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116.75 hours]. We estimate that the time 

to upload a plan to a website is 15 

minutes as covered U.S. carriers and 

airports are already required to have 

such plans in place and plans are 

generally short and do not take long to 

upload. 

We invite comments on (a) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the DOT, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

DOT’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (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. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record on 

the docket. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.26, 1.27, 1.48 

and 1.49; DOT Order 1351.29. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on this 1st day 

of February 2024, under authority delegated 

at 49 U.S.C. 1.27(n). 

Livaughn Chapman Jr., 

Deputy Assistant General Counsel for the 

Office of Aviation Consumer Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02472 Filed 2–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request; Uniform 

Interagency Transfer Agent 

Registration and Deregistration Forms 

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 

comment on a continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In 

accordance with the requirements of the 

PRA, the OCC may not conduct or 

sponsor, and the 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 the 

renewal of its information collection 

titled, ‘‘Uniform Interagency Transfer 

Agent Registration and Deregistration 

Forms.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

April 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged 

to submit comments by email, if 

possible. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Email: prainfo@occ.treas.gov. 

• Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office, 

Attention: Comment Processing, Office 

of the Comptroller of the Currency, 

Attention: 1557–0124, 400 7th Street 

SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, DC 

20219. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th 

Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, 

DC 20219. 

• Fax: (571) 293–4835. 

Instructions: You must include 

‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557– 

0124’’ in your comment. In general, the 

OCC will publish comments on 

www.reginfo.gov without change, 

including any business or personal 

information provided, such as name and 

address information, email addresses, or 

phone numbers. Comments received, 

including attachments and other 

supporting materials, are part of the 

public record and subject to public 

disclosure. Do not include any 

information in your comment or 

supporting materials that you consider 

confidential or inappropriate for public 

disclosure. 

Following the close of this notice’s 

60-day comment period, the OCC will 

publish a second notice with a 30-day 

comment period. You may review 

comments and other related materials 

that pertain to this information 

collection beginning on the date of 

publication of the second notice for this 

collection by the method set forth in the 

next bullet. 

• Viewing Comments Electronically: 

Go to www.reginfo.gov. Hover over the 

‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab 

and click on ‘‘Information Collection 

Review’’ from the drop-down menu. 

From the ‘‘Currently under Review’’ 

drop-down menu, select ‘‘Department of 

Treasury’’ and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This 

information collection can be located by 

searching OMB control number ‘‘1557– 

0124’’ or ‘‘Uniform Interagency Transfer 

Agent Registration and Deregistration 

Forms.’’ Upon finding the appropriate 

information collection, click on the 

related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’ On the 

next screen, select ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ and 

then click on the link to any comment 

listed at the bottom of the screen. 

• For assistance in navigating 

www.reginfo.gov, please contact the 

Regulatory Information Service Center 

at (202) 482–7340. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, 

(202) 649–5490, Chief Counsel’s Office, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, 400 7th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20219. If you are deaf, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

OMB for each collection of information 

that they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) to include agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of title 44 generally 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, the OCC 

is publishing notice of the renewal of 

this collection. 

Title: Uniform Interagency Transfer 

Agent Registration and Deregistration 

Forms. 

Form Numbers: Form TA–1 & TA–W. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Affected Public: National banks and 

their subsidiaries, Federal savings 

associations and their subsidiaries. 

OMB Control No.: 1557–0124. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Form TA–1 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Registrations: 1; Amendments: 17. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: Registrations: 1.25 hours; 

Amendments: 10 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4 

hours. 

Form TA–W 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Deregistrations: 5. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: Deregistrations: 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2.5 

hours. 

Section 17A(c) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act) requires 

all transfer agents for qualifying 

securities registered under section 12 of 

the Act, as well as for securities that 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78q–1(c). 

would be required to be registered 

except for the exemption from 

registration provided by section 

12(g)(2)(B) or section 12(g)(2)(G), to file 

with the appropriate regulatory agency 

(ARA) an application for registration in 

such form and containing such 

information and documents as such 

appropriate regulatory agency may 

prescribe as necessary or appropriate in 

furtherance of the purposes of this 

section.1 In general, an entity 

performing transfer agent functions for a 

qualifying security is required to register 

with its appropriate regulatory agency. 

