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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION
ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Reinstatement, With Change, of a
Previously Approved Collection;
Comment Request
National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA).
ACTION: Request for comment.
AGENCY:
The NCUA intends to submit
the following information collection to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
This information collection is related to
NCUA’s Chartering and Field of
Membership Manual (Chartering
Manual) and is being published to
obtain comments from the public. The
Chartering Manual establishes
requirements for organizing and
amending a federal credit union (FCU)
charter and field of membership (FOM).
DATES: Comments will be accepted until
October 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments to
the NCUA Contact and OMB Reviewer
listed below:
NCUA Contact: Tracy Crews, National
Credit Union Administration, 1775
Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia
22314–3428, Fax No. 703–837–2861,
Email: OCIOPRA@ncua.gov.
OMB Contact: Office of Management
and Budget, ATTN: Desk Officer for
the National Credit Union
Administration, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Washington,
DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information, a
copy of the information collection
request, or a copy of submitted
comments should be directed to Tracy
Crews, NCUA, 1775 Duke Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314–3428, or at (703)
518–6444. Requests for additional
information about the Chartering
Manual should be directed to Susan
Ryan, NCUA Consumer Access Analyst,
at the same address, in the NCUA Office
of Consumer Protection, Division of
Consumer Access, (703) 518–1150,
DCAMail@NCUA.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract and Request for Comments
The FCU Act establishes the rules for
FCU chartering and field of
membership. 12 U.S.C. 1753(5), 1754,
1759. The NCUA Board, after
consideration of public comment,
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incorporated the Chartering Manual into
NCUA’s regulations at 12 CFR 701.1,
and Appendix B to part 701, in 2008. 73
FR 73392, Dec. 2, 2008. NCUA most
recently issued for public comment and
amended the Chartering Manual in
2013. 78 FR 13460, Feb. 28, 2013.
NCUA is issuing this notice and
request for comment on the
reinstatement and amendment of the
previously approved information
collection related to the Chartering
Manual, 3133–0015. Staff has
incorporated into this collection other
previously proposed, expired or
combined information collections also
related to the Chartering Manual,
including 3133–0116 and 3133–0178.
The collections are not new and the
estimated amount of burden hours is
based on NCUA’s experience with this
regulation and the current number of
CUs. The amount is generally
decreasing as a result of technology and
the continuing trend of annual
decreases in the number of CUs.
NCUA staff reviewed each of the four
chapters and appendices of the
Chartering Manual to identify all
current information collection
requirements. The four chapters are:
FCU Chartering; Field of Membership
Requirements for FCUs; Low-Income
CUs and CUs Serving Underserved
Areas; and Charter Conversions; as well
as related appendices. NCUA uses the
information it collects pursuant to the
Chartering Manual to regulate CUs’
compliance with the FCU Act and
NCUA regulations and to protect the
safety and soundness of CUs and the
National Credit Union Share Insurance
Fund.
As a preliminary matter, those
persons choosing to organize a new FCU
must comply with certain information
collection requirements upon starting
the FCU outlined in this Chartering
Manual. Over the past three years,
organizers have established an average
of approximately two new FCUs each
year. We estimate each new FCU must
spend approximately 160 hours to
initially comply with the Chartering
Manual’s information collection
requirements (ICR), for a total annual
collection of 320 hours.
For current FCUs, NCUA staff also
reviewed each chapter and appendices
to the Chartering Manual to estimate
current annual burden hours for CUs
attached to each ICR. We have listed
these estimates below in the Data
section.
NCUA does not believe that CUs will
incur any additional labor costs as a
result of the Chartering Manual
requirements since these are in
accordance with the CUs’ usual and
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customary business practices. The
Chartering Manual addresses integral
parts of a CU’s operation as a memberowned, not-for-profit financial
cooperative. Since a CU could not
operate as a chartered and insured
credit union without complying with
these collections, there is no additional
labor cost burden.
The NCUA requests that you send
your comments on this collection to the
location listed in the addresses section.
Your comments should address: (a) The
necessity of the information collection
for the proper performance of NCUA,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
our estimate of the burden (hours and
cost) of the collection of information,
including the validity of any
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways we could enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of
the information on the respondents such
as through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. It is NCUA’s
policy to make all comments available
to the public for review.
II. Data
Title: NCUA Chartering and Field of
Membership Manual, 12 CFR 701.1, and
App. B to Part 701.
OMB Number: 3133–0015.
Form Numbers: NCUA Forms 4000,
4001, 4008, 4012, 4015, 4015–EZ, 4221,
4401, 4505, 4506, 9500, 9501, 9600.
Type of Review: Reinstatement, with
change.
Description: The NCUA Chartering
and Field of Membership Manual sets
forth the NCUA’s current policies and
procedures for granting and permitting
change to a federal credit union charter.
Estimated No. of Respondents/
Recordkeepers: 9,990.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping, Reporting and On
occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hours
Requested: 15,397.5.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Specifically, NCUA Staff identified
the following chapters and appendices
as containing ICRs with the following
number of respondents and the
estimated annual burden in hours, as
follows:
Chapter 1. FCU Chartering
ICRs: Business Plan for New Charters,
Wording for Proposed FOM, NCUA
Forms 4001, 4008, 4012, 9500, 9501.
