[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 75 (Monday, April 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16768-16769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06767]
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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; Covered Savings Associations Notice
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 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 the renewal of its information collection titled,
``Covered Savings Associations Notice.'' The OCC also is giving notice
that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.
DATES: Comments must be received by May 21, 2025.
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, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-
0341, 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) 293-4835.
Instructions: You must include ``OCC'' as the agency name and
``1557-0341'' 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. You can find this
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.
Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov.
Hover over the ``Information Collection Review'' tab and click on
``Information Collection Review'' from the drop-down menu. From the
``Currently under Review'' drop-down menu, select ``Department of
Treasury'' and then click ``submit.'' This information collection can
be located by searching OMB control number ``1557-0341'' or ``Covered
Savings Associations Notice.'' 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, Clearance Officer,
(202) 649-5490, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20219. If you are deaf,
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to
access telecommunications relay services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.),
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 the OMB to extend its approval of the collection in this
notice.
Title: Covered Savings Associations Notice.
OMB Control No.: 1557-0341.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Description: The Home Owners' Loan Act (HOLA), as amended by the
Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
(EGRRCPA), allows a Federal savings association (FSA) with total
consolidated assets of $20 billion or
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less, as of December 31, 2017, to elect to operate as a covered savings
association (CSA). This section of HOLA requires the OCC to issue rules
that, among other things, establish streamlined standards and
procedures for FSA elections to operate as CSAs and clarify the
requirements for the treatment of a CSA. A CSA has the same rights and
privileges as a national bank and is subject to the same duties and
restrictions as a national bank.
Twelve CFR part 101 allows FSAs to elect national bank powers and
operate as CSAs. An FSA seeking to operate as a CSA is required under
12 CFR 101.3(a) to submit a notice making a CSA election to the OCC
that: (1) is signed by a duly authorized officer of the FSA and (2)
identifies and describes any nonconforming subsidiaries, assets, or
activities that the FSA operates, holds, or conducts at the time it
submits its notice.
Under 12 CFR 101.5(a), the OCC may require a CSA to submit a plan
to divest, conform, or discontinue a nonconforming subsidiary, asset,
or activity.
A CSA may submit a notice to terminate its election to operate as a
CSA under 12 CFR 101.6 using procedures similar to those for an
election. In addition, after a period of five years, an FSA that has
terminated its election to operate as a CSA may submit a notice under
12 CFR 101.7 to reelect using the same procedures used for its original
election.
Estimated Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 259.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 284 hours.
Comments: On February 11, 2025, the OCC published a 60-day notice
for this information collection, (90 FR 9355). No comments were
received.
Comments continue to be invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of information is 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 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 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, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2025-06767 Filed 4-18-25; 8:45 am]
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