[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 136 (Friday, July 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34865-34867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17056]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Office of Thrift Supervision

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently 
Approved Collection; Comment Request

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

ACTION: Joint notice and request for comment.

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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 OTS, the Board, and 
the FDIC (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 agencies have approved the publication for public 
comment the proposal to extend, without revision, the Advanced Capital 
Adequacy Framework information collection, which is a currently 
approved information collection. At the end of the comment period, the 
comments and recommendations received will be analyzed to determine the 
extent to which the agencies should modify the report. The agencies 
will then submit the report to OMB for review and approval.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 15, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
any or all of the agencies. All comments, which should refer to the OMB 
control number(s), will be shared among the agencies.
    OCC: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency, Public Information Room, Mail Stop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0234, 
250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be 
sent by fax to (202) 874-5274, or by electronic mail to 
[email protected]. You may personally inspect and photocopy 
comments at the OCC, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC. For security 
reasons, the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect 
comments. You may do so by calling (202) 874-4700. Upon arrival, 
visitors will be required to present valid government-issued photo 
identification and submit to security screening in order to inspect and 
photocopy comments.
    Board: You may submit comments, which should refer to FR 4200, by 
any of the following methods:
     Agency Web Site: http://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments on the http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.

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     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include FR 4200 
in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: 202-452-3819 or 202-452-3102.
     Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, 20th\\ Street and Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20551.
    All public comments are available from the Board's Web site at 
http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as 
submitted, unless modified for technical reasons. Accordingly, your 
comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact 
information. Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in 
paper form in Room MP-500 of the Board's Martin Building (20th and C 
Streets, NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.
    FDIC: You may submit comments, which should refer to ``Basel II 
Capital: Disclosures and Recordkeeping, 3064-0153,'' by any of the 
following methods:
     http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal/notices.html.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``Basel II Capital: 
Disclosures and Recordkeeping, 3064-0153,'' in the subject line of the 
message.
     Mail: Leneta G. Gregorie, Counsel, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429.
     Hand Delivery: 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 a.m. and 5 p.m.
    Public Inspection: All comments received will be posted without 
change to http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/notices.html 
including any personal information provided. Comments may be inspected 
at the FDIC Public Information Center, Room E-1002, 3501 Fairfax Drive, 
Arlington, VA 22226, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on business days.
    OTS: You may submit comments, identified by ``1550-0115 (Risk-Based 
Capital Standards: Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework),'' by any of 
the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail address: [email protected]. 
Please include ``1550-0115 (Risk-Based Capital Standards: Advanced 
Capital Adequacy Framework),'' in the subject line of the message and 
include your name and telephone number in the message.
     Fax: (202) 906-6518.
     Mail: Information Collection Comments, Chief Counsel's 
Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20552, Attention: ``1550-0115 (Risk-Based Capital Standards: 
Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework).''
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard's Desk, East Lobby Entrance, 
1700 G Street, NW., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on business days, Attention: 
Information Collection Comments, Chief Counsel's Office, Attention: 
``1550-0115 (Risk-Based Capital Standards: Advanced Capital Adequacy 
Framework).''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and OMB Control Number for this information collection. All comments 
received will be posted without change to the OTS Internet Site at 
http://www.ots.treas.gov/pagehtml.cfm?catNumber=67&an=1, including any 
personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.ots.treas.gov/pagehtml.cfm?catNumber=67&an=1.
    In addition, you may inspect comments at the Public Reading Room, 
1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To make an appointment for access, 
call (202) 906-5922, send an e-mail to public.info@ots.treas.gov">public.info@ots.treas.gov, or 
send a facsimile transmission to (202) 906-7755. (Prior notice 
identifying the materials you will be requesting will assist us in 
serving you.) We schedule appointments on business days between 10 a.m. 
and 4 p.m. In most cases, appointments will be available the next 
business day following the date we receive a request.
    Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the 
OMB desk officer for the agencies by mail to the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the 
revisions discussed in this notice, please contact any of the agency 
clearance officers whose names appear below.
    OCC: Mary Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, (202) 874-5090, 
Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.
    Board: Cindy Ayouch, Acting Federal Reserve Board Clearance 
Officer, (202) 452-3829, Division of Research and Statistics, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets, NW., 
Washington, DC 20551. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) 
users may call (202) 263-4869.
    FDIC: Leneta G. Gregorie, Counsel, (202) 898-3719, Legal Division, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20429.
    OTS: Ira L. Mills, OTS Clearance Officer, at 
[email protected], (202) 906-6531, 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:

Proposal To Extend for Three Years Without Revision the Following 
Currently Approved Collection of Information

    Title: Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework information collection.

For OCC

    OMB Number: 1557-0234.
    Frequency of Response: Annually and quarterly.
    Affected Public: National banks and Federal branches and agencies 
of foreign banks.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
    Estimated Time per Response: Written implementation plan 14,650 
hours; prior written approvals 520 hours; disclosures 400 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 809,640.

For Board

    OMB Number: 7100-0313.
    Frequency of Response: Annually and quarterly.
    Affected Public: Banks and bank holding companies (BHCs).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 19.
    Estimated Time per Response: Written implementation plan 13,268 
hours; prior written approvals 1,009 hours; disclosures 36.25 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 113,793.

For FDIC

    OMB Number: 3064-0153.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Affected Public: Insured State nonmember banks, insured State 
branches of foreign banks, and certain subsidiaries of those entities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 19.
    Estimated Time per Response: Written implementation--6,270 hours; 
documentation--361 hours; systems

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maintenance--530 hours; prior written approvals--320 hours; control, 
oversight and verification of systems--210 hours; disclosures--110 
hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 7,801.

For OTS

    OMB Number: 1550-0115.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Affected Public: Financial Institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4,000 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 12,000 hours.
    General Description of Report: These information collections are 
mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 93a, 161, 3907-9 (OCC); 12 U.S.C. 1462, 1463, 
1464, 1467, and 1828 (OTS); 12 U.S.C. 324 and 1844(c) Board); and 12 
U.S.C. 1831(o) (FDIC). The written implementation plan and prior 
approvals are given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(8)).
    Abstract: On December 7, 2007, the agencies issued the joint final 
rule titled Risk-Based Capital Standards: Advanced Capital Adequacy 
Framework (final rule) implementing a new risk-based regulatory capital 
framework for institutions in the United States. The final rule 
requires certain large or internationally active banks and bank holding 
companies (BHCs) to (1) adopt a written implementation plan, (2) update 
that plan for any mergers, (3) obtain prior written approvals for the 
use of certain approaches for determining risk-weighted assets, and (4) 
make certain public disclosures regarding their capital ratios, their 
components, and information on implicit support provided to a 
securitization. There are no required reporting forms associated with 
this information collection.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on:
    a. Whether the information collections are necessary for the proper 
performance of the agencies' functions, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the agencies' estimates of the burden of the 
information collections, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collections on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology; and
    e. Estimates of capital or start up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be shared among 
the agencies. All comments will become a matter of public record. 
Written comments should address the accuracy of the burden estimates 
and ways to minimize burden including the use of automated collection 
techniques or the use of other forms of information technology as well 
as other relevant aspects of the information collection request.

    Dated: July 10, 2009.
Michele Meyer,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 13, 2009.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
    Dated at Washington, DC, this 10th day of July, 2009.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
    Dated: July 10, 2009.
Deborah Dakin,
Acting Chief Counsel, Office of Thrift Supervision.
[FR Doc. E9-17056 Filed 7-16-09; 8:45 am]
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