The OCC’s regulations at 12 CFR 9.20 

implement these provisions of the Act. 

To accomplish the registration of 

transfer agents, Form TA–1 was 

developed in 1975 as an interagency 

effort by the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (SEC) and the Federal 

banking agencies (the OCC, the Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, and the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation). The agencies 

primarily use the data collected on 

Form TA–1 to determine whether an 

application for registration should be 

approved, denied, accelerated, or 

postponed, and they use the data in 

connection with their supervisory 

responsibilities. In addition, when a 

national bank or Federal savings 

association no longer acts as a transfer 

agent for qualifying securities or when 

the national bank or Federal savings 

association is no longer supervised by 

the OCC, i.e., liquidates or converts to 

another form of financial institution, the 

national bank or Federal savings 

association must file Form TA–W with 

the OCC, requesting withdrawal from 

registration as a transfer agent. 

Forms TA–1 and TA–W are 

mandatory, and their collection is 

authorized by sections 17A(c), 17(a)(3), 

and 23(a)(1) of the Act, as amended (15 

U.S.C. 78q–1(c), 78q(a)(3), and 

78w(a)(1)). Additionally, section 

3(a)(34)(B)(i) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 

78c(a)(34)(B)(i)) provides that the OCC 

is the ARA in the case of a national 

banks and Federal savings associations 

and subsidiaries of such institutions. 

The registrations are public filings and 

are not considered confidential. The 

OCC needs the information contained in 

this collection to fulfill its statutory 

responsibilities. Section 17A(c)(2) of the 

Act (15 U.S.C. 78q–1(c)(2)), as amended, 

provides that all those authorized to 

transfer securities registered under 

section 12 of the Act (transfer agents) 

shall register by filing with the 

appropriate regulatory agency an 

application for registration in such form 

and containing such information and 

documents as such appropriate 

regulatory agency may prescribe to be 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of this section. 

Request for Comment 

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. 

Theodore J. Dowd, 

Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02822 Filed 2–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; 

Capital Adequacy Standards 

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 

comment on a continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In 

accordance with the requirements of the 

PRA, the OCC may not conduct or 

sponsor, and the 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 a 

revision to its information collection 

titled, ‘‘Capital Adequacy Standards.’’ 

The OCC also is giving notice that it has 

sent the collection to OMB for review. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

March 13, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged 

to submit comments by email, if 

possible. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Email: prainfo@occ.treas.gov. 

• Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office, 

Attention: Comment Processing, Office 

of the Comptroller of the Currency, 

Attention: 1557–0318, 400 7th Street 

SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, DC 

20219. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th 

Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, 

DC 20219. 

• Fax: (571) 293–4835. 

Instructions: You must include 

‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557– 

0318’’ in your comment. In general, the 

OCC will publish comments on 

www.reginfo.gov without change, 

including any business or personal 

information provided, such as name and 

address information, email addresses, or 

phone numbers. Comments received, 

including attachments and other 

supporting materials, are part of the 

public record and subject to public 

disclosure. Do not include any 

information in your comment or 

supporting materials that you consider 

confidential or inappropriate for public 

disclosure. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should also be 

sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. You can find this 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

You may review comments and other 

related materials that pertain to this 

information collection following the 

close of the 30-day comment period for 

this notice by the method set forth in 

the next bullet. 

• Viewing Comments Electronically: 

Go to www.reginfo.gov. Hover over the 

‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab 

and click on ‘‘Information Collection 

Review’’ from the drop-down menu. 

From the ‘‘Currently under Review’’ 

drop-down menu, select ‘‘Department of 

Treasury’’ and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This 

information collection can be located by 

searching OMB control number ‘‘1557– 

0318’’ or ‘‘Capital Adequacy 

Standards.’’ Upon finding the 

appropriate information collection, click 

on the related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’ 

On the next screen, select ‘‘View 


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