[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 62 (Monday, April 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12325-12326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06154]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection
Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Funding and Liquidity Risk
Management
AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing
information collection as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA).
In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not
conduct or sponsor, and respondents are not required to respond to, an
information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
The OCC is soliciting comment concerning renewal of its information
collection titled ``Funding and Liquidity Risk Management.'' The OCC
also is giving notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for
review.
DATES: Comments must be received by May 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if
possible. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected].
Mail: Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, Attention: 1557-0244, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218,
Washington, DC 20219.
Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218,
Washington, DC 20219.
Fax: (571) 465-4326.
Instructions: You must include ``OCC'' as the agency name and
``1557-0244'' in your comment. In general, the OCC will publish
comments on www.reginfo.gov without change, including any business or
personal information provided, such as name and address information,
email addresses, or phone numbers. Comments received, including
attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public
record and subject to public disclosure. Do not include any information
in your comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential
or inappropriate for public disclosure.
Additionally, please send a copy of your comments by mail to: OCC
Desk Officer, 1557-0244, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, #10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by email to
[email protected].
You may review comments and other related materials that pertain to
this information collection \1\ following the close of the 30-day
comment period for this notice by any of the following methods:
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\1\ On December 4, 2018, the OCC published a 60-day notice for
this information collection, 83 FR 62671.
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Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov.
Click on the ``Information Collection Review'' tab. Underneath the
``Currently under Review'' section heading, from the drop-down menu
select ``Department of Treasury'' and then click ``submit.'' This
information collection can be located by searching by OMB control
number ``1557-0244'' or ``Funding and Liquidity Risk Management.'' Upon
finding the appropriate information collection, click on the related
``ICR Reference Number.'' On the next screen, select ``View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents'' and then click on the link to any
comment listed at the bottom of the screen.
For assistance in navigating www.reginfo.gov, please
contact the Regulatory Information Service Center at (202) 482-7340.
Viewing Comments Personally: You may personally inspect
comments at the OCC, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC. For security
reasons, the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect
comments. You may do so by calling (202) 649-6700 or, for persons who
are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY, (202) 649-5597. Upon arrival,
visitors will be required to present valid government-issued photo
identification and submit to security screening in order to inspect
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer,
(202) 649-5490 or, for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY,
(202) 649-5597, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, 400
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7th Street SW, suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal
agencies must obtain approval from OMB for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. ``Collection of information'' is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) to include agency
requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports,
keep records, or provide information to a third party. The OCC asks
that OMB extend its approval of this collection.
Title: Funding and Liquidity Risk Management.
OMB Control No.: 1557-0244.
Description: The Interagency Policy Statement on Funding and
Liquidity Risk Management \2\ (Policy Statement) summarizes the
principles of sound liquidity risk management that the federal banking
agencies have issued in the past \3\ and, where appropriate, harmonizes
these principles with the international statement issued by the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision titled ``Principles for Sound
Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision.'' \4\ The Policy Statement
describes supervisory expectations for all depository institutions
including banks, savings associations, and credit unions.
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\2\ 75 FR 13656 (Mar. 22, 2010).
\3\ For national banks and federal savings associations, see the
Comptroller's Handbook on Liquidity. For state member banks and bank
holding companies, see the Federal Reserve's Commercial Bank
Examination Manual (section 4020), Bank Holding Company Supervision
Manual (section 4010), and Trading and Capital Markets Activities
Manual (section 2030). For state non-member banks, see the FDIC's
Revised Examination Guidance for Liquidity and Funds Management
(Trans. No. 2002-01) (Nov. 19, 2001), and Financial Institution
Letter 84-2008, Liquidity Risk Management (August 2008). For
federally insured credit unions, see Letter to Credit Unions No. 02-
CU-05, Examination Program Liquidity Questionnaire (March 2002).
\4\ Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, ``Principles for
Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision,'' September 2008.
See www.bis.org/publ/bcbs144.htm. Federally insured credit unions
are not directly referenced in the principles issued by the Basel
Committee.
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Section 14 of the Policy Statement provides that financial
institutions should consider liquidity costs, benefits, and risks in
strategic planning and budgeting processes. Significant business
activities should be evaluated for liquidity risk exposure as well as
profitability. More complex and sophisticated financial institutions
should incorporate liquidity costs, benefits, and risks in the internal
product pricing, performance measurement, and new product approval
process for all material business lines, products, and activities.
Incorporating the cost of liquidity into these functions should align
the risk-taking incentives of individual business lines with the
liquidity risk exposure their activities create for the institution as
a whole. The quantification and attribution of liquidity risks should
be explicit and transparent at the line management level and should
include consideration of how liquidity would be affected under stressed
conditions.
Section 20 of the Policy Statement states that liquidity risk
reports should provide aggregate information with sufficient supporting
detail to enable management to assess the sensitivity of the
institution to changes in market conditions, its own financial
performance, and other important risk factors. Institutions also should
report on the use and availability of government support, such as
lending and guarantee programs, and implications on liquidity
positions, particularly since these programs are generally temporary or
reserved as a source for contingent funding.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,171.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 84,464 hours.
Comments: On December 4, 2018, the OCC issued a notice for 60 days
of comment concerning this collection, 83 FR 62671. No comments were
received. Comments continue to be solicited on:
(a) Whether the information collections are necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the OCC, including whether the
information has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the OCC's estimate of the information
collection burden;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of information collections on
respondents, including through 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 the services necessary to provide the
required information.
Dated: March 25, 2019.
Theodore J. Dowd,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2019-06154 Filed 3-29-19; 8:45 am]
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