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III. Discontinuance of Mailing of Call 

Report Forms and Instructions 

The banking agencies requested 

comment on their plan to discontinue 

the mailing of Call Report forms and 

instructions for the FFIEC 031 and 

FFIEC 041. The agencies’ current 

practice is to mail sample forms to 

banks only in those quarters when 

significant revisions are made to the 

report forms. Updates to the Call Report 

instruction book have been printed and 

mailed to banks in those quarters when 

such updates have been issued. 

The Call Report forms and their 

instructions are available on the FFIEC’s 

Web site (http://www.ffiec.gov/ 

ffiec_report_forms.htm) and the FDIC’s 

Web site (http://www.fdic.gov/ 

regulations/resources/call/index.html) 

each quarter before any mailings of the 

paper forms and instructions are 

completed. A paper copy of the report 

forms and instructions can be printed 

from the Web sites. In addition, banks 

that use Call Report software generally 

can print paper copies of blank forms 

from their software. 

No comments were received on this 

issue. The agencies will discontinue 

mailing paper Call Report forms and 

instructions in 2008, while retaining 

their practice of making these materials 

available to banks electronically. 

IV. Other Matters 

On February 14, 2007, the OCC, the 

Board, the FDIC, and the OTS requested 

comment on a proposed regulatory 

capital schedule for collecting Basel IA 

risk-based capital data in the Call Report 

and the TFR (72 FR 7115). No comments 

were received on this proposal. On July 

20, 2007, the four agencies announced 

an agreement to issue a proposal to 

adopt a standardized approach under 

the Basel II Accord that would replace 

the Basel IA proposal. As a 

consequence, the agencies are 

withdrawing their Basel IA regulatory 

capital reporting proposal. A regulatory 

capital reporting proposal for the 

standardized approach will be issued 

for comment at a later date. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act Request 

for Comment 

Public comment is requested on all 

aspects of this joint notice. Comments 

are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed revisions to 

the Call Report and TFR collections of 

information are necessary for the proper 

performance of the agencies’ functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agencies’

estimates of the burden of the 

information collections as they are 

proposed to be revised, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(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; and 

(e) Estimates of capital or start up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this joint notice will be shared among 

the agencies. All comments will become 

a matter of public record. 

Dated: January 31, 2008. 

Stuart E. Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 29, 2008. 

Jennifer J. Johnson 

Secretary of the Board. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

January, 2008. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Valerie J. Best, 

Assistant Executive Secretary. 

Dated: January 25, 2008. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division, Office of Thrift 

Supervision. 

[FR Doc. E8–2024 Filed 2–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODES 6720–01–P (25%); 6714–01–P (25%); 

6210–01–P (25%); 4810–33–P (25%) 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

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 (PRA), 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. Board–approved 

collections of information are 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. Copies of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, 

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. 

Request for comment on information 

collection proposals 

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 the 

following: 

a. Whether the proposed collection of 

information is 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 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 April 4, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by FR Y–3, FR Y–3N, and FR 

Y–4; FR K–1; or FR 1379, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Agency Web Site: http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

http://www.federalreserve.gov/ 

generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E–mail: 

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. 

Include docket number in the subject 

line of the message. 

• FAX: 202/452–3819 or 202/452–

3102. 

• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 


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Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20551. 

All public comments are available 

from the Board’s web site at 

www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/ 

foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted, 

unless modified for technical reasons. 

Accordingly, your comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information. Public comments 

may also be viewed electronically or in 

paper form in Room MP–500 of the 

Board’s Martin Building (20th and C 

Streets, N.W.) between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m. on weekdays. 

Additionally, commenters should 

send a copy of their comments to the 

OMB Desk Officer by mail to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to 202–

395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the PRA OMB submission 

including, the proposed reporting form 

and instructions, supporting statement, 

and other documentation will be placed 

into OMB’s public docket files, once 

approved. These documents will also be 

made available on the Federal Reserve 

Board’s public website at: http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/ 

reportforms/review.cfm or may be 

requested from the agency clearance 

officer, whose name appears below. 

Michelle Shore, Federal Reserve 

Board Clearance Officer (202–452–

3829), Division of Research and 

Statistics, Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, Washington, 

DC 20551. Telecommunications Device 

for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact 

(202–263–4869), Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, DC 20551. 

Proposal to approve under OMB 

delegated authority the extension for 

three years, with revision, of the 

following reports: 

1. Report titles: Application for Prior 

Approval to Become a Bank Holding 

Company or for a Bank Holding 

Company to Acquire an Additional 

Bank or Bank Holding Company; 

Notification for Prior Approval to 

Become a Bank Holding Company or for 

a Bank Holding Company to Acquire an 

Additional Bank or Bank Holding 

Company; and Notification for Prior 

Approval to Engage Directly or 

Indirectly in Certain Nonbanking 

Activities 

Agency form numbers: FR Y–3, FR Y–

3N, and FR Y–4 

OMB control number: 7100–0121 

Frequency: Event generated 

Reporters: Corporations seeking to 

become bank holding companies 

(BHCs), or BHCs and state chartered 

banks that are members of the Federal 

Reserve System. 

