82_FR_45474 82 FR 45287 - Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies

82 FR 45287 - Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 187 (September 28, 2017)

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FR Document2017-20811

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45287-45288]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20811]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan 
Holding Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for 
approval,

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pursuant to the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) (HOLA), 
Regulation LL (12 CFR part 238), and Regulation MM (12 CFR part 239), 
and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a savings 
and loan holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership 
of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a savings association 
and nonbanking companies owned by the savings and loan 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 HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e)). 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 10(c)(4)(B) of the HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(c)(4)(B)). Unless 
otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the 
United States.
    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 October 23, 2017.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Nadine Wallman, Vice 
President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566. Comments 
can also be sent electronically to [email protected]:
    1. First Mutual Holding Co., Lakewood, Ohio; to acquire Doolin 
Security Savings Bank, FSB, New Martinsville, West Virginia.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 25, 
2017.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2017-20811 Filed 9-27-17; 8:45 am]
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     in the rule should take only 3 minutes                                      Form Number: None.                                                             Burden Estimate:
     (0.05 hours) to complete.                                                   Affected Public: Insured state
       2. Title: Flood Insurance.                                              nonmember banks and state savings
       OMB Number: 3064–0120.                                                  associations.
                                                                                     TABLE 1—BURDEN CALCULATION
                                                                            Share of
                                Item                                                                     Hours                      Share                      Hours                    Hours               Total hours
                                                                             burden

     1. Disclosure to the Borrower ..................                                   50%                        0.50                       90%                        0.45                   0.225             25,097
     2. Disclosure to the Servicer ...................                 ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................                0.225             25,097
     3. Report to FEMA of a Change in
       Servicer ................................................       ........................   ........................                   10%                        0.05                      0.05             5,577
     4. Recordkeeping (Bank keeps a copy of
       all notifications) .....................................                            50                     0.50       ........................                    0.50                     0.50           55,770
                                                                       ........................                    1.0       ........................                     1.0                      1.0          111,540

     Respondents (FDIC supervised banks with real estate loans) ...........................................................................................................                                        3,718
     Frequency (Average no. of real estate loans serviced w/flood ins) ....................................................................................................                                           30

           Total burden .................................................................................................................................................................................       111,540
        Sources: FDIC, FEMA, Federal Reserve Board.


