83 FR 10850 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request (OMB No. 3064-0022 and -0027)

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 49 (March 13, 2018)

Page Range		10850-10852
FR Document		2018-04957

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 renewal of the existing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. On December 28, 2017, the FDIC requested comment for 60 days on a proposal to renew the information collections described below. One comment was received and was generally supportive of the requirements in the rule but did not address the paperwork burden for this information collection. The FDIC hereby gives notice of its plan to submit to OMB a request to approve the renewal of these collections, and again invites comment on this renewal.

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request (OMB No. 3064-0022 and -0027)

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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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 renewal of the 
existing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995. On December 28, 2017, the FDIC requested comment for 60 
days on a proposal to renew the information collections described 
below. One comment was received and was generally supportive of the 
requirements in the rule but did not address the paperwork burden for 
this information collection. The FDIC hereby gives notice of its plan 
to submit to OMB a request to approve the renewal of these collections, 
and again invites comment on this renewal.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 12, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
the FDIC by any of the following methods:
     https://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the name and number of 
the collection in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Manny Cabeza, Counsel, Room MB-3007, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20429.
     Hand Delivery: 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 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
    All comments should refer to the relevant OMB control number. A 
copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk officer for 
the FDIC: Office of Information and Regulatory

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Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Manny Cabeza, at the FDIC address 
above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 28, 2017, the FDIC requested 
comment for 60 days on a proposal to renew the information collections 
described below. One comment was received and was generally supportive 
of the requirements in the rule but did not address the paperwork 
burden for this information collection. The FDIC hereby gives notice of 
its plan to submit to OMB a request to approve the renewal of this 
collection, and again invites comment on this renewal.
    Proposal to renew the following currently approved collections of 
information:
    1. Title: Uniform Application and Termination Notice for Municipal 
Securities Principal or Representative Associated with a Bank Municipal 
Securities Dealer.
    OMB Number: 3064-0022.
    Form Number: MSD-4 and MSD-5
    Affected Public: Individuals and Insured state nonmember banks and 
state savings associations.
    Burden Estimate:

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                                                                                                                                            Estimated
        Source and burden type             Number of            Annual frequency         Total responses    Average time per response     annual burden
                                          respondents                                                                                        (hours)
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Form MSD-4 Reporting..................                2  On Occasion...................                2  60 Minutes...................                2
Form MSD-5 Reporting..................                2  On Occasion...................                2  15 Minutes...................              0.5
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    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2.5 Hours.
    There is no change in the method or substance of the collection. 
The overall reduction in burden hours is a result of economic 
fluctuation. In particular, the number of respondents has decreased 
while the reporting frequency and the estimated time per response 
remain the same.
    General Description of Collection: The 1975 Amendments to the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 established a comprehensive framework 
for the regulation of the activities of municipal securities dealers. 
Under Section 15B(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, municipal 
securities dealers which are banks, or separately identifiable 
departments or divisions of banks engaging in municipal securities 
activities, are required to be registered with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission in accordance with such rules as the Municipal 
Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), a rulemaking authority established 
by the 1975 Amendments, may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in 
the public interest or for the protection of investors.
    One of the areas in which the Act directed the MSRB to promulgate 
rules is the qualifications of persons associated with municipal 
securities dealers as municipal securities principals and municipal 
securities representatives. The MSRB Rules require persons who are or 
seek to be associated with municipal securities dealers as municipal 
securities principals or municipal securities representatives to 
provide certain background information and conversely, require the 
municipal securities dealers to obtain the information from such 
persons. Generally, the information required to be furnished relates to 
employment history and professional background including any 
disciplinary sanctions and any claimed bases for exemption from MSRB 
examination requirements.
    The FDIC and the other two Federal bank regulatory agencies, the 
Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Reserve Board, have 
prescribed Forms MSD-4 to satisfy these requirements and have 
prescribed Form MSD-5 for notification by a bank municipal securities 
dealer that a municipal securities principal's or a municipal 
securities representative's association with the dealer has terminated 
and the reason for such termination. State nonmember banks and state 
savings associations that are municipal security dealers submit these 
forms, as applicable, to the FDIC as their appropriate regulatory 
agency for each person associated with the dealer as a municipal 
securities principal or municipal securities representative.
    2. Title: Request for Deregistration for Registered Transfer 
Agents.
    OMB Number: 3064-0027.
    Form Number: 6342/12.
    Affected Public: Insured state nonmember banks and state savings 
associations.
    Burden Estimate:

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                                                                                                                                            Estimated
            Source and burden type                Number of                Annual frequency                 Total         Average time    annual burden
                                                 respondents                                              responses       per response       (hours)
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Form 6342/12 Reporting.......................                1  On Occasion..........................                1             0.42             0.42
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    There is no change in the method or substance of the collection. 
There is an overall reduction in burden hours which is the result of 
(1) economic fluctuation reflected by a decrease in the number of FDIC-
supervised institutions and (2) a decrease in the number of requests 
for deregistration of a registered transfer agent forms submitted to 
the FDIC.
    General Description of Collection: Under the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78q-1), an insured nonmember bank (or a 
subsidiary of such a bank) that functions as a transfer agent may 
withdraw from registration as a transfer agent by filing a written 
notice of withdrawal with the FDIC. The FDIC requires such banks to 
file FDIC Form 6342/12 as the written notice of withdrawal.

