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Vol. 74, No. 17 

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 

1For purposes of Regulation CC, the term ‘‘bank’’ 

refers to any depository institution, including 

commercial banks, savings institutions, and credit 

unions. 

2Section 229.18(e) of Regulation CC requires that 

banks notify account holders who are consumers 

within 30 days after implementing a change that 

improves the availability of funds. 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

12 CFR Part 229 

Regulation CC; Docket No. R–1348; 

Availability of Funds and Collection of 

Checks 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Final rule; technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors 

(Board) is amending the routing number 

guide to next-day availability checks 

and local checks in Regulation CC to 

delete the reference to the Charlotte 

branch office of the Federal Reserve 

Bank of Richmond and to reassign the 

Federal Reserve routing symbols 

currently listed under that office to the 

head office of the Federal Reserve Bank 

of Atlanta. These amendments reflect 

the restructuring of check-processing 

operations within the Federal Reserve 

System. 

DATES: The final rule will become 

effective on March 21, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey S. H. Yeganeh, Financial Services 

Manager (202/728–5801), or Joseph P. 

Baressi, Financial Services Project 

Leader (202/452–3959), Division of 

Reserve Bank Operations and Payment 

Systems; or Sophia H. Allison, Senior 

Counsel (202/452–3565), Legal Division. 

For users of Telecommunications 

Devices for the Deaf (TDD) only, contact 

202/263–4869. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulation 

CC establishes the maximum period a 

depositary bank may wait between 

receiving a deposit and making the 

deposited funds available for 

withdrawal.1 A depositary bank 

generally must provide faster 

availability for funds deposited by a 

‘‘local check’’ than by a ‘‘nonlocal 

check.’’ A check is considered local if it 

is payable by or at or through a bank 

located in the same Federal Reserve 

check-processing region as the 

depositary bank. 

Appendix A to Regulation CC 

contains a routing number guide that 

assists banks in identifying local and 

nonlocal banks and thereby determining 

the maximum permissible hold periods 

for most deposited checks. The 

appendix includes a list of each Federal 

Reserve check-processing office and the 

first four digits of the routing number, 

known as the Federal Reserve routing 

symbol, of each bank that is served by 

that office for check-processing 

purposes. Banks whose Federal Reserve 

routing symbols are grouped under the 

same office are in the same checkprocessing region and thus are local to 

one another. 

On March 21, 2009, the Reserve Banks 

will transfer the check-processing 

operations of the Charlotte branch office 

of the Federal Reserve Bank of 

Richmond to the head office of the 

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. As a 

result of this change, some checks that 

are drawn on and deposited at banks 

located in the Charlotte and Atlanta 

check-processing regions and that 

currently are nonlocal checks will 

become local checks subject to faster 

availability schedules. To assist banks 

in identifying local and nonlocal checks 

and making funds availability decisions, 

the Board is amending the list of routing 

symbols in appendix A associated with 

the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond 

and Atlanta to reflect the transfer of 

check-processing operations from the 

Charlotte branch office of the Federal 

Reserve Bank of Richmond to the head 

office of the Federal Reserve Bank of 

Atlanta. To coincide with the effective 

date of the underlying check-processing 

changes, the amendments to appendix A 

are effective March 21, 2009. The Board 

is providing notice of the amendments 

at this time to give affected banks ample 

time to make any needed processing 

changes. Early notice also will enable 

affected banks to amend their 

availability schedules and related 

disclosures if necessary and provide 

their customers with notice of these 

changes.2

Administrative Procedure Act 

The Board has not followed the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(b) relating to 

notice and public participation in 

connection with the adoption of the 

final rule. The revisions to appendix A 

are technical in nature and are required 

by the statutory and regulatory 

definitions of ‘‘check-processing 

region.’’ Because there is no substantive 

change on which to seek public input, 

the Board has determined that the 

§ 553(b) notice and comment procedures 

are unnecessary. In addition, the 

underlying consolidation of Federal 

Reserve Bank check-processing offices 

involves a matter relating to agency 

management, which is exempt from 

notice and comment procedures. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506; 

5 CFR 1320 Appendix A.1), the Board 

has reviewed the final rule under 

authority delegated to the Board by the 

Office of Management and Budget. The 

technical amendment to appendix A of 

Regulation CC will delete the reference 

to the Charlotte branch office of the 

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and 

reassign the routing symbols listed 

under that office to the head office of 

the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. 

