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###### Department of the Treasury

###### Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 

# 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. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning its information collection titled, “Recordkeeping Requirements for Securities Transactions—12 CFR part 12.” The OCC also gives notice that it has sent the information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. 

# DATES:

You should submit comments by April 27, 2009. 

# ADDRESSES:

                        Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0142, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to (202) 874-5274, or by electronic mail to                         *regs.comments@occ.treas.gov.*                         You may personally inspect and photocopy comments at the OCC, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC. For security reasons, the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect comments. You may do so by calling (202) 874-4700. 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.                               ( print page 13312)    

Additionally, you should send a copy of your comments to: OCC Desk Officer, 1557-0142, by mail to U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725, 17th Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

You can request additional information or a copy of the collection from Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The OCC is proposing to extend OMB approval of the following information collection: 

*Title:*                     Recordkeeping Requirements for Securities Transactions—12 CFR part 12.                 

*OMB Number:*                     1557-0142.                 

*Description:*                     This submission covers an existing regulation and involves no change to the regulation or to the information collection requirements. The only revisions to the submission are the revised estimates, which have been updated.                 

The information collection requirements in 12 CFR part 12 are required to ensure national bank compliance with securities laws and to improve the protection afforded persons who purchase and sell securities through banks. The transaction confirmation information provides customers with a record regarding each transaction and provides banks and the OCC with records to ensure compliance with banking and securities laws and regulations. The OCC uses the required information in its examinations to, among other things, evaluate a bank's compliance with the antifraud provisions of the Federal securities laws. 

The information collection requirements contained in 12 CFR part 12 are as follows: 
    - Section 12.3 requires a national bank effecting securities transactions for customers to maintain records for at least three years. The records required by this section must clearly and accurately reflect the information required and provide an adequate basis for the audit of the information.
    - Section 12.4 requires a national bank to give or send to the customer a written notification of the transaction or a copy of the registered broker/dealer confirmation relating to the transaction.
    - Sections 12.5(a), (b), (c), and (e) describe notification procedures a national bank may use as an alternative to complying with § 12.4, to notify customers of transactions in which the bank does not exercise investment discretion, trust transactions, agency transactions and certain securities transactions for periodic plans.
    - Sections 12.7(a)(1) through (a)(3) require a national bank to maintain and adhere to policies and procedures that assign responsibility for supervision of employees who perform securities trading functions; provide for the fair and equitable allocation of securities and prices to accounts; and provide for the crossing of buy and sell orders on a fair and equitable basis.
    - Section 12.7(a)(4) requires certain bank officers and employees involved in the securities trading process to report to the bank within ten business days after the end of the calendar quarter all personal transactions in securities made by them or on their behalf in which they have a beneficial interest.
    - Section 12.8 requires a national bank seeking a waiver of one or more of the requirements of §§ 12.2 through 12.7 to file a written request for waiver with the OCC.

*Type of Review:*                     Regular.                 

*Affected Public:*                     Individuals; businesses or other for-profit.                 

*Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     497.                 

*Estimated Total Annual Responses:*                     2,501.                 

*Estimated Frequency of Response:*                     On occasion.                 

*Estimated Total Annual Burden:*                     2,711 hours.                 

The OCC issued a 60-day notice for comment on January 13, 2009. 74 FR 1762. No comments were received. Comments continued 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: March 20, 2009. 

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division. 

 [FR Doc. E9-6767 Filed 3-25-09; 8:45 am] 

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