Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Market Risk, 70879-70880 [2015-28914]

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[FR Doc. 2015–28921 Filed 11–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–60–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Market Risk Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. AGENCY: 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 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, ‘‘Market Risk.’’ The OCC also is giving notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for review. DATES: You should submit written comments by: December 16, 2015. ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the Washington, DC area and at the OCC is subject to delay, commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if possible. Comments may be sent to: Legislative and Regulatory tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:47 Nov 13, 2015 Jkt 238001 Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557–0247, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 3E–218, Mail Stop 9W–11, Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to (571) 465–4326 or by electronic mail to prainfo@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 or, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, 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 and photocopy comments. All 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, 1557–0247, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., #10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by email to: oira submission@ omb.eop.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, (202) 649–5490 or, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, (202) 649– 5597, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is requesting extension of OMB approval for this collection. There have been no changes to the requirements of the regulations. Title: Market Risk. OMB Control No.: 1557–0247. Description: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) market risk capital rules (12 CFR part 3, subpart F) capture positions for which the market risk capital rules are appropriate; reduce procyclicality in market risk capital requirements; enhance the rules’ sensitivity to risks that are not adequately captured under the current regulatory measurement methodologies; and increase transparency through enhanced disclosures. The information collection requirements are located at 12 CFR 3.203 through 3.212. The rules enhance risk sensitivity and include PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 70879 requirements for the public disclosure of certain qualitative and quantitative information about the market risk of national banks and Federal savings associations. The collection of information is necessary to ensure capital adequacy appropriate for the level of market risk. Section 3.203 sets forth the requirements for applying the market risk framework. Section 3.203(a)(1) requires national banks and Federal savings associations to have clearly defined policies and procedures for determining which trading assets and trading liabilities are trading positions and specifies the factors a national bank or Federal savings association must take into account in drafting those policies and procedures. Section 3.203(a)(2) requires national banks and Federal savings associations to have clearly defined trading and hedging strategies for trading positions that are approved by senior management and specifies what the strategies must articulate. Section 3.203(b)(1) requires national banks and Federal savings associations to have clearly defined policies and procedures for actively managing all covered positions and specifies the minimum requirements for those policies and procedures. Sections 3.203(c)(4) through 3.203(c)(10) require the annual review of internal models and specify certain requirements for those models. Section 3.203(d) requires the internal audit group of a national bank or Federal savings association to prepare an annual report to the board of directors on the effectiveness of controls supporting the market risk measurement systems. Section 3.204(b) requires national banks and Federal savings associations to conduct quarterly backtesting. Section 3.205(a)(5) requires institutions to demonstrate to the OCC the appropriateness of proxies used to capture risks within value-at-risk models. Section 3.205(c) requires institutions to develop, retain, and make available to the OCC value-at-risk and profit and loss information on subportfolios for two years. Section 3.206(b)(3) requires national banks and Federal savings associations to have policies and procedures that describe how they determine the period of significant financial stress used to calculate the institution’s stressed value-at-risk models and to obtain prior OCC approval for any material changes to these policies and procedures. Section 3.207(b)(1) details requirements applicable to a national bank or Federal savings association when the national bank or Federal savings association uses internal models E:\FR\FM\16NON1.SGM 16NON1 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 70880 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 220 / Monday, November 16, 2015 / Notices to measure the specific risk of certain covered positions. Section 3.208 requires national banks and Federal savings associations to obtain prior written OCC approval for incremental risk modeling. Section 3.209(a) requires prior OCC approval for the use of a comprehensive risk measure. Section 3.209(c)(2) requires national banks and Federal savings associations to retain and report the results of supervisory stress testing. Section 3.210(f)(2)(i) requires national banks and Federal savings associations to document an internal analysis of the risk characteristics of each securitization position in order to demonstrate an understanding of the position. Section 3.212 requires quarterly quantitative disclosures, annual qualitative disclosures, and a formal disclosure policy approved by the board of directors that addresses the approach for determining the market risk disclosures it makes. Type of Review: Regular. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 13. Estimated Burden per Respondent: 1,964 hours. Total Estimated Annual Burden: 25,532 hours. The OCC issued a notice for 60 days of comment on August 10, 2015, 80 FR 47987. 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. Dated: November 9, 2015. Mary H. Gottlieb, Regulatory Specialist, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division. [FR Doc. 2015–28914 Filed 11–13–15; 8:45 a.m.] BILLING CODE 4810–33–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:47 Nov 13, 2015 Jkt 238001 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Revision; Comment Request; Domestic First Lien Residential Mortgage Data Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. AGENCY: 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 revision to an information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Under the PRA, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of or revision to an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and a 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 a revision to its information collection titled, ‘‘Domestic First Lien Residential Mortgage Data.’’ DATES: You should submit written comments by: January 15, 2016. ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the Washington, DC area and at the OCC is subject to delay, commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if possible. Comments may be sent to: Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557–0331, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 3E–218, Mail Stop 9W–11, Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to (571) 465–4326 or by electronic mail to prainfo@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 or, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, (202) 649–5597. Upon arrival, visitors will be required to present valid SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 government-issued photo identification and submit to security screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments. All 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, (202) 649–5490 or, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, (202) 649– 5597, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is requesting OMB approval for the following information collection: Title: Domestic First Lien Residential Mortgage Data. OMB Control Number: 1557–0331. Description: Comprehensive mortgage data is vital to assessing and monitoring credit quality and loss mitigation activities in the residential mortgage market and the federal banking system. This data is important and necessary to support supervisory activities to ensure the safety and soundness of the federal banking system. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Regulatory Improvement Act of 2010 requires that this data be collected. 12 U.S.C. 1715z–25. This data collection is being revised to include aggregate values to be calculated from data that is currently reported in loan level format. These aggregate values will be industry standard measures of portfolio performance, including but not limited to: Outstanding loan count and unpaid principal balance; delinquency and liquidation ratios; and the number of loss mitigation actions completed. Aggregate values generally will be reported at the total portfolio level, with some values also reported by portfolio segments including, but not limited to: borrower credit class and type and execution date of loss mitigation action. The reported data items will still be calculated from loan level data that includes: Bankruptcy or foreclosure status; and other detailed loan information. Banks would not be required to report this data to the OCC monthly, but would be required to provide it upon OCC’s request. Type of Review: Regular review. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit. E:\FR\FM\16NON1.SGM 16NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
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[Pages 70879-70880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28914]


