Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Procedures To Enhance the Accuracy and Integrity of Information Furnished to Consumer Reporting Agencies Under Section 312 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, 29153-29154 [2018-13384]
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I. Background
The VIS Working Group is an
advisory committee established in
accordance with Section 10 of the
Protecting our Infrastructure of
Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of
2016 (Pub. L. 114–183), the Federal
Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5
U.S.C., App. 2, as amended), and 41
CFR 102–3.50(a).
II. Meeting Details and Agenda
The VIS Working Group agenda will
include briefings on topics such as
mandate requirements, integrity
management, data types and tools, inline inspection and other direct
assessment methods, geographic
information system implementation,
subcommittee considerations, lessons
learned, examples of existing
information-sharing systems, safety
management systems, and more. As part
of its work, the committee will
ultimately provide recommendations to
the Secretary, as required and
specifically outlined in Section 10 of
Public Law 114–183, addressing:
(a) The need for, and the
identification of, a system to ensure that
dig verification data are shared with inline inspection operators to the extent
consistent with the need to maintain
proprietary and security-sensitive data
in a confidential manner to improve
pipeline safety and inspection
technology;
(b) Ways to encourage the exchange of
pipeline inspection information and the
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development of advanced pipeline
inspection technologies and enhanced
risk analysis;
(c) Opportunities to share data,
including dig verification data between
operators of pipeline facilities and inline inspector vendors to expand
knowledge of the advantages and
disadvantages of the different types of
in-line inspection technology and
methodologies;
(d) Options to create a secure system
that protects proprietary data while
encouraging the exchange of pipeline
inspection information and the
development of advanced pipeline
inspection technologies and enhanced
risk analysis;
(e) Means and best practices for the
protection of safety and securitysensitive information and proprietary
information; and
(f) Regulatory, funding, and legal
barriers to sharing the information
described in paragraphs (a) through (d).
The Secretary will publish the VIS
Working Group’s recommendations on a
publicly available DOT website and in
the docket. The VIS Working Group will
fulfill its purpose once its
recommendations are published online.
PHMSA will publish the agenda on
the PHMSA meeting page at: https://
primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/
MtgHome.mtg?mtg=135, once it is
finalized.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 18,
2018, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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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;
Procedures To Enhance the Accuracy
and Integrity of Information Furnished
to Consumer Reporting Agencies
Under Section 312 of the Fair and
Accurate Credit Transactions Act
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, 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
SUMMARY:
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collection as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
The OCC is soliciting comment
concerning the renewal of its
information collection titled,
‘‘Procedures to Enhance the Accuracy
and Integrity of Information Furnished
to Consumer Reporting Agencies under
Section 312 of the Fair and Accurate
Credit Transactions Act.’’ The OCC also
is giving notice that it has sent the
collection to OMB for review.
DATES: Comments must be received by
July 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged
to submit comments by email, if
possible. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
• Email: prainfo@occ.treas.gov.
• Mail: Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, Attention:
1557–0238, 400 7th Street SW, suite 3E–
218, Washington, DC 20219.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th
Street SW, suite 3E–218, Washington,
DC 20219.
• Fax: (571) 465–4326.
Instructions: You must include
‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557–
0238’’ in your comment. In general, the
OCC will publish your comment on
www.reginfo.gov without change,
including any business or personal
information that you provide, such as
name and address information, email
addresses, or phone numbers.
Comments received, including
attachments and other supporting
materials, are part of the public record
and subject to public disclosure. Do not
include any information in your
comment or supporting materials that
you consider confidential or
inappropriate for public disclosure.
Additionally, please send a copy of
your comments by mail to: OCC Desk
Officer, 1557–0238, U.S. Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, #10235, Washington, DC
20503 or by email to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov.
You may review comments and other
related materials that pertain to this
information collection 1 following the
close of the 30-Day comment period for
this notice by any of the following
methods:
• Viewing Comments Electronically:
Go to www.reginfo.gov. Click on the
‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab.
1 On April 2, 2018, the OCC published a 60-Day
notice for this information collection.
