[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 207 (Friday, October 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60103-60104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23517]


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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; Supervisory Guidance on Stress 
Testing for Banking Organizations With Total Consolidated Assets of 
More Than $10 Billion

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC).

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, ``Supervisory Guidance on Stress Testing for Banking 
Organizations with Total Consolidated Assets of More Than $10 
Billion.'' The OCC also is giving notice that it has sent the 
collection to OMB for review.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 29, 2021.

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, 1557-0312, 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 
``1557-0312'' 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.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should also be sent within 30 days of publication of this 
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    You may review comments and other related materials that pertain to 
this information collection following the close of the 30-day comment 
period for this notice by the method set forth in the next bullet. On 
July 13, 2021, the OCC published a 60-day notice for this information 
collection, 86 FR 36866.
     Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov. 
Hover over the ``Information Collection Review'' tab and click on 
``Information Collection Review'' dropdown. 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-
0312'' or ``Supervisory Guidance on Stress Testing for Banking 
Organizations with Total Consolidated Assets of More Than $10 
Billion.'' 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, (202) 649-5490, 
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. 3501-3520), Federal 
agencies must obtain approval from the OMB for each collection of 
information that 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 OMB 
to extend its approval of the information collection in this notice.
    Title: Supervisory Guidance on Stress Testing for Banking 
Organizations with Total Consolidated Assets of More Than $10 Billion.
    OMB Control No.: 1557-0312.
    Description: On May 17, 2012, the OCC, along with the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve (FRB), published guidance in the Federal Register on 
the use of stress testing as a means to better understand the range of 
a banking organization's \1\ potential risk exposures.\2\ The OCC is 
now seeking to renew the information collection associated with that 
guidance.
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    \1\ For purposes of this guidance, the term ``banking 
organization'' means national banks, federal savings associations, 
and federal branches and agencies supervised by the OCC; state 
member banks, bank holding companies, savings and loan holding 
companies, and all other institutions for which the Federal Reserve 
is the primary federal supervisor; and state nonmember banks, and 
all other institutions for which the FDIC is the primary federal 
supervisor.
    \2\ 77 FR 29458 (May 17, 2012).
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    The guidance provides an overview of how a banking organization 
should structure its stress testing activities to ensure that those 
activities fit into the banking organization's overall risk management. 
The purpose of the guidance is to outline broad principles for a 
satisfactory stress testing framework and describe how stress testing 
should be used. While the guidance is not intended to provide detailed 
instructions for conducting stress testing for any particular risk or 
business area, it does describe several types of stress testing 
activities and how they may be most appropriately used by banking 
organizations. The guidance also does not explicitly address the stress 
testing requirements imposed upon certain banking organizations by 
section 165(i) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act.\3\
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    \3\ Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010), as revised by the 
Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, 
Public Law 115-174, 132 Stat. 1296-1368 (2018), and codified at 12 
U.S.C. 5365(i)(2).
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    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 62.
    Estimated annual burden: 16,120 hours.
    On July 13, 2021, the OCC published a notice for 60 days of comment 
concerning this collection, 86 FR 36866. No comments were received. 
Comments continue to be solicited 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.

Patrick T. Tierney,
Assistant Director, Bank Advisory, Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency.
[FR Doc. 2021-23517 Filed 10-28-21; 8:45 am]
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