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Arizona Advisory Committee, 8046 2018-03705 Kansas Advisory Committee, 8045 2018-03719 Ohio Advisory Committee, 8045-8046 2018-03718 Coast Guard Coast Guard NOTICES Certificates of Alternative Compliance: GLOBAL PROVIDER, 8094-8095 2018-03729 Meetings: Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee, 8096 2018-03749 National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee, 8095-8096 2018-03758 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement List;

Additions and Deletions, 8069-8070 2018-03765 2018-03764 Commodity Futures Commodity Futures Trading Commission RULES Definitions, 7979-7997 2018-03590 Community Living Administration Community Living Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: State Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report Known as National Ombudsman Reporting System and Instructions, 8086-8088 2018-03767 Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency RULES Annual Stress Test--Technical and Conforming Changes, 7951-7954 2018-03687 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 8149-8153 2018-03736 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Importers of Controlled Substances; Applications: Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 8107 2018-03723 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Energy Conservation Standards Program Design, 8016-8017 2018-03737 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Pesticide Tolerances: Quizalofop ethyl, 8006-8011 2018-03760 Pesticide Tolerances;

Emergency Exemptions: Indaziflam, 7998-8002 2018-03673 Pesticide Tolerances; Exemptions: Distillates (petroleum), Solvent-Dewaxed Heavy Paraffinic, 8003-8006 2018-03759 PROPOSED RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: OR: Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide, 2010 Sulfur Dioxide, and 2012 Fine Particulate Matter Standards, 8021-8028 2018-03675 NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc., 8073 2018-03730 Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Weekly Receipts, 8073-8074 2018-03757 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives: Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes, 7972-7975 2018-03438 Fokker Services B.V. Airplanes, 7968-7972 2018-03437 The Boeing Company Airplanes, 7964-7968, 7975-7979 2018-03429 2018-03434 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: The Boeing Company Airplanes, 8017-8019 2018-03598 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Safety Assurance System External Portal, 8147 2018-03763 Meetings: Seventy Second RTCA SC-135 Environmental Testing Plenary, 8147 2018-03731 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau Announce Post Incentive Auction Special Displacement Window April 10, 2018 through May 15, 2018 and Make Location and Channel Data Available, 8074-8084 2018-03732 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 8149-8153 2018-03736 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency RULES Suspensions of Community Eligibility, 8011-8012 2018-03738 NOTICES Emergency and Related Determinations: American Samoa, 8097-8098 2018-03742 Major Disaster Declarations: California; Amendment No. 3, 8096-8097 2018-03743 California; Amendment No. 8, 8098 2018-03741 New Hampshire; Amendment 1, 8097 2018-03740 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Withdrawal of Pleadings, 8019-8020 2018-03648 NOTICES Combined Filings, 8070-8071 2018-03716 Environmental Assessments;

Availability, etc.: Florida Southeast Connection, LLC, 8072-8073 2018-03715 Requests under Blanket Authorizations: National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 8071-8072 2018-03717 Federal Maritime Federal Maritime Commission NOTICES Agreements Filed, 8084 2018-03750 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 8149-8153 2018-03736 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 8084 2018-03684 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Endangered and Threatened Species:

Permit Applications, 8098-8101 2018-03725 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Determinations of Regulatory Review Periods for Purposes of Patent Extensions: ZYDELIG, 8088-8089 2018-03701 New Drug Applications: Sebela Ireland, Ltd. et al.; Withdrawal of Approval, 8089-8090 2018-03700 Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition Service PROPOSED RULES Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements and Services for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents, 8013-8016 2018-03752 General Services General Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Reporting and Use of Information Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative Agreements, 8085-8086 2018-03745 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality See Aging Administration See Community Living Administration See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health NOTICES Findings of Research Misconduct, 8091-8093 2018-03766 Meetings:

Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections, 8090-8091 2018-03768 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See National Park Service International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Administrative Reviews, 8058-8068 2018-03403 Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's Republic of China, 8047-8051 2018-03746 Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's Republic of China, 8052 2018-03748 Export Trade Certificate of Review, 8052-8053 2018-03747 Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations:

Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's Republic of China, 8053-8058 2018-03751 Meetings: Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee, 8047, 8051-8052, 8068-8069 2018-03709 2018-03710 2018-03711 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Complaints: Certain Clidinium Bromide and Products Containing Same, 8106-8107 2018-03774 Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain UV Curable Coatings for Optical Fibers, Coated Optical Fibers, and Products Containing Same, 8105-8106 2018-03680 Justice Department Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 8107-8108 2018-03720 Labor Department Labor Department See Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Evaluation of Strategies Used in TechHire and Strengthening Working Families Initiative Grant Programs, 8108-8110 2018-03762 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Implementation Study, 8110-8111 2018-03761 National Credit National Credit Union Administration RULES Requirements for Insurance:

