[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61953-61954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24977]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Office of Thrift Supervision

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


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

AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Office of 
Thrift Supervision (OTS), Treasury; and Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Joint notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The OCC, FDIC, and OTS (collectively, the Agencies), hereby 
give notice that they are submitting the information collections 
contained in their respective Community Reinvestment Act regulations to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Agencies 
may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond 
to, an information collection unless the information collection 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: You should submit your comments to the Agencies and the OMB Desk 
Officer by November 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: You should direct comments to:

OCC: Public Information Room, Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency, Mailstop 1-5, Attention: 1557-0160, 250 E Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20219. Due to delays in the OCC's mail service since 
September 11, 2001, commenters are encouraged to submit comments by fax 
or e-mail. Comments may be sent by fax to (202) 874-4448, or by e-mail 
to [email protected]. You can inspect and photocopy the 
comments at the OCC's Public Information Room, 250 E Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20219. You can make an appointment to inspect the 
comments by calling (202) 874-5043.
FDIC: Tamara Manly, Management Analyst, Legal Division, Room MB-3109, 
Attention: Comments/Legal, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer to 
``Community Reinvestment Act Regulation, 3064-0092.'' Comments may be 
hand-delivered to the guard station at the rear of the 550 17th Street 
Building (located on F Street), on business days between 7:00 a.m. and 
5:00 p.m. [Fax number (202) 898-3838; Internet address: 
[email protected]]. Comments may be inspected and photocopied in the 
FDIC Public Information Center, Room 100, 801 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on business days.
OTS: Send comments, referring to the collection by title of the 
proposal or by OMB approval number to Information Collection Comments, 
Chief Counsel's Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20552. Comments may also be sent by fax to (202) 
906-6518, or by e-mail to infocollection.comments@ots. treas.gov. OTS 
will post comments and the related index on the OTS Internet Site at 
www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, interested persons may inspect comments 
at the Public Reading Room, 1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To make 
an appointment, call (202) 906-5922, send an e-mail to 
[email protected], or send a facsimile transmission to (202) 
906-7755.
    OMB Desk Officers for the Agencies: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or e-
mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information 
from:

OCC: Jessie Dunaway, OCC Clearance Officer, (202) 874-4824, or Camille 
Dixon, (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20219.
FDIC: Tamara Manly, Management Analyst, (202) 898-7453, Legal Division, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20429.
OTS: Marilyn K. Burton, Clearance Officer, (202) 906-6467, Regulations 
and Legislation Division, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of Thrift 
Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552; by e-mail to 
[email protected]; or by facsimile transmission to (202) 
906-6518.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Comments: On May 30, 2002, the OCC, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, and OTS published a joint request for 
comments on the proposed extension, without change, of OMB approval of 
the information collections contained in the CRA regulations (67 FR 
37915).
    The FDIC and OTS each received an identical comment from the same 
commenter. This commenter did not object to the proposed extension of 
OMB approval of the information collections contained in the CRA 
regulations. The commenter recommended that the Agencies (1) continue 
all existing data collection and reporting requirements; (2) maintain 
current public file requirements; and (3) do not consider or require 
any race data under CRA. Since these recommendations are not contrary 
to the proposed extension of OMB approval of the CRA information 
collections, the Agencies have not made any changes from the proposal 
in response to this comment.
    Title:
    OCC: Community Reinvestment Act Regulation--12 CFR part 25;
    FDIC: Community Reinvestment Act;
    OTS: Community Reinvestment Act.
    OMB Control Numbers:
    OCC: 1557-0160;
    FDIC: 3064-0092;
    OTS: 1550-0012.
    Type of Review: Extension, without change, of a currently approved 
collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Abstract: This submission covers an extension of the Agencies' 
currently

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approved information collections in their CRA regulations (12 CFR part 
25 (OCC), 12 CFR part 345 (FDIC), and 12 CFR part 563e (OTS)). The 
submission involves no change to the regulations or to the information 
collections.
    The Agencies need the information collected to fulfill their 
obligations under the CRA (12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.) to evaluate and 
assign ratings to the performance of institutions, in connection with 
helping to meet the credit needs of their communities, including low- 
and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with safe and sound 
banking practices. The Agencies use the information in the examination 
process and in evaluating applications for mergers, branches, and 
certain other corporate activities. Financial institutions maintain and 
provide the information to the Agencies.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents:
    OCC: 2,141;
    FDIC: 5,484;
    OTS: 995.
    Estimated Annual Responses:
    OCC: 2,141;
    FDIC: 5,484;
    OTS: 995.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
    OCC: 322,307;
    FDIC: 607,603;
    OTS: 200,964.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.

    Dated: September 25, 2002.
Mark J. Tenhundfeld,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 25th day of September, 2002.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.

    Dated: September 24, 2002.
Deborah Dakin,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division, Office of 
Thrift Supervision.
[FR Doc. 02-24977 Filed 10-1-02; 8:45 am]
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