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exercise investment discretion, trust 

transactions, agency transactions and 

certain periodic plan transactions. 

• Section 151.90 requires savings 

associations to provide the customer a 

written notice, which must give or send 

the written notice at or before the 

completion of the securities 

transactions. 

• Sections 12.7(a)(1) through (a)(3) 

and 151.140 require a national bank/ 

savings association to maintain and 

adhere to policies and procedures that 

assign responsibility for supervision of 

employees who perform securities 

trading functions; provide for the fair 

and equitable allocation of securities 

and prices to accounts; and provide for 

crossing of buy and sell orders on a fair 

and equitable basis. 

• Section 12.7(a)(4) requires certain 

bank officers and employees involved in 

the securities trading process to report 

to the bank all personal transactions in 

securities made by them or on their 

behalf in which they have a beneficial 

interest. 

• 15.150 this section describes how 

an officer or employee of a savings 

association should report all personal 

transactions in securities made by or on 

behalf of the officer or employee if they 

have a beneficial interest in the security. 

• Section 12.8 requires a national 

bank seeking a waiver of one or more of 

the requirements of §§ 12.2 through 12.7 

to file a written request for waiver with 

the OCC. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals; 

Businesses or other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,326. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

2,833. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

6,944 hours. 

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 

agency, including whether the 

information has 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 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: March 28, 2012. 

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8139 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Designation of Three Individuals 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13573 of 

May 18, 2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of 

Senior Officials of the Government of 

Syria’’ 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 3 

individuals whose property and 

interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13573 of 

May 18, 2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of 

Senior Officials of the Government of 

Syria.’’ 

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of the 3 individuals identified 

in this notice, pursuant to Executive 

Order 13573, is effective on March 30, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW (Treasury Annex), 

Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202–622– 

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 

through a 24-hour fax-on-demand 

service, Tel.: 202–622–0077. 

Background 

On May 18, 2011, the President issued 

Executive Order 13573, ‘‘Blocking 

Property of Senior Officials of the 

Government of Syria,’’ (the ‘‘Order’’) 

pursuant to, inter alia, the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

U.S.C. 1701–06). In the Order, the 

President took additional steps with 

respect to the national emergency 

declared in Executive Order 13338 of 

May 11, 2004, which was expanded in 

scope in Executive Order 13572 of April 

29, 2011. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in the 

United States, that come within the 

United States, or that are or come within 

the possession or control of any United 

States person, of persons listed in the 

Annex to the Order and of persons 

determined by the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State: (1) To be a senior 

official of the Government of Syria; (2) 

to be an agency or instrumentality of the 

Government of Syria, or owned or 

controlled, directly or indirectly, by the 

Government of Syria or by an official or 

officials of the Government of Syria; (3) 

to have materially assisted, sponsored, 

or provided financial, material, or 

technological support for, or goods or 

services in support of, any person 

whose property an interests in property 

are blocked pursuant to this order; or (4) 

to be owned or controlled by, or to have 

acted or purported to act for or on behalf 

of directly or indirectly, any person 

whose property and interest are blocked 

pursuant to this order. 

On March 30, 2012, the Director of 

OFAC, in consultation with the 

Department of State, designated, 

pursuant to one or more of the criteria 

set forth in subsection 1(b) of the Order, 

3 individuals whose property and 

interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13573. 

The listings for those individuals on 

OFAC’s list of Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons appear 

as follows: 

Individuals 

1. ADANOV, Munir (a.k.a. ADANOF, 

Munir; a.k.a. ADNUF, Munir); DOB 

1951; Deputy Chief of General Staff 

of the Syrian Army; Lieutenant 

General (individual) [SYRIA]. 

2. RAJIHA, Dawood (a.k.a. RAJHA, 

Daood; a.k.a. RAJHA, Davoud; a.k.a. 

