Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB, 73303-73304 [2022-25969]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 29, 2022 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three Years, Without Revision, of the Following Information Collection Collection title: Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Regulation E (Electronic Fund Transfers). Collection identifier: FR E. OMB control number: 7100–0200. Frequency: Event generated. Respondents: State member banks and their subsidiaries, subsidiaries of bank holding companies, U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks (other than federal branches, federal agencies, and insured state branches of foreign banks), commercial lending companies owned or controlled by foreign banks, and organizations operating under section 25 or 25A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 601–604a; 611–631). Estimated number of respondents: Recordkeeping, 874; Initial disclosures, 874; Change-in-terms, 874; Periodic statements, 67; Error resolution, 874; Pre-acquisition disclosures (short form disclosure), 5; internet posting and submission of prepaid account agreements, 6; Remittance transfer disclosures, 874; Error resolution for remittance transfers, 874; and Remittance transfers scheduled before the date of transfer, 874. Estimated average hours per response: Recordkeeping, 0.97; Initial disclosures, 0.03; Change-in-terms, 0.02; Periodic statements, 7; Error resolution, 0.5; Preacquisition disclosures (short form disclosure), 4; internet posting and submission of prepaid account agreements, 0.08; Remittance transfer disclosures, 8; Error resolution for remittance transfers, 4.5; and Remittance transfers scheduled before the date of transfer, 8. Estimated annual burden hours: Recordkeeping, 848; Initial disclosures, 6,555; Change-in-terms, 5,943; Periodic statements, 5,628; Error resolution, 13,110; Pre-acquisition disclosures (short form disclosure), 191; internet posting and submission of prepaid account agreements, 2; Remittance transfer disclosures, 83,904; Error resolution for remittance transfers, 47,196; and Remittance transfers scheduled before the date of transfer, 6,992. General description of report: The Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) requires consumers be provided meaningful disclosures about the basic terms, costs, and rights relating to electronic fund transfer (EFT) services involving a consumer’s account. The disclosures required by the EFTA are VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:29 Nov 28, 2022 Jkt 259001 triggered by specific events. The disclosures inform consumers, for example, about the terms of the EFT service, activity on the account, potential liability for unauthorized transfers, and the process for resolving errors. Legal authorization and confidentiality: The FR E is authorized pursuant to section 904 of the EFTA,1 which requires that the CFPB prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of the EFTA, including disclosure and recordkeeping requirements relating to consumer EFT transactions. The FR E is mandatory. The disclosures and records required under Regulation E are not required to be submitted to the Board, so normally no confidentiality issues would be implicated. To the extent such disclosures and records are obtained by the Board through the examination process, they may be kept confidential under exemption 8 of the Freedom of Information Act, which protects information contained in or related to an examination of a financial institution.2 Current actions: On July 25, 2022, the Board published an initial notice in the Federal Register (87 FR 44116) requesting public comment for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the FR E. The comment period for this notice expired on September 23, 2022. The Board did not receive any comments. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 22, 2022. Michele Taylor Fennell, Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2022–25968 Filed 11–28–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–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: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Reporting and Disclosure Requirements of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)Related Agreements (Regulation G) (FR G; OMB No. 7100–0299). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of AGENCY: 1 15 25 PO 00000 U.S.C. 1693b. U.S.C. 552(b)(8). Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 73303 the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, nuha.elmaghrabi@frb.gov, (202) 452–3884. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal Reserve Board, 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or sponsored by the Board. Boardapproved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. The OMB inventory, as well as copies of the PRA Submission, supporting statements, and approved collection of information instrument(s) are available at https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. These documents are also available on the Federal Reserve 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. Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three Years, Without Revision, of the Following Information Collection Collection title: Reporting and Disclosure Requirements of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)-Related Agreements. Collection identifier: FR G. OMB control number: 7100–0299. Frequency: Annually and quarterly. Respondents: State member banks and their subsidiaries; bank holding companies; savings and loan holding companies; affiliates of bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies, other than banks, savings associations, and subsidiaries of banks and savings associations; and nongovernmental entities or persons (NGEPs) that enter into covered agreements with any of the aforementioned entities. Estimated number of respondents: Reporting: insured depository institutions (IDIs) and affiliates—Copy of agreements to agency, 1; List of agreements to agency, 1; Annual report, 1; Filing NGEP annual report, 1; Reporting: NGEP—Copy of agreements to agency, 2, Annual report, 2; Disclosure: IDI and affiliates—Covered agreements to public, 1, Agreements E:\FR\FM\29NON1.SGM 29NON1 73304 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 29, 2022 / Notices relating to activities of CRA affiliates, 1; and Disclosure: NGEP Covered agreements to