Annual reporting hours: 22,920 

Estimated average hours per response: 

FR Y–3 Section 3(a)(1): 49; FR Y–3 

Section 3(a)(3) and 3(a)(5): 59.5; FR Y–

3N Section 3(a)(1), 3(a)(3), and 3(a)(5): 5; 

FR Y–4 Complete notification: 12; FR 

Y–4 Expedited notification: 5; and FR 

Y–4 Post–consummation: 30 minutes 

Number of respondents: 674 

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory (12 

U.S.C. 1842(a), 1844(b),and 

1843(j)(1)(b)). The forms are designed so 

that all information contained in a filing 

is available to the public unless the 

applicant, notificant, or individual(s) 

can substantiate that an exemption 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) is satisfied. 

Abstract: The Federal Reserve 

requires the submission of these filings 

for regulatory and supervisory purposes 

and to allow the Federal Reserve to 

fulfill its statutory obligations under the 

Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. 

These filings collect information on 

proposals by bank holding companies 

involving formations, acquisitions, 

mergers, and nonbanking activities. The 

Federal Reserve must obtain this 

information to evaluate each individual 

transaction with respect to financial and 

managerial factors, permissibility, 

competitive effects, net public benefits, 

and the impact on the convenience and 

needs of affected communities. 

Current Actions: The proposed 

revisions reflect changes to the Federal 

Reserve’s Small Bank Holding Company 

Policy Statement and the Federal 

Reserve’s risk–based and leverage 

capital guidelines that were announced 

in February 2006. The proposed 

revisions also reflect recent changes in 

the type of information that the Federal 

Reserve requires from filers for purposes 

of determining whether information 

submitted in a filing may be provided to 

the public under the FOIA. Each 

proposed revision is intended to make 

initial filings more reflective of the 

specifically proposed transaction and 

thereby reduce the need for subsequent 

information requests, which delay the 

Federal Reserve’s consideration of a 

filing and create additional burden for 

filers. In addition, the instructions have 

been reformatted to clarify the possible 

filings, clarify the legal and financial 

requirements for different types of 

filings, and provide additional practical 

guidance to assist a filer in 

understanding the information and 

processing requirements for particular 

types of proposals. 

2. Report title: International 

Applications and Prior Notifications 

under Subparts A and C of Regulation 

K 

Agency form number: FR K–1 

OMB control number: 7100–0107 

Frequency: Event generated 

Reporters: State member banks, Edge 

and agreement corporations, bank 

holding companies, and certain foreign 

banking organizations. 

Annual reporting hours: 889 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Attachments A and B, 11.5 hours; 

Attachments C through G, 10 hours; 

Attachments H and I, 15.5 hours; 

Attachment J, 10 hours; Attachment K, 

20 hours 

Number of respondents: 29 

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory (12 

U.S.C. 601–604(a) and 611–631)) and 

(12 U.S.C. 1843(c)(13), 1843(c)(14) and 

1844(c)). The applying organization has 

the opportunity to request 

confidentiality for information that it 

believes will qualify for an FOIA 

exemption. 

Abstract: Subpart A of Regulation K 

governs the foreign investments and 

activities of member banks, Edge and 

agreement corporations, bank holding 

companies, and certain investments by 

foreign organizations. Subpart C of 

Regulation K governs investments in 

export trading companies. The FR K–1 

information collection contains eleven 

attachments for the application and 

notification requirements embodied in 

Subparts A and C of Regulation K. The 

Federal Reserve requires these 

applications for regulatory and 

supervisory purposes and to allow the 

Federal Reserve to fulfill its statutory 

obligations under the Federal Reserve 

Act and the Bank Holding Company Act 

of 1956. 

Current Actions: The Federal Reserve 

proposes to replace the existing 

confidentiality paragraph in the General 

Information and Instructions. In 

addition, respondents would be 

required to make a certification 

regarding information contained in the 

application. 

3. Report titles: Consumer Satisfaction 

Questionnaire; Federal Reserve 

Consumer Help Center Survey; and 

Federal Reserve Consumer Help Online 

Complaint Form 

Agency form numbers: FR 1379a, FR 

1379b, and FR 1379c 

OMB control number: 7100–0135 

Frequency: Event generated 

Reporters: Consumers 

Annual reporting hours: 2,037 


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1 See Press Release dated November 19, 2007: 

www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/other/ 

20071119a.htm. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

FR 1379a: 5 minutes; FR 1379b: 5 

minutes; FR 1379c: 10 minutes. 