RAJHA, Dawood; a.k.a. RAJHA, 

Dawoud; a.k.a. RAJIHA, Dawood 

Abdukllah; a.k.a. RAJIHAH, 

Dawud); DOB 1947; POB Damascus, 

Syria; Minister of Defense; General 

(individual) [SYRIA]. 

3. SHALISH, Zuhayr (a.k.a. ALHEMMEH, Thu; a.k.a. ALSHALISH, Dhu Al-Himma; a.k.a. 

SHALEESH, Dhu Himma; a.k.a. 

SHALEESH, Thu Al Hima; a.k.a. 

SHALISH, Zuhilma; a.k.a. 

SHALISH, Dhu Al Himma; a.k.a. 

SHALISH, Dhuil Himma), 

Damascus, Syria; DOB circa 1956; 


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POB Al-Ladhiqiyah, Syria; 

nationality Syria; Brigadier General; 

Major General (individual) [IRAQ2] 

[SYRIA]. 

Dated: March 30, 2012. 

Adam Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8231 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Community Volunteer Income Tax 

Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant 

Program—Availability of Application 

Packages 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice of the availability of the 

application package for the 2013 

Community Volunteer Income Tax 

Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant 

Program. 

DATES: Application packages are 

available electronically from the IRS on 

May 1, 2012 by visiting: IRS.gov (key 

word search— ‘‘VITA Grant’’) or 

through Grants.gov. The deadline for 

submitting an application to the IRS for 

the Community VITA Matching Grant 

Program is May 31, 2012. All 

applications must be submitted through 

Grants.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Internal Revenue Service, 

Grant Program Office, 401 West 

Peachtree St. NW., Suite 1645, Stop 

420–D, Atlanta, GA 30308. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Grant Program Office via their email 

address at 

Grant.Program.Office@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority 

for the Community Volunteer Income 

Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant 

Program is contained in the Department 

of Defense and Full-Year Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2011, Public Law 

112–10, signed April 15, 2011. 

Dated: March 28, 2012. 

Robin Taylor, 

Chief, Grant Program Office, IRS, Stakeholder 

Partnerships, Education & Communication. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8146 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: 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 take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before June 4, 2012 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Yvette B. Lawrence, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

Please send separate comments for 

each specific information collection 

listed below. You must reference the 

information collection’s title, form 

number, reporting or record-keeping 

requirement number, and OMB number 

(if any) in your comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

obtain additional information, or copies 

of the information collection and 

instructions, or copies of any comments 

received, contact Elaine Christophe, at 

(202) 622–3179, or at Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or 

through the internet, at 

Elaine.H.Christophe@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

The Department of the Treasury and 

the Internal Revenue Service, as part of 

their continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invite the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed or continuing information 

collections listed below in this notice, 

as required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in our 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval of the relevant 

information collection. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

Please do not include any confidential 

or inappropriate material in your 

comments. 

We invite comments on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, including 

whether the information has 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 

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 the requested information. 

Information Collections Open for 

Comment 

Currently, the IRS is seeking 

comments concerning the following 

forms, and reporting and record-keeping 

requirements: 

Title: Clear Reflection of Income in 

the Case of Hedging Transactions. 

OMB Number: 1545–1412. 

Regulation Project Number: FI–54–93 

(TD 8554). 

Abstract: This regulation provides 

guidance to taxpayers regarding when 

gain or loss from common business 

hedging transactions is recognized for 

tax purposes and requires that the books 

and records maintained by a taxpayer 

disclose the method or methods used to 

account for different types of hedging 

transactions. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

110,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 12 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 22,000. 

Title: Allocations of Income and 

Deductions Among Taxpayers. 

OMB Number: 1545–1503. 

Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue 

Procedures 2006–09, and 2008–31. 

Abstract: The information requested 

in these revenue procedures is required 

to enable the Internal Revenue Service 

to give advice on filing Advance Pricing 

Agreement applications to process such 

applications and negotiate agreements, 

and to verify compliance with the 

agreements and whether the agreements 

require modification. 


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