Regulatory Publication and Review Under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996, 7980-7986 [2015-02998]
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposed
issuance of rules and regulations. The
purpose of these notices is to give interested
persons an opportunity to participate in the
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
12 CFR Chapter I
[Docket ID FFIEC–2014–0001
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
12 CFR Chapter II
[Docket No. R–1510]
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
12 CFR Chapter III
Regulatory Publication and Review
Under the Economic Growth and
Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1996
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (Board); and Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
ACTION: Notice of regulatory review;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
The OCC, Board, and FDIC
(we or Agencies) are conducting a
review of the regulations we have issued
in order to identify outdated or
otherwise unnecessary regulatory
requirements imposed on insured
depository institutions, as required by
the Economic Growth and Regulatory
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996
(EGRPRA). In this notice, the Agencies
are seeking public comment on
regulations in the following categories:
Banking Operations, Capital, and the
Community Reinvestment Act.
DATES: Written comments must be
received by no later than May 14, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: ‘‘Regulations.gov.’’
You can reach this portal through the
Agencies’ EGRPRA Web site, https://
egrpra.ffiec.gov. On this site, click
‘‘Submit a Comment’’ and follow the
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instructions. Alternatively, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, enter ‘‘FFIEC–
2014–0001’’ in the Search Box, click
‘‘Search,’’ and click ‘‘Comment Now.’’
Those who wish to submit their
comments by an alternate means may do
so as indicated below.
OCC:
We encourage commenters to submit
comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal, Regulations.gov, in
accordance with the previous
paragraph. Alternatively, comments
may be emailed to regs.comments@
occ.treas.gov or sent by mail to
Legislative and Regulatory Activities
Division, Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, Mail Stop 9W–11, 400 7th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20219.
Comments also may be faxed to (571)
465–4326 or hand delivered or sent by
courier to 400 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20219. For comments
submitted by any means other than
Regulations.gov, you must include
‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘Docket
ID FFIEC–2014–0001’’ in your
comment.
In general, the OCC will enter all
comments received into the docket and
publish them without change on
Regulations.gov. Comments received,
including attachments and other
supporting materials, as well as any
business or personal information you
provide, such as your name and
address, email address, or phone
number, are part of the public record
and subject to public disclosure.
Therefore, please do not include any
information with your comment or
supporting materials that you consider
confidential or inappropriate for public
disclosure.
You may inspect and photocopy in
person all comments received by the
OCC at 400 7th Street SW., Washington,
DC 20219. For security reasons, the OCC
requires that visitors make an
appointment to inspect or photocopy
comments. You may make an
appointment by calling (202) 649–6700.
Upon arrival, visitors will be required to
present valid government-issued photo
identification and submit to a security
screening.
Board
We encourage commenters to submit
comments regarding the Board’s
regulations by any of the following
methods:
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• Agency Web site: https://
www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/
proposedregs.aspx. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on the Agency Web site.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal, in
accordance with the directions above.
• Email: regs.comments@
federalreserve.gov. Include ‘‘EGRPRA’’
and Docket No. R–1510 in the subject
line of the message.
• FAX: (202) 452–3819.
• Mail: Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20551.
In general, the Board will enter all
comments received into the docket and
publish them without change on
Regulations.gov. Comments received,
including attachments and other
supporting materials, as well as any
business or personal information you
provide, such as your name and
address, email address, or phone
number, are part of the public record
and subject to public disclosure.
Therefore, please do not enclose any
information with your comment or
supporting materials that you consider
confidential or inappropriate for public
disclosure.
You may inspect and photocopy in
person all comments received by the
Board at 20th and Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20551. For
security reasons, the Board requires that
visitors make an appointment to inspect
comments. You may make an
appointment by calling (202) 452–3000.
Upon arrival, visitors will be required to
present valid government-issued photo
identification and submit to a security
screening.
FDIC
We encourage commenters to submit
comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal, ‘‘Regulations.gov,’’
in accordance with the directions above.
Alternatively, you may submit
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Agency Web site: https://
www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal.
Follow instructions for submitting
comments on the Agency Web site.
• Email: Comments@FDIC.gov.
Include ‘‘EGRPRA’’ in the subject line of
the message.
• Mail: Robert E. Feldman, Executive
Secretary, Attention: Comments, Federal
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Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20429.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard
station at the rear of the 550 17th Street
Building (located on F Street) on
business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(EST).
We will post all comments received to
https://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/
federal without change, including any
personal information provided.
Comments may be inspected and
photocopied in the FDIC Public
Information Center, 3501 North Fairfax
Drive, Room E–1002, Arlington, VA
22226, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (EST)
on business days. Paper copies of public
comments may be ordered from the
Public Information Center by calling
(877) 275–3342.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OCC: Karen McSweeney, Counsel
(202) 649–6295; Heidi Thomas, Special
Counsel (202) 649–6286; for persons
who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY
(202) 649–5597.
