1762 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 8 / Tuesday, January 13, 2009 / Notices 

Release of non-public OCC information 

when the requester did not have 

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 know the requester’s legal 

grounds to determine if it should release 

the requested non-public OCC 

information. 

The information requirements in 12 

CFR part 4, subpart C, are located 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 OCC of subpoena. 

• 12 CFR 4.37(a) and (b): Limitation 

on dissemination of released 

information. 

• 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. This information 

collection makes the mechanism for 

processing requests more efficient and 

facilitates and expedites the OCC’s 

release of non-public information and 

testimony to the requester. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

110. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 467 

hours. 

On November 3, 2008, the OCC 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register soliciting comment for 60 days 

on this information collection (73 FR 

65447). 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 

agency, including whether the 

information has practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’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 startup costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory 

Activities Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–431 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Debt 

Management Advisory Committee; 

Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(a)(2), that a meeting 

will be held at the Hay-Adams Hotel, 

16th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC, on February 3, 

2009 at 10:30 a.m. of the following debt 

management advisory committee: 

Treasury Borrowing Advisory 

Committee of the Securities Industry 

and Financial Markets Association. 

The agenda for the meeting provides 

for a charge by the Secretary of the 

Treasury or his designate that the 

Committee discuss particular issues and 

conduct a working session. Following 

the working session, the Committee will 

present a written report of its 

recommendations. The meeting will be 

closed to the public, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(d) and Public Law 

103–202, § 202(c)(1)(B)(31 U.S.C. 3 121 

note). 

This notice shall constitute my 

determination, pursuant to the authority 

placed in heads of agencies by 5 U.S.C. 

App. 2, § 10(d) and vested in me by 

Treasury Department Order No. 101–05, 

that the meeting will consist of 

discussions and debates of the issues 

presented to the Committee by the 

Secretary of the Treasury and the 

making of recommendations of the 

Committee to the Secretary, pursuant to 

Public Law 103–202, § 202(c)(1)(B). 

Thus, this information is exempt from 

disclosure under that provision and 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3)(B). In addition, the 

meeting is concerned with information 

that is exempt from disclosure under 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(A). The public interest 

requires that such meetings be closed to 

the public because the Treasury 

Department requires frank and full 

advice from representatives of the 

financial community prior to making its 

final decisions on major financing 

operations. Historically, this advice has 

been offered by debt management 

advisory committees established by the 

several major segments of the financial 

community. When so utilized, such a 

committee is recognized to be an 

advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, § 3. 

Although the Treasury’s final 

announcement of financing plans may 

not reflect the recommendations 

provided in reports of the Committee, 

premature disclosure of the Committee’s 

deliberations and reports would be 

likely to lead to significant financial 

speculation in the securities market. 

Thus, this meeting falls within the 

exemption covered by 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(A). 

Treasury staff will provide a technical 

briefing to the press on the day before 

the Committee meeting, following the 

release of a statement of economic 

conditions, financing estimates and 

technical charts. This briefing will give 

the press an opportunity to ask 

questions about financing projections 

and technical charts. The day after the 

Committee meeting, Treasury will 

release the minutes of the meeting, any 

charts that were discussed at the 

meeting, and the Committee’s report to 

the Secretary. 

The Office of Debt Management is 

responsible for maintaining records of 

debt management advisory committee 

meetings and for providing annual 

reports setting forth a summary of 

Committee activities and such other 

matters as may be informative to the 

public consistent with the policy of 5 

U.S.C. 552(b). The Designated Federal 

Officer or other responsible agency 

official who may be contacted for 

additional information is Karthik 

Ramanathan, Acting Assistant Secretary 

for Financial Markets (202) 622–2042. 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Karthik Ramanathan, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial 

Markets. 

[FR Doc. E9–399 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

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