Federal Register/Vol. 71, No. 119/Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 119 / Wednesday, June 21, 2006 / Proposed Rules 35567 a means of ensuring compliance with payment or transmittal orders for funds III. Conclusion the requirement to report suspicious transfers or transmittals of funds With this Advance Notice, the transactions. The requirement on the involving amounts below the current Agencies request comment on the part of money services businesses to threshold of $3,000 differ from the potential effect of lowering or report suspicious transactions may information that your financial eliminating the threshold for the mean that reducing or eliminating the institution includes in payment or requirement in 31 CFR 103.33 to collect, threshold would impose less of an transmittal orders for funds transfers or retain, and transmit information on incremental cost. If this is not the case, transmittals of funds involving amounts funds transfers and transmittals of the Agencies welcome comments from above the threshold? If so, please funds. Comments on all aspects of the money services businesses. describe the differences. In addition, technology has advanced Advance Notice are welcome, and the (5) How would reducing or since the issuance of the recordkeeping Agencies encourage all interested eliminating the threshold affect the and travel rules for funds transfers and parties to provide their views. price and type of the services that your transmittals of funds. Banks and other financial institution provides in IV. Executive Order 12866 financial institutions may use less connection with domestic and cross- The Agencies do not know whether expensive or more efficient means of border funds transfers or transmittals of regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act electronic storage and retrieval. The Agencies are gathering funds? To the extent possible, discuss will be amended, or the nature of any information on financial institutions’ the effect based on reductions of the amendment. Consequently, the practices and procedures to measure the threshold in increments of $1,000, or Agencies do not know whether the compliance burden of lowering the explain at which point lowering the potential regulatory action would threshold. The Agencies request threshold would substantially impact constitute a significant regulatory action responses from financial institutions to the price and type of services provided under Executive Order 12866. This the following questions: by your financial institution. Advance Notice neither establishes nor (1) What proportion of funds transfers (6) How would reducing or proposes any regulatory requirements. or transmittals of funds that your eliminating the threshold affect the cost Accordingly, the Agencies solicit financial institution processes as an and efficiency of payment operations at comment, information, and data on the originator’s bank or transmittor’s your financial institution and the potential effects of any potential financial institution involves amounts payments system in general? To the regulation. less than $3,000? What proportion extent possible, discuss the effect based Robert W. Werner, involves amounts less than $2,000? on reductions of the threshold in Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement What proportion involves amounts less increments of $1,000, or explain at Network. than $1,000? which point lowering the threshold (2) For each category of funds transfer By order of the Board of Governors of the would substantially impact the cost and Federal Reserve System, June 15, 2006. or transmittal of funds—those involving efficiency of payment operations at your Jennifer J. Johnson, amounts less than $3,000, less than financial institution or the payments $2,000, and less than $1,000—what system in general. Secretary of the Board. proportion does your financial [FR Doc. 06–5567 Filed 6–20–06; 8:45 am] institution process as an originator’s C. Burden to the Public BILLING CODE 4810–02–P; 6210–01–P bank or transmittor’s financial institution for originators or transmittors Finally, the Agencies are gathering information on consumer practices and who fail to qualify as ‘‘established DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION customers’’? What proportion does your procedures to measure the effect of lowering the threshold. The Agencies financial institution process as a Federal Aviation Administration beneficiary’s bank or recipient’s request responses from the public to the following questions: financial institution for beneficiaries or 14 CFR Part 25 recipients who fail to qualify as (1) Would increases in the price of ‘‘established customers’’? Do the funds transfers or transmittals of funds [Docket No. NM347; Notice No. 25–06–06– SC] recordkeeping practices of your result in the use of alternative methods financial institution for these of sending funds, such as sending a Special Conditions: Boeing Model 777– transactions—and the practices of your money order by post or courier? 200 Series Airplanes; Forward Lower financial institution in verifying the (2) Would a requirement for originator Lobe Crew Rest Compartment (CRC) identities of persons who fail to qualify information below the current threshold as ‘‘established customers’’—differ result in the use of alternative methods AGENCY: Federal Aviation based on whether the funds transfer or of sending funds, such as sending a Administration (FAA), DOT. transmittal of funds involves an amount money order by post or courier? ACTION: Notice of proposed special above or below the current threshold of (3) Are there certain types of conditions. $3,000? If so, please describe the transactions that permit the use of differences. SUMMARY: This action proposes special (3) Do the recordkeeping practices of alternative methods more than others? conditions for the Boeing Model 777– your financial institution for funds For transactions that allow for 200 series airplanes. These airplanes, transfers or transmittals of funds alternative methods, please explain how modified by Aerocon Engineering involving amounts below the current you would decide between the various Company (AEC), will have a novel or threshold of $3,000 differ from those for methods of sending funds. unusual design feature associated with funds transfers or transmittals of funds (4) Do you engage in different a forward lower lobe crew rest involving amounts above the threshold? behavior when making funds transfers compartment (CRC). The applicable If so, please describe the differences. and transmittal of funds above and airworthiness regulations do not contain (4) Does the information that your below $3,000 because of the current adequate or appropriate safety standards financial institution includes in threshold? Please explain. for this design feature. These proposed VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:40 Jun 20, 2006 Jkt 208001 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\21JNP1.SGM 21JNP1 rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with PROPOSAL 35568 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 119 / Wednesday, June 21, 2006 / Proposed Rules special conditions contain the will stamp the date on the postcard and (i.e., 14 CFR part 25) do not contain additional safety standards that the mail it back to you. adequate or appropriate safety standards Administrator considers necessary to for Boeing Model 777–200 series Background establish a level of safety equivalent to airplanes because of a novel or unusual that established by the existing On March 10, 2005, Aerocon design feature, special conditions are airworthiness standards. Engineering Company (AEC) applied for prescribed under the provisions of a supplemental type certificate to permit DATES: We must receive your comments § 21.16. installation of a CRC in Boeing 777–200 by August 7, 2006. In addition to the applicable series airplanes. airworthiness regulations and special ADDRESSES: You must mail two copies The CRC will be located under the conditions, Boeing Model 777–200 of your comments to: Federal Aviation passenger cabin floor in the forward series airplanes must comply with the Administration, Transport Airplane cargo compartment of Boeing Model fuel vent and exhaust emission Directorate, Attn: Rules Docket (ANM– 777–200 series airplanes. It will be the requirements of 14 CFR part 34 and the 113), Docket No. NM347, 1601 Lind size of three standard airfreight noise certification requirements of 14 Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington containers, combined, and will be CFR part 36. 98055–4056. You may deliver two removable from the cargo compartment. The FAA issues special conditions, as copies to the Transport Airplane The CRC will be occupied in flight but defined in § 11.19, under § 11.38 and Directorate at the above address. You not during taxi, takeoff, or landing. No they become part of the type must mark your comments: Docket No. more than ten crewmembers at a time certification basis under § 21.101. NM347. You can inspect comments in will be permitted to occupy it. The CRC Special conditions are initially the Rules Docket weekdays, except will have a smoke detection system, a applicable to the model for which they Federal holidays, between 7:30 a.m. and hand held fire extinguishing system, are issued. Should the type certificate 4 p.m. and an oxygen system. for that model be amended later to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The CRC will be accessed from the include any other model that Jayson Claar, FAA, Airframe/Cabin main deck via a ‘‘stairhouse.’’ The floor incorporates the same or similar novel Safety Branch, ANM–115, Transport within the stairhouse has a hatch that or unusual design feature, or should any Airplane