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authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Section 

154(i) of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended. 

Confidentiality: No need for 

confidentiality is required for this 

collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.1510 

requires that a licensee of an AM, FM, 

and TV broadcast station to file an 

informal application with the FCC to 

request an experimental authorization to 

conduct technical experimentation 

directed toward improvement of the 

technical phases of operation and 

service. This request shall describe the 

nature and purpose of experimentation 

to be conducted, the nature of the 

experimental signal transmission, and 

the proposed hours and duration of the 

experimentation. The data is used by 

FCC staff to maintain complete 

technical information about a broadcast 

station and to ensure that such 

experimentation does not cause 

interference to other broadcast stations. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20296 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System (Board); and Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Joint notice and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

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

chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the 

FDIC (the ‘‘agencies’’) may not conduct 

or sponsor, and the respondent is not 

required to respond to, an information 

collection unless it displays a currently 

valid Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. The Federal 

Financial Institutions Examination 

Council (FFIEC), of which the agencies 

are members, has approved the 

agencies’ publication for public 

comment of a proposal to extend, 

without revision, the Country Exposure 

Report (FFIEC 009) and the Country 

Exposure Information Report (FFIEC 

009a), which are currently approved 

information collections. At the end of 

the comment period, the comments and 

recommendations received will be 

analyzed to determine the extent to 

which the FFIEC should modify the 

reports. The agencies will then submit 

the reports to OMB for review and 

approval. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments to 

any or all of the agencies. All comments, 

which should refer to the OMB control 

number, will be shared among the 

agencies. 

OCC: You should direct all written 

comments to: Communications 

Division, Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0100, 

250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20219. In addition, comments may be 

sent by fax to 202–874–4448, or by 

electronic mail to 

regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You can 

inspect and photocopy comments at the 

OCC’s Public Information Room, 250 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. For 

security reasons, the OCC requires that 

visitors make an appointment to inspect 

comments. You may do so by calling 

202–874–5043. Upon arrival, visitors 

will be required to present valid 

government-issued photo identification 

and submit to security screening in 

order to inspect and photocopy 

comments. 

Board: You may submit comments, 

identified by FFIEC 009 or FFIEC 009a, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Agency Web Site: http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the 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 the OMB control 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 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20551. 

All public comments are available 

from the Board’s Web site at http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/ 

foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted, 

except as necessary 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 in Room MP–

500 of the Board’s Martin Building (20th 

and C Streets, NW) between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m. on weekdays. 

FDIC: You may submit written 

comments, which should refer to 

‘‘Country Exposure Reports, 3064–

0017,’’ by any of the following methods: 

• Agency Web Site: http:// 

www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/ 

propose.html. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments on the FDIC 

Web site. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: Comments@FDIC.gov. 

Include ‘‘Country Exposure Reports, 

3064–0017’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Robert E. Feldman, Executive 

Secretary, Attention: Comments, FDIC, 

550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20429. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard 

station at the rear of the 550 17th Street 

Building (located on F Street) on 

business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

Public Inspection: All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/ 

federal/propose/html including any 

personal information provided. 

Comments may be inspected at the FDIC 

Public Information Center, Room E–

1002, 3501 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 

22226, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on 

business days. 

Additionally, commenters may send a 

copy of their comments to the OMB 

desk officer for the agencies 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: 

Additional information or a copy of the 

collection may be requested from: 

OCC: Mary Gottlieb, OCC Clearance 

Officer, 202–874–5090, Legislative and 

Regulatory Activities Division, Office of 

the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

Board: Michelle Shore, Federal 

Reserve Board Clearance Officer, 202–

452–3829, Division of Research and 

Statistics, Board of Governors of the 


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Federal Reserve System, 20th and C 

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551. 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 

(TDD) users may call 202–263–4869. 

FDIC: Herbert J. Messite, Counsel, 

202–898–6834, Legal Division, Federal 

Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal 

to extend for three years, without 

revision, the following currently 

approved collections of information: 

Report Title: Country Exposure Report 

and Country Exposure Information 

Report. 

Form Number: FFIEC 009 and FFIEC 

009a. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

OCC 

OMB Number: 1557–0100. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 19 

(FFIEC 009), 19 (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 

5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

5,320 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 399 

burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

Board 

OMB Number: 7100–0035. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 28 

(FFIEC 009), 15 (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 

5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

7,840 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 315 

burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

FDIC 

OMB Number: 3064–0017. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 18 

(FFIEC 009), 18 (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 

5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

5,040 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 378 

burden hours (FFIEC 009a). 

General Description of Reports 

These information collections are 

mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 161 and 1817 

(national banks), 12 U.S.C. 248(a), 

1844(c), and 3906 (state member banks 

and bank holding companies); and 12 

U.S.C. 1817 and 1820 (insured state 

nonmember commercial and savings 

banks). The FFIEC 009 information 

collection is given confidential 

treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and (b)(8)). 

The FFIEC 009a information collection 

is not given confidential treatment. 

Abstract 

The Country Exposure Report (FFIEC 

009) is filed quarterly with the agencies 

and provides 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 Country Exposure 

Information Report (FFIEC 009a) is a 

supplement to the FFIEC 009 and 

provides publicly available information 

on material foreign country exposures 

(all exposures to a country in excess of 

1 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. As part of the 

Country Exposure Information Report, 

reporting institutions must also furnish 

a list of countries in which they have 

lending exposures above 0.75 percent of 

total assets or 15 percent of total capital, 

whichever is less. 

Request for Comment 

Comments are invited on: 

a. Whether the information 

collections 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, 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 notice will be shared among the 

agencies. 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. 

Subject: FFIEC 009 and FFIEC 009a 

Dated: August 12, 2008. 

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 25, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this 8th day of 

August, 2008. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20176 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P; 4810–33–P 6210–01–P 

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 

September 16, 2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(Steve Foley, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309: 

1. Paul Ray, Max Ray,Carole Ray, and 

Gina Brumley, all of Hackleburg, 

Alabama, to collectively acquire 

additional voting shares of Hometown 

Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of PeoplesTrust 

Bank, both of Hamilton, Alabama. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 27, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–20246 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

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