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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 extend its approval of 

the collection in this notice. 

Title: Release of Non-Public 

Information. 

OMB Control No.: 1557–0020. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; individuals. 

Description: The information 

collection requirements require 

individuals who are requesting nonpublic OCC information to provide the 

OCC with information regarding the 

legal grounds for the request. The 

release of non-public OCC information 

to a requester without sufficient legal 

grounds to obtain the information 

would inhibit open consultation 

between a bank and the OCC, thereby 

impairing the OCC’s supervisory and 

regulatory mission. The OCC is entitled, 

under statute and case law, to require 

requesters to demonstrate that they have 

sufficient legal grounds for the OCC to 

release non-public OCC information. 

The OCC needs to identify the 

requester’s legal grounds to determine if 

it should release the requested nonpublic OCC information. 

The information requirements in 12 

CFR part 4, subpart C, are as follows: 

• 12 CFR 4.33: Request for non-public 

OCC records or testimony; 

• 12 CFR 4.35(b)(3): Third parties 

requesting testimony; 

• 12 CFR 4.37(a)(2): OCC former 

employee notifying the OCC of 

subpoena; 

• 12 CFR 4.37(a) and (b): Prohibition 

on dissemination of released 

information; 

• 12 CFR 4.38(a) and (b): Restrictions 

on dissemination of released 

information; and 

• 12 CFR 4.39(d): Request for 

authenticated records or certificate of 

nonexistence of records. 

The OCC uses the information to 

process requests for non-public OCC 

information and to determine if 

sufficient grounds exist for the OCC to 

release the requested information or 

provide testimony that would include a 

discussion of non-public information. 

This information collection facilitates 

the processing of requests and expedites 

the OCC’s release of non-public 

information and testimony to the 

requester, as appropriate. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6 

hours. 

Comments: On August 21, 2024, the 

OCC published a 60-day notice for this 

information collection, (89 FR 67711). 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0891] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: COVID–19 Refund 

Modification 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, will 

submit the collection of information 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The PRA 

submission describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

cost and burden and it includes the 

actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice by clicking on the following link 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’, then search the 

list for the information collection by 

Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0891.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA 

PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 202– 

461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: COVID–19 Refund Modification. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0891. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA is keeping this 

information collection open for 

resubmissions regarding the loan 

modification options available to 

servicers that do not require VA’s prior 

approval to include the COVID–19 

Refund Modification, to assist certain 

COVID-impacted veterans as they exit a 

COVID–19 forbearance. Under 38 U.S.C. 

3720(a)(2), Congress has provided the 

Secretary with discretion 

‘‘[n]otwithstanding the provisions of 

any other law’’ to set the terms and 

conditions to which the Secretary will 

consent to loan modifications. 

Additionally, while VA has outlined in 

regulation at 38 CFR 36.4315(a) the 

terms of loan modifications that do not 

require prior VA approval, VA may 

waive a regulatory requirement if VA 

finds the interest of the Government are 

not adversely affected and such waiver 

would relieve undue prejudice to a 

debtor, holder, or other person without 

impairing the vest rights of any person 

affected. 38 CFR 36.4338(a). 


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An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published at 89 FR 

72713, September 5, 2024. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,588. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 90 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,059. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26476 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

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