[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9633-9634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03162]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

12 CFR Part 252

[Regulation YY; Docket No. OP-1452]
RIN 7100-AD-86


Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress 
Testing

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Proposed policy statement with request for public comment, 
supplementary notice.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System published 
in the Federal Register of November 23, 2012, a document requesting 
public comment on a policy statement on the approach to scenario design 
for stress testing that would be used in connection with the 
supervisory and company-run stress tests conducted under the Board's 
regulations issued pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act and the Board's capital plan rule. That Federal 
Register notice omitted the instructions for submitting comments. This 
document corrects that omission.

DATES: The comment period closing date for the proposed policy 
statement published November 23, 2012, at 77 FR 70124 remains February 
15, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Clark, Senior Associate Director, 
(202) 452-5264, Lisa Ryu, Deputy Associate Director, (202) 263-4833, or 
David Palmer, Senior Supervisory Financial Analyst, (202) 452-2904, 
Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation; Benjamin W. McDonough, 
Senior Counsel, (202) 452-2036, or Christine Graham, Senior Attorney, 
(202) 452-3099, Legal Division; or Andreas Lehnert, Deputy Director, 
(202) 452-3325, or Rochelle Edge, Adviser, (202) 452-2339, Office of 
Financial Stability Policy and Research.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are encouraged to submit written comments 
identified by Docket No. OP-1452 and RIN 7100-AD-86, by any of the 
methods provided below. Commenters are also encouraged to identify the 
number of the specific question for comment to which they are 
responding.
     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.
     E-Mail: [email protected]. Include the 
docket number in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
     Mail: Robert deV. Frierson, 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

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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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board published a document in the 
Federal Register of November 23, 2012, (77 FR 70124) requesting public 
comment on a policy statement on the approach to scenario design for 
stress testing that would be used in connection with the supervisory 
and company-run stress tests conducted under the Board's regulations 
issued pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act and the Board's capital plan rule. The address to submit 
public comments was inadvertently omitted from that notice. This 
document corrects that omission.

    By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System.

    Dated: February 7, 2013.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2013-03162 Filed 2-7-13; 4:15 pm]
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