Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB, 76454-76455 [E5-7836]

Download as PDF 76454 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 247 / Tuesday, December 27, 2005 / Notices bjneal on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES on the impact of ammonia emissions on public health and the environment from poultry operations. The Agency is also interested in hearing from State Emergency Planning Commissions (SERC) and Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) about the usefulness of release reports that are required under EPCRA and its implementing regulations (40 CFR 355—Emergency Planning and Notification). B. What Efforts Are the Agency Currently Pursuing To Evaluate Emissions From Poultry Operations? Currently, the Agency does not have any reliable data regarding emissions from the poultry operations industry that it could use to properly evaluate this petition; however, the Agency is currently evaluating applications from the animal agricultural industry for participation in the Agency’s Animal Feeding Operations (AFO)/Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) that will enable the Agency to collect emissions data from the industry. On January 31, 2005, EPA published a notice in the Federal Register (70 FR 4958) offering animal agricultural operations an opportunity to sign the voluntary Consent Agreement, which among other things establishes a monitoring study for emissions at such operations. The need for the monitoring study was based on a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) review and evaluation of EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s scientific basis for estimating emissions of various air pollutants from AFOs. The NAS issued a final report in February, 2003 concluding that scientifically sound and practical protocols for measuring air emissions from AFOs needed to be developed. The NAS also found that existing methodologies for estimating air emissions from AFOs are generally inadequate because of the limited data and site specific factors on which they are based. In response to the 2003 NAS report, EPA began revising the conceptual enforcement agreement to specifically address the data and emission-estimating methodology needs, thus beginning to address the needs cited by the NAS, and determining AFO regulatory responsibility under the CAA, CERCLA, and EPCRA. This resulting monitoring study will lead to the development of methodologies for estimating emissions from AFOs and will allow Respondents to determine and comply with their regulatory responsibilities under the CAA, CERCLA, and EPCRA. Once applicable emission-estimating methodologies have been published by VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:54 Dec 23, 2005 Jkt 208001 EPA, the liability release in the proposed Agreement is contingent on the Respondent certifying that it is in compliance with all relevant requirements of the CAA, CERCLA, and EPCRA. In return, Respondents receive a release and covenant not to sue for the specific violations identified by applying the relevant emissionsestimating methodologies as long as the participating animal agricultural operations comply with all of their obligations under the Agreement. The AFO Air Compliance Agreement is an important part of EPA’s strategy to address air emissions from AFOs. In addition to resolving the compliance status of AFOs under the relevant statutes, it will provide critical data that will allow EPA to quantify emissions coming from AFOs (including poultry operations) and, if necessary, to identify appropriate regulatory and nonregulatory responses for controlling those emissions. C. What Is the Agency Intending To Do With the Scientific Data Received From the Public? The Agency intends to consider the scientific data that it receives from the public in its evaluation of this petition. Once the Agency has made its decision it will issue a notice that provides its rationale to either grant or deny the petition. Dated: December 20, 2005. Thomas P. Dunne, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. [FR Doc. E5–7869 Filed 12–23–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. SUMMARY: 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 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). Board–approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the OMB 83–Is and supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB’s public docket files. The AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer –– Michelle Long –– Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202– 452–3829). OMB Desk Officer –– Mark Menchik –– Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to mmenchik@omb.eop.gov. Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three years, without revision, of the following reports: 1. Report title: Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Loans Secured by Real Estate Located in Flood Hazard Areas Pursuant to Section 208.25 of Regulation H. Agency form number: Reg H–2. OMB control number: 7100–0280. Frequency: Event–generated. Reporters: State member banks. Annual reporting hours: 122,413 hours. Estimated average hours per response: Notice of special flood hazards to borrowers and servicers, 0.08 hours; notice to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of servicer, 0.08 hours; notice to FEMA of change of servicer, 0.08 hours; and retention of standard FEMA form, 0.04 hours. Number of respondents: 910. General description of report: This information collection is mandatory (12 U.S.C. 248(a)(1)). Because the Federal Reserve does not collect any of FEMA forms this information collection is not given confidential treatment. However, should any of