Board: Walter McEwen, Senior
Counsel (202) 452–3321; Claudia Von
Pervieux, Counsel (202) 452–2552;
Matthew Bornfreund, Attorney (202)
452–3818; for persons who are deaf or
hard of hearing, TDD (202) 263–4869.
FDIC: Ruth R. Amberg, Assistant
General Counsel (202) 898–3736; Ann
Taylor, Supervisory Counsel (202) 898–
3573; for persons who are deaf or hard
of hearing, TTY (800) 925–4618.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Introduction
Section 2222 of EGRPRA 1 requires
that not less frequently than once every
10 years, the Federal Financial
Institutions Examination Council
(FFIEC),2 along with the Agencies,3
conduct a review of their regulations to
1 Public Law 104–208 (1996), codified at 12
U.S.C. 3311.
2 The FFIEC is an interagency body empowered
to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and
report forms for the Federal examination of
financial institutions and to make recommendations
to promote uniformity in the supervision of
financial institutions. The FFIEC does not issue
regulations that impose burden on financial
institutions and, therefore, we have not separately
captioned the FFIEC in this notice.
3 The FFIEC is comprised of the OCC, Board,
FDIC, National Credit Union Administration
(NCUA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
(CFPB), and State Liaison Committee. Of these, only
the OCC, Board, and FDIC are statutorily required
to undertake the EGRPRA review. The NCUA
elected to participate in the first EGRPRA review
ten years ago, and the NCUA Board again has
elected to participate in this review process.
Consistent with its approach during the first
EGRPRA review, NCUA will separately issue
notices and requests for comment on its rules. The
CFPB is required to review its significant rules and
publish a report of its review no later than five
years after they take effect. See 12 U.S.C. 5512(d).
This process is separate from the EGRPRA process.
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identify outdated or otherwise
unnecessary requirements imposed on
insured depository institutions.4 The
EGRPRA regulatory review provides an
opportunity for the public and the
Agencies to look at groups of related
regulations and to identify opportunities
for burden reduction. For example, the
EGRPRA review may facilitate the
identification of statutes and regulations
that share similar goals or
complementary methods where one or
more Agencies could eliminate
overlapping requirements.
Alternatively, commenters may identify
regulations or statutes that impose
requirements that are no longer
consistent with the way that business is
conducted and that, therefore, the
Agencies might eliminate.
The EGRPRA review also provides the
Agencies and the public with an
opportunity to consider how to reduce
burden in general, but especially on
community banks and other small,
insured depository institutions or
holding companies. We are keenly
aware of the role that these institutions
play in providing consumers and
businesses across the nation with
essential financial services and access to
credit, and we are concerned about the
impact of regulatory burden on these
smaller institutions. We understand that
when an Agency issues a new regulation
or amends a current regulation, smaller
institutions may have to devote
considerable resources to determine if
and how the regulation will affect them.
Through the public comment process,
the EGRPRA review can help the
Agencies identify and target regulatory
changes to reduce unnecessary burden
on these smaller institutions.
Burden reduction must be consistent
with the Agencies’ statutory mandates,
many of which require the issuance of
regulations. This includes ensuring the
safety and soundness of insured
depository institutions, their affiliates,
and the financial system as a whole.
EGRPRA recognizes that effective
burden reduction may require
legislative change. Accordingly, as part
of this review, we specifically ask the
public to comment on the relationships
among burden reduction, regulatory
requirements, and statutory mandates.
In addition, we note that the Agencies
also consider the burden imposed each
time we propose, adopt, or amend a
4 Insured depository institutions also are subject
to regulations that are not required to be reviewed
under the EGRPRA process. Examples include rules
for which rulemaking authority has transferred to
the CFPB and anti-money laundering regulations
issued by the Department of the Treasury’s
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, among
others.
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rule. For example, under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 and the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Agencies
assess each rulemaking with respect to
the burdens the rule might impose.
Furthermore, we invite the public to
comment on every rule we propose, as
required by the Administrative
Procedure Act (APA).
II. The EGRPRA Review Process
Taken together for purposes of
EGRPRA, the Agencies’ regulations
covering insured depository institutions
encompass more than 100 subjects.5
Consistent with the EGRPRA statute, the
Agencies have grouped these
regulations into the following 12
regulatory categories:
Applications and Reporting; Banking
Operations; Capital; Community
Reinvestment Act; Consumer
Protection;6 Directors, Officers and
Employees; International Operations;
Money Laundering; Powers and
Activities; Rules of Procedure; Safety
and Soundness; and Securities. To
determine these categories, we divided
the regulations by type and sought to
have no category be too large or broad.
To carry out the EGRPRA review, the
Agencies plan to publish four Federal
Register notices, each addressing one or
more categories of rules. Each Federal
Register notice will have a 90-day
comment period. On June 4, 2014, the
Agencies published the first such
notice, seeking comment on three
categories of rules: Applications and
Reporting, Powers and Activities, and
International Operations.7 Today, we
are publishing the second notice,
addressing the Banking Operations,
Capital, and the Community
Reinvestment Act categories of
regulations. We invite the public to
identify outdated, otherwise
unnecessary, or unduly burdensome
regulatory requirements imposed on
insured depository institutions and their
5 Consistent with EGRPRA’s focus on reducing
burden on insured depository institutions, the
Agencies have not included their internal,
organizational, or operational regulations in this
review. These regulations impose minimal, if any,
burden on insured depository institutions.
