80306 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 2, 2024 / Notices 

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26, 2024. 

William S. Schoonover, 

Associate Administrator for Hazardous 

Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22566 Filed 10–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Information 

Collection; Submission for OMB 

Review; Information Collection for 

Qualitative Research on Consumer 

Trust in Banking and Bank Supervision 

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 take this opportunity to 

comment on a new information 

collection as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). An agency 

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 new information collection 

titled ‘‘Qualitative Research on 

Consumer Trust in Banking and Bank 

Supervision.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 1, 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–NEW, 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– 

NEW’’ 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– 

NEW’’ or ‘‘Information Collection for 

Qualitative Research on Consumer Trust 

in Banking and Bank Supervision.’’ 

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. The OCC 

asks the OMB to approve the collection 

in this notice. 

Title: Information Collection for 

Qualitative Research on Consumer Trust 

in Banking and Bank Supervision. 

OMB Control No.: 1557–NEW. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individual 

consumers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

600 screener survey respondents; 150 

focus group participants (100 minimum 

completes). 


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Estimated Average Time per 

Response: Screener survey: 1 response 

per respondent; Focus groups: 1 60- 

minute session per participant. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 180 

hours (30 hours for screener survey and 

150 hours for focus groups). 

Description: The OCC seeks to obtain 

OMB approval for a new information 

collection titled ‘‘Qualitative Research 

on Consumer Trust in Banking and 

Bank Supervision.’’ The collection of 

information through consumer focus 

groups is necessary to gain in-depth, 

qualitative insights into the factors 

influencing public trust and confidence 

in the banking system. Events such as 

the 2008 financial crisis and the 2023 

failure of Silicon Valley Bank have 

highlighted the importance of 

understanding consumer perspectives 

on banking and the role of Federal 

regulatory oversight. 

The focus groups will explore how 

consumers differentiate between types 

of financial institutions, their usage of 

various banking products and services, 

their perceptions of what drives trust or 

distrust in banking, and their awareness 

of regulators’ efforts to safeguard the 

system. These insights will directly 

inform the development of a large-scale 

survey instrument aimed at tracking and 

measuring consumer trust over time. 

Qualitative research plays a critical 

role in surfacing the language 

consumers use to talk about complex 

topics like trust as well as identifying 

key issues and themes that should be 

prioritized in the quantitative survey 

phase. Speaking directly with 

consumers allows their voices and 

experiences to shape the research from 

the ground up. The focus groups are 

thus a necessary foundational step to 

ensure the resulting survey asks the 

right questions in ways that resonate 

with the public. 

This information collection effort is 

necessary to enable the OCC to gather 

complementary quantitative data on 

levels of consumer trust in banking and 

bank supervision that will inform how 

the OCC approaches its mission to 

safeguard the financial stability of the 

banking system and promote consumer 

protection and economic inclusion. 

Comments: On January 08, 2024, the 

OCC published a 60-day notice for this 

information collection, 89 FR 984. 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 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. 

Patrick T. Tierney, 

Assistant Director, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22585 Filed 10–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0178] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Monthly Certification of Onthe-Job and Apprenticeship Training 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

revision of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted through https://

www.regulations.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Program-Specific information: Nancy 

Kessinger, 202–632–8924, 

nancy.kessinger@va.gov. 

VA PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 

202–461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Under the PRA of 1995, Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

This request for comment is being made 

pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites 

comments on: (1) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VBA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: Monthly Certification of OnThe-Job and Apprenticeship Training, 

VA Forms 22–6553d–1; 22–6553. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0178, 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRASearch (Once at this link, you can 

enter the OMB Control Number to find 

the historical versions of this 

Information Collection). 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: With the use of VA Forms 

22–6553d–1; 22–6553d, benefits are 

authorized monthly based on the 

number of hours worked by the trainee 

in a training capacity as verified by the 

training establishment. Unscheduled 

terminations result in the termination of 

benefits. If hours are reduced to less 

than a full-time work schedule, a 

reduction of benefits will occur. Public 

Law 115–89 ‘‘Veterans Apprenticeship 

and Labor Opportunity Reform Act’’ 

(VALOR Act) was signed into law on 

November 21, 2017. Section 3 of this 

law amended 38 U.S.C. 3680(c) to 

eliminate the trainee’s certification 

requirement. As a result, this form is 

only completed, signed, and certified by 

the training establishment to report the 

trainee’s number of hours worked and/ 

or to report the trainee’s date of 

termination. The form no longer 

requires the signature of the trainee. The 

form is then sent to the Regional 

Processing Office (RPO) for processing. 


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