National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Equity Distributions, 7954-7964 2018-03622 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 8147-8149 2018-03681 2018-03682 National Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology NOTICES Meetings: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board, 8069 2018-03683 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings:

Center for Scientific Review, 2018-03702 8093-8094 2018-03703 National Human Genome Research Institute, 8094 2018-03704 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration PROPOSED RULES Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Revise Atlantic Shark Fishery Closure Regulations, 8037-8044 2018-03688 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska: Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program; Community Development Quota Program; Modifications to Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements, 8028-8037 2018-03548 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Inventory Completions:

San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society, San Luis Obispo, CA, 8104-8105 2018-03755 Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 8101-8102 2018-03756 Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT, 8102-8104 2018-03753 2018-03754 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education, 8116 2018-03734 Proposal Review Panel for Computing and Communication Foundations, 8116 2018-03735 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 8117 2018-03827 Occupational Safety Health Adm Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories: Applied Research Laboratories of South Florida, LLC; Application for Recognition, 8113-8116 2018-03713 Proposed Modification to List of Appropriate Program Test Standards and Scopes of Recognition of Several Laboratories, 8111-8113 2018-03714 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission NOTICES New Postal Products, 8117-8118 2018-03685 Presidential Documents Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS Cuba, Regulation of Anchorage and Movement of Vessels;

Modification and Continuation of National Emergency (Proc. 9699), 8161-8163 2018-03962 Special Observances: Death of Billy Graham (Proc. 9698), 8157-8159 2018-03959 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS Machinegun to “Bump Fire” Stocks and Similar Devices; Application of Definition (Memorandum of February 20, 2018), 7949-7950 2018-03868 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 8131-8132 2018-03739 Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 8118 2018-03799 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., 8128-8131 2018-03696 Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., 8134-8138 2018-03699 Cboe Exchange, Inc., 8142-8146 2018-03695 ICE Clear Europe, Ltd., 8138-8140 2018-03691 Nasdaq GEMX, LLC, 8125-8127 2018-03698 Nasdaq MRX, LLC, 8122-8125 2018-03694 NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC, 8118-8122 2018-03692 New York Stock Exchange, LLC, 8140-8142 2018-03693 NYSE American, LLC, 8132-8134 2018-03697 State Department State Department NOTICES Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:

Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition, 8146 2018-03839 Susquehanna Susquehanna River Basin Commission NOTICES Projects Approved: Consumptive Uses of Water, 8146 2018-03689 Projects Rescinded: Consumptive Uses of Water, 8146-8147 2018-03690 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance, 8155 2018-03585 Tiered Pharmacy Copayments for Medications Update, 8153-8154 2018-03724 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Presidential Documents, 8157-8159, 8161-8163 2018-03959 2018-03962 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws. To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 83 37 Friday, February 23, 2018 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 12 CFR Part 46 [Docket ID OCC-2017-0021] RIN 1557-AE28 Annual Stress Test—Technical and Conforming Changes AGENCY:

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: On October 27, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

(OCC)published a proposed rule that would have made several revisions to its stress testing regulation. The OCC is now adopting the proposed rule as final. The final rule changes the range of possible “as-of” dates used in the global market shock component to conform to changes already made by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) to its stress testing regulations. The final rule also changes the transition process for covered institutions with $50 billion or more in assets. Under the final rule, a covered institution that becomes an over $50 billion covered institution, as that term is defined in the OCC stress testing regulation, before September 30 will become subject to the requirements applicable to an over $50 billion covered institution beginning on January 1 of the second calendar year after the covered institution becomes an over $50 billion covered institution, and a covered institution that becomes an over $50 billion covered institution after September 30 will become subject to the requirements applicable to an over $50 billion covered institution beginning on January 1 of the third calendar year after the covered institution becomes an over $50 billion covered institution. The final rule also makes certain technical changes to clarify the requirements of the OCC's stress testing regulation. DATES: The rule is effective March 26, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hein Bogaard, Lead Economic Expert, International Analysis and Banking Condition,

(202)649-5450; Andrew Tschirhart, Financial Analyst, Large Bank Supervision,

(202)649-6210; Kari Falkenborg, Senior Financial Analyst, Midsize and Community Bank Supervision,

(312)917-5000; Henry Barkhausen, Counsel, or Ron Shimabukuro, Senior Counsel, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division,