Furthermore, we have not included in this review
those rules that will go into effect during the
EGRPRA review, new regulations that have only
recently gone into effect, or rules that we have yet
to fully implement. As previously noted, the
Agencies were required to take burden into account
in adopting these regulations.
6 The Agencies are seeking comment only on
those consumer protection regulations for which
they retain rulemaking authority for insured
depository institutions, and regulated holding
companies following passage of section 1061 of the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act, Public Law 111–203 (2010) (DoddFrank Act), codified at 12 U.S.C. 5581(b).
7 79 FR 32172 (First Notice).
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holding companies in these three
categories.
To assist the public’s understanding
of how we have organized the EGRPRA
review, the Agencies have included a
table in Section IV that lists the three
categories of regulations for which we
are requesting comments. On the table,
the left column divides the categories
into specific subject-matter areas. The
headings at the top of the table identify
the types of institutions affected by the
regulations.
After comments have been received,
the Agencies will review the comments
and decide whether further action is
appropriate with respect to the
regulations. The Agencies will make
this decision jointly in the case of rules
that we have issued on an interagency
basis. Similarly, we will undertake any
rulemaking to amend or repeal those
rules on an interagency basis. For rules
issued by a single agency, the issuing
agency will review the comments
received and independently determine
whether amendments to or repeal of its
rules are appropriate. If so, that Agency
will initiate a rulemaking to effect such
change. In all cases, the Agencies will
provide the public with an opportunity
to comment on any proposed
amendment to or repeal of a regulation,
as required by the APA.
Further, as part of the EGRPRA
review, the Agencies are holding a
series of outreach meetings to provide
an opportunity for bankers, consumer
and community groups, and other
interested persons to present their views
directly to senior management and staff
of the Agencies on any of the categories
of regulations in the EGRPRA review.8
More information about the outreach
meetings can be found on the Agencies’
EGRPRA Web site, https://
egrpra.ffiec.gov.
Finally, EGRPRA also requires the
FFIEC or the Agencies to publish in the
Federal Register a summary of the
comments received, identifying
significant issues raised and
commenting on these issues. It also
directs the Agencies to eliminate
unnecessary regulations to the extent
that such action is appropriate. The
statute additionally requires the FFIEC
to submit to Congress a report that
summarizes any significant issues raised
in the public comments and the relative
merits of such issues. The report also
must include an analysis of whether the
Agencies are able to address the
regulatory burdens associated with such
issues or whether these burdens must be
addressed by legislative action.
8 See
79 FR 70474 (Nov. 26, 2014).
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III. Public Response to the First Notice
In response to the First Notice, the
Agencies received approximately 40
comments from financial institutions,
industry trade groups, consumer
advocacy groups, and other members of
the public. The Agencies will carefully
consider those comments, including the
issues raised and the suggestions made,
and discuss them in the EGRPRA report
to Congress and as part of any
rulemaking to which they relate.
In addition to comments regarding the
regulations contained in the First
Notice, the Agencies also received
comments about the EGRPRA Review
Process. First, we received comments
concerning which of the Agencies’ rules
are included in the review. As
explained above, we have not included
in this review those rules that will go
into effect during the EGRPRA review,
new regulations that have only recently
gone into effect, or rules that we have
yet to implement fully. The Agencies
consider burden when adopting
regulations. In addition, the Agencies,
financial institutions, and the public
need the benefit of experience with
these regulations in order to assess their
effect on insured depository
institutions.
We also received comments on which
agencies participate in the EGRPRA
review. As explained above, only the
OCC, Board, and FDIC are statutorily
required to undertake this review.
Although other agencies may undertake
regulatory reviews, those reviews are
separate and distinct from this review.
Finally, we received comments about
whether the consumer regulations
transferred to the CFPB by the DoddFrank Act are included in the EGRPRA
review. The Agencies will seek
comment only on those consumer
regulations for which they retain
rulemaking authority following passage
of the Dodd-Frank Act, such as the fair
housing advertising and recordkeeping,
flood insurance, safeguarding customer
information, and identity theft rules.9
IV. Request for Burden Reduction
Comments on Regulations in the
Banking Operations, Capital, and the
Community Reinvestment Act
Categories
As noted previously, the Agencies are
asking the public to comment on
regulations in the Banking Operations,
Capital, and the Community
Reinvestment Act categories to identify
outdated or otherwise unnecessary
9 If, during the EGRPRA review, the Agencies
receive a comment about a regulation that is not
subject to the EGRPRA review, we will forward that
comment to the appropriate agency.
