[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 63669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25351]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Small Business Lending Fund 
(SBLF)

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on an extension of an 
existing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, within the 
Department of the Treasury, is soliciting comments concerning the New 
Issue Bond Program and Temporary Credit and Liquidity Program.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before December 23, 
2014 to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, via the federal eRulemaking portal, http://www.regulations.gov, following the instructions for submitting 
comments; by fax to (202) 622-8722, Attn: Request for Comments (SBLF 
Quarterly Supplemental Reports); or by mail to Office of Domestic 
Finance, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20220, Attn: Request for Comments (SBLF Quarterly 
Supplemental Reports).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Manager (Communications, Research and External 
Affairs), Small Business Lending Fund, Office of Domestic Finance, 
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0228.
    Title: Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) Supplemental Reports.
    Abstract: Once accepted into the SBLF program, a bank is required 
to submit a Supplemental Report each quarter. The Supplemental Report 
serves two purposes.
    First, the Quarterly Supplemental Report is used to determine the 
bank's small business lending baseline. A bank's initial dividend rate 
is based on the increase in small business lending (over this baseline) 
in the quarters from October 2010 through September 2013. In addition, 
a bank's dividend rate is now locked based on the results from its 
increase or decrease of qualified small business lending (versus the 
baseline) as of September 30, 2013.
    Second, every quarter thereafter, the bank files a Supplemental 
Report quarterly so that Treasury can assess the change in the small 
business lending for the previous quarter. That change from the 
historical baseline is used to set the dividend rate for the next 
quarter.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 288.
    Estimated Annual Hours per Response: 3.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,032.
    Request for Comment: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. The public is invited to submit comments concerning: (a) 
Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including 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.

    Dated: October 21, 2014.
Brenda Simms,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-25351 Filed 10-23-14; 8:45 am]
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