(202)649-5490; for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY,

(202)649-5597. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Section 165(i) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 1 (“Dodd-Frank Act”) requires two types of stress tests. Section 165(i)(1) requires the Board to conduct annual stress tests of holding companies with $50 billion or more in assets (“supervisory stress tests”). Section 165(i)(2) requires the federal banking agencies to issue regulations requiring financial companies with more than $10 billion in assets to conduct annual stress tests themselves (“company-run stress tests”). In October 2012, the OCC, the Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued final rules implementing the company-run stress tests. 1 Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010). The Dodd-Frank Act requires that the OCC and other federal primary financial regulatory agencies issue consistent and comparable regulations to implement the statutory stress testing requirement. In order to fulfill this requirement and minimize regulatory burden, the OCC has worked to ensure that its stress testing regulation remains consistent and comparable to the regulations enacted by other regulatory agencies, including the Board. II. Description of the Final Rule A. New Range of Possible As-Of Dates for Trading and Counterparty Scenario Component Under 12 CFR 46.5(c) the OCC may require a covered institution with significant trading activities to include trading and counterparty components in its adverse and severely adverse scenarios. The trading and counterparty position data to be used in this component is as of a date between January 1 and March 1 of a calendar year. On February 3, 2017, the Board issued a final rule that extended this range to run from October 1 of the calendar year preceding the year of the stress test to March 1 of the calendar year of the stress test. 2 The proposed rule would have made this same change to the OCC's stress testing regulation. The OCC received no comments on this change and is adopting the change as proposed. Extending this range will increase the OCC's flexibility to choose an appropriate as-of date. The OCC continues to coordinate its stress testing program with the Board in order to minimize regulatory burden. 2 82 FR 9308 (February 3, 2017). B. New Applicability Transition and Terminology for Covered Institutions With $50 Billion or More in Assets The proposed rule would have changed the term “over $50 billion covered institution” to “$50 billion or over covered institution.” The change would not have altered the scope of this defined term and would not change the substantive requirements of the regulation. The OCC did not receive any comments on this change and is adopting the change as proposed. The new defined term will be a more precise description of the entities included within this category, which includes all national banks and federal savings associations “with average total consolidated assets . . . that are not less than $50 billion.” 3 While the final rule will change the defined term “over $50 billion covered institution” to “$50 billion or over covered institution,” this supplementary information section will continue to use the defined term “over $50 billion covered institution” since that is the term used in the current regulatory text. 3 12 CFR 46.2. The proposed rule would also have changed the transition process for covered institutions that become an “over $50 billion covered institution.” On February 3, 2017, the Board issued a final rule that would provide additional time for bank holding companies that cross the $50 billion asset threshold close to the April 5 submission date. 4 The proposed rule would have made a parallel amendment to the OCC's stress testing regulation. The OCC did not receive any comments addressing this change and is adopting the change as proposed. Under the final rule, a national bank or federal savings association that becomes an over $50 billion covered institution in the fourth quarter of a calendar year 5 will not be subject to the stress testing requirements applicable to over $50 billion covered institutions until the third year after it crosses the asset threshold. For example, if a national bank or federal savings association became an over $50 billion covered institution on September 15, 2017, the institution would be expected to comply with the requirements applicable to over $50 billion covered institutions beginning in 2019 and file the OCC DFAST-14A in April 2019. If a national bank or federal savings association became an over $50 billion covered institution on October 15, 2017, the institution would be required to comply with the stress testing requirements applicable to over $50 billion covered institutions beginning in 2020 and file the OCC DFAST-14A in April 2020. 4 82 FR 9308 (February 3, 2017). 5 An institution becomes an over $50 billion covered institution when its average total consolidated assets, as reported on the covered institution's Call Reports, for the four most recent consecutive quarters, equals $50 billion or more. 12 CFR 46.3(a). The stress testing timeline and transition process for national banks or federal savings associations which become $10 to $50 billion covered institutions remain unchanged. A national bank or federal savings association that becomes a $10 to $50 billion covered institution on or before March 31 of a given year would be required to conduct its first stress test in the next calendar year. For example, a national bank or federal savings association that becomes a $10 to $50 billion covered institution as of March 31, 2017, would be required to conduct its first stress test in the stress testing cycle beginning January 1, 2018. A national bank or federal savings association that becomes a $10 to $50 billion covered institution after March 31 of a given year would be required to conduct its first stress test in the second calendar year after the date the national bank or federal savings association becomes a covered institution. For example, a national bank or federal savings association that becomes a $10 to $50 billion covered institution on June 30, 2017 would be required to conduct its first stress test in the stress testing cycle beginning January 1, 2019. C. Remove Obsolete Transition Language In 2014 the OCC, in coordination with the Board and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, shifted the dates of the annual stress testing cycle by approximately three months. 6 The OCC's stress testing regulation continues to include transition language to facilitate this schedule shift. The transition to the new schedule is now complete, and the final rule removes this obsolete transition language. 6 79 FR 71630 (December 3, 2014). III. Comments The OCC received three comments on the proposed rule from individuals. Two of the comments did not address the contents of the proposed rule or stress testing. One comment mentioned stress testing but was very brief and did not make any specific recommendations. Accordingly, the OCC is adopting the final rule as proposed. IV. Regulatory Analysis Paperwork Reduction Act Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