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regulatory requirements imposed on
insured depository institutions and their
regulated holding companies. Where
possible, we ask commenters to cite to
specific regulatory language or
provisions. We also welcome suggested
alternative provisions or language in
support of a comment, where
appropriate. Where implementation of a
suggestion would require modification
of a statute, we ask the commenter to
identify the statute and the needed
change, where possible.
The Agencies note that recently
promulgated rules 10 amended, directly
or by reference, several rules listed in
the Capital category of the table
published with the First Notice. The
changes either went into effect in 2014
or will go into effect during 2015.
Consistent with the above-described
EGRPRA Review Process,11 the Capital
category in the table clarifies the
specific regulations on which we are
requesting comment. Where the table in
the First Notice listed general subjectmatter areas in the Capital category, the
table in this notice provides citations to
the specific sections that the Agencies
are including in this review.
Specific issues for commenters to
consider. The Agencies specifically
invite comment on the following issues
as they pertain to the Agencies’ Banking
Operations, Capital, and Community
Reinvestment Act rules addressed in
this notice.
• Need for statutory change. (1) Do
any statutory requirements underlying
the rules in these categories impose
outdated or otherwise unnecessary
regulatory requirements? (2) If so, please
identify the statutes and indicate how
they should be amended.
• Need and purpose of the
regulations. (1) Have there been changes
in the financial services industry,
consumer behavior, or other
circumstances that cause any
regulations in these categories to be
outdated or otherwise unnecessary? (2)
If so, please identify and indicate how
they should be amended. (3) Do any of
these regulations impose burdens not
required by their underlying statutes?
(4) If so, please identify the regulations
and indicate how they should be
amended.
• Overarching approaches/flexibility.
(1) With respect to the regulations in
these categories, could an Agency use a
10 78 FR 62017 (Oct. 11, 2013) (Agencies jointly);
79 FR 71630 (Dec. 3, 2014) (OCC); 79 FR 69365
(Nov. 21, 2014) (FDIC); 79 FR 64026 (Oct. 27, 2014)
(Board). These regulations include capital
adequacy, prompt corrective action,
implementation of Basel III, standardized and riskbased approaches, market risk, and stress testing.
11 See supra note 5, at 8.
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different approach to lessen the burden
imposed by the regulations and achieve
statutory intent? (2) Do any of these
rules impose unnecessarily inflexible
requirements? (3) If so, please identify
the regulations and indicate how they
should be amended.
• Effect on competition. (1) Do any of
the regulations or underlying statutes
create competitive disadvantages for one
part of the financial services industry
compared to another or for one type of
insured depository institution compared
to another? (2) If so, please identify the
regulations and indicate how they
should be amended.
• Reporting, recordkeeping and
disclosure requirements. (1) Do any of
the regulations or underlying statutes in
these categories impose outdated or
otherwise unnecessary reporting,
recordkeeping, or disclosure
requirements on insured depository
institutions or their holding companies?
(2) Could a financial institution fulfill
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any of these requirements electronically
(if they are not already permitted to do
so) and experience burden reduction?
(3) If so, please identify the regulations
and indicate how they should be
amended.
• Unique characteristics of a type of
institution. (1) Do any of the regulations
or underlying statutes in these
categories impose requirements that are
unwarranted by the unique
characteristics of a particular type of
insured depository institution or
holding company? (2) If so, please
identify the regulations and indicate
how they should be amended.
• Clarity. (1) Are the regulations in
these categories clear and easy to
understand? (2) Are there specific
regulations for which clarification is
needed? (3) If so, please identify the
regulations and indicate how they
should be amended.
• Burden on community banks and
other smaller, insured depository
institutions. (1) Are there regulations or
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underlying statutes in these categories
that impose outdated or otherwise
unnecessary requirements on a
substantial number of community banks
or other smaller, insured depository
institutions or holding companies? (2)
Have the Agencies issued regulations
pursuant to a common statute that, as
applied by the Agencies, create
redundancies or impose inconsistent
requirements? (3) Should any of these
regulations be amended or repealed in
order to minimize this impact? (4) If so,
please identify the regulations and
indicate how they should be amended.
• Scope of rules. (1) Is the scope of
each rule in these categories consistent
with the intent of the underlying
statute(s)? (2) Could we amend the
scope of a rule to clarify its applicability
or reduce burden, while remaining
faithful to statutory intent? (3) If so,
please identify the regulations and
indicate how they should be amended.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Dated: January 20, 2015.
Thomas J. Curry,
Comptroller of the Currency.
By order of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, February 6, 2015.
Robert DeV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
Dated: January 21, 2015.
By order of the Board of Directors.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
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14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA–2015–0085; Directorate
Identifier 2014–NM–078–AD]
RIN 2120–AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus
Airplanes
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM).
