[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56385-56386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27244]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The OCC, 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 a continuing 
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. The OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not 
required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented

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unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control number. Currently, the OCC is soliciting comments 
concerning extension, without change, of an information collection 
titled Release of Non-Public Information--12 CFR 4. The OCC also gives 
notice that it has sent the information collection to OMB for review.

DATES: You should submit your written comments to both OCC and the OMB 
Reviewer by November 18, 1999.

ADDRESSES: You should send your written comments to the Communications 
Division, Attention: 1557-0200, Third Floor, Office of the Comptroller 
of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219. In addition, 
you can send comments by facsimile transmission to (202) 874-5274, or 
by electronic mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may request additional 
information, a copy of the collection, or a copy of the supporting 
documentation submitted to OMB by contacting Jessie Dunaway or Camille 
Dixon, (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division 
(1557-0200), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is proposing to extend OMB approval 
of the following information collection:
    Title: Release of Non-Public Information--12 CFR 4.
    OMB Number: 1557-0200.
    Form Number: None.
    Abstract: This submission covers an existing regulation and 
involves no change to the regulation or to the information collections 
embodied in the regulation. The OCC requests only that OMB renew its 
approval of the information collections in the current regulation.
    The information collection is required to protect non-public OCC 
information from unnecessary disclosure in order to ensure that 
national banks and the OCC engage in a candid dialogue during the bank 
examination process. Individuals who request non-public OCC information 
are required to provide the OCC with information regarding the 
requester's legal grounds for the request. Inappropriate release of 
information would inhibit open consultation between a bank and the OCC.
    The information requirements in 12 CFR part 4 are located as 
follows:

12 CFR 4.33: Request for non-public OCC records or testimony.
12 CFR 4.35(b)(3): Third parties requesting testimony.
12 CFR 4.37(a)(2): OCC former employee notifying OCC of subpoena.
12 CFR 4.37(b)(1)(i): Requests from non-OCC employees or entities to 
disclose non-public OCC information.
12 CFR 4.37(b)(3)--Other entities notifying OCC of subpoena.
12 CFR 4.38(a) and (b): Agreements to limit dissemination of released 
information.
12 CFR 4.39: Requests for authentication.

    The OCC uses the information to process requests for non-public OCC 
information and to determine if sufficient grounds exist for the OCC to 
release the requested information or provide testimony. This 
information collection makes the mechanism for processing requests more 
efficient and facilitates and expedites the OCC's release of non-public 
information and testimony to the requester.
    Type of Review: Extension, without change, of a currently approved 
collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 110.
    Total Annual Responses: 170.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 467 hours.
    OCC Contact: Jessie Dunaway or Camille Dixon, (202) 874-5090, 
Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, OMB No. 1557-0200, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street SW, Washington, 
DC 20219.
    OMB Reviewer: Alexander Hunt, (202) 395-7340, Paperwork Reduction 
Project 1557-0200, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10226, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Comments

    Your comment will become a matter of public record. You are invited 
to comment on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information has practical utility;
    (b) Whether the OCC's burden estimate is accurate;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology; and
    (e) Whether the OCC's estimates of the capital or startup costs and 
costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide 
information are accurate.

    Dated: October 13, 1999.
Mark Tenhundfeld,
Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory Activities Division.
[FR Doc. 99-27244 Filed 10-18-99; 8:45 am]
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