        General Description of Collection:                                     multifamily; nonfarm, nonresidential,                                        apportionment results in an average of
     Each supervised lending institution is                                    and agricultural loans secured by real                                       121 policies per bank, and a median of
     currently required to provide a notice of                                 estate. As of March 31, 2017, there were                                     30 policies per bank. Because the
     special flood hazards to each borrower                                    3,718 FDIC-regulated institutions with a                                     average is skewed by the large number
     with a loan secured by a building or                                      total value of about $1.19 trillion in                                       of policies at large banks, we believe the
     mobile home located or to be located in                                   these loans. Based on the foregoing, we                                      median is a better measure for
     an area identified by the Director of the                                 estimate that FDIC-regulated banks hold                                      calculating burden hours.
     Federal Emergency Management Agency                                       27.9% of these assets.                                                          Our subject-matter experts (SMEs) for
     as being subject to special flood hazards.                                   The Federal Reserve Board reported                                        this rule believe that the total burden to
     The Riegle Community Development                                          $14.41 trillion in mortgage debt                                             the public for complying with this rule
     Act requires that each institution also                                   outstanding in the U.S., with $4.63                                          is 1.0 hours per policy. We find four
     provide a copy of the notice to the                                       trillion (32.4%) held by depository                                          PRA related tasks in this rule: (1)
     servicer of the loan (if different from the                               institutions.4 Since this total debt held                                    Disclosure to Borrowers, (2) Disclosure
     originating lender).                                                      by banks is close to the value of these                                      to Servicers, (3) Reporting to FEMA of
        There is no change in the method or                                    real estate loans from Call Report data,                                     Changes in Coverage, and (4)
     substance of the collection. There is an                                  we have confidence that we can meld                                          Recordkeeping for tasks 1–3 above. We
     overall reduction in burden hours                                         the data sets for estimation purposes.                                       assume that Recordkeeping will
     which is the result of (1) economic                                       We therefore assume that 32.4% of the                                        comprise 1⁄2 hour, and the remaining 1⁄2
     fluctuation reflected by a decrease in the                                value of flood insurance policies will be                                    is split between the other tasks. We
     number of FDIC-supervised institutions                                    held by U.S. commercial banks: $401                                          assume that 90% of policies will
     and (2) a decrease in the number of                                       billion.                                                                     involve a new origination, and 10% of
     flood insurance policies nationally. In                                      In the absence of any data on the                                         policies will involve a change in status.
     particular, the number of respondents                                     number of real estate loans with flood                                          With 3,718 respondents holding a
     and the frequency of response (number                                     insurance at any bank, we resort to                                          median of 30 policies and 1 hour of
     of loans) have decreased while the                                        apportion 32.4% of the number of flood                                       burden per policy, we calculate a total
     hours per response remain the same.                                       insurance policies (1,614,801) to                                            burden of 111,540 hours. This burden is
        Changes to Data and Assumptions:                                       commercial banks, and 27.9% of those                                         apportioned to each task as shown in
     FDIC estimates total annual burden to                                     to FDIC-regulated institutions (451,177).                                    Table 1 above.
     be 111,540 hours. To obtain this figure,                                  Because the value of property varies
     FDIC relied on: (a) Data from the Federal                                 greatly between different geographical                                         Dated at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of
     Emergency Management Agency                                               regions and different banks, it is                                           September, 2017. Federal Deposit Insurance
                                                                                                                                                            Corporation.
     (FEMA) as of May 2017; (b) FDIC Call                                      doubtful that this estimation of the
     Report data as of March 31, 2017; and                                     number of policies is accurate.                                              Valerie J. Best,
     (c) Federal Reserve Board mortgage data                                   However, there exists no other                                               Assistant Executive Secretary.
     as of March 31, 2017.                                                     reasonable method for deriving the                                           [FR Doc. 2017–20759 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am]
        FEMA reported there were 4,983,954                                     number of policies at each bank given                                        BILLING CODE 6714–01–P
     flood insurance policies in effect with a                                 available data.
     total insured value of                                                       Next, we apportioned the 451,177
     $1,238,657,149,400.3                                                      flood insurance policies to each FDIC-                                       FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
        FDIC Call Report data showed that as                                   regulated institution according to its
     of March 31, 2017, there were a total of                                  share of real estate loans to total real                                     Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
     5,790 FDIC-insured institutions with a                                    estate loans. The resulting                                                  Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding
     total of $4.25 trillion in 1–4 family;                                                                                                                 Companies
                                                                                 4 https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/
       3 https://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance-statistics-                      releases/mortoutstand/mortoutstand20170331.htm                                 The companies listed in this notice
     current-month (accessed June 15, 2017).                                   (accessed June 15, 2017).                                                    have applied to the Board for approval,


