[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 50 (Friday, March 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14724-14725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05099]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Comptroller of the Currency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection
Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Financial Management Policies--
Interest Rate Risk
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 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. The OCC is
soliciting comment concerning renewal of its information collection
titled, ``Financial Management Policies--Interest Rate Risk,'' which is
applicable only to Federal savings associations. The OCC also is giving
notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 13, 2020.
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, Attention: Comment
Processing, 1557-0299, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 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
``1557-0299'' 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, 1557-0299, 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 12, 2019, the OCC published a 60-day notice for
this information collection, 84 FR 68011.
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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 ``1557-0299'' or ``Financial Management Policies--Interest Rate
Risk.'' 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
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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, OCC 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 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218,
Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.),
Federal agencies must obtain approval from OMB for each collection of
information that they conduct or sponsor. The term ``collection of
information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and
includes 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 the collection of
information in this document.
Title: Financial Management Policies--Interest Rate Risk.
OMB Control No.: 1557-0299.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Burden Estimate:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 304.
Estimated Annual Burden: 12,160.
Description: This information collection covers the recordkeeping
burden for Federal savings associations to maintain data in accordance
with OCC's regulation on interest rate risk procedures, 12 CFR 163.176.
The purpose of the regulation is to ensure that Federal savings
associations appropriately manage their exposure to interest rate risk.
To comply with this reporting requirement, institutions need to
maintain sufficient records to document how their interest rate risk
exposure is monitored and managed internally.
Comments: On December 12, 2019, the OCC published a notice for 60
days of comment concerning this collection, 84 FR 68011. No comments
were received. Comments continue to be invited on:
(a) Whether the collections of information are necessary for the
proper performance of the OCC's functions, including whether the
information has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the OCC's estimates of the burden of the
information collections, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(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 services to provide information.
Dated: March 6, 2020.
Theodore J. Dowd,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2020-05099 Filed 3-12-20; 8:45 am]
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