utility;

(b) The accuracy of the Board’s

estimate of the burden of the

information collection, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(c) Ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 27, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments, which should

refer to the OMB control number,

should be addressed to Mr. William W.

Wiles, Secretary, Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551,

or delivered to the Board’s mail room

between 8:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., and to

the security control room outside of

those hours. Both the mail room and the

security control room are accessible

from the courtyard entrance on 20th

Street between Constitution Avenue and

C Street, N.W. Comments received may

be inspected in room M-P-500 between

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except as

provided in section 261.8 of the Board’s

Rules Regarding Availability of

Information, 12 CFR 261.8(a).

A copy of the comments may also be

submitted to the OMB desk officer for

the Board: Milo Sunderhauf, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, D.C. 20503.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A

copy of the reporting form and

instructions, the Paperwork Reduction

Act Submission (OMB 83-I), supporting

statement, and other documents that

will be placed into OMB’s public docket

files once approved may be requested

from the agency clearance officer, whose

name appears below.

Mary M. McLaughlin, Board

Clearance Officer, (202) 452-3829,

Division of Research and Statistics,

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, 20th and C Streets,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

(TDD) users may contact Dorothea

Thompson, (202) 452-3544, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, 20th and C Streets, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal

to extend, without revision, the

following currently approved collection

of information:

Title: 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 Number: FFIEC 002S

OMB Number: 7100-0273.

Frequency of Response: Quarterly.

Affected Public: U.S. branches and

agencies of foreign banks.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 130

Estimated Time per Response: 6 burden

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3,120

burden hours.

General Description of Report: This

information collection is mandatory: 12

U.S.C. 3105(b)(2), 1817(a), and 3102(b)

and is given confidential treatment (5

U.S.C. 552(b)(8)).

Small businesses are not affected.

Abstract: On a quarterly basis, all U.S.

branches and agencies of foreign banks

(U.S. branches) are required to file

detailed schedules of assets and

liabilities in the form of a condition

report and a variety of supporting

schedules (FFIEC 002). This report is a

uniform report established by the

FFIEC, which the Federal Reserve

collects and processes on behalf of all

three federal bank regulatory agencies,

that is, the Board, the Office of the

Comptroller of the Currency, and the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

A separate supplement (FFIEC 002S)

collects information on assets and

liabilities of any non-U.S. branch that is

managed or controlled by a U.S. office

of the foreign bank. Managed or

controlled means that the 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

supplement must be completed for each

applicable foreign branch. The

supplements must be filed quarterly

along with the U.S. branch’s or agency’s

FFIEC 002.

Data collected on the FFIEC 002S are

used

(1) To monitor deposit and credit

transactions of U.S. residents;

(2) For monitoring the impact of

policy changes;

(3) For analyzing structural issues

concerning foreign bank activity in U.S.

markets;

(4) For understanding flows of

banking funds and indebtedness of

developing countries in connection with

data collected by the International

Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank for

International Settlements (BIS) that are

used in economic analysis; and (5) to

provide information to assist in the

supervision of U.S. offices of foreign

banks, which often are managed jointly

with these branches.

CURRENT ACTIONS: The proposal to

extend, without revision, 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) that is the

subject of this notice has been approved

by the FFIEC. Clarifications or

conforming changes would be made to

several instructions.

REQUEST FOR COMMENT: Comments

submitted in response to this Notice

will be summarized or included in the

Board’s requests for OMB approval. All

comments will become a matter of

public record. Written comments should

address the accuracy of the burden

estimates and ways to minimize burden

including the use of automated

collection techniques or the use of other

forms of information technology as well

as other relevant aspects of the

information collection request.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, December 22, 1995.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95-31463 Filed 12-28-95; 8:45am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Forms Under Review

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice.

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 of 1995, 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. 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. Board-approved

collections of information will be

incorporated into the official OMB

inventory of currently approved

collections of information. A copy of the

OMB 83-I and supporting statements

and the approved collection of

information instruments will be placed

into OMB’s public docket files. The

following information collections,

which are being handled under this

delegated authority, have received

initial Board approval and are hereby

published for comment. At the end of

the comment period, the proposed

information collections, along with an

analysis of comments and

recommendations received, will be

submitted to the Board for final

approval under OMB delegated

authority. Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the proposed collections

of information are necessary for the

proper performance of the Federal

Reserve’s functions; including whether

the information has practical utility;

(b) The accuracy of the Federal

Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collections,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(c) Ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 27,1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments, which should

refer to the OMB control number (or