Respondents/record-keepers: 2 per
year.
Estimated annual burden: 160 hours.
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Total annual hours: 320 hours
ICRs related to the Chartering Manual
for All FCUs:
Chapter 2. Field of Membership
Requirements for FCUs
ICR: Single Common Bond and
Multiple Common Bond Amendments,
NCUA Forms 4015 and 4015–EZ, and
FOM Internet Application.
Respondents: 9,915.
Estimated annual burden: 30 minutes.
Total annual hours: 4,957.5.
ICR: Community Charter Conversion
and Expansion Applications.
Respondents: 39.
Estimated annual burden: 160 hours.
Total annual hours: 6,240.
Chapter 3. Low-Income CUs and CUs
Serving Underserved Areas
ICR: Application to Add an
Underserved Area.
Respondents: 21.
Estimated annual burden: 160 hours.
Total annual hours: 3,360.
Chapter 4. Charter Conversions
ICR: NCUA Forms 4000, 4221, 4401,
4505, 4506, 9500, 9501, 9600.
Respondents/record-keepers: 13.
Estimated annual burden: 40 hours.
Total annual hours: 520.
By the National Credit Union
Administration Board on September 25,
2013.
Gerard Poliquin,
Secretary of the Board.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Arts Advisory Panel Meeting
National Endowment for the
Arts, National Foundation on the Arts
and Humanities.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is
hereby given that one meeting of the
Arts Advisory Panel to the National
Council on the Arts will be held at the
Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506 as
follows (ending time is approximate):
Opera (application review): This
meeting will be closed.
Dates: October 31, 2012. 10:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Further information with reference to
these meetings can be obtained from Ms.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
National Science Foundation.
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request.
AGENCY:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection
requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13. This is the second notice for public
comment; the first was published in the
Federal Register at 77 FR 48553, and
one comment was received. NSF is
forwarding the proposed submission to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance simultaneously
with the publication of this second
notice. The full submission (including
comments) may be found at: https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Comments: Comments regarding (a)
whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions f the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden 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 the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
SUMMARY:
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Dated: September 25, 2013.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, National Endowment for
the Arts.
ACTION:
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SUMMARY:
Guidelines & Panel Operations, National
Endowment for the Arts, Washington,
DC 20506; plowitzk@arts.gov, or call
202–682–5691.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
closed portions of meetings are for the
purpose of Panel review, discussion,
evaluation, and recommendations on
financial assistance under the National
Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,
including information given in
confidence to the agency. In accordance
with the determination of the Chairman
of February 15, 2012, these sessions will
be closed to the public pursuant to
subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title
5, United States Code.
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collection techniques or other forms of
information technology should be
addressed to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for National Science
Foundation, 725—17th Street, NW.
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503,
and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports
Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Suite 1265, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or
send email to splimpto@nsf.gov.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339, which is accessible 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
(including federal holidays).
DATES: Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling 703–292–7556.
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless the
collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number
and the agency informs potential
persons who are to respond to the
collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments: As required by 5 CFR
1320.8(d), comments on the information
collection activities as part of this study
were solicited through publication of a
60-Day Notice in the Federal Register
on August 14, 2012, at 77 FR 48553. We
received one comment, to which we
here respond.
Commenter: The Center for Equal
Opportunity provided the following
comment:
We have a comment on this sentence
in yesterday’s Federal Register notice
(77 FR 48553, August 14, 2012, NSF
‘‘Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To
Establish an Information Collection’’):
‘‘From this knowledge, a benchmark for
progress towards creating a path of
equity in engineering for women, and
especially for racial/ethnic minorities
and persons with disabilities can be
established starting with the culture of
the centers.’’
Since the aim is a workplace
environment that is welcoming,
inclusive, and nondiscriminatory
toward all, we suggest this sentence be
rewritten as follows in this and future
Federal Register notices of this kind:
‘‘From this knowledge, a benchmark for
progress towards creating a path of
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).
ACTION: Request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The NCUA intends to submit the following information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is related to NCUA's
Chartering and Field of Membership Manual (Chartering Manual) and is
being published to obtain comments from the public. The Chartering
Manual establishes requirements for organizing and amending a federal
credit union (FCU) charter and field of membership (FOM).
DATES: Comments will be accepted until October 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to
the NCUA Contact and OMB Reviewer listed below:
NCUA Contact: Tracy Crews, National Credit Union Administration, 1775
Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3428, Fax No. 703-837-2861,
Email: OCIOPRA@ncua.gov.