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Underneath the ‘‘Currently under
Review’’ section heading, from the dropdown menu, select ‘‘Department of
Treasury’’ and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This
information collection can be located by
searching by OMB control number
‘‘1557–0238’’ or ‘‘Procedures to Enhance
the Accuracy and Integrity of
Information Furnished to Consumer
Reporting Agencies under Section 312
of the Fair and Accurate Credit
Transactions Act.’’ Upon finding the
appropriate information collection, click
on the related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’
On the next screen, select ‘‘View
Supporting Statement and Other
Documents’’ and then click on the link
to any comment listed at the bottom of
the screen.
• For assistance in navigating
www.reginfo.gov, please contact the
Regulatory Information Service Center
at (202) 482–7340.
• Viewing Comments Personally: You
may personally inspect comments at the
OCC, 400 7th Street SW, Washington,
DC. For security reasons, the OCC
requires that visitors make an
appointment to inspect comments. You
may do so by calling (202) 649–6700 or,
for persons who are deaf or hearing
impaired, TTY, (202) 649–5597. Upon
arrival, visitors will be required to
present valid government-issued photo
identification and submit to security
screening in order to inspect comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC Clearance
Officer, (202) 649–5490 or, for persons
who are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY,
(202) 649–5597, Legislative and
Regulatory Activities Division, Office of
the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th
Street SW, suite 3E–218, Washington,
DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal
agencies must obtain approval from
OMB for each collection of information
that they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) to include agency requests and
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. The OCC is
asking OMB to extend its approval for
this collection.
Title: Procedures to Enhance the
Accuracy and Integrity of Information
Furnished to Consumer Reporting
Agencies under Section 312 of the Fair
and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
(FACT Act).
OMB Control No.: 1557–0238.
Type of Review: Regular.
Description: Section 312 of the Fair
and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of
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2003 (FACT Act) required the issuance
of guidelines for use by furnishers
regarding the accuracy and integrity of
the information about consumers that
they furnish to consumer reporting
agencies and regulations requiring
furnishers to establish reasonable
policies and procedures for
implementing the guidelines. Section
312 also required the issuance of
regulations identifying the
circumstances under which a furnisher
must reinvestigate disputes about the
accuracy of information contained in a
consumer report based on a direct
request from a consumer.
Twelve CFR 1022.42(a) requires
furnishers to establish and implement
reasonable written policies and
procedures regarding the accuracy and
integrity of consumer information that
they provide to a consumer reporting
agency (CRA).
Section 1022.43(a) requires a
furnisher to conduct a reasonable
investigation of a dispute initiated
directly by a consumer in certain
circumstances. Furnishers are required
to have procedures to ensure that
disputes received directly from
consumers are handled in a
substantially similar manner to those
complaints received through CRAs.
Section 1022.43(f)(2) incorporates the
statutory requirement that a furnisher
must notify a consumer by mail or other
means (if authorized by the consumer)
not later than five business days after
making a determination that a dispute is
frivolous or irrelevant. Section
1022.43(f)(3) incorporates the statute’s
content requirements for the notices.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,133 respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
185,603 hours.
The OCC issued a notice for 60 days
of comment on April 2, 2018, 83 FR
14104. 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
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(e) Estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Dated: June 18, 2018.
Karen Solomon,
Acting Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief
Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0113]
Agency Information Collection
Activity: Application for Fee or Roster
Personnel Designation
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Benefits Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, will
submit the collection of information
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The PRA
submission describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
cost and burden and it includes the
actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0113’’ in any
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality,
Privacy and Risk (OQPR), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–
5870 or email cynthia.harvey-pryor@
va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control
No. 2900–0113’’ in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 CFR 36.4301.
Title: Application for Fee or Roster
Personnel Designation.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0113.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA uses fee basis appraisers
to appraise residential real estate and
SUMMARY:
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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; Procedures To Enhance the Accuracy
and Integrity of Information Furnished to Consumer Reporting Agencies
Under Section 312 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 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.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not
required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of its
information collection titled, ``Procedures to Enhance the Accuracy and
Integrity of Information Furnished to Consumer Reporting Agencies under
Section 312 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.'' The OCC
also is giving notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for
review.