AGENCY:
We propose to adopt a new
airworthiness directive (AD) for all
Airbus Model A330–243, A330–243F,
A330–341, A330–342, and A330–343
airplanes. This proposed AD was
prompted by reports indicating that
certain hinge sleeves on the cowl doors
of the thrust reverser units (TRUs) were
not heat treated. This proposed AD
would require replacing the sleeves of
certain hinges on the cowl doors of the
TRUs with new parts. We are proposing
this AD to prevent, in the event of a fanblade-off event due to high vibration, inflight loss of TRU heavy components,
which might damage airplane structure
or control surfaces, and consequent
reduced controllability of the airplane.
DATES: We must receive comments on
this proposed AD by March 30, 2015.
SUMMARY:
12 On Dec. 18, 2014, the OCC issued an interim
final rule with request for comment (IFR) amending
12 CFR 5.47. 79 FR 75417. The effective date of the
IFR was Jan. 1, 2015. In an effort to provide the
fullest opportunity for public comment, the OCC
invites comment on the IFR through both the
process outlined in the IFR and the EGRPRA
Review Process outlined above.
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You may send comments,
using the procedures found in 14 CFR
11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
For service information identified in
this proposed AD, contact Airbus SAS,
Airworthiness Office—EAL, 1 Rond
Point Maurice Bellonte, 31707 Blagnac
Cedex, France; telephone +33 5 61 93 36
96; fax +33 5 61 93 45 80; email
airworthiness.A330–A340@airbus.com;
Internet https://www.airbus.com. You
may view this referenced service
information at the FAA, Transport
Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue
SW., Renton, WA. For information on
the availability of this material at the
FAA, call 425–227–1221.
ADDRESSES:
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02998]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
12 CFR Chapter I
[Docket ID FFIEC-2014-0001
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
12 CFR Chapter II
[Docket No. R-1510]
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
12 CFR Chapter III
Regulatory Publication and Review Under the Economic Growth and
Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996
AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury;
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board); and Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
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SUMMARY: The OCC, Board, and FDIC (we or Agencies) are conducting a
review of the regulations we have issued in order to identify outdated
or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on insured
depository institutions, as required by the Economic Growth and
Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA). In this notice,
the Agencies are seeking public comment on regulations in the following
categories: Banking Operations, Capital, and the Community Reinvestment
Act.
DATES: Written comments must be received by no later than May 14, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal: ``Regulations.gov.'' You can reach this portal through the
Agencies' EGRPRA Web site, https://egrpra.ffiec.gov. On this site, click
``Submit a Comment'' and follow the instructions. Alternatively, go to
https://www.regulations.gov, enter ``FFIEC-2014-0001'' in the Search
Box, click ``Search,'' and click ``Comment Now.'' Those who wish to
submit their comments by an alternate means may do so as indicated
below.
OCC:
We encourage commenters to submit comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal, Regulations.gov, in accordance with the previous
paragraph. Alternatively, comments may be emailed to
regs.comments@occ.treas.gov or sent by mail to Legislative and
Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Mail Stop 9W-11, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219.
Comments also may be faxed to (571) 465-4326 or hand delivered or sent
by courier to 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. For comments
submitted by any means other than Regulations.gov, you must include
``OCC'' as the agency name and ``Docket ID FFIEC-2014-0001'' in your
comment.
In general, the OCC will enter all comments received into the
docket and publish them without change on Regulations.gov. Comments
received, including attachments and other supporting materials, as well
as any business or personal information you provide, such as your name
and address, email address, or phone number, are part of the public
record and subject to public disclosure. Therefore, please do not
include any information with your comment or supporting materials that
you consider confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure.
You may inspect and photocopy in person all comments received by
the OCC at 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. For security
reasons, the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect
or photocopy comments. You may make an appointment by calling (202)
649-6700. Upon arrival, visitors will be required to present valid
government-issued photo identification and submit to a security
screening.
Board
We encourage commenters to submit comments regarding the Board's
regulations by any of the following methods:
Agency Web site: https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on
the Agency Web site.
Federal eRulemaking Portal, in accordance with the
directions above.
Email: regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. Include
``EGRPRA'' and Docket No. R-1510 in the subject line of the message.
FAX: (202) 452-3819.
Mail: Robert deV. Frierson, Secretary, Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20551.
In general, the Board will enter all comments received into the
docket and publish them without change on Regulations.gov. Comments
received, including attachments and other supporting materials, as well
as any business or personal information you provide, such as your name
and address, email address, or phone number, are part of the public
record and subject to public disclosure. Therefore, please do not
enclose any information with your comment or supporting materials that
you consider confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure.
You may inspect and photocopy in person all comments received by
the Board at 20th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20551.
For security reasons, the Board requires that visitors make an
appointment to inspect comments. You may make an appointment by calling
(202) 452-3000. Upon arrival, visitors will be required to present
valid government-issued photo identification and submit to a security
screening.
FDIC
We encourage commenters to submit comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal, ``Regulations.gov,'' in accordance with the
directions above. Alternatively, you may submit comments by any of the
following methods:
Agency Web site: https://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal. Follow instructions for submitting comments on the Agency Web
site.
Email: Comments@FDIC.gov. Include ``EGRPRA'' in the
subject line of the message.