these records come into the possession of the Federal Reserve, such information may be protected from disclosure by exemption 4 and 6 of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and (b)(6)). Abstract: Regulation H requires state member banks to notify a borrower and servicer when loans secured by real estate are determined to be in a special flood hazard area and notify them whether flood insurance is available; notify FEMA of the identity of, and any change of, the servicer of a loan secured by real estate in a special flood hazard area; and retain a completed copy of the Standard Flood Hazard Determination E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 247 / Tuesday, December 27, 2005 / Notices bjneal on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Form used to determine whether property securing a loan is in a special flood hazard area. 2. Report title: Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Disclosure Requirements in Connection with Regulation BB (Community Reinvestment Act). Agency form number: Reg BB. OMB control number: 7100–0197. Frequency: Annually. Reporters: State member banks. Annual reporting hours: 85,234 hours. Estimated average hours per response: Recordkeeping Requirement, small business and small farm loan register, 219 hours. Optional Recordkeeping Requirements, consumer loan data, 326 hours; other loan data, 25 hours. Reporting Requirements, assessment area delineation, 2 hours; small business and small farm loan data, 8 hours; community development loan data, 13 hours; and HMDA out of MSA loan data, 253 hours. Optional Reporting Requirements, data on lending by a consortium or third party, 17 hours; affiliate lending data, 38 hours; strategic plan, 275 hours; and request for designation as a wholesale or limited purpose bank, 4 hours. Disclosure Requirement, public file, 10 hours. Number of respondents: 914. Abstract: This submission covers an extension of the Federal Reserve’s currently approved information collections in their CRA regulations (12 CFR part 228). The submission involves no change to the regulation or to the information collection. The Federal Reserve System needs the information collected to fulfill their obligations under the CRA (12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.) to evaluate and assign ratings to the performance of institutions, in connection with helping to meet the credit needs of their communities, including low– and moderate–income neighborhoods, consistent with safe and sound banking practices. The Federal Reserve System uses the information in the examination process and in evaluating applications for mergers, branches, and certain other corporate activities. Financial institutions maintain and provide the information to the Federal Reserve System. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 21, 2005. Jennifer J. Johnson Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E5–7836 Filed 12–23–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:54 Dec 23, 2005 Jkt 208001 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center Web site at https://www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than January 20, 2006. A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034: 1. FMS Bancorp, Inc., Poplar Bluff, Missouri; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of First Missouri State Bank of Cape County, Cape Girardeau, Missouri (in organization). B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291: 1. BlackRidge Financial, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Valley Bancshares, Inc., Nisswa, Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 76455 Lakewood Bank, N.A., Baxter, Minnesota. In addition, Applicant will retain its indirect 17.11 percent ownership in Union Bancshares, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota, and thereby indirectly retain ownership in Union State Bank of Fargo, Fargo, North Dakota. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 21, 2005. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E5–7837 Filed 12–23–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Establishment of a Transaction Fee for transportation services provided for the GSA, Office of Global Supply (FL). AGENCY: Federal Acquisition Service, GSA. Notice requesting comments; Extension of comment period. ACTION: SUMMARY: GSA is extending the comment period ten days for its proposal to change the Freight Management Program (FMP), Standard Tender of Service (STOS), to establish a transaction fee for transportation services provided to the Eastern Distribution Center (EDC), Burlington, NJ, Western Distribution Center (WDC), French Camp, CA, and the National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and National Industries for the Severely Handicapped (NISH). The proposed transaction fee of 4% of the total transportation charges will be deducted from transportation service provider (TSP) invoices prior to payment via the GSA Transportation Management Services Solution (TMSS). The notice was previously published in the Federal Register at 70 FR 73248, December 9, 2005. DATES: The comment period has been extended. Please submit comments by January 23, 2005. ADDRESSES: Mail comments to General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service, Travel and Transportation Management Division (FBL), 1901 South Bell Street, Crystal Mall Building 4, Room 812, Arlington, VA 22202, Attention: Ms. Mary Anne Sykes (Re: Federal Register comments) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mary Anne Sykes, Transportation Programs Branch, by telephone at 703 605–2889 or by e-mail at transportation.programs@gsa.gov. E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


