Federal Register / Vol. 71, No.
50 / Wednesday, March 15, 2006 / Notices
License No.
012345N ..................... Home Run Shipping International, Inc., 420 W. Merrick Road, Valley Stream, NY 11580–0459
019170N ..................... Seabound Freight, LLC, 12972 133rd Court, Suite A, Miami, FL 33186 .......................................
Peter J. King,
Deputy Director, Bureau of Certification and
Licensing.
[FR Doc. E6–3753 Filed 3–14–06; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY:
Background
On June 15, 1984, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
delegated to the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (Board) its
approval authority under the Paperwork
Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to
approve of and assign OMB control
numbers to collection of information
requests and requirements conducted or
sponsored by the Board under
conditions set forth in 5 CFR 1320
Appendix A.1. Board-approved
collections of information are
incorporated into the official OMB
inventory of currently approved
collections of information. Copies of the
OMB 83–Is and supporting statements
and approved collection of information
instruments are placed into OMB’s
public docket files. The Federal Reserve
may not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond
to, an information collection that has
been extended, revised, or implemented
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 15, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by FR 1380, by any of the
following methods:
• Agency Web Site: http://
www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments at
http://www.federalreserve.gov/
generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
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instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail:
regs.comments@federalreserve.gov.
Include docket number in the subject
line of the message.
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Name/address
• Fax: 202/452–3819 or 202/452–
3102.
• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, 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 Web site at http://
www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/
foia/ProposedRegs.cfm 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 in Room MP–500 of the Board’s
Martin Building (20th and C Streets,
NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on
weekdays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A Qualitative testing, 4; Quantitative
copy of the Paperwork Reduction Act
Submission (OMB 83–I), supporting
statement, and other documents that
will be placed into OMB’s public docket
files once approved may be requested
from the agency clearance officer, whose
name appears below.
Michelle Long, Federal Reserve Board
Clearance Officer (202–452–3829),
Division of Research and Statistics,
Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
(TDD) users may contact (202–263–
4869), Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.
Request for Comment on Information
Collection Proposal
The following information
collections, which are being handled
under this delegated authority, have
received initial Board approval and are
hereby published for comment. At the
end of the comment period, the
proposed information collections, along
with an analysis of comments and
recommendations received, will be
submitted to the Board for final
approval under OMB delegated
authority. Comments are invited on the
following:
a. Whether the proposed collections
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the Federal
Reserve’s functions; including whether
the information has practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the Federal
Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collections,
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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
information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Proposal To Approve Under OMB
Delegated Authority the
Implementation of the Following
Collection of Information
Report title: Studies to Develop and
Test Consumer Regulatory Disclosures.
Agency form number: FR 1380.
OMB control number: 7100—to be
assigned.
Frequency: Consumer surveys:
testing, 4; Institution surveys:
Quantitative testing, 5.
Reporters: Consumers and financial
institutions that engage in consumer
lending and provide other financial
products.
Estimated annual reporting hours:
25,434 hours.
Estimated average hours per response:
Consumer surveys: qualitative testing,
1.5 hours; quantitative testing, .33
hours; Institution surveys: quantitative
testing, 15 hours.
Estimated number of respondents:
Consumer surveys: qualitative testing,
225; quantitative testing, 1,200;
Institution surveys: quantitative testing,
300.
General description of report: This
information collection is authorized
pursuant to the: Home Mortgage Section
806 (12 U.S.C. 2804(a)); Community
Reinvestment Act, Section 806 (12
U.S.C. 2905); Competitive Equality
Banking Act, Section 1204 (12 U.S.C.
3806) (adjustable rate mortgage caps);
Expedited Funds Availability Act,
Section 609 (12 U.S.C. 4008); Truth in
Saving Act, Section 269 (12 U.S.C.
4308); Federal Trade Commission Act,
Section 18(f) (15 U.S.C. 57a(f)); Truth in
Lending Act, Section 105 (15 U.S.C.
1604); Fair Credit Reporting Act,
Section 621 (15 U.S.C. 1681s(e)); Equal
Credit Opportunity Act, Section 703 (15
U.S.C. 1691b(a)); Electronic Funds
Transfer Act, Section 904 (15 U.S.C.
1693b) and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act,
Section 504 (15 U.S.C. 6804).
