[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8179-8180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03422]


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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION

[Docket No: CFPB-2016-0007]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; 
Emergency Processing Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is proposing a new 
information collection titled, ``Application Process for Designation of 
Rural Area under Federal Consumer Financial Law.''

DATES: An emergency review has been requested in accordance with the 
PRA (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507(j)). Approval by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) has been requested by February 29, 2016. A standard 
PRA clearance process is also beginning. Interested persons are invited 
to submit comments on or before April 18, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the 
information collection, OMB Control Number (see below), and docket 
number (see above), by any of the following methods:
     Electronic: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Attention: PRA 
Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20552.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Consumer Financial Protection 
Bureau (Attention: PRA Office), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20002.
    Please note that comments submitted after the comment period will 
not be accepted. In general, all comments will become public records, 
including any personal information provided. Sensitive personal 
information, such as account numbers or social security numbers, should 
not be included.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Documentation prepared in support of 
this information collection request is available at 
www.regulations.gov. Requests for additional information should be 
directed to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, (Attention: PRA 
Office), 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, (202) 435-9575, or 
email: [email protected]. Please do not submit comments to this mailbox.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: Application Process for Designation of Rural 
Area under Federal Consumer Financial Law.
    OMB Control Number: 3170-XXXX.
    Type of Review: New collection (Request for a new OMB control 
number).
    Affected Public: Private sector (banks and credit unions).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5.
    Abstract: On December 4, 2015, Congress passed the Helping Expand 
Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act of 2015 (HELP Rural 
Communities Act or the Act) Public Law 114-94, Title LXXXIX (2015). 
Section 89002 requires the Bureau to establish, within 90 days of its 
passage, a procedure by which persons and businesses may apply to have 
a geographic area designated as ``rural'' for the purposes of applying 
federal consumer protection law and certain exceptions related to areas 
so designated.
    Due to the 90-day deadline, contained in the Act, if following 
standard PRA clearance procedures, the Bureau would be unable to meet 
this statutory

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deadline. In order to meet the statutory deadline, the Bureau plans to 
issue the enabling procedural rule by March 3, 2016. Therefore, the 
Bureau is requesting emergency processing and approval of the following 
information collection request.
    The Bureau requests OMB approval of this request by February 29, 
2016. Contemporaneously with this request for emergency processing, the 
Bureau is also initiating standard clearance procedures by publishing a 
notice in the Federal Register allowing the public 60 days to comment 
on this collection of information. Accordingly, this request will also 
be resubmitted to OMB under standard clearance procedures.
    Request for Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Bureau, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the Bureau's estimate of 
the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of 
the methods and the 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 the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Comments submitted in response to this 
notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB 
approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: February 12, 2016.
Darrin A. King,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2016-03422 Filed 2-17-16; 8:45 am]
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