[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67453-67454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27556]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Thrift Supervision
Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair
and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing
information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift Supervision within the
Department of the Treasury will submit the proposed information
collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Today, OTS is soliciting public comments on its proposal to extend this
information collection.
DATES: Submit written comments on or before January 3, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to the collection by title of the
proposal or by OMB approval number, to Information Collection Comments,
Chief Counsel's Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20552; send a facsimile transmission to (202) 906-
6518; or send an e-mail to [email protected]. OTS
will post comments and the related index on the OTS Internet Site at
http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, interested persons may inspect
comments at the Public Reading Room, 1700 G Street, NW., by
appointment. To make an appointment, call (202) 906-5922, send an e-
mail to public.info@ots.treas.gov">public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a facsimile transmission to
(202) 906-7755.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information
about this proposed information collection from Ekita Mitchell (202)
906-6451, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20552.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may not conduct or sponsor an
information collection, and respondents are not required to respond to
an information collection, unless the information collection displays a
currently valid OMB control number. As part of the approval process, we
invite comments on the following information collection.
Comments should address one or more of the following points:
a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of OTS;
b. The accuracy of OTS's estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection;
c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
d. Ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use of information technology.
We will summarize the comments that we receive and include them in
the OTS request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of
public record. In this notice, OTS is soliciting comments concerning
the following information collection.
Title of Proposal: Identity Theft Red Flags and Address
Discrepancies under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of
2003.
OMB Number: 1550-0113.
Form Number: N/A.
Description: The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
(FACT Act) Section 114 amends section 615 of the Fair Credit Reporting
Act (FCRA) to require the OTS, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
National Credit Union Administration, and Federal Trade Commission
(Agencies) to issue jointly guidelines for financial institutions and
creditors regarding identity theft with respect to their account
holders and customers. In developing the guidelines, the Agencies must
identify patterns, practices, and specific forms of activity that
indicate the possible existence of identity theft. The regulations
require each financial institution and creditor to establish
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reasonable policies and procedures for implementing the guidelines to
identify possible risks to account holders or customers or to the
safety and soundness of the institution or creditor.
The FACT Act Section 315 amends section 605 of the FCRA to require
the Agencies to issue joint regulations providing guidance regarding
reasonable policies and procedures that a user of consumer reports must
employ when a user receives a notice of address discrepancy from a
consumer reporting agency (CRA). The regulations describe reasonable
policies and procedures for users of consumer reports to enable a user
to form a reasonable belief that it knows the identity of the person
for whom it has obtained a consumer report, and reconcile the address
of the consumer with the CRA, if the user establishes a continuing
relationship with the consumer and regularly and in the ordinary course
of business furnishes information to the CRA.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 739.
Estimated Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Burden: 11,824 hours.
Dated: October 27, 2010.
Ira L. Mills,
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of Thrift
Supervision.
[FR Doc. 2010-27556 Filed 11-1-10; 8:45 am]
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