Respondent participation in the survey
is voluntary. If the Federal Reserve
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contracts with an outside firm, no issue
of confidentiality would arise because
names and any other characteristics that
would permit personal identification of
respondents would not be reported to
the Federal Reserve Board. However, if
there is no contractual agreement
between the Federal Reserve and the
outside firm regarding the reporting of
respondent identifying data, or if the
Federal Reserve conducts the survey
itself, then the information would likely
be considered an agency record subject
to the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA). Nevertheless, confidential
treatment for consumer identifying data
would be warranted under subsection
(b)(6) of the FOIA. The confidentiality of
the information obtained from financial
institutions will be determined on a
case-by-case basis when the specific
questions to be asked on each particular
survey are formulated, but before
respondents are contacted. Depending
upon the survey questions, confidential
treatment could be warranted under
subsection (b)(4) of the FOIA. 5 U.S.C.
552(b)(4) and (6).
Abstract: Congress has assigned the
Federal Reserve Board the duty of
implementing a number of federal laws
intended to protect consumers in credit
and other financial transactions and to
ensure that consumers receive
comprehensive information and fair
treatment. The Federal Reserve is
responsible for drafting regulations and
interpretations to carry out the purposes
of these consumer protection laws.
The Federal Reserve seeks to develop
and implement regulatory policies
based on information garnered from
both consumers and industry entities
that would enable consumers to make
better financial decisions based on
sound information and a clear
understanding of how to use that
information to meet their personal
needs. Accordingly, the Federal Reserve
periodically surveys consumers and
financial institutions to identify key
issues and review and evaluate
consumer disclosures for effectiveness.
Direct information about consumer
knowledge and use of disclosure
statements would best be obtained
through studies of individuals and
financial institutions that engage in
consumer lending and provide other
financial products.
In order to better understand
consumer attitudes and knowledge of
the Federal Reserve’s consumer
regulations and to make disclosure
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statements more comprehensible and
usable, the Federal Reserve proposes to
conduct studies of consumers and
financial institutions. These studies
could take the format of focus group
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discussions, face-to-face interviews,
telephone interviews, mall intercept
testing, written questionnaires (paper or
Web based), or controlled experiments.
The size of consumer focus groups
would vary depending on the topics
being discussed and the format of the
sessions. Experience has shown that
focused discussions of not more than
twelve to fifteen participants are most
productive.
Written surveys or questionnaires
could include categorical questions, yes-
no questions, ordinal scale (such as
Likert scale) or ranking scale questions
(which ascertain respondent’s views on
the degree to which something fits a
particular criterion; for example, on a
scale of 1, ‘‘strongly agree’’ to 5,
‘‘strongly disagree’’), and open-ended
questions.
The studies could be conducted
through a private firm, which would be
chosen in a competitive bidding
process.1 The research instruments
could be developed by the Federal
Reserve alone or jointly with the firm
selected by the Federal Reserve. The
firm would be responsible for following
the sampling protocol established by the
Federal Reserve, conducting the study,
preparing a data file containing the
responses, computing analysis weights,
and documenting all study procedures.
Data editing and analysis of survey
results would be conducted solely by
the Federal Reserve or jointly with the
firm.
In the subject areas covered by the
studies, much of the information needs
to be obtained via surveys of consumers,
either because (1) personal attitudes,
opinions or evidence of understanding
are sought, or (2) the desired
information is not compiled by financial
institutions, or the information is
compiled and is proprietary. In
addition, the studies could survey
financial institutions to obtain
information about their consumer
product offerings and disclosure and
marketing practices with respect to
those products.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, March 10, 2006.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
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1 Some survey firms used by the Federal Reserve
to conduct past surveys include the University of
Michigan’s Survey Research Center (SRC), NORC (a
social science and survey research organization at
the University of Chicago), and the Research
Triangle Institute in Charlotte, NC.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank
Holding Companies
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank
holding company. The factors that are
considered in acting on the notices are
set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12
U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The notices are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
also will be available for inspection at
the office of the Board of Governors.
Interested persons may express their
views in writing to the Reserve Bank
indicated for that notice or to the offices
of the Board of Governors. Comments
must be received not later than March
30, 2006.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director,
Regional and Community Bank Group)
101 Market Street, San Francisco,
California 94105-1579:
1. Bruce Hsiu-I Shen family, Rancho
Palos Verdes, California; to retain voting
shares of American Premier Bancorp,
Arcadia, California, and thereby
indirectly control shares of American
Premier Bank, Arcadia, California.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, March 10, 2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6–3708 Filed 3–14–06; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission
(Commission or FTC).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The FTC intends to conduct
consumer research to examine the
effectiveness of the FTC’s current energy
labeling requirements for consumer
products and obtain information about
alternatives to those labels. This activity
is part of the Commission’s efforts to
examine the current labeling program,
as required by section 137 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–58).
Before gathering this information, the
FTC is seeking public comments on its
proposed consumer research. Comments
will be considered before the FTC
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