[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 215 (Monday, November 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 57678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26863]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently 
Approved Collection; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: 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 FDIC 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 FDIC, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general 
public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on a continuing information collection. Specifically, the FDIC is 
soliciting comment concerning its information collection titled, Basel 
II Capital: Disclosures and Recordkeeping, and bearing OMB Control No. 
3064-0153. The FDIC also gives notice that it has sent the information 
collection to OMB for review.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 9, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments. 
All comments should refer to the name and number of the collection. 
Comments may be submitted 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, 3064-0154,'' 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.
    Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the 
OMB desk officer for the FDIC 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, please 
contact Leneta G. Gregorie, Counsel, (202) 898-3719, Legal Division, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20429.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to extend for three years without 
revision the following currently approved collection of information:
    Title: Basel II Capital: Disclosures and Recordkeeping.
    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 plan--330 
hours; documentation--19 hours; systems maintenance--27.89 hours; prior 
written approvals--16.84 hours; control, oversight and verification of 
systems--11.05 hours; disclosures--5.79 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 7,801 hours.
    General Description of Report: This information collections is 
mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 1831(o).
    Abstract: On December 7, 2007, the FDIC, jointly with the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller 
of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision, issued the joint 
final rule entitled 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. The paperwork burden associated 
with these requirements has been approved under OMB Control No. 3064-
0153.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on:
    a. Whether the information collection is necessary for the proper 
performance of the agency's functions, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden of the 
information collection, 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 the information collection 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.
    All comments submitted in response to this notice will become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of November, 2009.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-26863 Filed 11-6-09; 8:45 am]
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