Mail: Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary, Attention:
Comments, Federal
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Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20429.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard station at the rear of the
550 17th Street Building (located on F Street) on business days between
7 a.m. and 5 p.m. (EST).
We will post all comments received to https://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal without change, including any personal
information provided. Comments may be inspected and photocopied in the
FDIC Public Information Center, 3501 North Fairfax Drive, Room E-1002,
Arlington, VA 22226, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (EST) on business days.
Paper copies of public comments may be ordered from the Public
Information Center by calling (877) 275-3342.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OCC: Karen McSweeney, Counsel (202) 649-6295; Heidi Thomas, Special
Counsel (202) 649-6286; for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing,
TTY (202) 649-5597.
Board: Walter McEwen, Senior Counsel (202) 452-3321; Claudia Von
Pervieux, Counsel (202) 452-2552; Matthew Bornfreund, Attorney (202)
452-3818; for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TDD (202) 263-
4869.
FDIC: Ruth R. Amberg, Assistant General Counsel (202) 898-3736; Ann
Taylor, Supervisory Counsel (202) 898-3573; for persons who are deaf or
hard of hearing, TTY (800) 925-4618.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
Section 2222 of EGRPRA \1\ requires that not less frequently than
once every 10 years, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination
Council (FFIEC),\2\ along with the Agencies,\3\ conduct a review of
their regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary
requirements imposed on insured depository institutions.\4\ The EGRPRA
regulatory review provides an opportunity for the public and the
Agencies to look at groups of related regulations and to identify
opportunities for burden reduction. For example, the EGRPRA review may
facilitate the identification of statutes and regulations that share
similar goals or complementary methods where one or more Agencies could
eliminate overlapping requirements. Alternatively, commenters may
identify regulations or statutes that impose requirements that are no
longer consistent with the way that business is conducted and that,
therefore, the Agencies might eliminate.
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\1\ Public Law 104-208 (1996), codified at 12 U.S.C. 3311.
\2\ The FFIEC is an interagency body empowered to prescribe
uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the Federal
examination of financial institutions and to make recommendations to
promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions. The
FFIEC does not issue regulations that impose burden on financial
institutions and, therefore, we have not separately captioned the
FFIEC in this notice.
\3\ The FFIEC is comprised of the OCC, Board, FDIC, National
Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau (CFPB), and State Liaison Committee. Of these, only the OCC,
Board, and FDIC are statutorily required to undertake the EGRPRA
review. The NCUA elected to participate in the first EGRPRA review
ten years ago, and the NCUA Board again has elected to participate
in this review process. Consistent with its approach during the
first EGRPRA review, NCUA will separately issue notices and requests
for comment on its rules. The CFPB is required to review its
significant rules and publish a report of its review no later than
five years after they take effect. See 12 U.S.C. 5512(d). This
process is separate from the EGRPRA process.
\4\ Insured depository institutions also are subject to
regulations that are not required to be reviewed under the EGRPRA
process. Examples include rules for which rulemaking authority has
transferred to the CFPB and anti-money laundering regulations issued
by the Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, among others.
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The EGRPRA review also provides the Agencies and the public with an
opportunity to consider how to reduce burden in general, but especially
on community banks and other small, insured depository institutions or
holding companies. We are keenly aware of the role that these
institutions play in providing consumers and businesses across the
nation with essential financial services and access to credit, and we
are concerned about the impact of regulatory burden on these smaller
institutions. We understand that when an Agency issues a new regulation
or amends a current regulation, smaller institutions may have to devote
considerable resources to determine if and how the regulation will
affect them. Through the public comment process, the EGRPRA review can
help the Agencies identify and target regulatory changes to reduce
unnecessary burden on these smaller institutions.
Burden reduction must be consistent with the Agencies' statutory
mandates, many of which require the issuance of regulations. This
includes ensuring the safety and soundness of insured depository
institutions, their affiliates, and the financial system as a whole.
EGRPRA recognizes that effective burden reduction may require
legislative change. Accordingly, as part of this review, we
specifically ask the public to comment on the relationships among
burden reduction, regulatory requirements, and statutory mandates.
In addition, we note that the Agencies also consider the burden
imposed each time we propose, adopt, or amend a rule. For example,
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, the Agencies assess each rulemaking with respect to
the burdens the rule might impose. Furthermore, we invite the public to
comment on every rule we propose, as required by the Administrative
Procedure Act (APA).
II. The EGRPRA Review Process
Taken together for purposes of EGRPRA, the Agencies' regulations
covering insured depository institutions encompass more than 100
subjects.\5\ Consistent with the EGRPRA statute, the Agencies have
grouped these regulations into the following 12 regulatory categories:
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\5\ Consistent with EGRPRA's focus on reducing burden on insured
depository institutions, the Agencies have not included their
internal, organizational, or operational regulations in this review.
These regulations impose minimal, if any, burden on insured
depository institutions. Furthermore, we have not included in this
review those rules that will go into effect during the EGRPRA
review, new regulations that have only recently gone into effect, or
rules that we have yet to fully implement. As previously noted, the
Agencies were required to take burden into account in adopting these
regulations.
