| [Federal Register: May 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 104)][Notices]
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 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Renewal of an
 Information Collection; Comment Request
 AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ACTION: Notice and request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal
 agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the proposed renewal of
 an information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
 of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is soliciting
 comments concerning an information collection titled ``Foreign
 Branching and Investment By Insured State Nonmember Banks.''
 DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 27, 2004. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to Leneta Gregorie, Counsel, Legal Division, Room 3062, Attention:
 Comments/Legal Division, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550
 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer to
 ``Foreign Branching and Investment by Insured State Nonmember Banks.''
 Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard station at the rear of the
 17th Street Building (located on F Street), on business days between 7
 a.m. and 5 p.m. Comments may be submitted electronically to
 comments@fdic.gov Comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk
 officer for the FDIC: Mark Menchik, Office of Information and
 Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
 Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leneta G. Gregorie, (202) 898-3719, or at the address identified above.
 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently approved collection of information:
 Title: Foreign Branching and Investment By Insured State Nonmember
 Banks.
 OMB Number: 3064-0125.
 Affected Public: All financial institutions.
 Estimated Number of Respondents: 61.
 Estimated Number of Responses: 61.
 Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours-400 hours.
 Estimated Total Annual Burden: 20,298 hours.
 General Description of Collection: The Federal Deposit Insurance
 (FDI) Act requires nonmember banks to obtain FDIC consent to establish
 or operate a branch in a foreign country, or to acquire and hold,
 directly or indirectly, stock or other evidences of ownership in any
 foreign bank or other entity. The FDI Act also authorizes the FDIC to
 impose conditions for such consent and to issue regulations related
 thereto. The information collection activities attributable to 12 CFR
 part 347 and part 303, subpart J are a direct consequence of these
 statutory requirements.
 Request for Comment Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions,
 including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the
 accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the 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; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information
 collection on respondents, including through the use of automated
 collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
 At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations
 received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the
 collection should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review and
 approval. Comments submitted in response to this notice also will be
 summarized or included in the FDIC's requests to OMB for renewal of
 this collection. All comments will become a matter of public record.
 Dated at Washington, DC, this 24th day of May, 2004.
 
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 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.Robert E. Feldman,
 Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. 04-12106 Filed 5-27-04; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6714-01-P
 
 
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