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2 15 U.S.C. 80a–3(c)(1). 

Company Act of 1940 2 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 

ensuring 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 for securities held in satisfaction 

of debts previously contracted for up to 

an additional five years. In its request, 

the bank must provide a clearly 

convincing demonstration of why the 

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. The OCC also uses the 

information to evaluate the risks to the 

bank in extending the holding period, 

including potential effects on the bank’s 

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 Burden: 460 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are 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. 

Bao Nguyen, 

Principal Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00434 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Multiemployer Pension Plan 

Application To Reduce Benefits 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Trustees of the 

Roofers Local No. 88 Pension Fund, a 

multiemployer pension plan, has 

submitted an application to reduce 

benefits under the plan in accordance 

with the Multiemployer Pension Reform 

Act of 2014 (MPRA). The purpose of 

this notice is to announce that the 

application submitted by the Board of 

Trustees of the Roofers Local No. 88 

Pension Fund has been published on 

the website of the Department of the 

Treasury (Treasury), and to request 

public comments on the application 

from interested parties, including 

participants and beneficiaries, employee 

organizations, and contributing 

employers of the Roofers Local No. 88 

Pension Fund. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

February 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

electronically through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, in accordance 

with the instructions on that site. 

Commenters are strongly encouraged to 

submit public comments electronically. 

Treasury expects to have limited 

personnel available to process public 

comments that are submitted on paper 

through mail. Until further notice, any 

comments submitted on paper will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

Comments may be mailed to the 

Department of the Treasury, MPRA 

Office, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Room 1224, Washington, DC 20220, 

Attn: Danielle Norris. Comments sent 

via facsimile, telephone, or email will 

not be accepted. 

Additional Instructions. All 

comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, will be made available to the 

public. Do not include any personally 

identifiable information (such as your 

Social Security number, name, address, 

or other contact information) or any 

other information in your comment or 

supporting materials that you do not 

want publicly disclosed. Treasury will 

make comments available for public 

inspection and copying on 

www.regulations.gov or upon request. 

Comments posted on the internet can be 

retrieved by most internet search 

engines. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the application 

from the Roofers Local No. 88 Pension 

Fund, please contact Treasury at (202) 

622–1534 (not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MPRA 

amended the Internal Revenue Code to 

permit a multiemployer plan that is 

projected to have insufficient funds to 

reduce pension benefits payable to 

participants and beneficiaries if certain 

conditions are satisfied. In order to 

reduce benefits, the plan sponsor is 

required to submit an application to the 

Secretary of the Treasury, which must 

be approved or denied in consultation 

with the Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) and the Department 

of Labor. 

On December 15, 2020, the Roofers 

Local No. 88 Pension Fund’s Board of 

Trustees submitted an application for 

approval to reduce benefits under the 

plan. As required by MPRA, that 

application has been published on 

Treasury’s website at https://

home.treasury.gov/services/themultiemployer-pension-reform-act-of2014/applications-for-benefitsuspension. Treasury is publishing this 

notice in the Federal Register, in 

consultation with PBGC and the 

Department of Labor, to solicit public 

comments on all aspects of the Roofers 

Local No. 88 Pension Fund’s 

application. 

Comments are requested from 

interested parties, including 

participants and beneficiaries, employee 

organizations, and contributing 

employers of the Roofers Local No. 88 

Pension Fund. Consideration will be 

given to any comments that are timely 

received by Treasury. 

David Kautter, 

Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00392 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0089] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Statement of 

Dependency of Parent(s) 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, will 

submit the collection of information 

abstracted below to the Office of 


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Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The PRA 

submission describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

cost and burden and it includes the 

actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control 

No. 2900–0089’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danny S. Green, Enterprise Records 

Service (005R1B), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 421– 

1354 or email danny.green2@va.gov . 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900– 

0089’’ in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–21. 

Title: Application for DIC, Death 

Pension, and/or Accrued Benefits; 

Application for Dependency and 

Indemnity Compensation by a Surviving 

Spouse or Child; Application for 

Dependency and Indemnity 

Compensation, VA Form 21P–509. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0089. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), through its Veterans 

Benefits Administration (VBA), 

administers an integrated program of 

benefits and services, established by 

law, for veterans, service personnel, and 

their dependents and/or beneficiaries. 

Title 38 U.S.C. 5101(a) provides that a 

specific claim in the form provided by 

the Secretary must be filed in order for 

benefits to be paid to any individual 

under the laws administered by the 

Secretary. VA Form 21P–509 is the 

prescribed form to gather income and 

dependency information from claimants 

who are seeking payment of benefits as, 

or for, a dependent parent. This 

information is necessary to determine 

dependency of the parent and make 

determinations which affect the 

payment of monetary benefits. VA Form 

21P–509 is used by a Veteran seeking to 

establish their parent(s) as dependent(s), 

and by a surviving parent seeking death 

compensation. Without this 

information, determination of 

entitlement would not be possible. An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

a person is not required to respond to 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published at 85 FR 213 

on November 3, 2020, page 69696. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 4,000 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 30 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,000. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Danny S. Green, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Quality, 

Performance and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00373 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research 

and Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board, 

Amended Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

App.2, that a meeting of the Joint 

Biomedical Laboratory Research and 

Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board (JBL/CS 

SMRB) will be held Wednesday, January 

6, 2021, via WebEx. The meeting will 

begin at 3:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern daylight time. The meeting will 

have an open session from 3:00 p.m. 

until 3:30 p.m. and a closed session 

from 3:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. 

The purpose of the open session is to 

meet with the JBL/CS Service Directors 

to discuss the overall policies and 

process for scientific review, as well as 

disseminate information among the 

Board members regarding the VA 

research priorities. 

The purpose of the closed session is 

to provide recommendations on the 

scientific quality, budget, safety and 

mission relevance of investigatorinitiated research applications 

submitted for VA merit review 

evaluation. Applications submitted for 

review include various medical 

specialties within the general areas of 

biomedical, behavioral and clinical 

science research. The JBL/CS SMRB 

meeting will be closed to the public for 

the review, discussion, and evaluation 

of initial and renewal research 

applications, which involve reference to 

staff and consultant critiques of research 

applications. Discussions will deal with 

scientific merit of each application and 

qualifications of personnel conducting 

the studies, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Additionally, premature disclosure of 

research information could significantly 

obstruct implementation of proposed 

agency action regarding the research 

applications. As provided by subsection 

10(d) of Public Law 92–463, as amended 

by Public Law 94–409, closing the 

subcommittee meetings is in accordance 

with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (6) and 

(9)(B). 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend the open JBL/CS SMRB meeting 

should join via WebEx at: Meeting 

number (access code) 199 877 4715, 

meeting password: 5WDkEZaG?48. 

https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/ 

webappng/sites/veteransaffairs/ 

meeting/download/28f6da1fcb6a4eb9b

65f249b841ff391?siteurl=veterans

affairs&MTID=md9552f12d41ecc3645

d2e9a6258fdd61. Those who would like 

to obtain a copy of the minutes from the 

closed subcommittee meetings and 

rosters of the subcommittee members 

should contact Pauline Cilladi-Rehrer, 

MSBA, Designated Federal Officer, 

(14RD), Department of Veterans Affairs, 

810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20420, at 202–443–5607 or at 

Pauline.Cilladi-Rehrer@va.gov. 

Dated: January 6, 2021. 

LaTonya L. Small, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00335 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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