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1Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

for requesting the extension are 

adequate. The OCC also uses the 

information to evaluate the risks to the 

bank of extending the holding period, 

including potential effects on the bank’s 

safety and soundness. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

25. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 460 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

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. 

Dated: April 8, 2015. 

Mary H. Gottlieb, 

Regulatory Specialist, Legislative and 

Regulatory Activities Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08493 Filed 4–13–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request; 

International Regulation 

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 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 renewal of its information 

collection titled ‘‘International 

Regulation.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

June 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the 

Washington, DC area and at the OCC is 

subject to delay, commenters are 

encouraged to submit comments by 

email, if possible. Comments may be 

sent to: Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 

1557–0102, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 

3E–218, Mail Stop 9W–11, Washington, 

DC 20219. In addition, comments may 

be sent by fax to (571) 465–4326 or by 

electronic mail to regs.comments@

occ.treas.gov. You may personally 

inspect and photocopy comments at the 

OCC, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20219. For security reasons, the OCC 

requires that visitors make an 

appointment to inspect comments. You 

may do so by calling (202) 649–6700. 

Upon arrival, visitors will be required to 

present valid government-issued photo 

identification and submit to security 

screening in order to inspect and 

photocopy comments. 

All comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, are part of the public record 

and subject to public disclosure. Do not 

enclose any information in your 

comment or supporting materials that 

you consider confidential or 

inappropriate for public disclosure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC Clearance 

Officer, (202) 649–5490, for persons 

who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, 

(202) 649–5597, Legislative and 

Regulatory Activities Division, Office of 

the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th 

Street SW., Suite 3E–218, Mail Stop 

9W–11, Washington, DC 20219. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC 

is proposing to extend OMB approval of 

the following information collection 

without change: 

Title: International Regulation—Part 

28. 

OMB Control No.: 1557–0102. 

Description: This submission covers 

an existing regulation and involves no 

change to the regulation or to the 

information collection requirements. 

The OCC requests only that OMB extend 

its approval of the information 

collection. 

12 CFR 28.3 Filing Requirements for 

Foreign Operations of a National 

Bank—Notice Requirement. A national 

bank shall notify the OCC when it files 

an application, notice, or report with the 

FRB1 to establish or open a foreign 

branch, or acquire or divest of an 

interest in, or close, an Edge 

corporation, Agreement corporation, 

foreign bank, or other foreign 

organization; or opens a foreign branch, 

and no application or notice is required 

by the FRB for such transaction. 

In practice, the OCC also has required 

an application pursuant to section 

28.3(c) from a national bank seeking to 

join a foreign exchange, clearinghouse, 

or similar type of organization. In lieu 

of a notice, the OCC may accept a copy 

of an application, notice, or report 

submitted to another Federal agency 

that covers the proposed action and 

contains substantially the same 

information required by the OCC. A 

national bank shall furnish the OCC 

with any additional information the 

OCC may require in connection with the 

national bank’s foreign operations. 

12 CFR 28.14(c) Limitations Based 

Upon Capital of a Foreign Bank— 

Aggregation. A foreign bank shall 

aggregate business transacted by all 

Federal branches and agencies with the 

business transacted by all state branches 

and agencies controlled by the foreign 

bank in determining its compliance 

with limitations based upon the capital 

of the foreign bank. A foreign bank shall 

designate one Federal branch or agency 

office in the United States to maintain 

consolidated information so that the 

OCC can monitor compliance. 

12 CFR 28.15(d), (d)(1), (d)(2), and (f) 

Capital Equivalency Deposits. A foreign 

bank should require its depository bank 

to segregate its capital equivalency 

deposits on the depository bank’s books 

and records. The instruments making up 

the capital equivalency deposit that are 

placed in safekeeping at a depository 

bank to satisfy a foreign bank’s capital 

equivalency deposit requirement must 

be maintained pursuant to an agreement 

prescribed by the OCC that shall be a 

written agreement entered into with the 

OCC. Each Federal branch or agency 

shall maintain a capital equivalency 

account and keep records of the amount 

of liabilities requiring capital 

equivalency coverage in a manner and 

form prescribed by the OCC. A foreign 

bank’s capital equivalency deposits may 

not be reduced in value below the 


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minimum required for that branch or 

agency without the prior approval of the 

OCC, but in no event below the 

statutory minimum. 

12 CFR 28.16(c) Deposit-Taking by an 

Uninsured Federal branch—Application 

for an Exemption. A foreign bank may 

apply to the OCC for an exemption to 

permit an uninsured Federal branch to 

accept or maintain deposit accounts that 

are not listed in section 28.16(b). The 

request should describe the types, 

sources, and estimated amount of such 

deposits and explain why the OCC 

should grant an exemption, and how the 

exemption maintains and furthers the 

policies described in section 28.16(a). 