Number of respondents: FR 1379a: 

2,640; FR 1379b: 1,800; FR 1379c: 

10,000. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is voluntary and 

authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 57(a)(f)(1)). 

While the individual respondent’s 

information is confidential, once such 

information has been aggregated, the 

aggregated information is not 

considered confidential. The 

information may be aggregated with 

responses from other respondents and 

released in statistical format while 

maintaining the privacy of the 

individual respondents. If a respondent 

provides information not specifically 

solicited on the form, that information 

may be exempt from disclosure under 

FOIA (5 U.S.C. § 552 (b)(4), (b)(6), or 

(b)(7)) upon specific request from the 

respondent. 

Abstract: The FR 1379 questionnaires 

are sent to consumers who have filed 

complaints with the Federal Reserve 

against state member banks. The 

information gathered on the 

questionnaires is used to determine 

whether consumers are satisfied with 

the way the Federal Reserve Bank 

handled their complaints and to solicit 

suggestions for improving the complaint 

investigation process. 

Current Actions: The Federal Reserve 

proposes to revise the FR 1379 

information collection by: (1) 

renumbering the current FR 1379 to FR 

1379a and reducing the number of 

questions from twenty–five to six, (2) 

implementing a new voluntary 

questionnaire, the Federal Reserve 

Consumer Help Center Survey (FR 

1379b) to survey consumers about the 

Federal Reserve Consumer Help (FRCH) 

center, the Federal Reserve System’s 

new central intake center for consumer 

complaints and inquiries, and (3) 

implementing a new voluntary 

consumer complaint form, the Federal 

Reserve Consumer Help Online 

Complaint Form (FR 1379c) to the FRCH 

web site1 that would allow consumers 

to submit their complaint or inquiry to 

the FRCH center electronically. The 

proposed changes would be effective 

second quarter 2008. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 30, 2008. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–1930 Filed 2–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

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 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank 

holding company. The factors that are 

considered in acting on the notices are 

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the office of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than February 

15, 2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272: 

1. William Glover Loftin, to acquire 

voting shares of Capital Bancorp, Inc., 

and thereby indirectly acquire voting 

shares of Commercial Capital Bank, all 

of Delhi, Louisiana. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 30, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–1946 Filed 2–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH), National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), 

announces the following meeting of the 

aforementioned committee: 

Time and Date: 11 a.m.–4 p.m., February 

20, 2008. 

Place: Audio Conference Call. The USA 

toll free dial in number is 1 (866) 659–0537. 

Passcode is 9933701. 

Status: Open to the public, but without a 

public comment period. 

Background: The Advisory Board was 

established under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

Act of 2000 to advise the President on a 

variety of policy and technical functions 

required to implement and effectively 

manage the new compensation program. Key 

functions of the Advisory Board include 

providing advice on the development of 

probability of causation guidelines which 

have been promulgated by the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final 

rule, advice on methods of dose 

reconstruction which have also been 

promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice 

on the scientific validity and quality of dose 

estimation and reconstruction efforts being 

performed for purposes of the compensation 

program, and advice on petitions to add 

classes of workers to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC). 

In December 2000, the President delegated 

responsibility for funding, staffing, and 

operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which 

subsequently delegated this authority to the 

CDC. NIOSH implements this responsibility 

for CDC. The charter was issued on August 

3, 2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, 

most recently, August 3, 2007, and will 

expire on August 3, 2009. 

Purpose: This Advisory Board is charged 

with (a) providing advice to the Secretary, 

HHS, on the development of guidelines 

under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing 

advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the 

scientific validity and quality of dose 

reconstruction efforts performed for this 

program; and (c) upon request by the 

Secretary, HHS, advising the Secretary on 

whether there is a class of employees at any 

Department of Energy facility who were 

exposed to radiation but for whom it is not 

feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and 

on whether there is reasonable likelihood 

that such radiation doses may have 

endangered the health of members of this 

class. 

Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for 

the conference call includes: Special 

Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition Status 

Updates for Chapman Valve and Dow 

Chemical; Work Group Updates; 

Subcommittee on Dose Reconstruction 

Update; Status of transcripts and minutes; 

and Board working time and future plans and 

meetings. 

The agenda is subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Because there is not a public comment 

period, written comments may be submitted. 

Any written comments received will be 

included in the official record of the meeting 

and should be submitted to the contact 

person below well in advance of the meeting. 

Contact Person for More Information: Dr. 

Lewis V. Wade, Executive Secretary, NIOSH, 

CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, 

Ohio 45226, Telephone (513) 533–6825, Fax 

(513) 533–6826. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 


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