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###### Department of the Treasury

###### Comptroller of the Currency

# AGENCY:

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

# ACTION:

Notice and request for comment.

# SUMMARY:

The OCC, 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 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 OMB control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning its information collection titled, “Investment Securities.” The OCC is also giving notice that the collection has been submitted to OMB for review.

# DATES:

You should submit written comments by May 29, 2012. 

# ADDRESSES:

                        Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0205, 250 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to (202) 874-5274, or by electronic mail to                         *regs.comments@occ.treas.gov.*                         You may personally inspect and photocopy comments at the OCC, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC. 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 submit to security screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments.                    

Additionally, you should send a copy of your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 1557-0205, by mail to U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725, 17th Street NW., #10235, 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) 874-6055 or (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

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# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The OCC is proposing to extend OMB approval, without change, of the following information collection: 

*Title:*                     Investment Securities.                

*OMB Control No.:*                     1557-0205.                 

*Description:*                     This submission covers an existing regulation and involves no change to the regulation or to the information collection requirements. The OCC requests only that OMB extend its approval of the information collection.                 

The information collection requirements in 12 CFR part 1 are as follows: 

                    Under 12 CFR 1.3(h)(2), a national bank may request an OCC determination that it may invest in an entity that is exempt from registration under section 3(c)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [1]                                          if the portfolio of the entity consists exclusively of assets that a national bank may purchase and sell for its own account. The OCC uses the information contained in the request as a basis for determining that the bank's investment is consistent with its investment authority under applicable law and does not pose unacceptable risk.                 

Under 12 CFR 1.7(b), a national bank may request OCC approval to extend the five-year holding period of securities held in satisfaction of debts previously contracted (DPC) for up to an additional five years. The bank must provide a clearly convincing demonstration of why any additional holding period is needed. The OCC uses the information in the request to ensure, on a case-by-case basis, that the bank's purpose in retaining the securities is not speculative and that the bank's reasons for requesting the extension are adequate, and to evaluate the risks to the bank of extending the holding period, including potential effects on bank safety and soundness. 

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                 

*Affected Public:*                     Businesses or other for-profit.                 

*Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     25.                 

*Estimated Total Annual Responses:*                     25.                 

*Estimated Total Annual Burden:*                     460 hours.                 

*Frequency of Response:*                     On occasion.                 

                    The OCC issued a 60-Day                     **Federal Register**                     Notice on February 6, 2012 (77 FR 5877). 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 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 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: April 19, 2012.

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division.

# Footnotes

1.                             15 U.S.C. 80a-3(c)(1).                    
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[FR Doc. 2012-10142 Filed 4-26-12; 8:45 am]

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