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chemical constituents from

environmental matrices.

Thermal Desorption Devices—These

portable and transportable, self

contained units use high temperatures

to volatilize and extract volatile and

semivolatile chemical constituents from

environmental matrices.

Transient Electromagnetic (EM)

Geophysics—These technologies are

based on detecting changes in

subsurface electromagnetic

characteristics. Interpretation of this

data provides information on the

subsurface environment. This particular

technology differs from ground

penetrating radar in that it looks more

at the shape of the pulse at the sensor,

rather than at the pulse’s time of arrival.

Voltammetric Stripping—These

portable units use electrochemistry to

detect and quantify metals in

environmental samples. By changing the

potential across an anode or cathode,

these instruments cause metals in

solution to plate-out or be released. By

changing the anode and cathode

material, specific metals can be targeted

for detection and quantitation. This

technology is generally applied to water

samples, however, it may be possible to

use this technology on extracts from soil

samples.

X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers—

These self-contained, field portable

instruments consist of an energy

dispersive x-ray source, a detector, and

a data processing system. The

combination of a source and data

processing system allow for the

detection and quantitation of individual

metals or groups of metals.

EPA may include additional

categories of monitoring and

measurement technologies in

subsequent versions of Vendor FACTS

depending on feedback from the users.

Suggestions for additional technologies

may be sent to: Vendor FACTS Project

Manager, Technology Innovation Office

(5102W), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, S.W. Washington,

D.C. 20460.

Walter W. Kovalick,

Director, Technology Innovation Office.

[FR Doc. 95–4188 Filed 2–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Forms Under Review

Background

Notice is hereby given of the

submission of proposed information

collection(s) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for its

review and approval under the

Paperwork Reduction Act (Title 44

U.S.C. Chapter 35) and under OMB

regulations on Controlling Paperwork

Burdens on the Public (5 CFR Part

1320). A copy of the proposed

information collection(s) and supporting

documents is available from the agency

clearance officer listed in the notice.

Any comments on the proposal should

be sent to the agency clearance officer

and to the OMB desk officer listed in the

notice.

DATES: Comments are welcome and

should be submitted on or before March

23, 1995.

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 (202-452-3829); for the hearing

impaired only, telecommunications

device for the deaf (TTD) (202-452-

3544), Dorothea Thompson, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, Washington, D.C. 20551.

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 (202-395-7340)

Request for OMB approval to extend,

with revision, the following report:

1. Report title: Country Exposure

Report.

Agency form number: FFIEC 009.

OMB Docket number: 7100-0035.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Reporters: State member banks and bank

holding companies.

Annual reporting hours: 13,064.

Estimated average hours per response:

23.

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 given

confidential treatment [(5 U.S.C.

552(b)(4) and (b)(8))].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

interagency report collects information

on international claims of U.S. banks

and bank holding companies that is

used for supervisory and analytical

purposes. The information is used to

monitor country exposure of banks to

determine the degree of risk in their

portfolios and the possible impact on

U.S. banks of adverse developments in

particular countries. The proposed

changes, which would be effective as of

March 31, 1995, are as follows:

(1) A memorandum item,

‘‘Revaluation Gains on Off-BalanceSheet Items Reported in Column 4’’,

would be added as Column 9. This item

contains revaluation gains (i.e. assets)

from the marking to market of interest

rate, foreign exchange rate, and other

commodity and equity contracts held

for trading purposes.

(2) A memorandum item, ‘‘Amounts

Reported in Column (4) after

Adjustments in Columns 10-15 That

Represent Securities Held in Trading

Account,’’ would be added as Column

16. The carrying value of any availablefor-sale securities or of any loans or

leases that are held for sale are not to

be reported in this item.

(3) An existing item, ‘‘Amount of

Claims that Represent Guarantees Issued

by the U.S. Government and its

Agencies’’ (Column 13), would be

deleted.

(4) Three existing items collecting

information on commitments,

‘‘Commercial Letters of Credit’’ (Column

20), ‘‘Standby Letters of Credit and Risk

Participations Purchased’’ (Column 21),

and ‘‘All Other Commitments’’ (Column

22), would be combined into one item,

‘‘All Commitments.’’

(5) An existing memorandum item,

‘‘Trade Financing’’ (Column 20), would

be redefined to include ‘‘Commercial

Letters of Credit’’ (Column 20), with the

resulting item renumbered as Column

23.

(6) The country list would be updated

to replace Belgium-Luxembourg with

two countries, Belgium and

Luxembourg and to replace

Czechoslovakia with two countries,

Czech Republic and Slovakia.

In addition, the instructions would be

modified to state that all claims

consisting of available-for-sale securities

in Columns 1-4 are to be reported at

amortized cost rather than at fair value.

The instructions would also be clarified

to state that the report must be

completed in a manner consistent with

the requirements of Financial

Accounting Standards Board

Interpretation No. 39, ‘‘Offsetting of

Amounts Related to Certain Contracts.’’

Finally, the definition of ‘‘Guaranteed

Claims’’ in the instructions would be

broadened to address the treatment of

off-balance-sheet items.

Request for OMB approval to extend,

without revision, the following report:

2. Report title: Country Exposure

Information Report.

Agency form number: FFIEC 009a.

OMB Docket number: 7100-0035.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Reporters: State member banks and bank

holding companies.

Annual reporting hours: 2,840.

Estimated average hours per response:

5.
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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.