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

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: 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 CFR 
1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the 
Public). Board-approved collections of information are incorporated 
into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of 
information. Copies of the OMB 83-Is and supporting statements and 
approved collection of information instrument(s) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance 
Officer -- Michelle Long -- Division of Research and Statistics, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-
452-3829).
    OMB Desk Officer -- Mark Menchik -- Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to 
mmenchik@omb.eop.gov.

Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three 
years, without revision, of the following reports:

    1. Report title: Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements 
Associated with Loans Secured by Real Estate Located in Flood Hazard 
Areas Pursuant to Section 208.25 of Regulation H.
    Agency form number: Reg H-2.
    OMB control number: 7100-0280.
    Frequency: Event-generated.
    Reporters: State member banks.
    Annual reporting hours: 122,413 hours.
    Estimated average hours per response: Notice of special flood 
hazards to borrowers and servicers, 0.08 hours; notice to the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of servicer, 0.08 hours; notice to 
FEMA of change of servicer, 0.08 hours; and retention of standard FEMA 
form, 0.04 hours.
    Number of respondents: 910.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory (12 U.S.C. 248(a)(1)). Because the Federal Reserve does not 
collect any of FEMA forms this information collection is not given 
confidential treatment. However, should any of these records come into 
the possession of the Federal Reserve, such information may be 
protected from disclosure by exemption 4 and 6 of the Freedom of 
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and (b)(6)).
    Abstract: Regulation H requires state member banks to notify a 
borrower and servicer when loans secured by real estate are determined 
to be in a special flood hazard area and notify them whether flood 
insurance is available; notify FEMA of the identity of, and any change 
of, the servicer of a loan secured by real estate in a special flood 
hazard area; and retain a completed copy of the Standard Flood Hazard 
Determination

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Form used to determine whether property securing a loan is in a special 
flood hazard area.
    2. Report title: Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Disclosure 
Requirements in Connection with Regulation BB (Community Reinvestment 
Act).
    Agency form number: Reg BB.
    OMB control number: 7100-0197.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Reporters: State member banks.
    Annual reporting hours: 85,234 hours.
    Estimated average hours per response: Recordkeeping Requirement, 
small business and small farm loan register, 219 hours. Optional 
Recordkeeping Requirements, consumer loan data, 326 hours; other loan 
data, 25 hours. Reporting Requirements, assessment area delineation, 2 
hours; small business and small farm loan data, 8 hours; community 
development loan data, 13 hours; and HMDA out of MSA loan data, 253 
hours. Optional Reporting Requirements, data on lending by a consortium 
or third party, 17 hours; affiliate lending data, 38 hours; strategic 
plan, 275 hours; and request for designation as a wholesale or limited 
purpose bank, 4 hours. Disclosure Requirement, public file, 10 hours.
    Number of respondents: 914.
    Abstract: This submission covers an extension of the Federal 
Reserve's currently approved information collections in their CRA 
regulations (12 CFR part 228). The submission involves no change to the 
regulation or to the information collection.
    The Federal Reserve System needs the information collected to 
fulfill their obligations under the CRA (12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.) to 
evaluate and assign ratings to the performance of institutions, in 
connection with helping to meet the credit needs of their communities, 
including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with safe 
and sound banking practices. The Federal Reserve System uses the 
information in the examination process and in evaluating applications 
for mergers, branches, and certain other corporate activities. 
Financial institutions maintain and provide the information to the 
Federal Reserve System.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 21, 
2005.
Jennifer J. Johnson
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E5-7836 Filed 12-23-05; 8:45 am]
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