12 CFR 28.16(d) Deposit-Taking by an 

Uninsured Federal Branch— 

Aggregation of Deposits. A foreign bank 

that has more than one Federal branch 

in the same state may aggregate deposits 

in all of its Federal branches in that 

state, but exclude deposits of other 

branches, agencies, or wholly owned 

subsidiaries of the bank. The Federal 

branch shall compute the average 

amount by using the sum of deposits as 

of the close of business of the last 30 

calendar days ending with, and 

including, the last day of the calendar 

quarter, divided by 30. The Federal 

branch shall maintain records of the 

calculation until its next examination by 

the OCC. 

12 CFR 28.18(c)(1) Recordkeeping and 

Reporting—Maintenance of Accounts, 

Books, and Records. Each Federal 

branch or agency shall maintain a set of 

accounts and records reflecting its 

transactions that are separate from those 

of the foreign bank and any other branch 

or agency. The Federal branch or agency 

shall keep a set of accounts and records 

in English sufficient to permit the OCC 

to examine the condition of the Federal 

branch or agency and its compliance 

with applicable laws and regulations. 

12 CFR 28.20(a)(1) Maintenance of 

Assets—General Rule. The OCC may 

require a foreign bank to hold certain 

assets in the state in which its Federal 

branch or agency is located. 

12 CFR 28.22(e) Reports of 

Examination. The Federal branch or 

agency shall send the OCC certification 

that all of its Reports of Examination 

have been destroyed or return its 

Reports of Examination to the OCC. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

49. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

2,284. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized, 

included in the request for OMB 

approval, and 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. 

Dated: April 8, 2015. 

Mary H. Gottlieb, 

Regulatory Specialist, Legislative and 

Regulatory Activities Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Sanctions Actions Pursuant to 

Executive Orders 13382, 13573, and 

13582 

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 five persons 

whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to one or 

more of the following authorities: 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, E.O. 

13573, and E.O. 13582. 

DATES: OFAC’s actions described in this 

notice were effective on March 31, 2015, 

as further specified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Associate Director for Global Targeting, 

tel.: 202/622–2420, Assistant Director 

for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, 

tel.: 202/622–2490, Assistant Director 

for Licensing, tel.: 202/622–2480, Office 

of Foreign Assets Control, or Chief 

Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 

202/622–2410, Office of the General 

Counsel, Department of the Treasury 

(not toll free numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

The Specially Designated Nationals 

and Blocked Persons List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s Web 

site (www.treas.gov/ofac). Certain 

general information pertaining to 

OFAC’s sanctions programs is also 

available via facsimile through a 24- 

hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/

622–0077. 

Notice of OFAC Actions 

On March 31, 2015, OFAC blocked 

the property and interests in property of 

the following three persons pursuant to 

E.O. 13382, ‘‘Blocking Property of 

Weapons of Mass Destruction 

Proliferators and Their Supporters’’: 

Entities: 

1. DENISE COMPANY, TayyounehBdeir Building, 2nd Floor, Beirut, 

Lebanon [NPWMD]. 

2. SHADI FOR CARS TRADING, 

Tayyouneh-Bdeir Building, 2nd Floor, 

Beirut, Lebanon [NPWMD]. 

3. SIGMA TECH COMPANY, Fayez 

Mansour Street, Bldg No/35/-Floor No/ 

2/Baramkeh, P.O. Box 34081, Damascus, 

Syria [NPWMD]. 

On March 31, 2015, OFAC blocked 

the property and interests in property of 

the following person pursuant to E.O. 

13582, ‘‘Blocking Property of the 

Government of Syria and Prohibiting 

Certain Transactions with Respect to 

Syria’’: 

Individual: 

1. RIDA, Batoul; DOB 01 Jun 1982; 

citizen Syria (individual) [SYRIA]. 

On March 31, 2015, OFAC published 

the following revised information for 

the following person on OFAC’s SDN 

List whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 

13573, ‘‘Blocking Property of Senior 

Officials of The Government of Syria’’: 

Individual: 

1. MAYALEH, Adib (a.k.a. ANDRE, 

Miyal; a.k.a. MAYALA, Adib; a.k.a. 

MAYARD, Andre); DOB 1955; POB 

Daraa, Syria; Governor of Central Bank 

of Syria (individual) [SYRIA]. 

Dated: March 31, 2015. 

John E. Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08506 Filed 4–13–15; 8:45 am] 

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