(PRA)(44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection unless the information collection displays a valid Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)control number. This final rule amends 12 CFR part 46, which has an approved information collection under the PRA (OMB Control No. 1557-0319). The amendments do not introduce any new collections of information, nor do they amend 12 CFR part 46 in a way that modifies the collection of information that OMB has approved. Therefore, this final rule does not require a PRA submission to OMB. Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 *et seq.,* requires generally that, in connection with a final rule, an agency prepare and make available for public comment a regulatory flexibility analysis that describes the impact of the rule on small entities. However, the regulatory flexibility analysis otherwise required under the RFA is not required if an agency certifies that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (defined in regulations promulgated by the Small Business Administration

(SBA)to include banking organizations with total assets of less than or equal to $550 million) and publishes its certification and a brief explanatory statement in the **Federal Register** together with the rule. As discussed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, the final rule will only affect institutions with more than $10 billion in total assets. Therefore, the rule will not affect any small entities. As such, pursuant to section 605(b) of the RFA, the OCC certifies that this final rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because no small national banks or federal savings associations would be affected by the final rule. Accordingly, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act The OCC has analyzed the final rule under the factors in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

(UMRA)(2 U.S.C. 1532). Under this analysis, the OCC considered whether the final rule includes a federal mandate that may result in the expenditure by state, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million or more in any one year (adjusted annually for inflation). The OCC has determined that this final rule will not result in expenditures by state, local, and tribal governments, or the private sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. Accordingly, this final rule is not subject to section 202 of the UMRA. Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 The Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (RCDRIA) requires that each federal banking agency, in determining the effective date and administrative compliance requirements for new regulations that impose additional reporting, disclosure, or other requirements on insured depository institutions, consider, consistent with principles of safety and soundness and the public interest, any administrative burdens that such regulations would place on depository institutions, including small depository institutions, and customers of depository institutions, as well as the benefits of such regulations. In addition, new regulations and amendments to regulations that impose additional reporting, disclosure, or other new requirements on insured depository institutions generally must take effect on the first day of a calendar quarter that begins on or after the date on which the regulations are published in final form. 7 The final rule would not impose additional reporting, disclosure, or other requirements; therefore the requirements of the RCDRIA do not apply. 7 12 U.S.C. 4802. Plain Language Section 722 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires the federal banking agencies to use plain language in all proposed and final rules published after January 1, 2000. The OCC has sought to present the final rule in a simple and straightforward manner. The OCC did not receive any comments on its use of plain language. List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 46 Banking, Banks, Capital, Disclosures, National banks, Recordkeeping, Risk, Savings associations, Stress test. Authority and Issuance For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the OCC amends 12 CFR part 46 as follows: PART 46—ANNUAL STRESS TEST 1. The authority citation for part 46 continues to read as follows: Authority: 12 U.S.C. 93a; 1463(a)(2); 5365(i)(2); and 5412(b)(2)(B). 2. Section 46.2 is amended by: a. Removing the phrase “an over $50 billion covered institution” and adding the phrase “a $50 billion or over covered institution” in its place in the definition of “covered institution”; and b. Removing the definition of “over $50 billion covered institution” and adding the definition for “$50 billion or over covered institution” in alphabetical order. The addition reads as follows: § 46.2 Definitions. *$50 billion or over covered institution* means a national bank or Federal savings association with average total consolidated assets, calculated as required under this part, that are not less than $50 billion. 3. Section 46.3 is amended by: a. Removing paragraph (b); b. Redesignating paragraphs

(c)through

(e)as paragraphs

(b)through (d), respectively; c. Revising newly redesignated paragraphs

(b)and (c); and d. Removing the phrase “an over $50 billion covered institution” and adding the phrase “a $50 billion or over covered institution” in its place wherever it appears in newly redesignated paragraph (d). The revisions read as follows: § 46.3 Applicability.

