Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, 718-719 [2019-00365]

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• FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 718-719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00365]



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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 for three years, without 
revision, the Application Form for Membership on the Community Advisory 
Council (Application) (FR 1401; OMB 7100-0371).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 1401, by any of 
the following methods:
     Agency website: https://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
     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 website 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 NW (between 18th and 19th Streets NW), Washington, 
DC 20006 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. For security 
reasons, the Board requires that visitors make an appointment to 
inspect comments. You may do so by calling (202) 452-3684. Upon 
arrival, visitors will be required to present valid government-issued 
photo identification and to submit to security screening in order to 
inspect and photocopy comments. 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, if approved. These documents will also be made 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 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: 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.
    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 the following:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the Board's functions, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the Board'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 Board 
should modify the proposal.
    Proposal under OMB delegated authority to extend for three years, 
without revision, the following information collection:
    Report title: Application Form for Membership on the Community 
Advisory Council.
    Agency form number: FR 1401.
    OMB control number: 7100-037.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: Applicants who seek to be considered for Community 
Advisory Council membership.
    Estimated number of respondents: 314.
    Estimated average hours per response: 1.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 314.
    General description of report: The Application Form for Membership 
on the Community Advisory Council (Application) is used to obtain 
information about the experience and qualification of persons seeking 
to be considered for membership on the Board's Community Advisory 
Council (CAC).
    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The Application is 
authorized pursuant to the Board's general authority to establish the 
CAC, which is derived from sections 2A and 10 of the Federal Reserve 
Act (FRA). Section 2A of the FRA requires the Board and the Federal 
Open Market Committee to ``maintain long run growth of the monetary and 
credit aggregates commensurate with the economy's long run potential to 
increase production, so as to promote effectively the goals of maximum 
employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates'' (12 
U.S.C. 225a). Section 10 of the FRA authorizes the Board to ``determine 
and prescribe the manner in which its obligations shall be incurred and 
its disbursements and expenses allowed and paid'' (12 U.S.C. 244). 
Applicants are required to provide information collected as part of the 
Application to be considered for CAC membership.
    Information provided on the Application will be kept confidential 
under exemption 6 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the 
extent that the disclosure of information ``would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy'' (see 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6)). 
For example, the release of information such as an applicant's address, 
home telephone number, and personal email address would likely 
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unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and, therefore, be kept 
confidential under exemption 6 of the FOIA. However, the release of 
information such as the educational and professional qualifications of 
successful applicants would not likely constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy and may be disclosed under the FOIA. In 
addition, once a person becomes a member of the CAC, their name, and 
the name and location of the organization where they are employed, 
would generally be listed on the Board's public website.
    Determinations regarding disclosure to third parties of any 
confidential portions of the information collection that are considered 
exempt under the FOIA would be made in accordance with the Privacy Act 
(see 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)). A hyperlink directing the applicant to the 
relevant Privacy Act statement is provided in the Federal Register 
notice and also when the applicant fills out the Application form on 
the Board's website. The Board may make disclosures in accordance with 
the Privacy Act's routine use disclosure provision, (see 5 U.S.C. 
552a(a)(7) and (b)(3)), which permits the disclosure of a record for a 
purpose which is compatible with the purpose for which the record was 
collected. Such routine uses are listed in the Board's System of 
Records Notice that applies to this information collection, which can 
be found in BGFRS-39, FRB-General File of the Community Advisory 
Council, located here: https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/BGFRS-39-general-file-of-the-community-advisory-council.pdf.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 18, 
2019.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2019-00365 Filed 1-30-19; 8:45 am]
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