Notice2024-30584

Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

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December 23, 2024

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Federal Reserve System

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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 Uniform Application for Municipal Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer (Form MSD-4) and Uniform Termination Notice for Municipal Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer (Form MSD-5; OMB No. 7100-0100).

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 104537-104538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30584]


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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 Uniform Application for Municipal Securities Principal or 
Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank Municipal 
Securities Dealer (Form MSD-4) and Uniform Termination Notice for 
Municipal Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative 
Associated with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer (Form MSD-5; OMB No. 
7100-0100).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 21, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 2436, 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, including attachments. 
Preferred method.
    <bullet> Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20551.
    <bullet> Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as mailing address.
    <bullet> Other Means: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91e1e4f3fdf8f2f2fefcfcf4ffe5e2d1f7e3f3bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfcfcaddd3d6dcdcd0d2d2dad1cbccffd9cddd91d8d0c9">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. You must include the 
OMB number or the FR number in the subject line of the message.
    Comments received are subject to public disclosure. In general, 
comments

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received will be made available on the Board's website at <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposals/">https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposals/</a> without change and will not be 
modified to remove personal or business information including 
confidential, contact, or other identifying information. Comments 
should not include any information such as confidential information 
that would be not appropriate for public disclosure. Public comments 
may also be viewed electronically or in person in Room M-4365A, 2001 C 
St. NW, Washington, DC 20551, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. during Federal 
business weekdays.
    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, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#553b203d347b30393834323d2734373c153327377b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c8a6bda0a9e6ada4a5a9afa0baa9aaa188aebaaae6afa7be">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, (202) 
452-3884.

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.
    During the comment period for this proposal, a copy of the proposed 
PRA OMB submission, including the draft reporting form and 
instructions, supporting statement (which contains more detail about 
the information collection and burden estimates than this notice), and 
other documentation, will be made available on the Board's public 
website at <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/review">https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/review</a> or 
may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears 
above. On the page displayed at the link above, you can find the 
supporting information by referencing the collection identifier, Form 
MSD-4 or Form MSD-5. 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 
collections, which are being reviewed under authority delegated by the 
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:
    a. Whether the proposed collections of information are 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 collections, 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 Collections

    Collection titles: Uniform Application for Municipal Securities 
Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank 
Municipal Securities Dealer and Uniform Termination Notice for 
Municipal Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative 
Associated with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer.
    Collection identifiers: Form MSD-4 and Form MSD-5.
    OMB control number: 7100-0100.
    General description of collections: Form MSD-4 and Form MSD-5 must 
be submitted in certain circumstances by a municipal security dealer 
(MSD) that is itself or is a subsidiary of a state member bank (SMB), a 
bank holding company (BHC), a savings and loan holding company (SLHC), 
or a foreign dealer bank, as defined below. Form MSD-4 collects 
information (such as personal history and professional qualifications) 
regarding an employee whom the MSD wishes to assume the duties of 
municipal securities principal or representative. Form MSD-5 collects 
the date of, and reason for, termination of such an employee.
    Frequency: Event-generated.
    Respondents: The Form MSD-4 and Form MSD-5 panels comprise each MSD 
that is an SMB, BHC, or SLHC, certain subsidiaries of such firms, or a 
foreign dealer bank.
    Total estimated number of respondents: 72.
    Estimated average hours per response: Reporting--Form MSD-4, 1; 
Form MSD-5, 0.66; Recordkeeping--Form MSD-4 and Form MSD-5, 0.08.
    Total estimated annual burden hours: 63.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 18, 
2024.
Benjamin W. McDonough,
Deputy Secretary and Ombuds of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2024-30584 Filed 12-20-24; 8:45 am]
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