DATES: Comments must be received by July 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if
possible. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected].
Mail: Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division,
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-0238, 400
7th Street SW, suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.
Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th Street SW, suite 3E-218,
Washington, DC 20219.
Fax: (571) 465-4326.
Instructions: You must include ``OCC'' as the agency name and
``1557-0238'' in your comment. In general, the OCC will publish your
comment on www.reginfo.gov without change, including any business or
personal information that you provide, such as name and address
information, email addresses, or phone numbers. Comments received,
including attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the
public record and subject to public disclosure. Do not include any
information in your comment or supporting materials that you consider
confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure.
Additionally, please send a copy of your comments by mail to: OCC
Desk Officer, 1557-0238, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, #10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by email to
[email protected].
You may review comments and other related materials that pertain to
this information collection \1\ following the close of the 30-Day
comment period for this notice by any of the following methods:
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\1\ On April 2, 2018, the OCC published a 60-Day notice for this
information collection.
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Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov.
Click on the ``Information Collection Review'' tab.
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Underneath the ``Currently under Review'' section heading, from the
drop-down menu, select ``Department of Treasury'' and then click
``submit.'' This information collection can be located by searching by
OMB control number ``1557-0238'' or ``Procedures to Enhance the
Accuracy and Integrity of Information Furnished to Consumer Reporting
Agencies under Section 312 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions
Act.'' Upon finding the appropriate information collection, click on
the related ``ICR Reference Number.'' On the next screen, select ``View
Supporting Statement and Other Documents'' and then click on the link
to any comment listed at the bottom of the screen.
For assistance in navigating www.reginfo.gov, please
contact the Regulatory Information Service Center at (202) 482-7340.
Viewing Comments Personally: You may personally inspect
comments at the OCC, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC. For security
reasons, the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect
comments. You may do so by calling (202) 649-6700 or, for persons who
are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY, (202) 649-5597. Upon arrival,
visitors will be required to present valid government-issued photo
identification and submit to security screening in order to inspect
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC Clearance
Officer, (202) 649-5490 or, for persons who are deaf or hearing
impaired, TTY, (202) 649-5597, Legislative and Regulatory Activities
Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th Street SW,
suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal
agencies must obtain approval from OMB for each collection of
information that they conduct or sponsor. ``Collection of information''
is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) to include agency
requests and requirements that members of the public submit reports,
keep records, or provide information to a third party. The OCC is
asking OMB to extend its approval for this collection.
Title: Procedures to Enhance the Accuracy and Integrity of
Information Furnished to Consumer Reporting Agencies under Section 312
of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act).
OMB Control No.: 1557-0238.
Type of Review: Regular.
Description: Section 312 of the Fair and Accurate Credit
Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act) required the issuance of guidelines
for use by furnishers regarding the accuracy and integrity of the
information about consumers that they furnish to consumer reporting
agencies and regulations requiring furnishers to establish reasonable
policies and procedures for implementing the guidelines. Section 312
also required the issuance of regulations identifying the circumstances
under which a furnisher must reinvestigate disputes about the accuracy
of information contained in a consumer report based on a direct request
from a consumer.
Twelve CFR 1022.42(a) requires furnishers to establish and
implement reasonable written policies and procedures regarding the
accuracy and integrity of consumer information that they provide to a
consumer reporting agency (CRA).
Section 1022.43(a) requires a furnisher to conduct a reasonable
investigation of a dispute initiated directly by a consumer in certain
circumstances. Furnishers are required to have procedures to ensure
that disputes received directly from consumers are handled in a
substantially similar manner to those complaints received through CRAs.
Section 1022.43(f)(2) incorporates the statutory requirement that a
furnisher must notify a consumer by mail or other means (if authorized
by the consumer) not later than five business days after making a
determination that a dispute is frivolous or irrelevant. Section
1022.43(f)(3) incorporates the statute's content requirements for the
notices.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,133 respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 185,603 hours.
The OCC issued a notice for 60 days of comment on April 2, 2018, 83
FR 14104. 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: June 18, 2018.
Karen Solomon,
Acting Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel.
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