[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5250-5251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2274]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of The Comptroller of the Currency

Federal Reserve System

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Joint Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice of information collection to be submitted to OMB for 
review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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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, 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.
    On November 23, 2011, the agencies, under the auspices of the 
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), published a 
notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 72497) requesting public comment 
on the extension, without revision, of the currently approved 
information collections: the Country Exposure Report (FFIEC 009) and 
the Country Exposure Information Report (FFIEC 009a). The comment 
period for this notice expired on January 23, 2012. No comments were 
received. The agencies are now submitting requests to OMB for approval 
of the extension, without revision, of the FFIEC 009 and FFIEC 009a 
reports.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 5, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
any or all of the agencies. All comments should refer to the OMB 
control number(s) and will be shared among the agencies.
    OCC: You should direct all written comments to: Communications 
Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Mailstop 2-3, 
Attention: 1557-0100, 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 20219. 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 to submit to 
security screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments.
    Board: You may submit comments, which should refer to FFIEC 009 or 
FFIEC 009a, by any of the following methods:
     Agency Web Site: http://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments at: http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include reporting 
form number 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 
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 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 ``Country 
Exposure Reports, 3064-0017,'' by any of the following methods:
     Agency Web Site: http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/propose.html. Follow the instructions for submitting comments 
on the FDIC Web site.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``Country Exposure 
Reports, 3064-0017'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Gary A. Kuiper, Counsel, Attn: Comments, Room F-
1086, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20429.
     Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand delivered to the guard 
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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/propose.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 agencies, Shagufta Ahmed, by mail to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 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: Ira L. Mills or Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officers, 
(202) 874-6055 or (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities 
Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20219.
    Board: Cynthia Ayouch, 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: Gary Kuiper, Counsel, (202) 898-3877, Legal Division, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 
20429.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal

    Comments are invited on:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the agencies' functions; including whether 
the information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the agencies' estimate of the burden of the 
proposed 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; and
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    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.

Information Collection Proposal

    Proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the following 
currently approved collections of information:
    Report Title: Country Exposure Report and Country Exposure 
Information Report.
    Form Number: FFIEC 009 and FFIEC 009a.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
    Affected Public: U.S. banks, savings associations, and bank holding 
companies.

OCC

    OMB Number: 1557-0100.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 16 (FFIEC 009), 9 (FFIEC 009a).
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 
5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,480 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 189 
burden hours (FFIEC 009a).

Board

    OMB Number: 7100-0035.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 35 (FFIEC 009), 24 (FFIEC 009a).
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 
5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 9,800 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 504 
burden hours (FFIEC 009a).

FDIC

    OMB Number: 3064-0017.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21 (FFIEC 009), 10 (FFIEC 009a).
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 70 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 
5.25 burden hours (FFIEC 009a).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,880 burden hours (FFIEC 009), 210 
burden hours (FFIEC 009a).

General Description of Reports

    These information collections are mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 161 and 1817 
(national banks), 12 U.S.C. 248(a), 1844(c), and 3906 (state member 
banks and bank holding companies); 12 U.S.C. 1817 and 1820 (insured 
state nonmember commercial and savings banks); and 12 U.S.C. 1464 (for 
savings associations). The FFIEC 009 information collection is given 
confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and (b)(8)). The FFIEC 009a 
information collection is not given confidential treatment.

Abstract

    The Country Exposure Report (FFIEC 009) is filed quarterly with the 
agencies and provides information on international claims of U.S. 
banks, savings associations, and bank holding companies that is used 
for supervisory and analytical purposes. The information is used to 
monitor country exposure of banks to determine the degree of risk in 
their portfolios and the possible impact on U.S. banks of adverse 
developments in particular countries. The Country Exposure Information 
Report (FFIEC 009a) is a supplement to the FFIEC 009 and provides 
publicly available information on material foreign country exposures 
(all exposures to a country in excess of 1 percent of total assets or 
20 percent of capital, whichever is less) of U.S. banks, savings 
associations and bank holding companies that file the FFIEC 009 report. 
As part of the Country Exposure Information Report, reporting 
institutions must also furnish a list of countries in which they have 
lending exposures above 0.75 percent of total assets or 15 percent of 
total capital, whichever is less.

Current Actions

    The agencies are not planning any revisions at this time. However, 
the agencies expect to propose revisions in the near future, including 
potential changes to the Country Codes used in the FFIEC 009 report in 
order to more closely match the Country Codes on the Department of the 
Treasury's Treasury International Capital (TIC) reports (OMB Nos.: 
1505-0016, 0017, 0018, 0019, 0020, and 0024).

    Dated: January 26, 2012.
Michele Meyer,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
    Dated: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 
27, 2012.

Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board,
    Dated at Washington, DC, this 25th day of January, 2012.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
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