Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Revision; Submission for OMB Review; Licensing Manual

Published date10 December 2019
Record Number2019-26484
SectionNotices
CourtThe Comptroller Of The Currency Office,Treasury Department
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 67513-67514]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-26484]
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                DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
                Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
                Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection
                Revision; Submission for OMB Review; Licensing Manual
                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 revised 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 the revision of its
                information collection titled ``Licensing Manual.'' The OCC also is
                giving notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.
                DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 9, 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, 1557-0014, 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
                ``1557-0014'' 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, 1557-0014, 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 September 30, 2019, the OCC published a 60-day notice for
                this information collection, 84 FR 51711.
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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 ``1557-0014'' or ``Licensing Manual.'' 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 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
                that OMB approve this revision to its collection.
                 Title: Licensing Manual.
                 OMB Control No.: 1557-0014.
                 Description: The Licensing Manual sets forth the OCC's policies and
                procedures for the formation of a national bank, federal savings
                association, or federal branch or agency, entry into the federal
                banking system by other institutions, and corporate expansion and
                structural changes by existing national banks or federal savings
                associations. The Manual includes sample documents to assist the
                applicant in understanding the types of information the OCC needs in
                order to process a filing. An applicant may use the format of the
                sample documents or any other format that provides sufficient
                information for the OCC to act on a particular filing, including the
                OCC's electronic filing system, the Central Application Tracking System
                (CATS).
                 The OCC will no longer consider National Historic Preservation Act
                matters and National Environmental Policy Act matters as a part of the
                review of applications and is removing references to them in its
                branching and relocation forms.
                 Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
                 Affected Public: Individuals; Businesses or other for-profit.
                 Frequency of Response: On occasion.
                 Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,715.
                 Estimated Total Annual Burden: 12,533 hours.
                 Comments: On September 30, 2019, the OCC issued a notice for 60
                days of comment concerning the revision to this collection, 84 FR
                51711. No comments were received. Comments continue to be requested on:
                 (a) Whether the information collections 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; and
                 (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.
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                 Dated: December 4, 2019.
                Theodore J. Dowd,
                Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
                [FR Doc. 2019-26484 Filed 12-9-19; 8:45 am]
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