public, 2. Estimated average hours per response: Reporting: IDI and affiliates—Copy of agreements to agency, 1; List of agreements to agency, 1; Annual report, 4; Filing NGEP annual report, 1; Reporting: NGEP—Copy of agreements to agency, 1, Annual report, 4; Disclosure: IDI and affiliates—Covered agreements to public, 1, Agreements relating to activities of CRA affiliates, 1; and Disclosure: NGEP Covered agreements to public, 1. Estimated annual burden hours: Reporting: IDI and affiliates—Copy of agreements to agency, 2; List of agreements to agency, 2; Annual report, 4; Filing NGEP annual report, 1; Reporting: NGEP—Copy of agreements to agency, 2, Annual report, 8; Disclosure: IDI and affiliates—Covered agreements to public, 2, Agreements relating to activities of CRA affiliates, 2; and Disclosure: NGEP Covered agreements to public, 2. General description of collection: Regulation G—Disclosure and Reporting of CRA-Related Agreements 1 implements section 711 of the GrammLeach-Bliley Act (GLBA),2 which requires IDIs, affiliates of IDIs, and NGEPs to disclose written agreements entered into in connection with fulfillment of the CRA.3 Legal authorization and confidentiality: The disclosure and reporting requirements of Regulation G are authorized pursuant to the Board’s authority to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of section 711 of GLBA.4 The FR G disclosure and reporting requirements are mandatory. The disclosure and reporting requirements of section 711 and Regulation G require relevant parties to disclose covered agreements to the public.5 However, as explained in the preamble to Regulation G, an entity subject to Regulation G may submit separate public and complete versions of its covered agreements to the Board with a request for confidential treatment for the complete version.6 As stated in the preamble, the Board would release only the public version unless it received a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the entirety of the CRA-related agreement.7 Regulation G states that in responding to a request for a covered agreement from an individual or entity under the public disclosure provisions of section 711, an NGEP, insured depository institution, or affiliate may withhold from the public information that the party believes the relevant supervisory agency could withhold from disclosure under the FOIA.8 Information contained in covered agreements may be exempt from disclosure under exemption 4 of the FOIA, which protects nonpublic commercial or financial information, which is both customarily and actually treated as private by the respondent.9 Information contained in covered agreements may also be exempt from disclosure under exemption 6 of the FOIA, which protects information about individuals in personnel and medical files the disclosure of which ‘‘would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,’’ 10 and under exemption 8 of the FOIA, which protects information contained in ‘‘examination, operating, or condition reports’’ obtained in the bank supervisory process.11 Current actions: On July 26, 2022, the Board published an initial notice in the Federal Register (87 FR 44392) requesting public comment for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the FR G. The comment period for this notice expired on September 26, 2022. The Board did not receive any comments. 12 CFR part 207. Codified at 12 U.S.C. 1831y. 3 12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq. 4 12 U.S.C. 1831y(h)(1). 5 The Board noted in the preamble to Regulation G that section 711 would require disclosure of some types of information that an agency might normally withhold from disclosure under the FOIA and that the Board would not keep information confidential under the FOIA that a party would be required to disclose under section 711. Disclosure and Reporting of CRA-Related Agreements, 66 FR 2052, 2066–2067 (Jan. 10, 2001). 6 Id. AGENCY: 1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 2 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:29 Nov 28, 2022 Jkt 259001 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 22, 2022. Michele Taylor Fennell, Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2022–25969 Filed 11–28–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–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: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Structure Id. 12 CFR 207.6(b)(2). 9 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4). 10 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6). 11 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8). 7 8 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Domestic and Foreign Banking Organizations (FR Y–6, FR Y– 7, FR Y–10, and FR Y–10E; OMB No. 7100–0297). 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, nuha.elmaghrabi@frb.gov, (202) 452–3884. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal Reserve Board, 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or sponsored by the Board. Boardapproved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. The OMB inventory, as well as copies of the PRA Submission, supporting statements (which contain more detailed information about the information collections and burden estimates than this notice), and approved collection of information instrument(s) are available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. These documents are also available on the Federal Reserve Board’s public website at https:// www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ reportingforms/home/review or may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above. Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three Years, With Revision, of the Following Information Collection Collection title: Annual Report of Holding Companies; Annual Report of Foreign Banking Organizations; Report of Changes in Organizational Structure; Supplement to the Report of Changes in Organizational Structure. Collection identifier: FR Y–6; FR Y–7; FR Y–10; and FR Y–10E. OMB control number: 7100–0297. Effective Date: The effective dates are as follows: March 31, 2023: • Revised the FR Y–10 definition of ‘‘control’’ in the Glossary section of the instructions. December 31, 2024: • Revised the FR Y–6 to automate and add a standard template for reporting E:\FR\FM\29NON1.SGM 29NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73303-73304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25969]