OMB Contact: Office of Management and Budget, ATTN: Desk Officer for
the National Credit Union Administration, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information, a
copy of the information collection request, or a copy of submitted
comments should be directed to Tracy Crews, NCUA, 1775 Duke Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314-3428, or at (703) 518-6444. Requests for
additional information about the Chartering Manual should be directed
to Susan Ryan, NCUA Consumer Access Analyst, at the same address, in
the NCUA Office of Consumer Protection, Division of Consumer Access,
(703) 518-1150, DCAMail@NCUA.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract and Request for Comments
The FCU Act establishes the rules for FCU chartering and field of
membership. 12 U.S.C. 1753(5), 1754, 1759. The NCUA Board, after
consideration of public comment, incorporated the Chartering Manual
into NCUA's regulations at 12 CFR 701.1, and Appendix B to part 701, in
2008. 73 FR 73392, Dec. 2, 2008. NCUA most recently issued for public
comment and amended the Chartering Manual in 2013. 78 FR 13460, Feb.
28, 2013.
NCUA is issuing this notice and request for comment on the
reinstatement and amendment of the previously approved information
collection related to the Chartering Manual, 3133-0015. Staff has
incorporated into this collection other previously proposed, expired or
combined information collections also related to the Chartering Manual,
including 3133-0116 and 3133-0178. The collections are not new and the
estimated amount of burden hours is based on NCUA's experience with
this regulation and the current number of CUs. The amount is generally
decreasing as a result of technology and the continuing trend of annual
decreases in the number of CUs.
NCUA staff reviewed each of the four chapters and appendices of the
Chartering Manual to identify all current information collection
requirements. The four chapters are: FCU Chartering; Field of
Membership Requirements for FCUs; Low-Income CUs and CUs Serving
Underserved Areas; and Charter Conversions; as well as related
appendices. NCUA uses the information it collects pursuant to the
Chartering Manual to regulate CUs' compliance with the FCU Act and NCUA
regulations and to protect the safety and soundness of CUs and the
National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.
As a preliminary matter, those persons choosing to organize a new
FCU must comply with certain information collection requirements upon
starting the FCU outlined in this Chartering Manual. Over the past
three years, organizers have established an average of approximately
two new FCUs each year. We estimate each new FCU must spend
approximately 160 hours to initially comply with the Chartering
Manual's information collection requirements (ICR), for a total annual
collection of 320 hours.
For current FCUs, NCUA staff also reviewed each chapter and
appendices to the Chartering Manual to estimate current annual burden
hours for CUs attached to each ICR. We have listed these estimates
below in the Data section.
NCUA does not believe that CUs will incur any additional labor
costs as a result of the Chartering Manual requirements since these are
in accordance with the CUs' usual and customary business practices. The
Chartering Manual addresses integral parts of a CU's operation as a
member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative. Since a CU could
not operate as a chartered and insured credit union without complying
with these collections, there is no additional labor cost burden.
The NCUA requests that you send your comments on this collection to
the location listed in the addresses section. Your comments should
address: (a) The necessity of the information collection for the proper
performance of NCUA, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden
(hours and cost) of the collection of information, including the
validity of any methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways we could
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways we could minimize the burden of the collection
of the information on the respondents such as through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. It is NCUA's policy to make all comments available to the
public for review.
II. Data
Title: NCUA Chartering and Field of Membership Manual, 12 CFR
701.1, and App. B to Part 701.
OMB Number: 3133-0015.
Form Numbers: NCUA Forms 4000, 4001, 4008, 4012, 4015, 4015-EZ,
4221, 4401, 4505, 4506, 9500, 9501, 9600.
Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change.
Description: The NCUA Chartering and Field of Membership Manual
sets forth the NCUA's current policies and procedures for granting and
permitting change to a federal credit union charter.
Estimated No. of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 9,990.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping, Reporting and On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hours Requested: 15,397.5.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Specifically, NCUA Staff identified the following chapters and
appendices as containing ICRs with the following number of respondents
and the estimated annual burden in hours, as follows:
Chapter 1. FCU Chartering
ICRs: Business Plan for New Charters, Wording for Proposed FOM,
NCUA Forms 4001, 4008, 4012, 9500, 9501.
Respondents/record-keepers: 2 per year.
Estimated annual burden: 160 hours.
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Total annual hours: 320 hours
ICRs related to the Chartering Manual for All FCUs:
Chapter 2. Field of Membership Requirements for FCUs
ICR: Single Common Bond and Multiple Common Bond Amendments, NCUA
Forms 4015 and 4015-EZ, and FOM Internet Application.
Respondents: 9,915.
Estimated annual burden: 30 minutes.
Total annual hours: 4,957.5.
ICR: Community Charter Conversion and Expansion Applications.
Respondents: 39.
Estimated annual burden: 160 hours.
Total annual hours: 6,240.
Chapter 3. Low-Income CUs and CUs Serving Underserved Areas
ICR: Application to Add an Underserved Area.
Respondents: 21.
Estimated annual burden: 160 hours.
Total annual hours: 3,360.
Chapter 4. Charter Conversions
ICR: NCUA Forms 4000, 4221, 4401, 4505, 4506, 9500, 9501, 9600.
Respondents/record-keepers: 13.
Estimated annual burden: 40 hours.
Total annual hours: 520.
By the National Credit Union Administration Board on September
25, 2013.
Gerard Poliquin,
Secretary of the Board.
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