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

Download as PDF 14178 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 47 / Friday, March 12, 2021 / Notices restoring compliance with 14 CFR 33.14 and § 33.83(d) can no longer reasonably be met. [FR Doc. 2021–02206 Filed 3–11–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request 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 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: prainfo@occ.treas.gov. • 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 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:04 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 253001 information collection beginning on the date of publication of the second notice for this collection 1 by the following method: • Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov. Click on the ‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab. 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 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. 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. PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 E:\FR\FM\12MRN1.SGM 12MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 47 / Friday, March 12, 2021 / Notices 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] Policy Analyst, Federal Insurance Office, Room 1410, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220, (202) 622– 3220. Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access these numbers via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BILLING CODE 4810–33–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 2021 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Data Call Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Data Collection. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended (TRIA), insurers that participate in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP or Program) are directed to submit information for the 2021 TRIP Data Call, which covers the reporting period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. Participating insurers are required to register and report information in a series of forms approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). All insurers writing commercial property and casualty insurance in lines subject to TRIP, subject to certain exceptions identified in this notice, must respond to this data call no later than May 15, 2021. DATES: Participating insurers must register and submit data no later than May 15, 2021. ADDRESSES: Participating insurers will register through a website that has been established for this data call. After registration, insurers will receive data collection forms through a secure file transfer portal, and they will submit the requested data through the same secure portal. Participating insurers can register for the 2021 TRIP Data Call at https://tripsection111data.com. Additional information about the data call, including sample data collection forms and instructions, can be found on the TRIP website at https:// home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/ financial-markets-financial-institutionsand-fiscal-service/federal-insuranceoffice/terrorism-risk-insurance-program/ annual-data-collection. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Ifft, Senior Insurance Regulatory Policy Analyst, Federal Insurance Office, Room 1410, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220, (202) 622–2922; or Lindsey Baldwin, Senior Insurance Regulatory SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:04 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 253001 I. Background TRIA 1 created the Program within the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) to address disruptions in the market for terrorism risk insurance, to help ensure the continued availability and affordability of commercial property and casualty insurance for terrorism risk, and to allow for the private market to stabilize and build insurance capacity to absorb any future losses for terrorism events. The Program has been reauthorized on a number of occasions, and was most recently extended until December 31, 2027.2 TRIA requires the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to collect certain insurance data and information from insurers on an annual basis regarding their participation in the Program.3 TRIA also requires the Secretary to prepare a biennial study on the competitiveness of small insurers in the terrorism risk insurance marketplace (Small Insurer Study).4 The next Small Insurer Study must be submitted to Congress by June 30, 2021. The Federal Insurance Office (FIO) is authorized to assist the Secretary in the administration of the Program,5 including conducting the annual data call and preparing reports and studies required under TRIA. FIO will be using the same data collection forms, without material changes, that were used during the 2020 TRIP Data Call. FIO solicited public comment concerning these forms, after their use during the 2020 TRIP Data Call,6 and received no comments objecting to the continued use of these forms or proposing further revisions to the forms. The forms were then submitted for approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 1 Public Law 107–297, 116 Stat. 2322, codified at 15 U.S.C. 6701, note. Because the provisions of TRIA (as amended) appear in a note, instead of particular sections, of the United States Code, the provisions of TRIA are identified by the sections of the law. 2 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019, Public Law 116–94, 133 Stat. 2534. 3 TRIA, sec. 104(h)(1). Treasury regulations also address the annual data collection requirement. See 31 CFR 50.51, 50.54. 4 TRIA, sec.108(h). 5 31 U.S.C. 313(c)(1)(D). 6 85 FR 41676 (July 10, 2020). PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14179 pursuant to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act. The data collection forms have now been approved for use by OMB under Control Number 1505–0257 for a period ending November 30, 2023.7 II. Elements of 2021 TRIP Data Call For purposes of the 2021 TRIP Data Call, FIO, state insurance regulators, and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) will again use the consolidated data call mechanism first developed for use in the 2018 TRIP Data Call. This approach relies on four joint reporting templates, to be completed by Small Insurers, Non-Small Insurers, Captive Insurers, and Alien Surplus Lines Insurers, each as defined below. The use of joint reporting templates is designed to satisfy the objectives of both Treasury and state insurance regulators, while also reducing burden on participating insurers. State insurance regulators or the NAIC will provide separate notification regarding the reporting of information into the state reporting portal, including any reporting requirements to state insurance regulators that are distinct from the Treasury requirements. Insurers subject to the consolidated data call that are part of a group will report on a group basis, while those that are not part of a group will report on an individual company basis. A. Reporting of Workers’ Compensation Information The TRIP Data Calls request certain information relating to workers’ compensation insurance. For the 2021 TRIP Data Call, Treasury will again work with the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (California WCIRB), and the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) to provide workers’ compensation data relating to premium and payroll information on behalf of participating insurers, either directly or through other workers’ compensation rating bureaus. The data aggregator used by Treasury will provide such insurers with reporting templates that do not require them to report this workers’ compensation data. Reporting insurers that write only workers’ compensation policies are still required to register for the 2021 TRIP Data Call and provide general company information and data 7 Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management & Budget, OMB Control No. 1505–0257, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202009-1505-002. E:\FR\FM\12MRN1.SGM 12MRN1

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[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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