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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: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the 
Reporting and Disclosure Requirements of Community Reinvestment Act 
(CRA)-Related Agreements (Regulation G) (FR G; OMB No. 7100-0299).

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, [email protected], (202) 452-3884.
    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal 
Reserve Board, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board 
authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (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. The OMB inventory, as well as copies of the 
PRA Submission, supporting statements, and approved collection of 
information instrument(s) are available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. These documents are also available on the Federal 
Reserve 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.

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

    Collection title: Reporting and Disclosure Requirements of 
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)-Related Agreements.
    Collection identifier: FR G.
    OMB control number: 7100-0299.
    Frequency: Annually and quarterly.
    Respondents: State member banks and their subsidiaries; bank 
holding companies; savings and loan holding companies; affiliates of 
bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies, other 
than banks, savings associations, and subsidiaries of banks and savings 
associations; and nongovernmental entities or persons (NGEPs) that 
enter into covered agreements with any of the aforementioned entities.
    Estimated number of respondents: Reporting: insured depository 
institutions (IDIs) and affiliates--Copy of agreements to agency, 1; 
List of agreements to agency, 1; Annual report, 1; Filing NGEP annual 
report, 1; Reporting: NGEP--Copy of agreements to agency, 2, Annual 
report, 2; Disclosure: IDI and affiliates--Covered agreements to 
public, 1, Agreements

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relating to activities of CRA affiliates, 1; and Disclosure: NGEP 
Covered agreements to public, 2.
    Estimated average hours per response: Reporting: IDI and 
affiliates--Copy of agreements to agency, 1; List of agreements to 
agency, 1; Annual report, 4; Filing NGEP annual report, 1; Reporting: 
NGEP--Copy of agreements to agency, 1, Annual report, 4; Disclosure: 
IDI and affiliates--Covered agreements to public, 1, Agreements 
relating to activities of CRA affiliates, 1; and Disclosure: NGEP 
Covered agreements to public, 1.
    Estimated annual burden hours: Reporting: IDI and affiliates--Copy 
of agreements to agency, 2; List of agreements to agency, 2; Annual 
report, 4; Filing NGEP annual report, 1; Reporting: NGEP--Copy of 
agreements to agency, 2, Annual report, 8; Disclosure: IDI and 
affiliates--Covered agreements to public, 2, Agreements relating to 
activities of CRA affiliates, 2; and Disclosure: NGEP Covered 
agreements to public, 2.
    General description of collection: Regulation G--Disclosure and 
Reporting of CRA-Related Agreements \1\ implements section 711 of the 
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA),\2\ which requires IDIs, affiliates of 
IDIs, and NGEPs to disclose written agreements entered into in 
connection with fulfillment of the CRA.\3\
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    \1\ 12 CFR part 207.
    \2\ Codified at 12 U.S.C. 1831y.
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.
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    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The disclosure and 
reporting requirements of Regulation G are authorized pursuant to the 
Board's authority to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of 
section 711 of GLBA.\4\ The FR G disclosure and reporting requirements 
are mandatory.
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    \4\ 12 U.S.C. 1831y(h)(1).
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    The disclosure and reporting requirements of section 711 and 
Regulation G require relevant parties to disclose covered agreements to 
the public.\5\ However, as explained in the preamble to Regulation G, 
an entity subject to Regulation G may submit separate public and 
complete versions of its covered agreements to the Board with a request 
for confidential treatment for the complete version.\6\ As stated in 
the preamble, the Board would release only the public version unless it 
received a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the 
entirety of the CRA-related agreement.\7\
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    \5\ The Board noted in the preamble to Regulation G that section 
711 would require disclosure of some types of information that an 
agency might normally withhold from disclosure under the FOIA and 
that the Board would not keep information confidential under the 
FOIA that a party would be required to disclose under section 711. 
Disclosure and Reporting of CRA-Related Agreements, 66 FR 2052, 
2066-2067 (Jan. 10, 2001).
    \6\ Id.
    \7\ Id.
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    Regulation G states that in responding to a request for a covered 
agreement from an individual or entity under the public disclosure 
provisions of section 711, an NGEP, insured depository institution, or 
affiliate may withhold from the public information that the party 
believes the relevant supervisory agency could withhold from disclosure 
under the FOIA.\8\ Information contained in covered agreements may be 
exempt from disclosure under exemption 4 of the FOIA, which protects 
nonpublic commercial or financial information, which is both 
customarily and actually treated as private by the respondent.\9\ 
Information contained in covered agreements may also be exempt from 
disclosure under exemption 6 of the FOIA, which protects information 
about individuals in personnel and medical files the disclosure of 
which ``would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy,'' \10\ and under exemption 8 of the FOIA, which protects 
information contained in ``examination, operating, or condition 
reports'' obtained in the bank supervisory process.\11\
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    \8\ 12 CFR 207.6(b)(2).
    \9\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
    \10\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6).
    \11\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8).
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    Current actions: On July 26, 2022, the Board published an initial 
notice in the Federal Register (87 FR 44392) requesting public comment 
for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the FR G. The 
comment period for this notice expired on September 26, 2022. The Board 
did not receive any comments.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 22, 
2022.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2022-25969 Filed 11-28-22; 8:45 am]
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