Notice2021-26318
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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December 3, 2021
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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation Y for Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies (FR HY-5; OMB No. 7100-0370).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 230 (Friday, December 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68664-68666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26318]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Notice, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board)
invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without
revision, the Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with
Regulation Y for Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management
Companies (FR HY-5; OMB No. 7100-0370).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 1, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR HY-5, by any of
the following methods:
<bullet> Agency Website: <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/">https://www.federalreserve.gov/</a>. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments at <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx">https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx</a>.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6d1f080a1e430e0200000803191e2d0b0809081f0c011f081e081f1b08430a021b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b190e0c1845080406060e051f182b0d0e0f0e190a07190e180e191d0e450c041d">[email protected]</span></a>. Include the OMB
number or FR number in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> FAX: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
<bullet> Mail: Ann E. Misback, 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 website at
<a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx">https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx</a> as
submitted, unless modified for technical reasons or to remove
personally identifiable information at the commenter's request.
Accordingly, comments will not be edited to remove any confidential
business information, identifying information, or contact information.
Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in paper in Room
146, 1709 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006, between 9:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. For security reasons, the Board requires
that visitors make an appointment to inspect comments. You may do so by
calling (202) 452-3684. Upon arrival, visitors will be required to
present valid government-issued photo identification and to submit to
security screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments.
Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the
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.
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, Washington, DC 20551, (202)
452-3829.
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. In exercising this delegated authority, the
Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In
determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board
will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.
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During the comment period for this proposal, a copy of the proposed
PRA OMB submission, including the draft reporting form and
instructions, supporting statement, and other documentation, will be
made available on the Board's public website at <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx">https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx</a> or may be requested
from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above. Final
versions of these documents will be made available at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, if approved.
Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal
The Board invites public comment on the following information
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:
a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the Board's functions, including whether the
information has practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the Board's estimate of the burden of the
proposed 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;
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; and
e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Board
should modify the proposal.
Proposal Under OMB Delegated Authority To Extend for Three Years,
Without Revision, the Following Information Collection
Report title: The Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements
Associated with Regulation Y for Minimum Requirements for Appraisal
Management Companies.
Agency form number: FR HY-5.
OMB control number: 7100-0370.
Frequency: Event-generated.
Respondents: The FR HY-5 panel comprises federally regulated and
state regulated appraisal management companies (AMCs) and U.S. states,
except that AMCs that oversee 15 or fewer appraisers in a state or less
than 25 appraisers in two or more states are exempt from these
recordkeeping and disclosure requirements.
Estimated number of respondents: Section 225.193(a), 1; Section
225.192(b), 1,239; Section 225.193(b), 1,146; Section 225.195(c), 13;
Section 225.196, 51.
Estimated average hours per response: Section 225.193(a), 40;
Section 225.192(b), 0.08; Section 225.193(b), 1; Section 225.195(c), 2;
Section 225.196, 1.
Estimated annual burden hours: Section 225.193(a), 40; Section
225.192(b), 99; Section 225.193(b), 2,292; Section 225.195(c), 26;
Section 225.196, 51.
General description of report: The Board's recordkeeping and
disclosure requirements associated with the minimum requirements for
AMCs are found in sections 225.192, 225.193, 225.195, and 225.196 of
the Board's Regulation Y, Subpart M.
Pursuant to section 225.193(a), each participating state must
establish and maintain within its appraiser certifying and licensing
agency a registration and supervision program with the legal authority
and mechanisms to, among other things, review and approve or deny an
AMC's application for initial registration; require AMCs to submit
reports, information, and documents; and report violations of
appraisal-related laws, regulations, or orders, as well as disciplinary
and enforcement actions, to the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.
Section 225.192(b) provides that an appraiser in an AMC's network
or panel is deemed to remain a part of the AMC's appraiser panel until
the AMC (1) sends a written notice to the appraiser removing the
appraiser with an explanation or (2) receives a written notice from the
appraiser asking to be removed or a notice of the death or incapacity
of the appraiser. Section 225.193(b) requires each participating state
to require non-federally regulated AMCs to register with the state
appraiser certifying and licensing agency.
Section 225.195(c) requires a federally regulated AMC to report to
the state or states in which it operates the information required to be
submitted by the state pursuant to the ASC's policies regarding the
determination of the AMC National Registry fee, including information
relating to certain ownership limitations in the regulation.
Section 225.196 requires that each participating state submit to
the ASC the information required to be submitted by the ASC regulations
or guidance concerning AMCs that operate in the state.
Legal authorization and confidentiality: The Financial Institutions
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 authorizes the FR HY-5.
Agencies must ``jointly, by rule, establish minimum requirements to be
applied by a State in the registration of [AMCs].'' \1\ The Agencies
further must ``jointly promulgate regulations for the reporting of the
activities of [AMCs] to the [ASC] in determining the payment of the
annual registry fee.'' \2\ Each participating state with an appraiser
certifying and licensing agency must also transmit to the ASC ``[1] a
roster listing individuals who have received a State certification or
license . . . [2] reports on the issuance and renewal of licenses and
certifications, sanctions, disciplinary actions, and license and
certification revocations, and license and certification suspensions on
a timely basis to the national registry of the [ASC] . . . [3]
including investigations initiated and disciplinary actions taken.''
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\1\ 12 U.S.C. 3353(a).
\2\ 12 U.S.C. 3353(e).
\3\ 12 U.S.C. 3338(a).
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The HY-5 reporting and recordkeeping requirements are required to
obtain a benefit for states because AMCs, unless they are owned and
controlled by a federally regulated depository institution, are barred
from providing appraisal management services for federally related
transactions in a state that has not adopted the minimum AMC
requirements.\4\ The FR HY-5 recordkeeping and disclosure requirements
are mandatory for an AMC that is: (1) An AMC that is a subsidiary owned
and controlled by a financial institution and regulated by a federal
financial institution regulatory agency,\5\ or (2) is registered with a
state that has a state appraiser certifying and licensing agency.
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\4\ 12 U.S.C. 3353.
\5\ 12 U.S.C. 3353(c).
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The Federal Reserve does not collect information subject to the HY-
5 recordkeeping and reporting requirements. If information subject to
the HY-5 requirements is obtained as part of an examination or
supervision of a financial institution, it may be considered
confidential under exemption 8 of the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA).\6\ Information subject to the HY-5 requirements may also be
kept confidential under FOIA
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exemption 4 if it is confidential commercial or financial information
that is both customarily and actually treated as private.\7\
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\6\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8).
\7\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
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Consultation outside the agency: The Board, the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
and the Federal Housing Finance Agency collaborated in reassessing and
confirming their burden estimates and methodologies for this submission
and discussed potential improvements and evaluations for future
submissions.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 29,
2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2021-26318 Filed 12-2-21; 8:45 am]
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