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###### Department of the Treasury

# AGENCY:

Departmental Offices, Treasury.

# ACTION:

Notice and request for comments.

# SUMMARY:

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the revision of an information collection that is proposed for approval by the Office of Management and Budget. The Office of International Affairs within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning Treasury International Capital Form D, Report of Holdings of, and Transactions in, Financial Derivatives Contracts with Foreign Residents.

# DATES:

Written comments should be received on or before March 30, 2015 to be assured of consideration.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Direct all written comments to Dwight Wolkow, International Portfolio Investment Data Systems, Department of the Treasury, Room 5422, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington DC 20220. In view of possible delays in mail delivery, please also notify Mr. Wolkow by email (                        *comments2TIC@treasury.gov*), FAX                               ( print page 4637)                            (202-622-2009) or telephone (202-622-1276).                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Copies of the proposed forms and instructions are available on the Treasury's TIC Forms Web page,                         *http://www.treasury.gov/​resource-center/​data-chart-center/​tic/​Pages/​forms.aspx*. Requests for additional information should be directed to Mr. Wolkow.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title:*                     Treasury International Capital Form D, Report of Holdings of, and Transactions in, Financial Derivatives Contracts with Foreign Residents.                

*OMB Control Number:*                     1505-0199.                

*Abstract:*                     Form D is part of the Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system, which is required by law (22 U.S. C. 286f; 22 U.S.C. 3103; E.O. 10033; 31 CFR part 128) for the purpose of providing timely information on international capital movements other than direct investment by U.S. persons. Form D is a quarterly report used to cover holdings and transactions in derivatives contracts undertaken between foreign resident counterparties and major U.S.-resident participants in derivatives markets. This information is necessary for compiling the U.S. balance of payments accounts and international investment position, and for formulating U.S. international financial and monetary policies.                

*Current Actions:*                     No changes are proposed at this time.                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved data collection.                

*Affected Public:*                     Business or other for profit organizations.                

*Form: D*                     (1505-0199).                

*Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     35.                

*Estimated Average Time per Respondent:*                     Thirty (30) hours per respondent per filing.                

*Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:*                     4,200 hours, based on 4 reporting periods per year.                

*Request for Comments:*                     Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. The public is invited to submit written comments concerning: (a) Whether Form D is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Office, including whether the information will have practical uses; (b) the accuracy of the above estimate of the burdens; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the reporting and/or record keeping burdens on respondents, including the use of information technologies to automate the collection of the data; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs of operation, maintenance and purchase of services to provide information.                

Dwight Wolkow,

Administrator, International Portfolio Investment Data Systems.

[FR Doc. 2015-01593 Filed 1-27-15; 8:45 am]

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