2019-20939. Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB  

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    AGENCY:

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

    SUMMARY:

    The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Notice of Proposed Stock Redemption (FR 4008; OMB No. 7100-0131).

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    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551, (202) 452-3829.

    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer—Shagufta Ahmed—Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 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.

    A copy of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) OMB submission, including the reporting form and instructions, supporting statement, and other documentation will be placed into OMB's public docket files. These documents also are available on the Board's public website at https://www.federalreserve.gov/​apps/​reportforms/​review.aspx or may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above.

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    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board authority under the PRA to approve and assign OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or sponsored by the Board. Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the PRA Submission, supporting statements, and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public docket files.

    Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three Years, Without Revision, of the Following Information Collection

    Report title: Notice of Proposed Stock Redemption.

    Agency form number: FR 4008.

    OMB control number: 7100-0131.

    Frequency: Event-generated.

    Respondents: Bank holding companies.

    Estimated number of respondents: 8.

    Estimated average hours per response: 15.5 hours.

    Estimated annual burden hours: 124 hours.

    General description of report: The Bank Holding Company Act (BHC Act) and Board's Regulation Y require a bank holding company (BHC) to seek the prior approval of the Board before purchasing or redeeming its equity securities in certain circumstances. Due to the limited information that a BHC must provide in connection with any such request, there is no required reporting form (the FR 4008 designation is for internal purposes only), and each request for prior approval must be filed as a notification with the Reserve Bank that has direct supervisory responsibility for the requesting BHC. The Federal Reserve uses the information provided in the redemption notice to supervise BHCs.

    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The FR 4008 is authorized pursuant to sections 5(b) and (c) of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1844(b) and (c)). Section 5(b) of the BHC Act, as amended by section 616 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act),[1] generally authorizes the Board to, among other things, issue capital regulations that are necessary to administer and carry out the purposes of the BHC Act and prevent evasions thereof. Section 5(c) of the BHC Act generally authorizes the Board to, among other things, require reports from BHCs on a range of issues. The FR 4008 is required for some BHCs to obtain the benefit of being able to purchase or redeem their equity securities.

    Individual respondents may request that data submitted be kept confidential on a case-by-case basis. If a respondent requests confidential treatment, the Board will determine whether the information is entitled to confidential treatment on an ad hoc basis. Requests may include information related to the BHC's business operations, such as terms and sources of the funding for the redemption and pro forma balance sheets. This information may be kept confidential under exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act, which protects privileged or confidential commercial or financial information.[2]

    Current actions: On June 17, 2019, the Board published a notice in the Federal Register (84 FR 28047) requesting public comment for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the FR 4008. The comment period for this notice expired on August 16, 2019. The Board did not receive any comments.

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    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 23, 2019.

    Michele Taylor Fennell,

    Assistant Secretary of the Board.

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    Footnotes

    [FR Doc. 2019-20939 Filed 9-25-19; 8:45 am]

    BILLING CODE 6210-01-P

Document Information

Published:
09/26/2019
Department:
Federal Reserve System
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
On June 17, 2019, the Board published a notice in the Federal Register (84 FR 28047) requesting public comment for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the FR 4008. The comment period for this notice expired on August 16, 2019. The Board did not receive any comments.
Document Number:
2019-20939
Pages:
50846-50846 (1 pages)
PDF File:
2019-20939.Pdf