[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 77520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9736]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury; Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation; and Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury.

ACTION: Joint notice and request for comment; extension of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, the FDIC, and 
the OTS (collectively, the agencies) may not conduct or sponsor, and 
the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection 
unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control number. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination 
Council (FFIEC), of which the agencies are members, approved the 
agencies' publication for public comment of proposed new regulatory 
reporting requirements for banks \1\ that qualify for and adopt the 
Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework to calculate their risk-based 
capital requirement or banks that are in the parallel run stage of 
qualifying to adopt this proposed framework. This notice extends the 
comment period on this document for consistency with the extension of 
the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking on the 
Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework, as published elsewhere in today's 
issue of the Federal Register.
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    \1\ For simplicity, and unless otherwise indicated, this notice 
uses the term ``bank'' to include banks, savings associations, and 
bank holding companies (BHCs). The terms ``bank holding company'' 
and ``BHC'' refer only to bank holding companies regulated by the 
Board and do not include savings and loan holding companies 
regulated by the OTS. For a detailed description of the institutions 
covered by this notice, refer to Part I, Section 1, of the proposed 
regulatory text in the notice of proposed rulemaking entitled Risk-
Based Capital Standards: Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework.

DATES: The comment period for the joint notice and request for comment 
published at 71 FR 55981 (Sept. 25, 2006) is extended until March 26, 
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2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the methods identified in 
the joint notice on Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities. 
(See 71 FR 55981, September 25, 2006.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the 
proposed regulatory reporting requirements discussed in this notice, 
please contact any of the agency clearance officers whose names appear 
below. In addition, copies of reporting schedules and instructions can 
be obtained at each agency's web site as well as the FFIEC's web 
site.\2\
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    \2\ For the OCC: http://www.occ.treas.gov; for the FDIC: http://www.fdic.gov; for the OTS: http://www.ots.treas.gov; for the Board: 
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/reportforms/review.cfm; and 
for the FFIEC: http://www.ffiec.gov/ffiec_report_forms.htm.
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    OCC: Please direct substantive questions to Lorey Hoffman, Large 
Bank Director, Large Bank Supervision, (202) 874-4595, and requests for 
copies of the collection to Mary Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, or 
Camille Dickerson, (202-874-5090), Legislative and Regulatory 
Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.
    Board: Michelle Long, Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer, 
Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829).
    FDIC: Steven F. Hanft, Clearance Officer, at [email protected], (202-
898-3907), Legal Division, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429.
    OTS: Marilyn K. Burton, OTS Clearance Officer, at 
[email protected], (202) 906-6467, or facsimile number (202) 
906-6518, Litigation Division, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of Thrift 
Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 25, 2006, the agencies 
published a joint notice and request for comment on the proposed 
reporting requirements (71 FR 55981). Simultaneously with publication 
of the information collection notice, the agencies published a proposed 
rule seeking comment on the Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework (Basel 
II NPR) (71 FR 55830). The comment period on the information collection 
notice and the Basel II NPR ends on January 23, 2007. Elsewhere in 
today's issue of the Federal Register, the agencies extended the 
comment period for the Basel II NPR. The agencies have determined that 
an extension of the comment period on the information collection notice 
is appropriate for consistency. At the end of the comment period, the 
comments and recommendations received will be analyzed to determine the 
extent to which the FFIEC should modify the proposed reporting 
requirements prior to giving its final approval. The agencies will then 
submit the proposed reporting requirements to OMB for review and 
approval and, upon approval, OMB will assign control numbers.

    Dated: December 6, 2006.
Stuart E. Feldstein,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

    Dated: December 8, 2006.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 5th day of December, 2006.

    By order of the Board of Directors.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie J. Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary.

    Dated: December 11, 2006.
Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division, 
Office of Thrift Supervision.
[FR Doc. 06-9736 Filed 12-21-06; 8:45 am]
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