(b)*Covered institutions that become subject to stress testing requirements.* A national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a $10 to $50 billion covered institution on or before March 31 of a given year shall conduct its first annual stress test under this part in the next calendar year after the date the national bank or Federal savings association becomes a $10 to $50 billion covered institution, unless that time is extended by the OCC in writing. A national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a $10 to $50 billion covered institution after March 31 of a given year shall conduct its first annual stress test under this part in the second calendar year after the calendar year in which the national bank or Federal savings association becomes a $10 to $50 billion covered institution, unless that time is extended by the OCC in writing.

(c)*Ceasing to be a covered institution or changing categories.*

(1)A covered institution shall remain subject to the stress test requirements based on its applicable category, as defined in § 46.2, unless and until total consolidated assets of the covered institution falls below the relevant size threshold for each of four consecutive quarters as reported by the covered institution's most recent Call Reports. The calculation shall be effective on the “as of” date of the fourth consecutive Call Report.

(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (c)(1) of this section, a national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a $50 billion or over covered institution, whether by migrating from being a $10 to $50 billion covered institution or by directly becoming a $50 billion or over covered institution, after September 30 of a calendar year must comply with the requirements applicable to a $50 billion or over covered institution beginning on January 1 of the third calendar year after the national bank or Federal savings association becomes a $50 billion or over covered institution, unless that time is extended by the OCC in writing. A national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a $50 billion or over covered institution on or before September 30 of a calendar year must comply with the requirements applicable to a $50 billion or over covered institution beginning on January 1 of the second calendar year after the national bank or Federal savings association becomes a $50 billion or over covered institution, unless that time is extended by the OCC in writing. 4. Revise § 46.5 to read as follows: § 46.5 Annual stress test. Each covered institution must conduct the annual stress test under this part subject to the following requirements:

(a)*Financial data.* A covered institution must use financial data as of December 31 of the previous calendar year.

(b)*Scenarios provided by the OCC.* In conducting the stress test under this part, each covered institution must use the scenarios provided by the OCC. The scenarios provided by the OCC will reflect a minimum of three sets of economic and financial conditions, including baseline, adverse, and severely adverse scenarios. The OCC will provide a description of the scenarios required to be used by each covered institution no later than February 15 of that calendar year.

(c)*Significant trading activities.* The OCC may require a covered institution with significant trading activities, as determined by the OCC, to include trading and counterparty components in its adverse and severely adverse scenarios. The trading and counterparty position data to be used in this component will be as of a date between October 1 of the previous calendar year and March 1 of that calendar year in which the stress test is performed, and the OCC will communicate a description of the component to the covered institution no later than March 1 of that calendar year.

(d)*Use of stress test results.* The board of directors and senior management of each covered institution must consider the results of the stress tests conducted under this section in the normal course of business, including but not limited to the covered institution's capital planning, assessment of capital adequacy, and risk management practices. 5. Section 46.7 is amended by revising paragraphs

(a)and

(b)to read as follows: § 46.7 Reports to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board.

(a)*$10 to $50 billion covered institution.* A $10 to $50 billion covered institution must report to the OCC and to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on or before July 31, the results of the stress test in the manner and form specified by the OCC.

(b)*$50 billion or over covered institution.* A $50 billion or over covered institution must report to the OCC and to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on or before April 5, the results of the stress test in the manner and form specified by the OCC. 6. Section 46.8 is amended by revising paragraph

(a)to read as follows: § 46.8 Publication of disclosures.

(a)*Publication date.*

(1)*$50 billion or over covered institution.* A $50 billion or over covered institution must publish a summary of the results of its annual stress test in the period starting June 15 and ending July 15 provided:

(i)Unless the OCC determines otherwise, if the $50 billion or over covered institution is a consolidated subsidiary of a bank holding company or savings and loan holding company subject to supervisory stress tests conducted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System pursuant to 12 CFR part 252, then within the June 15 to July 15 period such covered institution may not publish the required summary of its annual stress test earlier than the date that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System publishes the supervisory stress test results of the covered bank's parent holding company.

(ii)If the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System publishes the supervisory stress test results of the covered institution's parent holding company prior to June 15, then such covered institution may publish its stress test results prior to June 15, but no later than July 15, through actual publication by the covered institution or through publication by the parent holding company pursuant to paragraph

(b)of this section.

(2)*$10 to $50 billion covered institution.* A $10 to $50 billion covered institution must publish a summary of the results of its annual stress test in the period starting October 15 and ending October 31. Dated: February 13, 2018. Joseph Otting, Comptroller of the Currency. [FR Doc. 2018-03687 Filed 2-22-18; 8:45 am]

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