The depository institutions that are 

located in the affected check-processing 

regions and that include the routing 

numbers in their disclosure statements 

would be required to notify customers 

of the resulting change in availability 

under § 229.18(e). However, all 

paperwork collection procedures 

associated with Regulation CC already 

are in place, and the Board accordingly 

anticipates that no additional burden 

will be imposed as a result of this 

rulemaking. 

List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 229 

Banks, Banking, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

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Authority and Issuance 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Board is amending 12 

CFR part 229 as follows: 

PART 229—AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 

AND COLLECTION OF CHECKS 

(REGULATION CC) 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 229 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4001–4010, 12 U.S.C. 

5001–5018. 

■ 2. The Fifth and Sixth Federal Reserve 

District routing symbol lists in appendix 

A are revised to read as follows: 

Appendix A to Part 229—Routing 

Number Guide to Next-Day Availability 

Checks and Local Checks 

* * * * * 

FIFTH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT 

[Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond] 

Baltimore Branch 

0510 2510 

0514 2514 

0520 2520 

0521 2521 

0522 2522 

0540 2540 

0550 2550 

0560 2560 

0570 2570 

SIXTH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT 

[Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta] 

Head Office 

0530 2530 

0531 2531 

0532 2532 

0539 2539 

0610 2610 

0611 2611 

0612 2612 

0613 2613 

0620 2620 

0621 2621 

0622 2622 

0630 2630 

0631 2631 

0632 2632 

0640 2640 

0641 2641 

0642 2642 

0650 2650 

0651 2651 

0652 2652 

0653 2653 

0654 2654 

0655 2655 

0660 2660 

0670 2670 

0810 2810 

0812 2812 

0815 2815 

0819 2819 

0820 2820 

0829 2829 

0840 2840 

0841 2841 

0842 2842 

0843 2843 

0865 2865 

* * * * * 

By order of the Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, January 16, 2009. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

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47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 09–37; MB Docket No. 08–141; RM– 

11471] 

Television Broadcasting Services; Rio 

Grande City, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission grants a 

petition for rulemaking filed by Sunbelt 

Multimedia Co., licensee of station 

KTLM–DT, to substitute DTV channel 

40 for post-transition DTV channel 20 at 

Rio Grande City, Texas. 

DATES: This rule is effective February 

27, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David J. Brown, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–1600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Report 

and Order, MB Docket No. 08–141, 

adopted January 13, 2009, and released 

January 15, 2009. The full text of this 

document is available for public 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the FCC’s Reference 

Information Center at Portals II, CY– 

A257, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, 20554. This document 

will also be available via ECFS (http:// 

www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/). (Documents 

will be available electronically in ASCII, 

Word 97, and/or Adobe Acrobat.) This 

document may be purchased from the 

Commission’s duplicating contractor, 

Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th 

Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1– 

800–478–3160 or via e-mail http:// 

www.BCPIWEB.com. To request this 

document in accessible formats 

(computer diskettes, large print, audio 

recording, and Braille), send an e-mail 

to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 

Commission’s Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). This document does not contain 

information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition, 

therefore, it does not contain any 

information collection burden ‘‘for 

small business concerns with fewer than 

25 employees,’’ pursuant to the Small 

Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 

Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to 

this proceeding. 

The Commission will send a copy of 

this Report and Order in a report to be 

sent to Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to the 

Congressional review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television, Television broadcasting. 

■ For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as 

follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336. 

§ 73.622 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 73.622(i), the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments 

under Texas, is amended by adding 

DTV channel 40 and removing DTV 

channel 20 at Rio Grande City. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Clay C. Pendarvis, 

Associate Chief, Video Division, Media 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E9–1813 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

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