[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 44656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18885]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury.

ACTION: Adoption of Privacy Act Systems of Records.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau 
of the Department of Treasury, is publishing this notice to notify all 
interested parties, pursuant to section (e)(4) of the Privacy Act (5 
U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)), that the OCC hereby adopts the Privacy Act systems 
of records of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS). A list of the 
systems of the OTS can be found at 74 FR 31103, June 29, 2009, and can 
be updated with reference to 76 FR 7243 and 76 FR 7242, February 9, 
2011.

DATES: Effective Date: July 21, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Mahach, Chief Information 
Security and Privacy Officer, (202) 649-5830; Frank Vance, Jr., 
Disclosure Officer, Communications Division, (202) 874-4700; or, 
Kristin Merritt, Special Counsel, Administrative and Internal Law 
Division, (202) 874-4460, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 313 of Title III of the 
Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Public Law 
111-203-July 21, 2010 (the Act), the OTS will be abolished. On July 21, 
2011 (the designated transfer date under section 1062 of the Act), 
pursuant to section 312 of the Act, the OTS will be integrated into the 
OCC. Following this integration, all functions of the OTS and the 
Director of the OTS that are related to Federal savings associations 
(and not otherwise transferred to another agency pursuant to the Act) 
will be transferred to the OCC and the Comptroller of the Currency. 
This includes all rulemaking authority of the OTS and the Director of 
the OTS, respectively, relating to savings associations.
    Also, pursuant to section 312 of the Act, the OCC and the 
Comptroller succeed in all powers, authorities, rights and duties that 
were vested in the OTS and the Director of the OTS on the day before 
the transfer date relating to the functions transferred. Thus, the OCC 
is charged with assuring the safety and soundness of, and compliance 
with laws and regulations, fair access to financial services, and fair 
treatment of customers by, the institutions, including national banks 
and Federal savings associations, and other persons subject to its 
jurisdiction. 12 U.S.C. 1 (as amended by section 324 of the Act). The 
OCC anticipates adopting and publishing in the Federal Register all 
changes to the OTS' Privacy Act systems of records necessary for the 
OCC to carry out the provisions of 12 U.S.C. 1 et seq. (as amended), 
and the Act, and all other laws within the jurisdiction of the OCC.

    Dated: July 18, 2011.
Veronica Marco,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy, Transparency and 
Records.
[FR Doc. 2011-18885 Filed 7-25-11; 8:45 am]
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