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     pursuant to the Home Owners’ Loan Act                   three years the current Paperwork                     the methodology and assumptions used;
     (12 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) (HOLA),                        Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) clearance for                 (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
     Regulation LL (12 CFR part 238), and                    information collection requirements                   and clarity of the information to be
     Regulation MM (12 CFR part 239), and                    contained in the Commission’s Business                collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
     all other applicable statutes and                       Opportunity Rule (‘‘Rule’’). That                     burden of the collection of information
     regulations to become a savings and                     clearance expires on January 31, 2018.                on those who are to respond, including
     loan holding company and/or to acquire                  DATES: Comments must be submitted by                  through the use of appropriate
     the assets or the ownership of, control                 November 27, 2017.                                    automated, electronic, mechanical, or
     of, or the power to vote shares of a                    ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a              other technological collection
     savings association and nonbanking                      comment online or on paper, by                        techniques or other forms of information
     companies owned by the savings and                      following the instructions in the                     technology, e.g., permitting electronic
     loan holding company, including the                     Request for Comment part of the                       submission of responses.
     companies listed below.                                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section                        The Business Opportunity Rule
        The applications listed below, as well               below. Write ‘‘Business Opportunity                   requires business opportunity sellers to
     as other related filings required by the                Rule Paperwork Comment, FTC File No.                  furnish to prospective purchasers a
     Board, are available for immediate                      P114408’’ on your comment, and file                   disclosure document that provides
     inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank                  your comment online at https://                       information relating to the seller, the
     indicated. The application also will be                 ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/                       seller’s business, the nature of the
     available for inspection at the offices of              BusinessOpportunityRulePRA by                         proposed business opportunity, as well
     the Board of Governors. Interested                      following the instructions on the web-                as additional information regarding any
     persons may express their views in                      based form. If you prefer to file your                claims about actual or potential sales,
     writing on the standards enumerated in                  comment on paper, mail your comment                   income, or profits for a prospective
     the HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e)). If the                   to the following address: Federal Trade               business opportunity purchaser. The
     proposal also involves the acquisition of               Commission, Office of the Secretary,                  seller must also preserve information
     a nonbanking company, the review also                   600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite                    that forms a reasonable basis for such
     includes whether the acquisition of the                 CC–5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC                     claims. These disclosure and
     nonbanking company complies with the                    20580, or deliver your comment to the                 recordkeeping requirements are subject
     standards in section 10(c)(4)(B) of the                 following address: Federal Trade                      to the PRA.
     HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(c)(4)(B)). Unless                 Commission, Office of the Secretary,                     The Rule is designed to ensure that
     otherwise noted, nonbanking activities                  Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW.,              prospective purchasers of a business
     will be conducted throughout the                        5th Floor, Suite 5610, Washington, DC                 opportunity receive information that
     United States.                                          20024.                                                will help them evaluate the opportunity
        Unless otherwise noted, comments                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      that is presented to them. Sellers must
     regarding each of these applications                    Requests for additional information                   disclose five key items of information in
     must be received at the Reserve Bank                    should be addressed to Christine M.                   a simple, one-page document:
     indicated or the offices of the Board of
     Governors not later than October 23,
                                                             Todaro, Attorney, Division of Marketing                  • The seller’s identifying information;
                                                             Practices, Bureau of Consumer                            • whether the seller makes a claim
     2017.                                                   Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
        A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland                                                                       about the purchaser’s likely earnings
                                                             600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., CC–                      (and, if the seller checks the ‘‘yes’’ box,
     (Nadine Wallman, Vice President) 1455
                                                             8528, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–                the seller must provide information
     East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio
                                                             3711.                                                 supporting any such claims);
     44101–2566. Comments can also be sent
                                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the                     • whether the seller, its affiliates or
     electronically to
     Comments.applications@clev.frb.org:                     PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, federal                     key personnel have been involved in
        1. First Mutual Holding Co.,                         agencies must obtain approval from                    certain legal actions (and, if yes, the
     Lakewood, Ohio; to acquire Doolin                       OMB for each collection of information                seller must provide a separate list of
     Security Savings Bank, FSB, New                         they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of              those actions);
                                                             information’’ means agency requests or
     Martinsville, West Virginia.                                                                                     • whether the seller has a
                                                             requirements that members of the public
       Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve                                                                   cancellation or refund policy (and, if
                                                             submit reports, keep records, or provide
     System, September 25, 2017.                                                                                   yes, the seller must provide a separate
                                                             information to a third party. 44 U.S.C.
     Yao-Chin Chao,                                                                                                document stating the material terms of
                                                             3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by
     Assistant Secretary of the Board.                                                                             such policies); and
                                                             section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the
     [FR Doc. 2017–20811 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am]             FTC is providing this opportunity for                    • a list of persons who bought the
     BILLING CODE P                                          public comment before requesting that                 business opportunity within the
                                                             OMB extend the existing clearance for                 previous three years.
                                                             the information collection requirements                  Misrepresentations and omissions are
     FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION                                contained in the Business Opportunity                 prohibited under the Rule, and for sales
                                                             Rule, 16 CFR part 437 (OMB Control                    conducted in languages other than
     Agency Information Collection                           Number 3084–0142).                                    English, all disclosures must be
     Activities; Proposed Collection;                           The FTC invites comments on: (1)                   provided in the language in which the
     Comment Request                                         Whether the proposed collection of                    sale is conducted.
     AGENCY:   Federal Trade Commission                      information is necessary for the proper               PRA Burden Analysis
     (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’).                            performance of the functions of the
                                                             agency, including whether the                            Subject to public comment to shed
     ACTION: Notice.
                                                             information will have practical utility;              further light, the FTC retains its
     SUMMARY:   The FTC intends to ask the                   (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate             respondent population estimates from
     Office of Management and Budget                         of the burden of the proposed collection              its prior OMB clearance for the
     (‘‘OMB’’) to extend for an additional                   of information, including the validity of             information collection requirements


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