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 collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information

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technology. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, on March 7, 2018.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-04957 Filed 3-12-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6714-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 13, 2018 / Notices 10851

Affairs, Office of Management and received and was generally supportive 1. Title: Uniform Application and
Budget, New Executive Office Building, of the requirements in the rule but did Termination Notice for Municipal
Washington, DC 20503. not address the paperwork burden for Securities Principal or Representative
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: this information collection. The FDIC Associated with a Bank Municipal
Manny Cabeza, at the FDIC address hereby gives notice of its plan to submit Securities Dealer.
above. to OMB a request to approve the OMB Number: 3064–0022.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On renewal of this collection, and again Form Number: MSD–4 and MSD–5
December 28, 2017, the FDIC requested invites comment on this renewal. Affected Public: Individuals and
comment for 60 days on a proposal to Proposal to renew the following Insured state nonmember banks and
renew the information collections currently approved collections of state savings associations.
described below. One comment was information: Burden Estimate:

Estimated
Number of Annual Total Average time
Source and burden type annual burden
respondents frequency responses per response (hours)

Form MSD–4 Reporting ........................................... 2 On Occasion ..... 2 60 Minutes ........ 2
Form MSD–5 Reporting ........................................... 2 On Occasion ..... 2 15 Minutes ........ 0.5

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2.5 necessary or appropriate in the public Federal Reserve Board, have prescribed
Hours. interest or for the protection of Forms MSD–4 to satisfy these
There is no change in the method or investors. requirements and have prescribed Form
substance of the collection. The overall One of the areas in which the Act MSD–5 for notification by a bank
reduction in burden hours is a result of directed the MSRB to promulgate rules municipal securities dealer that a
economic fluctuation. In particular, the is the qualifications of persons municipal securities principal’s or a
number of respondents has decreased associated with municipal securities municipal securities representative’s
while the reporting frequency and the dealers as municipal securities association with the dealer has
estimated time per response remain the principals and municipal securities
terminated and the reason for such
same. representatives. The MSRB Rules
General Description of Collection: The termination. State nonmember banks
require persons who are or seek to be
1975 Amendments to the Securities associated with municipal securities and state savings associations that are
Exchange Act of 1934 established a dealers as municipal securities municipal security dealers submit these
comprehensive framework for the principals or municipal securities forms, as applicable, to the FDIC as their
regulation of the activities of municipal representatives to provide certain appropriate regulatory agency for each
securities dealers. Under Section 15B(a) background information and conversely, person associated with the dealer as a
of the Securities Exchange Act, require the municipal securities dealers municipal securities principal or
municipal securities dealers which are to obtain the information from such municipal securities representative.
banks, or separately identifiable persons. Generally, the information 2. Title: Request for Deregistration for
departments or divisions of banks required to be furnished relates to Registered Transfer Agents.
engaging in municipal securities employment history and professional
activities, are required to be registered background including any disciplinary OMB Number: 3064–0027.
with the Securities and Exchange sanctions and any claimed bases for Form Number: 6342/12.
Commission in accordance with such exemption from MSRB examination Affected Public: Insured state
rules as the Municipal Securities requirements. nonmember banks and state savings
Rulemaking Board (MSRB), a The FDIC and the other two Federal associations.
rulemaking authority established by the bank regulatory agencies, the
1975 Amendments, may prescribe as Comptroller of the Currency, and the Burden Estimate:

Estimated
Number of Annual Total Average time
Source and burden type annual burden
respondents frequency responses per response (hours)

Form 6342/12 Reporting ........................................... 1 On Occasion ..... 1 0.42 0.42

There is no change in the method or nonmember bank (or a subsidiary of the FDIC’s functions, including whether
substance of the collection. There is an such a bank) that functions as a transfer the information has practical utility; (b)
overall reduction in burden hours agent may withdraw from registration as the accuracy of the estimates of the
which is the result of (1) economic a transfer agent by filing a written notice burden of the information collection,
fluctuation reflected by a decrease in the of withdrawal with the FDIC. The FDIC including the validity of the
number of FDIC-supervised institutions requires such banks to file FDIC Form methodology and assumptions used; (c)
and (2) a decrease in the number of 6342/12 as the written notice of
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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
requests for deregistration of a registered withdrawal. clarity of the information to be
transfer agent forms submitted to the collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
Request for Comment
FDIC. burden of the collection of information
General Description of Collection: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether on respondents, including through the
Under the Securities Exchange Act of the collection of information is use of automated collection techniques
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78q–1), an insured necessary for the proper performance of or other forms of information

