Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request, 14178-14179 [2021-05180]

Agencies

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

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 47 (Friday, March 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14178-14179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05180]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection 
Renewal; Comment Request

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.

DATES: Comments must be received by May 11, 2021.

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: Chief Counsel's Office, Attention: Comment 
Processing, 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 
comments on www.reginfo.gov without change, including any business or 
personal information provided, 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.
    You may review comments and other related materials that pertain to 
this information collection beginning on the date of publication of the 
second notice for this collection \1\ by the following method:
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    \1\ Following the close of this notice's 60-day comment period, 
the OCC will publish a second notice with a 30-day comment period.
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     Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov. 
Click on the ``Information Collection Review'' tab. 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 of 2003.'' 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, OCC Clearance 
Officer, (202) 649-5490, Chief Counsel's Office, 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. Section 
3506(c)(2)(A) of part 44 requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day 
notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of 
information, including each proposed extension of an existing 
collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for 
approval. To comply with this requirement, the OCC is publishing notice 
of the proposed extension of this collection of information.
    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 of 2003 (FACT Act).
    OMB Control No.: 1557-0238.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Description: Pursuant to section 312 of the FACT Act, the OCC 
issued guidelines for use by furnishers regarding the accuracy and 
integrity of the information about consumers that they furnish to 
consumer reporting agencies and prescribed regulations that require 
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).
    Twelve CFR 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.
    Twelve CFR 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. 
Twelve CFR 1022.43(f)(3) incorporates the statute's content 
requirements for the notices.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,032 respondents.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 185,603 hours.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized, 
included in the request for OMB approval, and become a matter of public 
record. Comments are 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

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technology; and (e) Estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of 
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide 
information.

Theodore J. Dowd,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2021-05180 Filed 3-11-21; 8:45 am]
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