[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 69447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26236]


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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: Notice and request for comment.

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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. An agency 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. 
The OCC is soliciting comment concerning its information collection 
titled, ``Assessments--12 CFR 8.'' The OCC also gives notice that it 
has sent the information collection to OMB for review and approval.

DATES: You should submit your comments to the OCC and the OMB Desk 
Officer by December 29, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You should direct your comments to:
    Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 
Public Information Room, Mailstop 1-5, Attention: 1557-0223, 250 E 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by 
fax to (202) 874-4448, or by electronic 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.
    Mark Menchik, OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information 
or a copy of the collection from Mary Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, 
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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is requesting extension of OMB 
approval, with revision, of the following information collection:
    Title: Assessments--12 CFR 8.
    OMB Number: 1557-0223.
    Description: The National Bank Act authorizes the OCC to collect 
assessments, fees, and other charges as necessary or appropriate to 
carry out the responsibilities of the OCC. The OCC will require 
national banks to provide the OCC with receivables attributable data 
from independent credit card banks, that is, national banks that 
primarily engage in credit card operations and are not affiliated with 
a full service national bank. Receivables attributable are the total 
amount of outstanding balances due on credit card accounts owned by an 
independent credit card bank (the receivables attributable to those 
accounts) on the last day of an assessment period, minus receivables 
retained on the bank's balance sheet as of that day. The OCC will use 
the information to verify the accuracy of each bank's assessment 
computation and to adjust the assessment rate for independent credit 
card banks over time.
    Type of Review: Extension, without change, of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit (national banks).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 35.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 70.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 70 hours.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become 
a matter of public record.
    Comments are invited 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) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information;
    (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) Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

Stuart Feldstein,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26236 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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