[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 207 (Friday, October 24, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63338-63339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25377]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

12 CFR Part 303


 Financial Education Programs That Include the Provision of Bank 
Products and Services; Limited Opportunity To Resubmit Comment

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice of limited opportunity to resubmit comment.

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SUMMARY: The FDIC invites the commenter who filed a public comment at 
www.regulations.gov on July 9, 2008, relating to the FDIC's Interim 
Final Rule and Request for Comment involving ``Financial Education 
Programs That Include the Provision of Bank Products and Services'' to 
resubmit to the FDIC his or her comment relating to this action. We are 
taking this action because due to a technical software error, a public 
comment submitted via www.regulations.gov was not transmitted to the 
FDIC. Therefore, the FDIC will provide this commenter with a limited 
opportunity to resubmit his or her comment to the FDIC on or before 
November 24, 2008.

DATES: The commenter whose comment was not transmitted to the FDIC in 
accordance with the situation described above may resubmit his or her 
comment on or before November 24, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The affected commenter may submit his or her comment by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Agency Web Site: http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal. Follow instructions for submitting comments on the FDIC's Web 
Site.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``Resubmitted 
Comments'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary, Attention: 
Comments, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20429
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard Station at the rear of the 
550 17th Street Building (located on F Street) on business days between 
7 a.m. and 5 p.m. (EST).
     Public Inspection: All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/ 
including any personal information provided. Paper copies of public 
comments may be ordered from the Public Information Center by telephone 
at (877) 275-3342 or (703) 562-2200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Ann Johnson, Counsel, Legal 
Division, (202) 898-3573 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January 2003, the interagency eRulemaking 
Program launched www.regulations.gov to provide citizens with an online 
portal to learn about proposed regulations and to submit their comments 
on the rulemaking process. For the first time, American citizens could 
access and comment on all proposed Federal regulations from a single 
Web site.
    A software problem at www.regulations.gov resulted in the non-
transmittal of public comments to

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some federal agencies from March 22, 2008 through September 8, 2008. 
The software error affected only a few federal agencies, one of which 
was the FDIC. The FDIC has been assured that the software problem has 
been corrected and that safeguards are now in place to ensure this 
error will not occur for future rulemakings.\1\
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    \1\ Questions about the Federal eRulemaking Portal may be 
directed to John Moses, Chief, eRulemaking Program Branch, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-1352, [email protected].
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    Specifically, because of the software problem, the FDIC has been 
notified that a total of two public comments relevant to FDIC 
rulemakings were filed using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
www.regulations.gov, but were not submitted to the FDIC.\2\ The FDIC 
was advised that one of the missing comments was filed on July 9, 2008. 
This missing comment related to the FDIC's Interim Final Rule and 
Request for Comment involving ``Financial Education Programs That 
Include the Provision of Bank Products and Services.'' \3\ The Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov has been unable to retrieve 
this comment or identify the commenter.
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    \2\ The other missing comment was filed on April 14, 2008. This 
comment related to the FDIC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
involving ``Processing of Deposit Accounts in the Event of an 
Insured Depository Institution Failure and Large-Bank Deposit 
Insurance Determination Modernization.'' 73 FR 2364 (Jan. 14, 2008). 
The FDIC subsequently bifurcated the proposed rule, and published an 
Interim Rule with Request for Comments relating to the ``Processing 
of Deposit Accounts in the Event of an Insured Depository 
Institution Failure'' (73 FR 41170 (July 17, 2008)) and a Final Rule 
relating to ``Large-Bank Deposit Insurance Determination 
Modernization'' (73 FR 41180 (July 17, 2008)). The commenter whose 
comment was not received by the FDIC and which is related to that 
rulemaking is invited to submit his or her comment to the FDIC 
through procedures outlined in a second Notice of Limited 
Opportunity to Resubmit Comment published by the FDIC in the Federal 
Register on October 24, 2008.
    \3\ See Interim Final Rule and Request for Comment involving 
``Financial Education Programs That Include the Provision of Bank 
Products and Services.'' 73 FR 35337 (June 23, 2008). The FDIC 
subsequently finalized this interim final rule. 73 FR 55431 (Sept. 
25, 2008).
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    The FDIC considered all public comments relating to the proposed 
rule and posted the comments for public review on its Web site at 
http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/. Although the proposed 
rule has been finalized, to ensure fairness in its rulemaking process, 
the FDIC invites the commenter to resubmit his or her comment if they 
(1) commented about this proposed rule on the date indicated, (2) used 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal to file their original comment, and (3) 
do not believe that their comment was received by the FDIC. If a 
commenter is unsure whether his or her comment was received by the 
FDIC, the commenter may verify receipt of the comment by checking the 
FDIC's Web site for the comment at http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/ or by contacting the FDIC's Public Information Center 
using the contact information indicated above.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

    Dated the 20th of October, 2008.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-25377 Filed 10-23-08; 8:45 am]
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