[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75724-75725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30499]
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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 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 also gives notice that it has sent the collection to
OMB for review.
DATES: You should submit written comments by January 5, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Mail Stop 2-3, Attention 1557-0223, 250 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to (202)
874-5274, or by electronic mail to [email protected]. You may
personally inspect and photocopy comments at the OCC, 250 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20219. For security reasons, the OCC requires that
visitors make an appointment to inspect comments. You may do so by
calling (202) 874-4700. Upon arrival, visitors will be required to
present valid government-issued photo identification and to submit to
security screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments.
Additionally, please 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., 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 H. Gottlieb, OCC Clearance
Officer, (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities
Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, NW.,
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 change, 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 requires independent
credit card banks to pay an additional assessment based on receivables
attributable to accounts owned by the bank. Independent credit card
banks are national banks that primarily engage in credit card
operations and are not affiliated with a full service national bank.
The OCC will require independent credit card banks to provide the OCC
with ``receivables
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attributable'' data. ``Receivables attributable'' refers to 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: 9.
Estimated Number of Responses: 18.
Frequency of Response: Semiannually.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 18 hours.
The information collection was issued for 60 days of comment on
September 22, 2010. 75 FR 57832. 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 OCC, including whether the
information has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the OCC's estimate of the information
collection burden;
(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 start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
Dated: November 30, 2010.
Michele Meyer,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division,
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2010-30499 Filed 12-3-10; 8:45 am]
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