Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, 40154-40155 [2017-17939]

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• FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40154-40155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17939]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
invites comment on a proposal to extend, with revision, the mandatory 
Banking Organization Systemic Risk Report (FR Y-15; OMB No. 7100-0352).
    On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA) to approve and assign OMB control numbers to collection of 
information requests and requirements conducted or sponsored by the 
Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the Board is directed to 
take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In determining whether 
to approve a collection of information, the Board will consider all 
comments received from the public and other agencies.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR Y-15 by any of the 
following methods:
     Agency Web site: https://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. Include OMB 
number in the subject line of the message.
     FAX: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
     Mail: Ann E. Misback, 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 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx 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 
3515, 1801 K Street (between 18th and 19th Streets NW) Washington, DC 
20006 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.
    Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the 
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.

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 Web site at: https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx or may be requested 
from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears below.
    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. Telecommunications Device 
for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact (202) 263-4869, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal

    The Board invites public comment on the following information 
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the 
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on all aspects of the proposal, 
including 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;
    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; and
    e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Federal 
Reserve should modify the proposal prior to giving final approval.

Proposal To Approve Under OMB Delegated Authority the Extension for 
Three Years, With Revision, of the Following Report

    Report Title: The Banking Organization Systemic Risk Report.
    Agency Form Number: FR Y-15.
    OMB Control Number: 7100-0352.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondents: U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs), covered savings 
and loan holding companies (SLHCs), and U.S. intermediate holding 
companies (IHCs) of foreign banking organizations with $50 billion or 
more of total consolidated assets, and any BHC designated as a global 
systemically important bank holding company (G-SIB) that does not 
otherwise meet the consolidated assets threshold for BHCs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Estimated Average Hours per Response: 401 hours.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 64,160 hours.
    General Description of Report: The FR Y-15 quarterly report 
collects systemic risk data from U.S. BHCs, covered SLHCs,\1\ and U.S. 
IHCs with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or

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more, and any BHC identified as a G-SIB based on its method 1 score 
calculated as of December 31 of the previous calendar year \2\ that 
does not otherwise meet the consolidated assets threshold for BHCs. The 
Board uses the FR Y-15 data to monitor, on an ongoing basis, the 
systemic risk profile of institutions which are subject to enhanced 
prudential standards under section 165 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).\3\ In addition, 
the FR Y-15 is used to (i) facilitate the implementation of the 
surcharge for G-SIBs, (ii) identify other institutions which may 
present significant systemic risk, and (iii) analyze the systemic risk 
implications of proposed mergers and acquisitions.
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    \1\ Covered SLHCs are those which are not substantially engaged 
in insurance or commercial activities. See 12 CFR 217.2, ``covered 
savings and loan holding company.''
    \2\ See 12 CFR 217.402.
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 5365.
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    Proposed Revisions: The FR Y-15 would be revised by (1) including 
Mexican pesos in total payments activity on Schedule C and removing it 
from the Memorandum items; (2) adding securities brokers to the 
definition of financial institutions in the instructions for Schedule 
B; (3) expressly including all cleared derivative transactions in 
Schedule D, item 1; (4) specifying how certain cleared derivatives 
transactions are reported in Schedule B, items 5(a) and 11(a); and (5) 
making minor clarifications to the form and instructions. The proposed 
changes would be effective for reports submitted on or after January 1, 
2018, beginning with reports reflecting the December 31, 2017, report 
date.
    Legal Authorization and Confidentiality: The Board has determined 
that the FR Y-15 is authorized by the Dodd-Frank Act (sections 163, 
165, and 604), the International Banking Act, the Bank Holding Company 
Act, and the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1467a, 1844, 3106, and 
3108). The obligation to respond to the FR Y-15 is mandatory.
    Most of the data collected on the FR Y-15 is made public unless a 
specific request for confidentiality is submitted by the reporting 
entity, either on the FR Y-15 or on the form from which the data item 
is obtained.\4\ Such information will be accorded confidential 
treatment under exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 
(5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)), if the submitter substantiates its assertion that 
disclosure would likely cause substantial competitive harm. To the 
extent confidential data collected under the FR Y-15 will be used for 
supervisory purposes, it may be exempt from disclosure under Exemption 
8 of FOIA, (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8)).
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    \4\ A number of the items in the FR Y-15 are retrieved from the 
FR Y-9C and certain items may be retrieved from the FFIEC-101 and 
FFIEC 009. Confidential treatment will also extend to any 
automatically-calculated items on the FR Y-15 that have been derived 
from confidential data items and that, if released, would reveal the 
underlying confidential data.
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    Consultation Outside the Agency: The FR Y-15 was derived from data 
collections developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision 
(BCBS) to assess the global systemic importance of banks. The BCBS 
revised its data collations in January 2017 after consultation with 
representatives from numerous national supervisory authorities, 
including the Board.\5\ Many of the proposed revisions to the FR Y-15 
would correspond to changes made to the BCBS data collection.
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    \5\ See Instructions for the end-2016 G-SIB assessment exercise, 
January 2017, available at www.bis.org/bcbs/gsib/instr_end16_gsib.pdf.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 21, 
2017.
Ann E. Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2017-17939 Filed 8-23-17; 8:45 am]
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