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Applications and Reporting; Banking Operations; Capital; Community
Reinvestment Act; Consumer Protection;\6\ Directors, Officers and
Employees; International Operations; Money Laundering; Powers and
Activities; Rules of Procedure; Safety and Soundness; and Securities.
To determine these categories, we divided the regulations by type and
sought to have no category be too large or broad.
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\6\ The Agencies are seeking comment only on those consumer
protection regulations for which they retain rulemaking authority
for insured depository institutions, and regulated holding companies
following passage of section 1061 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Public Law 111-203 (2010) (Dodd-
Frank Act), codified at 12 U.S.C. 5581(b).
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To carry out the EGRPRA review, the Agencies plan to publish four
Federal Register notices, each addressing one or more categories of
rules. Each Federal Register notice will have a 90-day comment period.
On June 4, 2014, the Agencies published the first such notice, seeking
comment on three categories of rules: Applications and Reporting,
Powers and Activities, and International Operations.\7\ Today, we are
publishing the second notice, addressing the Banking Operations,
Capital, and the Community Reinvestment Act categories of regulations.
We invite the public to identify outdated, otherwise unnecessary, or
unduly burdensome regulatory requirements imposed on insured depository
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\7\ 79 FR 32172 (First Notice).
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To assist the public's understanding of how we have organized the
EGRPRA review, the Agencies have included a table in Section IV that
lists the three categories of regulations for which we are requesting
comments. On the table, the left column divides the categories into
specific subject-matter areas. The headings at the top of the table
identify the types of institutions affected by the regulations.
After comments have been received, the Agencies will review the
comments and decide whether further action is appropriate with respect
to the regulations. The Agencies will make this decision jointly in the
case of rules that we have issued on an interagency basis. Similarly,
we will undertake any rulemaking to amend or repeal those rules on an
interagency basis. For rules issued by a single agency, the issuing
agency will review the comments received and independently determine
whether amendments to or repeal of its rules are appropriate. If so,
that Agency will initiate a rulemaking to effect such change. In all
cases, the Agencies will provide the public with an opportunity to
comment on any proposed amendment to or repeal of a regulation, as
required by the APA.
Further, as part of the EGRPRA review, the Agencies are holding a
series of outreach meetings to provide an opportunity for bankers,
consumer and community groups, and other interested persons to present
their views directly to senior management and staff of the Agencies on
any of the categories of regulations in the EGRPRA review.\8\ More
information about the outreach meetings can be found on the Agencies'
EGRPRA Web site, https://egrpra.ffiec.gov.
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\8\ See 79 FR 70474 (Nov. 26, 2014).
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Finally, EGRPRA also requires the FFIEC or the Agencies to publish
in the Federal Register a summary of the comments received, identifying
significant issues raised and commenting on these issues. It also
directs the Agencies to eliminate unnecessary regulations to the extent
that such action is appropriate. The statute additionally requires the
FFIEC to submit to Congress a report that summarizes any significant
issues raised in the public comments and the relative merits of such
issues. The report also must include an analysis of whether the
Agencies are able to address the regulatory burdens associated with
such issues or whether these burdens must be addressed by legislative
action.
III. Public Response to the First Notice
In response to the First Notice, the Agencies received
approximately 40 comments from financial institutions, industry trade
groups, consumer advocacy groups, and other members of the public. The
Agencies will carefully consider those comments, including the issues
raised and the suggestions made, and discuss them in the EGRPRA report
to Congress and as part of any rulemaking to which they relate.
In addition to comments regarding the regulations contained in the
First Notice, the Agencies also received comments about the EGRPRA
Review Process. First, we received comments concerning which of the
Agencies' rules are included in the review. As explained above, we have
not included in this review those rules that will go into effect during
the EGRPRA review, new regulations that have only recently gone into
effect, or rules that we have yet to implement fully. The Agencies
consider burden when adopting regulations. In addition, the Agencies,
financial institutions, and the public need the benefit of experience
with these regulations in order to assess their effect on insured
depository institutions.
We also received comments on which agencies participate in the
EGRPRA review. As explained above, only the OCC, Board, and FDIC are
statutorily required to undertake this review. Although other agencies
may undertake regulatory reviews, those reviews are separate and
distinct from this review. Finally, we received comments about whether
the consumer regulations transferred to the CFPB by the Dodd-Frank Act
are included in the EGRPRA review. The Agencies will seek comment only
on those consumer regulations for which they retain rulemaking
authority following passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, such as the fair
housing advertising and recordkeeping, flood insurance, safeguarding
customer information, and identity theft rules.\9\
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\9\ If, during the EGRPRA review, the Agencies receive a comment
about a regulation that is not subject to the EGRPRA review, we will
forward that comment to the appropriate agency.