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technology. All comments will become Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
a matter of public record. System, March 7, 2018. System, March 8, 2018.
Ann E. Misback, Ann E. Misback,
Dated at Washington, DC, on March 7,
2018. Secretary of the Board. Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2018–04952 Filed 3–12–18; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2018–05009 Filed 3–12–18; 8:45 am]
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
BILLING CODE P
Robert E. Feldman, BILLING CODE P

Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–04957 Filed 3–12–18; 8:45 am]
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
BILLING CODE 6714–01–P
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
Bank Holding Company
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM The notificants listed below have
The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
The companies listed in this notice CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors
have applied to the Board for approval, or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the
pursuant to the Bank Holding Company that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of
Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). The notices are available for
225), and all other applicable statutes immediate inspection at the Federal
The notices are available for
and regulations to become a bank Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
immediate inspection at the Federal
holding company and/or to acquire the also will be available for inspection at
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
assets or the ownership of, control of, or the offices of the Board of Governors.
also will be available for inspection at
the power to vote shares of a bank or the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their
bank holding company and all of the Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank
banks and nonbanking companies views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices
owned by the bank holding company, indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments
including the companies listed below. of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than March
The applications listed below, as well must be received not later than March 27, 2018.
as other related filings required by the 28, 2018. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
Board, are available for immediate City (Dennis Denney, Assistant Vice
A. Federal Reserve Bank of President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank Philadelphia (William Spaniel, Senior
indicated. The applications will also be City, Missouri 64198–0001:
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, 1. Kelly Arnold, Wichita, Kansas; to
available for inspection at the offices of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105– acquire voting shares of Ramona
the Board of Governors. Interested 1521. Comments can also be sent Bankshares, Inc., and thereby acquire
persons may express their views in electronically to shares of Hillsboro State Bank, both of
writing on the standards enumerated in Comments.applications@phil.frb.org: Hillsboro, Kansas, and to be approved as
the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the
1. Roger L. Dirlam, Honesdale, a member of the Arnold Family Group,
proposal also involves the acquisition of which acting in concert controls
a nonbanking company, the review also Pennsylvania, Honesdale, Pennsylvania,
the Honat Employee Stock Ownership Ramona Bankshares.
includes whether the acquisition of the B. Federal Reserve Bank of San
nonbanking company complies with the Plan, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and
Charles Curtin, Clarks Summit, Francisco (Gerald C. Tsai, Director,
standards in section 4 of the BHC Act Applications and Enforcement) 101
(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise Pennsylvania, Katherine Bryant,
Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and Luke Market Street, San Francisco, California
noted, nonbanking activities will be 94105–1579:
Woodmansee, Starlight, Pennsylvania,
conducted throughout the United States. 1. Basswood Capital Management,
as trustees of the ESOP; to each retain
Unless otherwise noted, comments more than 10 percent of the voting LLC; Basswood Opportunity Partners,
regarding each of these applications shares of Honat Bancorp, Inc., LP, Basswood Financial Fund, LP,
must be received at the Reserve Bank Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and thereby Basswood Enhanced Long Short Fund,
indicated or the offices of the Board of retain shares of The Honesdale National LP, and Basswood Financial Long Only
Governors not later than April 9, 2018. Bank, Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Fund, LP, funds for which Basswood
Partners, LLC, serves as General Partner
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas and Basswood Capital Management,
(Kathryn Haney, Director of City (Dennis Denney, Assistant Vice LLC, serves as Investment Manager;
Applications) 1000 Peachtree Street NE, President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas Basswood Opportunity Fund, Inc., and
Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments can City, Missouri 64198–0001: Basswood Financial Fund, Inc., funds
also be sent electronically to
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1. Alex Lin, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, for which Basswood Capital
Applications.Comments@atl.frb.org: Hiu Kwan Kwok, Cyber Port, Hong Kong, Management, LLC, serves as Investment
1. Ameris Bancorp, Moultrie, Georgia; Jun Yang, Tianjin, China, and Yongyan Manager; Basswood Capital
to merge with Hamilton State Liu, Chaoyang, Beijing, China; to retain Management, LLC, as investment
Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly voting shares of My Anns Corporation, adviser to five managed accounts; and
acquire Hamilton State Bank, both of and thereby retain shares of Piqua State Bennett Lindenbaum and Matthew
Hoschton, Georgia. Bank, both of Piqua, Kansas. Lindenbaum, as Managing Members of

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comment.
Dates		Comments must be submitted on or before April 12, 2018.
FR Citation		83 FR 10850