[Federal Register: January 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 8)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
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 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
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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 its information collection titled,
``Assessment of Fees--12 CFR 8.'' The OCC is also giving notice that it
has submitted the collection to OMB for review.
DATES: You should submit written comments by February 11, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Public Information Room, Mail Stop 1-5, Attention: 1557-0223,
250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be
sent by fax to (202) 874-4448, or by electronic mail to
regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You may personally inspect and photocopy
comments at the OCC's Public Information Room, 250 E 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)
874-5043. 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.
Additionally, you should send a copy of your comments to OCC Desk
Officer, 1557-0223, by mail to U.S. Office of Management and Budget,
725 17th Street, NW., 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax
to (202) 395-6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information
or a copy of the collection from Mary Gottlieb, (202) 874-5090,
Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is proposing to extend OMB approval
of the following information collection:
Title: Assessment of Fees--12 CFR 8.
OMB Control No.: 1557-0223.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Type of Review: Regular review.
Abstract: The OCC is requesting comment on its proposed extension,
without revision, of the information collection titled, ``Assessment of
Fees--12 CFR 8.'' The National Bank Act authorizes the OCC to collect
assessments, fees, and other charges as necessary or appropriate to
carry out the responsibilities of the OCC. The OCC will require
national banks to provide the OCC with ``receivables attributable''
data from independent credit card banks, that is, national banks that
primarily engage in credit card operations and are not affiliated with
a full service national bank. ``Receivables attributable'' are the
total amount of outstanding balances due on credit card accounts owned
by an independent credit card bank (the receivables attributable to
those accounts) on the last day of an assessment period, minus
receivables retained on the bank's balance sheet as of that day. The
OCC will use the information to verify the accuracy of each bank's
assessment computation and to adjust the assessment rate for
independent credit card banks over time.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 11.
Estimated Number of Responses: 22.
Frequency of Response: Semiannually.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 22 hours.
The OCC issued a 60-day Federal Register Notice on October 26, 2007
(72 FR 60931). 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 agency, including whether
the information has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency'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 startup costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
Dated: January 7, 2008.
Stuart Feldstein,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division,
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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