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13The definition of appropriate regulatory agency 

with respect to a government securities broker or a 

government securities dealer is set out at 15 U.S.C. 

78c(a)(34)(G). The definition includes the Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the 

Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation, the Director of Thrift 

Supervision, and in limited circumstances the SEC. 

14See the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov 

for the recent Order Extending and Modifying 

Temporary Exemptions Under the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 in Connection with Request 

of ICE Trust U.S. LLC Related to Central Clearing 

of Credit Default Swaps and Request for Comment. 

to ICE Trust still exist and, therefore, 

Treasury believes that extending the 

temporary exemptions is warranted and 

appropriate. Accordingly, consistent 

with our findings in the March 2010 

order, and, in particular, in light of the 

risk management and systemic benefits 

in continuing to accommodate clearing 

CDS that reference government 

securities by ICE Trust, the Secretary of 

the Treasury (Secretary) finds that it is 

consistent with the public interest, the 

protection of investors, and the 

purposes of the Exchange Act to extend 

the exemptive relief granted in the 

March 2010 order. The extension of the 

temporary exemptions will expire on 

July 16, 2011, unless revoked or 

modified by Treasury. In extending 

these temporary exemptions, Treasury 

has consulted with and considered the 

views of the staffs of the SEC, the CFTC, 

and the appropriate regulatory agencies 

for financial institutions.13 The 

extension of these temporary 

exemptions is consistent with 

temporary exemptions the SEC has 

granted to ICE Trust related to the 

central clearing of CDS.14

In providing the extension of these 

temporary exemptions from certain 

provisions of Section 15C of the 

Exchange Act, Treasury is not 

determining whether particular CDS are 

‘‘government securities’’ under 15 U.S.C. 

78c(a)(42). 

III. Conclusion 

It is hereby ordered, pursuant to 

Section 15C(a)(5) of the Exchange Act, 

that the order Treasury issued effective 

March 7, 2010 (75 FR 11627, March 11, 

2010) is amended by replacing the 

expiration date of November 30, 2010, 

with a new expiration date of July 16, 

2011, and in all other respects that order 

remains in effect. 

The temporary exemptions contained 

in this order are based on the facts and 

circumstances about ICE Trust’s current 

operations presented in the request. 

These temporary exemptions could 

become unavailable if the facts or 

circumstances change such that the 

representations in the request are no 

longer materially accurate. If the SEC 

were to withdraw its order or modify 

the terms of its order, Treasury may 

revoke or modify this order accordingly. 

The status of cleared CDS submitted to 

ICE Trust prior to such change would be 

unaffected. 

IV. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This order extends the March 2010 

order that included two requests that 

fall within the definition of 

‘‘information’’ under the regulations 

implementing the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA). 5 CFR 1320.3(h). One is the 

certification that ICE Trust clearing 

members must provide to ICE Trust 

under paragraph (a)(3)(ii) of the March 

2010 order concerning their reliance on 

Treasury’s temporary exemption. The 

second is the disclosures that certain 

ICE Trust clearing members must make 

if they receive or hold funds or 

securities for the purpose of purchasing, 

selling, clearing, settling, or holding 

cleared CDS positions for U.S. persons, 

under paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of that same 

order. 

However, Treasury continues to 

estimate that there will not be 10 or 

more ICE Trust clearing members that 

will be relying on this order to clear 

CDS that reference a government 

security. As a result, these requests do 

not constitute ‘‘collections of 

information’’ subject to the PRA. 5 CFR 

1320.3(c). Therefore, the PRA does not 

apply. 

Mary J. Miller, 

Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30430 Filed 12–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

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 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 its 

information collection titled 

‘‘Assessment of Fees—12 CFR 8.’’ The 

OCC also gives notice that it has sent the 

collection to OMB for review. 

DATES: You should submit written 

comments by January 5, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Communications Division, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Mail Stop 2–3, Attention 

1557–0223, 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 20219. 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 to submit to security screening in 

order to inspect and photocopy 

comments. 

Additionally, please send a copy of 

your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 

1557–0223, by mail to U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., 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) 

874–5090, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20219. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC 

is proposing to extend OMB approval of 

the following information collection: 

Title: Assessment of Fees—12 CFR 8. 

OMB Control No.: 1557–0223. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Type of Review: Regular review. 

Abstract: The OCC is requesting 

comment on its proposed extension, 

without change, of the information 

collection titled, ‘‘Assessment of Fees— 

12 CFR 8.’’ The National Bank Act 

authorizes the OCC to collect 

assessments, fees, and other charges as 

necessary or appropriate to carry out the 

responsibilities of the OCC. The OCC 

requires independent credit card banks 

to pay an additional assessment based 

on receivables attributable to accounts 

owned by the bank. Independent credit 

card banks are national banks that 

primarily engage in credit card 

operations and are not affiliated with a 

full service national bank. The OCC will 

require independent credit card banks 

to provide the OCC with ‘‘receivables 


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attributable’’ data. ‘‘Receivables 

attributable’’ refers to the total amount of 

outstanding balances due on credit card 

accounts owned by an independent 

credit card bank (the receivables 

attributable to those accounts) on the 

last day of an assessment period, minus 

receivables retained on the bank’s 

balance sheet as of that day. The OCC 

will use the information to verify the 

accuracy of each bank’s assessment 

computation and to adjust the 

assessment rate for independent credit 

card banks over time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 9. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 18. 

Frequency of Response: 

Semiannually. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 18 

hours. 

The information collection was issued 

for 60 days of comment on September 

22, 2010. 75 FR 57832. 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: November 30, 2010. 

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30499 Filed 12–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Financial Management Service; 

Proposed Collection of Information: 

Tax Time Card Account Pilot, 

Screening, Focus Groups, and Study 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Financial Management 

Service, 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. By 

this notice, the Financial Management 

Service solicits comments concerning 

the ‘‘Tax Time Card Account Pilot 

Screening, Focus Groups, and Study.’’ 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before February 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Financial Management Service, 

Records and Information Management 

Branch, Room 135, 3700 East West 

Highway, Hyattsville, Maryland, 20782. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Request for additional information 

should be directed to Walt Henderson, 

EFT Strategy Division, 401 14th Street, 

SW., Room 303, Washington, DC 20227, 

202–874–6624. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial 

Management Service solicits comments 

on the collection of information 

described below: 

Title: Tax Time Card Account Piloting 

Screening Focus Group and Study. 

OMB Number: 1510–0075. 

Form Number: None. 

Abstract: Study of Income Tax Refund 

recipients to identify barriers to 

significant increases in use of EFT for 

refund payments using a card account 

and use the account as an ongoing 

financial tool. 

Current Action: Emergency approval 

of collection. 

Type of Review: Emergency. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, Federal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

208. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 

hours 10 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 245. 

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. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’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 automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

cost and cost of operation, maintenance 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

Dated: November 24, 2010. 

Sheryl Morrow, 

Assistant Commissioner, Payment 

Management & Chief Disbursing Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30412 Filed 12–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Survey of Information Sharing 

Practices With Affiliates 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Amended Notice and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The OTS is amending the 

Federal Register notice published on 

November 26, 2010, 75 FR 72871. 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 comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift 

Supervision within the Department of 

the Treasury will submit the proposed 

information collection requirement 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Today, OTS is soliciting 

public comments on its proposal to 

extend this information collection. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before January 25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552; send a facsimile 

transmission to (202) 906–6518; or send 

an e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906– 

5922, send an e-mail to 


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