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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; Market Risk

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 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, 
``Market Risk.'' The OCC also is giving notice that it has sent the 
collection to OMB for review.

DATES: You should submit written comments by: December 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the Washington, DC area and at the OCC 
is subject to delay, commenters are encouraged to submit comments by 
email, if possible. Comments may be sent to: Legislative and Regulatory 
Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 
Attention: 1557-0247, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 3E-218, Mail Stop 9W-
11, Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to 
(571) 465-4326 or by electronic mail to prainfo@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 or, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, 
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 and photocopy comments.
    All 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, 1557-0247, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 
Street NW., #10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by email to: oira 
submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, 
(202) 649-5490 or, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, 
(202) 649-5597, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office 
of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 
20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is requesting extension of OMB 
approval for this collection. There have been no changes to the 
requirements of the regulations.
    Title: Market Risk.
    OMB Control No.: 1557-0247.
    Description: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) 
market risk capital rules (12 CFR part 3, subpart F) capture positions 
for which the market risk capital rules are appropriate; reduce 
procyclicality in market risk capital requirements; enhance the rules' 
sensitivity to risks that are not adequately captured under the current 
regulatory measurement methodologies; and increase transparency through 
enhanced disclosures.
    The information collection requirements are located at 12 CFR 3.203 
through 3.212. The rules enhance risk sensitivity and include 
requirements for the public disclosure of certain qualitative and 
quantitative information about the market risk of national banks and 
Federal savings associations. The collection of information is 
necessary to ensure capital adequacy appropriate for the level of 
market risk.
    Section 3.203 sets forth the requirements for applying the market 
risk framework. Section 3.203(a)(1) requires national banks and Federal 
savings associations to have clearly defined policies and procedures 
for determining which trading assets and trading liabilities are 
trading positions and specifies the factors a national bank or Federal 
savings association must take into account in drafting those policies 
and procedures. Section 3.203(a)(2) requires national banks and Federal 
savings associations to have clearly defined trading and hedging 
strategies for trading positions that are approved by senior management 
and specifies what the strategies must articulate. Section 3.203(b)(1) 
requires national banks and Federal savings associations to have 
clearly defined policies and procedures for actively managing all 
covered positions and specifies the minimum requirements for those 
policies and procedures. Sections 3.203(c)(4) through 3.203(c)(10) 
require the annual review of internal models and specify certain 
requirements for those models. Section 3.203(d) requires the internal 
audit group of a national bank or Federal savings association to 
prepare an annual report to the board of directors on the effectiveness 
of controls supporting the market risk measurement systems.
    Section 3.204(b) requires national banks and Federal savings 
associations to conduct quarterly backtesting. Section 3.205(a)(5) 
requires institutions to demonstrate to the OCC the appropriateness of 
proxies used to capture risks within value-at-risk models. Section 
3.205(c) requires institutions to develop, retain, and make available 
to the OCC value-at-risk and profit and loss information on sub-
portfolios for two years. Section 3.206(b)(3) requires national banks 
and Federal savings associations to have policies and procedures that 
describe how they determine the period of significant financial stress 
used to calculate the institution's stressed value-at-risk models and 
to obtain prior OCC approval for any material changes to these policies 
and procedures.
    Section 3.207(b)(1) details requirements applicable to a national 
bank or Federal savings association when the national bank or Federal 
savings association uses internal models

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to measure the specific risk of certain covered positions. Section 
3.208 requires national banks and Federal savings associations to 
obtain prior written OCC approval for incremental risk modeling. 
Section 3.209(a) requires prior OCC approval for the use of a 
comprehensive risk measure. Section 3.209(c)(2) requires national banks 
and Federal savings associations to retain and report the results of 
supervisory stress testing. Section 3.210(f)(2)(i) requires national 
banks and Federal savings associations to document an internal analysis 
of the risk characteristics of each securitization position in order to 
demonstrate an understanding of the position. Section 3.212 requires 
quarterly quantitative disclosures, annual qualitative disclosures, and 
a formal disclosure policy approved by the board of directors that 
addresses the approach for determining the market risk disclosures it 
makes.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 13.
    Estimated Burden per Respondent: 1,964 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 25,532 hours.
    The OCC issued a notice for 60 days of comment on August 10, 2015, 
80 FR 47987. 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.

    Dated: November 9, 2015.
Mary H. Gottlieb,
Regulatory Specialist, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-28914 Filed 11-13-15; 8:45 a.m.]
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