Rules and Regulations. Notice and request for comments
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BILLING CODE 4910-06-P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Proposed Collection; Comment Request ACTION: Notice and request for comments. 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 take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
Currently, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (the “CDFI Fund”) within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning the Bank Enterprise Award (“BEA”) Program Application. DATES: Written comments should be received on or before December 27, 2011 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Mia Sowell, Policy and Program Officer, at the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 601 13th Street NW., Suite 200 South, Washington, DC 20005, by email to *cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov* or by facsimile to
(202)622-7754. This is not a toll free number. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The BEA Program application may be obtained from the BEA page of the CDFI Fund's Web site at *http://www.cdfifund.gov* . Requests for additional information should be directed to Mia Sowell, Policy and Program Officer, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 601 13th Street NW., Suite 200 South, Washington, DC 20005, or call
(202)622-6355. This is not a toll free number. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Title:* Bank Enterprise Award Program Application. *OMB Number:* 1559-0005. *Abstract:* The purpose of the BEA Program is to provide an incentive to insured depository institutions to increase their activities in the form of loans, investments, services, and technical assistance, within distressed communities and provide financial assistance to community development financial institutions through grants, stock purchases, loans, deposits, and other forms of financial and technical assistance. The CDFI Fund will make awards through the BEA Program to insured depository institutions, based upon such institutions' completion of certain qualified activities, as reported in the application. The application will solicit information concerning: applicants' eligibility to participate in the BEA Program; the quantity (value) of applicants' activities, and the extent to which such activities may be qualified activities; and appropriate supporting documentation. The questions that the application contains, and the information generated thereby, will enable the CDFI Fund to evaluate applicants' activities and determine the extent of applicants' eligibility for a BEA Program award. *Current Actions:* Renewed collection. *Type of Review:* Regular Review. *Affected Public:* FDIC insured depository institutions. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 75. *Estimated Annual Time per Respondent:* 15 hours. *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 1,125 hours. *Requests for Comments:* Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public record and will be published on the CDFI Fund Web site at *http://www.cdfifund.gov* . Comments are invited on:
(a)Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the CDFI Fund, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the CDFI Fund'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 of information on respondents, including through the use of technology; and
(e)estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1834a, 4703, 4703 note, 4713, 4717; 31 U.S.C. 321; 12 CFR part 1806. Dated: October 21, 2011. Donna J. Gambrell, Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. [FR Doc. 2011-27973 Filed 10-27-11; 8:45 am]
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