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IV. Request for Burden Reduction Comments on Regulations in the Banking
Operations, Capital, and the Community Reinvestment Act Categories
As noted previously, the Agencies are asking the public to comment
on regulations in the Banking Operations, Capital, and the Community
Reinvestment Act categories to identify outdated or otherwise
unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on insured depository
institutions and their regulated holding companies. Where possible, we
ask commenters to cite to specific regulatory language or provisions.
We also welcome suggested alternative provisions or language in support
of a comment, where appropriate. Where implementation of a suggestion
would require modification of a statute, we ask the commenter to
identify the statute and the needed change, where possible.
The Agencies note that recently promulgated rules \10\ amended,
directly or by reference, several rules listed in the Capital category
of the table published with the First Notice. The changes either went
into effect in 2014 or will go into effect during 2015. Consistent with
the above-described EGRPRA Review Process,\11\ the Capital category in
the table clarifies the specific regulations on which we are requesting
comment. Where the table in the First Notice listed general subject-
matter areas in the Capital category, the table in this notice provides
citations to the specific sections that the Agencies are including in
this review.
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\10\ 78 FR 62017 (Oct. 11, 2013) (Agencies jointly); 79 FR 71630
(Dec. 3, 2014) (OCC); 79 FR 69365 (Nov. 21, 2014) (FDIC); 79 FR
64026 (Oct. 27, 2014) (Board). These regulations include capital
adequacy, prompt corrective action, implementation of Basel III,
standardized and risk-based approaches, market risk, and stress
testing.
\11\ See supra note 5, at 8.
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Specific issues for commenters to consider. The Agencies
specifically invite comment on the following issues as they pertain to
the Agencies' Banking Operations, Capital, and Community Reinvestment
Act rules addressed in this notice.
Need for statutory change. (1) Do any statutory
requirements underlying the rules in these categories impose outdated
or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements? (2) If so, please
identify the statutes and indicate how they should be amended.
Need and purpose of the regulations. (1) Have there been
changes in the financial services industry, consumer behavior, or other
circumstances that cause any regulations in these categories to be
outdated or otherwise unnecessary? (2) If so, please identify and
indicate how they should be amended. (3) Do any of these regulations
impose burdens not required by their underlying statutes? (4) If so,
please identify the regulations and indicate how they should be
amended.
Overarching approaches/flexibility. (1) With respect to
the regulations in these categories, could an Agency use a
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different approach to lessen the burden imposed by the regulations and
achieve statutory intent? (2) Do any of these rules impose
unnecessarily inflexible requirements? (3) If so, please identify the
regulations and indicate how they should be amended.
Effect on competition. (1) Do any of the regulations or
underlying statutes create competitive disadvantages for one part of
the financial services industry compared to another or for one type of
insured depository institution compared to another? (2) If so, please
identify the regulations and indicate how they should be amended.
Reporting, recordkeeping and disclosure requirements. (1)
Do any of the regulations or underlying statutes in these categories
impose outdated or otherwise unnecessary reporting, recordkeeping, or
disclosure requirements on insured depository institutions or their
holding companies? (2) Could a financial institution fulfill any of
these requirements electronically (if they are not already permitted to
do so) and experience burden reduction? (3) If so, please identify the
regulations and indicate how they should be amended.
Unique characteristics of a type of institution. (1) Do
any of the regulations or underlying statutes in these categories
impose requirements that are unwarranted by the unique characteristics
of a particular type of insured depository institution or holding
company? (2) If so, please identify the regulations and indicate how
they should be amended.
Clarity. (1) Are the regulations in these categories clear
and easy to understand? (2) Are there specific regulations for which
clarification is needed? (3) If so, please identify the regulations and
indicate how they should be amended.
Burden on community banks and other smaller, insured
depository institutions. (1) Are there regulations or underlying
statutes in these categories that impose outdated or otherwise
unnecessary requirements on a substantial number of community banks or
other smaller, insured depository institutions or holding companies?
(2) Have the Agencies issued regulations pursuant to a common statute
that, as applied by the Agencies, create redundancies or impose
inconsistent requirements? (3) Should any of these regulations be
amended or repealed in order to minimize this impact? (4) If so, please
identify the regulations and indicate how they should be amended.
Scope of rules. (1) Is the scope of each rule in these
categories consistent with the intent of the underlying statute(s)? (2)
Could we amend the scope of a rule to clarify its applicability or
reduce burden, while remaining faithful to statutory intent? (3) If so,
please identify the regulations and indicate how they should be
amended.
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\12\ On Dec. 18, 2014, the OCC issued an interim final rule with
request for comment (IFR) amending 12 CFR 5.47. 79 FR 75417. The
effective date of the IFR was Jan. 1, 2015. In an effort to provide
the fullest opportunity for public comment, the OCC invites comment
on the IFR through both the process outlined in the IFR and the
EGRPRA Review Process outlined above.
Dated: January 20, 2015.
Thomas J. Curry,
Comptroller of the Currency.
By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, February 6, 2015.
Robert DeV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
Dated: January 21, 2015.
By order of the Board of Directors.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
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