Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review, 2719-2720 [2013-00531]

Agencies

• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2719-2720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00531]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information 
Collection; Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (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.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not 
required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The OCC is soliciting comment 
concerning its information collection titled, ``Securities Exchange Act 
Disclosure Rules and Securities of Federal Savings Associations.''
    The OCC also is announcing that the proposed collection of 
information has

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been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments must be received by February 13, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency, Mailstop 6W-11, Attention: 1557-0106, Washington, DC 20219. 
In addition, comments may be sent by electronic mail to 
regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You may personally inspect and photocopy 
comments at the OCC, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. For 
security reasons, the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to 
inspect comments. You may do so by calling (202) 649-6700. Upon 
arrival, visitors will be required to present valid government-issued 
photo identification and to submit to security screening in order to 
inspect and photocopy comments.
    Additionally, please send a copy of your comments by mail to: OCC 
Desk Officer, 1557-0106, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 
Street NW. 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by electronic mail 
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information 
or a copy of the collection from Johnny Vilela or Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC 
Clearance Officers, (202) 649-5490, Legislative and Regulatory 
Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 
Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, the OCC 
has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB 
for review and clearance.

Securities Exchange Act Disclosure Rules and Securities of Federal 
Savings Association--12 CFR 11 and 12 CFR 194 (OMB Control Number 1557-
0106)

    The OCC is proposing to extend OMB approval of the following 
information collection:
    Title: Securities Exchange Act Disclosure Rules (12 CFR part 11) 
and Securities of Federal Savings Associations (12 CFR part 194).
    OMB Control No.: 1557-0106.
    Description: This submission covers an existing regulation and 
involves no change to the regulation or to the information collection 
requirements. The OCC requests only that OMB approve its revised 
estimates.
    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is required by statute 
to collect, through regulation, from any firm that is required to 
register its stock with the SEC, certain information and documents. 15 
U.S.C. 78m(a)(1). Federal law requires the OCC to apply equivalent 
requirements to any national bank or Federal savings association 
required to be registered (those with a class of equity securities held 
by 2,000 or more shareholders). 15 U.S.C. 78l(i).
    12 CFR parts 11 and 194 seek to ensure that a national bank or 
Federal savings association whose securities are subject to 
registration provides adequate information about its operations to 
current and potential shareholders, depositors, and to the public. The 
OCC reviews the information to ensure that registered national banks 
and Federal savings associations comply with Federal law and makes 
public all information required to be filed under these rules. 
Investors, depositors, and the public use this information to make 
informed investment decisions.
    In the Federal Register of October 24, 2012 (77 FR 65054), the OCC 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the templates 
and the collection of information. The OCC received no comments on the 
collection of information portion of the notice.

Burden Estimates

    The OCC estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 78.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 522.5 hours.
    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.

    Dated: January 8, 2013.
Michele Meyer,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division.
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