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###### Department of the Treasury

###### Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 

# AGENCY:

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

# ACTION:

Submission for OMB review; comment request. 

# 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. The OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. Currently, the OCC is soliciting comments concerning an extension, without change, of an information collection titled Investment Securities—12 CFR 1. The OCC also gives notice that it has sent the information collection to OMB for review. 

# DATES:

You should submit your written comments to both OCC and the OMB Reviewer by August 4, 2000. 

# ADDRESSES:

You should send your written comments to the Communications Division, Attention: 1557-0205, Third Floor, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition, you can send comments by facsimile transmission to (202) 874-5274, or by electronic mail to regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. 

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

You may request additional information, a copy of the collection, or a copy of the supporting documentation submitted to OMB by contacting Jessie Dunaway or Camille Dixon, (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division (1557-0200), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The OCC is proposing to extend OMB approval of the following information collection: 

*Title:*                     Investment Securities—12 CFR 1.                 

*OMB Number:*                     1557-0205.                 

*Form Number:*                     None.                 

*Abstract:*                     This submission covers an existing regulation and involves no change to the regulation or to the information collections embodied in the regulation. The OCC requests only that OMB renew its approval of the information collections in the current regulation.                 

National banks need these collections of information to ensure that they conduct their operations in a safe and sound manner and in accordance with applicable federal banking statutes and regulations. The collections of information provide needed information for examiners and provide protections for national banks. The collections of information are necessary for regulatory and examination purposes and for national banks to ensure their compliance with federal law and regulations. 

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

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 (the '40 Act) if the portfolio of the entity consists exclusively of assets that a national bank may purchase and sell for its own account. The OCC needs the information to determine if circumstances exist where the bank's investment in a certain exempt investment fund would be acceptable under the '40 Act and does not pose unacceptable risk for the bank. 

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 for up to an additional five years. The OCC uses the information in the request to determine, on a case-by-case basis, that the bank wants to hold the debt for a nonspeculative purpose, whether 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, without change, of a currently approved collection.                 

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

*Number of Respondents:*                     25.                 

*Total Annual Responses:*                     25.                 

*Frequency of Response:*                     On occasion.                 

*Estimated Total Annual Burden:*                     460 burden hours.                 

*OCC Contact:*                     Jessie Dunaway or Camille Dixon, (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, OMB No. 1557-0205, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20219.                 

*OMB Reviewer:*                     Alexander Hunt, (202) 395-7340, Paperwork Reduction Project 1557-0205, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10226, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.                 

## Comments:

Your comment will become a matter of public record. You are invited to comment on: 

(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; 

(b) Whether the OCC's burden estimate is accurate; 

(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) Whether the OCC's estimates of the capital or startup costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information are accurate. 

Dated: June 28, 2000. 

Mark J. Tenhundfeld, 

Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory Activities Division. 

[FR Doc. 00-16893 Filed 7-3-00; 8:45 am] 

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