Rules and Regulations. Notice and request for comment

Agency: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury
Action: Notice and request for comment
Citation: FR Doc. 2010-13249

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 a continuing information collection titled, “Survey of Minority Owned National Banks.” OCC also gives notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.

Dates

Comments must be submitted on or before July 6, 2010.

Supplementary Information

Title: Survey of Minority Owned National Banks. OMB Control No.: 1557-0236. Type of Review: Regular review. Description: The OCC is committed to assessing its efforts to provide supervisory support, technical assistance, education, and other outreach to the Minority Owned National Banks (MONBs) under its supervision. To perform this assessment, it is necessary to obtain, from the individual MONBs, feedback on the effectiveness of OCC's current efforts and suggestions for enhancing its supervision and assistance going forward. The OCC will use the information it gathers to assess the needs of MONBs as well as its efforts to meet those needs. The OCC will also use the information to focus and enhance its supervisory, technical assistance, education and other outreach activities with respect to MONBs. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit. Burden Estimates: Estimated Number of Respondents: 39. Estimated Number of Responses: 39. Estimated Annual Burden: 78 hours. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Comments: The OCC published a 60-Day Federal Register notice on March 17, 2010. 75 FR 12812. 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: May 27, 2010. Michele Meyer, Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. [FR Doc. 2010-13249 Filed 6-3-10; 8:45 am]