Federal Reserve System June 4, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given of the final approval of a proposed information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). Board- approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. On February 22, 2012, the Federal Reserve published a notice in the Federal Register (77 FR 10525) requesting public comment for 60 days to revise, without extension, the Capital Assessments and Stress Testing information collection. The comment period for this notice expired on April 23, 2012. The Federal Reserve received six comment letters. The substantive comments are summarized and addressed below.